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

Hi,I need a way to read keyboard input in my C gauge. I managed to do this with DirectInput, but the problem is that Flightsim receives the key too. So if I need key 'L' my gauge reacts but FS switches the light on or off.Is there a way to block the keys, so they don't get through to the FS? Just like all the FMC do :)

Hi FlightSimmers!I'm looking for Real Sounds for Bae-146 /RJ-85 /RJ-100!Can someone help me?Write back or EMail me: [email protected] to all Flight-Fans!netsonics

Hello everyone, lets see who can be first to point out that I am being really dumb here! I am tailoring the DSB design Eurofighter and no matter what I do to the AIR file with AIRED or the A/C cfg file, I cannot make the Aircraft realise that it has Flaps. IT came shipped with both L/E and T/E flaps (4 positions) in both .air and .cfg files.I am happy not to see any animation of the flaps from a spot view because I am assuming that the real hardware doesn't come fitted with flaps, meaning that flaps are only included in the abovementioned files to slow the thing down on landing. I have checked MSFS Assignments and have fitted a Flap position gauge which works on another A…

hi guys!is it possible to program DME Hold function at both nav sources? either xml or c++. if yes, how?thx

below is a snipet from a radar gauge.it is going to e the sweep arm.it currently just goes around rather then back and forth, but i am going to have to mask it because it fits into a rectangle that is taller then it is wide;the snippet; (G:Var1) (G:Var1) 1 + (>G:Var1) dnor the snippet as it is, goes around and rotates in the spot i want.at the bottom center.when i try to insert the mask;things go wrong.(the mask and the background image are the same size, and are nearly the same)when the mask is inserted it positions itself with at bottom center of the background image 94,209 the POR for the bar.( below the background image) if i use a position or axis statement…

Hey all,Our MD500E was uploaded to some other sites without the knowledge of those who developed it. I'm not upset, come to think of it I don't think we put in any restrictions against such a thing. We didn't really think about it too much.I suppose if you're going to get poached, it's nice to be the top download. Flightsim.com was given our aircraft on 8/3 and it was #1 that day and #2 on 8/4.I don't know if I should be upset or flattered. I suppose I'll try the latter, it's less stressful that way! lolI just checked the file they have on Flightsim.com, it looks to be complete. I wonder how many other places it will show up...I'm sure a lot of you are used to such a thin…

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Here's a screen shot. I just have to write the documentation and it's all ready.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/153312.jpg

you can get angle,distance,and bearing to next way point or to a nav station. seems like someone would have used pythagoras to id the next wp on a hud...but i cant find one to steal....ummm borrow.perhaps a generous soul will show us remedial math types how it is done?

Hello again Gurus, can anyone help me how to create a Press and Hold Button that my condition only appears after i remaing clicking that buttin and holding for 2 seconds?

First of all, this is probably my last post due to my job being completed. Thank you much to both Patrick W. and Bill L. for their input. Is there a way to make an undockable window dockable? That is, to make it able to be moved onto another display. I have messed around with the Panel.cfg file, but have had no success thus far.Thank you all.

I am running FS2004, and have been searching for a FS2002 or FS2004 Horten Ho-III (either motor glider or sailplane) or a Ho-IV, without any success (all I found were FS98 aircraft, which really wont do)--does anyone have any suggestions? Any ideas would be appreciated.Sincerely,Scott Anderson

hi there,i am not new to thse gauge lark, but a new problem has arisen for me i am not experienced enough to solve and not sure if it's even possible! i have made gauges with lighting - but that only works in the 2D panel, in the vc lighting is done using a light texture - however, what happens if the vc of an aircraft has no lighting texture? common variables such as 'bright=yes' and 'luminous=yes' do not work in the vc leaving the gauges dark and unreadable; or this at least is perhaps just me.is there a workaround or specific tag or any way to make the gauges light and bright in the vc?cheers.

Wonder if someone can help me. I have downloaded a few aircrafts, but the aircraft.cfg file is setup the same for all of them (same author), which has 0 stations and a set COG. I would like to add Pilot/Co Pilot stations as well as Passenger, Crew and even Cargo. I have manually made some changes and added the Stations entries to the .cfg file, but I am not sure if I am doing it right. Is there an easy way to tell what locations to enter for the stations based on the Datum?I have read the term ACM, what is this tool and can it help me apply the correct station values?Thanks for any help.

