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

Reports have come in that the Trinidad will ungracefully do a 'doggy squat' at the end of a pushback. This is unacceptable!After much head scratching among the engineering staff, a six year oldwandered in the hanger this evening, and asked what the problem was.After explaining the situation, the smart alec kid pointed out that ifwe change one little number, the tendency to 'dog squat' woulddisappear...static_cg_height=3.1Simply edit aircraft.cfg to have the static_cg_height closer to thelength of the main gear!Problem solved. We strongly urge all Socata TB20GT owners to completethis little edit as soon as possible. It will also be incorporated into the '90 Day Service …

I have several XML toggle switches. How can I edit the ID's of the switches so they will display with the correct names on the panel when the mouse hand is over the toggle (like Upper Panel, Engine Panel, Center Panel, etc)? I have FSPanelStudio so I can edit the XML files. The switches all work OK. I just don't know the correct syntaxes to use. Is there any XML SDK available? Thanks, Bob.

I am going to build a real kit plane I can go get a picture of what I am going to build maybe by the fall of 2003 or spring of 2004 if i can talk my mom out of the money

Hi all,Is there someone who can explain me the reason I am not able to see the night textures in virtual cockpit and gauges? I tried to do a lot of tests, but I can get the right look only in the day time.Really I'd like very much to see the right night displaying in virtual cockpit!Thank you to all people that can help me to solve this problem.I have a voodoo 5 5500 AGP based systemDear regardsGiorgio [email protected]

Well despite the protests and numerous e-mails the author has gone back on his promise of not releasing ACM with the export feature and it's now included. He try's to make it sound ok by making the export only for old FSDS v1 models. As he was talking complete BS last time then I have no reason to belive that he won't make future releases with the export able to convert any FS model. I for one don't wish even my old models to be reworked by other if I did then I would have released the source files for them. If any updates are needed then I want to be the one to do them or pass it on to someone of my own choosing. Feel free to visit the ACM site (link below) and voice you…

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http://www.sar.2ya.com/Hi guys. Please visit my website. Currently only Canadian helicopters are on the list, but If the demand is strong enough I can add American helicopters as well.I need lots of help though :S

HiI have only got into some rather weird problems when trying to use a bitmap picture to appear over the panel, to show an iced up windshield. I've tried several things:1) As a fixed window, as "front", but nothing ever showed up (duh).2) As a gauge on main panel, but gauges doesn't show up on the transparent parts of the panel.3) As a gauge on a popup view, but black background on the window shows up instead of transparency as defined by the bitmap.4) As a single bitmap on a popup view,defined by the file parameter. Now the transparent (0,0,0,inx0) showed the 3D-view through, but only 1/4 of the bitmap showed. I've tried different sizes, aspect ratios, position, and poss…

Some time ago, after not using Gmax for a while, I found the edit windows filled with graphical garbage, making the program unusable. It worked with OpenGL, but the rendering quality was very poor. After installing the latest version of Gmax all was well. But then, a week or so later, the problem recurred, with the edit windows filled with garbage. Re-installing Gmax didn't help. I'm not sure if DX8.2 (installed with CFS3 a few weeks ago) could be the culprit. I have a vague recollection that somebody reported a similar problem some time ago. Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks. 800 Mhz P3, 256 Mb RAM, GeForce 1 32 MB, Win 98SE Best regards, Chris

I have created a canopy with frame and glass parts. The frame has been copy/pasted and poly flipped to give an internal surface.The problem is with the glass. I have made a transparent texture and all seems fine except you cannot see any of the aircraft when looking through the canopy from one side to the other ( external view). All scenery items are there, but no aircraft parts. Well to be exact the fin shows up but I cannot see why it should, it's display conditions seem the same.FSDS2.I'm sure the answer is simple but at the moment it's got me stuck.ThanksJohn

Does anyone have a clean image of the TWA Gold World, just the world without the TWA through it? (See pict below)If you do, can you forward it to me via email: [email protected] a bunch!

