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DodoSim 206 FSX User Manual

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Settings” for more details.)

Should you wish to let a friend try their hand at flying the DodoSim 206 FSX on your PC without

changes to your persistent data occurring, you can simply use the “Aircraft->Select Aircraft” menu

option to temporarily change the tail number and then change it back afterwards. Once changed, the

software will start saving a new persistent data file utilising the new tail number, with initial data copied

from the previous state. When the tail number is changed back, the software will recognise that a file

already exists for that number and load it.

The use of Persistent Data introduces a range of opportunities for a whole host of new features to open

up a completely different and richer user experience, including persistent cumulative wear and damage,

servicing costs and calculating operating efficiencies.

The pilot can display statistics relevant to the current aircraft by selecting the “Display statistics” item

from the “Add-ons->DodoSim 206 FSX” menu.

The saving of persistent wear and damage can be disabled, should the user wish, via an option in the

Settings dialog, accessible from the “Add-ons->DodoSim 206 FSX” menu. Should the setting be

disabled and later re-enabled, the previous data file will be read and continued to be updated.

3.4.3 Cumulative Wear and Damage

As well as the accumulation of operating statistics, the persistent data system permits the storage of

aircraft wear and damage information over subsequent flights. This provides the facility to degrade

aircraft system performance and allows for the simulation of failures over more realistic time frames as

opposed to just within the boundaries of a single flight. As in real life, a failure may occur not only due

to how the current pilot handles the aircraft, but also due to how previous pilots operated it. For

example: engine misuse may not cause a problem for the pilot inducing it, but may cause a problem for

a pilot at a later date.

Cumulative wear and damage data is saved within the same Persistent Data file as described

previously, according to the current aircraft’s registration number and can be reset in the same way.