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

I apply a texture in GMAX, and this is what it looks like on the part that I am texturing. Is there a solution???Please help....... Somebody :-(

Hello,Ilyushin IL-62 is certainly the most successfull Soviet long-range aircraft. It's very well known all over the world, this is also the governemental plane. And with all this - there is no decent model for it in FS since FS98. To repair this, here is my proposal:

Hello to all: I am making a gauge so that it works in FS2002. This is the mach indicator. It is of type of vertical sliding with the digits in the means. I programming in "C" The problem is that when I use the gauge the digit disappears for a moment and then reappears when the MACH change. For MACH 0.701 to .708 the numbers don't see. In 0.709 the numbers appear and they see up to 0.710, in 0.711 disappear until 0.718 and so forth. I made 2 gauges one of 2 digits (MACH 0.00) and one of 3 (MACH 0.000), in both it passes the same thing. In that of 2 digits each 0.08 and in that of 3 digits each 0.03. In FS2000 work fine. Is somebody able to help me?…

Hey guys,I was wondering if there is any body out there that is willing to teach me how to use GMAX? I want to build a Global Express.... :-newbieThanksHenk

Greetings,How do you edit the panel CFG to lower the default view of the panel, i.e. so you can see more of the runway. I find that some of the panels available to download are too high up in the screen for me thus blocking too much runway visability?Many thanks in advanceMothEGLL

HiI've found how the variables (A:NAV1 GLIDE SLOPE ERROR,enum) and (A:NAV1 RADIAL ERROR,enum) if used in localizer deviation code could become useful, but the question is - should I? I mean, in "normal" FS standard I get full localizer reception coverage from a airport located 20NM to the south, with it's beam pointing to the west. "Normal" code I've seen (baron HSI) seem to use the valid,bool type of checks, which to me doesn't seem to "behave" well. _IF_ I've understood the world of avionics correct.Should I use the valid,bool checks no matter what, or should I "divide" the reception between a colocated LLZ/DME so that I can "flag" the vadility (?) of the localizer sign…

Hi all, I could really use some help, Im using photoshop and Im having trouble making trasparent windows for my interior windows. Would anyone know of a good refrence site, that would be able to help me. or if you have any suggestions that could help. Thanks

hi everyond well i need some help i cant seam to find any information of getting metalic reflections like on this plane in the link.http://www.airliners.net/open.file/270302/L/if you can point me to a tutorial or something i would be grateful.

Hey,i am working on a saab 2000 model for some time.the model will include full walk through interior cabin.but ig ot some strange reactions in FS, furst the fuse and all the interior are just invisible, not mirorred inside oue, just cant be see!.the transpanrent part i made "see through" in the object propertis arecompletley black, and props arent working, i see onl the disk all the time. and i am sure i name them correctly...please help me ;)

Hi,in FSDS 2 how do you make, say, a wing visible from the cockpit. I understood this with ver 1, but in ver2 I have tried some condition settings but the wings are not showing up.ThanksJohn

Hi there,I was looking at some aircraft pics when i went face to face with the biggest aircraft in the world, and litterally fall in love with her. I then decide to build one for my factory (to carry the various heavy parts of my planes in product). So here is where the progect is now. ( another one ;-)).I'm in lack of some info about the flaps. Some books stated that the mryia have triple slotted flaps when other talk about a single slotted flap. What's the truth?Also if someone know how to build a xml gauge that will display seat belt and don't smoke, and another that will control cowl flaps (make them open and close periodically until a button is switched off - yes it'…

I am developing a GMAX Lear-35 for all you simmers. However, I have some detail added as far as shape goes for the panel. I need to know what gauges are which, etc. Anyone know of how this instrument panel should be? Also, in pictures I haven't seen the gear lever. I must be blind. Can anyone shed some light? If so, please email me at [email protected] .

Hi,I notice that on a lot of 3rd party panels (designed for and running on FS2002), that even though they have a VOR2 gauge, it never works - is there something I have to do, or a file I have to have to make the VOR2 work ok? VOR 1 is always fine, but rarley does the VOR 2 work.Many thanks.

