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Please check if this darn file has ANY errors, the compiler reports some errors which should be in this file:char yeah_gauge_name[] = GAUGE_NAME;extern PELEMENT_HEADER yeah_list;extern MOUSERECT yeah_mouse_rect[];GAUGE_HEADER_FS700(GAUGE_W, yeah_gauge_name, &yeah_list, yeah_mouse_rect,0,0,0,0);MOUSE_BEGIN(yeah_mouse_rect,0,0,0)MOUSE_ENDMAKE_STATIC( yeah_background, BMP_BACKGROUND, NULL, NULL, IMAGE_USE_TRANSPARENCY | IMAGE_USE_ERASE, 0, 0, 0 )PELEMENT_HEADER yeah_list = yeah_background.header;#undef GAUGE_NAME#undef GAUGEHDR_VAR_NAME#undef GAUGE_WThanks in advance.http://flightsimmers.net/airport/etti/signature_pro.jpg

Yo!Have a look at this:http://ftp.avsim.com/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboa...rum=DCForumID47In addition, can someone please exlpain the XML code which shows the image, it's at the very end of B747_400.CAB/EICAS.xml.Regards :-wave from EDDFhttp://flightsimmers.net/airport/etti/signature_pro.jpg

HiI've been trying for over a month now (sporadically of course) to get certain functions to draw amps from the electrical system, as described in the SDK. Messing around in aircraft.cfg, .air files, setting things in xml code a billion ways. Nada! I set amps for landing and taxi light - but nil responce in my voltammeter (all the others works ok though). Hot prop set (in all possible and barely related places in .air fil) - again; nothing.What is the "secret" to get a normal response from the electrical system? I've monitored every possible A:Variable, but less than half the K:Events (with according electrical part in aircraft.cfg) will cause any change on these. I've tr…

Hey all. I was wondering if I could get a tutorial or two on getting started building planes in Gmax. I want to start modelling and such, but I can't find any good resources for doing so. Thanks a lot.

Problem: When the seatbelt switch is set to ON, the sound is played whereafter the switch returns to the OFF position. It should stay in the ON position, and when clicking in this area again, it should return to the OFF position (toggle function). How can this be solved without defining specific areas for OFF and ON?Fragments of the C code ("." marks cut-away areas):// mouse callbacks..BOOL FSAPI mouse_seatbelt_cb(PPIXPOINT, FLAGS32);// callbacks for the icons..FLOAT64 FSAPI seatbelt_cb(PELEMENT_ICON);.// main gauge callbackvoid FSAPI signs_cb(PGAUGEHDR, int, UINT32);.// local variableschar signs_gauge_name[] = GAUGE_NAME; extern PELEMENT_HEADER signs_list;extern MOUSEREC…

Well, I just put the finishing touches on a KMC 225 Autopilot, done completely in XML. It's a neat feeling having accomplished this without losing more than a few hours sleep... :)There sure isn't a whole lot of information available about displaying "string" information in XML, so I had to do a *lot* of experimenting...

The default zoom is 1.Now this value isn't nighter real nor usefull in flying/handling an airplane.Depending on the cockpit and various other things my experience tells me the zoom varies from a little less than 0,5 to around 0,7 (though anyone has the right to think it shall always be the same; this data is based on my observations, so you may found other values more adapt to you).Now some professional packages set a different value for the default zoom, examples:the pss744 sets it at something like 0,56 (don't remember exactly)the Falcon 50 Caea sets it at 0,84My question is: how do they do that?I never found any option to alter the default cockpit view zoom.Anyone does…

Since the default tooltip for attitude indicator is buggy, here is a small replacement code attached. Don't believe me? Try different pitch and bank attitudes and read the tooltip values in the Baron i.e. :) NOT what I'd call a serious bug, but annoying enough to deserve a fix.Ok, I'm aware that this is rather obvious for many, but some may have a use for it.Hope the attachment show up.

Hello,Back in the old FS95.98 days there were some handly little APLC files that could invoke sound files on keystroke command...for engine startup, shutdown, etc.I think nearly all the turboprop startup and shutdown sounds are rather poor, and would like to go to a stand-alone Adventure that allows me to invoke the startup and winddown sound files on command.Can anyone compile such a file that I could then use as a model? I'm really dumb when it comes to programming, and the new SDK in this area did me no good.Thanks for the help!Bill SchulzKATLWatch for "Electra! Queen of the Aleutian Islands" Coming on VHS and DVD early this Fall

Hello all,I'm in design mode at long last but am having terrible frustrations in attempting to add night lighting to my virtual cockpit and gauges, Ive tried everything I know without success. My main tool for design is FSDS.Thanks in advanceGeorge

Hi guys!!!I'am adressing all of you for this particular reason: I couldn't belive it, but probably my ad agency (and I as the art director) might get the once in a lifetime chance to repaint a REAL aicraft for a customer of ours. My questions are:1. What do you think of my rough draft?2. Can anyone tell me the exact procedure to repaint aicraft? (I mean the opening and savin process, not the actual painting in photoshop, particularly with the posky repaint kit) By the way... The Aircraft in question would be an Austrian Airlines A330Thanks a lot in advance guys!!!Ciao ciao Articolo 31

