What's New in this Version?
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.5.8
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Select Addon Files
 | A progress bar now appears when loading a large zip file. |
| Adjusted the default sizing of the 3 panes showing the folder, zip file and zip file contents to make the screen more useable. Also increased the minimum pane size to make it easier to work with narrow panes. |
Edit Scenery
| The program now remembers the last folder used after you click Add Area. |
Fixes
| Fixed a "Error #76: Path not found" error during addon Repair that happened when the aircraft.cfg file contained an invalid relative path reference for the reference list or checklist entry statements. |
| Fixed a "Run-time error 52" error that could happen when a path name with an invalid character was encountered. |
| Fixed a potential problem diagnosing aircraft title conflicts. |
| Fixed a scenery addon installation problem where the default custom addon scenery folder might be incorrect when using both FSX:Steam Edition and a FSX traditional edition on the same PC. |
| In the Installation Summary window, the right click menu Report option now correctly saves the Installation Summary list to a file. |
| The Program Information screen now accurately shows the operating system as Windows 10 (instead of 8) for all Windows 10 systems. It also now shows the date/size stamp of the Addit! Pro main database. |
General
| Included updated high resolution default aircraft, panel and scenery images. |
| Added a new startup splash sound file--splash4.wav. |
| The program icon is now higher resolution and uses alpha transparency. Also, several internal graphic resources were updated. |
| Increased file input/output performance in key areas such as when loading all your aircraft in Edit Aircraft. |
| Addon files encoded in either windows-1252/ANSI or UTF-16LE/Unicode are now supported. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.5.6
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation
| Added an option to automatically overwrite existing files during
installation if the installed files are newer than the existing files. |
Customize
| Added a new option under the category "Addon Installation", in the
section "Confirmation and Warnings", called "When installing a file that
already exists". Your two choices are explained below.
Ask me what to do each time - if the file being installed already
exists, you will be prompted for instructions. This is the default.
Replace existing file if older - if the file being installed is newer
than the one that already exists, always overwrite it. Pick this option and
you will no longer see the Confirm File Replace dialog during installation;
Addit! Pro will decide what to do by comparing the date/time stamp of both
files. |
Fixes
| Fixed a rare "Error #5: Invalid procedure call or argument" and "Error
#91: Object variable or With block variable not set" bug when installing
certain incomplete aircraft base packages. |
| Fixed the stock panel images for the AgustaWestland EH101, FA-18 Hornet
and P51 Racer. The Reload Default Addon Pictures function now includes these
images. |
| Fixed a rare "Error #9: subscript out of range" error when loading the
aircraft list. |
| The import addons at startup feature will now work properly. |
| Fixed a bug "Error #91: Object variable or With block variable not set"
in Configure Aircraft, Configure Panels, Configure Scenery and Configure
Textures when the All tab was shown first. |
| Fixed a display issue in the Customize window where two locked item
lists were accepting input. |
General
| Improved detection of FSX: Steam Edition and co-existence of FSX:SE with
traditional FSX installations. |
| Included high resolution versions of default aircraft, panel and scenery
addon images. |
| Adjusted the large database warning message to appear when the mdb file
is much closer to its maximize size. |
| Updated the Help system. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.5.4
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation Wizard
| After the Addon Installation Wizard appears for the first time you are asked if want to see a list of helpful online installation guides. Pick Yes to view a list of Walkthrough Examples that explain how to install various addons like aircraft, panels, scenery and so forth. |
Addon Repair
| The aircraft Repair feature now automatically creates missing aircraft reference information sheets and checklists in html format. |
Edit Aircraft
| Addit! Pro now automatically creates missing aircraft reference information sheets and checklists. This resolves missing file errors shown in the Configuration Report when these files are specified but do not exist. When you try to open a reference sheet or checklist that is missing, Addit! Pro creates these files for you. |
Fixes
| Fixed a bug "Error #1001: Unsupported value type" that could occur when launching Addit! Pro. |
| Fixed a bug "Error #3265: Item not found in this collection" when merging two addons together. |
| Fixed a rare "Error #438: Object doesn't support this property or method" bug when optimizing the database. |
| Corrected a spacing issue on the Program Information screen. |
General
| Added a couple of small changes to better support Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition and Microsoft Windows 10. |
| Updated internal library components to latest versions. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.5.2
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Fixes
| Fixed a bug in the sound configuration report window where clicking OK
could trigger a repair operation. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.5.1
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon History
| Added shortcut: Control-W - work with selected
addons. |
Addon Installation
| Added an option to automatically install scenery to a new subfolder
named after the addon zip file. It also sets the title and picks a scenery
picture for you. To enable this feature go into Customize > Addon
Installation > Automation 2, and in the Scenery section check the box called
"Install scenery to a new subfolder named after the addon zip filename". |
| Improved automatic assignment of scenery pictures.
