CFG Files Obsolete Parameters
This section of the documentation lists the various sections and parameters that have been made obsolete in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. These parameters no longer exist in the simulation code and as such should never need to be used in any of the various CFG files used by your SimObjects (contrary to legacy / deprecated parameters which may still have a use).
ai.cfg
[TAKEOFF]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
takeoffVerticalSpeedGround | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
takeoffVerticalSpeedAir | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
takeoffAirspeedAirMultiplier | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
[LANDING]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
horizontalSpeedErrorMultiplier | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
maxThrottleRate | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
maxThrottleSlope | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
correctPitchDeltaMultiplier | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
[SIMPLIFIEDSIM]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
brakesMultiplier | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
throttleFactor | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
portanceFactor | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
spoilersPortance | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
flapsPortance | Not currently used by the simulation. | Float | No |
airResistanceFactorXYZ | Not currently used by the simulation. | List of 3 Floats | No |
spoilersXYZFactor | Not currently used by the simulation. | List of 3 Floats | No |
flapsXYZFactor | Not currently used by the simulation. | List of 3 Floats | No |
[TOWPLANE]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
turnFrequency | Not currently used in the simulation. | Float | No |
turnDeltaHeader | Not currently used in the simulation. | Float | No |
climbPitchDegrees | Not currently used in the simulation. | Float | No |
takeoffThrottle | Not currently used in the simulation. | Float | No |
[STICKANDRUDDER]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
brakeDifferentialPID | PID to adjust the differential braking controls on ground to stay on the centerline when taking off or taxiing using copilot and/or autopilot controls.Input is the heading rotational speed error, output is the target delta between brakes.Default is: 0.001, 0.001, 0.8, 1.0, 5.0 | List of Floats | No |
throttleDifferentialPID | PID to adjust the differential throttle controls on ground to stay on the centerline when taking off or taxiing using copilot and/or autopilot controls.Input is the heading rotational speed error, output is the increase in throttle.Default is: 10.0, 0.001, 20.0, 10.0, 40.0 | List of Floats | No |
aircraft.cfg
[GENERAL]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
DistanceToNotAnimate | This is the distance (in meters) to turn off animation and model behavior systems, which lowers the processing overheads for the aircraft. The approximate values by category would be: - AircraftPilot = 100 meters - FlyingAnimals = 250 meters - All others = 1000 metersDefault is 1000. | Float | No |
Availability | If TRUE the aircraft is available for user selection within the sim, if FALSE it can only be used as AI aircraft.Default is 1 (TRUE). | Bool | No |
performance | This is a legacy entry that was used to provide an alternative description for an aircraft. | String | No |
wip_indicator | This one is for developers and can be used to indicate whether an aircraft is a work in progress or not and what state it is in. Should be omitted if the aircraft is not a work in progress.Default is 0. | Integer:0 (Bad)1 (WIP)2 (Good) | No |
[FLTSIM.N]
| Parameter | Description | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
atc_id_enable | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | Yes |
atc_id_color | Not currently used in the simulation. | String | Yes |
atc_id_font | Not currently used in the simulation. | String | Yes |
[LOADING]
Set an image to be used when starting a flight with the aircraft, along with one or more accompanying “tips” texts. The available parameters are:
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
ImageName | The relative path and filename of the loading image to use for the aircraft when starting a free flight. Images should be PNG or JPEG format and 3840*2160px in size. Note that you can use LOADING_FREEFLIGHT instead of a path to get generic freeflight images instead. | String | Yes |
