Microsoft KB Archive/31877

Converting and Using SubLOGIC Scenery Disks on a Hard Disk

PSS ID Number: Q31877 Article last modified on 11-07-1994

3.00 4.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

Listed below are the steps required to load SubLOGIC scenery disk files onto a hard disk and use them with Flight Simulator versions 3.00 and 4.00. The converted scenery files can be used only when running Flight Simulator from a hard disk.

More Information:

The steps are as follows:


 * 1) Make sure the CONVERTS.EXE file exists in the Flight Simulator subdirectory on your hard disk. Change to the Flight Simulator subdirectory, type “converts” (without the quotation marks), then press ENTER.
 * 2) Insert the SubLOGIC scenery disk into any available disk drive and type the letter of that drive in response to the prompt. Note that pressing the ESC key returns you to DOS.
 * 3) A menu will appear listing all available scenery disks. Type the letter that corresponds to the scenery disk you inserted into your floppy-disk drive.
 * 4) At the prompt, type the letter of the drive that contains the subdirectory of Flight Simulator. For example, if your hard disk is Drive C, type “C”.

After you complete these procedures, you will be returned to DOS. The procedures for loading this scenery after starting Flight Simulator are as follows:


 * 1) Start the Flight Simulator program and turn Crash Detect to off by selecting option 2 from the SIM menu.
 * 2) Select option 2 (Scenery load) from the NAV/COM menu. The next menu that appears is the Scenery Library menu.
 * 3) On the Scenery Library menu, the scenery you converted will appear as option 3, or as a later option. Type the number of this option. A submenu will appear displaying the areas available for flight. Press any key to continue.
 * 4) Please refer to the SubLOGIC documentation for the coordinates of airports available in this scenery. Change to these airports by typing 5A from the main menu.

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