July 24, 20205 yr Morning Chaps. I'm new to the forum (But certainly not new to Flight sims!)., so Hi to all! I was hoping for a little help. I know RealAir are now defunct, so I can't use my Scout installer anymore. I also know a new installer has been created for some of their A/C (Duke, Spit etc), but not heir Scout. Is this there anyway around this? Unfortunately I don't have a back-up of my old FSX install to play around with copy/paste folders/REG keys. I've searched the forum, but not really found an answer (sorry if I've missed one!). Any suggestions? I'm missing my much loved Scout! Just to clarify, I do have a legitimate installer and code for the Scout and many more of their excellent products. Cheers, Rick.
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July 24, 20205 yr I would ditch the email route, he does not even answer his current customers here. To the op: You can still buy the Scout at sim market. - Search for American Champion Aircraft Edited July 24, 20205 yr by RamonB added the search for at SimMarket Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
July 24, 20205 yr Something in this may help you: https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/514989-realair-citabria-v4/ T45
July 24, 20205 yr 40 minutes ago, RamonB said: I would ditch the email route, he does not even answer his current customers here. To the op: You can still buy the Scout at sim market. Can you point to that? I had a look & could only find the Flysimware Thomas Morse Scout, not the RA Citabria Scout. Interested in acquiring the RA. Thanks T45
July 24, 20205 yr This looks like its the RealAir Scout released as part of American Champion Aircraft. http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?vid=flt1sf&pid=RealAirACA T45
July 24, 20205 yr 17 minutes ago, Treetops45 said: This looks like its the RealAir Scout released as part of American Champion Aircraft. T45 Yes, that's the one. The installer works just fine, You'll get Citabria, Decathlon, and Scout. (Once Yo have it, You can port it to P3D4 or P3D5, I have them as add-on.xml) Edited July 24, 20205 yr by RamonB Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
July 24, 20205 yr 21 minutes ago, RamonB said: Yes, that's the one. The installer works just fine, You'll get Citabria, Decathlon, and Scout. (Once Yo have it, You can port it to P3D4 or P3D5, I have them as add-on.xml) Thanks. Do you have sound & working gauges? T45
July 24, 20205 yr 13 minutes ago, Treetops45 said: Thanks. Do you have sound & working gauges? T45 Yes, to both questions. Even the "quack" sound when You start the Scout 😃 Edited July 24, 20205 yr by RamonB Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
July 24, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, RickBrown said: I'm missing my much loved Scout! Just to clarify, I do have a legitimate installer and code for the Scout and many more of their excellent products. Cheers, Rick. Rather than buying a new copy, have you tried running the installer that you have? Edit: I just tried running my installer from 2017 and it cannot connect via the Internet and quits... Do you not have a backup of your airplane folders somewhere? Edited July 24, 20205 yr by Bert Pieke Bert
July 26, 20205 yr Author Morning Chaps. I have tried the email route and have had no reply. Unfortunately I didn't keep a backup of the old simobjects folder (It would have been to vast to keep anyway!). When doing a PC rebuild I like to start afresh with a re-install of software too. Most A/C I'm not to precious about, so not to worried if the company who supply it go under, but the I was particularly found of the Scout. As noted, when you run the installer it fails to communicate with their registration server. I'm not surprised since it's gorn off line! I can see that buying it from Flight1 would solve the issue as they must use a custom installer for their own registration servers. I may consider that route if I can't progress further. BTW, any idea how you edit your own post? I can't see an option anywhere. Rick. Edited July 26, 20205 yr by RickBrown
July 26, 20205 yr Author Right, I've found a copy of an old simobjects folder. I've copied across the two gauges, the aircraft folders and RealAir folder. (FSX didn't ask permission to run these gauges when loading the Scout though). I've also run the Config to select the HSI. The Scout works, but has a few issues. 1). The HSI doesn't show until I switch to a Decathlon then back again. 2). No NAV or Cabin lights, although the switches work. (The Panel lights work ok.) 2). The landing light can be seen to light up, however it doesn't shine any light on any objects. The sounds all work ok, including the "Quack"! The aircraft flies as expected. I've uninstalled the files and tried again, but it's just the same. Any suggestions? Maybe it's time for the Flight1 purchase? Rick.
July 26, 20205 yr Rick. You are using FSX or FSX-SE? Don't know why the HSI does not show on startup for You. It does show just fine in my setup, but I'm using P3D v4 & v5. (Try doing a "Reload User Object", you will need to assign the command to a key combination) You also need to port or copy the RealAir Scout Effects. There are 6 of them in \EffectsRASScout_?????.fx and also 1 bmp file from \Effects\Texturesfx_2.bmp (if already there, don't overwrite) This should work for FSX or FSX-SE. But for P3D v4 or V5 we need to substitute some lights in aircraft.cfg. Cheers. Edited July 26, 20205 yr by RamonB Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
July 26, 20205 yr Author 18 minutes ago, RamonB said: Rick. You are using FSX or FSX-SE? Don't know why the HSI does not show on startup for You. It does show just fine in my setup, but I'm using P3D v4 & v5. (Try doing a "Reload User Object", you will need to assign the command to a key combination) You also need to port or copy the RealAir Scout Effects. There are 6 of them in \EffectsRASScout_?????.fx and also 1 bmp file from \Effects\Texturesfx_2.bmp (if already there, don't overwrite) This should work for FSX or FSX-SE. But for P3D v4 or V5 we need to substitute some lights in aircraft.cfg. Cheers. Ah. Problem. I don't have a backup of those \Effects files! I do have the fx_2.bmp in the \Effexts\Textures already though. I only had an old simobjects backup from years ago. Anybody help? I'm using FSX:SE Thanks guys. Rick.
July 26, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, RickBrown said: Anybody help? Sorry, we can't share those files! Even thought it is like "abandonware" by RealAir, they are still copyrighted and, it is still sold by SimMarket. This is how it looks at night under P3D v5. Also using an A2A 3D Light Redux. Edited July 26, 20205 yr by RamonB Ramón. Time, is the one thing no one can buy.
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