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

Trying to paint the night textures to the aircraft. Say with the xxx_LLon_LM.bmp format I have created a layer with multiply properties and then using the lights effect I have created the light or the projector to the side of the fuselage. When decreased the colour depth to 256 colours (8 bit) I do not get a smooth transition of colours, instead I get lines. See picture below. Could anyone tell me how to create smooth light effect.( When the layer is transferred to greyscale the transmission is ok but when incorporated with the other layers it doesn'work either)

HI,Could anyone show me how to control pitch or pitch trim by xml.Thanks.bigbird1

Hi,I am creating an altimeter and it has two mask. I have based it on the 747 xml one. What I have found out is that I get a dark vertical line at the right side of my altimeter, and I have gone through all bitmaps looking for non 0-0-0 black . However my mask has no alpha channnel and I wonder could it be the lack of an alpha channel creating this black horisontal line? Do mask files always need an alpha channel?BrgdsEugen

the runway in Mooney Bravo and Carenado F33A. Spot view shows them but regular 2D cockpit even with hidden panel does not. Other aircraft OK. This is night time, folks.Any one have the parameters for the class 5 entries for the lights section of aircraft.cfg? I'd like to try an entry here to see if this is a work-around.Other ideas? On Display hardware settings, Lighting is set to 7.

hi,I am trying to tag a part to appear when the gear is lowered. I have used the preset ' gear down ' with the code 06e in FSDS but this is not working. I tried using the Flaps down tag and this works fine.usinf XP with version 1.6b of FSDS. Can anyone help with this ?thanksJohn

HiI am frustrated cos the Dash 8 package is so realistic and has great features but I can fly it because of the need for throttle on joystick...forgive me for posting again but it there any way round this??Also I cant seem to get the damn transponder to work...what am I doing wrong? I have read the docs but still fail miserablyAny help appreciated. What I dont understand is that this is the biggest download so what gives?Sun

i've just finished a F-18A/C panel, looking great (it'll be released very soon), but it has 10 windows besides the main panel. obviously only 8 of these are switchable using the SHIFT+number keystroke, so i want to use some toggle switches (like the default ones for GPS etc.).are there any around that will open these windows? i've tried experimenting with the default ones, but no luck.http://www.ai-uk.net/VUSN/f-18.jpg

Hello all.Although not intended as such, Chris Reeds' latest 737-700 panel is a great guide to XML programming. It is entirely done in XML, and has a total of 37 separate gauges, such as Navigational Display, Pitch Trim and MCP.The file can be found here at Avsim, at http://ftp.avsim.com/library/sendfile.php?DownloadID=19472Thanks Chris for an excellent panel, and the lesson in XML ;-).

Just check this. I think it was made using 3dmax or gmax. the site is : http://www.hot.ee/tech3d/gallery.htmI wonder when we could get this quality in FS?Regards,Pedro

I have downloaded the new dash8 from AVSIM. I installed the aircraft properly but The aircraft has no textures. It looks only white with a little blue at the tail. (Look at my picture). Where can I download airline liveries for this aircraft?Regards and safe flights!Holger (German Eagle) SchleenhainRuesselsheim (near EDDF):-wave GERMANY :-wave____________________________________________________________________Windows XP Prof.AMD Athlon 1330 DDR-266; ASUS A7A266; 512MB-DDRASUS AGP-V8200 T5 Pure (nVIDIA gFORCE3 Ti 500) 64MB DDR-SDRAM, Det. 23.11SB PCI 512CH Flight Sim Yoke USB CH Pro Pedals USBGoFlight-user

Hi all...This actually directed to Mike, but maybe it has been brought up already, and hopefully a fix is in the works.Basically...any paint scheme added to Mike Stones excellent GMAX 727 is ruined by the light blue wheel hubs.Has this been talked about yet..?I'm assuming it's a fault in the Gmax design since there does not seem to be a way of retexturing them as part of the repaint..Or did I miss something? :-)John.

I am working on designing an amphibian aircraft with an overhead engine (ala Lake, Seastar or Coot), and I was wondering if there is a way to put an angle on the effective thrust vector for the engine/propellor. Most of these aircraft have about 5-10 degrees of upward cant to their engines to offset the fact that the engine is behind and above the COL.Any help would be appreciated.Matt

Greetings Bill, . . . I've seen some fine work by Mike Stone, however, his 727's just do not look correct in proportion to the real thing. Am I the only one seeing this? Compare Mike's 727 with the real thing or Kevin Trinkle's works. Look at (1) cockpit / nose, . . . it looks too pointed to me; (2) #2 engine inlet is perfectly round vs. stretched oval in real thing; (3) landing gear design does not seem to match up with real thing; and (4) the texture design around the wheel wells seem more pronounced than the real thing. Kevin's aircraft seem to match up quite well with the real aircraft. Bill, I admire your candor and welcome your insight. Again, I think Mike is…

