Start screen vanished?

[NAVRAD 0]

Hello

 

I don't know how this has happened but the FSX start screen (the one where you choose your flight/aircraft/time and season etc) has disappeared!

 

When I start FSX now the splash screen appears and then FS loads and starts at my default flight.

 

Any ideas what may have happened and how I can rectify this issue?

 

Thanks

 

Alan W

[FloG 148]

There's an option that allows you to skip the start screen. I'm not sure where exactly to find it and I can't check right now, but IIRC it should be accessible via the settings in the sim.

[NAVRAD 0]

Thank you I'll have a look and post my findings.

 

Regards

 

Alan

[charliearon 3,017]

[FloG 148]

That's the one, Charlie. Thanks a lot for helping me out! B)

[NAVRAD 0]

Hi

 

Thanks,I know what I've done now after seeing your screenshot, only problem is this window doesn't appear when FS loads!

 

Regards

 

Alan

[FloG 148]

But it should be accessibele from within the Simlator, I believe somehwere under the options menu.

[NAVRAD 0]

Hi

 

Sorry I misunderstood you. I'll have a look now.

 

Thank you

 

Alan

[charliearon 3,017]

I saw something to do with not being able to access the start screen and it had to do with the

 

order of things in the FSX.cfg file under [Main].  I think it had to do with(location=) position.

 

[Main]
User Objects=Airplane, Helicopter
SimObjectPaths.0=SimObjects\Airplanes
SimObjectPaths.1=SimObjects\Rotorcraft
SimObjectPaths.2=SimObjects\GroundVehicles
SimObjectPaths.3=SimObjects\Boats
SimObjectPaths.4=SimObjects\Animals
SimObjectPaths.5=SimObjects\Misc
Maximized=1
Location=0,0,1280,768,\\.\DISPLAY1
HideInfotext=0
HideMenuNormal=1
HideMenuFullscreen=1
Fiber_Frame_Fraction=0.5
ProcSpeed=3816
PerfBucket=5
 

While flying, on the menu bar, go to Options-Settings-General- choose "show opening screen".

[NAVRAD 0]

Issue resolved simply by selecting the 'show opening screen' as suggested earlier so thank you all for your help. That's another issue ticked off the list!

 

Thanks

 

Alan