Parcel

Parcel is a Python script designed to simplify the distribution of add-on aircraft for X-Plane via the Skunkscraft Updater.

There is no guarantee that this will work. Instead of contacting the developers like a sane person, I tried reverse-engineering how it works instead. Seemed easier than talking to someone.

Usage

To use, run the following:

python parcel.py [input folder] [output file]

Where:

• input folder is a copy of the aircraft root folder (with the .acf file)
• output file is the archive to output the aircraft to. You should include the file extension, as Parcel will automatically use that to determine what compression algorithm it uses.

Important things to note:

• The input folder must be a copy! Parcel will delete any file that is included in .parcelignore OR any file that starts with a period.
• The output file does not include the skunkcrafts_updater_* files. Those files are copied into the input folder after the creation of the output file. You should have new users download the output file on first install, and upload the input folder to your server.