|
Addon Installation Wizard
| Added shortcuts: INSERT - flag item "install", DELETE - flag item "do
not install", Control-C - copy installation folder, Control-V - paste
installation folder, Control-O - open item. |
Addon Repair
| Addit! Pro can now use Prepar3D files to help repair Flight Simulator X
files. To enable this feature go into Customize > Addon Repair > Repair
Method and check the box called "Use Prepar3D files to repair Flight
Simulator X addons". |
Customize
| Added a new scenery installation option. You can opt to install scenery
to a new scenery subfolder named after the addon. For example, if your addon
is called "La Guardia Airport.zip" and your default scenery installation
folder is set to "Flight Simulator\Addon Scenery folder", the installed
addon's scenery files will go to "Flight Simulator\Addon Scenery\La Guardia
Airport\Scenery". |
| Added an option to use Prepar3D files to help repair broken addons. |
Edit Aircraft
| Added a Repair button to the aircraft, panel and sound configuration
report window. |
| Added shortcuts: INSERT - add new aircraft variant, DELETE - delete
aircraft variant, F2 - rename aircraft, Control-E - explore folder,
Control-H - hide selected aircraft, Control-O - open configuration file,
Control-S - show selected aircraft, Control-R - repair selected aircraft,
Control-V validate selected aircraft. |
Edit Panels
| Added a Repair button to the panel configuration report window. |
| Added shortcuts: F2 - rename panel, Control-E - explore folder,
Control-W - work with selected addons, Control-I - import selected panels,
Control-O - open configuration file, Control-R repair selected panels,
Control-V validate selected panels. |
Edit Sounds
| Added a Repair button to the sound configuration
report window. |
| Added shortcuts: F2 - rename sound, Control-E -
explore folder, Control-W - work with selected addons, Control-I - import
selected sounds, Control-O - open configuration file, Control-R repair
selected panels, Control-V validate selected sounds. |
Edit Scenery
| Added shortcuts: F2 - rename scenery, DEL -
delete area, Control-E - explore folder, Control-W - work with selected
addons, Control-H - disable scenery area, Control-I - import selected
scenery, Control-O - open configuration file, Control-S - show scenery area,
Control-V validate selected scenery. |
Fixes
| The OK button will no longer be disabled after selecting all list items
in Edit Panels and Edit Sounds. |
| Corrected a problem in all list views where the right-click menu could
get blocked and not appear. |
| Fixed a potential "Error #9: Subscript out of range" issue dealing with
importing addons. |
FS CFG Manager
| Added shortcuts: DELETE - delete item, F2 -
rename, Control-E - explore folder, Control-O - open configuration file. |
General
| Greatly improved the performance of all lists.
Enjoy much faster performance on all windows that have list views (nearly
all of them do). Windows process faster and clicks are more responsive. |
| Added support for Dovetail Games Flight
Simulator X: Steam Edition when installed in parallel with Microsoft Flight
Simulator X. |
| Default window sizes are about 35% larger on
higher resolution monitors. |
| Added a "Check for updates" option to the Help
menu. |
Help System
| The Help system was updated to reflect the latest changes.
|
Import Addons
| Added shortcut: DELETE - delete item, Control-W - work with selected
addons. |
Program Information
| This window now shows the Flight Simulator
specific application data folder and common application data folder along
with your Microsoft Windows folder for reference. |
Work With Addons
| Added shortcuts: DELETE - delete addons, F2 -
rename addon, Control-M - move selected addons to the File Cabinet;
Control-R - reinstall selected addons. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.4.1
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation
| Addit! Pro checks for aircraft title conflicts immediately after aircraft installation. You can still perform a manual check by opening the Edit Aircraft window. |
Addon Management
| Added a "Statistics" item to several addon menus. This creates a report showing the total number of addons you have, total addon size, total number of files, your largest addon and more. Open Addit! Pro's main menu, click Addons and pick "Statistics". You will also find this new option in the addon menu of the Work With Addons window. |
| EZdok Camera Addon files (including .vib, .ecs, .lim and .cam files) are now installed to the aircraft root folder instead of to Addit! Pro's storage folder. |
Addon Import
| The import process now picks up EZdok Camera Addon files. |
Addon Installation Wizard
| The addon picture filter now includes PNG files so you can more easily select this file type as an aircraft, panel, or scenery picture. |
Addon Wizard -- Select Files
| It should no longer be possible to resize the drive, folder, file and zip boxes so small you can no longer grab the edges to make them large again. |
Customize
| Added an option to check for title conflicts after aircraft installation. Open the Customize window, select Addon Installation > Automation 1. Under Aircraft, check the box called "Check for title conflicts after aircraft installation". |
Edit Aircraft
| Added a new texture section showing the texture configuration of the aircraft. Click the texture field to select from a menu of possible texture sets. Pick one to update the aircraft with your new choice of textures. |
| Added a shortcut CONTROL-E to Explore the selected aircraft folder. |
Edit Panels, Edit Sounds, Edit Scenery
| Added a shortcut CONTROL-E to Explore the selected folder. |
General
| Updated the main Help menu. Added "Online Guides" and "Top Addon Sites". Replaced "Report a Bug" with "Online Support". |
| Added a new main menu option called Register for easy new user access to the registration screen. This item disappears after registration. |
| Replaced the default toolbar Help button with the Exit button and removed the default Addon History button. Please note this only impacts the default buttons for new users and you can add the buttons back if you prefer. |
| The addon repair feature will scan more locations to find missing files. |
Fixes
| Fixed a missing icon bug in the Recent Items tab area on the Select Addon Files and Browse Folders screens. |
| The Work With Addons screen now properly indicates items that were imported from a folder. |
Help
|
The Help system was updated to reflect the latest changes. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.3.6
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Management
| Unmapped bitmap graphic files that were sometimes "red
flagged" requiring manual intervention are now installed to the addon
storage folder when it can be determined these files are simply screenshots
or general pictures. |
| Improved the installation of Flight Simulator DLL files.
