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Certified FSX or old FS9 aircraft model for FSX?, This is how you may check your add on aircraft |
 Nov 6 2009, 03:12 PM
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Member - 1,000+  Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 110,986  |
Hi all,
Every now and then questions are asked if an aircraft add on is a native (certified) FSX model or a FS9 model. Using a simple (freeware) hex editor, such as Free Hex Editor Neo, you may open the aircrafts model file(s). A native FSX model file will have the text "MDLXMDLH" in the beginning of the file. A FS9 or FS8 model with have the text "MDL8MDLH". The model files are often stored in the folder ...\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\aircraftname\model and they have the extension .MDL. This is no news and has been discussed every now and then, but a refresh of this topic might be useful for some simmers. Phil Taylors blog OT: http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/archive/2008...ns-and-fsx.aspx Ulf B Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel Core i7 940 @4GHz CPU Cooler Thermalright COGAGE TRUE Spirit 1366 OCZ Platinum XTC DDR3 1600MHz (CAS 7) 3x2GB XFX GTX285 690M Black Edition 1GB Vista Home Premium 64 SP1, FSX SP2 on VelociRaptor, NOD32 |
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Nov 6 2009, 03:15 PM
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Member Group: Administrators Posts: 526 Joined: 25-April 08 From: St. Augustine, Florida Member No.: 156,258 |
Notepad gets the job done too.
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Nov 6 2009, 03:22 PM
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Member - 1,000+ Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 110,986 |
QUOTE (rightseater @ Nov 6 2009, 09:15 PM)  Notepad gets the job done too. Thanks, Yes it does. I didn't even try with Notepad. Sorry 
Ulf B Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel Core i7 940 @4GHz CPU Cooler Thermalright COGAGE TRUE Spirit 1366 OCZ Platinum XTC DDR3 1600MHz (CAS 7) 3x2GB XFX GTX285 690M Black Edition 1GB Vista Home Premium 64 SP1, FSX SP2 on VelociRaptor, NOD32 |
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Nov 6 2009, 05:25 PM
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Member - 2,000+ Group: Commercial Member Posts: 2,265 Joined: 26-November 03 Member No.: 117,006 |
Yes, that method works well. MDLX is the important factor here.
CX20exterior.jpg ( 85.2K )
Number of downloads: 2Any model which contains a seperate interior model is FSX as well.
CX20interior.jpg ( 85.49K )
Number of downloads: 5Best Regards,
Ron Hamilton Eaglesoft Development Group  |
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Nov 6 2009, 05:57 PM
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Member - 1,000+ Group: Members Posts: 1,829 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 110,986 |
Ron,
What a coincidence that you choose the Citation X v2 as an example  I attempted to post in the now closed thread, but it was locked. All Eaglesoft aircraft that I own are FSX native models. And they are excellent add ons  Ulf B Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel Core i7 940 @4GHz CPU Cooler Thermalright COGAGE TRUE Spirit 1366 OCZ Platinum XTC DDR3 1600MHz (CAS 7) 3x2GB XFX GTX285 690M Black Edition 1GB Vista Home Premium 64 SP1, FSX SP2 on VelociRaptor, NOD32 |
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Nov 6 2009, 06:10 PM
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Member - 2,000+ Group: Commercial Member Posts: 2,265 Joined: 26-November 03 Member No.: 117,006 |
QUOTE (UlfB @ Nov 6 2009, 05:57 PM) Ron, What a coincidence that you choose the Citation X v2 as an example I attempted to post in the now closed thread, but it was locked. All Eaglesoft aircraft that I own are FSX native models. And they are excellent add ons Actually not a coincidence. I deliberately chose this aircraft to offset some recent scurilous claims against Eaglesoft. Truth be told there are a couple of our aircraft which have not yet been done to FSX Certied status but FSX CXE V2.0 isn't one of them. Thank you kindly for your support.
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Ron Hamilton Eaglesoft Development Group |
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Nov 6 2009, 08:30 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 28-May 09 Member No.: 171,717 |
Does that stand true for AI Aircraft to, as far as being native (certified) FSX model or a FS9 model?
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Nov 6 2009, 10:46 PM
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Member - 2,000+ Group: Commercial Member Posts: 2,265 Joined: 26-November 03 Member No.: 117,006 |
QUOTE (swampwolf @ Nov 6 2009, 09:30 PM) Does that stand true for AI Aircraft to, as far as being native (certified) FSX model or a FS9 model? swampwolf The method used to examine a model file works on sim models. The reason it works is that the model compiler sets the designation, not the modeler himself. 
Best Regards,
Ron Hamilton Eaglesoft Development Group |
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