Question about MESSAGESYSTEMS.INI and .STR files

[+Eagle114th]

Good evening everyone,

I have a few questions about MESSAGESYSTEMS.INI and .STR files;

 

1) since I am looking for the way to do further changes to HUDDATA and GUI.  I did some researches and I found out that if I edit MESSAGESYSTEMS.INI, I will be able to do more customization to the in-flight screen.  I am unable to find MESSAGESYSTEMS.INI.  So where do I find it? I extracted flightdata and there is no MESSAGESYSTEMS.INI. Where can I find MESSAGESYSTEMS.INI?

2) About .STR, I noted there are .STR on both flight and menu folders after extracting both using CAT extractor.  What kind of program is required, in order, to edit .STR files?  Or is there no way to mod them properly yet?

As always, the information and advice are appreciated.

Cheers!
 

[+Menrva]

1 hour ago, Eagle114th said:

Where can I find MESSAGESYSTEMS.INI?

Just look harder. It should be in the FlightData.cat, IIRC.

1 hour ago, Eagle114th said:

Or is there no way to mod them properly yet?

There's no tool to edit .str files properly. The only way would be to hex-edit them, but hex-editing is not ideal and not for everyone. For menu screens, it's not needed; you can overwrite original strings referenced by those .str files directly in the .ini files.

Edited May 2, 2021 by Menrva

[+Eagle114th]

1 hour ago, Menrva said:

Just look harder. It should be in the FlightData.cat, IIRC.

There's no tool to edit .str files properly. The only way would be to hex-edit them, but hex-editing is not ideal and not for everyone. For menu screens, it's not needed; you can overwrite original strings referenced by those .str files directly in the .ini files.

OH MY GOD! I am embarrassed... I just realized I missed it by accident.  My apologies. 

About .STR, that is noted. I will leave it alone.

Thank you!

Cheers!