This is no use for VATSIM or IVAO, but if you get a lot of “Generic” aircraft mentioned in MSFS ATC comms, you can actually re-name them by editing the aircraft.cfg file for each generic plane in your LocalCache\Packages\Official folder. Scroll down the list of aircraft to:
You can use any name you like to replace “Generic”, but I’ve used the ‘most likely’ type based on the model appearance and/or a flyable type in the sim.
Open each aircraft.cfg with Notepad and under the [GENERAL] heading, look for:
What a game changer - brilliant, thank you! If the aircraft.cfg files are encripted (Microsoft Store version) just copy to the desktop, answer YES to 'Do you want to copy this file without encryption?' and you can then make the edit and move them back, over-writing when asked.
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