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

Hi everybody,Because I use 2 monitors in horizontal expanded mode the seats head rest is right in front of me when I have set up my cockpit view the way I like it.I loaded the cockpit texture with the seat in DXTBmp and made an alpha channel with the transparant parts in black.From the normal cockpit texture I made the seat parts black too.In FSX the seats head rest appears in black instead of transparant.I use Accelerations.Suggestions are welcome.

Found this in my inbox for posting and thought it was a subject for the Developers forum , Nick "The Naked MVP" Whittome " says that there is a toolset for FS ( unsupported ) kicking around and that some sort of online petition might help get it released.Here is the text and link to the Blog Guys, For the development communities interest... If people said "Yes, Hell Yes!" to this question by Nick "The Naked MVP" Whittome, it would greatly help their cause. http://msmvps.com/blogs/thenakedmvp/archiv...-simulator.aspx

I've gotten a simple string case evaluation to work, but when I try any kind of arithmatic it just evaluates to 0: This works:<String>Fuel Burn: %((A:NUMBER OF ENGINES, NUMBER))%{case}%{:4}%((A:Eng4 fuel flow GPH,gallons per hour))%{:1}%((A:Eng1 fuel flow GPH,gallons per hour))%{end}%!4.0d</String>This Doesn't:<String>Fuel Burn: %((A:NUMBER OF ENGINES, NUMBER))%{case}%{:4}%((A:Eng4 fuel flow GPH,gallons per hour)4*)%{:1}%((A:Eng1 fuel flow GPH,gallons per hour))%{end}%!4.0d</String> Note the only difference is that I've tried to multiply Eng4 fuel flow by 4Any suggestions?Thank youPaul

I've done several searches in this forum to find an example of what I am trying to do, but I've not found a working solution. Here is my code: <Element> <Select> <Value>(A:NUMBER OF ENGINES, NUMBER)</Value> <Case Value="1">1 (>G:Var1)</Case> <Case Value="2">2 (>G:Var1)</Case> <Case Value="3">3 (>G:Var1)</Case> <Case Value="4">4 (>G:Var1)</Case> </Select> <Position X="180" Y="180"/> <FormattedText X="150" Y="16" Bright="Yes" Length="150" Font="Arial" FontSize="14" LineSpacing="16" Color="#CD8DC5"> <String>Number of Engines: %((G:Var…

Wondering if anyone would know just how many GROUND_ROLL sounds are allowed for a sound.cfg file? I am trying to use three for an A320, all during different stages of the roll. The third one is the pronounced 'rattle' I always seem to hear in the cockpit about the time of Vr. I've sampled this, and set it to play between 120 and 150 knots (120 being set at volume 0, 150 at volume 10000). However, it does not sound when the speed approaches. Any ideas? Thanks,- daniel

Will like to install FSX original B737 panel (inclusing 3D panel) to downloaded aircrafts without panel. How can this be done ?Always missing the 3D paneltksstlo

I've just gottten back to my simming after being away for a while, and reloaded FS 2004 on a new computer. After flying a few legs, I rememberd how loose the autopilot was on intercepts and especially the localizer capture. It wants to weave back and forth, and over shoots on less that a 30 degree intercept.Years ago, someone gave me a tweek to tighten up the localizer capture in FS-9. Unfortunately, I can't find the information, nor remember the change. However, I do believe the adjustment was in the FS9 config file. I don't remember it being aircraft specific, but it could have been. The problem seems to exist on the factory FS aircraft was well as some purchased add on…

In the FSX default 737-800 VC the FMC is blank. I can get a (ISG Gage) FMC to come up as a pop up gage but I can't seem to get the #'s just right to place it in the VC.I did a search of this Forum but didn't find what I was looking for.Sorry if this question has been dealt with100 times :(

Hello AllI wanted to know if it was posible to add a set of airport stairs that would appear with a key imput? I fly the default B737 and as I explore the world most airports don't have jetways...I have not found any FSX aircraft with airstairs so I thought this might be a idea. I am talking about the stairs that ramp agents would push up to the aircraft.Any thoughts or help will be greatly receivedThanksRay ProctorPacific Southwest Airlines1978-1988

I love the RealityXP GNS430W, however, only using it as a popup is getting a bit old. I have to keep re-positioning it when I change my point of view in the VC since my hat switch seems to lack the ability to make very fine adjustments. Also, when it is installed the stock KX-155 does not fully function any longer (it only repeats the settings on the 430) so I'd like to just pull it out completely and put the 430 in its place. Is there any way to include the unit as part of the VC in the stock 172S? How about any 3rd party freeware aircraft?

I am new to gauge programming and have a bit of a bonehead question. I am not sure what the best approach to cycling through the display of data when a gauge has only a single button. If it has a dial then it is pretty simple to put in left and right mouse areas that increase or decrease the (L: GAUGE_DISPLAY_MODE, enum), and then stop at the lowest or highest case setting.In this situation though I am having a bit of failure of imagination. With the single button, I want each button press to cycle through one of four cases/modes (0 through 3). And when it gets to the fourth case, clicking again should cycle back to the lowest case/mode.This is what I have so far: &l…

Hello AllI really don't understand panel design so I was told by a few of my FS connections that this is the place to ask for help.What I want to do if possable is to make 2 gauges on the default B737-800 2d panel so that I can "Undock"them into windows and move them to another monitor so I can control them with a "Mouse Click Program" I am looking for the "EFIS" part of the auto pilot and if possable the "Auto Brake"Any advise here will be a great help..Is this possible?ThanksRay

