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

What is the method for adding or changing nav lights on an aircraft that has wing flex?I tried in the light section, but the lights just stayed stationary, did not flex with the wings.Thanks in advanceHarry

This may be old stuff to most of you people but for me it was definitely an epiphany:I just discovered that it is possible to control multiple smoke effects (smoke.0, smoke1, etc) independently by parsing a number to the SMOKE_ON variable. According to the SDK this variable is a boolean, but that is obviously untrue: 1 (>K:SMOKE_ON) <!-- enable smoke.0 -->2 (>K:SMOKE_ON) <!-- enable smoke.1 -->0 (>K:SMOKE_ON) <!-- enable all smokes -->1 (>K:SMOKE_OFF) <!-- disable smoke.0 -->2 (>K:SMOKE_OFF) <!-- disable smoke.1 -->0 (>K:SMOKE_OFF) <!-- disable all smokes --> ...and so on. The nifty thing about this is of cou…

Ok, I know nothing about editing panels and gauges, nor do I want to learn because overall I'm very happy with the cockpit except for the following thing:I would like the GPS (shift + 3) and Top-down View (shift + ]) to come up on my screen in a certain location and size every time. Is this possible? If so, please provide a newbie step-by-step method. Thanks!

Hello peoples Having a bit of a problem trying to workout why i am getting a strange panel flickering/reloading problem. The problem occurs when i resize a 2d panel doesn't matter if its in the 2D or 3D cockpit and also happens when i click on some switches. The Sim flashes and i am sometimes able to see either a black screen the desktop for a moment then the sim resumes as normal. its a bit hard to explain so i made a vid. sorry for the crappy quality but i had to use my digital camera as fraps was not able to record everything that was happening on the screen.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er81fUG79uMi have found that if i remove all of the gauges from the panel config …

hi,In FSX, I am flying with an FS9 aircraft which has just been modified by the designer (freeware) to be used with fSX. I have noticed that the vc windows stop being transparent when it is raining. How can I fix that? I suspect the VC textures of not being in an FSX compliant format.thank you for your help

Hey Guys How Are You I Wanna Ask For Completly 747sp Panel (FMC.Weather Radar......Etc) We Need A Reality Panel To Awesome Opensky 747sp Anyone Can Help On This ??Thanks

I'm trying to correct the behavior of a Lear A/S gauge. The gauge is unique in that it has a second, rotating dial that shows the Mach number. Therefore, the gauge needle points to both a "Knots" value and a "Mach" value. As downloaded, the Mach dial never changes. I want the dial to rotate with increasing altitude to reflect the fact that Mach number decreases relative to an indicated "Knots" value.The Mach dial is a masked element (a "sprite" element). I know I want the <Rotate> value to be: (A:Indicated Altitude, feet) 1000 /. And I have calculated the starting and ending values and linearity for Mach values versus altitude, but I can't get the dial to resp…

Using Matrox TrippleHead2Go, all is dandy, but it makes the lights burn like the sun. Got the problem fixed on the ground, where lights would bloom up, was like staring into the sun, and it would block the view of the runway completely until you got very close. Got some help elsewhere in forums, and I added lines like RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=0.30 to the cfg with remarkable results. Same magnification of especially landing lights and beacon occur still. So, I

<Gauge Name="HYD PRESS LITE 4" Version="1.0"> <Element> <Visible>(A:Circuit general panel on, bool)</Visible> <Select> <Value>(L:Hydraulic4 Switch,bool) if{ (A:Hydraulic4 pressure,Psi) 2500 < }</Value> <Case Value="0"> <Image Name="Hyd_Press_On.bmp" Bright="Yes" ImageSizes="100,50" /> </Case> <Value>(L:Hydraulic4 Switch,bool) if{ (A:Hydraulic4 pressure,Psi) 2500 > }</Value> <Case Value="1"> <Image Name="Hyd_Press_Off.bmp" Bright="Yes" ImageSizes="100,50" /> </Case> </Select> </Elem…

Okay... so I'm getting ready to be laughed at here :). I'm trying to pass string information between unrelated gauges, but I keep getting a big fat blank.//Client - first gaugeMODULE_VAR gnddata;char testdata[24]="Mary had a little lamb\0";PVOID pdata = gnddata.var_ptr;//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------void FSAPI info_update (PGAUGEHDR pgauge, int service_id, UINT32 extra_data){ switch(service_id) { case PANEL_SERVICE_PRE_INITIALIZE: initialize_var_by_name (&gnddata, "gnddata"); break; case PANEL_SERVICE_PRE_UPDATE: if(gnddata.var_ptr!=NULL)p…

Hi!I'm trying to merge the Arne Bartels's Traffic Radar with Ken Mitchell's A320 series MFD and all works very fine - until the traffic on the radar freezes some 20 minutes down the simulation. Even later FS9 tends to crash. I run without problems (mostly) without this gauge.So I wondered, has anyone else experienced similar problems with the traffic radar and might someone have an idea how to fix that?Thanks...

