Migrating FSX aircraft add ons to P3DV4

[DeeGee 5]

I'm just starting with P3D V4.1.

I own the Tormado F3 Mission simulator and use it with VR (P3d/FlyInside/ORBX) to allow visitors to fly against Cold War type threats. I've had a good system running in P3DV3 but keen to make the switch to V4 for better fidelity.

I have a number of former Soviet types loaded as aircraft (Bear, Badger, Bison, Mainstay etc). All of them were downloaded as FSX simulations. I don't need to fly them but want to launch them as AI targets under AI Tracker X and intercept them. Loading up the P3DV4 Scenario screen, they now show as "no preview" and don't appear when P3D loads.

I understand it's that they may originally have been FS9 models and V4 has dropped some of the elements that made them operable. Is that the case and is there a fix? A friend has suggested MCX and save them as a different file type.

I'm a relative newbie so I need simple fixes if possible.

[Emile 28]

Hello,

Use the ThumbnailexporterX tool to find if they are FSX or older. If older they will NOT run on P3d V4.1

The tool can be found with Google.