Hi,Is it possible, and how to program!!, to play different sounds with toggle Afterburner?I mean, when you click a switch on, you must hear "Afterburner1" and when you click the switch off, "Afterburner2"When i program, both sounds are played by clicking on and off.Here is my wrong! code:L:ub1, bool) ! (>L:ub1, bool) (>K:TOGGLE_AFTERBURNER1) !(>K:TOGGLE_AFTERBURNER2)Any advise or help is very welcome.And when i'm not posting anything before 2003,i whish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year!Janhttp://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v4...75aouncN_th.jpg

Hello, everyone. I am doing some research trying to get educated about making a VC for the 182RG. Some of the things that I want to accomplish are:1-Clear instrumentation readability, highest resolution?2-Efficient updates of the main Gyro instruments.3-NO 2D mode, I want to eliminate the overhead and resource bleed associated with it.4-Only 220 degrees of viewing area, forward, wings and slightly behind each wing.5-Night light read out, a la TB20.6-I would like to use Gmax and XML, but I could use VC ++ etc. if I can get more efficient output. I

What happened to www.freeflightdesign.com? I am getting 403 error, in other words it says I'm not authorized to access the website. What's up?

I might be off base posting this question in this forum but I'm sure I can get an answer at this location. I'm a fairly novice user. It concerns ai aircraft. In the texture folder there are two bitmap files, one labeled with a "T" and one labled with a "L." I'm fairly certain that the T stands for texture but what does the L file do? The reason I ask, is that I downloaded a complete set of Northwest ai aircraft from the unofficial Project AI site and all of the aircraft only have the "T" file. There's no explaination in the readme. Can I take an "L" file from another texture folder of the same aircraft and use it in the Northwest texture folder of a similar aircraft? If t…

Almost ready to release. However I need help. I am using xml format and I can't get the autopilot speed select button to work for both IAS and Mach hold depending on what is selected. I cannot get my elevator trim text to work. And lastly my N2 needle is stuck to east. Please Help.(A:Turb eng1 N1, part) 0 max .986 min(L:N1 ref target switch, bool)(L:n1 target, percent) 67 + 67 max 100 min(A:General eng1 throttle lever position, part) s1 0 <REV(L:N1 ref target switch, bool) (A:General eng1 throttle lever position, part) s1 0 >= &&%((L:n1 target, percent) 67 + 67 max 98.6 min)%!5.1f!(A:Turb eng2 N1, part) 0 max .986 min(L:N1 ref target switch, bool)(L:n1 t…

Hi there everyone.......... i'm sure most of you are aware of a B-1B that is currently nearing completion and is soon to be released. We have everything near as damn ready and waiting to go apart from one thing. We are in desperatley looking for someone with XML gauge programming experience to join our team to assist in finishing off this awsome project. Please reply to me on this thread if you have got what it takes and would like to assist us in this project. Many thanks for your time in reading this. Take care Trev :-wave

Hi All, I have a few add-on a/c that sit several feet off the ground (FS2K2) and was wondering if anyone could explain how to bring them back to earth. I saw a file explaining contact points a while back, but I must've been suffering from hypoxia because I didn't DL it and can't remember where I saw it.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks Bill

Anyone know where I can find any blueprint type material (the higher resolution the better) to aid me in constructing the aircraft in GMax.Thanks,Rob

how do l repaint aircraft please.....what program`s are involed....many thx inadvance.

A few newbie questions;Is it possible to build aircraft in 3DSmax 4 and then save my work as a 3Dstudio file and import the 3Dstuidio file into GMax.I use MAX4 every day so I know the program inside out but don't know GMax at all - I assume it's a restricted version of 3DStudioMax.Also - this will be my first attempt at building an aircraft, I know Max4 and photoshop very well so the art side of things shouldn't be too much of a problem, however when it comes to creating an air file, getting all the gauges working etc. I have no idea. Is their any 'programming' to be done? Also is it possible to use air files from other aircraft (with the author's permission)?Finally, whe…

What is important in some of the aircraft.cfg lines and what has no effect unless FSEdit is used to FUBAR the AIR file. One can save a backup of the air file, then write it over any FSEdit messed up air file if FSEdit is used to edit aircraft.cfg. I'll only cover some sections of aircraft.cfg. The offsets below are based on Reference Datum offset = 0, 0, 0. Otherwise, the distances along the fuselage change.[airplane_geometry]wing_area=1700.0 80 80 << Set near real turbine inlet area. Higher values increase ram drag, less net thrust at high speeds.rated_N2_rpm=12250 <

Hey all!I'm having problems with water rudders in my Amphibian Maule. No matter what I try, I can't get them to work in any way. They are not retracting with SHIFT+W and not rotating via rudder either. What also confuses me is that in MakeMDL SDK the animation tags for both movements are the same water_rudder_rotate. IS this how it should be?Could someone tell me the animation tag names for different parts needed for working water rudders? Would be highly appreciated!!