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

Hi, I run a multi-monitor touchscreen-based setup, with FSX and FS9 (both with registered FSUIPC) on Win7 x64. I have been experiencing an annoying problem with the undocked 2-D cockpit panels on my touchscreens. Sometimes, while attempting to right-click on a button or knob I 'miss' the location, and touch an adjacent area where there is no clickspot, thus invoking instead the right-click context menu, with the options: Undock Window (ticked)/ Close Window/Hide Menu Bar, as seen in the screenshot: A second (inadvertent) click on this will untick the option "Undock Window" causing the panel window to re-dock, thus upsetting the panel layout. I don't know if others have…

I have been trying to tune the flight dynamics of an aircraft in FSX. It is a turboprop aircraft that must have reverse thrust. The file that I started from did not have reverse thrust that I could see. In the aircraft.cfg file the following entry was present: [Propeller] prop_reverse_available = 1 I have added the following entry: [TurbineEngineData] reverser_available = 1 The desired effect is almost complete. The aircraft does stop after I have cut the fuel (F1) and applied reverse thrust (F2), and this help, but not fast enough. Is there a setting where I can increase the reverse thrust or increase the fraction reverse thrust is of normal forwar…

I am asking as I am not so clued up with 3D cockpit panel files. When I fly the Captain Sim Herc (L100-30) I prefer the panel that can be brought up with the simicon icon L. This is not the default panel page. However when I cycle through views (for exmple when my sound is very soft en the late evening, to see whether the landing gear has lowered or gone up) I do not get back to the L panel when I finish the cycle but a smaller one wich was the original default. 1) I first have to press the L (simicon) to get the pannel and then the yoke (simicon) to make it go away. Can I, as with 2D panels at the panal.cfg entry, visble, add a 1 to force it to be visible? If, How do I…

I have the Caranado Cessna 182T with the G1000, I'm interested in replacing the default G1000 in the fsx 172 with the one from the Caranado 182T. Does any one know if this is possible?

FFG - "Forward From Gmax" is a suite of three program modules which export selected Gmax objects or whole scenes to a maxscript file which can be run in current versions of 3ds Max. The modules were written with mainly Flight Simulator (Microsoft, Prepar3D) developers in mind, but can be used for other applications as well. Polygon, mesh, and spline objects transfer without loss of detail, preserving standard materials, pivots, modifiers, UVW mapping, editable poly and editable mesh. Animations and FSX materials do not transfer well and generally have to be redone manually. With permission granted by the original author, FFG is based on the famous "Back From Five" (BFF) …

I have downloaded and installed the Fairchild C-123 K "Provider" Package for FSX by Vladimir Zhyhulskiy. I see that the plane was converted from FS9. This plane is an absolute beuty. The panel 2D and 3D are excellent as well as everything. Custom gauges and all. There is however one problem. The prop circles are rotationg but are not transparent. Even at top speed. I don't know if one of my settings is causing this. I would like to kee0p this plane as it is a real vafourite. Any suggestions or perhaps reference to another model of this plane that does display correctly in FSX?

Is it possible to take the aspen from my a36 and put it in the vc of my Cessna 340?

Since PMDG 777 isn't coming out anytime soon, I downloaded an Emirates livery of the Overland SMS 777 (because their were negative feedback on the cs777 so I didn't use it) Now their are these glitches of some sort or something and it annoys me alot!

Hello all, I want to show DME to active ILS/LOC freq. I've read a few posts concerning this subject, but all are in C++. Does anybody have the solution in XML. I've tried with NearestVorCurrentDistance which works but the problem is that there are to many airfields in the direct vicinity so DME goes bazerk. Thanks in advance for helping me out. Slammer

Hi guys, Have always wondered if i could make the fan blades windmill into the wind when the engines are shut down like in this video? Any ideas how i could do this CFG tweaking etc? Also i've noticed when you do shut down the engines on any turbo fan aircraft in msfs the fan blades spool down too quickly unlike in real life they would still be rotating several minutes later after the engines have been shut down? Any ideas also how i could make the fan blades spool down in a slower sequence when shutting down the engines? (i've noticed that the captain sim 757's fan blades do windmill ever so slowly though. If you have the CS757, when the engines are ful…

Hello, first post so I'm hoping someone can help me out. This is regarding FSX: On the default aircraft you are able to toggle both the cabin (window) lights as well as the tail logo lights using a key command (generally "L"). This will turn the light effect or texture on/off when selected. However, I've found with this POSKY 737-800 model (OSX738WE) the light texture is permanent depending on the actual day/night cycle of the sim. Other POSKY models, such as the 747-400F (OSX744FV4_CF6-80) DO allow the cabin/tail light textures to be toggled. I understand that these lights are not defined in the [LIGHTS] section of the aircraft.cfg but rather controlled by …

I have a 4x3 monitor and use FSPanelStudio to make my panels. I sent a panel to a friend who has a 16x10 monitor. His gauges show up as oblong in the horizontal direction. Is there any way I can manually go into the panel.cfg and scale the x and Y size values? If so, what ratios do I need so his gauges will show as round as they should be? Thanks, Bob. Edit: Since I posted this I have seen that it is not only the gauges that are stretched. The panel BMP are also stretched. Maybe there is no fix. If there is I'd sure appreciate any suggestions.

Does anyone know what setting I can adjust to make an aircraft stable using 16x acceleration?

