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

Tell Microsoft you want support for FSDS 2.0 along with Gmax for CFS3. While many fine aircraft are designed with Gmax an even larger number have been designed with FSDS. With the pending release of FSDS 2.0, more choices will be available for the designer of FS2002 aircraft. Choice is good. It gives us, the consumer more options. However Microsoft is about take away our choice. MS had promised to release SDK information about CFS3 to allow Louis Sinclair (FSDS

Anyone know of replacement fuel stat gauges for the RKG_fuelstat.gau gauge set that will work with fs2k2.. whenever I try to use these, they crash fs2k2 immediately>> thankstommie c

Hi,When flying the B747 the standby altimeter and the altimeter within the pfd differ. 4000 in the pfd and 13000 in the standby altimeter thats a quite large difference. I checked the code as far I could see it should be displayed in feet?Anyone having an explanation for this one.BrgdsEugen

Hey folks. Decided to take the plunge. Anyrate my questions are more model specific than generic. Yes, I have read alot of the tutorials available, but my eys are beginning to cross and nothing is sinking in now. Ok I want to try and model my favorite aircraft...the Aerostar. I'll do the best I can on it, because I don't really plan on uploading it whenit's finished. Just for my personal use. Based on the amout of Aerostar available, there doesn't seem to be too much interest in the plane. Not sure why, it's so fast and sexxy lookin! Sorry, I'm digressing. Myquestions: The Aerostar has a unique nose/fuselage;inthat, the nose is most cylindrical, and it begins after the c…

Here is the latest pic. Been busy all day finishing the interior and making a simple paitn scheme. For some reason however FS refuses to display the texture. This as never happened before and is driving me crazy. So I have called it a day, and will continue again next week.Udo.:-wave

Greetings,I downloaded and installed a nice DC-9 from this web site, http://www.bahnhof.se/~classic/. The plane and panel are well done, but I have a problem with the panel. First of all, the documentation consists of just weight and speed charts and there's little in the read me.The HSI on the panel rotates strangely while the plane sits on the ground and I can't start the engines, see screenshot. Any help would be appreciated.Sincerely,Hans Groenewold

Hi,I working on a pfd where the attitude card isn't sharp when flying is there a setting in fs 2002 which have overseen?Check the attitude bank pointer and the figures in the card.The images are 8 bit bitmaps and I am using mask images as well.I have seen other pfd which doesn't get blurred so what can I do to make them sharper?BrgdsEugen

Hi all, i've just found that a Gmax handbook is coming out. It covers in detail how to create things in gmax for both the novice and expert alike, INCLUDING a/c for FS2002!http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158...6282836-5296930Got info from this ace Gmax related site:http://www.windowlight.co.nz/ontarget/gmax.htmlI'll be buying it, as i've just started to learn Gmax!Will

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Hi,Can someone of you give me a code for opening the doors?Shift-E, (A:canopy open, bool), etc.I like to make a gauge to click on to open and close te doors, but i didn't succeed to find a key in xml to toggle Shift-E.The door-open warning lights must of course go on and offWho is so kind to help me a bit?Thanks in advance,PH-JVH

HiProbably stupid?!What can i do wich the K-event:..._SET?I understand On and OFF. What does it or what does it mean?PH-JVH

ASADesigns is looking for some GMax designers that have used GMax more than 5 times, and who have created things like planes, and scenery for Flight Simulator 2002.If there are any GMax designers in here that would like to join ASADesigns, for designing planes, scenery, or painting our aircraft please send an email to [email protected] with the following setupFirst Name:GMax used before?: (write yes or no)Why you want to join:Email:When you email us, at [email protected] we will supply you a list of current projects and projects that have been postponed due to lost designers since UAD is gone.thank you!-AlexPresident of ASADesigns

Hello, Where can i find information or softwares to create gauges/panels?Thanks.

