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

Ciao to all,I've re-painted the fusellage of the 737-700 winglet series in the Blue Panorama livery (u may find it on file librery here) but can't see the nose of the a/c to repaint.So I only have a white nose...Where is the a/c nose ???Please help..Thanx---ciaooooooooooooo

Hi,Can someone explain the following:(L:parameter one,enum) ~ & s1 if{ l1 (>L:parameter two,enum) } and(l1 1 & ) if{ ....Thanks,Jan"Beatus Ille Procul Negotiis"

Is it possible to determine through a gauge callback the location of the current panel.cfg file? If so, how does one do that?Thanks,Doug

How do you edit panels in FS2004? When I had 2002, I used the aircraft editor, but 2004 doesn't come with one. Is there a program I can download to edit with?

Hi,I am looking for a gauge with only audible effects, so no bitmapneeded.Im looking for a gauge that monitors the engine N1.If it is approx 4-5 minuts above 100%, an alarm should be heard.Perhaps this can be done in an invisble XML gauge?Johan[A HREF=http://jdserver.no-ip.com]Personal Server[/A]or..http://62.238.33.10

In my aircraft.cfg (fuel section), I have the line:electric_pump=1which means the aircraft uses electric pumps. Then in my code, I use KEy_TOGGLE_ELECT_FUEL_PUMP1 to switch off the engine1 pump. Then I read its status with ENGINE1_FUEL_PUMP_ON, which is FALSE when the pump is off. Everything works fine, BUT the corresponding tank keeps on being pumped !!Even if I turn all the fuel pumps off using KEY_FUEL_PUMP, the engines keep running and the fuel keeps being pumped in the tanks. I would like to have the fuel pumped ONLY when the fuel pumps are ON. Is this possible?Thanks for any help !!Eric

Hi,I came up with the follwing idea. I'd like an oxygen gauge in my cockpit that starts to empty a tank at lets say 10000ft. So you would have to consider the flow and finally would be forced to go lower on long flights e.g..Has someone stumbled accross something like that in any panel, freware or payware? I remember I had an oxygene gauge in one of FSD's panels, but as far as I can remember it did nothing.Unfortunately I have no idea of programming and coding, so if someone could lead me into a direction where something is avilable I would be most grateful.Alex

Hello Everyone,I was wondering if there is a way to somehow get to the bitmap of a vc to create holes where gauges can be added. I was flying one of my favorite aircraft and noticed there are some gauges that cannot be seen but they are in the panel.cfg under the vc section.I removed one of the gauges and added a different gauge in its place, at this point I moved the gauge and it disappeared behind the bitmat.The vc bitmap or whatever it is called has a lot of nice artwork/dummy switches that can be edited out and real working gauges or switches can be inserted. But how to get to the bitmap of a vc.I know the vc is part of the model, but is the artwork also?Thanks,Rex

Has anyone tried to code gauges in C# .NET? I've build a simple gauge that calculates if your landingspeed is too fast or too slow (ckecked with reference speed), but I can't seem to find a way to read data from MSFS. Any ideas?Cheers,Alex

I recently installed the FFX/SGA MD80 and think the passenger view of the wings that it offers is brilliant, and I want to modify other aircraft to do the same. For those who haven't seen it, the designers have replaced the left/rear, rear and right/rear views with three passenger views of the wing. It's fantastic to land and then watch it afterward in instant replay and see how it looked to the PAX in back. If you forgot to arm the spoilers, you'll find out now.But there's a big difference to start with - in the case of the MD80 this was made to be part of the aircraft, with changes to the panel.cfg to activate it. With my other airplanes, I can't really alter the ai…

Hi,This was delt with before (in a post from Arne, but his attachment is not downloadable anymore), so I'll ask again..Since L:Vars cannot store string, just numerical values:What's the best way to "pack" / "unpack" a string of characters into a set of L:vars ??Thanks, Rob Barendregt

Hi Folks. I hope I'm in the right forum. Since moving to FS2004 I cannot seem to get many turboprop-engined aircraft to react quickly to power lever settings. There is an unrealistic lag from idle to 90% plus in the order of 5-10 secs. Are there any air file parameters that I can revise to speed up the reaction to power lever changes?AndyB

Could someone please help me with the correct for this gauge.(A:Circuit general panel on, bool)%((A:ADF1 Radial, degrees))%!06.1f!

