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

Could you suggest me a site with huge collections of gauges (I've subscribed to FSGauges but the javascript seems not to work for me)Thanks

Here is an example of the A380 done in rhino for a paying customer. (Not a FS customer)http://www.renderosity.com/photos/MSG/Message1307378.jp Cut and paste into address, then ADD the missing 'g'. 45k image. Not mine and too wide for here.Regards,BobS

How can I assign keys to animations in GMAX? Like how can I assign a G key to make the gear fold up into the gear bay?

a/k/a CPT.RKG_Fuelstat.gau. This is a common fuel consumption gauge. You may have noticed that: 1. There is no airspeed readout, and 2. There is a bug in the TTE readings so that 2:03 would look like 2:_3. I discussed this with a panel designer and and he said there was nothing he could do about it - it's a bug in the gauge. I have also found that the author is Robert K. Guy, but I have not yet found an email address or an updated gauge (mine is dated 01/06/03). Has anyone found a fix or other information?

Is it possible for someone to create an airport emergancy services pack for the BAA that you could download and use instead of a plance. It would contain a little yellow car, an ambulance, a polcie car and a fire engine. Can anyone do it please?"no where on your birth certificate did it say life would be fair"

Test pics of one of the babies i'm working on. A320 model...Still adding details...

This message is for all of the FS creators out there,Thank you all for the contributions you have made to this great hobby over the years. Thanks for putting all of the time effort and money into creating excellent additions and then releasing them to the rest of us for FREE. I find it amazing that you all put up with the "your addon sucks, it stalls 3kts too slow" type posts and most of you will continue to produce aircraft, scenery or whatever your fancy is despite that type of treatment. I truly find it amazing that most addons are created by people who jobs or famlies and produce FS stuff iun theri spare time. 3rd party addons have given countless simmers countless …

Is there anyone who can tell me what I should do and what I should not do when making a GMAX model, so that there are no major problems when exporting? Thank you so much.

Once again, my ignorance rears its ugly head and I am stuck... I have 5 icon images of a pitch trim wheel I need to animate. In XML, it is quite easy to accomplish by use of this formula: (A:Elevator Trim Position,radians) 1000 * int 10000 + 3 % This returns a sequence of integer "values" from 0 to 5 and allows the .bmp files to sequentially display in "forward" or "reverse" motion. How can I "translate" this into a C function? I'm totally clueless, since EG insists that the token variable "ELEVATOR_TRIM" may only be used "...in an instrument gauge." What the heck am I making, chopped liver???BillAVSIM OmbudsmanFounder and Director,Creative Recycling of Aircraft Partshtt…

In the Airbus panels, the FCU buttons can be pushed or pulled for selected or managed mode. To simulate this in my panels, the virtual pilot can use the LEFT or RIGHT button of the mouse to push or pull the FCU buttons. In the code, I use the mouse button identifiers MOUSE_LEFTSINGLE and MOUSE_RIGHTSINGLE.It works fine for everybody, except 2 or 3 users, who can not pull the FCU buttons (right mouse button action). It means that the right mouse button is not identified for them. Only the left button press works.Any idea?Thanks for any help !!Eric

FS Boeing is a group that aims to make all the planes that Boeing have using the best GMAX bits. We will make them realistic and put them up for download on Avsim in our roll out colours, we will paint the aircraft in 1 real world livery to begin with.We will take orders from VA's for our aircraft to be painted once the aircaft has been made.We are looking for 1 person who wants to join the team and design the first aircraft for us. The job is volantery and you will not get paid at this moment.All our aircraft will be FREEWARE and will be the best FREEWARE aircraft in the virtual skies.If you are interested in building aircraft for us then Send me an E-mail to fs_boeing…

What do I need to do in panel.cfg to create a proper pilot's perspective for my panel (i.e. not the "sitting on the throttles"-view)?Andreas

Guys I need help here, how can I accurately place lights such as, navigation lights, strobe lights on my plane that seems to be floating in mid air, how can I set the contact points?If you could help me I'd appreciate it.

Hello, this is probably old hat to most of you but I'd appreciate some advice on how to improve the 2d forward right view on my favorite airplane/panel combination, the Dreamfleet 737. The only problem I have with this panel is that I can't see the ramp in front of the airplane in the forward right view--the glareshield is too high. So if I'm supposed to turn right to park at the gate I can't see the line leading to the gate until I'm nearly past it.Is it possible to edit the panel.cfg file so that I get the permanent effect of raising the seat (shift + enter) one or two notches, in the right forward view only? Again, this is in the 2d mode.Thanks in advance,Bill

Anyone have any photos, needed side and front views of a Fairchild 24 with a Ranger inline engine? I have looked all over the web for one and couldnt find a set. Only blueprints. Anything would be appreciated. My dad used to own one and I thought I might make one in FSDS2.Kind regards,Bill

I need help here. I'm new to GMAX and plane designing. How can I convert my plane made in .gmax into flight simulator or into .MDL format? if anyone could help me I'd appreciate it.

Is there a fast way to discover if a model is a gmax model?

Hy all,i've a big problem using FSSound for a looped sound.I've already use in the same gauge the same function in "single play" mode and gauge playing the sound correctly.This is the code for single play, using FALSE in the MFSSoundFilePlay macro :-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-BOOL FSAPI doors_disarm(PPIXPOINT relative_point, FLAGS32 mouse_flags){ lookup_var(&panel_circuit);MFSSoundFileRegister(sound_doors_disarm);if(panel_circuit.var_value.n != 0) { MFSSoundFilePlay(sound_doors_disarm, FALSE); } return FALSE;}=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Now, i've a problem using the same macro with TRUE. In this case i'll expect that when i click on the linked button, the gauge will start a looped soun…

Hello everyone,I downloaded The DeHavilland Dash 7 for FS2002 Professional Version only (http://www.flightsimonline.com/dash7 for Current Details). The plane flys but none of the gauges show up. I put the one gauge into the gauges folder under fs2002. If anyone could help I'd appreciate it!

If someone knows how and is willing to do repaints for a new va please e-mail me at [email protected]

Hi,I have enclosed a "little help" for all programmers out there, who want to use their GDI Vector gauges in the VCs of FS2002. It is based on the FlightMap source from the MS panel SDK, with some changes and comments from me :-cool Chris Koegler

How do you go from having the basic shape of a wing to a wing with seperate control surfaces; flaps, ailerons etc. ? Any ideas are greatly appreciated!!!! Using GMAX!!!

I am almost ready to upload a plane for public download and am having a problem with it shaking. It seems to be both speed related as well as atmosphere density related. But it seems to be so moderate that one cant go to 2X, 4X, or more in autopilot without it ending up in a dive. She will fly, and fast, but at top end she has the jitters.Also, and this is an odd one.. She has begun hopping on the runway?@!*. It has evolved 93 times so far, and this last model has begun with this latest 'qwirk'. It happens only when braking or slowing. It doesnt always happen, but in doing test flights for the past two days, she has done 2 ground loops on landings. The phenominon …

Hi, everyone ok? - fine...Well, I hope someone of you can help me. This is what I can't get to work:I'd like to put a certain value into the autopilot system. Not using the autopilot itselfe but using an other gauge. For example I'd like to transfer values for vertical speed (1200 or any other value) or airspeed or even altitude into the autopilot without using the inc or dec methodes.Any idea? Tried lots without succes...Any tips very welcomeThanks, Herbert "Jonas" PralleI forgot to mention: I'd like to do this with XML.

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