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

I was just thinking about this. Between work family and other real life obligations, Were do all you "Designers" and buiders, find the time to design and build the things you do, and fly in the sim?I guess a good question would be.... 1: How much time does a designer/builder actually fly in the sim per week?2: how much time is that "NOT" test flying?3: how upset does you significant other get up set with you due to this?I guess I just truned this post into a poll but I feel it is a good question.Thanks

Does anyone know if FS2004 offers a possibility to initiate playing .wav file from XML gauges ?The reason I ask is, that I've heard that Bill Morads (R.I.P.) XMLsound gauges do not work in FS2004.Rob

Hey everyone!! For those tha don't know, I'm making an a318! I have a qwestion though...How can I create the actual window glass for the cockpit? Here is a picture to aid in the thinking process:http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/22605.jpg

Hi allCan someone help me please i just paint an Aircraft for PSS in Photoshop, i used the imagetool to set it in DXT3 for so far i know it,but when the BMP is ready i see that the file is to big for PSS.So i find out that a must CUT some part in photoshop of that plane the problem is how? tanks anywayReduce

I have added the ACS-Gps gauge by Alain Capt to Espen Oijordsbakken

I have a question concerning .xml gauges... I'm a long-shot novice when it comes to computer coding, so I'm not sure how to go about my challenge. I've been able to adapt some .xml switches and knobs to my panel and I'm wanting to add static backgrounds to several of them that will provide "backlighting" to the text of the associated switch or knob that it is assigned to. For instance; with the autopilot panel, I'd like to backlight the text that appears with the switchs and knobs, just like the real thing. However, I do not want the mouse-cursor to activate when I drag it over the switch's background bitmap... only when I drag it over the switch bitmap itself. In…

Would anyone be interested in repainting an Airbus A320 in USA 3000 colors? They are a newer airline with a fleet of six A320-214's. A friend recently started working for them and thought it would be great to fly one in FS2002! Pictures are available at:http://www.usa3000.com/Thanks!

Hi,Is there anybody who could help me out with the calculations for EPR. The FS own EPR value gives me strange values, it goes below 1 when I'm up in the air which is to say the least wrong!Thanks/Matts

Hey guys, Wanted to show you my labor of love... still have to finish the inside, and clean up the VC.www.geocities.com/odog812/lc126.htmplease comment...

I am working on a 737_600. My problem is that at dusk I can see through my model and at night the night textures dont show at all.Does it have something to do with the alpha channel? What shall I do?What format should the different textures be saved in?what program is best to make the taxtures. Photoshop or paintshop and why?Your help is much appreciated. I tried all kind of combinations with the alpha channels in the _L texture. Have not changed the alpha in the _T texture, because it has the right reflection at daytime.thanks in advance.Jacob

Hi, All;I've been having some trouble with FSDS2.2 (DirectX initialization)so I e-mailed tech support for assistance. They said that FSDS doesn't agree with the lastest Nvidia drivers. Have any of you guys noticed that? I'm thinking of replacing my band-aided system with a new one that may include a high end GeForce card. I'd sure hate to go bust before even starting!Thanks All;telephile

Folks, I'm using a particular aircraft model that tends to descend unrealistically slow below 10000 feet. When I say unrealistic, I mean the rate is 500-900fpm at idle thrust when it should be more like 1500. I know I can use the spoilers to increase the rate of descent but I'd like to be able to descend faster without use of spoilers. Is there any way I could modify the flight dynamics to accomplish what I'm asking? Thanks.RyanVZDC

I have set up FX files for lights so they dont show up in the VC:[Properties]Cockpit=0VirtualCockpit=0Spot=1Tower=1Map=1However, when in the VC, I can still see them....I'm really stumped. Anyone have any ideas?Luhiss

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Hello,I am very interested in hearing from one of the members if the a/c will be released. I am patiently waiting for it, if it doesn't come out oh well, but this a/c was great and I would love to be able to fly it, I still have the early release version and love it to death, even though some people were childish, It shouldn't have to mean it ruins it for the rest of us. We all support you guys on your hard work. Thank you very [email protected]

I made a texture for the painted tips of my prop in psp. I have successfully applied the texture in gmax, and saved it as a 32 bit bmp in the texture folder of my plane. Why doesn't it show in fs2002?Roberthttp://home.nethere.net/kerr/virtual.htm

With the plethora of available General Aviation models and repaints available via freeware outlets, how is it that folks have overlooked what is arguably Beechcraft's most famous model, the BE36 Bonanza? Now, I know both the V Tail and it's more conventional brother are available Shareware and commericially, but why has no freeware design been published?This is an excellent, high performance single which I would love to add to my collection. I'm just not keen on paying 20+ dollars for a single aircraft design.Know nothing of aircraft design, GMAX or otherwise so recommending I get started won't be much of an answer.Just curious.

Hello folks,A couple of people asked me the progress of the B-717 and the progress rate is 5%.The reason we only have 5% done is because we lack designers and if you would like to join,please visit www.Project-SkyWorks.vze.com or contact James @ [email protected] .Thanks!Yours Truly,Project SkyWorks

For quite some time a friend of mine and I have been tinkering a bit with some repainting and some more or less amateurish gmax-models, mostly for our own amusement, but the other day we thought it would be fun to make a real project of the quality that could be uploaded to avsim. So we thought a really nice learjet 35 would be the way to go, and just for the fun of it we wrote a mail to an air-charter company at Bromma airport here in Stockholm, Sweden asking if it would be possible to come by some day and take some pictures of one of their lear 35:s. And what a response we got! Apparently the company-owner was somewhat of a flightsim-nut himself and had millions of idea…

Would someone be kind enough to supply an explanation of the variables used when placing a string.specifically the x,y values within the brackets, but also how to add decimal places and fix text to significant numbers. ( so that instead of just seeing 1 you could see 001)i've checked the board and seen a few examples but not sure what each bit does.cheers

Not sure that this is the right forum for this question, but here it is:I want to use an aircraft (or, more importantly, just the textures), a Ford Trimotor designed for FS98. Part of a download called "TAT Route in a vintage Ford TriMotor" (tat.zip) here at Avsim. Can I use the textures, do they need any re-working? Thanks in advance for any help.Scott Smith

Hey,Ive been working on finishing the A318 but i got a strange problem. look on the attachment. that how the rudder turn though i alligned the pivot correctly (see picture) and tried reseting scale and transform.Any ideas?Best regards,Avielhttp://aerodesigns.projectai.com/Images/banneraviel.jpg

HiI'm doing my first attempts in c++ gauges, so far so good. But now I need to debug some IPC functions with an external program. The gauge is compiled with multithread debug option and when I run the project FS is launched as expected but VC++ always says that my breakpoints are invalid because "No executable code is loaded at current location". The startup situation is a 2D panel with my gauge.Any ideas?ThanksJos

Hello all ,I'm looking for somebody who would be interested in repainting the new 763 pax from IFDG into the Sobelair colours.Answer this topic or send me a mail to [email protected] if you are interested !!! Pictures are of course available at www.airliners.net ( as you can see we have 4 763ER , 3 in the SLR colours and one in the Dutch Carribean Airlines livery , pretty one ! )Thanks in advance ,Wilmet Pierre

Sorry, total newbie at gaugemaking here :(I'm making a custom (fantasy) panel for an aircraft, and would like the annunciator lights to all come on for X seconds when the master battery is turned on, turn off for X seconds, turn back on for X more seconds and finally go into their normal functionality, as a simulated startup self-test thingy....Problem is, I have absolutely no idea how to accomplish this, and the sdk isn't helping.. Could someone please help solve this?