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

Hi, I am pretty new at this and have a few questions. This is for a Cessna 402 and I am having problems with the annunciator gauge. In the 2d panel I have two c208 annunciators and was wondering if there is a way to get one of them to function for #2 engine. In the vpanel I have the King Air annunciator which I like better but the low oil press warning lights are always on, I can't get them to turn off. Any help would be very much appreciated. Here are a couple of shots of the panel and any ideas that would make it better would be very much be ok. I plan on changing the airspeed indicator because it doesn't really suit a c402.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/51895…

Anyone out there have a solution for creating / editing panels using the fantastic JL4 gauges from reality-xp. I can get them to show as outlines in FSPS by first adding them manually by creating the text line in panel.cfg. Only then can the outline of the gauge be manipulated, but it doesn't work 100% as a WYSIWYG UI; I find myself going back and forth from FS to FSPS trying to get the JL4 gauge where I want it. Any ideas?

I have written a nice little GDI+ gauge for some research and it works fine in FS9 and Fs2002. However, I have only been able to get it to work on my computer! For some reason on the other two computers I have tested on with FS2002 and Fs9, both sims report an error with the gauge and refuse to load it. One machine was windows 98 while the other was xp. I don't have any other test computers to try and find the trend so I need some help as well as any suggestions. ThanksJon

hey everyone! greetings!!!!I don't know why, but all of a sudden, I am getting this error when I try to export: ASSERTION FAILED In file: "bitarray.cpp" Line: 127 what am I to do???????????????

Hi everybody,first of all ...sorry if my english is not that good, and now with my big big problem.I want to modify a panel sound, this is the linegauge14=dfd_soundsw1!snd_sw1, 232, 33 ,6,12and i would give this switch a new sound, this is the wav filedfdf_wav1 ( old one: dfd_wav1)without overwriting the old oneCan someone help me?I really would like to have new cabin crew announcement on my plane.sincerely

I have some nice panels with photoreal fixedwindow side views. The problem is that when used with .mdl that has a VC, the VC shows behind the "window" of the sideview bmp. Is there anyway to "turn off" the VC in 2D side views? I can kill the VC panel, but that isn't an issue in cockpit view.scott s..

I downloaded Kirk Olsson's F-16 and all is well except that in normal cockpit mode, the display shows only the guages against a pure black background...at the very edges of the black background, I can see only a 2-3 pixel band around the edge of my display that is displaying the visual ground scenery.Has anyone had this problem before? All works OK in VC mode so I assume this has something to do with Marciano's download?

There are a lot of new AP parameters in the 2004 aircraft.cfg, due to the lack of SDK still undocumented.Has anyone figured out what they do ?E.g. NAV integrator/derivative control and boundary. LOC with a bit of crosswind always goes bananas at a certain point, so an Autoland with crosswind puts all Jets with MS AP in the grass. Has anyone tried to influence this with the above parameters and succeeded ?Just thought I ask before I start a lot of try and error.Mike

Hi All,Is there a way to decode the WX files generated by FS9 when downloading so-called "real weather"? If I remember correctly in FS2002 the downloaded wx files were in a readable format.Second question is there a BGL extractor for the navaids database of FS2004. (decompile and re-compile)?Thanks guysMichael

To enhance a freeware MD-11 panel with EPR gauge and correct indications for some Pratt and Whitney variants I'm getting more and more confused.The PW 4462 have am EPR scale of 0.8 (idle) to 1.6 (max). If I look with AFSD, I see with this and also some other planes a much smaller EPR scale (e.g. 1.1 to 1.35 at AGL). To make it more weird, with a constant N1 climb I see EPR values going almost down to zero at high altitudes. Which puts the Jet engines close to vacuum cleaners :)Is both that scaling and general misbehaviour buried in some air file tables, or is this a general FS bug ? How can I adjust this for a particular plane ? Can anyone shine a light on this ?Mike

HelloA small point which bugs me slightly.In all my years of MS flightsimming I have always had this difficulty in lining up the runway so as to be exactly perpendicular to the screen vertical axis when landing manually. I, ages ago made a little aid which placed a faint dotted cursor vertically(on a transparent bitmap on window07)which could be activated by a joystick button and which would appear on whatever panel display I wished.I always wished that the minipanel could have this cursor permanently present but this is not possible since the minipanel does not accept a bmp file, or am I missing something?Also now under FS9 the minipanel is added as a panel.cfg window an…

Can someone paint both or either one of these citations, more pics of them on airliners.nethttp://www.airliners.net/open.file/449237/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/458453/L/Thank you, Adam [email protected]