|
| Windows document scrap files (.shs) are now treated as
document files. |
| Document .docx files are now treated just like .doc
files. |
Addon Import
| The import process now picks up all subfolders and files
underneath an aircraft folder. As a result, Addit! Pro will completely
remove all of an aircraft's files and folders should you later delete the
imported aircraft or move it to the File Cabinet. Note: In the Customize
screen, the import option "Include all subfolders and extra files" must be
checked. |
| The import process now picks up all root level scenery
files. |
Addon Installation Wizard
| Increased the minimum size of the zip file list so more
of the list appears. This helps ensure the zip file list doesn't "get lost"
visually. |
Edit Aircraft
| The aircraft picture will now always be shown first
(before, sometimes a panel picture was shown first depending on relative
image widths). |
Edit Scenery
| Added a keyboard shortcut CONTROL-I to quickly imported
selected scenery. |
General
| Added the Flight Simulator version to the Program
Information screen. |
| File types "JPG", "PNG", "GIF" will now open with
Pbrush.exe instead of notepad when using generic the open method. |
| Opening files in file lists will now always use long
filenames. This improves the opening of files with their registered Windows
applications. |
Fixes
| Resolved a problem that prevented Addit! Pro from
launching on Windows 8. |
| Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Addit! Pro's Repair
feature to fail to find Flight Simulator 9 gauges that could be used to
correct panel issues. |
| Corrected a rare problem with gauge installation where
certain packaging of the gauges would cause them to be installed to the
global gauges folder in the wrong subfolder. These gauges are now installed
to the aircraft's panel gauges folder and in the correct subfolder. |
| Corrected a problem with gauge validation where some
gauges were reported as missing when located in subfolders. |
| Fixed a directory removal problem where a file system
lock could be placed on a folder when it was checked for the existence of a
file. Replacing the check with an alternate method resolved the problem, so
now impacted directories are always removed correctly. |
Help
|
Added help text for Aircraft
Validation. Added instructions for turning off the aircraft title check to
the warning dialog. Pressing Cancel on the dialog will now show more
information. |
|
The Help system was updated to
reflect the latest changes. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.3.5
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation Wizard
| Added a menu option "Synchronize all Install Wizard
windows" to all Addon Installation Wizard step screens. Using this option
synchronizes the size and position of all Wizard step screens. This saves
time as you no longer need to resize each one separately. Press F12 or
right-click on an edge of a Wizard step screen to use this new feature. |
General
| Thumbnail images shown on the Addon Installation Wizard,
Addon Removal Wizard, and Work With Addons screens use widescreen picture
aspect ratios better, eliminating squashed pictures. |
| Tweaked the
application icon to clear up blurry image issues on some operating systems
when tasking switching. |
| Tweaked screen height and button position on
a few screens. |
| Program Information now shows the operating
systems Windows 7 and Windows 8 correctly instead of indicating Windows
Vista. |
Fixes
| Fixed a bug in Edit Aircraft that could record a wrong
value to Addit! Pro's database when toggling an aircraft's status from
hidden to visible. |
| Related to the above fix, added an automatic database
update in Work With Addons where if an aircraft with an expected
aircraft.cfg file actually has a hidden.cfg file instead, Addit! Pro will
update its database to correct the inconsistency. |
| Fixed an addon removal bug where file dependency checks
could sometimes leave certain files installed. |
| Several missions are now correctly flagged as stock
missions created by Microsoft. These include: Tutorial 12 Helicopter
Maneuvers 2 mission, Reno T6 Flying Start mission, Reno Sport Class Flying
Start mission and Alpine Sailplane Hoop Course mission. |
| Fixed a bug where some imported missions were not flagged
as mission addons. |
Help
|
Help system was updated to
reflect the latest changes. |
Work With Addons
|
The addon health report now
indicates if the addon's file cabinet zip file is missing or damaged. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.3.4
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Fixes
| Fixed a bug that could prevent proper evaluation of the
software in trial mode after a fresh installation. |
| Fixed a bug that could prevent a file from being updated
correctly during installation if the file previously existed. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.3.3
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Management
| The method to validate missing scenery files
in Edit Scenery has been improved. |
| You can now specify
a group of subfolders to filter out of the Edit Aircraft list and Import
Addons list. For example, if you want to exclude all aircraft in your
C:\Program Files\Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\AI\ folder, you can add the
entry “AI=3” in the exclusion filter file. Addit! Pro will then skip all
aircraft in that folder and you won’t see them listed. For more information,
open Customize, then go to the
Aircraft category and in the
Aircraft
Filter section, press Customize. |
Aircraft File and Folder Cleanup Tool
A new cleanup tool removes leftover aircraft folders to help keep your
Flight Simulator installation tidy and organized. While Addit! Pro normally
deletes such folders and files when an addon is removed, sometimes files can be
locked by another application, often Flight Simulator itself. These file locks
prevent Addit! Pro from zapping the folders. Now, you can run the cleanup
routine directly from the Tools menu any time you wish to tidy-up your aircraft
folders. Here are the highlights:
| Removes empty and near-empty folders, clearing out
unneeded files. |
| Won’t harm stock Flight
Simulator or payware aircraft.
|
|
Won’t remove any complete addons, only unnecessary leftover files
and folders. |
| Folders and files are placed in the Recycle Bin so you
can undo the cleanup procedure if you change your mind. |
| Shows a report of what was cleaned including a list of
all folders and the amount of disk space reclaimed. |
To use this new feature, pull down Addit! Pro’s
Tools menu and pick "Cleanup Leftover Files and Folders".
Addon Installation Wizard - Select Addon Files Window
| The option to
“Select All By Default” was removed from both the file and zip lists.
Accidental disabling of this option caused some addon installation issues so
this is now the permanent default action. |
Customize
| You can now pick
from several aviation startup sounds including jet and prop effects. You can
even add your own custom sound files. To do so, place a .wav audio file in Addit!
