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

Hi...This is my first 3D model ever(besides 3D studios chess tutorial). I'm modeling a Piper Seneca and can't seem to make the windows transparent. Could anyone please give me some pointers or tutorials that can help me out ?Also i would like to know how to see the insides of the cockpit and give the pillars some depth.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/60657.jpgThanks for your help :)

Hi does anyone know how to map to a WCHAR string for use in gdi+? sprintf etc aren't working for some reason and im not too keen about writing my own string mapping routines and classes. Is there some sort of easy conversion?-Jon

Hi all, has anyone painted a Dash 8 in the new colors of Northwest Airlines ? , if not, could some kind person consider doing one, i don,t think N/W have one in the real world but to me its a shame as i think this livery is one of the better ones to have come on the airline scene in recent years, my opinion mind!!! ,thanks anyway ,regards roger.

Am looking for a Cathay Pacific livery of this aircraft - does anyone know if one exists or is there a pianter out there who'd like to tackle the project???Help and suggestions are greatly appreciated.George

Hi, there.I'm trying to do my first repaint, and I'm starting off with the POSKY 767-300 paintkit. I've scoured the POSKY forums, and read Gary Hayes' tutorials (http://forum.projectopensky.com/index.php?showtopic=5297).His tutorial has you combine the bodyl, bodyr, doors, and engines textures into one file so you have a complete fuselage to work with. Makes sense.Except I've downloaded paintkits for a few POSKY airplanes, and they don't have any body textures at all. The closest (most generic) texture file I can find is 767ws_t.bmp...and that doesn't look like anything recognizable...it's 3 geometric shapes in shades of pastel gold. There's engine, wing, and even uniform…

Well, it's done .... I can hardly believe it:)I would like to everyone on this Forum that have helped me.I have also added some new pictures of the model to my site, these can be seen athttp://www.newbuck.plus.comThis forum has been a much valued resource for information and tips. THANKS !Regards John

... That my car was stolen four days ago and I just discovered it this morning. Seriously. :(Dan

Hi, I'm flying a Airbus A345 (by Simubuild) with my new A345/6 panel (using Eric Marcianos' A340 gauges).Now I know a/c from FS2k2 tend to fly a bit more nose up in FS9 ( something to do with wing twist?)...but as you can see from the pic (expediting a SID...level flight...heavy a/c but still 10 deg nose up?) the AOA of this a/c is more than I can stand!:-lol.Can anyone help me to fix this?...or give advice as to what i should tweak? http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/60321.jpgregardsEd

Hello,first of all I have to say that I am very new to this topic (gauges).I am not an experiend XML programer so I need help fromyou.I would like to set a special sound to an event likegear up = sound01gear down = sound02flaps01 = soundxyzflaps05 = soundxyzand so on...Could please anybody help me how I can solve this withthis xml sound gauge from Doug Dawson...File at AVSIM = dsd_xml_soundThanks in advance.MarcP.S.Sorry for my bad english..

Im trying to made a custom xml gauge file to operate my wing somke effect. I have used this: <Gauge Name="DC9Wing"> <Element> <Select> <Value> (A:AIRSPEED INDICATED, knots) 121 < (A:AIRSPEED INDICATED, knots) 138 < && if{ 1 (<K:SMOKE_ON) } els{ (<K:SMOKE_OFF) } </Value> </Select> </Element></Gauge> But it seems not to work, I want the smoke active about 121kt and stop shows at about 138kt. It this right?/burner

Hi, I figgured I'd try to ask here... I have this C-130 that I am using for AI, and he doesnt fly right, at first I thought he might be drunk, but he always does this. He oscillates really bad while on final approach, into a 500ft stall that he is sometimes lucky enough to land on his tail. He then procedes to taxi around on his empennage all the way to parking. Here is a screenshot of him trying to taxi (and #### off his crew chiefs btw). Any Ideas on how to get a better pilot in that beast?http://home.comcast.net/~svtcobra281/ummm.jpg

Hi!1. qu.)I looked for a variable for the distance to the last WPT of a GPS flight plan, but I couldn't find anything!Which VAR do you need to get the distance to the last WPT?(XML or C).2. qu.)Can I show my own String in the little help window which appears if you move the cursor above a gauge? In XML it's easy to do it with String , but how to do this in C?MOUSE_BEGIN(pause_wpt_mouse_rect,0,0,0) <--???Regards,Harry

Hello, I have been looking out there for a panel for a B1900D or ATR42/72 panel that doesn't have so much garbage on it that the primary displays are so tiny you can hardly read them. I am looking for a panel that has a very large PFD, NFD, with an RMI for shooting NDB approaches. I don't need to have a weather radar in there that doesn't work and eats frame rates. I don't care about things that are not functional. Also to have the radios and everything else on buttons to expand so that the full panel can be used for the gauges. Anyways if anybody knows of one or is any good at making a panel please email me the link. I would greatly appreciate it so I can practice IFR…

Hi,I'm curious if anyone is making or has plans to make a Tu-334? I know it's hard to get info to make a Russian plane, but it's such a treat to see something other than Boeing and (Sc)airbus - by which I mean the Western types.

