FSX/FSX-SE Aircraft and Panel Design Forum - How To

Hey,I have a B206_Def.def file with this content:LIBRARY "B206"EXPORTSmodule_initmodule_deinitPanels DATAin my project and I'm wondering what this does, and if it is needed.Patrick

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If FS is set to load up in 2D panel view, then all is fine when loading, IF loading either as a default (so it goes to 2D) or from another aircraft NOT in VC(3D) view.For the life of me, I cannot understand why it will not just load the VC, and then allow one to switch to the 2D panel. The panel is using the default B206 model, and the VC can be displayed once it is loaded in 2D panel mode.Anyone have any ideas what needs to be done/checked?Thanks,Patrick

Hey,Doing some testing with Vista 64.With FSX in XP compatibility mode, the aircraft loads fine (with all the usual warnings and a yes response to running the dll), but no gauges are visible.Works fine in XP, and have yet to try Vista 32.Anyone had any success? Any pointers on getting gauges to work for Vista?Patrick

Somewhere in VS there is a place to set your company name, the product name etc., and I have forgotten how to open that window!The last to weeks my brain is on over load programming in C++, Perl, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, XML, and some html and css thrown in.Patrick

What is the secret to make this work?Ctrl G does not function in any aircraft and I can't get the KEY_GEAR_PUMP event to work for me either. Keyboard assignments are correct and I see nothing in either the air file or aircraft.cfg relating to this.Fred

Hi,I'm new to this panel creating stuff!I have a question about 2D panels and framerates. I'm editing a few panels for a multi-monitor setup.If I create a panel at a certain resolution and then display it in FS9, will framerates be better if it remains at that resolution?In other words, can I expect framerates to get worse if I start stretching /changing the size of the panel?Many thanks in advance.Charlie

Hi,May be wrong forum but..Suddenly i cannot choose a flight anymore, cannot come in that page.The simulator stops and i have to get out with the windows task manager.Also in flight i cannot save a flight anymore with the same result.I did a clean startup to make a new fs9.cfg, but the same problem.The error report shows "hungapp".No problem to start the Cessna in Seattle, choose another plane and fly.Any ideas?Jan"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis..."

Hi all I would like to have a go at designing a gauge that would, have a series of lights that would start from empty to full, to simulate a fixed wing aircraft taking on water or crop-dusting aircraft taking on fertilizer and then using the smoke key (I) to drop the load , the lights on the panel would go from full back to empty, so when you landed and came to a full stop the gauge would then start to refill to simulate the load been applied I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a good tutorial on gauge design, as I have never done this before, or is this type of gauge to advanced for a newbie Cheers Rhys Back to top

I have to laugh, because a few months ago, I was asking how to get a gauge to do this (see below), and now I'm asking how to keep a gauge from doing this. ;DAnyway, I have this VSI:http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k282/Ben...vionics/Vsi.jpgand as you can see it has +/- 2000 ft/min in the same place.Using VERTICAL_SPEED with this non-linearity and callback:[pre]NONLINEARITY vsi_nonLinearity[] = { { {210, 128}, -2000, 0 }, { {191, -75}, -1500, 0 }, { {119, -46}, -1000, 0 }, { {66, -72}, -500, 0 }, { { 45, 128}, 0, 0 }, { { 66, 72}, 500, 0 }, { {119, 46}, 1000, 0 }, { {191, 75}, 1500, 0 }, { {210, 128}, 2000, 0 }};FLOAT64 FSAPI VsiNeedle_cb(PELEMENT_NEEDLE pele…

Having never tried this before, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with this macro.#define GAUGE_CHARSET DEFAULT_CHARSET#define GAUGE_FONT_DEFAULT "Courier New"#define GAUGE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT FW_NORMAL CHAR atcID[] = "N001ST";FLOAT64 FSAPI string_cb( PELEMENT_STRING pelement ){ sprintf( pelement->string, "%s", atcID ); return 0;}MAKE_STRING( bac_id_string, NULL, NULL, IMAGE_USE_ERASE | IMAGE_USE_BRIGHT, 0, 2, 1, 87, 24, 6, MODULE_VAR_NONE, MODULE_VAR_NONE, MODULE_VAR_NONE, RGB(112,144,144), RGB(0,0,0), RGB(92,92,92), GAUGE_FONT_DEFAULT, GAUGE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT, GAUGE_CHARSET, 18, DT_CENTER | DT_VCENTER | DT_SINGLELINE, NULL, string_cb)from my code. What am I doing wrong?Pat…

HI All,I have built a ship for our latest scenery package and would like to set it up as AI. The model is done. I have no idea where to go from here and am looking for a step-by-step guide for dummies. How do I attach an air file to make it an aircraft? How do I add a wake effect and smoke effects etc? Is anyone aware of a tutorial?Thanks in advance.Adam

Well I've started hacking some of the default xml gauges and now actually have a working airspeed indicator and vsi for my glider. The only problem is the vsi is working like a normal vsi that shows the rate the aircraft is climbing or descending. Does anyone know how I can change this to model a TE (total energy) vario? If you're unfamiliar with a TE compensated vario, it just compensates for any apparent lift or sink caused by airspeed changes (ie: a false climb indication caused by a pilot pulling back on the stick. In other words, the aircraft may be climbing even though it is in "sinking" air. The TE vario reads the rate of rise or sink of the airmass the plane i…