Pro’s main folder then go into the Customize
window. Under Startup, select
your sound in the file box. Click the preview sound button to play the
sound. Press OK to accept it. Then next time the program starts you
will hear
your personal startup sound. |
Edit Aircraft
| Finding and organizing
aircraft is now even more flexible! Extra columns have been added to the
Aircraft list including: ATC ID, ATC Airline, ATC Flight Number, Type, and
Category. To show these columns, right click in the Aircraft list and pick
"Customize Columns". Select the new columns and press
OK. Performance Note:
the combination of a lot of aircraft combined with a large number of visible columns
may reduce performance causing Addit! Pro to take longer to produce
the full list, due to the extra data gathering and presentation tasks.
|
| New shortcut key: press
ALT-N to move the cursor to the search box so you can quickly change the search
words. |
Edit Panels
| New shortcut key: press
ALT-N to move the cursor to the search box so you can quickly change the search
words. |
Edit Sounds
| New shortcut key: press
ALT-N to move the cursor to the search box so you can quickly change the search
words. |
Edit Scenery
| The scenery report now mentions if the
scenery layer is disabled, reminding you the scenery
will not appear in Flight Simulator until re-enabled. |
| The method to validate missing scenery files
in Edit Scenery has been improved. |
| New shortcut key: press
ALT-N to move the cursor to the search box so you can quickly change the search
words. |
General
| A shortcut key,
ALT-N, appears on all windows with
Find
search boxes to allow you to quickly reposition there to enter search
criteria. For instance, in the Edit Aircraft window, press
ALT-N to quickly
move the cursor to the search box so you can change the search words. |
| A new shortcut key, CONTROL-N, was added to item lists.
Using this key is the same as using Select None. |
| Added a new Default button to all Customize Columns
pop-up windows. Pressing Default allows a quick reset to the starting
columns, in case you want to revert to them. |
Fixes
| Fixed a bug in the Addon Installation Wizard’s
Installation Summary screen where using a certain context menu option caused
an error. |
| Corrected a problem in Edit Aircraft where the pop-up
dialog box asking to fix duplicate titles could appear without showing any
details. |
| Copying a picture to the clipboard then pasting it for use as an aircraft,
panel or scenery picture could result in an “Invalid Picture” error. This
was fixed. |
| Fixed an installation bug that might produce the error
'Error #91: Object variable or With block variable not set’ during certain
sound and panel installs. |
Help
|
Help system was updated to
reflect the latest changes. |
Work With Addons Window
|
New shortcut key: press
ALT-N to move
the cursor to the search box so you can quickly change the search words. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.3.1
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Wizard
| Addon Wizard steps marked with a red color indicator
to flag a problem now immediately present a dialog explaining the problem.
The window automatically rearranges the Addon Item list to better troubleshoot the
issue. |
| A new window sizing
menu option allows you to synchronize the position and size of all Addon
Install Wizard windows in one action. For instance, say you size the
Configure Aircraft window perfectly and you want all other Addon Wizard
windows to use this size. In the Configure Aircraft window press F12 and pick “Synchronize
all Install Wizard window sizes”. All other Wizard windows will be
positioned and sized just like Configure Aircraft. |
Document File List Upgrade
You've used document file lists many times. They appear on many
windows including Select Addon Files and all Addon Installation Wizard steps,
the Addon Removal Wizard, and Work With Addons. The document file boxes list the
addon’s documentation in a convenient spot but now they can optionally show
image files or any file set of your choice. For example, screenshots can be
pooled into this list so you can quickly scan and preview them. Or, make your
own custom list!
To see this in action, right
click in a document file list and pick "View Images".
Screenshots, thumbnails, etc. are listed. Use "View
Documents" to return to showing text files, File_IDs, .doc files, etc. Or
pick "View Custom..." to define your own list.
| You can view any image file directly by right-clicking
and selecting "View". Select "Open"
(or double click) to open a graphics file. Select "Properties"
to examine the file’s disk properties. |
| A small preview of the
selected image file appears in the preview area near the bottom of the
window. Move to a different image file to change the preview.
|
| Create custom lists of any file extension
(even several extensions). Right click select
"View
Custom..." and type in some file
extensions then press OK. |
Edit Aircraft Window
Edit Performance Data,
Identity and Description
Edit
Aircraft now offers the ability to modify performance data, identity and description
information. So, instead of opening the aircraft.cfg file and editing its
contents using
an external text editor, you can conveniently use Addit! Pro. You can change Title, ATC ID, ATC
Airline, ATC Flight Number, Manufacturer, Type, Variation, Role, Created By and
Category.
To use this feature, select an aircraft,
click on the Description or Identity tabs then change the details.
Press Save to update the aircraft or press Undo to revert all fields to their
original values. Benefits:
More Columns
| New columns are available and you can sort by any of
them. In addition to Name and Folder Date you can show Manufacturer, Type, Variation, Role, Created By and
Category. |
| Right click and
select "Customize Columns..." to reveal these
new choices. |
| Click on a column header to sort by that column.
