FSX AI Formation Toys - Version 4

This zip contains files:

FormationSetup.exe
FormationSetup.cfg
readme.txt

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FormationSetup Overview
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FormationSetup is simple program designed to create a formation of up to four AI controlled aircraft.

To select an AI aircraft, scroll through the aircraft titles in the list of Available Aircraft on the left and highlight an aircraft you want to use in a formation.  Then click one of the Aircraft Selected check boxes or text boxes in the middle of the panel.  The selected aircraft title will appear in the Aircraft Selected text box. Clicking the check box after an aircraft has been selected will clear the text box.

To select airspeed, racetrack leg distance, altitude, formation shape (on ground), or flight pattern click the radio buttons of your choice.

Note: 'Race Track' and 'Straight Line' are the same pattern.  The AI aircraft fly in a box shaped pattern; however, when 'Straight Line' is selected the leg distance is always 1000 miles.


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Creating and Running Formation Flights
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1 Start a flight in FSX on any runway.
2 Switch to a windows explorer window and browse to the folder with the FormationSetup files. 
3 Double click the icon for FormationSetup.exe
4 Set the formation parameters as described in the overview.
5 Click the "Connect to FSX" button, then click the pop-up 'Ok' button.
6 Switch back to FSX.
7 The 'Add-ons' pull-down should now be visible on the FSX menu bar.
8 Select 'AI Formation' and 'Add Formation' from the 'Add-ons' menu, and the AI formation will appear.
9 To start the formation rolling, Select 'AI Formation' and 'Start Formation' from the 'Add-ons' menu.
10 Take off and fly with the formation!

The AI aircraft will fly in loose formation and climb to the selected altitude (feet) and attempt to accelerate to the selected air speed (kts). If their top speed is less than selected, they'll fly at their top speed. In the distance selected (nm) they will turn 90 degrees to the right, and they will keep turning 90 degress right after traveling the same distance to form a square race track pattern.

To end a formation flight, switch back to FormationSetup and click 'Cancel'. FormationSetup will close and remove the AI formation from FSX.  


Using And Distributing the archive

This software is released as Freeware, Copyright (C) 2008 - Jerry Beckwith.  As freeware you are permitted to use and distribute this archive subject to the following conditions:

- You may not charge anyone for the files contained in this archive, and these files may not be distributed as part of any commercial product without prior agreement from the author.  


Disclaimer

The files in this archive are supplied on an as-is basis.  The author offers no warranty of their fitness for any purpose whatsoever, and accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage incurred by their use.  This program may or may not run as intended on your system. In any case, this is not a supported product.  The author accepts no commitment or liability to address any problems that may be encountered in using it.


Contacting the Author

If you have comments or suggestions please send eMail to:

jerry@mudpond.org



