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

I've nearly finished the pressurization system for a Boeing 307, but the last little detail has me stumped. It's probably something obvious I'm missing, but I can't see it.Displaying cabin altitude is simple enough; if the pressurization system is on, the cabin altimeter and the cabin vsi show 60% of the real values. Otherwise, they show real values. All this works properly.The problem is the cabin vsi. In level flight, if the pressurization is turned off or fails, the cabin vsi should show a climb. If pressurization is turned on again, it should show a descent. To get that response, I'm using L:altcabon and L:altcaboff to temporarily stow the 60% of indicated altitu…

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Anybody using RWYINFO2?I installed it. It displays ok. Click on APT. Type Icao code. Enter.Nothing happens.Appreciate any help.ThanksAbe

My FSX has not yet arived, but I try to be prepared. I develop my aircraft to be compatible with it. I started my development to be compatible with FS-Net i.e. to use custom events instead of modifying the special values right in the mouse callback. In this way FS-Net was able to distribute my custom event to the other pilot sharing the same aircraft.Now I heard that FSX has some similar capabilities (not having the possibility to check yet), but I can not see any instructions in the SDK docs about this feature and/or about the necessary programming technics. The main question is of course the synchronization of variables that do NOT have a corresponding variable in FS (f…

Hi.I have some BMP and XML files that i want to copress to one CAB fileHow can i do it ?Thank's

Hi there,Just love flying this aircraft!!!The only problem I have is there is no pitch hold on the autopilot. Is there a freeware gauge out there that would allow me to set pitch hold then adjust it using the flight director pitch knob on the panel supplied with this great aircraft? Or one that has a seperate knob that I can install into the panel?Hope to hear soon,Nathan.

In some PanelConfig files (such as DF Baron 58), there is a line that reads: VIEW_www_EYE=x.xxx,y.yyy,z.zzz (where w is the view diection). Anybody know what the x,y,z values do? Alex Reid

Could someone please help me with an XML throttle? The more I mess with it the more ridiculous my results!I need to move a bitmap (1) size 111x 63 through the

When we have such astounding control of all aspects of the aircraft motion as in the air files today, it is easy to get carried away and make an aircraft that violates some laws of physics. I recently took off in an aircraft I have liked for some time and had just imported into FS9 when I found it seemed a bit slow turning through 90 degrees. I was aware of the laws governing turning flight but went back to 'the books' to make sure everything was done right. What I found was that the particular plane was taking twice as long to turn 90 degrees as it should have taken, using a moderate speed and a normal bank angle.By using this equation to check your aircraft's turn rate,…

What is the recommended app to edit a panel for FSX or FS9? I was using Config Edit 1.5, but it's obviously dated. I need something that does wysiwig that Config Edit does.

After reading this:> How does this kind of timers work? First, we create a timer,> specify its elapse time, and (optionally) attach it to a > window. After the timer is created, it sends WM_TIMER messages> to the window message queue, or if no window was specified, to> the application queue. We can process this message to call the> code that we want to be executed in regular time intervals. The> timer will send WM_TIMER messages until it is destroyed.I am wondering how I can get notified about the WM_TIMER messages, since I do not have access to the application's or window's message loop.I'm guessing I can hook them, and with some "WindowEx()" procedu…

Hi again!!!OK - the model is coming along ok now however I have searched the tinterweb high and low looking for a tutorial or at least a clue as to how to put navigation, landing and strobe/beacon lights on my Gmax model. I understand that this can be done in Gmax or in the aircraft.cfg file.Which is the best method? I am tempted towards putting it all in the Gmax model if I can.Can someone point me to some instructions on what I should be doing to create, position and function aircraft lighting. Many thanks again in andvance - I am already eternally grateful to this forum for its excellent advice.SF

Hi,We are about to release a new scenery, CYAM (Sault Ste. Marie) and I'm doing up a small AI package. I have downloaded a Piper Seminole, which was designed for FS2002 and I'm using it in FS2004.The problem is that none of the lights work. I looked at the aircraft.cfg and the effects called are all the same ones one regularly sees in FS2004.Could anyone help me out?Thanks,AdamEDIT - I have found and installed a 2004 version of the plane - same lighting problem.

How do you guys get the frame rate (in FPS)?The method I'm trying is failing in FSX.

