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

I am working on some xml-gauges. This gauge contains a <script> section. Is it possible to place a comment within that section? Something like <script> .... <!-- comment --> ... </script> does not work? Then how to comment? Sorry ... wrong section ... but how to delete it or move it elswere?

This is the touch screen panel for the Carenado Seneca V G600 that I put together with Air Manager, Reality XP, and Saitek FIPs for the backup airspeed, attitude, and altitude indicators (on the left exterior of the panel, not shown): Most of the instruments for the Seneca V were already publicly available but I still had to set them up kinda sorta like the actual panel. Bad news is that not all the instruments work right. The TIT (Turbine Inlet Temperature), CHT (Cylinder Head Temperature) don't get any data or don't get the right values. This also varies with the simulator. Some work on P3Dv5.1, some on X-Plane, some not on either. I'm just gettin…

Hi, everyone. I came here hoping to find some help installing the SimFlyer Bendix King package on FSX for Steam. I've run the installer, and it created the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FSX\SimFlyer. The only file in that folder is the user manual. I followed the instructions to edit my .cfg files, but when I run FSX I don't see any evidence that SimFlyer package is installed. Any help or advice that anyone can provide would be much appreciated. I don't even know where to start troubleshooting this.

So, if two hash Mark's are placed to the left of a gauge entry is that basically the same as no gauge being present in that location and another gauge can install and operate in those coordinates? Answer please. Thanks.

Hello everyone, Has anyone added the CIVA INS unit (or three) in the CLS F-Lite 747 HD which has the basic FMS unit? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

How difficult would it be to place the cessna fuel tank valve on the Barons engine pop up panel?

Good day all i was wondering who will be able to asist me? im looking for someone that can help me with a ERJ 145 livery from feelthere the livery is from a Namibian company called Westair aviation (flywestair) i have had a previous one for the CRJ but then i came across the ERJ145 and those are the aircraft we use! ps i work for the company as a training cabin crew this is how the aircraft look's like i would really appreciate the help thank you in advance

So I was hoping Captain Sim would release a tanker version of the new 767 but I doubt that going to happen. The old version had the tanker as an expansion and I really miss it. Does anyone think it's possible to merge the two together to make a Frankenstein 767 compatible with P3D v4? I assume these planes share very similar coding. Thanks for any replies, Clayton

Hi, This is my first time posting to this forum. I hope I have posted to the correct section. I have just bought a GoFlight MCP Pro and it is faulty. No response from GoFlight at all, in fact I think they are going out of business and my supplier can only refund me as there is no more in stock anywhere in the world it would seem! Anyway the problem is that the N1 and Speed LEDs don't work and the reason they don't work is because the resistors R36 and R39 are missing! I know they should be there because I can see them in one of GoFlight's production line pictures on their website. Does anyone know what the value of these resistors are? Maybe one of you guy…

My rig that i use to use for developing gauges ( for myself, not commercial) died a nasty death, along with everything else.. Would someone be so kind to point me to where i can find the listing of ...is it, failure tags?, look like this : <Failures> <SYSTEM_ELECTRICAL_PANELS Action="0" /> </Failures> Somewhere online ( I've check fs developer wiki, but i don't think i'm searching the correct wording as i cant find nothing) there is a page that list all of them. Regards

Hello there, I need help with merging a freeware A350 with a Qualitywings 787 virtual cockpit. I tried merging them a lot of times but every single time the cockpit displays show "Startup Error !! Unable to start QW 787-6". It isn't only that, the brakes don't respond at all, the aircraft doesn't takeoff until it reaches around 220 kts and while landing there is this sudden "bounce" of the plane at around 10 ft. from touchdown. Hope that i can find some help here. Thank you,

Hi everyone, I fly a lot the L-1011 by CaptainSim. But, by default, aircraft is set up with engine running and every button to "arm" or "on". My question isn't "how to set up aircraft to cold and dark" but how to change buttons state in the cockpit ? Is there any parameters in aicraft.cfg or any other file to edit button state ? thanks in advance for your help

I have integrated the Reality XP GTN 650 into the VC of the Carenado V35 Bonanza. Everything works fine including pop ups, but there are two knobs left over from the default Carenado GNS 430 which I can't get rid of. I have tried to look for the textures and I found them but not the underlying 3D object. I tried commenting out everything that I couldn't identify in the panel.cfg file but the are still there. Any ideas of where to look so I can get rid of them?

