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

Hi,Is it possible to extend the timing between (auto)enginestarts on multi engine planes?RegardBert

Hi All,It seems that I'm having a big problem with a very simple gauge. Here is the code:(A:Plane heading degrees gyro,degrees) (A:Autopilot heading lock dir,degrees) - s5 l5 180 > if{ l5 360 - (>L:BC Calculation, percent) } els{ l5 -180 < if{ l5 360 + (>L:BC Calculation, percent) } els{ l5 (>L:BC Calculation, percent) } } }(L:BC Calculation, percent) -101 > (L:BC Calculation, percent) - 101 < && if{ 0 (>L:BC Possible Mode, bool) } els{ 1 (>L:BC Possible Mode, bool) }(L:AP Main Switch, bool) (A:Autopilot flight director active,bool) || (L:AP APR Switch, bool) (L:AP NAV Switch, bool) 0 == && && if{ (L:BC Possible Mode, boo…

Hi all,In my aircraft I use a Fixed Window for the rear view (into the passengers cabin).At night the passengers cabin BMP is made dark by FS9, but since there is lighting in real life a/c, I would very much like to prevent this default darkening...Never found how to do this, but I'm quite sure - if possible at all - it's just a simple one-liner in the panel.cfgAnyone? Thanx heaps in advance!Greetz, Arjan

Hi I have downloaded gmax 1.2 , but when I go to setup to install it, it keeps saying"the feature you are tryng to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available insert the gmax disk and click ok.I have gmax 1.1 and tried to install 1.2 in over the top of 1.1 but get the same message.I have unistalled gmax and used regcleaner to remove all gmax entries but I get the same problem. I have tried to use the copy of gmax that came with fs9 from the disk and also saved it to my hard drive but still the same problem. Can any help.

Hi,In need of a little help with the next code.Want to show time as 00:00 (H:M) as EstimTimeEnroute.I have the from the B747.Calculated Time=Distance/Speed as follows:%((L: Dist,number) rddg 60 * (A:Airspeed select indicated or true,knots) / 60 * )%!02d%That code gives the number of minutes to go(?).%((L: Dist,number) rddg 60 * (A:Airspeed select indicated or true,knots) / )%!0.2f%gives H.1/100H.So is there a way to show it 00:00 (H:M)?Jan"Procul Negotiis"

Perhaps somebody in this Forum can help me. Recently something has changed. Specifically, I cannot resize or move the Radio stack window, ATC window, the Compass window or GPS window once they open to their default location in the cockpit. Interestingly, I can open the Kneeboard window and move that window to another location in the cockpit window and I can resize it too. It is possible, but I am not absolutely sure, that this behavior started since I applied the FS9.1 patch. Help! Thanks,

I used Chuck Dome's old utility Gaugebitmap2 to repaint and recompile a gau. Everything appeared to have run successfully.I then renamed the new gau file, same as the old gau adding "2" on the end.FS9 won't start with this file in the Gauges directory. An error message says there is not enough memory available. If I remove the new gau file, everything is fine.Is this utility known to have problems with FS9, or should I re-trythe whole process?Is there a newer method of extracting and recompiling repainted bitmaps for gau files?

As a learning exercises I extracted the XML gauges from the DC-3 CAB in FS2004. I separated the turn/bank and recompiled into a single cab. It showed in FS Panel Studio fine and showed and functioned in FS2004 fine. Next I modified the BMP by taking one of it's 256 colors and simply drew a line across the gauge. I then saved the BMP in the same color depth, size and format. I then re CABed the files. Again they showed fine Panel Studio but the gauge now will now show in FS2004. Any thoughts?Thanks, DaveIt's simple task to make things complex and a complex task to make things simple.

Hi you experts,I recently downloaded the C-195 (floats, tundra tires, wheels version), and was very disappointed with the flight model. So, I decided to change it a bit.So far, I've moved the CG a little backwards (breaking on ground doesn't result in the aircraft turning over and crashing onto the propeller), added more pitch and bank stability and increased the values for flaps lift and flaps pitch in the aircraft.cfg.I changed some values in the .air file as well (flaps pitch, trim limits), but didn't see much of an effect here.The aircraft is better flyable for me now. What I'm still not happy with is that it still shows the tendency to drop the nose at low speeds (ar…

So taking Robs advice on determining a change of state of a variable, I can tell if the engine starts or stops using this sequence, which gives me a momentary +1 when it starts and a momentary -1 when it stops: (A:ENG1 COMBUSTION,bool) (L:CBE,enum) - (>L:CBE2,enum) (A:ENG1 COMBUSTION,bool)(>L:CBE,enum) What I need to do is start a timer when the combustion stops, ie (L:CBE2,enum) is equal to -1.Easy so far. Problem is this is a fleeting variable change, because as soon as the gauge is updated again, (L:CBE2,enum) becomes 0 and the timer stops. The timer needs to count to 1200 seconds, so even changing update frequencies is not going to prevent the (L:CBE2,enum) fr…

Hello !How can i import a mdl-file into the programm FS Design Studio? I can only open .fsc files (Project Files from this Program...)

