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

Hi all I am using the xml.exe file to start an external program when FSX starts and this works OK. The program runs after FSX shuts down to get data from it but if I run FSX again it opens another. Is there any way to stop the program launching again with one already running.

I have bmp's of a panel that are based on time of day. Is there any gauge available that will automatically trigger a particular window based on time of day. I would like it to open window 00 which is a daylight bmp and has an ID of 30 and then trigger windows idents of 31,32, 33, etc. based on time of day. (day, dusk, night, dawn). If not I'll do it with multiple manual toggle switches. Thanks, Bob.

Hi I downloaded an addon livery for the default fsx 737-800 (virgin Australia) and when I fly it at night it does not have any cabin lighting which makes the aircraft look very dark Plz help

Hello, I have been looking around the web for a good Boeing 757 panel? Google has not given me many good results and panel compatibility is hit and miss. Thanks for any help on the matter...

HI, In my B742 panel I put two guarded with three positions switches: the VHF-NAV failure switch and the INS failure switch. By those switches it's simulated the possibility in case of VHF-NAV1 or VHF-NAV2 failure to swap the inoperative VHF-NAV with the VHF-NAV3.The same for the INS1 and INS2.As in the real B742. By the two switches a Flag on the Cpt HSI and FO HSI announces 1 or 2 or 3 to indicate which is the VHF-NAV or which is the INS feeding the data to the related HSI. Both Flags are working properly but it's very strange that they cannot work simultaneously. It's operative only the Element last inserted in the HSI file. The HSI file is too big and it's not…

I am converting some propeller over from some FS9 AI aircraft to FSX. In most cases the process is fairly straightforward. However I rand in to some RFAI Rockwell 112 two-blade models that didn't have a propeller texture. I tried two textures from a different source, but ended up with square propellers even though the images work great with the aircraft the I borrowed them from. Any suggestions on how to eliminate the corners? Thanks, Ernie

I have an Aerospatiale ATR-500 and when I try adjusting the heading or course it increments in 10° increments rather than in 1° increments. Is there a way to fix it so it it will increment in 1° steps? Thanks, Bob. Update: The filename is 334ATR_72-500.zip by Francisco Sánchez-Castañer. Adapted for FSX by Eric Buchmann

I am trying to make a fs9 xml work in fsx. It's for auto rudder switching. Here is what I have for fs9. Seems to me the first 'value' is holding me up. I have tried a number of things but nothing seems to work. I think if the comparison of Var1 returns a 2 it quits right there and will not go foreward. I do not fully understand XML syntax so therefore I am at a standstill. Comments or help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Paul <Gauge Name="ARudder Switch Version=1.0"> <Element> <Position X="1" Y="1"/> <Select> <Value>(G:Var1) if{ (G:Var1) -- (>G:Var1) 2 quit } (A:Auto coordination, bool)</V…

I recently came across this cabin height gauge Initially its starting value was 10,000ft rising to the same altitude as the aircraft during the climb.now it starts at airfield height but still continues to actual aircraft altitude.I'd like to do some mods but am not sure what to do.1. I'd like to be able to set an upper limit say 10,000ft being the actual cabin pressure compared to the outside2. To set a rate of increase/decrease in pressurisation- Also to ensure that the gauge reads correctly on landing.3. A cabin pressure dump equalising the cabin pressure to the outside <Gauge Name="Cabin Height" Version="1.0"> <Image Name="Cabin_height_bg.bmp" ImageSizes="…

Hi everyone, My first post here...officially a newb :-). I've been looking around the web for some higher resolution 777 panel graphic images without much luck. I just need AP & CDU (default screen) ones for now from which to create 1:1 decals. Does anyone know where I could find such a thing? Free is good :-). Thanks in advance... JZ

Hi, I use all possible windows with xml and yoke. In the forward window (Forward looking) i can access the minipanel and "free vieuw" with yoke button (Key W) The other windows, eg. Rear Right Up, i call with xml. Is there code to get the second and third vieuw of that RRU window? (i have to use the W key) And then, what will be the ident for that panel window?

