::: {.important} ::: {.title} Important :::

Always save your stashing data (then you recover it in case of a crash) :::

- Always check if the aircraft already has a mapping (DB icon)

  > -   If you see an existing mapping, which is wrong, we appreciate
  >     very much if you fix it.
  > -   Otherwise, create mappings for non existing aircraft entries.
  > -   see here, entries with and without icon
  >
  > ![image](http://img.swift-project.org/WithAndWithoutMapping.png)

- New ICAO codes: `cr`{.interpreted-text role=“ref”}

- `effmappings`{.interpreted-text role=“ref”}

Which mappings do we need?

- We cannot tell you exactly what mappings to create, as we do not

  know which models you have installed

- However, it is always good to create mappings for payware aircraft

  (as we definitely can not buy all those).

- All Libraries we would like to have in the DB

  > -   VATSIM FLAI
  > -   World of AI: <http://www.world-of-ai.com/>
  > -   FAIB: <http://fsxaibureau.com/>
  > -   Juergen Baumbusch: <http://www.juergenbaumbusch.de>
  > -   Flying carpet: <http://www.flyingcarpet75.com>

Q&A: ====

- Should I use the `P3D` for P3D v1-3 or also for v4? We are currently

  evaluating P3D v4, for now use it for all P3D versions.

- I have the same model installed, but from another distributor, what

  should I do? This can happen, many models are part of multiple
  distributions. Normally there is not need to update the distributor.

- I have a model, but the distributor is missing? Request the

  distributor, you can already do the mapping and save your stash.
  Later you can fix the distributor. Or you can use `ZZZZ`, publish
  and later change/fix the distributor

- How can I efficiently create mappings?

  > -   If you place random models on the stash, it will be more work.
  > -   Try to assign multiple attributes at once, e.g. select all
  >     aircraft of an airline and assign those at once
  > -   You can filter your aircraft and stash the filtered only
  >     (example: Filter by aircraft, push result to stash, assign
  >     aircraft ICAO in one step)

- How do we set the distributor for FS, FSX, P3D standard models? See

  `mapfsstandardmodels`{.interpreted-text role="ref"}

- What are excluded models? See `excludedmodels`{.interpreted-text

  role="ref"}

- XPlane

  > -   Why are some models excluded ([CSL]{.title-ref} vs
  >     [.acf]{.title-ref} models)? See
  >     `xplanemapping`{.interpreted-text role="ref"} and
  >     `excludedmodels`{.interpreted-text role="ref"}
  > -   Do we need mappings for [ACF]{.title-ref} models? Yes, see
  >     `excludedmodels`{.interpreted-text role="ref"}

Problems?

see `problemsmapping`{.interpreted-text role=“ref”}