The liveries in question come from the grand tour, I would love to see them on the quality wings 757. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8Nh_-FapM Video for reference

Hi I would like to ask how you get devoloper to make a plane and where to find some? How much does it cost? I wanted to get someone to make the a220 better than Virtualcol I am willing to spend as much money as possible to make, but i need help to get started. Thanks

Hi, so I have stopped doing aircraft design for a couple years because I never finish my projects. One of my last projects in GMAX was the A350. I started it and it's in a pretty basic stage, I was almost done with the whole frame of the aircraft, and a couple of animations, but that's it. I believe I have the necessary information and resources to make this aircraft to a certain extent, so I'm comfortable doing anything to work on it again. My main goal since I started was to make payware quality aircraft models, but as I said before, I just can't get into every aspect of it. Now that I have more time in my hands, I want to dedicate whatever it takes to make an airc…

Hi, i would like to ask... is it posible to merge the external model from aerosoft A320 with the Virtual Copckit of Project Airbus A320 fd-fmc 2. 0?

Hi. I am constantly changing my cockpit config. I wonder what is the best way to programm the buttoms and switches? With sioc, arduino???? What do you recommen to me? The easy way . I need inputs and outputs. I use oc4ba software but for some parts of planes like mip, pedestal there's no scripts. There's other way for programming? Regards

Dear friends, I would like to convert model of Falcon 900 (RFAI for AI traffic in FS9) to let it work in P3D4. I have used to have it as AI and flyable aircraft it in FS9 and it worked well even with Falcon 50 2D panel which is currently available for FSX/P3D (https://www.rikoooo.com/downloads/viewdownload/51/813). Falcon 900 looks nice and it would be great to have it in P3D as AI traffic or even as flyable aircraft. I can handle all work to develop flight dynamics as I am familiar with *.air files and I am familiar with aerodynamics and dynamics of flight. Unfortunately I have no experience with models - I know that ModelConverterX (http://www.calclassic.com/c…

I have been trying without success to read the XML token A:atc id, string and display it in a C gauge... Here is what I've tried so far. All I get for my trouble is an "N" showing up...: WCHAR n_number[15] = L"N200SR";//----------------------case PANEL_SERVICE_PRE_UPDATE:execute_calculator_code("(A:atc id, string)",&n_number,NULL,NULL);break;//----------------------FLOAT64 FSAPI atc_cb( PELEMENT_STRING pelement){swprintf(pelement->string, L"%s", n_number);return 0;}MAKE_STRING(String_atc,NULL,NULL,IMAGE_USE_ERASE | IMAGE_USE_TRANSPARENCY | BIT7,0,8,5,98,27,1000000,MODULE_VAR_NONE,MODULE_VAR_NONE,MODULE_VAR_NONE,RGB(85,79,79),RGB(0,0,0),RGB(0,0,0),GAUGE_FONT_DEFAUL…

Hello everyone! So I would like to know how to take the fsx default kneeboard, and turn it into an ipad using the image in the link below. Basically I want to take that image, make it a 2d panel, and have it display what the default FSX kneeboard displays. Is this possible? I would then like to have the ability to add charts to it. Thanks, Alexandre Trahan. Image link: https://37wz5x2r8vbh3om46wmfhy71-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/iPad-Air-2-Space-Grey.png

Hello everyone. I recently bought a third-party aircraft (ScanSim's Piper PA28-140) for FSX. Is there a simple way to exchange two gauges found in the virtual cockpit to different positions? For example, move the altimeter to where the attitude is move the attitude to the altimeter is, and have both show up in the virtual cockpit correctly. For now I am using FS Panel Studio to create my own 2-D cockpit. However, I plan to fly that aircraft in real life and FSX's VC offers a significant level of immersion that I find invaluable when preparing to fly the actual aircraft. Thank you for pointing me to the right direction.

Hey All, I've got the Golden Age Simulations Lockheed 12A. While it is an Old Aircraft (1930's) the plane has a modern-ish cockpit, however, there are 3 buttons on it that I can not get to work at all. The Nav, APPR, and BC buttons will not do anything. When you press them, they actually move, and they do *click*, but that's it. The NAV1 radio does have a GPS button to swap between NAV/GPS, and it does work. It's just the Nav button will not light up nor come on. My question is this, Is there a line in the aircraft.cfg or the Panel.cfg that will enable the Nav switch to function?

Hi all, I am adding lines to an existing gauge so that i can replace mouse click spots with lua triggered lvars. I am currently adding lines to have external buttons input alphabet letters into a flight plan. I managed to do it for the entire alphabet and all was working ok. I have since upgraded my aircraft (Carenados Phenom 300) to include a full navigation database. This upgrade has changed the xml gauges in the aircraft. Now when i add the lines to the new gauge i can get as far as the letter E working and then the dreaded o.o.m limit seems to be reached. It seems the new VC gauge which i am working with uses a lot more virtual memory. My question is th…

Hello, where can I find the livery of 747-400? thanks