Im hoping someone can help me with an fsx scenery setting grumble. I have several add on sceneries such as Horizons VFR photo gen x, Aerosoft Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Heathrow, UK2000 Airports, plus i have FS Global mesh add on. In the accompanying documentation they all suggest changes to autogen display settings, texture settings, traffic and a plethora of other settings too numerous to list, in order to run properly, but none of the setting changes are the same for each add on.In addition to this, the type of aircraft i fly, whether it be a default aircraft, Abacus or PMDG usually needs some changes to the settings to look its best or to improve the fps depending on which scenery im using.Is there any way of saving specific settings that apply to the particular add on im using, so that i could select it easily but then change to another scenery/aircraft if i wanted and not have to set everything up again? Im guessing that the .cfg files have something to do with it and i have in the past saved different .cfgs but when i reload them the settings arent as i thought i had saved them.I found a forum link to an Orbx GUI called 'Fsxgo', but i dont know if it would solve my problem or not as im not sure all the setting changes suggested in my scenery add ons are covered by the scope of 'Fsxgo'.Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations? The other problem i have is that i like to fly with the realism settings high, no auto mixture etc but my husband needs a more 'basic' setup. Is there any way of having both of our user preferences saved somewhere so that we dont have to keep changing the settings each time we swap seats?Hope someone out there can give me some advice as to the easy way to save different setups so that i can select them at will without having to change them every time i want to fly from somewhere different. Thanks in anticipationSteph

I take it you are flyng FSX?? If so then all you have to do is to set up your sliders, etc for each type of scenery, aicraft, add-on as desired and click the "save" button in the lower area of the scenery settings main screen. You can then give each set up a specific identifier before clicking the final save button. The settings are saved in the FSX main folder in your "documents" folder. I always give my various saved settings a title beginning with the word "Settings" (no quotes0 so that they all group together and are easily found. Now when you open your FSX to fly, go to the settings screen and click Load and your saved settings will be visible and you can select from your list. Hope my sketchy description makes sense.

Thanks for the reply woodhick. Yes, im using Fsx. I did think it was something along those lines, and had wondered whether the reason i hadnt found it on any other forum queries was because it was such a simple thing that noone else was as much of a numpty as me to ask it, lol. I'll give it another go and see if it works, but last time i tried to do that and loaded one of my previous configs all it did was display the config i had most recently saved.Any thoughts on whether the personal settings relating to auto mixture, realism settings etc are saved in the same config as the scenery.or is that something different?Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction :-)Steph

Hey Steph; yes - i understand your issue, and it's an issue which I've had for a number of years. I solved it by using a cmd batch file to call and rename any one of six or seven different fsx.cfg's, and also using different control files too, although I'm slowly converting all of these to FSUIPC-controlled functions. I had originally posted this in the Tips and Tricks forum, but I've altered it a number of times since then, so just pm me if you're interested, and we'll work out a method of communicating the details to you - OK?Cheers,Important EDIT:I owe you one, Dan! I had never looked at what your suggestion states, nor have seen it in any other post, thus I've bee piddling around with this batch file stuff for a number of years! (of course - it may be that everyone else does it your way, and I'm just a dummy! :( ) I just tried your remedy - and itr works like a charm!! You can setup and name one "aerobatics.cfg" - no clouds, no turbulence - no traffic, minimal scenery density: you can make one for GA sightseeing - "SightSeeing.cfg", and so on. My work has been all for nothing, as the FSUIPC .ini file settings will take care of all controls setups, like "Twin_Piston", "Single_Piston", "Twin_Jet" and so on.Always learning!! :LMAO:PS: Steph - fuel_air_auto_mixture + 0 or 1 // is part of each aircraft's 'aircraft.cfg. This one (left) is taken directy from the A2A Spitfire aircraft.cfg, section [piston_engine]and realism is include in the fsx.cfg, having it's own section:-[REALISM]PFactor=1.000000Torque=1.000000GyroEffect=1.000000CrashTolerance=1.000000General=1.000000UnlimitedFuel=FalseTrueAirspeed=TrueAutoCoord=FalseRealMixture=TrueStressDamage=FalseGEffect=TrueManualLights=TrueGyroDrift=TrueCrashWithDyn=FalseCrashDetection=FalseAutoTrim=False

Edited February 4, 201214 yr by Paul J

Hi Paul and Hlminx 1 . This is the first time I ever had one over the long time professionals and I'm glad it's working for you guys (well, figuratively if not literally). The only thing I would emphsize is to give your setting collection (and you will be surprised how quickly it becomes a collection) a common first word identifier. i use "Settings" (very clever of me) so that they all are in the same spot in the FSX files folder.I have to admit here that I have an advanced PHD in computer operation. Yes, that's right, all my computer knowledge is Push Here Dummy. Have fun :(

Edited February 4, 201214 yr by woodhick

Hiya.Update on he settings situation... Bit of a failure im afraid.I had a go a resetting the scenery settings for 3 add on sceneries, but before i began i wrote down my 'master' settings. Having changed and saved the particular settings suggested in the software instructions i then tried to 'load' the 'master' settings, but they were not the same as they were when i last saved them. The mesh settings were significantly different from the level i had saved them as only a couple of hours before... So saving settings in separate .cfg files doesnt work for some reason. Is this common? This is exactly what happened when i tried it several months ago. At least this time i wrote all the settings down on paper so i will just have to update the .cfg 'master' again, but i'm still no closer to a reliable solution. Any ideas what i might be missing?