|
Other Changes
| Added shortcut keys
for Repairing an addon (Control-R) and Importing an addon (Control-I). |
| Fixed an issue in the validation report that
incorrectly flagged a certain effects bitmap file as missing |
Edit Scenery Window
| Icons for disabled
scenery layers now appear grayed-out making it easy to determine a layer’s
status at a glance. |
General
| All images are now shown in widescreen format (16:9)
where possible. Images are shown as close to the original aspect ratio as
possible. This improves image quality when pictures are not forcibly
stretched. |
| Improved automatic naming of addons. |
| When the option to limit thumbnail size is enabled,
thumbnails pasted from the clipboard are now impacted by this setting. |
| Added a Help button to the Work With Sounds import
dialog. |
Fixes
| Fixed a bug in all Addon Installation Wizard steps where
using the Paste Folder function on an addon item would not properly update
the installation folder. |
| Fixed a related bug in the Installation Summary window
where using Paste Folder there produced an error. |
| Fixed an issue with Configure Aircraft, Configure Panel
and Configure Scenery where if the All tab was shown first, there might be a
crash when Next was pressed. |
| Fixed a bug in title naming for aircraft repaints,
resolving a permanent “title name is already in use” problem. |
| Fixed a bug in Edit Aircraft where the Work With command
might not see if a hidden aircraft was actually in the database. |
| Explore Folder now works properly when the path to be
explored contains a comma (before it would complain the path did not exist). |
| The Customization option “Limit thumbnails to no more
than” is no longer grayed out making it seem disabled. |
| Fixed a bug in the Addon Installation Wizard that could
cause an error when installing from a folder (as opposed to a zip file). |
| Very large file sizes are now shown correctly in File
Lists (Browse Folders/Files, Select Addon Files, etc.). |
| Installing zip or rar files from Windows Explorer via the
Explorer context menu shell extension is working once again. |
| Resolved an issue where the import process was not
picking up texture files if the texture statement in the configuration file
ended with a period. |
| In the Edit Aircraft window’s tree view, the aircraft
details and images are properly updated when you move from one root aircraft
to another. |
| On some screens using certain keyboard shortcut keys
without having selected an item in the list would crash the program. This
has been fixed. |
Help
|
Help system was updated to
reflect the latest changes. |
Work With Addons Window
|
Sorting the addon list
by rating is now accurate. |
|
More of the Addon list is shown and less of the
category tabs area. This allows for viewing more addons especially as the
window size increases. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.2.5
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X. This version includes minor
fixes to the recently released version 7.2.4.
Fixes
| Fixed a problem with
duplicate aircraft title correction. |
| On some screens
using certain keyboard shortcut keys without having selected an item in the
list would crash the program. This has been fixed. |
| Added a Help button
to the Work With Sounds import dialog. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.2.4
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Management
| You can now import
missions just like aircraft, panels, scenery and sounds. To import your
missions check the Missions box in the Import Options window. Stock Flight
Simulator missions are tagged accordingly and mission descriptions are
included automatically. |
Customize Window
| A new setting
appears under Aircraft Options to check for duplicate aircraft titles.
Enabling it ensures your aircraft have unique title names as required by
Flight Simulator. Otherwise, Flight Simulator displays an annoying pop-up
whenever you access the aircraft list. When there is an aircraft title
conflict, you have 3 choices: |
| Notify me –
title name issues are brought to your attention and Addit! Pro will
offer to correct the problems. |
| Fix the problem
– Addit! Pro fixes title name problems for you. |
| Ignore – do
nothing (not recommended because Flight Simulator will display an
annoying pop-up). |
Edit Aircraft Window
| Addit! Pro warns
when two aircraft share the same title and offers to fix the problem. If you
opt not to fix the problem, Flight Simulator displays a pop-up error “There
are multiple objects with the same title name. They must have unique title
names.” Addit! Pro renames the duplicate title so there is no conflict. |
| You can view
aircraft effects and effects bitmap files by right clicking on an aircraft
and selecting Aircraft Configuration > View Effects Files. |
| A Repair button
appears in the configuration file report area if the addon has issues that
may be fixed by Addit! Pro. |
| A
new progress bar appears when loading aircraft. |
Edit Panels Window
| You can view panel
gauges and bitmap files by right clicking on a panel and selecting Panel
Configuration > View Panel Files. |
| A Repair button
appears in the configuration file report area if the addon has issues that
may be fixed by Addit! Pro. |
| A
new progress bar appears when loading panels. |
Edit Sounds Window
| You can view sound
files by right clicking on a sound and selecting Sound Configuration > View
Sound Files. |
| A Repair button
appears in the configuration file report area if the addon has issues that
may be fixed by Addit! Pro. |
| A
new progress bar appears when loading sounds. |
Edit Scenery Window
| You can view scenery
and textures by right clicking on a scenery area and selecting View Scenery
Files. |
General
| Added a progress bar
showing the repair function’s file search progress. |
| Addit! Pro’s Program
Information screen now lists FS X’s screenshots folder. |
Fixes
| In the Edit Aircraft
window’s tree view, the aircraft details and images are properly updated
when you move from one root aircraft to another. |
Help
|
Added a Help button to
several message box dialogs to make it quick and easy to get more help.
Pressing Help will open the help system and offer an additional discussion
or more detailed assistance on the topic. |
|
Added Related Topics to
all registration topics to make it easier to learn more about other aspects
of registration. |
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.2.2
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Management
| FSX Acceleration
expansion addons are now considered stock/default addons. |
| A warning dialog appears
when the database size approaches the maximum. |
| Windows media audio
files are now treated as sound files just like mp3 and wav files. |
Addon Pictures
| Added FSX
Acceleration expansion aircraft and panel images to extra images download
package. |
Fixes
| Addit! Pro would
show duplicate aircraft if both configuration files--aircraft.cfg and
hidden.cfg--were present in the aircraft folder. |
| Fixed a bug “could
not setup a picture for the addon” that could appear during the installation
of some scenery addons. |
| Fixed a mission
installation bug. |
| Addressed a panel
picture selection quirk. |
| Fixed a problem that could produce a type mismatch error
on startup. |
| Fixed a potential bug “Error #91: Object variable or With
block variable not set” issue. |
| Fixed some issues selecting addon files in both the
Browse Folders and Select Addon Files screens. |
Select Addons Files Window Enhancements
All drive and folder navigation in both the Select Addon Files
Window and Browse Folders/Files Window has been updated and improved. This was
done to:
|
Increase performance |
|
Provide new features |
|
Address freeze issues under Windows
Vista |
|
Resolve incompatibilities with some
system security software |
Issues in previous versions that prevented
selection of addons should be fixed along with related freezes and crashes.