Tips*N* | This is a “tip” text that will be shown along with the loading image. You can have multiple tips for any image, counted from 0, and these tips can be localisable. For example:Tips0=TT:LOADING.TIPS.AIRCRAFTNAME_000Tips1=TT:LOADING.TIPS.AIRCRAFTNAME_001Tips2=TT:LOADING.TIPS.AIRCRAFTNAME_002Tips (whether localised or not) are comprised of a comma separated list, which can be formatted in the following ways: - “[PackageName],[text]” - The package name the text comes from comes first and is prefixed by @. - “[text],[category]” - The text is assigned a category (categories are listed below) and will only be shown ¡f the flight is of that category. - “[PackageName],[text],[category]” - Text comes from the specified package and will only be shown if the flight is one of the given categories.The available categories are as follows: - “TipsCategory_Default” - “TipsCategory_Flight” - “TipsCategory_Aircraft” - “TipsCategory_Activity” - “TipsCategory_Weather” - “TipsCategory_Location” | String | No |
sim.cfg
[Pilot.N]
| Parameter | Used By | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
name | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | This is a localisable string that gives the pilot a name. | String | Yes |
image | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | This defines the path (relative to the sim.cfg file) used to illustrate the pilot character in the simulation menu. | String | Yes |
biography | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | Here you can give a short (localisable) text to describe the pilot. | String | Yes |
pilot | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | When set to 1, this pilot character can also be selected as a pilot. | Boolean | Yes |
copilot | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | When set to 1, this pilot character can also be selected as a copilot. | Boolean | Yes |
instructor | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | When set to 1, this pilot character can also be selected as an instructor. | Boolean | Yes |
female | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | When set to 1, the pilot character is flagged as female. | Boolean | No |
military | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | When set to 1, the pilot character is flagged as military. | Boolean | No |
TTSNeuralVoice | - “GroundVehicle” - “AircraftPilot” - “GroundVehiclePilot” | This is a TTS voice that will be used for the character. Can be either “Boyd” or “Jenny”. | String | No |
cameras.cfg
[CAMERADEFINITION.N]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
MomentumEffect | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
SnapPbhAdjust | Not currently used in the simulation. | String: - None- Commands are ignored (position remains fixed). - Ordinal- Camera moves to the next ordinal compass position in the direction of the command. - Swivel- Camera moves incrementally in the direction of the command. - Orthogonal- Camera rotates in the direction of the command (used in top-down view). | No |
SnapPbhReturn | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
PanPbhAdjust | Not currently used in the simulation. | String: - None - Ordinal - Swivel - Orthogonal | No |
PanPbhReturn | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
Track | Not currently used in the simulation. | - String: - None - No tracking behavior. User has manual control over the camera. - FlyBy - Fly-by mode; the camera is positioned away from the user aircraft (at a location given by ChaseDistance, ChaseAltitude and ChaseHeading values) and tracks the aircraft for ChaseTime seconds before computing a new position. - Track - Camera tracks the object while maintaining its position. - TrackBank - Camera tracks the object while maintaining its position. - FlatChase - Camera moves with the object, maintaining a fixed distance from it. Camera movements are dampened. - FlatChaseLocked - Camera moves with the object, maintaining a fixed distance from it. Camera movements are rigid. | No |
ClipMode | This setting is used to control how the clip planes are computed. Clip planes are used to set the minimum and maximum distances for rendering in a 3D graphics program. The relative location of these planes determines how precise the graphics engine can maintain the Z-order of objects. A discussion of clip plane management is beyond the scope of this document, however the concept is relevant to the camera system because it determines whether the camera favors near or far objects in the view.Default value is “Normal”. | String: - “Normal” – The near clip plane is scaled along with the zoom level. Useful for most views. - “Minimum” – Clamps the near clip plane at its absolute minimum value (1 meter). Useful for cameras where the camera is placed close to object geometry (e.g., aircraft cameras). - “Spot” – Favors distant objects by scaling the near clip plane with altitude and distance. Useful when the camera is positioned a reasonable distance away from the target object (e.g., spot view). - “Tower” – Favors near objects by scaling the near clip plane by one-half the zoom level and clamping the far plane based on visibility settings with an absolute limit of 20km. Useful when objects at the limits of visibility aren’t important. | No |