Hello everyone. I was in the process of texturing my S.6B model yesterday and ran into a problem. At first, the texturing was going very well. I decided to texture the cylinder block fairngs differently than at first, so I went back into gmax after taking a look at a different model that was in the Imperial unit system(and I allowed gmax to make that unit sytem the "set" one instead of scaling). I switched back to Metric before loading the S.6B model, and proceeded to try to retexture the model with th UVW modifier. However, the modifier acts like it's in feet, despite the units being in meters(it converts exactly; 3.28' per meter). They are exactly scale too(for…

Well after i srarted the two Turboprop enginges, i shut it down at once. It someting wrong with my ear's. Is this a two engine Cessna sound????Is something wrong with my plane? Dash8 does not sound like this at all. I have used Fanda's dash8, and the sound is absolutley real. But that is freeware. And Freeware should not be better than payware. Is something wrong on my soundmap? or is this two engine Cessna sound the right one?I have be'n in the air with dash8 100-300-400 many times. So i know the sound.

If you look in the file generated by the FS flight planner, you will find the cruising altitude, something like:cruising_altitude=21000I'd like to retrieve this information when importing the flight plan through the data structure provided with the MS SDK, but I can't find it. If you look at this data structure:typedef struct GPS_INFO{ UINT32 dwSize; // sizeof of this structure UINT32 dwUpdateRequest; LATLONALT vPosition; // position as calculated by GPS FLOAT64 dMagvar; // magnetic deviation in radians FLOAT64 dGroundSpeed; // in meters/second FLOAT64 dGroundHeading; // true heading in radians FLOAT64 dGroundTrack; // magnetic heading in radians B…

Hey yall, I just wondering if anyone has any diagrams of the 737 cockpit control panels etc from the -300 to -500, and possibly the -200. I saw some for the 727 a while ago which were ace, I think they were the modellers from pmDG. I plan on modelling the VC's very accurately, but i cant really do that without anything more than pictures:( Anyhoo, any help would be really apprieciated, i know probably no one will reply but it was worth trying:)

I have installed the AT6D by Robert Hawk, with a panel by JRLucariny.In the panel I miss several instruments (airspeed, VOR, NDB) and I cannot access the radio panel. Is this normal? Has it happened to someone else?I contacted Robert Hawk and he directed me to JRLucariny, but I can't find his email address. Will someone be so kind and send it to me?Best Regards,

(Sorry my pure english)addon for default B737symptom:initializing: flaps up, (index 0), icon not visiblekeypress FLAPS_INCR by 1: (index 0 -> index 1)XMLIcon_1 will visible (Ok)keypress FLAPS_INCR by 1: (index 1 -> index 2)XMLIcon_2 will visible (Ok)keypress FLAPS_INCR by 1: (index 2 -> index 3)XMLIcon_3 will visible (Ok, BUT!)In this point I want trigger to FLAPS_UP sequence. 1 (>K:FLAPS_UP)But happens nothing! Why? This is the question.(originally I want to raise up only 1 (FLAPS_DECR),depend by IAS)keypress FLAPS_INCR by 1: (index 3 -> index 4)XMLIcon_4 will visible (Ok)code:flaps index:%((A:FLAPS HANDLE INDEX, number))%!02d!%(A:FLAPS HANDLE INDEX, num…

I've create a new gauge for the default FS2004 737.The bitmap for the gauge is 356 pixels wide by 215 pixels high as was created using Paint Shop.The gauge sits in its own "separate window" on the FS screen.I'm having a terrible time getting the gauge and window to size in accordance with the "actual" size of the gauge.I've tried many combinations in addition to studying the Panels SDK.How would I enter this in the panel cfg?Thanks

Hi,What's the name of the "Variable" that reads the position of the "Starter Valve" in the FS2004 default 737?Thanks.

I have a problem with the freeware version of AD2K2. I follow the tutorial to the letter but i have a prblem compiling because it says "error: can't find AD2K2.dat" then it says it has a problem making the MDL files. Is there any way to fix this? And are there any other freeware aircraft design programs?

Here are three shots of the manufacturing plant in my house. Yes, I am redoing the Premier 1 :):http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/51724.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/51725.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/51726.jpgNow that school is almost over, I will have six weeks of freedom!! We'll see what happens;)

Hi,I'm looking for a good GPWS for my DC-9-41 project.Something vintage from the early 70's to 80's. (NOT EGPWS)Does anyone know of any good resources for GPWS systems on the web?Thanks,John

Hi,Is there a way to see the glideslope become active and move when the "gps drives nav1 switch" is on?I mean it is good to know when to switch from gps to approach mode.If all possible it could be automated in an autoland situation.Jan"Procul Negotiis"

Hello all you panel/gauge design experts:Before buying a new computer and moving **Most** of my software from the old one I had a zip file with several varieties of one and two-light indicators for Gear Position.I'm almost certain it was an FS98 file.Can someone help me locate that or something similar. Don't need/want any labels ... just Gear Lights for up and down. Can't use three-light gear indicators either.Thanks as always for any help.Charlie