Release notes for all releases of AI Aircraft Editor (AIAE)

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Screenshot Export from Model Viewer fixed
• Warning message was hidden by the animated radar gif

In development:

• Aliased Model.cfg support

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported
• Interface distorted on high DPI monitors (no solution until migration to WPF)

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• some rare bugs that caused crashes under certain conditions

In development:

• Aliased Model.cfg support

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported
• Interface distorted on high DPI monitors (no solution until migration to WPF)

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• under certain conditions a wrong model did not raise the error flag in the main interface

In development:

• Aliased Model.cfg support

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported
• Interface distorted on high DPI monitors (no solution until migration to WPF)

Changes:

• SoundAI support improved
• Texture.CFG support improved

Fixes:

• some interface changes

In development:

• Aliased Model.cfg support

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported
• Interface distorted on high DPI monitors (no solution until migration to WPF)

Changes:

• SoundAI support refined
• Added Texture.CFG support

Fixes:

• Shortlist access to P3D aircraft

In development:

• Tab for texture.cfg analysis

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Space characters after [fltsim.x] sections made application crash

In development:

• Aliased Model.cfg support
• Tab for texture.cfg analysis

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Final version of Arnos MCX V.1.7 viewer components
• New TreeView components by Jim Parsells
• SoundAI Support
• Duplicate Texture Analysis
• All online checks (update, feedback etc. can no longer block the application

Fixes:

• The FSX/P3D converted wingspan fields and parking spot size were unpopulated

In development:

• Aliased Model.cfg support
• Tab for texture.cfg analysis

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Major code overhaul for performance and stability
• PBR model detection

Fixes:

• FS2002 (MDL8) not working in Viewer
• Fixed a year-old bug that caused various aircraft to crash or display incorrectly when loaded into the viewer.
• The Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed atc_heavy display in grid if no atc_heavy keys in aircraft.cfg
• Fixed 'Delete [fltsim.x] keys' dialog: buttons stayed deactivated if you drag keys from right to left
• Fixed 'Delete [fltsim.x] keys' dialog: refresh grid view when closing the dialog

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• FS2002 (MDL8) not working in Viewer
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Newest version of MCX DLLs included
• [Airwrench] added to the removable sections

Fixes:

• Non-sequential numbering of [fltsim.x] sections now triggers the red status
• Fixed some rare bugs

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed rare crash that could occur when deleting textures from within the datagrid
• Fixed crash that could happen when loading all textures

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• New MCX DLLs

Fixes:

• Fixed forth cause of crash on SimObject analysis
• Fixed FS9 write model size if model is read-only
• Fixed rare crash that could overload MCX texture search path length
• Fixed crash that could happen when loading all textures
• Fixed rare crash that could happen when changing parking types
• MCX: Various fixes

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• New MCX DLLs
• Updated Manual

Fixes:

• Fixed third cause of crash on SimObject analysis
• Improved 'Delete [fltsim.x] section & folder'
• Fixed rare crash that could happen when selecting a cell in the data grid
• Fixed rare crash that could happen when loading a model in the viewer
• Fixed rare crash that could happen when using 'Open Explorer' from file menu
• Fixed textures not displayed when the folder name contains capital letters
• Fixed rare instance when AIAE interface was scrambled with >100% screen scaling
• Fixed various rare bugs
• MCX: Rare wrong animation direction

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• New MCX DLLs
• Support for layered textures to this standard >texture.something\texture
• Model Version re-introduced in AIAE log

Fixes:

• AIAE: Installer to include another 3 DLLs that I missed when moving to the new self-updater.
• AIAE: fixed several rare crashes
• MCX: fixed bug that textures were not displayed on certain models

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed second cause of crash on SimObject analysis
• Fixed textures not dispülaying when folder name contains ' or " characters

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Models and texture were wrongly reported as not found in the aircraft validation reports
• Hardening sort aircraft sections where some crashes occured that I cannot replicate
• Preventing crashes in Model Viewer, showing notification instead

Known issues:

• The SimObjects Analyzis still cause a crash for some people
• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• New AutoUpdaterNET Version 1.8.5 by Ravi Patel
• Add a seperate AIAE Updater to allow to recover from situations where AIAE crashes before the internal updater could work. You find the Updater in the AIAE startmenu group.