ShowAxis | Not currently used in the simulation. | Enum: - - NO / OFF - - FrontOnly - - YES / ON / TRUE / Always | No |
AllowZoom | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
ZoomPanScalar | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
ShowWeather | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
XyzAdjust | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
ShowLensFlare | Not currently used in the simulation. | Bool | No |
PitchPanRate | Not currently used in the simulation. | Float 0.0 - 100.0 | No |
HeadingPanRate | Not currently used in the simulation. | Float 0.0 - 100.0 | No |
engines.cfg
[PROPELLER]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
defeathering_accumulators_available | Value to indicate if de-feathering oil accumulators are available (TRUE, 1) or not (FALSE, 0).Default value is 0 (FALSE). | Bool | No |
advance_ratio_on_effective_beta | This is the factor of the advance ratio on the effective beta.Default value is 0.2.No longer used by Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. For legacy aircraft this has been replaced by the table prop_power_cf, or is internally calculated when using the modern flight model. | Float | No |
[TURBOPROP_ENGINE]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
engine_friction_table | Defines the friction/torque applied to the engine - especially when shutting down - using a 1D Curve of up to 8 paired values. Values are ftlbs for torques, and RPM for engine rotation speeds.Default values are:engine_friction_table = -1000:0.3, 0:0.3, 1000:0.3, 2000:0.3, 3000:0.3, 4000:0.3, 6000:0.3 | 1D Curve of Floats | No |
flight_model.cfg
[AIRPLANE_GEOMETRY]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
wing_pos_apex_lon | Longitudinal (z) distance of the wing apex - as measured at the centerline of the aircraft - from the Datum Reference Point point in ft. This distance is measured positive in the forward (aircraft nose) direction. Note that this value will have no effect if the compute_aero_center value is 0 - which is generally how it should be.Currently not used in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Instead you should be using the aero_center_lift parameter. | Float | No |
[CONTACT_POINTS]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
max_number_of_points | The number of contact points for the aircraft. Note that if this parameter is omitted, then the maximum will be set to 25 and any defined points above this value will be ignored. It should also be noted that the simulation will expect the exact number of point.N definitions as the maximum given here. So, if you have this set to 10, you will need to have defined 10 points (0 - 9).Default value is 25. | Integer | No |
[HELICOPTER]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
reference_length | The overall length of the helicopter fuselage (excluding rotors), in ft. | Float | Yes |
reference_frontal_area | The front facing area of the helicopter fuselage (excluding rotors), in sqft. | Float | Yes |
reference_side_area | The lateral facing area of the helicopter fuselage (excluding rotors), in sqft. | Float | Yes |
lift_aero_center | The longitudinal position, in feet, from the Datum Reference Point of the helicopter that represents the vertical aerodynamic center.Default value is the Z component of the Datum Reference Point. | Float | No |
side_aero_center | The longitudinal position, in feet, from the Datum Reference Point of the helicopter that represents the lateral aerodynamic center.Default value is the Z component of the Datum Reference Point. | Float | No |
correlator_available | This defines whether the helicopter has a correlator that maps the throttle onto the collective (1, TRUE), or not (0, FALSE).NOTE: This parameter will no longer work and should not be used. It has been deprecated in favour of collective_to_throttle_correlator parameters.Default value is 1 (TRUE). | Bool |
systems.cfg
[RADIOS]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
CollisionAvoidance | This parameter can be used to indicate the presence of TCAS and / or FLARM systems. If supplying this parameter you give two values separated with a comma (val1, val2) where the first corresponds to the TCAS and the second to the FLARM. For the TCAS you can give one of the following values: - 0 - No TCAS capability (no transponder) - 1 - Only transponder responses - 2 - Standard TCAS - 3 - External TCASThis parameter can be used to indicate the presence of a FLARM system. It can have the following values: - 0 - No Flarm - 1 - Flarm installed | List of Integers | No |
[AUTOPILOT]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
autoland_available | Setting this to 1 (TRUE) makes the autopilot autoland system available to the aircraft, otherwise set it to 0 (FALSE) to disable autoland. | Bool | No |
