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

Hello all....I'm revisiting my Iron Knuckles DC-9 and decided to do some panel modifications using a panel editor which allows you to edit gauge bitmaps, and move the gauges around in different locations on the panel. I want the main instruments to be larger as you can see in my shots below. I redid the main panel, but wanted to change the night light bitmap (which I believe is located in the F1DC9 gauge file). Only problem is, I can't find the night lighting bitmap? The F1DC9.gau file contains no bitmaps to edit? Is their anyway I can change the night lighting bmp? Can some one point me in the right direction?http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/104223.jpghttp://foru…

Hello You GuysIm considering making a Panel from scrach after digital Photos taken in the real thing, maybee with use of default gauges or addons.I would like to hear (before investing my hard earned money) if anyone with experience, can tell me if Abacus Panel Studio is applicable in combining cool photo design and default gauges, or is there a better solution, suitable for e Newbee like me ?.Any advice is appreciatedBest RegardsJP ;o)WWW.VirtualAirports.dk

Does anyone know if either of these two EFIS/PFD have been developed for MSFS?http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/EFISD10A_Introduction.htmlor http://www.bluemountainavionics.com/elitemain.phpAnyone interested?--MC

What is the strategy for nighttime panel views? Should I just test for the A:Nighttime(?) parameter and panel lights state, and use an appropriate bitmap? (Talking strictly 2D here) What about the dreaded Pink Haze (and way does it change the color of my luminous radio digits?), can it/should it be turned off? Any tips/hints appreciated!(OK, I know; two questions in one day, but the first was an easy one...)Douglas

Hi,Has anyone compiled a running gauge with Visual C++ .NET and then had it not work on other computers that don't have Visual C++ .NET? I have experienced this many times and have had to resort to having someone else compile for me. Does anyone know what causes this and/or a way around it?-Jon

Dai Griffiths programmed a Collins ADI-84A, which is very VERY similar to the Collins 332D-11A that is in the T-44 (C-90B) I'm flying in the Navy. Everything works well except the Glidslope Indicator. ftp://63.217.28.218/1misc/dfdadi84.zip I tune in Nav 1 and Nav 2 to the LOC, the LOC is picked up by both the LOC deviation pointer and CDI.. and even when using his RADALT, the DH light works as advertised.. just no glideslope : I double checked the aircraft.cfg file and 1 is listed for GS Available... If someone much smarter than me could take a look, and perhaps see if you could get it to work, it would be greatly appreciated. I've sent the author an email over a week ag…

I don't have any of the previous MSFS versions, but in fs9 a standard rate turn never lasts 2 minutes!Most of the default or add-on aircraft have turn coordinators indicating 2' turn using either the "small plane" or a bar. When you initiate a turn on such an aircraft, align the little aircraft with one of the standard rate marks (depending on if you turn left or right) and time your 360 degrees turns you find that most of the time they take a lot more than 2 minutes.Now, I have decided to use AFSD to measure the yaw angular velocity while I fly the aircraft, and BINGO! it sometimes reads 3,0 degrees per second, and I can even mantain it for the 2', ending up with the sam…

Hi guys.I have various vapour effects on my aircraft and have them turned on with G force magnitude. Of course, everytime the G value exceeds a certain value, they show up. I was wondering if the effects could also be controlled using other variables as well which may make their appearance more realistic. I was thinking of air temperature, for example. Would dew point also be a factor, and is there a way of simulting this.Many thanks,Nick.

Hi all,I've been programming analogue gauges for the past 2 years now and recently decided it was time to venture into the world of vector gauges.I downloaded Fred Clausens sample source and after some frustrating hours getting his code to work in MSVC6++ (had to add an include and redefine the ULONG_PTR variable) I was finally able to create a working gauge. i tried to make something very simple: an Ellipse that grows bigger and smaller based on Engine1 N1 (I created a local variable containing N1):case PANEL_SERVICE_PRE_DRAW:{ PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE pelement = (PELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE)(pgauge->elements_list[0]->next_element[0]); if (pelement) { HDC hdc = pelement-…

hi guys!can someone modify the original gps (of fs2002) so that i have the main window with transparent background and without frame. also i need the standard gps buttons as transparent ones which i can use seperatly.i need the gps fitted to an existing mfd, so pls help me...

HiThis is gunna be hard to explain:)Ive built a fuel gauge which is an old floating ball type which has been animated in FSDS as concord nose.Now I know I can set the concord nose at different angles by using the default concord gauge for the visor/nose and watching the ball move in fs9 to up(full) 1/2 and down (emty).Now what I need to do is work out the syntax linking it to fuel quantitywith the concord nose possie,so far I have the following syntax(A:FUEL TOTAL QUANTITY,gallons)(A:FUEL TOTAL CAPACITY,gallons)(>K:DECREASE_CONCORDE_NOSE_VISOR)(>K:INCREASE_CONCORDE_NOSE_VISOR)and I put them together like this :)%((A:FUEL TOTAL QUANTITY,gallons) (A:FUEL TOTALCAPACITY…

Hi,I'm still trying to get the details of my first GDI+ vector gauge to work.I have 2 main problems at this time:- if I resize the FS2002 window while my vector gauge is loaded, FS crashes with an ntdll.dll error. Apparently the ntdll.dll file is used for almost everything in WinXP, but maybe somebody else also encountered this problem and can point me in the right direction for a solution ?- if I open FS2002 non-maximizes, then the drawings in my gauge are not scaled down with the rest of the gauge. I am using absolute sizes and positions at this time in my gauge and I probably need to use relative sizing, so how can I obtain the actual width and height of my gauge ?Thx …

