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

Dear panel builders,I'm developing a TACAN radio for my F-16MLU aircraft and so far i succeded. I have a database containing 126 X channels and 126 Y channels (for instance TACAN CH20X = 108.30Mhz). I'm only able to access the first 27 channels after that the counter runs to up 126 but from CH 27 to CH 126 the frequency stays at 109.90 and doesn't change (doesn't read the database any further). Is this a limitation in the XML coding or am i missing something. If there is a easyier way of solving this problem i'am also very pleased. Please help me out. <Gauge Name="AUX COMM PANEL" Version="1.0"> <Image Name="AUX COMM PANEL DAY.bmp" ImageSizes="267,174" Luminous…

Can anyone tell me what the expected parameter is to KEY_AP_PITCH_REF_UP and KEY_AP_PITCH_REF_DN? I've tried single digits (1,2, etc) but the following code doesn't seem to do anything (control speed by pitch). I've searched the forum but (possibly because of the hack) a lot of the topics quite literally only have half-messages in - or even just a few words!I've been the elevator trim route and couldn't get it to damp satisfactorily.Or (and it has just occurred to me), maybe I'm not allowing time for the new pitch reference to take?-Dai if(!simPaused){// Limit pitch excursion to five degrees// Damping time (i.e. rechecking the current airspeed) is three seconds// cap_ias…

All, I'm editing a panel for my own tastes... RXP and ISGsim additions... One question - the initial base panel has absolutely no sound effect for throwing switches... All I want to do is add some default click sounds for switch manipulation... I am pretty familiar with FSPS as far as manipulating existing gauges - but - not doing any actual gauge development... Is this a major undertaking - and - IF NOT - can someone point me in the right direction ??? I'm not a real programmer but I do know my around UNIX shell scripting... Is there any gauge around for closing pop up panels - similar to what Paul Golding did on the DF727 ??? He always had a click spot on the top …

I'm trying to install Lee Heatherington's Tcas gauge in fs2004. As far as I know I have followed the install istructions.I have TCAS2v7.dll and TCAS2v7.ini in the main Fs9 directory and the ILH_TCAS.gau in the gauges directory.The instructions say but I can't see any reference to this logic gauge in the panel.cfg nor when I installed the gauge using Fs panel studio was there any reference to it. I'm not using traffic info but FSUIPC instead.Can someone assist with the correct procedure please?vololiberista

Hallo!I´m new in this forum and hope, to don´t make anything wrong...I was searching at google the forum search engine and I was searching for a searching thread, and haven´t find anything, so here is my question:I just want to get a "spoilers up" sound, when I deploy the spoilers! I already have a .wmv sound file and I already read and read and read... the readme of the dsd_xml_3sound package! And I undersand nothing!!I also read a thread in this forum, that says I have to create a .dll file?!?!?So I don´t know how to make a .dll fileI don´t know what I have to wright in the .ini FileI only know what to add to the panel.cfg file!I also asked "edetroit" in You Tube how to…

Hi AllI am working on the Chinook HC3 and I am having problems with the rotors. I can create the three states no problem but the front and rear rotors are angled forwards and the problem is as soon as i do that the disk wobbles around the rotation axis. Does any one know how the make it rotate level while at the angle please. I am using FSDS3.5.ThanksJohnboy

I use a pseudo random number generator to generate 6 random numbers and then assign these values to L:Random1 through L:Random6. Question - how do I then efficiently determine which value is the highest?To be a little more specific, I am trying to return the index number of the highest value rather than the highest random number itself.Thanks in advance for any suggestions.Bob

I am ytying to port one of my own FS9 aircraft to FSX.It does not not have a virtual cockpit and I use the VCSkip gauge to supress the VC view when stepping through views in FS9.How can I stop it from displaying the VC in FSX?

