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== FAQ ==

=== The module is not working ===

Please be aware that the module alone does not provide you with any special features. It only writes some variables that sceneries can use, but you will not see any changes to your current scenery.

If the scenery you are using does not respond to as you expect, please contact the author of the scenery first to make sure it should respond as you expect.

=== Flight Simulator crashes since I installed the ActiGate module ===

One of the beta testers reported a crash of Flight Simulator due to the desktop. It crash seemed caused by the combination of the ActiGate module and a PMDG aircraft he had installed. Unfortunately we could not find cause this crash. If you have similar trouble, just remove the ActiGate DLL. This should make your Flight Simulator working again. After that, please contact me, I can need any information to solve problems like this.

=== I do get conflicts with other scenery/tools ===

If the scenery user variables written by ActiGate interfere with some other scenery or tool using the same variables, you can temporarily disable ActiGate. This is done by clicking on the Modules menu in Flight Simulator. You will see an entry for ActiGate there. If there is a check mark in front of the name ActiGate is running. If you now click on the ActiGate entry it will be disabled. Once you click on it again ActiGate will be running again. The images below illustrate this.

[[Image:menuon.jpg]] [[Image:menuoff.jpg]]

=== What if my aircraft is not recognised? ===

The scenery you are using could not have been designed to interact with the aircraft type you are using. Please look at the documentation of the scenery or ask the author to be sure this aircraft type should be supported.

If the scenery you are using does support the aircraft type you are using, but it is still not recognised it could be that the aircraft type is not written clearly in the ''aircraft.cfg'' file. In that case the ActiGate module can not determine the type from the information it reads.

But this problem can be solved. Any aircraft that can not be recognised by the ActiGate module, will be written in a file called ''actigate.ini'' in your Flight Simulator modules folder. If you specify the correct aircraft type in that file, you aircraft will be recognised from now on. To help you editing this file I have made a little editor, ''ActiGateEditor.exe''. You can also find this file in your modules folder.

When you start this editor you will get a screen as shown below (of course the aircraft shown will be different on your PC). If you now click on any of these aircraft, you can use the dropdown box to select the correct type. Once you press ''Save and Exit'' your changes are stored and the next time you start Flight Simulator you aircraft should be recognised correctly.

[[Image:actigateeditor1.jpg]]
[[Image:actigateeditor2.jpg]]

If you think the aircraft name as shown in the INI file clearly shows the aircraft type, please contact me. If you sent me the aircraft name as shown in the INI file, I can improve ActiGate further.