Get the Steam version.
Steam has an overlay, where you can use a Steam browser to open SimplePlanes.com. If you have SimplePlanes.com in a Steam browser with the game open, when you download a plane, it automatically appears in game.
It downloads a file, then you have to open it with SP, it doesn't automatically open.
As to how the downloads actually work, here's an explanation:
When you download a plane, what you actually download is a text file (with the extension renamed to .splane instead of .txt) containing the unique 6 digit code for the plane you want. When you open this file, the game downloads the actual plane data, increases the "Downloads" count on the website by 1 and loads it on the designer (replaces __editor__.xml with what you downloaded, that file is the plane you're currently editing on the designer), but it only stores the file with the proper name if you save it after downloading.
The actual plane .xml file can be downloaded directly as well, even for planes uploaded by other people, but I forgot the way to do it. Maybe I'll try finding out again how to do that.
I'm trying to download a filed version of the planes I download
@ReinMcDeer steam overlay has its issues though
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Get the Steam version.
Steam has an overlay, where you can use a Steam browser to open SimplePlanes.com. If you have SimplePlanes.com in a Steam browser with the game open, when you download a plane, it automatically appears in game.
@temporaryplanetester thanks cause soon in getting a good pc
It downloads a file, then you have to open it with SP, it doesn't automatically open.
As to how the downloads actually work, here's an explanation:
When you download a plane, what you actually download is a text file (with the extension renamed to .splane instead of .txt) containing the unique 6 digit code for the plane you want. When you open this file, the game downloads the actual plane data, increases the "Downloads" count on the website by 1 and loads it on the designer (replaces __editor__.xml with what you downloaded, that file is the plane you're currently editing on the designer), but it only stores the file with the proper name if you save it after downloading.
The actual plane .xml file can be downloaded directly as well, even for planes uploaded by other people, but I forgot the way to do it. Maybe I'll try finding out again how to do that.