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OK - still battling through G-Max......On my first project I have started texturing but for some reason my right wing is too dark on top, and underneath it is brighter than the rest of the aircraft. I created the wing by mirroring the left wing and it is at the point of mirroring that the dark and light shadow effects seem to switch - however I can find nothing in any of the parameters that I can see that would affect this.The Flaps are fine but the aileron's shadow/brightness is also reversed. I'm sure it must be a simple button somewhere but I can't for the life of me find out what is causing this. Any ideas??? ThanksSF

I would like to do something crazy....Please no laughs.I know that I can put this reference in the panel folder to use the panel of another aircraft " alias=B747panel".Now the CRAZY question. Again do NOT ask why(G).How do I go about adding additional aircrafts' panels? if possible.Also can I use Shift 1, Shift 2....etc to access the various panels?ThanksAbe

Maybe it is late... but I thought I could do this: MODULE_VAR elapsed_seconds = { ELAPSED_SECONDS }; double prevSecs; double currentSecs; lookup_var(&elapsed_seconds); prevSecs = elapsed_seconds.var_old.n; currentSecs = elapsed_seconds.var_value.n; elapsed_seconds.var_old.n = currentSecs;in FS9, but now it does not seem to work for me in FSX.What am I missing as later when I do this:FLOAT64 FSAPI C_GAUGE(GetFps_)(FLOAT64 number, ID id, PCSTRINGZ string, MODULE_VAR *source_var, PGAUGEHDR gauge){ double frameTime = currentSecs - prevSecs; return frameTime; //return 1.0 / frameTime; // FPS}I get zero(0) returned.

Hi all,working on my HSI i have a Problem with the Numbers for that. I spent many hours to solve this but it seems i can't see what's wrong. The Numbers are Drawn and rotatet, but both in the wrong Direction. "0" Degrees is drawn at 180 degrees and then all others are Anti-Clockwise.Will Post here the Code i'm using for that and also a Picture of the Result in FSX: // Full Arc Numbers float cx = 194; // center point xfloat cy = 194; // center point yfloat radius = 130; // Inner Radiusdouble rotation = (AdiruND.MagHeading() * -1); // Mag Headingfloat dx,dy, nx, ny, angle;int pointx, pointy;int numbers[12] = {0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33};int i = 0;for (ang…

HelloI have searched the forum over for an answer to this but have found nothing.If I open a pop up panel while in the VC and then switch the views around and come back to the VC the pop up panel dissapears. Is there a way to keep the pop up panel open when switching views and coming back to the VC?thanksM

If you want to read an INI file, here's how.Note: This works for me using the MinGw © compiler.The same code when compiled through VS 2005 C++ is another story (it'll compile, but I'll get warnings and it'll return as a string 'data not found' when I run the gauge in FS9/FSX as per the code). Why? Dunno, still looking into it. // Read INI File Code in a C gauge. Display pilot's name as a string.char buffer1[100];char FILEPATH[300];{ GetCurrentDirectory(300, FILEPATH);strcat(FILEPATH,"FS2CrewStart CenterA320F.ini"); // Path to INI fileGetPrivateProfileString("FS2Crew Data","PILOT","Data not found",&buffer1,100,FILEPATH); }The INI file (named A320F.ini) that the…

I can get my piston engine based FSX chopper to handle great when it's in the air. But on the ground, in a fast roll, it's a different story. At about 15 knots it slides all over the place like it's on ice. Any faster and the wheels leave the ground; first the back, then the front (it's got 2 rear wheels and a nosewheel). I can make it behave a lot better on the ground by increasing the weight, but then it can't get enough lift. If I then increase any of the many factors that give it lift, it just cancels out the extra weight and it's back to bad ground handling. Any way to get the best of both worlds? Ideally, I'd like it to be capable of rolling takeoffs and landings at…

I have canvas type seats inside my chopper's cabin that use transparency mapping. They were being drawn in front of the transparent windows, rather than behind them, and I noticed that the problem went away if I made sure that the windows weren't attached to or linked below any objects. But now that I have multiple LODs in the scene, the windows are linked below the LOD nodes, and the problem is back. Some LODs work correctly and some don't...so it seems as though there are some wierd random rules determining what gets drawn in front of what. Does anyone know how drawing order is determined in FSX and if it can be controlled?

HelloI'm trying to use a C-gauge (which uses gdi+) with FSX.The gauge works fine in FS9, and in FSX too, IF you load the panel after loading any other aircraft, but if you try to load from the start screen of FSX then it gives a message telling something like "...memory cannot be read..." and FSX shuts down.Can anyone give me a clue about why happens this or give me a thread in any forum? I cannot find one.Thanks