FSX Dat files
FSX Dat files
Does anyone know the name of the default program that FSX uses to run dat files? I was attempting to open the star.dat file and change the program that opens it from what ever it was to notepad. Now notepad opens all dat files to so they can be read but FSX wont run them. So now no stars. I cant find the program that FSX uses by default so I can fix the problem.
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Re: FSX Dat files
Hi,
I guess you need to reset the file type association in Windows back to default. What is your Windows version?
Cheerz,
Will
I guess you need to reset the file type association in Windows back to default. What is your Windows version?
Cheerz,
Will
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Re: FSX Dat files
You need to disassociate Notepad from .dat files. On Windows 7 this is not straightforward. It can be done by trawling through the registry and deleting the correct key, but I don't know the right one at the moment.
For Windows 7 there is a neat little app. with a GUI, that will let you choose and delete the .dat extension, or any other extension here.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/unass ... s-7-vista/
You need to right click on the executable and Run as administrator.
Cheers.
Steve.
For Windows 7 there is a neat little app. with a GUI, that will let you choose and delete the .dat extension, or any other extension here.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/unass ... s-7-vista/
You need to right click on the executable and Run as administrator.
Cheers.
Steve.
Re: FSX Dat files
I am running Win 7 and fsx acceleration. I was trying to install Autostarx but couldn't get it to display. The stock star.dat file and the Autostarx star.dat file are in different formats. Apparently, on some systems Autostarx works. It's a program from 2006.
I was hoping if I could find the original program FSX uses I could just change the dat file extensions back via the same process I used to change them to notepad. I didn't write down the program name, but I remember it was some sort of Microsoft shell program.
I was hoping if I could find the original program FSX uses I could just change the dat file extensions back via the same process I used to change them to notepad. I didn't write down the program name, but I remember it was some sort of Microsoft shell program.
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Re: FSX Dat files
Well somehow FSX fixed itself. I never did find the correct file association but after a couple of restarts FSX started displaying stars again. So boldly I went where I had not gone before and swapped out the native FSX star.dat for the one created by the Auotstarx program and FSX started displaying it also. Looks great. Easier to spot constellations. I discovered also that the default FSX star field is not just a random creation of stars but is actually based on a star catalog trimmed down to stars brighter than Magnitude 7 with some other stars left out for unknown reasons. Magnitude 6 is usually the limit of naked eye star visibility in regions of relatively dark skies. Lower number magnitude stars are brighter than higher number magnitude stars.
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Re: FSX Dat files
I have AutostarX working in P3Dv4.2, fills the sky with many more stars than default and places them correctly by date.
Search avsim for "autostarx.zip"
Search avsim for "autostarx.zip"
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