The Cold and Dark screen is accessed from the Flight Generator screen.

Choose to have flights start with various aircraft systems pre-configured, and with various switches set.

Paused / Pause:

• Paused: The flight starts in the paused state. The simulation has not started running.
• Pause: The flight starts in the un-paused state with the simulation running, but will become paused as soon as it has fully started. Some add-on programs may require this mode to be able to function properly at the start of the flight.

Note: Paused / Pause settings are ignored when a flight is generated to use System Time.

Load Aircraft:

• Before Start: The aircraft starts in the sim with all payloads aboard. The payload list is defined in the flight file. With both settings unchecked the payload section of the flight file will be omitted.
• After Start: The aircraft starts with no payloads. When the plane and sim are finished starting up, the payloads are added to the plane programmatically. Some add-on aircraft may require this mode to be able to function properly at the start of the flight.

Some aircraft require their own special loading applet, supplied with the addon. This should be used to set up types and numbers of loading spaces as described in the addon Manual. Once that's been done and saved the IF10 flights can now be built and the current loading information can be read.

Some aircraft may not want any loading at all and must be loaded with the program that comes with the aircraft. In these cases load the plane with the applet to the approximate amount suggested in the briefing, and go by weight as the passenger count may not be exact.

Note: If the payload is not added to the aircraft, look at these load settings, "Load Before Start" is the default setting.

Fuel Selectors 0 and 1: Ensure the engines can start running by having a fuel supply. Usually select "All", but some aircraft are particular about the setting. These correspond with fuel settings in the FSX .FLT save game file ([Fuel.0] TankSelector=All).

Default Settings Button: The Default Cold and Dark Settings incorporate all the items selected, except Propeller Settings, Cowl Flaps, Fuel Pumps, and Cabin Lights.

Cold and Dark Button: Only the Fuel, ATC, and Kneeboard items are set. With some add-on aircraft you may need to experiment to see what settings can be made.

Other Cold and Dark Settings:

• Aircraft is Serviced: The aircraft will be fully serviced before each trip (not including aircraft with special failure systems).
• Set AP Speed Hold for Ascent: Choose Ascent Speed for pre-setting the AP Speed Hold, if unchecked, this pre-sets Cruise Speed.
• Set AP Heading Hold for Runway: Choose Runway Direction for pre-setting the AP Heading Hold, if unchecked this pre-sets Destination Direction.
• SwapNav 1 and Nav 2 settings: Normally Ideal Flight sets the avionics Nav 1 for the destination runway; instead sets Nav 2.
• Desination Navigation Settings: Set avionics systems for the destination runway ILS, otherwise unchecked, the first available NavAids en-route are programmed into Nav 1 Active, Nav 1 standby (or Nav 2 Active), and ADF 1. OBS 1 is set to the first heading en-route. (>augmented)
• Swap Comm 1 and 2: Ground or Tower appear in Comm1 and ATIS in Comm2. Swap the channels so that the sim starts with ATIS (where available). (>augmented)
• Receive Both Comm 1 and 2: Set both radio channels to receive. (>augmented)

Aircraft Service

Aircraft is Serviced: Refers to the FSX Engine time setting. This is set to zero each flight.

Radio Comms

Comms Channels 1 and 2 Frequencies are set at the start of the flight. (>augmented)

Swap Comm 1 and 2: Refers to the FSX radio settings at the start of the flight. When comm 1 and 2 are swapped, comm 1 is assigned the ATIS frequency and comm 2 is assigned the Tower frequency (where available). To stop ATIS at the stat of the flight with default radio priority files, uncheck the More Settings item "Swap Comm 1 and 2", and the Radio starts silently.

Receive Both Comm 1 and 2: Refers to the FSX radio settings at the start of the flight. Both active radio 1 and 2 comms channels will be receiving at the same time.

Comm 1 and 2 Priority text files: Comm1Priority.txt and Comm2Priority.txt found in the Profiles Folder with Settings.ini. The lists hold the set of radio types available, ordered by priority. If Ground is before Tower and there are both Ground and Tower available, then the Ground channel will take precedence.