I've just thought, it would save quite a lot of time waiting for people to reply for some queries if we all formed some sort of MSN Gmax group. Constantly getting info concerning each others problems and how we would solve them by a quick and effective method.What do you think?CheersWill

Hello, I posted a about two weeks ago on cessna bizjets not being in the download section. So I decided to learn about gmax and do it myself. Now, I have made a cessna bravo(50%)done well atleast the exterior and I want to test it out. Also, what is correct process to make V shaped stablizers or any diagonal shape? By tapering the surface I only get a curve type bend not a diagonal shape..I have great respect for all the gmax designers that have actually made and posted a model for all to enjoy. Hopfully, soon I can also be yet another person added to the list.From reading this great form I have found out I am not the only one with the taste for bizjets and making the ces…

Hello out there!I would like to repaint an aircraft and I'm starting off with a simple idea before I go for something more grand.Here's where the problem lies... I want to put big, bold letters on the top of the wing (ie: BFU)...only half of the wing exists in the *.tga file... when I finish everything and go into FS2k2... bam!... the letters are correct on the left half of the wing but backwards on the right side of the wing.Is there a method to deal with this... or am I just out of luck?note: I'm doing all the conversions between files types... just don't know how to deal with the reversed image thing.Thanks in advance!Brad

Is it possible to increase the drag on a tailskid to obtain more realistic stopping distances? I'm assuming that FS thinks it's a tailWHEEL aircraft as there is very little deceleration.

Why is the gauge refresh rate in Virtual Cockpits so slow,compared to 2D panels ????I ve never understood why gauge refresh rate perfomance in VCs is so poor.Thanks

Well, since my last post I have learned the dire consequences of using too many polygons. When working on the VC, I experienced a considerable hit on smoothness when guages were added to the panel. After trying several different sets of guages, the fix, or partial fix, was to delete all portions of my "Interior" model that were not seen from the cockpit. This included the lower portion of the fuselage, wings, landing gear, etc. It was the number of poly's I had used in the basic model and copied to the "Interior" model that was killing my performance. After making the deletions I am getting acceptable performance now.As mentioned in the beginning, this is my first aircraf…

Hi,I have a problem, I have tried to repaint the standard attitude of the Boeing 747 cab. I have used the image tool converted the mask bitmap to 32 bit and a tga retrieving the alpha channel in psp loaded the alpha channel into my repainted bitmap the same as origin but a new color.I get this strange result with a green grey spot when when converting the tga to a bitmap? What I am I doing wrong?I found some tutorial regarding repainting aircrafts and alpha channel which I followed.Ha anyone a solution for this problem?BrgdsEugen

I want to fix the EPR settings for the MS 747 plane. The settings are way off. Is there a way to decompile the .gau file so I can investigate the problem? Wouls FS Panel Studio do the trick? I need some adive and help. This is driving me nuts.Thanks

KMA 28 Audio Amplifier/Intercom/Marker Beacon ReceiverThis gauge is made possible only because of the kind efforts and mentoring of Karl Peterson, Arne Bartells, Dai Griffiths and Bill Morad. Bill Morad's programming of a C++ gauge was critical to getting this to work, because Microsoft "ommitted" certain key k_events from this version of XML!The file is exclusively available at:http://www.catholic-hymns.com/frbill/FS200...XML_Gauges.html

HI guys!!, Ok heres goes the question. I want to import a Aircraft sound to my computer. I know how to get the thing and put it in the sound folder. but when i want to alais that sound to a plane i always get an error message,"sound not found". what am i doing wrong??? do i have to put the alais as ; ALAIS=cfm320sound or do i have to add the .zip to it??? some one please help!!!Oh yea by the way i have forsale 4 .50 cal gun tubes off a P-51 mustang. these are the protectors for the barrels to keep the wing from heating up while those 50's do there business!!!!!! if anyone knows anyone doing an restore or if intrested in one contact me here or at, [email protected]…

I am having trouble applying base textures to objects in the VC, and I hope some kind soul will help me to master this! :)Let's take the compass housing on top of my center avionics pedastal for an example.I need to apply a base texture to the compass housing to 'paint' the object. I already have a UVW map on a simple plane on which to project the compass itself, and that works fine.But, when I create a UVW map for the housing itself, and try to apply a texture, the texture will not appear in the compiled model, regardless of whether the texture is in the panel's texture folder or the a/c's texture folder.Thinking perhaps I needed to use the $ prefix to the texture's nam…

Can anyone tell me if there is a Sukhoi Su-34 Flanker being made, if so can someone point me in the right direction of it.If Not would anybody be willing to explain how to use Gmax in the most simplistic form plz??