Hate to have to say but this has never happened in my case. I can always bring up my saved settings for my differing places and programming. Sure you saved things correctly in the first place?? Sure you pressed the save button after naming your file?? Seems obvious questions I know, but it never hurts to make sure.

I take it you are flyng FSX?? If so then all you have to do is to set up your sliders, etc for each type of scenery, aicraft, add-on as desired and click the "save" button in the lower area of the scenery settings main screen. You can then give each set up a specific identifier before clicking the final save button. The settings are saved in the FSX main folder in your "documents" folder. I always give my various saved settings a title beginning with the word "Settings" (no quotes0 so that they all group together and are easily found. Now when you open your FSX to fly, go to the settings screen and click Load and your saved settings will be visible and you can select from your list. Hope my sketchy description makes sense.

Now if we could just get FSUIPC4 to load the proper file according to the selected aircraft (just as it does for the control assignments.)Cheers,- jahman.

Hate to have to say but this has never happened in my case. I can always bring up my saved settings for my differing places and programming. Sure you saved things correctly in the first place?? Sure you pressed the save button after naming your file?? Seems obvious questions I know, but it never hurts to make sure.

Hiya. Yup, pretty sure it was saved as its the .cfg ive been using for the last month or so. Will give it another bash today and see what happenes. One thing i did find on the web about config settings doing odd stuff to textures was a reference to a '4096 resolution resetting' which some add on software seems to reset when fsx is restarted. It could be nothing to do with my problem though so i'll try switching between the .cfgs i have just set up first.This might all be a simple case of a 'user talent mismatch error' between me and fsx, but every day's a schoolday eh ;-)Thanks again for everyones help thus farSteph

Hiya.Update on he settings situation... Bit of a failure im afraid.I had a go a resetting the scenery settings for 3 add on sceneries, but before i began i wrote down my 'master' settings. Having changed and saved the particular settings suggested in the software instructions i then tried to 'load' the 'master' settings, but they were not the same as they were when i last saved them. The mesh settings were significantly different from the level i had saved them as only a couple of hours before...So saving settings in separate .cfg files doesnt work for some reason. Is this common? This is exactly what happened when i tried it several months ago. At least this time i wrote all the settings down on paper so i will just have to update the .cfg 'master' again, but i'm still no closer to a reliable solution. Any ideas what i might be missing?

Just out of curiosity what OS are you using?Also if you dont shut down FSX correctly it will revert to your previous setings you had before you saved your current ones.

Re the FSUIPC settings discussion: I don't use FSU... over much actually and although I do use the registered version for several things I don't run my controls through it. But I seem to recall there is an "aircraft specific" check box somewhere along the way that is available when setitng up the controls through FSUIPC (gosh what a handy and clever title). Does this not address the problem with changing settings for each specific aircraft you are flying??

FSUIPC (the registered ver) saves only each controller setting and calibration - either individual aircraft, or group of aircraft, Dan: it doesn't save any part of the last flight weather, airport, scenery sliders, etc.. It does exert some control over how winds behave, though. Steph - I think you need to load that "Saved_Settings.CFG after you've loaded your flight. I'm not sure you are doing that, but rather expecting it to be automatically loaded, as per the normal saved flight - the .WX, .FLT and .SAV which are in the same folder.

Sorry Paul, I wasn't being clear.. Not unusual for one of my advancing years. Yes, I know it doesn't save flights in a manner of speaking, although it can be configured to save your active flight at intervals you choose and as many copies thereof as you choose. I was trying to go towards saving the control (throttles etc) settings for individual airplanes in your fleet. Maybe I misread part of your posts above. Hope I have cleared up any misunderstand here.Paul has an interesting point Steph. Is it possible you are expecting your settings to load automatically when you open a saved flight?? Here's what I do--this is somewhat a condensed version but will give you the idea of how one flight simmer (Humm, simmer, baker, fryer--but I digress):1-open FSX. Mine is set to open directly to the "Free Flight" screen2 -click on "Settings">click on "Load">click on (open) the settings I want for that specific flight(s) I am going to do3-Click on "Free Flight" and choose my flight (click on load) or set up a new flight as I desire4-allow my flight to load and flyAny help from this list of precedures??

That sounds like the right way to do it, Dan.

Now if we could just get FSUIPC4 to load the proper file according to the selected aircraft (just as it does for the control assignments.) jahman.

I'm slowly moving my controls over to FSUIPC, Jahman (you've been so darned pursuasive over the last year :( ) but it's a chore. Sometimes the setting has disappeared: sometimes the calibration is unpredictable.. I find it a really tough job. :(

Edited February 5, 201214 yr by Paul J

I'm slowly moving my controls over to FSUIPC, Jahman (you've been so darned pursuasive over the last year :( ) but it's a chore. Sometimes the setting has disappeared: sometimes the calibration is unpredictable.. I find it a really tough job. :(

That's odd. I never touch FSUIPC at all except every few months to add some new control. I assume you're running the latest version and were able to follow John Cook's FSUIPC4 guide? Note there are different modes for processing axis, e.g. "Send Direct to FSUIPC Calibration" vs. "Send to FS as Normal Axis" (Dialog box on top of P. 2 of the Guide).Then there is also this.Cheers,- jahman.

Edited February 6, 201214 yr by jahman