how to edit "hidden" .ini files

[Must1rd]

basically, i see that modded aircraft like MarcFighter's Sukhoi 27 have loadout.ini and data.ini and whatnot in their folders, but vanilla aircraft from SF1 do not, from my experience this means the files are packed, idk if it is the case with this game too, so is there any tool to unpack files and edit them or anything at all? I was trying to add air to air missiles to the vanilla F-104G from WoV and add it to the WoE campaigns in German squadrons, i know there are already mods of the German Starfighter but i am still waiting to complete the 15 day waiting period to download them so i gave it a try at modding it myself

[DoctorQuest]

I would start poking around here...

https://combatace.com/files/category/30-utilities-editors/

There are a couple of extracting utilities available that will get you the INIs you need.

Yes, by default, the only INI you will see for a stock aircraft is the AIRCRAFT NAME.INI. You will need to extract others and place them in the aircraft folder. 

It might also help to look around here regarding modding questions.

https://combatace.com/forums/forum/8-modsskinning-discussion/

You could also browse the aircraft downloads and see if someone may have done something similar to what you want to do. You could then examine those INIs for hints and tips.

Edited 5 hours ago by DoctorQuest
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