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I want to have keyboard shortcuts in my gauges. To do this, I had a look at the DirectX SDK, in the DirectInput section. It looks quite complex to me because I am not an expert in Windows programming, so a little help would be really helpful.If someone has a little piece of code showing how a gauge can capture a keypress, it would definitely help.Thanks in advance !!Eric

Greetings!I'm on the search for someone for someone who'd like to build some special gauges for me. To be more exact, I'm thinking of an EFIS in the style of a Primus600, like the one that the Embraer145 has. Although some converting has to be done since it has to fit a Single-Piston aircraft.So if anybody's interested - please feel free and contact me...Sincerely, Daniel

Sorry,Just feeling groovey after playing with the lathe tools :-sun1 I only wish the sim could display specular highlights and Illumination the way it looks in gmax...or vice versa.

I am having this problem which in all honesty I believe is a problem with my system and not FSDS, but I don't know what to look for.When working between the main and VC models while switching between the 3d and expanded views, I get a message "directx error on resize" and that freezes the program. After exiting the program I get either a mfc42.dll or ddraw.dll error message.An ideas on what I could do?Thanks,John Woodward

Hi all, I'm currently doing a repaint of the baron58. One problem: I can't find out how to reposition (and resize) the exterior callsign. Any ideas how to do this?

Well, first off I am new to the Avsim forum, but a long time faithful to the file library. I am a corporate pilot in the real world but yet I love the ability to come home and share my enthusiasm for aviation with others such as yourselves. I have been flying MSFS since the advent of it back in the 80's and now being able to take to the skies in the most beautiful Gmax designs. This leads me to my main reason for this post. We are missing quality Biz Jets. We have but only a few out there now such as the magnificent Citation Bravo and Rick S's Gulfstream IV. I have been flying Gulfstreams for over two years now with almost 3,000 hours in various models of Gulfstream…

1. What key settings to use for a flap lever, for example at 0, 10, 20, 30 degrees?2. I would like to make a trim wheel or lever instead of using the default C182 trim wheel. Is this possible without being a gauge programmer? Does FSDS2 allow for custom animations?3. What are end caps used for?Enough for now. Thanks.John Woodward

Hi does any of the panel designers / gauge programmers got a samplegauge project (VC6 / BCB5) prefered ?Sample should show taking up some FS Data (Airspeed e.g.) and displaying it (indicator bar or readout ?Would like to get an idea how its done.Still learning the Strings of "Win32 API/MFC" but otherwise been programming for years on UNIX/Windows System doing IntranetBased BizzApps. Like to do something for my preferred hobby :)[email protected][p]You can visit Maddys Flightsimulator Multiplayer Tours at [h3]Maddy's Tour Pages][/h3][/p]Athlon 1GhzAsus K7VT512MB SDRAM PC133GF3 Ti200 (nv29.42)SB-LivePlatinumWin98SE / Suse Linux 7.2DSL Connection 768kb/s down / 12…

what do i have to name an aircraft to make it show up in the aircraft manager, i have several like the dash 80 in my files, but they don't show up when i change the aircraft in fs2002, apparently there must be some place else that controls this ???Ralph

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hisome recent captures of my Yak 52.some colours are just to help with the model and are not final.I threw some parts together for the work in progress thread.I am doing much reworking with FSDS2 and think it's a great program.should be ready when it's done :)http://www.newbuck.clara.net/yak1/yak1.htmlhttp://www.newbuck.clara.net/yak1/yak2/yak2.htmlhttp://www.newbuck.clara.net/yak1/yak2/yak3/yak3.html

Howdy all,Ok... I'm having the darndest time with this. I'm looking to try and make a repaint of an aircraft or 10 sometime down the line, and I was trying to play with it this morning here.Unfortunately, I cant seem to even open the texture files to edit them. If I try to open them with M$ Paint, I just get a white sheet. If I attempt to open it with Photoshop 6.0, I get an error message that states could not open "c:...*.bmp because the file format module cannot parse the file." Or something close to that.It doesn't matter if I'm trying to open a default plane, or downloaded alike. What do I need to do to repaint? Sorry for such a basic question, but I'm stumped.~Nate

Could someone please tell me the command for "view_down_dir" in xml? I change over to my Landing panel and need it to look down more than the default main panel and to return to normal view switching back thanks! This is the switch overGauge;- - (>K:PANEL_8) (>K:PANEL_2) (>K:PANEL_1) and the switch back gauge: - (>K:PANEL_1) (>K:PANEL_2) (>K:PANEL_8) Best Wishes, Randy Smith