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

I have tried alot of different things, and none of them seem to work too well. I want to know how to cut out a winshield in FSDS2. I've seen the window cutting tutorial a hundred times, but it dosen't mention anything about a winshield. I can cut windows fine when it's on the side of the plane, but when it curves around to the front... that's where I get the trouble. How do I cut a window that curves from the side to the front like that???? Thanks!

Hi everyone,Here is some info on our King Air project:http://www.aeroworx.com/kashots.htmlAnyone interested in helping with gauge development, please contact me at [email protected]

hii am experiencing a problem with the aircraft range. maybe anyone can give me a hinti have a Boeing 737-BBJ which has four tanksValues in US gallonsCenter1: 4181Center2: 4181LWing: 1718RWing: 1718now my problem is. according to boeing specs, the range of a BBJ is 6800 nm. however in fs2002 i only get 3200 nm.i assume the factor for fuel consumption is wrong.does anyone have an idea how i can change aircraft.cfg or .air file to reach real range?thxMartin

Can someone please tell me how to activate the Backcourse Approach mode in Eric Marciano's great A320 panel (version 2.2) ? ? ? Didn't find it in the documentation folder, but I am sure that it exists, doesn't it ?And is there no Takeoff/goaround button in the panel ?Thanks, (et merci Eric pour ton travail avec les cockpits !)J

Greetings all. My FSDS2 MD-11 is nearing the end of development, but I have a problem which is really frustrating me, and that is the texture mapping. I have tried numerous times to properly texture map this aircraft, but with MS Paint and Imagetool I can only do so much. If anyone can point me to some good image editing software (free please I've already spent lots of money obtaining materials and software to build this plane) or otherwise assist me with this I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks for any help you can give me.http://thescorned.homestead.com/fsscr006.jpg

Hallo!!!First of all I would wellcome all germans to reply in Deutsch!!;-) I have some repainter questions for photoshop 7.01.How can I do round shabes, vertikal lines??and in which menue can I find them??2.How can i add alpha channel?? which programs do I need??3.How can I open textures in the right format, the PSS airbus opens, but all other ones like the EWP PRO BAE 146 doesn't because of a format error?? Do I need a program to change it into the right photoshop format?? and which??Thanks allready hope you reply!!regards Lucas Gaedeke

I am doing a couple of XML gauges that need custom Help IDs, and I was wondering what kind of syntax is required. I've seen it done, and I think I've even done it on accident by myself before. Anyways, would it looks something like this?If someone coulde help me out, that would be great!thanks in advance,Ian Grant

I've been looking for the logo that's attatched near the front left passanger door on Continental Airlines jets. I think it's a Cordiem logo but I'm not sure and I can't seem to find any close up pictures of a COA jet to see enough detail. Can someone point me in the right direction, I'd be ever so greatful.Pete

Hi All,I'm trying to locate the Concorde gauges on my FS-2000 CD but am unable to find. Is there a way to extract them. If so how do I do it?Or is there somewhere I can download them?ThanksBill

I've never done any editing, so I was wondering if it's a lot of work to merge the DF 737 FMC (or even the 767 PIC FMC) to a 737-200 panel, an MD-80 panel or whatever. If it is, do any of you use a program which is similar to the aeral nav fitted on DC-9s and 737-200s, so I can fly via fixes? I tried the ACS-GPS, but I'm having trouble to get fixes for the whole world. It works great for Scandinavia though.Thanks in adcance,Christian H

Hello there..I want to build an add-on that requires an overlay window. It will be like a moving map that I'd like to be available from a drop-down menu item rather than as a gauge that needs to be associated with each aircraft. Can somebody provide me with any pointers on doing this? All I need from the simulator is lat-long info in real-time. I've looked through the gauges SDK, but didn't see it.Any and all help greatly appreciated.JM

Hi,Has someone a good formula to SET the radio's? 375 (>K:ADF_SET) and 116.90 (>K:NAV2_RADIO_SET)don't work.Janhttp://community.webshots.com/sym/image4/2...75aouncN_ph.jpg

Hi,Possible a very stupid question, but what does the k-event:(>K:TOGGLE_RAD_INS_SWITCH)and the a-var:(A:RAD INS SWITCH, bool)????????????????Janhttp://community.webshots.com/sym/image4/2...75aouncN_ph.jpg

