Profiles

Profiles let you save and switch between distinct configurations across aircraft, plugins, scenery packs, FlyWithLua scripts, and pre-launch scripts.

Overview

Screenshot of the profile bar showing profile picker, new profile button, save button with modified indicator, and delete button

The profile bar is displayed at the top of the Add-ons views (Aircraft, Plugins, Scenery, Lua Scripts, and Profile Scripts):

  • Profile Picker: Switches the active profile. Selecting a profile immediately updates the symlinks and scenery configuration in your X-Plane folder.

  • Save New (+): Prompts for a profile name and creates a new profile based on your current selections.

  • Update: Saves changes to the active profile. An orange dot appears on this button whenever your current configuration differs from what is saved.

  • Delete: Deletes the selected profile. This removes the profile configuration from the launcher without deleting any files from your Central Data Folder.

Modified State Tracking

When you toggle an add-on, change scenery ordering, or modify pre-launch scripts while a profile is selected:

  • A Modified indicator highlights that the active profile has unsaved modifications.

  • Clicking Update updates the saved profile definition on disk.

  • Switching to another profile without saving will discard unsaved toggles and load the selected profile’s saved state.

What Profiles Store

Each profile saves:

  • Aircraft: Which aircraft folders are linked into <X-Plane 12>/Aircraft.

  • Plugins: Which plugin folders are linked into <X-Plane 12>/Resources/plugins.

  • Scenery: Which scenery packs are enabled in scenery_packs.ini. (The load order and custom groups are shared globally across profiles).

  • Lua Scripts: Which scripts are linked into <X-Plane 12>/Resources/plugins/FlyWithLua/Scripts.

  • Profile Scripts: The list of shell scripts enabled for execution before launch.

  • Profile Environment Variables: Environment variables specific to the profile.