Hello Jim (or someone elese that knows how to do this). I have just spent 4 frustrating hours trying to modify the panal.cfg to the Aeroworx B200. I see you made a simular post on this matter, modifing panel.cfg's. I have been able to do this to SINGLE panal aircraft before. My 1st problem is IDENTIFING the correct panal.cfg to modify. As you may know the B200 comes in 5 differant variations (1) N 109 GE (2) N 207 CM (3) N 209 CM (4) N 210 CM (5) ZS-OVX. I'm trying to add this gauge, "Ground Handling Gauge" by Rob Barendregt downloaded here at the Avsim Library, under FS2004 "gauges". Inside the Aeroworx B200 folder in FS2004/Aircraft/AeroworxB200 you see 6 differant …

Hello!I use to calculate the Runway remaining distance the formula Ground Speed / Tick 18 adding and write the result to a L:Var every FS cycle and substract the value to previously set runway length. I

Hello!Does somebody know how a velocity vector should work when there is an excessive side slip and is no longer visible in the HUD

Hello!In the left wing of some flight path vectors there is one bar that measures the difference between the current airspeed and the selected airspeed shifting upward and downward the wing: if it shows above the aircraft is below the selected airspeed and viciversa. I tried to clip or mask the speed bar but any method follow the flight path. Does someone know how to clip this moving speed bar or perhaps another trick?.I want to show only the green part of the speed bar as in the screenshot.RegardsJavier

I am working on a panel for a Grumman American AA-5 aircraft for a friend who has one. I am desperately looking for a gauge like the real thing. It has a lever on the left for carb heat and throttle and mixture levers. If anyone has any knowledge of such a gauge I'd sure appreciate it. I tried to upload a picture but it did not work, sorry. Best regards, Bob.

Does anyone know where I can find the following gauges:King KX155 Nav / ComKing KR87 ADFKing KA64 DMEKing KT76a TransponderI need them for a panel I am working on. Thanks. regards, Bob.

Hello to everyone gifting his/her attention to my last enigma of 2008! :-)I am working to make an FS9 freeware work properly in FSX SP2; among several problems, I have visual issues with the PROPELLER DISH when in the OBSERVER mode: as stated, I can see the ground but not trees and buildings (all and only autogen stuff, I think).I replaced the original prop dish texture (a bmp file) with a new one from another addon aircraft that works fine, but I still have the same autogen-hiding effect.I add that I run FSX SP2 in Vista 32 SP1.Thanks in advance, have a happy ending and a happier start! ;-)Pierre

I've got a new computer running VISTA x64 and FS9. The great pushback gauge by Etienne Martin wont load. According to the manual the problem lies in the gdi+ modules. I've places the msVRC71.dll in the system32 folder of vista, but no luck. Any suggestions. (I like this gauge as I stear by my rudder pedals, so I do not have to guesstimate how far back I should push or for how many minutes. Also any angle applies - even a full circle if need be).Torben Andersen

Hello I made a simple gauge so I can hear Apu sound, but I want to hear that sound outside the aircraft only, in the spot view. What formula has to be written? Can someone please help me.. <Gauge Name="Apu" Version="1.0"> <Element> <Select> <Value>(L:Apu, bool) </Value> <Case Value="0"> <Image Name="Dummy.bmp" /> </Case> <Case Value="1"> <Image Name="Dummy.bmp" /> </Case> </Select> </Element> <Mouse> <Click> (L:Apu, bool) ! (>L:Apu, bool) == if{ 2 (>L:Dsd_xml_Apu,enum) </Click> <Cursor Type="Hand" /> </Mouse> </Gauge>

Some still insist that the PID Controller entries in the .air file are somehow different than those equivalent entries in the aircraft.cfg file.Here then is the definitive answer to the issue, taken directly from the ESP1 SDK (which all know is simply FSX with the GUI removed): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc526961.aspx

I have a few question about how to modify the aircraft.cfg file to make changes to hoe the fuel system works.1: How can I set up the order in which the fuel is burnt from the tanks. I would like to burn from the Left and right together and then the fore and aft tanks after the wings are empty.2: The aircraft I want to modify has a fuel dump effect and switch on the panel to toggle it. The effect however does not affect the fuel quantity. Is there a way to link the fuel dump (actually smoke) effect and the fuel dump command together.Thanks for your help, Steve Hess

In a ELEMENT_STATIC_IMAGE, I would like to display a grey area with a variable level of grey.I tried to do that by modifying the image content through image_data.final. First I read the format, which is always IMAGE_15_BIT (1555), then I change to bytes of the image to set the red, green and blue values (each of them is on 5 bits) as required to obtain the desired level of grey.But it doesn't work. I get very strange results, strange color variations instead of levels of grey. Does it mean FS transform the 1555 format into its own color-table model? If so, it means I can not do what I want here... Any idea?Thank you,Eric

Hello my fellow AVSIMMERS,I have been recently trying to make my in-flight data gauge change screens say every 10 seconds using the same bitmap image, with little success so far. For example "Screen 1" should be displayed for 10 seconds (with 3 Element - 3 GaugeText), "Screen 2" displayed for 10 seconds (with 3 Element - 3 GaugeText) and so on... I tried using a local variable (L:ChangeScreenTimer, seconds) and the same variable with type number. Furthermore I even experimented with (E:ABSOLUTE TIME, seconds), both of my methods have not been successful so far. Also I believe my <Update> section of code (given below) might have a bug when it comes to looping the scr…