Drive and folder changes are much faster and you can right click on any folder
and get the same context menu and functionality you enjoy in Windows Explorer!
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.1.2
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation
| Improved
installation for a number of addons to make installation faster, cleaner and
easier so you can get up in the air faster with fewer “red dot” issues. |
| Improved picture assignment for aircraft and panel addons. |
| Addit! Pro now
automatically marks most duplicate files “do not install” for you, to save
time and disk space and to avoid file conflicts. |
| RAR files are now
supported! See RAR Support below for details. |
Addon Installation Wizard
| Added a new column
to all Addon File lists. Use the Archive File column to reveal which zip or rar file contains the addon file.
This makes working with nested zip files easier. From any Addon Installation Wizard
step, right click in the Addon File list, pick Customize Columns, then check
Archive File to show the column. |
| The Problem Details
and Item Number columns in all Addon File lists are now shown only when
needed to explain an installation problem. |
| A new checkbox in
the Select Installation Method box allows you to toggle installation of the
current group of files with one click. Uncheck the box to flag all files in
the tab group “Do Not Install”. This prevents them from being installed.
Leave the box checked to install all the files. |
Addon Installation Wizard – Configure Panels
| Resolved an issue
where setting the panel destination folder manually might not always set the folder for associated panel files. |
| Gauges are now shown
properly once again on the Gauge tab. |
Addon Management
| Flash video (FLV and
SWF video formats) are now considered movies along with AVI and related
media files. |
| Added RAR file
support to the Windows Explorer context menu (see RAR Support below). |
Addon Pictures
Assigning pictures during
installation has been much improved. A new picture list replaces the Set
Picture window. Simply select a picture from the picture list to assign it
to the addon. This gives you:
| Faster
selection since you no longer need to open and use a Set Picture
screen. |
| Easier
selection since there are fewer clicks and less guesswork. |
| You can quickly and
easily see the images included with the addon (or tell if there are
none at all). |
| Widescreen images
are now displayed at 16:9. |
These improvements apply
to aircraft, panel, scenery and texture group picture assignment.
Edit Aircraft
| The
Status Filter Bar
setting is saved from session to session. |
Fixes
| Fixed a bug in
Configure Missions where destination folder validation was not being
triggered. |
| Eliminated a bug
that allowed duplicate aircraft to appear if more than one .cfg file existed
in the aircraft's folder. |
| Fixed a bug where
Addit! Pro was not processing files with long names passed to it from
Windows Explorer’s context menu handler. |
| Fixed a bug with
automatic addon naming. |
| Fixed a bug where if
a slash (/) was included in an addon’s title, the default destination folder
could include a subfolder by mistake. |
| Fixed a display
issue where error reports would sometimes show a missing file more than
once. |
Help System
|
Updated help to include discussion of new features. |
|
Reorganized a couple sections for improved clarity. |
RAR Support
Addit! Pro now features support for WinRAR archives!
Sometimes addons are packaged in RAR files instead of ZIP files. With Addit!
Pro, you can install addons from RAR files just as you can with ZIP files. No
outside program is required, everything is built into Addit! Pro!
| RAR support was
added to Windows Explorer’s content menu. Just right click on a RAR file and pick
“Install to FSX using Addit! Pro”. Note: you must have this
feature
enabled in Customize > General Options > “Add install option to Windows
Explorer context menu”. |
| Supports nearly all
WinRAR formats (WinRAR is not required). |
| Handles RAR files
inside ZIP files, ZIPs inside RARs and any combination. |
Work With Addons
|
Clicking on information
in the Details tab copies the text to the clipboard.
|
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.0.11
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Edit Aircraft
| Pressing Insert after selecting an aircraft adds a new
variant (the Delete key triggers removal). |
Fixes
| Fixed an issue related
to the splitter functionality inside the Browse Folders window and Select
Addon Files window. This increases stability especially under Windows Vista,
solving crash issues. |
| Fixed all
known Windows Vista compatibility issues. |
| Fixed a potential issue in Edit Aircraft where "Fly Now!"
could produce an error box. |
| Fixed a problem with the aliasing of a panel/sound for an
aircraft where the alias is already aliasing something. |
| Fixed a problem with apostrophes in the alias entry. |
General
| Improved visual appearance under Windows Vista. |
| Improved validation of effects files. |
| Results windows now display unsuccessful results first.
For example, the Addon Installation Report will show the "Not Installed" tab
if any files were not installed. |
| The Select button in Select Panels and Select Sounds will
only be clickable if an item is highlighted. |
Setup
| Upgraded distribution
packager to InstallShield. |
Please see
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X Vista Compatibility for more information.
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.0.8
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Changes
| This version includes
Windows Vista compatibility enhancements. |
Please see
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X Vista Compatibility for more information.
Improvements and Changes in Version 7.0.7
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X is a full-featured
addon manager for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Addon Installation
| Aircraft may be
installed into any category such as Airplanes,
Rotorcraft, etc. |
| New files types are
supported including missions, FSX rewards files, texture configuration files (texture.cfg
files), and DLL panel gauge collection files. |
| When you install an
aircraft skin/repaint addon, Addit! Pro tries to give the new texture set a
variant name appropriate to that addon. |
| If an aircraft
includes a thumbnail.jpg image in its texture folder, the image is used for
the aircraft picture if no other image is assigned to the aircraft.