Is there a way to detect the location of the fs9.cfg automatically by C gauges? I can read it with e.g. GetPrivateProfileString if I know the exact path, no problem. But how to get that path? Or, are there global variables that store that "user data" path somewhere?Arne Bartels

When I select the Rick Piper Vickers Viscount the engines rise to full power but the aircraft does not move. To check out the problem I switched to the MATS Super Constellation and that too does not move. The jets are all OK. I have checked this 5 times and uninstalled and re-installed FS 2004 just to make sure there is not a simple error. All to no effect. Any ideas as to what is happening and how I can fix it?

Hello,Very new to this. I looked in the search mode but was unsuccessful.I do have FS Panel Studio.Is it possible to add a hot spot or new icon to a panel? I just want to be able to open the cabin door from the panel, rather than key strokes. Trying to add this to the PMDG 737 series.Also, is there a WYSIWYG xml editor? Or, do you need such a thing?Thanks Terry

i need 2 add to my c-130 an AT option in the autopilot, how can i do such a thing???please help me....it is very importend 2 me.......thanksamir

I see some posts for making VC gauges brighter but I do not see anything on making the background brighter. What I really want is to NOT have the position of the Sun determine the brightness of the VC panel. Rather to have the VC panel fully illuminated as if it was in direct sunlight all the time???????Dick Boley @KLBE

HiI'm trying to deploy the water rudder when the landing lights switched on and retract when switched off (yes I have the contact point set right in the aircraft.cfg)Ive tried just about every syntax that my VERY limited xml experience allows,the best I can do is get the water rudder to pulse back and forth here what Ive got so far(A:LIGHT LANDING,number) if{ 1 (>K:TOGGLE_WATER_RUDDER) } els{ 0 (>K:TOGGLE_WATER_RUDDER) }tried this and a dozen other combinations Any help most appreciated Thanks MaV

Some time ago I was asked how to access keystrokes by XML gauges. The only answer I could have given, would be to build a C-gauge using Dinput and passing to L: variables. But recently I discovered something new in the GPS codes: there is a genuine key access section in the XML possible, even simpler as in C the .. section. I was searching for something completely different ( "Can the C:fs9gps:... syntax also used in C? In the other direction: Can TrafficInfo be read from XML?"), but I found this.In the Keys section two different accesses can be made, a "processed keys" or "listen" mode, where the keypresses, joystick buttons and gauge actions are preprocessed and mapped …

Hi guys-I'm designing a panel for a 172, and I've got a landing view I'd like to include. I've got a gauge created to toggle the landing view on and off, but I can't quite figure out what I need to put into the XML file after the "Click" to make it toggle the two panels. Any ideas?Thanks!Matt SmithPrivate PilotKPWM

I have Fred Choate's excellent Aztec release (he's just updated it for FS2004) but I'd like to change the ASI to read in knots rather than MPH (as our real aircraft has).The two options that seem best are to either repaint the ASI bitmap in Kt values around the current operational range of the needle - or to adjust the needle movement to work with the existing bitmap (roughly 0.86 of the current arc value).Which would be the easier to attempt?As I only want to modify this one gauge is there any way of achieving the above results without having to buy a package? The gauge is the old GAU type (I think) and not XML..boneshttp://fsaviation.nethttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/i…

Hey all,I've been trying to duplicate (for trivial reasons) the values produced by the (A:VELOCITY WORLD [x][y][z], unit), but I'm having limited sucess.I can duplicate the values 2-dimentionally thus:PITCH (radians)VS = vertical speedTAS = True airspeedHT = True Heading in radiansWS = Wind speedWD = Wind direction in radiansZ = (TAS * COS(HT)) - (WS *COS(WD))X = (TAS * SIN(HT)) - (WS *SIN(WD))The above formulas produce an exact match for (A:VELOCITY WORLD Z) and (A:VELOCITY WORLD X) UNTIL a vertical velocity is introduced, at which point Z and X are reduced by some amount which does not make sense to me.At first I assumed it would be something simple like: Z = Z - (Z * S…

Hey, Bit of a noob in panel and gauge editing, what programs are best to use?James

Is there any advanced XML programmers who are willing to help me check over my code before the EMB120 public beta is released? Most of it is done, I just need some help with a couple conditionals and little stuff...You'll recieve credits in the 120 'Hall of Fame';)Thanks in advance,Johnhttp://www.apdg.net

Is there a way to alias a subpanel from another aircraft.I want to use the collective from the bell 206, but would like to avoid copying the bmps to the other aircraft folder.

Can anyone mail me this? I can't get the download to work, no matter how I try.Cheers