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• The SimObjects Analyzis still cause a crash for some people
• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Rare bug when handling the texture grid
• Rare bug when renumbering sections
• Rare bug when closing animation screen

Known issues:

• The SimObjects Analyzis still cause a crash for some people
• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Crash when you de-select all atc_parking_types
• Further hardening the SimObjects analysis code
• Further hardening changing the airfile type code

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Correct instability with animation loader screen

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Limited support to use AIAE with MSFS. De-select Menu Settings --> 'Strict FS9/FSX/P3D Mode' to enable this feature. ModelViewer and Effects are not supported.
• You can make a screenshots of the Model Viewer with the camera buton on the right side of the Model Viewer toolbar

Fixes:

• Crash when analyzing SimObject folders - many thanks to Mike @AIG, the one person willing to support me finding the bug
• Crash when an effect value consists only of character '/'
• Changes of Exits and General atc_model & atc_type not being saved
• Incorrect saved position of AIAE main screen when it is closed with Model Viewer windows open
• Model Viewer Toolbar buttons without functionality
• Aircraft details now completely cleared when changing from aircraft folder to non-aircraft folder
• various code optimizations

Known issues:

• The Main Form Model Viewer does not show the animation slider for the very first model & texture loaded. Slider shows from the next change (model or texture) onwards.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Brought back missing right-click datagrid menu

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Crash while analyzing simfolders. Don't click the 'refresh' button beside the simfolders dropdown if you are affected.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• corrected too small status line

Fixes:

• various smaller bugs and irritations

Known issues:

• Crash while analyzing simfolders. Don't click the 'refresh' button beside the simfolders dropdown if you are affected.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Screen scaling >100% is now supported
• Child windows like viewer and event log no longer stay on top
• disabled automated simfolder analysis until cause of crash is identified

Fixes:

• various smaller bugs and irritations

Known issues:

• Crash while analyzing simfolders. Don't click the 'refresh' button beside the simfolders dropdown if you are affected.
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Header 'only valid for AI aircraft' replaced with 'can be removed for AI aircraft'

Fixes:

• backup functionality on backup tab restored
• [fltsim] sorting did not respect the ui_variation setting

Known issues:

• Screen scaling >100% currently not supported. I am looking for a way to solve this
• Reading the P3D simobjects fail for some users. I am starting to investigate this
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Due to a function call that is not supported below Windows 10 it is impossible to start AIAE in older OS versions
• [fltsim] sorting did not respect personal sort order preference

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Restructured user interface
• Major code rewrite to increase performance and eliminate bugs
• New: Aircraft Effect Management
• P3Dv6 support
• P3D autodiscover path support
• Use of current MCX viewer components

Fixes:

• Major code clean-up
• Various errors fixed

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• About dialog update

Fixes:

• Remove Test buton leftover
• Code clean-up

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Select 'Renumber [flightsim.x] sections like sorted' from the Tools menu or right-click on grid to rebuild the aircraft.cfg like sorted in the grid
• ==> Incomplete numbering and placeholders (fltsim.x]) are corrected
• ==> Headers on top of file are not touched
• ==> First section after the [fltsim.x] sections is [general], followed by [lights] and [effects]
• ==> All remaining sections are placed behind, sorted alphabetically

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Right-click on grid and select 'Renumber [flightsim.x] sections like sorted' to rebuild the aircraft.cfg like you have sorted the grid

Fixes:

• Fixed a rare bug that crashed the program when sorting with no row selected

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• New setting for notification and automatical adding of the [radios] section
• Application settings handling more robust, added option to delete settings via settings menu if they are corrupt and not sticking

Fixes:

• Prevent that the cursor was set to the beginning of a text field when regex filtered out invalid character while typing

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Saves and restores the Viewer settings backcolor, show grid and view mode

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed missing application icon which got lost in last release

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Added support for P3Dv5
• Better analysis of simobjects added via add-on.cfg
• Updated MCX components

Fixes:

• Fixed 'search next' (CTRL-F or right-click on grid) to find all occurences
• Fixed update of detail grid and Model Viewer on 'search next' opperations
• Fixed crash when aircraft.cfg/sim.cfg lines started with a '='
• Fixed textures not displaying for ships with named texture folder
• Fixed various small issues

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Changed initialization of Viewer which will now e.g. show the GAI An-124 correctly
• Updated MCX components

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Updated MCX components

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Updated MCX components
• Bug in Sort [fltsim.x] section

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Updated MCX components

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Updated MCX components bringin back the population of the texture tab content

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Updated MCX components preventing a crash in the Viewer

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Current MCX DLL set - dramatically improved in all regards

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Current MCX DLL set - dramatically improved FS9 model loading times

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Current MCX DLL set

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• 'Sort section keys' sort order is now configurable via menu 'Settings'

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• 'Sort section keys' code rewritten. Sorting order:
• title, model, texture, sim, prop_anim_ratio, atc_parking_types, atc_parking_codes, atc_model, atc_airline, atc_heavy, atc_flight_number, atc_id, atc_id_color, ui_createdby, ui_typerole, ui_manufacturer, ui_type, ui_variation, description, panel, sound, kb_checklists, kb_reference, visual_damage, externalsecondarysimdata.x, externalsecondarysimid.x, externalsecondarysimmodule.x, externalsecondarysimvarcount.x
• comments & unknown keys at the end of each section

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Format aircraft.cfg now reliably reduces duplicate empty lines to one
• Format aircraft.cfg confirms completion with Messagebox

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Rework of 'Format aircraft.cfg'
• - improved comment handling
• - removal of duplicate empty lines
• - add empty line before [section] if there is none

Fixes:

• The blue background for multi-selected rows was not always reset to white when deselecting the rows

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Current MCX DLL set

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Renumbering failed if there were empty lines consisting of tabs

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Shared texture support for MAIW Matrix in the ModelViewer component
• Current MCX DLL set

Fixes:

• Renumbering [fltsim] sections failed if there was a space before " [fltsim]"
• Delete [fltsim] sections was interferring with CTRL-F find function
• CTRL-F find function was not always highlighting the found occurences

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• models compiled for P3Dv44 are recognized

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• [fltsim.x] datagrid has search functionality (CTRL-F or rightclick)
• latest version of Arno's DLLs

Fixes:

• [radios] section headers followed by a comment were not recognized while loading an aircraft

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• supports changing models and textures in the viewer while animation is running
• allow changing detail tabs while no aircraft is selected
• latest version of Arno's DLLs

Fixes:

• correct handling of model.cfg files with commented normal key
• correct right-click handling in [fltsim.x] grid

Known issues:

• Do not switch models or textures while the animation is running!
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• correct handling if you select/deselect rows via both mouse (click checkbox) and keyboard (space bar)

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Added detection for duplicate title, model, texture and sim keys in reporting

Fixes:

• correct handling of special characters in aircraft.cfg (e.g. äöüß)

Known issues:

• Do not switch models or textures while the animation is running!
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Restore last AIAE position after update
• none

Known issues:

• Do not switch models or textures while the animation is running!
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• add warning to Model Viewer tab not to change aircraft, model or texture while animation is running
• code optimization

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Do not switch models or textures while the animation is running!
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Crash when ships are selected and ModelViewer is set to external window.
• Crash when models/textures are changed while animation are running (no crash, but still doesn't work)

Known issues:

• Do not switch models or textures while the animation is running!
• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Ships are now supported in the viewer. You can't edit them, only view

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Remember last path setting (path was always remembered)
• multi monitor position restore for AIAE and Viewer window

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Code optimization and improved error handling

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Updated set of Arno's MCX DLLs to fix a crash under certain conditions

Fixes:

• none

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Ages old nasty bug: selecting an aircraft with invalid [fltsim.0] section while Model Viewer was active has caused a crash

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• Completely new interface to the ModelViewer - thank you Arno!

