I made a mod for the FS2020 Boeing 707-320C, so as to animate the leading edge flaps; a single file of the original model is replaced by a new one.
When FS2024 came up, I enabled the FS2020 Boeing 707-320C, and my mod worked as is worked in FS2020.
Then came SU1 and SU2. I am not 100% sure, but I think it still worked with SU1. With SU2 it does’nt work anymore; using the menu Tools, I can see that my package is installed, but the VFS Projector shows only the file of the original model.
I also tried to generate a new package with FS2024, no sucess.
Any ideas? Enclosed, the FS2020 mod package.
FP_B707_320C_LE_flaps_v2_1.zip (9.8 KB)
Hello @FawnPanda67166
This is likely related to this: The Project Inspector
With SU1 was introduced a process to “lock” the html_ui and ModelBehaviorDefs global files.
This was done to prevent conflicts between packages that modify these files through VFS override, sometimes even unintentionally.
Now, you can still override these files, if you really need to, but it has to be explicitly declared in your package metadata.
For some reason, the B707 behavior files VFS path was put in the global ModelBehaviorDefs, so overriding them will require this setup.
Please try this and let us know if that solves your problem.
This will require you to convert your package to native 2024, but this should not be a big deal since it only contains behavior files.
Regards,
Sylvain
Thank you for answering. I’m currently out, I give it a try when I’m back home end let you know in a few days.
Merci encore et à bientôt.
I made a number of tries, but none succeeded to replace the original file.
Instead, using the VFS Projector, I still find the original ‘b707_front.xml’ in the folder ‘modelbehaviorsdef’, and the modified file in the folder ‘Copys\b707_320c\patch’.
I must do something wrong, but I have no clue.
Enclosed, the built package.
dd-b707-320c.zip (13.9 KB)
Eventually, I made it!
I just had to set ‘package_order_hint’ to ‘GENERIC MODELLIB_PATCH’.
Thank you for helping.
FYI, there is a dedicated order hint for packages modifying existing SimObjects: SIMOBJECTS_PATCH
Regards,
Sylvain
Yes, I used SIMOBJECTS_PATCH in the version I posted 5 days ago. And as I mentioned, it did not work, I still found the original ‘b707_front.xml’ in the folder ‘modelbehaviorsdef’, and the modified file in the folder ‘Copys\b707_320c\patch’. Since you had mentioned that ‘ModelBehaviorDefs’ contained global files, I tried GENERIC MODELLIB_PATCH, assuming I had to specify something more generic.
My understanding is that this Boeing 707 addon was made in an unusual (and buggy) way. Sadly, so far, Aeroplane Heaven has not released an update.