Hi All, I am trying to compile gauges with Dai Griffith's latest fs9gauges.h without success. I keep getting "....: C0265:'helpid': undeclared identifier" messages. If I use the standard Microsoft included gauges.h I don't have any problem with 'helpid's but then I have SHOW or HIDE LISTELEMENT problems...Any one got a newer gauges.h that solves these problems?Arne, you out there? I think you have written about this topic sometime ago before.thanks,Steve Weihersweiher at shaw dot ca

Is there a list of what variables have been moved from the air file to the aircraft.cfg file? In other words, waht sections of the air file are useless by now.Mathijs Kok

Is a fantastic _must-have_. Especially if you used his prior version. The one runs completely off L:Var's and alleviates a whole lot of timing problems, remembering which sound file was what, etc, etc. It's nothing short of fantastic if you use addon sounds in your gauges/panels!

Hi allI'm a long time FSDS user, and this weekend I deceided to take the plunge and go to GMAX. SO far I'm pretty impressed.One thing I'm stuck on: In fsds, you could, in corss-section mode, add and delete cross-sections from a part easily. In GMAX, I've found that with the splitting plane you can add more vertices to a mesh, but I haven't found the corresponding feature for deleting vertices from a mesh (deleting the vertices kills the associated polys too, which is no good).Any hints?

Hi,I'm developing a new panel for the FS standard 777, but I can't get a callback function to write the current mach speed preceeded by a "M" to a string, using the MAKE_STRING macro.I'm quite new to programming gauges, earlier programmed in java, php, c++/MFC.This is the callback function: MODULE_VAR ap_mach_hold_var= { AUTOPILOT_MACH_HOLD_VAR };FLOAT64 FSAPI cb_string_speed( PELEMENT_STRING pelement ){ //update the module var lookup_var(&ap_mach_hold_var); //multiply the current mach speed to something we can use UINT64 vmach = ap_mach_hold_var.var_value.n*100; char x[20] = "M. "; char n[4] = ""; //format vmach and put the result in n wsprintf(n, "%3d", (UINT64…

Hi,I am working on a sinkrate warning to callout a warning if the limits in the image are exceeded.I am not sure if my approach to problem is the right one. I have divided vertical speed with radio altitude to get constants for minimum and maximum values. I have coded the following (L:Height,number) 2450 <= (L:Height,number) 10 >= && if{ (A:Vertical speed,feet per minute) (L:Height,number) / s1 -2.1 >= l1 -2.9 <= if{ 18 (>L:Sound,number) } }Are there any other ways to to this? I am not sure whether it triggers as it should.BrgdsEugen

In the XML code:(G:Var1)I want to use a dynamic SCALE instead of a static value.I.o.w., read the Scale value from a variable instead of the numerical value "4.9".However, using gives an XML parsing error.Any suggestions ??Thanks, Rob Barendregt

Is anyone using MS Visual C++ .Net for gauge programming?I'd like some assistance in setting up a proper workspace environment, that will make the job easier and more structured.Has anyone created a 'template' for a Project that could be used?Details, details... :)

Anyone know if you can rotate a bitmap with an alpha channel?The alpha produces a shadow on a cylinder (the ladder) type standby attitude indicator gauge and I want the shadow to rotate when the aircraft banks, that is, in sync with the cylinder. Using the code, (A:Attitude indicator bank degrees,radians)If I remove the rotate code the shadow shows OK. Put the rotate code back, and the shadow dissapears. I think I might have answered my own question with these tests, but can anyone shed some light on this.Cheers,Nick.

Hello!I am a newbie in XML programming and certainly many of you will smile by reading my request, but I feel much better in Visual Basic and do not easily convert myself to this so unusual way of xml programming and syntax ;-)Here is my question:In the small FS XML gauge I have in mind, I have 2 variables to compare and to do an action if a value is obtained in their substraction:Here is a piece of my code:(G:Var1) if{ (G:Var3) (G:Var2) 300 - > if{ 1 (>K:GEAR_UP) } }What I want is that if the difference between VAR3-VAR2 is 300, I send a Gear_Up command to FS.This code above, works.But now, I want to add in the line a second comparison opposite to the first one, th…

Hi guys! I have two quick questions for you. I have animated the water rudders to go up and down, and all works well there. What do I have to do now to get them to turn, and to turn the airplane?Also, my floater is bobbing a bit more than I would like to see it, and it seems top bob too deep into the water. Is there anything I can change to fix that problem? Thanks all! :)Don