Configuration

Layout

Below is an example of what you may find within your PackageSources directory when designing a livery. The relevant files for configuring a livery are checklists.json, defaults.json and livery.cfg. The other files are included as a reference point only.

livery.cfg

Begin by configuring your livery.cfg file to specify your livery's registration or some other unique identifier under the Panel_DynamicParameters section. Collisions of this value with other liveries may lead to your file not being picked up correctly.

In the example below, the value used is YL-CSM. Replace this value with your livery's registration.

[Version]
major = 1
minor = 0

[General]
name="Air Baltic A220-300"

[Selection]
required_tags = "ext_a223_fuselage"

[Panel_DynamicParameters]
param.0 = "config,YL-CSM"

Config

Inside PackageSources, create a Config directory and another directory underneath that matches the value from livery.cfg. Following the previous example, our directories would look as follows:

checklists.json

Follow the instructions in the documentation to create a checklists.json file at https://ecl.synapticsim.com.

Note that the file must be named checklists.json for it to be detected by the aircraft.

defaults.json

Instructions on creating a defaults.json file are coming soon and will be available here.

PackageDefinitions

The final step is to register an asset group within PackageDefinitions to copy the Config directory when building the livery package.

Add the following to the PackageDefinitions/synaptic-a220-airliner-Livery.xml file. Ensure that you replace YL-CSM with the name of the directory you created earlier.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<AssetPackage Version="0.0.14">
    <!-- other fields truncated for clarity -->

    <AssetGroups>
        <AssetGroup Name="ContentInfo">
            <!-- snip -->
        </AssetGroup>
        <AssetGroup Name="A220_simobjects">
            <!-- snip -->
        </AssetGroup>
        <AssetGroup Name="Config">
            <Type Version="0">Copy</Type>
            <Flags>
                <FSXCompatibility>false</FSXCompatibility>
            </Flags>
            <AssetDir>PackageSources\Config\</AssetDir>
            <OutputDir>Config\YL-CSM\</OutputDir>
        </AssetGroup>
    </AssetGroups>
</AssetPackage>