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

Hello Folks.I have used the Concorde gauge AP windows in my own AP and it works fine. In my panel the readouts are white during daylight hours and red at night. I am unsure if that is the gauge doing that or the sim night lighting effect.I have thought that I would use this same effect in the fuel and radio gauges I am making. This would ensure continuity of colours throughout the panel.Is there a snippet of XML which changes the colour of the numbers with regard to hours of the day? If so, how do I determine the change from white to red and vice versa? What I mean is, how do I know when the sim decides it is night and day?Regards...Kenny

This does not work: Click Event="COM_RADIO_SWAP"Nor does this: Click Event="COM_STBY_RADIO_SWITCH_TO"According to the EventID list, either one should swap Com1 freq with STBYwhereas this works fine: Click Event="COM2_RADIO_SWAP"Work around suggestion?Cal - CYXXVE7LZZ

Anyone here have any experience working with text-to-speech applications? The programming end that is :-)Cheers,Bryan

Hi Folks.I can show the Total Fuel Quantity in pounds and will likely be able now to show the individual tank quantities in pounds also now with what I have been shown previously.I would like also to be able to show the tank fuel quantity as a percentage figure alongside the lbs figure.I have looked at the SDK for guidance but cannot figure out what it means. The Parameters doc just gives a line of text and the Token Var. doc mentions the figures 0.0...1.0I am not savvy enough yet to put that into xml. Would someone please show me what is needed to get the percentage fuel figure?Cheers...Kenny

Is there any good source for bitmaps of gauge bezels for vintage and modern gauges. I can make the scales OK but have trouble making decent looking bezels for the gauges. Thanks, regards, Bob.

I found it... :( . It's a little over 512,000 bytes (about 490 Mb) and before anyone asks the obvious question, I'm designing for 24"-30" monitors so my bitmaps are huge and very detailed.-Dai

Hello again Folks.I seem to have got myself confused again!! The rocker switch toggles the pop up window ok but the ON bmp does not show. Also the Help ID shows 'Thrust Levers' instead of 'Fuel Stats'. This has got me stumped.I am comparing the xml with code for the Radar popup which works fine. I have also checked the window ID's and there are no conflicts. I have also checked the panel in FS Panel Studio and there are no underlying transparent icons etc for Thrust Levers. I do not know where the Help ID text is coming from.Here is my code :-(L:Fuel,bool)(L:Fuel,bool) ! (>L:Fuel,bool) 90 (>K:PANEL_ID_TOGGLE)Do the OFF and ON switch bmps need to be renamed for ever…

One of the major benefits of the new ESP platform is the fact that MS/ACES are committed to providing direct support. This is one example of this in action...This article describes in detail (with example code) how to draw GDI+ gauges, including fully TRANSPARENT gauges (think HUD!)...http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ESPDrawingGaugesGDI

Hi everyoneI would very much like to add an autobrake switch to a panel...This I can do however, when I click on the switch nothing moves! Clearly I am missing something but what!?Any help advice gratefully revieved!Also when I am flying (all the time) the wind indicator on the PFD always seems to 'jerk' as does the airspeed tape?Any clues?Cheers all!

Oh, boy, it sure is fun rebuilding after an HDD crash.Bill (or anyone who remembers)....A few months ago, you posted a "aircraft" model with a crosshairs box to accurately place FS9 scenery objects using the overhead view. I've been trawling back through the forum, but I think it might been in a thread with a name that didn't relate to that tool. I've come up empty.It was a very useful gadget and I'd like to find it again. Any ideas where it is, anybody?And, yes, what you're thinking is absolutely correct. I'm off now to buy an external HDD for frequent backups.Thanks, Glenn

Is it possible to code Click Repeat to increment a variable 500 units but have single Click increment the variable by only 100 units? (FS9)Thanks also posted on aerodynamika.com, Panel Design Questions

I just made a new tick mark generator. I'll be posting it to the Avsim library soon; in the meantime you can get it here:http://www.mickposch.com/flightsim/fs_freeware.htmIt's a file that comes in 2 versions - for Gmax 1.2 and 3DS Max 8 or higher - which you use is strictly personal preference. You edit the start and stop keyframes of a revolving tickmark animation to suit your needs, specify how many ticks you want in the inbetween positions, then just take a screenshot into your paint app.A little Gmax or 3DS Max experience is helpful, but not required. Hopefully it might make life a little easier for the programmers who have helped me out so much on this forum.