Example of slen: (Not mentioned in the panel SDK)(@c:WaypointAirportRunwayDesignation) slen (>L:length,number) Works! It will return 7 for '01L-19R'Now I want to search for the symbols 'L', 'R' and/or 'C' To find character in a string the syntax is said to be schr, so I tried: ( runway 0 selected! in EHAM 01L-19R ) (@c:WaypointAirportRunwayDesignation,string) 'L' schr if{ 1 (>L:RwayTag,enum) } . (@c:WaypointAirportRunwayDesignation,string) 'R' schr if{ 2 (>L:RwayTag,enum) } . (@c:WaypointAirportRunwayDesignation,string) 'C' schr if{ 3 (>L:RwayTag,enum) } (L:RwayTag,enum) always becomes 3 even if there is no C in 01L-19R I also tried it with ! which work…

Hello!I'm trying to do the undock window function with right mouse click, Does anyone know about any tutorial?thank you in advance

Almost there with my new tool!Now while I could "cheat" and make the blending work by editing the bmp's, I'd like to just use the standard gauge bmp's with their RGB(0,0,0) signifying transparency.I want to layer the face.bmp (with the luminous gauge) OVER the background non-luminous case.bmp.Take a look:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/153207.jpgWhen I can do that, the first version is complete!!So, if you have ideas on how to combine the Bitmaps while respecting the RGB 0 color as transparent, let me know.

I just got home from Oshkosh; while I was there, I visited the Rocket Racing Legue tent and watched and read alot about it. I saw the original Rocket EZ (built by Burt Rutan) a couple of years ago flying, and man was it cool...I just thought that somebody on here would have the skills capable of creating this amazing airplane/rocket. I would really like to fly one, if not in real life, in Flight Sim.http://www.rocketracingleague.com/

You like the look?The icons from the left are to select a gauge, open a panel to view/modify, save, toggle lights on/off, and help.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/153116.jpgBest part is it will computer lighting as in FS, and NOT lumines those parts of the gauge that don't have the luminous tag (ie. the MAKE_STATIC part, or by alpha).It's too bad FS Panel Studio didn't do this right.

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Maybe this is old hat, but I would like to share it anyway:I needed to create four variants of one aircraft model, with small differences in exterior model as well as the VC. Creating four separate GMax files meant that I had to update all four during the development phase. Instead I kept all parts in one model and used "visible_in_range" flags in makemdl.parts.xml so that loading a certain variant made certain object trees appear or disappear. I used atc_airline for this purpose, but you can use any of the atc strings in Aircraft.cfg (although atc_id is a bad idea since that can be changed by the user in the aircraft dialog). Example:SomeThings (A:ATC AIRLINE,string) 'A…

Hi,I am getting cofused with all the possibilities.Hence some more questions.GPS POSITION LAT Current GPS latitudeGPS POSITION LON Current GPS longitudeA:PLANE LATITUDE Are these the same as above?A:PLANE LONGITUDE ,,I would like to have them in a print statement.What units do I use to show them in decimal degrees? Thus: LAT 53,xxxxxxxx LON 121,xxxxxxxxTo add, subtract or compare coordinates what would you advice?radians, degrees, degrees latitude or something else?What do the following achieve?GeoCalcLatitude1 GeoCalcLongitude1GeoCalcLatitude2GeoCalcLongitude2GeoCalcLengthThanks for your time.Roelof

In going through and completing a comprehensive reference for us of KEY_ stuff, I came across:KEY_EGT_INCKEY_EGT_DECand am thinking it is interesting that it seems FS gives us the capacity to manipulate the EGT without having to just program our own.Anyone used these (or related) to control EGT?Patrick

I made a "starter" button, and hooked it all up to work with a mouse press, using it's own variable.Now, I am wanting to make it so that a user can assign a joystick button to the "starter button" rather than have to click it with the mouse.To do so, I decided that rather than use my own variable to control the MAKE_ICON, I'd just tie it to ENGINE1_STARTER_SWITCH_POS.The idea being the user would go to the joystick assignments and assign "Starter 1 On/Off" and set a joystick button to use.Problem is, this doesn't seem to work. I verified the MODULE_VAR does go to "1" (pushed), but interestingly, will not go back to "0" (out).Also, it seems that then I can't have the user…

HI! It's me again ;) ... i created a server gauge, and 2 client gauges . now i would like to know how can i change the values of these variables in server gauges .. here's the codecase PANEL_SERVICE_PRE_INSTALL: { register_var_by_name (&EcamPage, TYPE_UINT32, "EcamPage"); register_var_by_name (&EcamAction, TYPE_UINT32, "EcamAction"); break; } case PANEL_SERVICE_PRE_UPDATE: { EcamPage = 10; break; } case PANEL_SERVICE_PRE_KILL: { unregister_var_by_name ("EcamPage"); unregister_var_by_name ("EcamAction"); break; ..now the EcamPage = 10; does not update the variable value ... can i do this in server gauge, or is this only doable over clien…