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

Hi,I wonder if anyone has manage to add waypoints to a flightplan through the macros below.C:FS9GPS:FlightPlanAddWaypointC:FS9GPS:FlightPlanNewWaypointLatitude C:FS9GPS:FlightPlanNewWaypointLongitudeC:FS9GPS:FlightPlanNewWaypointIdentC:FS9GPS:FlightPlanNewWaypointICAO Which parameters would be required for the addwaypoint macroBrgdsEugen

Hi all,I have text generated numbers (not bitmaps) to show altitude. As I scroll through altitude, each of the 5 digit numbers tend to jump horizontally according to the number mix, that is, some numbers seem to be wider than others and tend to push adjacent numbers which imparts a sideways movement. Is it possible using formatted text and tabs to position each digit so the digits remain in the same fixed horizontal position, as if they are produced on an LCD screen?Many thanks,Nick.

Hi,I wonder which is the best way to draw a figure like this have tried to fiddle around with polygones without succes , advice very much appreciated.BrgdsEugen

HiI wonder if the unit string can be used with L:vars? I read through the MS SDK which pointed to a unit document which includes string as unit but I cant get it to work with letters like test but with numbers it works. Anyone knows how this works ? Can you store letter strings in l-vars at all?BrgdsEugen%((L:test, string))%!s! 'test04' (>L:test, string)

I noticed that the first coordinate in the smoke.0= line is for the vertical displacement, and that it does nothing in FS9.Anyone else notice this?[sMOKESYSTEM]// ft vert, long, latsmoke.0=0.00, 0.00, 0.00, fx_B206B3_ExhaustI can change the longitudinal and lateral no problem. Tested each indivdually, to identify them.

I would appreciate some advice as an airfile amateur.I have noticed one or two aircraft seem to yaw around their center of mass while the mass tends to continue in a straight line. This is particularly obvious on approach (and probably due in part to my poor technique)when I want to steer back to the localiser - the nose will point in the direction I require but the mass carries on.Any advice on which table(s) should be adjusted to reduce that tendency?Many thanksHoward

Hi there,currently I'm trying to make a (simple) autoland gauge in xml.Unfortunately I am not an expert in xml programming but I found some stuff that might do the job.So far I understood most of the code and edited a bit. I tested the gauge with a 737-800, the plane seems to come down to minimum altitude and flares smoothly but some commands (the important part)don't do anything (e.g.it doesn't turn off the autothrottle and not throttle_cut).What I don't really understand are the numbers in front of the k_commands (0 or 1) - tried them both. It doesn't work...Thanx for any helpHere's a part of the code:(the real parameters have to be tested later)//--TURN ON AUTOLAND VAR…

HiI played around like mad yesternight with the effect system and found a couple of strange shortcomings. First, no matter how I tried editing the rotation values, and/or HPB values, I was not able to align the effect (display a static texture for testing) with the dihedral of the wings. I ended up in a gimbal lock (3D side effect of HPB angles, singularity thing) situation where changes to bank and heading produced the same rotation.1) Does anyone know a way to overcome this HPB problem?Although the biggest problem was that the texture (4444 with alpha and Extended1 types tried) would not "shade" the aircraft when looking from virtual cockpit. Also there was display prob…

has anyone made a custom panel that has the garmin 530 "in panel" on some airplanes in FS 2002? And is it hard to add?

I am slowly working my way through learning to design aircraft using FSDS 2. I have been using the VC to give a good pilot's point of view of the outside world, as required in FSDS. I decided that I might as well put a couple of gauges on the panel in VC mode. The aircraft I am modelling is a Velocity XL-5 canard which has a glass panel. So the two gauges I want to put on the panel are the Learjet PFD and the Garmin GPS map. I followed instructions as best I could and, after doing things other than what some instructions said, have succeeded in getting the gauges in view in VC mode. BUT THEY ARE UPSIDE DOWN!http://home.hiwaay.net/~goodrick/Vel_VC.jpgAny suggestions other …

hello allgot a few questions to modify an aircraft.CFG file1 how do i increase/modify landing gear drag.it is very less in my plane2 how to spped up engine response time 3 what is fuel flow gain and what does it effect4 rated N2,i have changed it to no effectalso i am not able to open the airfile with aired,i have fs2004thank youkunal

Hi all, Can anyone share a code snippet/pseudo code on how to get a surface to render to using DirectGraphics (Dx9?) inside a gauge? I'm exploring ways to use DirectX instead of GDI+ for custom draw gauges (mostly for speed). While GDI+ uses a device context from the gauge callback, knowing the HDC is not very useful with Dx9 (as it was with Dx7). There seems to be all kinds of ways to create device contexts from the main HWND, but not to map a surface to an existing HDC. Given that FS9 already uses a Dx context, I don't want create another context that may conflict with the main rendering engine.As usual, information on this is ellusive. Any help is appreciated!Please …

