June 8, 201213 yr Just purchased the NGX 800/900. Seems to work well however I'm struggling with livery addons. Have created a file a advised. Have downloaded a couple of liveries (PMDG_737NGX_800WL_AB) and transferred them to the file. I now need to unzip ? How do I do this? If I open the file shown above I get a .ptp file. Can't seem to progress from this stage. Really frustrating, any help appreciated. Thanks -------------------------------------------------- Colin Dobson A problem shared is a problem doubled
June 8, 201213 yr Topic moved to the PMDG forums, from the library general forum. You need to use the PMDG NGX livery manager to install the livery contained in the .ptp file. See your NGX documentation.
June 8, 201213 yr Hi Colin, Use the livery Manager to install the ptp file. That should work fine regards Graham Dodd
June 9, 201213 yr Also Colin, if you're on Windows Vista or 7, you need to run it as an Administrator. i7-6700K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR4-2400 MHz, GTX 1070 8GB
June 9, 201213 yr Also Colin, if you're on Windows Vista or 7, you need to run it as an Administrator. You're quite right. Or he could disable that damn UAC once and forever and have no install problems again. Kind regards Peter
June 9, 201213 yr Author This all. I have the set of .ptp files in a folder I created, however when I open up Livery Manager and search for the files to add, it will not allow me to open up the folder and select a php file to add. I can't get beyond the folder. Feels like I am close but stuck at the last fence ! Any ideas? by the way I have not 'unzipped' anything at this point. Thanks -------------------------------------------------- Colin Dobson A problem shared is a problem doubled
June 9, 201213 yr It must be unzipped. Extract the the .ptp file and then start the livery manager. If you set up a folder for repaints then after the first install the livery manager should always look there first for files. William Hall
June 9, 201213 yr Author I think this is where I am struggling. When I download from PMDG add on livery I get folder, e.g. PMDG_737NGX_800WL_AB. I then extract from this folder and get a file with a .ptp extension. At no point have I unzipped anything. So, I'm not sure what needs to be unzipped (or even how to do it). Is it the .ptp file that must be unzipped and if so how is it done? Best regards -------------------------------------------------- Colin Dobson A problem shared is a problem doubled
June 9, 201213 yr Then start livery manager, click select livery to install, navigate to the folder where the ptp file is click on the file then click open and it will self install. You should read pages 126 - 131 of the Introduction and Use handbook which comes with the NGX William Hall
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