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

I am trying to create a Norden Bombsight for my own use. I have a bmp of the bombsight. It has an open area with the crosshairs. The problem is that the view around the crosshairs is forward and not down. I have tried to get a down or semi down view with no success. I saw a bombsight for CFS2 but it did not have any way to look down. It would be great if I could find a gauge to put on the bombsight to allow various look down angles. Any help sure would be appreciated. Some time back someone told how to put a bmp in a CameraDefinition but I can't find it now. Bob.

Hello. Is there anyone that can help me with a small item for the panel modification created by Yoo Sang Jun in the lightemb170.zip file? I have tried to contact the creator but the e-mail in the documentation is no longer valid. I am trying to add the "ice" gauge to it and have successfully done so on the main panel, however, I can't seem to get it to show up on the light adjustment panels he has created. I have added a couple of other things that work okay but for whatever reason I'm missing, I can't seem to get the ice gauge to work. I can post the contents of the panel.cfg here if someone is willing to help. I'm pretty sure I know what it has to do w…

Hello. I'm hoping someone can answer this for me. I'm trying to add an icon to open and close a new gauge. I thought I knew how to do this but apparently I only know half of it. I have decided to try and use the "500_X" icon from the cpt.icons.cab file. I have added the icon and gauge to the panel. The gauge opens fine when selecting it from the menu, but when I click the icon it opens a different item. I'm pretty sure this has something to do with the "ident" line but I can't get it right. Can anyone help me figure this out?

Hi Dear, Don't know if this is the good platform. I'm building a home cockpit, maybe you can help me to solve this problem. Do you know if it's possible to find out there a Remote GPS just like "Panel Builder" so I can add Rotary Encoder and SPST button switch. Thank you so much for your help Best Regards Imhotep

Trying to build a autopilot panel. The only button that won't work is the one between to IAS/MACH display and the Speed Hold Switch. I think it's called IAS/MACH Setting.

I like having a simple autopilot that handles everything in one click, and that can be used with any aircraft. I found one in the file library that is compatible with P3dv4. It's found in the file library here: https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fsxgau&DLID=159715 I had to tweak the parameters a bit from the suggested settings, here's my panel.cfg edit for this 2d popup: John [WindowXX] file=info.bmp size_mm=600,130 position=0 visible=1 ident=143 window_size= 0.250, 0.150 window_pos= 0.020, 0.030 gauge00=Meggitt2100!Meggitt2100, X,Y,533,122 gauge01=dsd_fsx_xml_sound!Sound,2,2,2,2,./gauges/Meggitt2100/meggitt2100_xml…

Question: in the aircraft.cfg general section, can we assign more than one aircraft to the atc_model section? i.e. atc_model=B738,B739. Shez

Hello fellow simmers and designers, I'm designing a freeware 737NG cockpit for FSX. I'm new to modeling, but I've already got some progress done on SketchUp. I'm planning to make it look simple as possible, but maintaining a good cockpit look that is much better than the on Microsoft provided us with. http://prntscr.com/g8hqpx I would like to ask some questions. 1. How do I animate knobs and switches that the user can toggle? 2. How can I apply gauges to my model once it is completed? 3. How can I make the model so it can be used in FSX? Note this is a side project, and I am not accepting donations. I just want to do this for fun but als…

After reading an old post of Bill's over on flightsim.com, I think this is correct for setting left flaps. However, I'm not that familiar with setting K vars from C (I usually just read them) but the _FLAPS_SET token variables in C are completely fubar. I'd be grateful if someone could cast an eye over this and tell me where the error is: execute_calculator_code("(A:TRAILING EDGE FLAPS LEFT PERCENT,percent) (>K:TRAILING EDGE FLAPS LEFT PERCENT)", NULL, &return_value, NULL); 'percent' would contain the required position of the flaps.

Got to be me, but the following piece of code always returns zero at all altitudes and throttle settings. Just on the offchance I tried the SINT32 slot too but that also returned zero. Anyone any idea what I've missed/done wrong? //************************************************************************** // Carburetor air temperature //************************************************************************** double getCarbTemp(double engine) { double degC=0; execute_calculator_code("(A:RECIP CARBURETOR TEMPERATURE,engine)", &degC, NULL, NULL); return degC; }

This is something I thought would never happen in my lifetime, the return of supersonic passenger flight. All I ask is to know whether any MSFS aircraft designers have thought about making one of these two aircraft. https://boomsupersonic.com/ http://www.aerionsupersonic.com/ While I still use fs9, I dougt someone would build it for that version as from what I can tell, everyone appears to be switching over to Lockheed Prepar 3D and FSX. Regardless, I will remain satisfied to know others have heard about Aerion and Boom Supersonic. Kind regards, Tristar12

