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Enumerating AIR file sections
- Thread starter gsnde
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Why not use one of the air file editors like AirEd ?
It sounds like you're trying to read the *.air file with a binary file editor/reader?
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I am working on an aircraft parameter editor for AI aircraft. The tool already deals with reading and writing the aircraft.cfg and the mdl file.
The only relevant (for my intentions) setting in the air file is the aircraft type (so you can change AI aircraft to hidden which aircraft designers love to forget).
The only relevant (for my intentions) setting in the air file is the aircraft type (so you can change AI aircraft to hidden which aircraft designers love to forget).
Aha!
Now, if your tool, that already deals with the aircraft.cfg file, does it in a graphical interface ....
(Well, I CAN dream that someone, someday, will create an "aircraft container manager" replacement for FS-X, right?)
as to your initial question, unfortunately, I cannot help you there...
Now, if your tool, that already deals with the aircraft.cfg file, does it in a graphical interface ....
(Well, I CAN dream that someone, someday, will create an "aircraft container manager" replacement for FS-X, right?)
as to your initial question, unfortunately, I cannot help you there...
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In FSX, just remove the panel folder.
) But at least a graphical interface is there.
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Hi Martin,
There is no TOC in air files. Each section has a fixed header: section number (long) followed by section length (long). So you need to parse the file so as to locate the wanted section to read/write. In your example header of section 105 is: 05 01 00 00 04 00 00 00 followed by the value 00 00 00 00 (you will probably want to change to 2 for AI). So the only thing you can do is to jump from one section to the next one until you find what you want..section length doesn't include the header, so add 8 ;-)
Hervé
There is no TOC in air files. Each section has a fixed header: section number (long) followed by section length (long). So you need to parse the file so as to locate the wanted section to read/write. In your example header of section 105 is: 05 01 00 00 04 00 00 00 followed by the value 00 00 00 00 (you will probably want to change to 2 for AI). So the only thing you can do is to jump from one section to the next one until you find what you want..section length doesn't include the header, so add 8 ;-)
Hervé