Fixes:

• Various fixes and code cleanup related to the Model Viewer interface

Known issues:

• Aliased model.cfg files currently not supported

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed texture analysis to not list textures with capital extension as being empty

Changes:

• Completely rewritten model and texture analyzis. This now hopefully covers also very peculiar situations

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• fix a crash resulting from creative additions to the aircraft.cfg
• auto-select last [fltsim.x] section now scrolls to the entry if it is outside the visibole area and shows the right content

Changes:

• Option to map / disconnect network share in file menu
• Reload button to update error log after fixing something
• Web based feedback form to give comments, feature requests and bug reports
• Additional information in status bar when analyzing all aircraft below

Fixes:

• Nasty regex bug causing crash under certain condition when anayzing all aircraft below

Changes:

• Splitter position between folder tree and details is restored between sessions
• Detailed Report shows unused models
• Detailed Report shows unused textures
• Detailed Report shows used effects from effects, smoke and lights (no validation yet)
• Option to select last [fltsim.x] entry instead first
• P3Dv4 Simobjects list populated by all relevant sections from add-on.xml

Fixes:

• Various small fixes and optimizations

Changes:

• Manifest to run AIAE as administrator - this fixes many errors related to the ModelViewer
• Interface supports resizing of folder tree width
• All screen elements supports resizing

Fixes:

• Various small fixes and optimizations

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• In modelviewer not all textures were displayed
• Under certain conditions no fltsim sections were displayed
• Under certain conditions the interface became inoperative
• Various small fixes and optimizations

Changes:

• Add batch mode to add missing / incomplete [Radios] section
• Log File Viewer in Model Viewer Tab

Fixes:

• Warning messages during program start displayed above the loader animation
• ModelViewer code optimized
• Empty or additional folders below texture folders were displayed as missing textures in validation report
• Model in subfolders were not textured in ModelViewer if in aircraft.cfg the model= starts with a '\'

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed starting index for Validate all aircraft below - the first folder was never checked

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Allow negative numbers in [Exit.x]
• Clear fields when changing aircraft withe General section tab in focus

Changes:

• [fltsim.x] - support for selected items. All operations "apply to all" are applied to selected items only if any are selected
• [fltsim.x] - right click menu to select all, deselect all or toggle selection
• [fltsim.x] - a model can be applied to all or selected sections
• [fltsim.x] - an airfile can be applied to all or selected sections
• "analyze aircraft" and "analyze all aircraft below" are back
• under settings select reporting style: overview, detailed and error report
• current set of Arno's DLLs

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• add crash self detection - if AIAE crashed, on next start it is pointing to C:\ and has autoupdate enabled

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Version 3.1.19 was wrongly compiled

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• I tried to fix some reported bugs which I could never replicate / understand

Changes:

• Add ability to remove AI irrelevant sections if aircraft type is not detected

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• Added check if [Radios] section exits and offer to add it if not
• Added [CameraDefinition.x] for removal in AI Remove sections

Fixes:

• atc_parking_types setting could not be applied to all aircraft sections
• AIAE did not detect missing model= key in model.cfg
• backup files were created although option not set
• crash when accessing folder without user having read credentials
• some spelling errors

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Renumbering aircraft did not reset aircraft error indicator

Changes:

• Support for P3Dv4

Fixes:

• Fixed about 20 bugs reported via Dr. Dump Crash Report

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that culd crash the program during start due to old P3Dv2 registry entries when P3Dv2 had been removed
• Fixed several bugs that caused rare crashes
• Fixed some more inventive ways to misformat decimal numbers and comments in aircraft.cfg

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed crash caused by duplicate decimal point in wing_span string (like '103.750.00'). Very inventive...