Hello, I have been facing an unpleasant issue, which I cannot get rid of it for a long. Usually, door animation starts at keyframe 0 and finish at 100. Ok, but in my model I need to have a keyframe at 80, because the end of animation is slower than the overall. This is the code in *.xanim: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <AnimLib version="9.1"> <Anim name="door_0" guid="9B5ED86C-B114-4924-B5C9-163A99042F2F" length="100.000000" type="Sim" typeParam="AutoPlay" typeParam2="door_0"> <AnimStream name="Position" id="2" partName="Door_passenger_1" length="100.000000"> <Keyfram…

Hi All, I bought Addit Pro thinking I would be able to modify panels (I'm using P3Dv4), replacing the G1000 GPS with the Garmin 500, a GPS I much prefer. I've been wrestling with this software for a week now and I'm still no closer to figuring out how to do that than when I started. I've searched for a pdf manual as the help file is no help to me at all but haven't been able to find one. Does anyone know if it is even possible to replace a GPS in the panel for a different model and if so is Addit Pro capable of doing it? I appreciate any help I can get doing this. Thanks,

Apologies if I've got this in the wrong place. I'm a longtime simmer and building a Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey in real life, and both for fun and for evaluation I thought I'd build my own panel and replace the one in Just Flight's Discover Arabia's SeaRey with it. I've read some of the tutorials and it looks like a pretty steep learning curve, which I regretfully don't have time for. Am I right or wrong? Or is it even possible to replace a commercial panel with a custom one? TIA, Steve

Got me beat, this one. I've just loaded a VS2013 project (that started in VS2010) into VS2015 and the mouse rect info in all source code files is now showing a "Warning C4838 conversion from 'unsigned int' to 'FLAGS' requires a narrowing conversion" e.g. MOUSE_BEGIN( captinstr_light_mouse_rect, 0, 0, 0 ) MOUSE_PARENT_BEGIN( 0, 0, 64, 64, 0) MOUSE_TOOLTIP_STRING(DFD_CPTINST) MOUSE_PARENT_END MOUSE_CHILD_FUNCT( 0, 0, 64, 64, CURSOR_HAND, MOUSE_LEFTSINGLE | MOUSE_RIGHTSINGLE, captinstr_light_mcb) MOUSE_END I know VS2015 has much higher security on it and I know that because I'm aware what the narrowing conversion act…

Dear all, I use HC075DI_FSX_COUGAR_AUTOPILOT many years HAP when I upgrade to Prepar3d v4 64bit, this gauges are incompatible, anybody know the solutiion or alternative ? Best Regards,

I've been using blender to basically introduce myself to 3D modelling and have been practicing by just modelling the outside view of a 727 and a C172 and seeing if they look right. But because of the .mdl files or other things blender may not recognize, do developers often use blender or some other program to develop aircraft? My end goal is to have a 747 classic made because I have all of old Pan Am flight manuals like the FCOM and binders full of documents (I also have a suitcase of manuals for the A310, but I think steam gauge airplanes should be a bit easier to make), but obviously I need a lot more experience before I go about developing a 747. NOTE: I am not go…

Hello, I have developed a PFD prototype that runs in a web browser, so that it can run on a PC or on a smartphone, a tablet, iPad, iPhone, Android, ... I have published a raw video to show that it works well, even on a low-end Android tablet. It is available here: Before going further in the development, I would like to know if this has any kind of interest for you. If so, please let me know, I would be happy to get your opinion about this. Thanks, Eric

I recently downloaded the Abacus payware L-19 Bird Dog. The cockpit glass is clear, but has a slight haze to it that just doesn't look right. Is there any way to clear it up using DXTBitmap? Windex wouldn't work. 😎 Any assistance appreciated. Reggie

Does anyone know if KEY_PROP_PITCH_X actually does anything apart from move levers? I've been playing with the DC3 and looking at the SDK and can't find any reference to actually changing the pitch of the propeller blades. [EDIT]: Okay, got my own answer. It helps a lot to have the throttles NOT at idle before testing.

Well, they've always been there but I've never got any sense out of them! In fsxgauges.sp2.h the following mouse cursors exist:- typedef enum { CURSOR_NONE = -1, --> What it says CURSOR_NORMAL = 0, --> Gives the current standard Windows cursor CURSOR_UPARROW, --> Hand with plus sign CURSOR_DOWNARROW, --> Hand with minus sign CURSOR_LEFTARROW, --> Hand with plus sign **** CURSOR_RIGHTARROW, --> Hand with minus sign **** CURSOR_HAND, --> What it says CURSOR_CROSSHAIR, --> Gives CURSOR_HAN…

Anyone willing to give me a copy of the FSX C172 panel.cfg file please? (not the g1000 variant). I've just overwritten mine by not looking what I was doing <grump>. -Dai

Hello, I am working on a new project and need some help with the texture sheets. If you are interested please PM me or email [email protected]