Ahm well I'm not sure if it's just me, but last night I tried out SP1 with some GDI+ gauges, switched to VC and was kind of blown away to see GDI+ gauges being updated just as fast as in 2D panel view. Maybe it was like that before SP1 (?) but then I had never noticed it. The resolution is still I'd say just as before, not super crisp, but very readable, but the update rate seemed to be just about either 18Hz or even sim frame rate. Post your observations on this if you like or correct me if I am wrong and it has been the case for the whole life time of FSX, not just after an SP1 install, because I probably did not pay attention to it before I updated. :)Cheers, :-beerchu…

Hi folks,does anyone know, what to do, that AI aircraft doesn't show up in the aircraft selection list anymore. I think a while ago I read something about it, but I can't remember where, to bad.Any help is appriciated.GreetingsEddie

Hello everybody,Could someone explain to me what does next XML sentences do?1 2 (@g:blinkingField) 4 == ? (>@c:FlightPlanLoadApproach)or0 3 (@g:currentAirportTransition) 0 == ? (>@c:FlightPlanNewApproachAddInitialLeg)They are taken from fs9 deafult GPS. I know that a decission is taken but I don't know how.Thanks

These instruments from EI realy challenge me ... and you.Does anybody know, whether there is a parameter for Turbine Outlet Temperature?I could not find anything in the SDKs from MS.Did I miss something?Eberhard------------------------------------Eberhard Haberkornhttp://www.focusthink.com/~weather-maker/betatester.jpghttp://www.focusthink.com/~weather-maker/proudsupporter.jpg

I have a ATR 72 where the HSI increments by 10 rather than 1. Is there a way of altering this to 1. It is an XML gauge in FSC.ATR.fl.cabThanks for any help.

Is there (in FSX) a simple, direct, way to edit the 3d views of an airplane model.I tried using ACM, but it doesn't work (as expected...). Reading the SDK docs didn't help me either ... I can see how to generate an mdl, but I was simply trying to "look" at the front/side/top views of the model, prferebly with some sort of length scale in feet/inches... The Aircraft Reference Point should also be visible :-)

I've got a coding question regarding the statement.In my eraly programming days with Turbo and Borland Pascal you could expand the statement with a range, i.e. .Is this possible in XML? I've tried it, but it seems not to work.Here is a code snippet (A:TURB ENG1 N2, rpm) etc. further code here I would like to do away with the redundancy by not repeating code. My idea is a follows: (A:TURB ENG1 N2, rpm) etc. further code hereIs this possible. It did not work for me. I'll appreciate some help on this idea.Eberhard------------------------------------Eberhard Haberkornhttp://www.focusthink.com/~weather-maker/betatester.jpghttp://www.focusthink.com/~weather-maker/proudsuppo…

I am currently still busy with my range of instruments form EI. My question this time is to get the correct value or string for TURB ENG N2.I have installed my gauge into the Cessna 208 and my current value for N2 shows 6, while the value of N1 shows 70% RPM. At full throttle the reading for N1 is 101.3% while N2 shows a value of 10 RPM.I have seen in my gauge folder that certain gauges use the value ((A:TURB ENG1 N2, rpm) 39 * ). I've tried that but it does not work.Any suggestions how to get the correct value for N2? Eberhard------------------------------------Eberhard Haberkornhttp://www.focusthink.com/~weather-maker/betatester.jpghttp://www.focusthink.com/~weather-mak…

Has anyone figured out a way of knowing when you are in cloud? I spent an awful long time last night reading through all of the FS9 and FSX SDKs to see if I could do it but found nothing that appeared to be useful. I'd like to prduce some reasonable icing problems; it's never going to be accurate given that FS doesn't give you SAT and there's no real way of figuring that one either.-Dai

Here is a new aerobatic plane that took its first flight today.I would really like to see a model of this for the Flight sim community.http://www.turbinetoucan.com/

The return value from the ENGINE_WORKING_TIME token has me stumped. It is supposed to be seconds but it seems not to be. Any insights?This for FS9.Fred

(L:groupn,enum) 0 == (* COULD HAVE BOOLED IT BUT THERE ARE 1-20 so i left it in for an easier read *) (M:Event) 'Leave' scmp 0 == if{ 0 (>L:BASE1, enum) 1 (>L:nrdw, enum) }(M:Event) 'LeftSingle' scmp 0 == if{ 1 (>L:BASE1, enum) 1 (>L:vclick1,enum) (L:IN_UT,bool) if{ (L:latitude,enum) (>L:ins1_lat,enum) (L:longitude,enum) (>L:ins1_lon,enum) } (L:IN_UT,bool) ! if{ (L:navmas,bool) if { (L:ins1_lat,enum) (>L:waypoint_lat,enum) (L:ins1_lon,enum) (>L:waypoint_lon,enum) } (L:navmas,bool) ! if{ 185(>K:VOR1_SET) 113.20 @radioconvert(>K:NAV2_RADIO_SET)108.10@radioconvert(>K:NAV1_RADIO_SET)405.0 @adfconvert } } since the resident gurus of the mome…