pitch_use_trim | When set to 1 (TRUE) the autopilot will use the trim to hold pitch, and when set to 0 (FALSE) it will use the elevator directly. | Bool | No |
max_throttle_rate | This value sets the maximum rate at which the autothrottle will move the throttle position. | Float | No |
pitch_proportional_control | Pitch proportional controller constant. | Float | No |
pitch_integrator_control | Pitch integral controller constant. | Float | No |
pitch_derivative_control | Pitch derivative controller constant. | Float | No |
pitch_integrator_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the pitch integrator function is active. | Float | No |
pitch_derivative_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the pitch derivative function is active. | Float | No |
roll_proportional_control | Roll proportional controller constant. | Float | No |
roll_integrator_control | Roll integral controller constant. | Float | No |
roll_derivative_control | Roll derivative controller constant. | Float | No |
roll_integrator_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the roll integrator function is active. | Float | No |
roll_derivative_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the roll derivative function is active. | Float | No |
hdg_proportional_control | Heading proportional controller constant. | Float | No |
hdg_integrator_control | Heading integral controller constant. | Float | No |
hdg_derivative_control | Heading derivative controller constant. | Float | No |
hdg_integrator_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the heading integrator function is active. | Float | No |
hdg_derivative_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the heading derivative function is active. | Float | No |
vs_proportional_control | Vertical speed proportional controller constant. | Float | No |
vs_integrator_control | Vertical speed integral controller constant. | Float | No |
vs_derivative_control | Vertical speed derivative controller constant. | Float | No |
vs_integrator_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the vertical speed integrator function is active. | Float | No |
vs_derivative_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the vertical speed derivative function is active. | Float | No |
nav_proportional_control_ex1 | Proportional controller constant in lateral navigation modes. | Float | No |
nav_integrator_control_ex1 | Integral controller constant in lateral navigation modes. | Float | No |
nav_derivative_control_ex1 | Derivative controller constant in lateral navigation modes. | Float | No |
nav_integrator_boundary_ex1 | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the integrator function is active. | Float | No |
nav_derivative_boundary_ex1 | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the derivative function is active. | Float | No |
nav_yaw_proportional_control | Proportional controller constant in yaw navigation modes. | Float | No |
nav_yaw_integrator_control | Integral controller constant in yaw navigation modes. | Float | No |
nav_yaw_derivative_control | Derivative controller constant in yaw navigation modes. | Float | No |
nav_yaw_integrator_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the yaw integrator function is active. | Float | No |
nav_yaw_derivative_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the yaw derivative function is active. | Float | No |
gs_proportional_control | Proportional controller constant in glideslope mode. | Float | No |
gs_integrator_control | Integral controller constant in glideslope mode. | Float | No |
gs_derivative_control | Derivative controller constant in glideslope mode. | Float | No |
gs_integrator_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the glideslope integrator function is active. | Float | No |
gs_derivative_boundary | The boundary, or maximum signal error, in degrees in which the derivative function is active. | Float | No |
flc_proportional_control | The FLC proportional control mode value.Default is 20.0. | Float | No |
flc_integrator_control | The FLC integrator control mode value.Default is 1.0. | Float | No |
flc_derivative_control | The FLC derivative control mode value.Default is 50.0. | Float | No |
flc_integrator_boundary | The FLC integrator control boundary.Default is 100.0. | Float | No |
flc_derivative_boundary | The FLC derivative control boundary.Default is 1000.0. | Float | No |
attached_objects.cfg
[SIM_ATTACHMENT.N]
| Parameter | Description | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
always_execute_associate_js | When set to 1 (TRUE), this will force the SimAttachment to run any JS used by the attachment when it is hidden in the simulation.Default value is 0 (FALSE). | Boolean | No |
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ai.cfg