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I suspect that (through my messing around) one or more of my default FSX Accelerator missions has become corrupted. It worked previously, but no longer. Is there a way to restore them without reinstalling the entire program? I checked the install disks, but could not identify the missions there. Also, how can I convert a mission from multi-player to single player, so that I can use the pause function?

Is there a procedure by which I can make the Sludge F/A-18 the default airplane in the place of the original FA-18 provided in the Acceleration add-on? Second: In the F/A-18 carrier tutorials, I can add Javier's Nimitz to the environment and transpose my airplane to it from the default carrier; however, the added Nimitz carrier appears dead in the water. How can I get it under way? I am figuring this all out one step at a time. Thanks in advance.

Thanks, I was under the (apparently mistaken) idea that the contents of the effects, textures and sound folders in the individual airplane object folders has to be copied to the corresponding main FSX folders.

Background: I have been flying combat jet sims (Janes F/A-18, Falcon 4 flavors, Lockon, DCS A-10) for over 10 years and consider myself a journeyman PC pilot and PC troubleshooter. I recently saw a uTube video of FSX carrier ops and thought "gee, that looks like fun. Think I will try it." I had no idea what a daunting task I was undertaking. I am an engineer, BTW, who reads technical documents all the time. So, I have lots of Noobie questions and can find no comprehensive guides for how to do simple things. I have checked out the Wiki and numerous web sites, but perhaps I have missed the obvious. The "docs" included with the third party objects all appear written for one with extensive foreknowledge of FSX. I have Intel i5 system with ATI 4870 vid and 4 GB RAM, Win 7-64 and Cougar HOTAS. Installed FSX gold with Acceleration. All good so far. Installed Javiers Nimitz and Ike, aicarriers2, Sludge F/A-18s and lots of other stuff. I can just about get this thing working, but have a couple of issues (so far): Adding airplanes. What does one do with the sound files included in the airplane zip files? Add them to the main FSX sound directory? What to do with the sound.cfg file that is included with each third-party airplane? Can the Javier Nimitz and Ike TACAN's be set into the Sludge F/A-18 NAV system? If so, what are the freqs? Is there an easy way to replace the default CVN in some missions with Javier's very nice models? Can anyone point me to some good basic reading for Noobies on all this stuff? Thanks in advance.