How to Install a Panel Addon using Addit! Pro

How to Install a Mission Addon
Complete Walkthrough

This topic demonstrates how to add a mission addon to Flight Simulator X using Addit! Pro For Flight Simulator X by working step-by-step through the installation of an actual, downloadable mission. This short walkthrough shows you how to install a mission in a few simple steps.

Prerequisites

Our panel addon is called FSX Mission Oregon Ablaze by Phil Stokes.

Download the 6.1 MB zip file to a folder called Addons on your C: drive, if you wish to match-up perfectly with this walkthrough:

Download from:
Flightsim.com: http://www.flightsim.com/ - requires login - search for "FSX Mission Oregon Ablaze".
or
ByteForge.com: ftp://ftp.byteforge.com/addons/phmisx_1.zip

Step 1: Start Addit! Pro

The first step is very easy, begin by opening Addit! Pro. Pull down the File menu as shown below then select Install an Addon:

Step 2: Open the Addon Installation Wizard

When the Addon Installation Wizard window appears, press Select Addon Files:

Step 3: Select Addon Files

When the Select Addon Files window appears, locate Phmisx_1.zip. That is the file you downloaded above. Select only this zip file. Make sure all of the files inside the zip file are selected in the Zip File list, as shown below. Press OK:

Step 4: Install the Addon

Back on the Addon Installation Wizard window, all colored indicators are either green or yellow so it is safe to press Finish. Doing so will install the addon using the default configuration. However, we will adjust the mission configuration to show you how it is done. Press Configure Mission.

Step 5: Change the Installation Method

This addon contains one mission so there is only one tab representing it, called "Mission Group 1". Addit! Pro's default configuration installs the mission files to a folder called "OregonAblaze" under the "Emergency" category. We will change both. Under "Install the mission files to", select the option "An existing or new mission folder". Press Next.

Step 6: Change the Category and Mission Folder

On the Set Installation Folder window, press Change Category. A pop-up appears listing all categories. Pick "Challenges" and note the category changed for all mission files:

Next, in the Installation Folder box replace "OregonAblaze" with "Oregon Ablaze by Phil Stokes". Press Apply. Addit! Pro again updates the mission files. Press OK to accept these changes.

Step 7: Set Installation Options

Back on the main Addon Installation Wizard window, press Installation Options.

Press the small Quick Picks button just to the right of the addon name box (it looks like ">"). A list of candidate addon names appears. Pick "FSX Mission Oregon Ablaze". Enter "Phil Stokes" as the addon author. The description is already entered for us and it looks fine so we will keep it. Press OK.