Hi,I have this code in a gauge:...<Element> <Position X="8" Y="8"/> <Select> <Value>(L:Valt, number)</Value> <Case Value="0"> <Image Name="none.bmp"/> </Case> <Case Value="1"> <Image Name="nav1.bmp"/> </Case> <Case Value="2"> <Text X="42" Y="12" Bright="Yes" Length="5" Font="Arial" Color="#00FF00" Adjust="Right" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="No"> <String>NAV 2</String> </Text> </Case> </Select> </Element>...Value 0 and 1 show up the bmp file OK,but for value …

The following fix is only tried on the PMDG and POSKY 737NG models.If you, like me, don´t think that the spoilerons becomes "active" fast enough in relation to the ailerons´ movements while turning, then simply do the following:Change to the following values in the corresponding aircraft.cfg:aileron_to_spoileron_gain=2.30min_ailerons_for_spoilerons=0.3Now, you´ll see spoilerons in work a lot more, just like IRL.../Johanp.s. like always, remember to backup your aircraft.cfg....

Hi there again guys!I've heard there's a program that can edit aircraft sound.cfg files...I was tinkering about the idea of editing the TSS King Air sound file (for personal use only) to make it sound more realistic...the idea is to match the prop buzz with the corresponding RPM on the Np gauge, instead of the power levers "controlling" the entire engine sound (prop buzz & jet whine)...the TSS King Air set is great, it matches almost exactly what I'm experiencing with the real 350... except for the point I mentioned...any help will be appreciated. thanks!

I've been browsing the on-line ESP SDK. The section on .air files seem totally inadequate. It offers an overview of the compiler with some sample source files, but doesn't desribe all the tokens that are appear to be available.Is that as good as it gets, or do licencees get more detail?

Continuing my tour through the XML gauges tutorial, included with the SDK: ...\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\SimObjectCreation Kit\ \Panels and Gauges SDK\creating xml gauges.xmlI've added my [Window06] section thus: [Window06] file=jal_panel_background.bmp position=6 size_mm=240,240 visible=0 ident=10001 gauge00=Cessna172!Airspeed, 5,5,90,90 gauge01=Test Gauges!FuelPressure, 105,5 //gauge02=x_gauges!Stopwatch, 70,100 When I run FSX, the new panel background shows up properly.I also get the Airspeed gauge, but I get nothing for FuelPressure.I created the FuelPressure gauge with the 'ace' program. That's where the firstproblem occurred. Under 'Prev…

Hello,I need help with dsd_xml_sound3 guage. I read through release notes and I did the following:Add this to panel.cfg:gauge03=dsd_xml_sound3!dsd_xml_sound3, 73,529,45,45,./Gauges/config_file.inicreated an ini file:[Config]Lvar=Sound[LVars]Lvar00=dsd_xml_sound_id_00[sounds]Sound00=./Sound/dsd/Release_break.WAVI can't get it to work. Do I have to create an XML file as well to get it to work? If so, could someone help me with the XML as I don't know how to do this.

Platform: FSX AccelerationGoal: create a VC camera with a static eyepointThis should be simple, right? Just set XyzAdjust = FALSE. The problem seems to be TrackIR. I want to be able to look up, down, and sideways, but for this view only, I want the eyepoint to remain static. I know how to do that by editing the profile in TrackIR itself, but that change will affect all of my cameras, whereas I just want to change one. What am I missing? I have also tried setting SnapPbhAdjust = None and PanPbhAdjust = None with no noticeable effect.

Hi guys,I am using the LEVEL D 767 300 Aircraft without its panel. No I know this sounds mad but I use the Boeing Glass cockpit software from project magenta. Now the Project Magenta Autopilot software needs to "see" a default fs9 panel so it can control the aircraft. So I have replaced the LDS Panel with that from the default 777. This is fine and everything is working as planned except I have zero control over the aircrafts external lights. I even assigned keystrokes in the lds drop down menu but I still cant turn on any of the external lights. One thought I have would be to disable the lds autopilot and let the stock fs autopilot run the show.Any suggestions or ideas a…