Using FSX I have a payware plane without a Nav/Gps switch. This is due to the "Design is true to real thing" that was designed prior to GPS being invented, yet sold for a FSX aircraft. This plane only has VC panels. I have managed to get the standard Garmin 500 to pop up on top of the VC and added two Simicons on the face of the Garmin - one for GPS, one for Map. I can use SHIFT+F2 to pop up the gps and click on the simicon to hide it or switch to the default Map.So the question is - how can I add something to the face of the pop up Garmin500 that will function as a Nav/Gps switch? I tried just adding an additional gauge**=cessna 208 nav to gps switch with no success…

Hello All,So we thought we weren't getting it, now we did (uploaded to Avsim). So is Aryus Dead? Or are they making changes to the BMP they took? Any news?

Hi folks,Is there a way to reset the positions of all (or individual) panels to their panel.cfg positions without reloading the aircraft? Ideally I would have this function coded as a clickspot somewhere on the panel...Thanks,Geoff

Greetings all-I thought I'd found an older post regarding a workaround for this, but lost the bookmark and can't remember why this statement doesn't work. Any help is appreciated.<String>%((320 160 80 40 20 10 6 (L:ND_ZOOM, number) case))%!3d!</String>Thanks Jim

Just thought I'd give you all a heads up on this. The modeling is 98% complete and I have just worked out how to texture stuff, so it's coming along nicely. 2 of the big 4 down (Modeling and Textures vs. Panel, Animation) learned and two more to go! Polys are arounf 27,000 for the project, but expect that to go up a bit more before I am done. ;)The first textures are no way complete, the second is a fictional one I was messing with...daycab

I'm hoping someone has a book out there on FS model creation in GMax? Can someone point out a book on the subject? I can model in GMax, AutoCAD, or 3D Studio Max, but it would be nice to know some of the minor details of FS before I start so I don't miss any finer points. Specifically I wish to create models for FSX and I am looking for a tutorial that takes a plane from beginning to end. I wish to find this so that I learn how to create and place gauges and the finer details of textures and so on. Any help appreciated.

I create a new very old panel for a Cessna 172 SP. How I wat to create a Virtual cockpit panel?

Now available on Flightsim:http://www.flightsim.com/kdl.php?fid=139530scott s..

how do i put the premier aircraft E190 VC to the dreamwings E170 model???thankyou!kind regards

Hi all FS9 XMLI noticed that on some RW HSI that the NAV & ADF bearing needles when tuned and active sway intermittently between up to + - 10 degrees of the bearing. Is it possible to simulate this and how?

Does anyone know if there's an updated ITrafficInfo.h file for FSX?I'd dearly love to get Arne Bartel's "Traffic Radar XML" interface working in FSX. Arne was kind enough to release the source code for creating the XML->C .dll, but since FSX no longer uses the TrafficInfo.DLL that FS9 uses, Arne's interface won't work... :(While FSX does have a "traffic radar" of sorts, it doesn't provide enough information for a true TCAS/RA system.

I've been trying for 4 hours with NO luck.... UNCLE !! Would someone PLEASE take a look at my panel.cfg and tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to install a HSI (Horozonal Situation Indicator) gauge that will UNDOCK so that I can drag it over onto my Old Style DH-2 Beaver VERTUIAL cockpit. I know how and I have installed a Garmin -500 GPS and a Cessna 182 "Radio stack" that will UNDOCK. All of the HSI gauges that I can find are part of a "Mini Panel" and I don't know how to cut out just the HSI gauge and get it to where it will UNDOCK.Please take a look at my inclosures below and see if you can help me. Thanks jerrycwo4P.S. The "system" will not let me UPLOAD the pan…

HiIm wondering if its possible to manually stop the flaps.basically 3 position flap lever up,stop,down I tried using 40 single deg indents but Fsx appears to only support's 11 (0 to 10) and even then I had to keep hitting the lever as there is no repeat mouse in part xml.I also tried toggle the hydraulic failure but it was way to slow even with 1psi of pressure.maybe a custom L:var system thats linked to the flaps axis?The next one is default primer animation or a custom L:var,I would like to use it to add to the fuel pressure to the pressure gauge say 1 psi per pump of handle Im thinking some sort of stack that holds the sum of pumps for say 1min or so,Im at a loss when…

hi,In fs9 when you toggle the views with the S key, you can get the VC panel followed by the 2D panel. In FSX it is either one or the other depending on the view selection in the menu. Is it possible to make fs x work as fs9?Thank you