Gah! There aren't enough working variables in FS to support this indicator properly... The early 737-xxx series has two rows of indicator lights showing the status of VOR/LOC and GS arm and capture. The left set is for the Flightdirector, the right set is for the Autopilot. After several hours of frustration, I now have the VOR/LOC set working correctly. FD..........................AP When tuned freq is localizer or VOR: VOR/LOC............VOR/LOC If glideslope is available: GS.....................GS FD..........................AP If signal strength is reliable: VOR/LOC............VOR/LOC If signal strength is reliable and glideslope is available: GS..…

Hello all, I use the cad_sn3308.gau as my HSI. With this instrument you can switch between VOR1/ILS VOR2, GPS and GPS/AUTO. When switched to GPS you can manually step through your waypoints (steerpoint) of your flightplan (.pln) and does nothing to my secondary HSI. In GPS/AUTO this will be done automatically and advances through your waypoints along the flight and sets autopilot to the correct course and switches my secondary HSI to follow the primary HSI automatically. Since i only want to use my secondary HSI (which i designed myself) i want to make a switch that switches automatically to this GPS/AUTO function. Since the cad_sn3308.gau is a gauge file, I can't…

Hello all. I recently recieved assistance on the pfd and mfd in the Posky 747-400 with Alejandro Rojas Lucenda's improved VC running on FSX and now I have another panel question. I am considering using a different 2D panel but I want to integrate it well with the improved VC. However, I cannot find anything in the panel folder or config file that relates to many of the switches, knobs or buttons in the VC. For example, there are XML files for every swich in the default 2D overhead but I cannot find anything that equivilant for the many added controls in the VC overhead. Similarly the engine fuel cuttoffs, the signs knobs and the glass display swaping knobs. I can ap…

Hello fellow AvSimmers, I've looked far and wide, and apparently I'm missing something. For all the FSX add-ons representing the various Van's RVs, I have yet to find a single attempt at any of the Sonex variants. Without starting a debate about which homebuilt is better, is there a Sonex add-on available, and if so, where could I find it? Alternatively, are there any "confirmed rumors" that a developer has something in the works? FWIW, I set up a website that, among other things, includes reviews of flight sim add-ons, and because I like the story of the real Sonex line so much, I thought I could do a great write-up on whatever FSX version is (or could be soon) a…

Hi, Looking for some help on increasing the size of the POSKY UTIL window for the 777-200 VC cockpit. e.g. double the current size in both dimensions. How would I do this? Thx Mark

Hi I have the Posky 747 with Alejandro Rojas Lucenda's improved VC running on FSX and I have been trying to get the pfd and mfd backgrounds to go black, with near success. The only problem is inside the mfd arc/circle when in fms map mode, which will refuse to go black (see attached). It will however go black in APP or VOR mode. I have no experience editting gauges and changing the textures in the B737_800 gauges folder in the new 747 panel folder is about all I can manage. If it is something in the xml file that is easy enough to edit then guidance would be much appreciated (I have the SDK if that helps). I was wondering if there is somewhere where all the texture…

Hi. I posted a similar question in the FS9 forum a short while ago but drew a blank so I thought I'd come where people are sure to know about such stuff... I've been spending time dealing with various bugs in my aircraft, including adding mips where necessary and noticed that some aircraft can display blurred textures (port wing & roundel below), apparently after I've added mipmaps. On any specific aircraft it's always the same part that gets blurred. It happens with mipped DXT1, DXT3 and 16 bit (565) textures and probably others too, and to all mipped liveries for that part of that aircraft so I assume it's something to do with the model rather than the textu…

Hello guys and best wishes for the new year. I desperately need some help with some issues i am having in order to edit some aircraft commands inside .cfg and .air files. I am currently working to create an airbus a320 FDE and i have all data needed from real charts and i have almost done with my project but i need some extra help with some things i have not cleared them yet. First of all inside aircraft.cfg i want to ask about the command "wing_pos_apex_lon". As far as i know there is no command you can define the length of the aircraft inside aircraft.cfg but i have the real value from the H-arm estimated about 2.5 meters forward from the aircrafts nose. Also i …

The CustomDraw Map guidebook is now available by download from the BlackBox website: http://www.robbiemce...ides/customdraw CustomDraw Map Guidebook documents use of the XML map variables available in FS9 and FSX and key differences between the two versions. This guidebook is a companion to the FS9GPS Module guidebook released in 2011. Additionally, I discuss calibration of CustomDraw map and XML gauge scales so that the following types of applications are possible: - Transform mouse X and Y into longitude and latitude - Create map overlays for the CustomDraw base - Coordinate rotation for TrackUp=1 - TAWS map - TCAS map overlay using ITrafficInfo vari…

Gents, I have decided I am going to tackle the Proline 21 Avionics by myself, the only obstacle I am finding at this point is building the FMS. I know its going to be a complicated process, however I am only really focused on the Lateral Navigation abilities, could someone steer me in the right direction as how to work with the AIRAC NavData. Do you use the default GPS map with nothing displayed and then overlay the intersections? Any help or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, thank you! -Matt Chase

Hi all, Let me introduce myself. My name is Dirk, and have been a flightsimmer since the '80s as well as an avid pilot. I still use fs9 and quite happy with it. I want to explore 2D panel design. I am a beginner at this, and have researched it here and other sources on the net. I am comfortable editing the panel and aircraft config and understand the basics of gauge files, xml gauges and bitmaps. I do, however, not understand the coding involved. Before I delve into that, I would first like to understand photo editing a panel. I would like to download some photo realistic pictures from the web and make them work in fs9. When I'm comfortable with that, I can later star…

Hi all, To improve framerate I am resizing VC textures from several aircraft . Eg : 4096x4096 to 2048x2048 Today I came across a texture where a word was written in the wrong way. I modified the texture and saved it . First it was 2049 kb and now it is 2731 kb. The same with resizing : First 4096x4096 --> 4896 kb Now 2048x2048 --> 2731kb , instead of 2049kb. No alpha channels with these textures. All suggestions are welcome.