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Yet another invalid comment separator '\\' will now be detected. You can choose to replace it by your default comment separator, otherwise no loading of 'aircraft.cfg'

Changes:

• Added option on datagrid rightclick menu to 'renumber as sorted'

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• The texture listbox was not correctly populated for texture folders residing inside texture folders
• Fixed a crash that occured when deleting '[fltsim.x] section with texture folder' and the textures being read-only

Changes:

• Added option to not show transparency for the texture viewer

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed analysis of the model file when the ini contains additional spaces
• Fixed analysis of the model file when the mdl file is read-only

Changes:

• Changed key compare from binary to text --> meaning it does no longer matter if the letter cases of folders and their name in the cfg files are matching

Fixes:

• Fixed potential crashes when processing non-valid aircraft.cfg files

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed crash caused by clicking in the open list space of the 'Delete keys' dialog - hopefully this time for good
• Fixed crash when selecting fltsim section with non-existing/invalid air file

Changes:

• Added a DLL of the Component Viewer that is rarely but nevertheless needed

Fixes:

• Fixed invalid separator '/ /' with space in between by auto-correction
• Fixed crash caused by clicking in the open list space of the 'Delete keys' dialog
• Fixed crash caused by clicking in the open list space of the 'Log Files' dialog
• Fixed crash caused by access error to the %appdata% log files
• Fixed crash caused by empty simulator path in registry

Changes:

• Initial public release

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• Manual updated
• Removed 'Delete backups' from file menu since everything related is on the 'Backups (*.owl)' tab

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• Delete Keys Backup: Added information which keys have been deleted into the restore backup information
• Delete non-AI Sections Backup: Added information which sections have been deleted into the restore backup information

Fixes:

• Added code to the button 'Delete all backups'

Changes:

• Add link to Release Note (Web-based) to the Help menu
• Where appropriate dialogs can now be closed with the Escape key

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• Added 'Delete' button to aircraft.cfg.owl backup list so that it is possible to delete selected backups.

Fixes:

• Fixed rare crash in the 'Sort Keys' procedure

Changes:

• Added a new tab that shows the aircraft.cfg.owl backups with date and description of changes. You can revert to a former Versionfrom the interface. @ Beta Testers: Please manually delete all current owl backup files!

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• To satisfy both supportive fractions I made it optional if empty keys should be removed or be left behind empty (like 'atc_mode='). Naturally this does not apply to the texture, model, sim and title key

Fixes:

• Fixed that you could click on View/Delete log file without it being selected and causing a crash

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed bug that could cause the texture key to be deleted if a missing model was added and the textures where in a folder structure
• Fixed bug that caused only the first occurence of folder delimiter "/" was replaced with "\"

Changes:

• New Versionof manual
• After selecting a folder in the folder tree, the component keep the focus. This way you can skim through the folder list with the arrow keys.

Fixes:

• Fixed unwanted removal of sections if you press save on an aircraft.cfg whee the folder has neither model nor texture folder present
• Fixed non-existing sim file (*.air) being added with path to the data grid

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed non-existing sim file (*.air) being added with path to the data grid

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed unwanted removal of sections if you press save on an aircraft.cfg whee the folder has neither model nor texture folder present

Changes:

• Various changes in error handling

Fixes:

• Various crashes triggered by various error conditions like wrongly assigned or missing models etc.

Changes:

• Identification of pre-FS9 models added
• Added missing code that handles overwriting values in the fltsim sections with nothing (= de facto deletion)
• Added handling of model paths where the separator is not a '\' but a '/'
• Added handling of texture paths where the separator is not a '\' but a '/'

Fixes:

• Crash when changing selection in the data grid from existing model to a missing model

Changes:

• Updated Manual added
• Improved information when model, textures, or sim key values are not found
• Code optimazation

Fixes:

• Crash when model of first [fltsim.x] section was not found
• Aircraft Error Log comes to front if already opened behind main screen
• AC Status red if duplicate non-flightsim sections detected
• New FS9 model size text filed stayed highlighted after value was changed when another aircraft was selected
• Rare crash after FS9 model size was changed, not saved and anothger aircraft was selected

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Undid last change: 'Yellow log list now cleared when selecting a non-aircraft folder'

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Yellow log list now cleared when selecting a non-aircraft folder

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed a crash when files with the name 'folder.*' or 'texture.*' existed in the aircraft folder

Changes:

• compiled with optimized release settings instead of debug settings

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed bug that SimFolders were not detected and added to the selection list if enclosed in quotation marks ""

Changes:

• Add the path where a simulator is found to the respective panel in the status bar as a tooltip

Fixes:

• Fixed the bug in the FSX-SE detection (this time for real)