I published a new version of MDLCommander today on my site, just follow the link in the news section. Fixes a bug if export path contains blanks.RegardsDoc

IS YOUR FLIGHT DIRECTOR A DUD? by Peter EdwardsThis is a rehash of a post I made here at Avsim some 18 months ago. Forgive me for revisiting this subject, but unfortunately nothing much has changed since then.My credentials are - retired airline pilot, having spent the last five years of my career as a captain on the B747-200 with a leading international airline, and having been a user of MS Flight Simulator in its various incarnations for some twelve years.First let's look at what a flight director's (FD) function is - it's to provide steering commands to the pilot to fly the aircraft manually just as the autopilot (AP) would in the same situation, and to this end i…

Just got the attached email from my son who graduated from the U of I (as in Illinois) as as a metallurgist several years ago.He said ...For a few minutes of your time and some questions you can get a FREE copy of ProEngineer DeskTop. It looks way more powerful than Rhino and has a separate drafting package. I

just finished a piper saratoga and getting ready to upload...however it has an odd behaviorwhenever i decrease the throttle the nose tends to pitch upward and must be forced down with the stick or the trim...this tends to create erratic behavior.what can i adjust to solve this problem?thanks very much

Hi Everyone,If you're getting this error when exporting (I've had a few times in the past and can't remember if anyone showed me how to fix it), then read on to find out what I did to fix it.I had made some window polygons from a holes in door, detached them as window objects and then exported the model. The program complained about "Assertion Failed" in a .cpp file and then would close itself. Restarting the program and trying many different things like "remove isolated vertices", "reset scale" and the good old "weld selected vertices", I finally identified the offending part - one of the window objects. I deleted it recreated it exactly the same way and it exported f…

This is the virtual cockpit for the freeware VANS DC9-32, but im assuming its the textures?..but not sure I have a different panel, than the different default 737 panel that came with it..http://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3d1b4347244489ea.jpg

Hi all, :-beerchugFIRST:A real, sincerely, enormous, then more, thanks to all the acraft, scenery designer for their free job, I love them ALL.That's all.SECOND:I'm paraglider, deltaplane pilot and i serach any rigid glider (deltaplane, paraglider, rigid(axcess, extasy, la-mouette, etc..), with some good modelisation, animation, etc...:-hangI never found 1 made with Gmax, for example, and i cant made it myself.CAN you help me, made 1 with my help, or anything else?Ask me for anything's not clear in my message, i think my english is not so bad, but...Pour les francis, demandez! je suis + a l'aise avec ma langue nataleTHANKS to All!!! (for what they did, do, and will do for…

Hi everyone. I've just done an easyjet repaint for the project ai 737-700 and the orange colour on the texture is fine in MS Paint but blotchy in FS. What's gone wrong? BTW I used DXTbmp to convert to DXT1 format.

Does anyone know of a way to make the default King Air Virtual Cockpit available in Mike's 1900D? Anybody ever tried it before?CH

Hi has someone made a A321 model for fs2002 cuz if someone did please can someone make a Air Jamaica livery...thanks.....

AllDoes anyone know of source of airplane geometry data short of buying an airplane POH/FM? I am now in a position to continue tweaking a C310R that I have and need to pickup some data points such as Empty Weight CG, Wing length, Chord, etc. I checked at the local airport and there is only one here and the owner has denied access (It's in a private hangar).I have the TCDS from the FAA but it doesn't contain the data-set that I need. I found a POH on the net for $15 but I hate to spend money on a handbook that I could use for payware, upgrades etc when all I need is planform data.Any help will be appreciated.ThanksBobL

I work with the Kansas Air Guard (184th Bomb Wing) and we're getting rid of our B-1's for the KC-135's. We're stationed out of McConnell AFB, Kansas and I was wondering someone could help me. I was wanting a B-1 of the 184th BW/127th BS that looks like a Bone in FS2002 that has swinging wings,etc..but no braking chute! Bone's don't have these,I'll get all the info and pictures that are needed. To bad we couldn't make a version for each of the bones out here with the "Flying Jayhawks". Someone please help me, and Go Guard! Has anyone seen that model that Jamal is working on, and when is it due out?Bone184

Hi i want to know if there is someone that can make a A310 Air Jamaica Livery..thank you....here's a few picshttp://www.airliners.net/open.file/240901/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/185460/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/156653/L/ps there is a A310 kthy Turkish airlines in flightsim.combut is it possible for someone to repaint that model in a Air Jamaica Livery....

Anyone have the file or addon text to get the vapour trails to work on 737's default model from MS??[br][br][div align=center]http://members.cox.net/joshieca/fstimeslink.gif]CHINESE PROVERB"Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to bangkok."[/div][/font://http://members.cox.net/joshieca/fst.../i][/div][/font