Hi,May be already known by many, but I found a small trick to make a dotted line in one element.Here the code of de CDI line (magenta) in my ND (all xml, no bitmaps)--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -----------------------|----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- (A:HSI CDI needle,number) 120 / (A:NAV1 OBS, radians) (A: Plane heading degrees gyro, radians) - pi 2 / +Jan"Beatus Ille Procul Negotiis"http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/85160.jpg

When editing an xxx.air file with Aired, what is the best way of increasing the cruise speed of the aircraft (single engine piston)? In other words, should the drag components be reduced, or should the power be increased.Also, is there a way to increase/decrease the gear retraction times with Aired, or is this something that is hard coded into the gmax model itself?As you can probably tell, this is the first (and likely only) time that I've ever putzed around with an airfile.ThanksTim13

I am currently working on my first FSDS2 design, and my project is a helicopter. I am working on the animations, and I have a three part rotor, prop0 still, slow and blurred. I rotated the axis so that z is vertical, and overall this seems to work. Unfortunately though, the prop disk sometimes slows to a stop, and even reverses direction. Could anyone give me some advice on how to do this properly?Thank you in advance for any help,regards,Dave

Hi,Hi I wonder if there is someway to have both a throttle on panel controlling thrust as well as having one with the joystick as the one with joystick overiddes my throttlecommands from the panel. I know that I can remove the assignment for the joystick however I have seen the PSS Airbus having it both ways. Anyone got an idea if it could be solved in xml ?BrgdsEugen

Hi everyone,Got a question for you. Does anybody know if it is possible to get the Sumubuild A340-600 anywhere? I had to reinstall my pc and cannot find the original downloads anymore. :( I have looked all over, but have only found repaints for the model. Any help/info. is greatly appreciated.Thanks,Ray.G :)

Hi,I wonder which k-event is used for incr/ decr ADF STANDBY frequency and which k-event is used to swap between ADF1 STANDBY FREQUENCYADF1 ACTIVE FREQUENCYBrgdsEugen

Hi all,I have attached a view of a gauge I am making that uses an alpha bitmap to add shadow to give the ball a 3D effect. The shadow is there and the original alpha mask had a gradual gradient of grey, but on the gauge the shadow effect is banded. I have read the SDK backwards. Any ideas how to get a smooth gradient.Many thanks,Nick.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/84613.gif

Hello everyone.I'm currently working on a new panel for the 767-300ER.The problem I'm running into is caused by faulty EPR values.After some discussion at avhistory.org, it seems that to get accurate EPR values requires a bit of work with the .air file.My panel implements a realistic FLCH mode which requires accurate EPR values to control throttle placement. Is there anyone out there interested and/or willing to work on developing an accurate .air file that generates accurate EPR values for the PW 4060 engines in the 767-300ER?If anyone wants to see a screen shot, let me know. I have a URL but apparently one can't embed them in messages.

XML, fs9. 'Vacuum Fail' token.How can I determine the state of the vacuum system by reading the token variable 'A:PARTIAL PANEL VACUUM,...' when I am using the 'TOGGLE_VACUUM_FAILURE' key?When I use the following test gauge and click the toggle switch the vacuum system on the aircraft fails and restores correctly but the bitmap for the switch does not change.When I set up the System Fail in fs9 then the bitmap works correctly, so the code reads the token variable in that circumstance.I have tried the units 'enum', 'number', 'bool', and 'flags' and the results are the same.(A:Partial Panel Vacuum,bool)Test Vacuum toggleThis is the last gauge on a long project, any help gr…

Hi - I'm wondering if anyone has designed a set of instruments without the panel, like the view you get after hitting "w", that has a more complete set of instruments that what happens out-of-the-box?Ideally, I'd love to at least see a VOR and DME - I don't even know if this type of thing is possible.Also, is it -ever- possible to have an instrument view when not looking straight ahead without the virtual cockpit enabled?Thanks,Andrew

Hi,Anybody know how to reverse the direction of rotation in an XML tag?Thanks,

How do I start a logical engine fire? Not an effect, but toggling the token value for an engine fire. I've added a fire indication to some f T-handles, but can't figure out how to get a fire going to test them! Setting engine and/or random failures just seem to kill the engine with no other effects that I've run into in testing. Any ideas? (I'm sure it's something obvious I've missed at my "basic/dangerous" knowledge level)

Hi again,After some hours searching and with the help from Arne, I was able to get DirectInput working and I now have a gauge which reads keyboard presses directly in FS. For some reason the inputs are read in Querty format while I have an Azerty keyboard but OK, I can live with that.Now, the gauge I am making actually has a very simple purpose, it's a gauge with 2 String elements which can contain 7 characters: the aircraft registration and the flight number. These values are written to a small text file so they don't need to be updated every time the panel is restarted. I have programmed the gauge so that when the text area is clicked it will capture the keyboard input…