Similarly, if a panel includes a thumbnail it will be assigned as the panel
picture. |
| If a thumbnail.jpg file
already exists when a new one is installed for the first time, it is renamed
Thumbnail Backup.jpg so you won't lose it. |
| Improved automatic selection of aircraft and panel pictures. |
Addon Installation Wizard
| New step indicator
color indicator graphics are easier on the eyes. |
| New Configure
Missions step for installing FSX mission addons. |
| Configure AI Traffic
has been removed (see below). |
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Aircraft Window
| Added a
Change Category button to the Select
Destination Folder step. Press it to show a list of SimObjects categories
(e.g. Airplanes, Rotorcraft, etc.). |
Addon Installation Wizard - Configure Missions Window (NEW!)
Addit! Pro fully supports the installation and clean removal
of FSX missions. Use the new Configure Missions window to customize the
installation of mission files to a folder of your choice. The recommended approach for
installing a mission addon is to install all its files to a new folder. You can create
any folder you like as long as you create it underneath your
Flight Simulator "\Missions" folder
because that is where
Flight Simulator expects to find
missions.
The first step, Select Installation Method, allows you to
choose the approach used to install the mission/campaign files. You can install them to:
| "The folders determined by Addit! Pro": Addit! Pro
determines where to place the files. A mission category and unique mission name
are specified automatically in most cases. |
|
"An existing or new mission folder": Use this option to install all of the files to
a folder of your choice or to an existing mission folder. The folder must be
under the Missions tree. |
Press Change Category to
quickly adjust the mission category (e.g. Pilot For Hire, Emergency, etc.).
Addon Installation Wizard - Set Installation Options Window
| Added a
button to quickly clear all text in the
description field. |
Addon History
| Added a Missions
category to the filter drop-down. Click the category box and select "Show
Only Missions" to use this feature. |
Addon Wizard
| Added options to
access Addon History and the new FS Configuration Manager from the wizard. |
Addon Management
| Aircraft picture thumbnails are now stored in the
aircraft's \Texture folder as Thumbnail.jpg. Backups are called Thumbnail
Backup.jpg. |
| Panel picture thumbnails are now stored in the panel's
main folder as Thumbnail.jpg. Backups are called Thumbnail Backup.jpg. |
| You can limit the size of all aircraft, panel, scenery
and sound pictures created by
Addit! Pro. By keeping your aircraft, panel and scenery thumbnails small,
you boost performance at the expense of visual quality. Smaller thumbnails
means Flight Simulator's aircraft list will display faster. To enable this
feature, open the Customize window and under Addon Installation
Options, check the box called "Limit thumbnails to no more than…"
and enter a width in pixels (e.g. 256). |
| The method used to hide an aircraft changed. Renaming the
flight data file no longer works. Instead, the aircraft.cfg is renamed to
hidden.cfg. |
| Addit! Pro now fully
supports Microsoft DirectDraw Surface (DDS) graphics file and
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) graphics files. Textures for FSX
objects often come in DDS format, now Addit! Pro can display them. |
| Windows Clipboard
pictures, when pasted for use as addon pictures, are now stored in JPG
format instead of as a Windows bitmap (BMP). |
| Images may now be saved in Windows bitmap, JPEG or GIF
format within the View Image window. |
| The scenery.cfg file relocated to D:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX. Addit! Pro now looks for
it there. |
| FSX rewards files are supported. |
| Aircraft, panels and sounds may now be installed to
various folders under \SimObjects. |
| New aircraft details such as Type Role, Created By and
Category are shown in Edit Aircraft. |
| DLL files containing gauge data are supported as are texture.cfg
files. |
| SoundAI folders are imported with other sound groups. |
| Improved handling of
relative paths (e.g. "=..\sound\ban1strt"). |
Customize Window
General Options
| Added an option to add an Addit! Pro item to Windows Explorer's file context menu. This menu appears
when you right-click on a zip file. The menu item is called "Install to
FSX using Addit! Pro".
Pick it to send the zip file directly to Addit! Pro for speedy installation.
Uncheck this box to remove the menu option. |
| Added an option to
launch and show the FS Configuration Manager window. |
| Added an option to
show an image for Addit! Pro's internal background. If checked, the image
file Bckgrnd.jpg located in Addit! Pro's main folder is used as the
background. Uncheck this box to show only a solid background color. Look in
the Background, Colors and Font area of the Appearance Options
category. |
| Added the ability to
change the font used within Addit! Pro. |
Addon Installation Options
| You can limit the size of all addon pictures created by Addit!
Pro. By keeping your aircraft, panel and scenery thumbnails small, you boost
performance at the expense of visual quality. Smaller thumbnails means
Flight Simulator's
aircraft list will display faster. To enable this feature, check the box under
Addon Pictures (Thumbnails) and
enter a width in pixels (e.g. 256). |
Addon Repair Options
| Flight Simulator 2004 files may be used to repair addons.
This is very handy when using FS 2004 addons that assume you have FS 2004
effects, gauges, sounds, etc. If you lack such items the Repair feature can
search FS 2004 and copy over any required files automatically. Be sure the
option "Use Flight Simulator 2004 files to repair Flight Simulator X
addons" is enabled. See Customize for details. |
Edit Aircraft Window
| Aircraft pictures will dynamically resize to accommodate
different aspect ratios of the source image. This will reproduce them more
accurately resulting in better pictures. For example, a 400x300 thumbnail
image renders 4:3 and a 256x128 image in 2:1. |
| Added the ability to
adjust the aircraft Flight Simulator highlights when it opens. Pick an
aircraft, right click and select Aircraft
Configuration then pick Make Default. |
| New aircraft details appear in the Identity tab: Role,
Created By and Category, all new in FSX. Examples of Roles
include "Commercial Airliner", "Single Engine Prop", "Twin Engine Prop",
etc. Created By denotes who made the add-on aircraft e.g. "Microsoft".
