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

I am about to build my first true FS2002 aircraft in FSDS 2 it is non other then the akrotech giles G-300 I have a pic of the plane and the paint looks awsome

Hi Gang,I have installed a CPT toggles autothrottle switch in a panel and now the engine gauges rev up and down repeatedly at airspeeds below roughly 200 Knots. I have used default Kingair engine gauges. Above 200 knots the gauges settle down and work ok.Any ideas?

I was wondering what experiences other people have had setting the eyepoint. I put a pilot figure in the plane and then found the coordinates of the eyepoint. After starting FS, the location did not look right, maybe too high and too far back. I experimented with the numbers until the views looked about right. Also the view looks different between the 2d cockpit and the VC cockpit. I just settled for the best compromise.Of course the numbers are far from what the actual location was in the model. I have noticed in several downloads that the views did not look right either.Maybe "eyepoint" is just a viewing position and not necessarily the location of the pilot figure's ey…

Hey Guys,I am looking for some help with creating night textures in Paint Shop Pro 7. I have tried to search the forums but cannot seem to find what I am looking for. Specifically, I am having problems with my night textures showing up in FS2002. I created the textures by adding an adjustment layer and then using the night illumination feature to add night lighting. However, when I convert and save to FS, all I see is a dark aircraft with textures.Any suggestions on this and useful links for night textures are greatly appreciated.Thanks,Boz

I have recently been using Eric Dantes' Twin Otter model which I found very good. I fly using the VC only where ever possible and the one for this freeware aircraft is very good. Despite liking this aircraft a lot I decided to buy the LAGO Twin Otter. The VC is a real mixed bag - The VC panel is very good, 3x1024s with some great gauge work, but some parts of the VC appear completely untextured or are messily textured, which I really can't understand given that this is a payware aircraft.So I have a few questions about making modifications:1: Is it possible for me to import the model into GMax (the external mesh has lots of tears as well as the badly textured interior)?2…

how do I put animated parts on my aircraft like ailerons elevators and flaps?

There doesn't seem to be one of these anywhere for FS2002. Anyone know of a location or one in the works. Delta Connection is currently flying a bunch of them in and out of KCVG. Cheers! GEMatKMGY

I'm just testing to see if the link the the F.A.R.T.S. Photo Album is going to work... :)http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/facai...rc=gr%26.view=t

Hello can any of you painters paint this scheme of Air Jamaica on the PSS Airbus A320 and A321?i tried to do mine but mine is coming out badso i need a professional painter to do the jobhere is some picshttp://www.airliners.net/open.file/273441/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/273275/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/256550/L/and can it be in the user edits?

Hi,I like this small jet since the times of MSFS v.5. It actually brought me to virtual skies :) But I had not found such an aircraft for MSFS 2002. Yes I know there is a stock of good models available from FFG. But it lacks VC (really indespensible thing now-days). Also I tried to find a good panel, but failed.So, is there anyone interested in making this plane or panel? Or is there any work already in progress? If not, then I would start my own project.

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I upgraded to 1.2, and now stupid Discreet wont let me register it! That is, i've registerd about 10 times, but it wont send me the registration code by email! I've tried with 3 email adresses, but still no dice. Could someone give me they're code? I dont see any other way of registering the stupid program.thanks.

I am still trying to have keystrokes in my gauges.I really can't make it, I am definitely not good at using DirectX...I tried to do like it was coded in the DirectInput keyboard sample, and the very first line fails:HRESULT result = DirectInput8Create(GetModuleHandle(NULL), DIRECTINPUT_VERSION, IID_IDirectInput8, (VOID**)&g_pDI, NULL);Compilation gives the following error:'DirectInput8Create' : different types for formal and actual parameter 3That's strange, because this line is exactly the same as in the sample "keyboard.cpp".If you know anything about DirectX or DirectInput, please let me know, I'm stuck.Thanks for any help !!

