please anybody, steps to load new plane on fms - how to download plane

[robert o]

hello guys, just loaded up fms, absolutly love it , thanks so much to the guys who made it, ok ive tried a million times, what are the proper steps to download different planes and make them fly on fms, ive done a couple but i think u cant see em , but u can hear em and fly em , now i dont remember even how i did that , anybody please let me know all the steps so i can fly new planes, i have latest version of fms, and im running windows me, if that helps, thanks so much for your time, bob

[schumi]

Hi!
Look in the FMS folder. Than klick on the models folder and copy the new in this folder!!!!!! Now the plane is in FMS ready to fly.

[robert o]

ok im so sorry im still confused,
i downloaded a plane, were should i download it to any were , and then i just copy it to the folder , well i did it and it still didnt work , everytime i download plane, the folder the plane is in has a zipper over it, how do i unzip it, im very new at all this puter stuff, a step by step would be greatly appreciated then i can print it, i know i wish i could catch on to this, lol --thanks agin

[schumi]

Ok!

Before you copy the new modell in the model folder, unzip it! To extract all zip files you need a zip program, like winrar! You can download the latest version of winrar @ If you have it downloaded, klick on the zipped modell with the right mouse button -> extract in ........! And then follow the steps from my first posting!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gaffer]

This is the easyiest way that i have found download to desk top, then i use winrar and extract the file to c drive, program files, fms and then models and ok it.
If u need you can download a demo version from

[FreeFlier]

If you're still uncertain about installing downloaded files into FMS, then follow this - it's worked for me for years now for FMS (I'm using v7; have not tried v8 yet, but I suspect the downloading and installation is similar), other RC sims, as well as MS Flight sims:

As mentioned, you must have a decompression system since the downloaded files for FMS are highly compressed; the mentioned WinRar, which I'm not familiar with; WinZip, which I've used, but rarely, and Stuffit, which I use all the time; as mentioned, some have free trial versions, but you must have some method to decompress the files.

On my system, Windows 2000 Pro, on a somewhat slow, older PC, the downloaded file appears in the "My Documents" folder, which has an icon on the desktop; I think all Windows systems use a "My Documents" folder. I double click on the downloaded file which has the Stuffit icon next to it, and the file is decompressed on the desktop immediately. When the decompression is complete a folder appears in "My Documents" with the folder icon and the same name as the downloaded compressed file. I double click on the file and it opens on the desktop containing anywhere from 4 vto 12 files inside. This folder contains all the files needed to install and "fly" the model, or use the landscape if that was what was downloaded. The next step is to place all the files that appeared in the decompressed folder into the "models" folder or the "landscape" folder in FMS.

When FMS v7 originally downloaded on my PC, it created both a "models" and a "landscape" folder that appeared in the "My Documents folder; both are still there. I double click on either folder - which one depends on what you're about to install of course - and the folder opens on the desktop. Both the "models" and the "landscape" folders on my system contain many files representing all of the models and landscapes I've added over the last years, yours may only have a few at this time. I then highlight all of the files in the decompressed folder and simply drag the the highlighted bunch of files into the appropriate folder - either "models" or "landscape". And again, this is all taking place on the desktop, and is probably easier to do than to describe.

Believe it or not, that's it. I then close the now empty decompressed file, the FMS folder I just put the files into, and the my documents folder; of course the sequence just described can be altered, but this has worked for me.

Obviously, you might want to "send" the highlighted files to the models or landscape folders instead of dragging, or you might want to download the folder to a location other than the "My Documents" folder, but you can make these as well as many other choices as long as the basics are covered.

Please excuse the length of the above but this is what an obsessive personality results in. Hope this helps you and perhaps others as well.

Thermals,

Stew