Category might be "airplane" or "helicopter". |
| Added a
Collapse All function to collapse all
branches in the Aircraft tree view. This hides all variants leaving only the
aircraft titles. Applies only to the Aircraft tree view. |
| Texture
configuration files are validated. |
Edit Panels Window
| Pictures will dynamically resize to accommodate different
aspect ratios of the source image. This will reproduce them more accurately
resulting in better pictures. For example, a 400x300 thumbnail image renders
4:3 and a 256x128 image in 2:1. |
| Icons represent each
row in the Panels box. |
| DLL panel gauge collection files are validated. |
Edit Scenery Window
| Pictures will dynamically resize to accommodate different
aspect ratios of the source image. This will reproduce them more accurately
resulting in better pictures. For example, a 400x300 thumbnail image renders
4:3 and a 256x128 image in 2:1. |
| Icons represent each
row in the Scenery box. |
Edit Sounds Window
| Icons represent each
row in the Sound box. |
| Improved checking for
relative path entries for sound events. |
Fixes
| Fixed a quirk in
Work With Addons where a change to "Authors" erroneously updated the wrong
column in the Addon list box. |
| Fixed a bug where a
line might appear twice in the Aircraft Configuration Report. |
| Fixed a quirk in the
Repair Addon window where an item offered for repair could be listed twice. |
| Addit! Pro now remembers
your choice to always open windows in their maximized state. |
FS Configuration Manager Window (NEW!)
The FS Configuration Manager window is used to perform a variety of tasks
on Flight Simulator's main program configuration (.cfg) files. To access
this window, pull down the Tools
menu and pick FS Configuration Manager.
Flight Simulator makes use of a
central configuration file to store details about the sim such as your graphics,
sound and realism settings, among other things. The file
FSX.CFG holds this information.
You change the active configuration file and manage alternate configuration
files using Addit! Pro's FS Configuration Manager.
Use multiple
FSX.CFG
files to easily run the sim under various configurations. Why use multiple configuration files?
Some examples:
The FS Configuration Manager allows you to create and manage a
set of CFG files then run FS using any of them. You can name the
CFG files however you like and even include a description.
Press the Help button on
the FS Configuration Manager screen for complete details.
General Changes
Windows Explorer Context Menu
| Added a context menu
option to Windows Explorer allowing you to install the selected zip file(s)
using Addit! Pro. Check the box Add install option to Windows Explorer context menu
to add an Addit! Pro option to Windows Explorer's file context menu. This menu appears
when you right-click on a zip file. The menu item is called "Install to
FSX using Addit! Pro".
Pick it to send the zip file directly to Addit! Pro for speedy installation.
Uncheck this box to remove the menu option. |
Addit! Pro has a new look!
| New Toolbar buttons
– slightly larger featuring a glossy look, these attractive black toolbar
buttons are new for this release. |
| New Splash/About screen – Easier to read and more
professional looking. |
| Window graphics – Graphics for most form elements and
lists have been updated and in most cases 256 color or better icons are
used. |
| Indicator buttons –
The red/yellow/green Wizard step status icons are now easier on the eyes. |
| Background image – A
high resolution bitmap image can be used as the Addit! Pro's background. To
replace this image with one of your choice, simply edit the Bckgrnd.jpg file
located in your Addit! Pro program folder. Can be toggled on or off using
Customize. |
| Edit Panels, Edit
Scenery and Edit Sounds – All lists have a graphic for each row. Right click
in the list and select Show Icons to toggle this graphic. |
Other
| Added a "Flight
Simulator Web Site" link to the Help menu, alongside the "Addit! Pro
Web Site" link. |
|
Added "FSX.CFG Manager" to the list of
functions available to open right away when Addit! Pro launches. |
|
FSX traffic files differ from FS2004.
AFCAD files created for FS2004 do not always work 100% in FSX. Therefore,
Addit! Pro's use of AFCAD and Traffic Tools can't be supported. There are
groups working on equivalents--a new graphical interface traffic file
program, and a scenery design tool which should include AFCAD type
functionality. Addit! Pro supports installation of precompiled traffic BGL
files, as always. |
Help System
| Added new help
topics covering the installation of mission addons, how to create and use a
FSX configuration file, and more. |
| Updated to reflect all changes made for FSX. |
Program Information Window
| FSX specific details are shown. |
Repair Addon Window
| Flight Simulator 2004 files may be used to repair addons.
This is very handy when using FS 2004 addons that assume you have FS 2004
effects, gauges, sounds, etc. If you lack such items the Repair feature can
search FS 2004 and copy over any required files automatically. Be sure the
option "Use Flight Simulator 2004 files to repair Flight Simulator X
addons" is enabled. See Customize for details. |
Toolbar
| Addit! Pro's
Toolbar is now fully customizable. You can turn the toolbar on and off,
toggle captions, toggle the new submenus, change the overall style and
choose which buttons are shown. |
| Submenus are new and
allow access to other features by clicking on the drop-down arrow on a
button. For example, pull down the Aircraft submenu and select from "Work
with Aircraft Addons" and "Work with Aircraft Skins and Repaints". |
| Added a
Fly Now button to start Flight
Simulator. |
| To adjust the
toolbar, open the Customize window and go to the Appearance
Options category. |
Work With Addons Window
| Added a Missions
category to the filter drop-down for FSX mission addons. Click the category
box and select "Show Only Missions" to use this feature. |
Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X
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Microsoft Flight Simulator X © 2006 Microsoft Corporation.
AFCAD and AFInstaller Copyright © 2003 Lee Swordy.
Traffic Tools was created by Lee Swordy.
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