Hi all,I realy enjoy these discussions!!!!!! Mike stone.... Your the man when it comes to building planes!!!!! I need help trying to find the fs2k concorde.gua zip. I've done I dont know how many searches on avsim, flightsim"was i sopposed to say that?" and i just cant find that darn zip!!!!! some one help!! Also is there anyone doing anything on these new "AIR TAXI's" I heard about them from a few pilots here at the FBO where i work at but havent seen a model yet.. Seems to me that it would be a good project. Ide do it but i dont have the slightest idea an how to create an air plane.,,,let alone use g-max!! thanks to all. Guy "the fueler" Ruger

Howdy all.Robert Williamson posted earlier that he downloaded some DXT3 textures for the Flight1 C421 Golden Eagle, and that he was amazed at how much faster the sim ran.I have almost no knowledge of DXT3 textures, since I am just starting at all of this, but is this statement true in general? And if so, apparently not all MDLs can use DXT3. Is there a way to choose options in gmax so that the mdl will accept DXT3 formats?

How do I change the ATC designation of my aircraft?It currently says "Continential21 is type Cessna Twin Cessna 4,100.".How do I make it say something custom like "Continental 21 is a Delta Foxtrot 150 at 4,100"? I want to find a way to change the "Cessna Twin Cessna" designation to something more accurate, or perhaps leave it out.Any ideas?ThanksEnrique

Howdy all.I have been tinkering around with gmax, and finished shaping my first fuselage. I shaped the nose separetelly, from a half-sphere, and although I have moved them very close, I want to glue them, or weld them together. How do I go about doing this? I have read some tutorials, but none seems to explain this step.One more thing. Is this the best thing to do? All I want to do is make sure there is no space between the parts, so that in the si you are not able to see right through the seam between nose and fuselage :-). I see some screenshots of planes in gmax, and they all have different colored parts, which leads me to believe they are all separate parts in g…

Can anyone direct me to the forum where I can read the reviews about the Addon Manager for FS 2002? I've seen a couple very positive comments and want to read more.Thanks.

ok i downladed the PC-12. everything lookes great but i cant get the guages to appear on the panel. there is also no gps or throttle either. when i open up any of these boxes all i get is a blank box. the panel is there but there is no guages. i have fs2k2. this plane seems to be for fs2k. i've had problems in the past downloading fs2k planes and getting them to work. i know that you can use fs2k planes on 2k2 but i cant seem to do it. when i go to win zip to add the guages i put them in the guage folder. ive also looked at the pc-12 in win zip and doesnt show me any root files like textures or panel. it shows me a doc. folder but nothing else,, can one of you awsome peop…

I cannot figure out for the life of me how to set the axis for the prop in GMAX...I can get it to rotate, but unfortunately, it's rotating on the blasted y axis.One attempt had the prop rotating on a horizontal plane with about a 7' center of rotation (the prop was transecting the cabin)!TIA

I am wanting to learn to create XML gauges. I have downloaded the SDK, and the file by Arne Bartels (xmlgauo1.zip), and I was wondering if there is anything else that I need. Are there any special programmes that I need to create gauges, or can I do it in a programme such as Notepad? Is there anything else that I need, and what is the best place to start (after reading the SDK and xmlgau01.zip)?CheersMalcolm

Hello all.My name is Fabio Miguez, and I have just started to design aircraft for Flight Simulator with gmax.I have searched through this forum, and it is extremely helpful, with great people supporting the begginers.I am taking the time to properly introduce myself, so that in the future, when I ask you questions (I plan to ask a lot! :-)), you will know who I am.I am from Brasil, and, as I write, am starting my last semester of Aerospace Engineering in Daytona Beach, FL. I am also a pilot, currently working on my CFI. Like my father, I plan to be a test pilot. He is currently an Operational Pilot for Embraer, having amassed several flight hours in all kinds of aircra…

Some planes do have increased drag when the gear is lowered. Others do not. I want to fix that.Have used AirED to edit the air file and have changed the values in the highlighted section....http://www.cableone.net/joesumralliii/drag.jpgI've opened other "air" files to try and get a feel of what numbers to use. When that didn't work, I used extreme numbers to see if something would happen....didn't work.Any ideas? Anyone know what I need to do?Thanks,Joe

I have created a new group, Project Maule, and I need members, its just me [email protected] So any help would be appreciated! :) :D :D :)

This has been too awesome. Still a bit to go but already I have created a plane I wish I had when I was flying homebuilts. I have some details to check, but I was just curious if anyone else would be interested in a copy when it's done? It handles like a dream. Quick and responsive. All moving flying surfaces. Working on the other moving parts. I hope I have not worn out my welcome here, but this has put a whole new aspect to Flightsim for me. Now instead of rumaging through the file libraries for new aircraft, I am creating what I have always wanted.I'll stop now. Back to the drawing board.Bob C.