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=== General ===
=== General ===
ACVacars' Download-Center (DC) delivers different categories of online ACV-files to ACV-members. The listed files can be downloaded by double-click or with right-click for opening the context menu and then by clicking the download entry on it. Do not forget to execute installer files after downloading them. ACV flights can only be flown with ACV aircraft. Therefore, you have to install the respective ACV aircraft liveries either by FanMod installer or by manual installation. '''Right-click''' to open the '''context menu''' of each file, e.g. for re-install an installer or to see the changelog of an installed installer.   
ACVacars' Download-Center (DC) delivers different categories of online ACV-files to ACV-members. The listed files can be downloaded by '''double-click''' or with '''right-click''' for opening the '''context menu''' and then by clicking the download-entry. Do not forget to execute installer files after downloading them. ACV flights can only be flown with ACV aircraft. Therefore, you have to install the respective '''ACV aircraft livery''' either by '''FanMod installer''' or by '''manual installation'''. Right-click to open the context menu of each file, e.g. for re-install an installer or to see the changelog of an installed installer.   


=== Sections Overview ===
=== Sections Overview ===

Revision as of 10:56, 17 March 2024

"All files at one place at a glance" (AFOPAG)

ACVacars Manual DownloadCenter Checklists 1019
ACVacars Download-Center, tab "Checklists"

General

ACVacars' Download-Center (DC) delivers different categories of online ACV-files to ACV-members. The listed files can be downloaded by double-click or with right-click for opening the context menu and then by clicking the download-entry. Do not forget to execute installer files after downloading them. ACV flights can only be flown with ACV aircraft. Therefore, you have to install the respective ACV aircraft livery either by FanMod installer or by manual installation. Right-click to open the context menu of each file, e.g. for re-install an installer or to see the changelog of an installed installer.

Sections Overview

The main sections of this window are:

  • DC Settings/Exe-Parameters / [Open folder-path] button / [Livery Manual Installation] button
  • Server Modi (Server/Local, Server only, Local only) regarding FSim selection
  • Categories section, listing the specific files
  • Colorous legend, self-explaining what color of the listed files in the category-listbox does mean.
  • Download-buttons for semi-automized downloads, be aware, downloading all flightplans at once can take several minutes.

Categories

The following file categories are available:

  • Checklists, look at this category to find the ACV-checklists to the specific aircraft. To most ACV aircraft are matching checklists existing.
  • Aircraft, clicking that tab lists the available "FanMod Installers". FanMod installers contain ACV livery files and sometimes additional modification files. See the change-log files of the respective FanMod installer to get more information what will be installed.
  • Sceneries, here are FanMod installers listed which contain scenery modification files to mod specific airports. See the specific change-log for further details.
  • Flightplans, this category lists all flightplan files containing waypoint-routes to many of the available ACV bids/flights. These flightplans are optional. Be aware, the contained waypoints are not always up to date. Use tools like Simbrief to get individual flightplans with updated waypoint-routes.
  • Miscellaneous, herein are downloadable files listed not matching the other categories.

Sections

DC Settings / Exe-Parameters

DC Settings

Depending on the pre-given VA rules, some of these DC settings can be changed and some not. The not changeable ones are greyed out and not clickable.

  • Check new files during startup, if activated, ACVacars checks the ACV server for new files while start-up process of ACVacars.
  • Show Download-Center if new files, if checked, the Download-Center is being shown automatically after the start-up of ACVacars if any new files on the ACV server have been found.
  • Auto-Download new files, if checked, any new files on the ACV server will be downloaded automatically at the end of ACVacars's start-up process.
  • Auto-Install downloaded files, if activated, any downloaded installer are being executed automatically after its download completion.
  • Auto-Copy new Flightplan to FSim, if checked, any downloaded flightplan-files are being copied to the flightplan folder of the selected flight simulation.
Exe-Parameters

This part-section lists important installer-exe parameters (also known as "console exe-parameters"). Any ACV FanMod installer will respect these exe-parameters during FanMod installer execution (if a parameter is of relevance for the installation). Depending on the pre-given VA rules some of these „ExeParam“, can be changed and some not. The not changeable ones are greyed out and not clickable.