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Prevent crash when the last remembered path was on a removed device
• Fixed a bug in FSX-SE detection
• Fixed that some aircraft were not displayed in the ModelViewer (or only when loaded as the first aircraft)

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Prevent the update dialog from appearing twice and behind the AIAE main window

Changes:

• Model detection for P3Dv2 models (no longer detected as unknown)
• Added option to hide / show an aircraft in the flightsim selection menu by renaming / restoring the panel.* folder
• Added FSX-SE support (sim detection, SimObjects access)
• Added texture analysis (bit depth, mips, alpha, DXT compression)
• Added Crash reporting. If AIAE breaks, you can now send a crash report to me which helps fixing the error
• Model viewer now finds and displays aircraft textures located in the texture folder of the sim (chutes, weapons etc.)

Fixes:

• Prevent that you can change the sim type (*.air files) from unknown to any other value. Unknown means the file is either pre-FS9 or P3Dv2, which do not support this setting
• The selected SimObject listbox text is now cleared when another sim is selected

Changes:

• re-introduced feature from V.2 that the comment separator can be selectable to be either '//' or ';'
• re-introduced feature from V.2 that the comment column can be freely selected between col 50 and col 200
• made the 'Delete keys' window look nicer

Fixes:

• If AIAE started in a non aircraft folder, 'Tools' menu operations like 'Delete keys', 'Format aircraft.cfg', 'Remove all comments' etc were enabled, leading to a crash when selected

Changes:

• re-introduced feature from V.2 that the comment separator can be selectable to be either '//' or ';'
• re-introduced feature from V.2 that the comment column can be freely selected between col 50 and col 200
• made the 'Delete keys' window look nicer

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Corrected the path pointing to the manual which is '..\Manual' but was looking for '..\Manuals'

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed that for the "Delete keys" option the aircraft.cfg backup name still followed the old naming convention

Changes:

• Naming convention for aircraft.cfg backup files changed from 'aircraft.cfg.owl.yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss' to 'aircraft.cfg.yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss.owl'. This way the '.owl' extension can be assigned to the text editor.

Fixes:

• Fixed bug that after 'Format aircraft.cfg' and 'Remove all comments' the change & save would cause another [fltsim.0] section to be created

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Fixed bug that after 'Renumber Sections' the datagrid was not updated to reflect the changes
• Fixed bug that the airfile (sim=) listbox was not correctly preselected when the *.air filename was all uppercase

Changes:

• The update check component now tells you if you have the most current Versioninstead of just doing nothing

Fixes:

• Fixed bug in 'Remove comments' which did not remove comments following a ";" delimiter

Changes:

• Added an Installer and activated the internal update check

Fixes:

• Fixed bug where long description keys caused a crash on save
• Fixed bug where you could crash the application by pressing delete in the AIAE log without selecting an entry
• Fixed bug where after a repair the Aircraft was still showing AC Status: NOK

Changes:

• Log file no longer written below program folder but in %appdata% --> Roaming
• Added in menu 'File' --> 'Log-Files...'. Here you can view and delete Log-Files
• A new Log-File is automatically used once the last one reaches 2.5 MB. The old one is archived
• Added Delete button to each row of the texture datagrid. Guess what it is doing.....
• Added new setting 'Confirm texture deletion' to the 'Settings' menu

Fixes:

• delete aircraft.cfg backups was not deleting anything -> fixed

Changes:

• The Texture Grid has now a label showing how many textures are currently displayed

Fixes:

• the Texture Grid width was too large for the container -> fixed
• when saving data several blank keys were added -> fixed
• The wing_span mechanism was messed up by me -> fixed

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• The newly added texture path status bar in the Texture Viewer was layered above the texture -> fixed
• I missed to add deep-structured folder support for the default "model" folder -> fixed

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Selecting a new aircraft in the grid with non-existing texture while ModelViewer is opened resulted in system error message à fixed
• If the texture path displayed in the status line of the Texture Viewer was longer than the available space it was not displayed at all à fixed
• AIAE offered senseless options and wrong messages when confronted with an aircraft.cfg not containing any [fltsim.x] sections à fixed

Changes:

• Detection of duplicate keys in [fltsim.x] sections. The section and the key are provided in the error log.
• You now see the full texture name and path in the status bar of the Texture Viewer
• The option to define the external Graphics Editor has been added to the main form settings menu
• If the Graphics Editor is defined and available you can start it directly from the texture list without the need to open the internal texture viewer beforehand
• If you have the Texture Viewer open, selecting another texture in the texture list grid will automatically display it

Fixes:

• The number of the [fltsim.x] section for missing and duplicated titles, models, textures and sims were not correct --> fixed

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• fixed some bugs too technical to describe here that would have caused crashes or cosmetic issues under rare conditions

Changes:

• You can define your default graphic editor (e.g. DXT2BMP) in the texture viewer and start it directly from AIAE
• Various performance optimizations
• Removal of the progress bar, replaced with splash loading indicator
• Added awareness about defined but non-existing textures which I managed to forgot so far
• Texture list...selecting a section in the grid ready the associated texture files when the texture tab has the focus. You can still load all textures for this aircraft with the respective button.

Fixes:

• fixed bug where the program crashed when a file model.txt exists in the aircraft root
• fixed bug where the program crashed when a file texture.txt exists in the aircraft root
• fixed die-hard PDF Viewer bug causing crash during program start
• very observant people have noticed: the Model Viewer has since its very first incorporation into AIAE sometimes shown the wrong texture. Now I finally have the very complex steering mechanism 100% under control. It is now working flawless no matter if in the tab or external
• fixed cosmetic bug in the log when unknown models (pre-2004) were read
• fixed some bugs too technical to describe here

Changes:

• Aircraft Error Log Form is automatically brought to front after an update
• Model Viewer Form is automatically brought to front after an update
• Texture Viewer Form is automatically brought to front after an update

Fixes:

• Aircraft Error Log was being duplicated with each additional click - fixed

Changes:

• New Tab: Textures displaying all textures for current aircraft with texture analysis plus Texture Viewer
• New Status Button: Show Aircraft Error – displays all errors of the current aircraft (if any)
• New Status Progressbar: Giving indication if program is working

Fixes:

• Under certain conditions after an error the application was no longer reading any aircraft any more – fixed
• The duplicated sections analysis could be fooled by the section names being mixed with small and uppercase letters - fixed

Changes:

• Restore of maximized state of main form and viewer form on different monitors
• Allow the removal of non-AI relevant sections only if an AI aircraft is detected
• If duplicate titles are found, the number of duplicates and the names are listed in the program log
• Reading, analyzing and changing of models that are layered in a folder structure below the root model folder is now supported
• Reading and changing of textures that are layered in a folder structure below the root texture folder is now supported
• Removal of non-AI sections is now disabled when you change a model to a non-AI sim-type
• User settings are now maintained after a Versionupdate
• The Viewer Toolbar Status (shown/hidden) will be remembered
• The interface makes better use of the real estate when maximized or enlarged

Fixes:

• a bug that crashed the application under certain aircraft.cfg files (Pete & Hartwig)
• A bug that crashed the Model Viewer if the sircraft.cfg points to a non-existing texture
• Arno fixed a bug I discovered in the ModelViewer. Please re-download the original full setup (which I have updated) and replace all DLLs with the ones included

Changes:

• Allow the removal of non-AI relevant sections only if an AI aircraft is detected
• If duplicate titles are found, the number of duplicates and the names are listed in the program log

Fixes:

• a bug that crashed the application under certain aircraft.cfg files (Pete & Hartwig)

Changes:

• Restore of maximized state of main form and viewer form on different monitors

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• The ModelViewer can now optionally be opened in separate form
• I have now added code to the buttons to remove non-AI sections

Fixes:

• none

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• under certain conditions <default> was written to the ini instead of " " - fixed

Changes:

• none

Fixes:

• Status information for aircraft folder and aircraft status were not always updated - fixed
• INI Reader failed to properly display Umlaute öäü - fixed
• prop_anim_ratio did not allow negative values - fixed
• under certain conditions (starting from a non-aircraft folder and selecting a SimObject shortcut) the ini file was not processed - fixed