The original texture format for the AI aircraft is DTX3 with alpha and mip maps. Using the Image Tool I have changed the format to 8-bit in order to be able to carry out repainting. Having completed repaint work I have created the 9 mipmaps and converted to DTX3 format. But could not create the alpha.Could this be the reason why I can not see the texture I have created?.Please helpLetats

Is it GMAX or is it me? When it comes to keyframe animation sometimes they work and sometimes they do not when exported to the model. They usually _display_ fine in GMAX.I have not been able to get ANY animation based on Position keyframes to work once exported. Only Rotation. Is there some secret? I have save selected the MD80 thrust reverser part to look at its animation. It uses several position and one rotation keys. They look no different from mine. When exported as a model works.(sorry for any typos my wrist is hurting this morning)I followed Fr. Bill's instructions for animating the rudder pedals only substituting postion keys and using a cylinder for a throttle le…

Hi, I'm trying to get in contact with Gary Davies of FSproject in regards to his G73 mallard developments. I had his new email adress until my system crashed. I know it changed from the btinternet adress, so if anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all,First, lemme introduce myself, as I just joined the forum. My name is Dave Scofield. I joined up because I'm looking for something specific, and someone here may be able to help.My day gig is programming, which I've been doing for several years now. While I do a lot of ASP/SQL stuff, my main gig is Delphi. I used to work in Delphi R&D at Borland for several years. (If you own Delphi 1, 2, 4 or 5, you can see my name in the About box if you know how to see the list of developers.) Anyway - here's my situation.I would like to develop and release (as freeware) a Delphi Gauge SDK. I think there's a lot of Delphi programmers out there who would willingly jump into t…

Hi everybody! I've been reading through many pages of this forum for an answer to a basic question. Hope someone can help.I would like to write some text on the side of the default FS2002 Cessna 182 airplane. I have PhotoShop and was just wondering what the steps would be to accomplish this. I think I need to extract the 'mip-maps' with the Image Tool, add the text in PhotoShop and then run it through the Image Tool again. Does anybody know if this is how it's done and in what format I need to save the image files in?Many thanks for your help ...

Hi folks, sorry if this is in the wrong place or has been asked a million times before, but I am new to this game (installing aircraft that is). *grins*Basically I read a review for the new A320-200 in and decided it looked great so downloaded it.The problem I have is once I download it, I can't seem to install it properly.Some how I have managed to get the actual aircraft in place, but the cockpit guages are a standard 2 engine jet layout. I didn't fancy messing about with the FS Guages folder too much. Also I get messages telling me that FS can't use the 3rd party gauges .gau files.Probably as I said I have installed the thing wrong.I am using FS2002 standard not pro ed…

Hi everyone!I have a small and quite weird request ( :) ):I was wondering if anyone of you good aircraft designers out there would be interested in in designing a follow me car?I know it sounds strange but I think you could do a very nice follow me car / truck (GMAX).Anyone interested?

I know this might seem silly but how do I use the mkemdl with this model? I hope you like it, it will be strange believe me.

I have a son who is a programming "guru" - I believe he can do just about anything when it comes to computer programming (usually in a VERY small code size )I have talked him into creating a programme for me that will allow me to (easily and quickly) browse the internal bitmaps of every GAU file that I have in my Gauges folder. These gauges are old style FS98 .gau files which are single gauges, Fs2000 style .gau files that contain multiple gauges and associated bitmaps and FS2002 cabbed XML files.Now - I have many hundreds of gauges in my gauges folder and I want to be able to "browse" these easily and quickly -- with a view to using the internal bitmaps for other purpo…

Is there any designer working on a Tu-204 ? I know this plane does exist, but apart from a russian site, I can't find one anywhere.. Would be a nice project, just in cast you don't know what to do next in Gmax....Save flights.J

The F.A.R.T.S. development center called and sent this picture and wanted to know if the chrome plate was ok.http://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3dfa0b802a7629ae.jpgI pulled up my email to them and it read "the paint should reflect like chrome". Now, The big boss of develpment has called and wants me to pay for the chrome plate job and the removal of it. What do you think, should I pay for it out of my design budget?BobThe FAQs for the TB20Gt are located here http://mtco.com/~rsam/FAQs.htmWe R [email protected] us make it better!http://mtco.com/~rsam/fartslogo.jpg11/23/02

I posted a message here about the Merge command but the board appears to have mixed it up with another thread.Sometimes when I Merge a new part into a scene I intend to replace an old one and select Delete Old, the part replaces the old at the same location and sometimes it does not. Why?This is driving me crazy assembling my aircraft! It takes time to position those objects.Steve