Has anyone had any results from the GET_USE_LUMINOUS(element) and GET_USE_BRIGHT(element) macros? I've been playing with them but they don't seem to do anything? -Dai

Hey guys, I love STOL aircraft, ad I love the Flight Replicas Super Cub Ultra. However on its instrument panel it has a leak right above the tach as circled in this pic. I emailed the developer and his response was "thats unfortunate" and "nobody else has complained" Well in any kind of day time flying its driving me nuts seeing the ground or sky pop through the instrument panel. Is this something I could fix in photoshop you think, or is it more likely a mesh issue. Thanks for looking..........Chris

Hi to all, flying a B742 and using the INS instead the GPS I need to convert the NAV-GPS Switch to NAV-INS. As in the realty on the B742 the NAV-INS switch changes the HSI compass headings from magnetic to True. That's to follow the INS Great circle navigation. I made several attempts by the variable tokens:(Plane heading degrees gyro, radians) and the(Plane heading degrees true, radians) but unfortunately with no result. I've only the magnetic headings or true ones depending on the order that I put the tokens in the gauge. Any help will be very appreciated. Thanks Gianfranco

Is there a way to detect when an aircraft and all systems are loaded? I need to keep some sounds from playing until after the aircraft is completely loaded.

A fellow simmer asked me if I have ever seen a cockpit clock that adjusts to the local time as determined by the aircraft position. Is there any such clock available? Thanks, Bob.

Hi, Maybe already a long time known! Playing around with Doug's fuel-dump gauge i noticed that you can dump any tank. By using the reciproke numbers you can also fill any tank. So it becomes clear: For example filling Left Tip from Center3 you give the command: -500000 5 - (>L:RATE_TANK_TIP_LEFT,number) 500000 5 + (>L:RATE_TANK_CENTER3,number) when Tip=full or center3=0 one stops the action with some xml. Tested and it works (C.G. etc.)

I need the Simulation Variable to check the status of the Center-Center2 fuel transfer pump activated using "Set_Fuel_transfer_off", "Set_Fuel_transfer_aft", and "Set_Fuel_transfer_forward". I've not seen any documentation for this feature but the pumps work fine as XML key commands in FSX. If anyone knows simulation variable for the pump status, that would be very helpful. -Pv-

Hi, Is there a way to see how many degrees one is looking right or left when using the "hat switch" on the yoke?

I think that switching the NAV-GPS switch to GPS position the flag on HSI must revert indicating that the GPS is now driving the NAV1 but also the compass card on HSI should indicate a True Heading. I looked at all default planes and I noticed that the compass card remains indicating a Magnetic heading. Which is the right indication? Gianfranco

Yeah - after twenty months, another version! A few minor updates and one completely new section on linking managed code (dotnet dlls) to Flight Simulator. Bill - would you be kind enough to upload to flightsim.com please? I've lost my login. :mellow: -Dai

Hey all, I am trying to get the buttons on my Saitek Flight Instrument panel to control the RealityXP GNS 530. That way you can manipulate the buttons and kobs like (almost) a real GPS. I have it working with the regular FSX GPS by just puting in some simconnect commands in the Saitek panel config docs. My question is this: 1) Are there any special simconnect commands just for the RXP GPS that I could use. 2) The Panels are not recognized by FSUIPC, is there some way to get them to be seen as joystick(which could be another workaround). Using the GPS this way is awesome and is much closer to an "in the cockpit" feel. The config looks like this now…

<Gauge Name="Vor-Ils_ Ins_Sw1" Version="1.0"> <Element> <Visible>(A:Avionics Master Switch,bool) </Visible> <Select> <Value>(G:VAR1,bool)</Value> <Case Value="0"> <Image Name= "Vor-Ils_Sw1.bmp" ImageSizes="25,45" Luminous="YES"/> </Case> <Case Value="1"> <Image Name= "Ins_Sw1.bmp" ImageSizes="25,45" Luminous="YES"/> </Case> </Select> </Element> <Mouse> <Help ID="HELPID_RADIO_NAV1_SELECT"/> <Cursor Type="Hand"/> <Click> (G:VAR1,bool) ! (>G:VAR1,bool) 0 (>K:TOGGLE_GPS_DRIVES_NAV1) (>K:SELECT_1)</Click> </Mouse&…

I'm looking for Token variables useful to create a Drift Angle Indicator Gianfranco

Dear Community, I am trying to simulate some enhanced piston engine behavior and especially failures caused by engine abuse. One of the answers I struggle to find is about how to turn on an oil leak sequence? There is an "Oil leak" event you can access via the "Failures" menu, and when triggered, it produces a very realistic sequence of oil leak and associated indications, but I couldn't find a relevant gauge event in SDK to use to trigger this event via an XML gauge. There were several topics on this I could find, but it looks like people also left with no answers. So is there a way to trigger an oil leak via an XML gauge? Or, if not, via C++ gauge?