Hi All,First of all I would like to thank Doug for his wonderful gauge. At the moment I'm playing a little bit with the dsd_xml_sound3.gau, but it seems that I'm running into a couple of problems.Here's problem one:I want to make an aircondition switch which has a looped sound when the following conditions are okay:(L:Pack1Air Available,bool) (L:Pack2Air Available,bool) || (L:Essential AC enabled, bool) (L:Flightdeck Fan,bool) && && if{ (L:Aircond_Switch,enum) 0 == (L:Aircond_Switch,enum) 1 == || if{ 2 (>L:Aircond_Switch,enum) } } els{ (L:Aircond_Switch,enum) 2 == if{ 0 (>L:Aircond_Switch,enum) } }The Pack Air is available, Essential AC is available …

Hi,Does anyone know of a way to display the ident of a VOR/ILS if tuned/known otherwise show the frequency? I can't find a way to check if the ident text is 'true'?Thanks in advance,

After searching this forum I have learned that wing views from inside the pax cabin are controlled by the designer of the aircraft and included with the model. Well that was a relief because I had thought it was a .bmp file and since I couldnt find one it now makes sense since the wings show moving parts etc, and not a static picture.Anyway after all that I downloaded a plane that claimed wing views but I couldnt see it with the panel I was using. Again after much search I found some lines added into a panel.cfg file that "activated" these views and now I see them.My question for the experts :-) How can I learn which ref window controls which view? For example some of the…

Newbie here, I'm planning on creating own gauge... What would be the best way to start? I have collected .c files for gauges which does tell the function of each gauges, button, switches and etc. I am able to understand it a little since I have a little skill in C++ well, am not a programmer guru or math geek, At least I can always learn it, that's not a problem for me. But, the only problem is I am unable to know how I could convert it from .c into .gau or maybe .gau into .c ... Aren't there any converter or resources that is able to convert it? And isn't it free = )??Okay, I have looked into panel.cfg.. I am able to understand it part of it except for those number su…

Hi all,it's possible to assign a kaypress combination as "CTRL-" to a "Click Event" or "Click" tag?and if yes, can yau post a small example code please?ThanksPaolo

Hi!!I'm working on some flight dynamics, and ended setting up mostly everything right. I just don't understand where i have to set turboprop fuel flow..it's crucial to get the proper operating range of the aircraft...another thing: torque indicator gauges go over 100% reaching values near 125% !! I never experienced this!! I can reduce the right extreme at graph 1508 (turbine turboprop torque vs CN1) and get out the effect a little, but power gets reduced too...I thought of adding torque, but i want to keep the values colsest to the real ones. Adding torque will also make the aircraft accelerate too fast on takeoff... This may be a consequence of the fact that my prop rot…

Hi again.Would one you of guys be good enough to show me what code is required to make a hydraulics pressure gauge dependent on a hydraulics pump switch. I've developed the pressure gauge okay and a dummy hydraulic pump switch for the job, but I've got no idea how to link them up. I'm guessing that most of the code would be placed in the hydraulics pressure gauge, so I've included that below.Any ideas are appreciated.Cheers,Matthew. (A:Suction pressure,inHg)

I downloaded the freeware Apollo MX-20 and Garmin 430 / 530 GPS's from Keith Giveans and replaced the GPS that ships with FS9. They have worked for a long time now, but have stopped working. The panel will load and in the case of the Garmins, if they are not turned on everything works. Turn them on, and the sim hangs and has to be restarted. I have the RealityXP Garmin 530 and it works fine, but as you know you can't import FS flightplans. The last thing that I installed before they stopped working was Squawkbox. I have replaced the files, re-edited the panel.cfg files and re-installed them again, but neither they of the default GPS work. Any ideas?

I am trying to reduce two popup windows for the Flight1 Meridian (EADI & EHSI). Having never done all that much with a panel.cfg (aside from small changes) I have no idea what the unit of measure is for either sizing setting. I tried to proportionally reduce the size_mm numbers and that gave me a larger actual instrument still inside the same window size (you could only see part of the instrument). Not sure why reducing the numbers gave me a larger display. On the window_size I cant figure out what the unit of measure is to scale it properly. How does one propertly adjust these numbers to create a smaller window and instrument?[Window12]Background_color=0,0,0size_m…

Need MAX CLIMB and MAX CRUISE gauges anyone have some?I

Hi,Does anyone know where I can get some Boeing GPWS sounds?Specifically I am looking for 'approaching minimums' and 'minimums, minimums'.Many thanks,

I'm trying to make a "Rotary" selector GAUGE with XML, but I don't know the syntax.There should be 4 autopilot controls to be selected with one single switch. -NAV-HDG-Backcourse-ApproachOnly one of those should be active at one time, so how it is done? I tried to figure out the select tag with case modifiers, but it didn't help a bit.

My very first gauge seemed to work great until I gave a copy to my friend. When every the gau file is accessed an "Unable to load software" error messages comes up.I used idehowto.zip to set up my MS Visual C++ .net 2003 environment. If read and reread the sd2gau17.zip and have tried getting the answer from this forum and on flightsim.com. Unfortunately I'm a first time programmer, so I haven't a clue what most of the environmently variables do nor how they should be set.Can someone walk me through solving this problem?Sincerely,Blair