Hello All!I am trying to animate in GMAX. What I am trying to animate is the mixture knob in the VC. The name of the part is lever_mixture0.The 1st frame is 0, and the knob is all the way in. the last frame is 100, and the knob is all the way out. It works in GMAX, but not in FS2002.Anybody have a clue why??????I am working in GMAX ver1.2Thanks!Kobie

Gentlemen,Anyone knows how to get the offset of a gauge ?Tks & rgdsAlberto Kunzel

I have installed the Dreamfleet Cessna 172P in FS2002 Pro. Everything looks fine, nice panel and flight dynamics, except in the left and the right view the doors are missing. When I open the left door I see a small part of that door just under the wing. Is it possible to solve this problem?

Hallo,Is it possible to SET a WAYPOINT in an xml-gauge and let the plane fly to it?To set the heading, altitude and speed is no problem in my fmc-gauge.Janhttp://community.webshots.com/sym/image4/2...75aouncN_ph.jpg

Reading some complaints about the night lighting of the tail turning on and off with the landing lights on the Ariane BBJ got me thinking about lighting in MSFS. If the lighting is controlled by the alpha channel of the light map, wouldn't it be impossible to turn the tail light on and off separately from the landing lights? I assume this issue would be the same with illumination caused by taxi lights.Is there a way to control these lights separately, in terms of the illumination they produce on the aircraft?Luhiss

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is anyone desining a good gmax or fsds2 columbia 400?? fs needs a high quality one

Hi everybody, I was just wondering if anyone here knows where i might find a 737-600 for FS2002, preferably gmax. can anyone help me out? Oh yes and I almost forgot, I have been looking for a FS2002 Canadi>n A320... can anyone help me on that one?(((this is my first post on the avsim forums so if im putting this in the rong place please let me know)))CanadianNorth

Arne and Etienne, thank you very much for the help.My xpdr now works perfect, with blinking individual numbers and everything!!!But above all, I have learned a lot from this exercise, so it should lead to fewer questions :7(by the way, taking advantage of a quick break in F-1 broadcast to test the gauge and write this. Go Kimi!)

Hey all.Arne helped me earlier with getting the xpdr code to show. That works fine, and I even defined some MOUSE_CHILD rectangles for me to test and see if I could increase the numbers by clicking on them. Works fine.Now to replicate the operations of this xpdr, I will need to do the following: Right click the mouse in a defined rectangle. That should make only the first number blink. Then with left clicks on the same rectangle that started the blinking, this number should increase.After the number is what you want, right click again, and the second number will now blink, with left clicks increasing it. Another right click and now the third number blinks, you adjus…

Hey all.I have been coding a transponder, and recently I asked for help on how to make it blink. Arne and Etienne answered me, and this is the current code: FLOAT64 FSAPI xpdr_code_cb (PELEMENT_STRING pelement){ FLOAT64 time=0; BOOL is_masked=FALSE; wsprintf(pelement->string,"%04x",pelement->source_var[0].var_value.d); if(selected_digit>=0) { time=fmod(pelement->source_var[1].var_value.n,BLINK_FREQUENCY); //recalc to something between 0...1 time/=BLINK_FREQUENCY; if(time>0.5) is_masked=TRUE; if(is_masked) pelement->string[selected_digit]=' '; } return pelement->source_var[0].var_value.d;}//--------------------------------------------------…

No, it is not a Bud, sorry ;-).Anyone else that might now, I'd be happy to read your thoughts.Trying to display the tansponder code in a string. Here is the make string code: MAKE_STRING( xpdr_code, NULL, xpdr_fail, IMAGE_USE_ERASE | IMAGE_USE_BRIGHT, 0, 68, 25, 90, 18, 4, MODULE_VAR_NONE, MODULE_VAR_NONE, MODULE_VAR_NONE, RGB (245,255,77), RGB (0,0,0), RGB (245,255,77), GAUGE_FONT_ARIAL, GAUGE_WEIGHT_DEFAULT, GAUGE_CHARSET, 0, DT_CENTER | DT_VCENTER | DT_SINGLELINE, NULL, xpdr_code_cb) And here is the xpdr_code_cb FLOAT64 FSAPI xpdr_code_cb (PELEMENT_STRING pelement){ FLOAT64 val=pelement->source_var[0].var_value.n; val = !val; wsprintf(pelement->string, "%4d"…