Hi all,I am planning on building a general cockpit, that I can use for different planes.Thinking about it I came to the conclusion that I want to be able to use different settings for switches / axes depending on the type of plane I am going to fly. (ie two throttles vs four throttles etc.)Is there a possibility or a utility that lets me do this? I was thinking of making a BAT file and copying the FS9.cfg with different settings (I am going to use Goflight modules and CH products) or is there an easier way to do this.ThanksJeroen Bos

Well...it's not easy to build a general cockpit since every aircraft is different from another one...if you choose to "model" only a kind of aircraft (prop, turboprop or jet) you have more chance to build a "general use" cockpit but specific for that family of aircraft...anyway considering that it's not easy (but neither impossible) what you want to do you could try with IOCard (www.opencockpits.com) and SIOC with which you can make different programs for different aircrafts...every program can manage a different setup of your switches or axis depending on the aircraft you are going to choose.I suggest you to read the documentation present in the "download" section of that site so that you can check if that system matches your need.Regards,Bob

At least FSUIPC can have per-aircraft assignments of switches and axis settings. Also I think there is the trick where you can rename fs9.exe to "foobar-fs9.exe" and it then uses "foobar-fs9.cfg" in the settings folder, if I remember correctly. I am not sure if this works, but I recall reading something like that somewhere a while ago.So it doesnt sound too impossible to do.//Tuomas

Hi TuomasThat suggestion is what i am looking for. Going to try it soon. And indeed FSUIPC can have different settings.Keep you informed about itThanks bothJeroen

JeroenI use a bat file to copy the cfg file I need. The drawback is that changes I make within FS are not kept in the .cfg file.On pre-xp win versions it was possible to change something in the shortcut. So you could make 2 shortcutspointing to 2 cfg files.I was not able to reproduce that in xp.I will try the method mentioned by tigert (a copy of fs9.exe with another name)RegardsNorbert

It's much much easier and safer to edit the target in the shortcut of fs9 to :.....fs9.exe /cfg:WhatEverNameYouLike.cfgSimply make extra shortcuts as required.The new "WhatEverNameYouLike.cfg" configuration files will reside into the main FS9 folder and NOT in the Docs & settings etc...And yes, they are updated for changes that you make while running the respective shortcut.George DorkofikisAthens, Hellashttp://online.vatsimindicators.net/811520/1704.png

Thats exactly what I did in older fsversions under win98. I tried it 100 times. I can't get it to work under xp and fs9.I see brackets around ".fs9.exe /cfg:WhatEverNameYouLike.cfg"But I get a fault message.I changed my batch file solution to the 2nd best solution I read above. Copying the fs9 file to fs9xxxx.exe. Indeed , it then starts up with fs9xxxx.cfg file. Now at least my changes I make within FS are stored to the cfg file.

I just checked my shortcuts and the only difference to what I posted is that the /CFG: are capitals. No brackets... Of course I have FS9 on a different partition and folder but that should not be a problem.And it works for me fine!I have 3 different cfg files. Two when using my yoke (1 Jet, 1 Turboprops/Props) and another one when using the joystick (Airbusses, acrobatics etc).George DorkofikisAthens, Hellashttp://online.vatsimindicators.net/811520/1704.png