I'm in the process of "XML-izing" Milton Shupe's Dash 7 so I can use it in FSX. . . coming along nicely, thank you.I thought I should share something odd I ran into (odd to me, that is). The Main Panel gauge numbers go all the way up to 124. When I started this project, I REM'd out all he gauges that FSX doesn't like by placing a double-slash at the beginning of each one which also serves as a guide to the gauges needing replacement.I haven't been replacing them in numerical order -- but rather, I've been doing the easy ones first to get familiar with XML gauge programming.Today I was working on #122. No matter what I tried, I could not get my replacement to appear, nor …

I need to detect 3 states:Case Value=0 "Smile"Case Value=1 "Frown"OTHERWISE "Bury face in hands"I can't find any XML examples like this construct anywhere. Does it exist?Or maybe I should be using the if{} construct ?Cal - CYXXVE7LZZObvious Newbie

How can I determine if a plane has a DC generator or an AC alternator? Is there only one variable for either one (GENERATOR_ALTERNATOR_1_BUS_AMPS) for the #1 engine? I am trying to make an AC ammeter as shown below. When I install this gauge in my Alpha B-24 I get no reading at all. The ALT #1 switch is on. Please help me as I am lost. Here is my gauge: (A:GENERATOR ALTERNATOR 1 BUS AMPS, amps) AC AmpsI tried the same code modified to a DC gauge and it did not work either. Thanks and best regards,Bob.

The variables list has a "units" column. Some of them aren't clear to me.For example, "SPOILERS LEFT POSITION" gives units as "Percent Over 100 or Position (0 = retracted, 16K fully extended".What's "Percent Over 100" ?When I use: (A:SPOILERS LEFT POSITION,PERCENT), does it return the actual percentage divided by 100? (The range therefore would be 0.0 to 1.0 ??)If I wanted to utilize the Position value, would I use "Position" in place of "percentage" ... or what ??ThanksCal - CYXXVE7LZZ

Perhaps a dumb question.I have been frustrated for the last 5 years that there are no B-55 Barons for fs-until last month a freeware one popped up. It is a pretty good freeware 2d version-but not really what I fly. I almost exclusively use the sim to practice with for my real flying-and want the instruments to resemble what I have. I am now in a limbo of frustation of half there half not...I know how to put bmp's into the gauges, have put some payware (Reality xp 6 pack, gps, friendly panel radios) my own yoke, and can redo the bmps from real picts, but have never learned the programing for custom instruments-and don't have time to unfortunately. Are there gauge programm…

Guys, I just can't see what's wrong here.I have tried various options to code this small gauge. I have opened it in Internet Explorer ok. It shows no errors in XMLSpy. I have as you can see changed the variable to one that is in the tutorial but still it refuses to display the text string.The background bmp displays on the popup window ok. So the gauge is opening but the text string does not. I have tried changing the position values in case they were wrong but still nothing. The X="110" Y="4" are taken from the top left of the gauge background bmp. I am assuming that is correct from what I have gathered from the tutorial.Could someone take a look at the code and see what…

Hello again folks.I have made a multi function display bmp and would like to have a/c info displayed on it by using toggle switches and popup windows. I am using Nick Pikes excellent tutorial as a guide but lack of understanding is making it difficult for me.After receiving help here already my power on/off button works fine and I can use that code elsewhere now that I know how it works. I have made a copy of the display part of the MFD bmp and am using that as popup windows. The toggle switches work fine. I have placed Eric Marciano's Radar Gauge on one of these windows and it works fine via the toggle.This is now where my lack of knowledge kicks in. I would like to now…

is there any way to get the data currently available as a tooltip, in a form i can store to an L:Var ? bearing diatance slant angle? or better yet latitude, longitude, & altitude. i am trying to use the radar as a military type, and would like to be able to "lock up" on target (target being any of the displayed blips with the range setting).the ideal would be to searh for an aircraft at a given latitude and longitude. then highlight that aircraft or exclude all others from the display. perhaps treat the info on a manner similar to nearest airport or nearest vor...etc.

I am trying to make an XML gauge that will allow me to fire my guns on a plane. It has to toggle the Carb Heat (H on the keyboard). Here is my gauge:(A:General eng1 anti ice position,bool)Gun ControlIt does not work. What am I doing wrong? I am no XML expert at all. Thanks, regards, Bob.

Hii made a pilot point of view to my pmdg 737 and i'm trying to modify the eye point of this window only. how can i do this?NB:i have a click spot xml gauge to this window and i want to add a code to modify the eypoint.thanks in advance

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For some reason, all of my add-on aircraft's exterior textures are blank when I load the plane up. Why is this? Some of the add-ons are Captain Sim and Abacus.