Hi, everyone.My son loves the Wiggles, a kid's musical group, and I got the cool idea of doing a fictional repaint of a Qantas aircraft with a Wiggles design. (If someone has already done this, I'd love to download it.)But I've never done repaints before. Is there a central place for tutorials or somesuch on how to do repaints?Thanks!

Not being a gauge programmer myself I was wondering if it would be possible to make a gauge that would automatically pause the sim when you were "x' miles from your destination airport? One of the Proflight packages from a few years back could do this but maybe that was something built into the adventure as opposed to being a gauge? On long haul flights I tend to walk away from the desk now and again and get sidetracked into something else.Just a thought?

Dear All,I'd like to create new audio panel C++ gauge, but unexpected trouble has occur. Namely, I found some key toggles dealing with AFD, NAV, and DME triggering look unoperating (for example, KEY_NAV1_SOUND_SET or KEY_NAV1_SOUND_TOGGLE, and corresponding toggles for AFD, DME, NAV1, and NAV2). As to toggles dealing with COM1, COM2, Both COMs and MKR, all work fine.Could you help me to find the reason of such trouble and the way how to avoid it?Thank you in advanceSincerely

It seems like most third party aircraft have the scrape contact points no where near the visual model. Is there some reason for this, or just in error? I'm not even sure how to test this in the sim. (well, I guess if it was too far off it would scape in a normal landing, but I mean for reasonable positions of the points.)scott s..

I am making a C130E HSI.It needs to be driven by GPS, VOR, TAC (faked with VOR2 if possible)1) I assume I use all the HSI_????? variables to drive the gauge elementsHSI_VERTICAL_NEEDLEHSI_HORIZONTAL_NEEDLEHSI_VERTICAL_VALIDHSI_HORIZONTAL_VALIDHSI_TF_FLAGHSI_OBI_NEEDLEHSI_DESIRED_HEADING_NEEDLEHSI_BEARINGHSI_BEARING_VALIDHSI_SIGNAL_LOCALISERHSI_SPEEDHSI_DISTANCEHSI_STATION_NAME...and then somehow set what drives the HSI variables? Is this a correct assumption.2) Does NAV1 automatically drive the HSI. Then I use GPS_DRIVES_NAV1 to make GPS drive NAV1 and thus drive HSI.3) If this is the case, when I set NAV1_FREQUENCY, NAV1_VOR_RADIAL, etc...HSI should update accordingly?4)…

Apparently, there used to be a mode in FS98 whereby an observer could join a pilot during a flight in the cockpit of the aircraft.I have never seen this option, but it brings up a question.For instructional purposes, teaching pilots to fly, is there a way to allow the instructor pilot into the cockpit of the aircraft the student is using? I have read the Multiplayer SDK, but C++ is greek to me.If not the ability to actually join the pilot in the cockpit, are there any A variables that could be passed to the instructor via multiplayer in respect to student control inputs, and vice versa to show the student control inputs for a specific manouver?Steve

Hi,Just wanted to show what could be achieved in a ND, using parts of the FS9GPS.(Yes, a moving map)Of course you can add a lot more.Jan"Procul Negotiis"http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/39811.jpg

I made xml gauge for changing panel light..light panel file name is 7474CJnight.BMP(L:7474CJnight, bool) Lightbitmap Switch(L:7474CJnight, bool) ! (>L:7474CJnight, bool)how to add this xml gauge to panel.cfgreply me someone knows..have a nice day

I'm trying to set the value of a G:var based on the value of another, as in:18 (>G:Var1)1 2 8 10 11 12 15 16 18 19 20 11 (G:Var2) case 0 (>G:Var2)181 183 184 185 193 197 0 7 (G:Var2) case 18 (>G:Var2)But this obviously doesn't work:(. I'm trying to set the value of G:Var2 to either 0, if G:var1 = the one of the first set of values, or 18 if it's one of the second sets of values.Can anyone show me how the syntax would work for this?Thanks,--Jon

Can MSFS9 handle both recip and jet engines on the same airframe?And if so, how would that be accomplished?Thanks,

Hello.. screenshot included..I made night light panel for the panel.. herehttp://www.startinmylife.com/777-1.jpgbut I don't know how to use it.I mean like commercial panels.. when press SHIFT+L at dark.It changes automatically..but I haven't found any panel light BMP file from folder..is that installed in gauge folder? or something?I really want to listen from any panel makers..please help~Jun