Hi,Please could somebody tell me how to code a mouse area (for example, on an AP Altitude selector) so that left clicks change a variable by units and right clicks change the variable by tens - Just for to make it really perfect, I would also like to have the wheel adjust the variable... I have the following but it does very strange things! <Mouse> <Area Left="0" Right="36" Top="0" Bottom="34"> <Area Right="19"> <Cursor Type="DownArrow"/> <Click Kind="LeftAll+RightAll+Wheel_Up+Wheel_Down">(M:Event) 'LeftAll' 100 (>K:AP_ALT_VAR_DEC) (M:Event) 'RightAll' 1000 (>K:AP_ALT_VAR_DEC) (M:Event) 'Wheel_Up' 100 (>K:AP_ALT_VA…

Hi I have a little problem and i'll be grateful if you help me:I have a working xml yoke gauge and i'm trying to add it to my pmdg 737 panel ( the yoke has a click spot zone so it can be toggled).I tried to make this by making a new transparent window and i slicked the yoke gauge, but my problem that even the yoke have become invisible.Please can u guide me to add this yoke gauge to my pmdg 2d panel.Thanks in advance.Please help this problem is getting me crazy

Ok, i've just looked in to panel designing and bought FS Panel Studio! I've attemped to make a new app panel for the PMDG 737 and a cheap but survivable (kindda crap) panel came out!I please want help on where i can get panel btmaps and a basic tut on how to make them as good as panels like edetroits/edward cox's for example!Please there are so many topics and not one basic intro and how to! help is much appriciated many thanks TheFSFreak:)

There is an ongoing discussion in the FS9 forum that is , in part, about VC gauge refresh rates.The OP states that ...or I am curious if the experts in this forum agree with those statements.I have not heard this before, but I make no claims of being even an amateur gauge programmer.regards,Joe P.S. this is the topic in question- http://forum.avsim.net/topic/294444-developers-who-still-use-multiple-vcockpit-entries-ifly/page__pid__1820187#entry1820187

Hi,I am creating a panel and i cant get the Master Cation light to work with it from the default B747. I tried it on my dash that im trying to implement it to - doesnt work. Tried it on the default Cessna 172 and neither does it react to Stalls, overspeeds and low fuel. If anyone knows if theres somthing i maibe need to edit in the aircraft .cfg or somthing else please tell me.Thanks.

I am aware that that from dusk-night-dawn the "panel" light illuminates the panel and turns on the "Luminous" function in the xml files in Fs9. However, I want the gauges to be lit also in daylight. Is there any way that I can force Fs9 to allow me to have lit gauges during the day as well? It is also my intention to modify the gauges so that one can see that the faces are illuminated from tiny lights inside. How can this be done?vololiberista

Is it only me posting in this forum ATM? LOLSorry I'm completely confused right now (as always :()OK, so basically I have made an edit of the PMDG (For private use unfortunately due to copyright reasons) and I have 2 panel bitmaps. The main panel is finished with all the gauges in place and edited etc. etc.Now I am onto my approach panel and I need the same gauges as the Main panel but with different background bitmaps, I know this is possible as PMDG did it with their own approach panel.In the default panel.cfg that came with the PMDG 737, for the approach panel, it has exactly the same gauges as their main panel but with 'APP' put after each one - this somehow allows a …

Hello,I am new to this forum and therefore, a small presentation is required. Olivier, thirties, industrial designer in the "civil" lifeChouchou in simulation, officiating mainly on X-Plane for ten years now, previously under FS 95-98 and 2K ... I created several add-on for X-Plane since the V7, available on my site (http://hydroz.net) or XPFR.org, site I am a member (and creator). Here for presentations wink Time to get serious: I am currently developing an aircraft for X-Plane and I plan to bring in FSX at the same time. The purpose of this operation is to achieve an add-on that will be marketed BUT whose profits will benefit the association that manages the real one…

Hi there,I'm new to this forum so this is my first post.I saw some videos on you tube and got inspired. Ed or on you tube edetroit was one of the first I saw with custom made 2d cockpit panels for FS2004. I wanted panels like that for a long time ago but the problem is I don't have any gauge, coding, XML bla bla and all that stuff experience. So for me customizing panels is just minor changes to the .bmp itself. The panel I started trying "something" on is the PMDG 737. I think it is a great panel but not so realistic looking. This is the original or default PMDG 737 main 2d panel:And this is the work I have done till now:Because it is just minor changes i uploaded the de…