Adding GPS

[Tom Burnside]

How do I add GPS to an aircraft as im struggling to navigate in the Cloud9 Phantom.

[glh]

First, go to your F4 panel folder, open it and MAKE A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PANEL.CFG FILE. Just in case of error, you have the starting original file. Save it as old_panel.cfg

Now, go to an FS2004 aircraft that has a GPS installed in it. That would more than likely be the Cessna C172 or 182 model and the 208 model. I'm pretty certain the DC-3 would have one, too.

Go to the 172/182/208 panel folder. Open the panel.cfg file with Notepad. Look for a line that says "WindowXX = GPS Panel" or something to that effect. Copy it and place it in your F4 panel.cfg as the next available Window. If your last Window listed is 06, for example, this would be Window 07.

Now, scroll down the 172/182/208 file to the WindowXX data section and copy it. Again, do the same as the above in the F4 file, placing it as the next available Window in the data section of the panel.cfg file with the SAME window number as used above.

Save the F4 panel.cfg file. Select your F4 and use the appropriate Shift+Key Combo for the GPS. It should now appear.

[Tom Burnside]

I have done as instructed all I see when I open the panel.cfg in the phantom is. [FLTSIM]alias=cloud9 Phantom CLEAN\panel

I copied and pasted the all that was instructed pressed Shift+5 and nothing just the standard panel that comes up.

[dhazelgrove]

You have to do it in the panel subdirectory of the CLEAN Phantom only. The others are all aliased there, as you've seen.

If you only want the FS map, then add the following:

In [Window00], add:

gaugeXX=SimIcons!Map Icon, 1053,645,19,19
gaugeXX=SimIcons!Kneeboard Icon, 1053,665,19,19

Renumber the "XX" to the next numbers in sequence.

Dave

[Tom Burnside]

You have to do it in the panel subdirectory of the CLEAN Phantom only. The others are all aliased there, as you've seen.

If you only want the FS map, then add the following:

In [Window00], add:

gaugeXX=SimIcons!Map Icon, 1053,645,19,19
gaugeXX=SimIcons!Kneeboard Icon, 1053,665,19,19

Renumber the "XX" to the next numbers in sequence.

Dave

I just want to add the default GPS.

[Navtech]

IMHO

[Window Titles]
Window00=MAIN PANEL
Window01=ENGINE SUBPANEL
Window02=TO & LANDING SUBPANEL
Window03=ANNUNCIATOR
Window04=CHANNEL CHART
Window05=LIGHTNING PANEL
Window06=STAB.AUGM. PANEL
Window07=FUEL SYSTEM
Window08=INSTRUMENT ZOOM
Window09=QR panel
Fixed Window30=Landing view
Fixed Window31=IFR panel
Fixed Window32=Left Consolle
Fixed Window33=Right Consolle

I think the most simple is to replace one of the "window"
EG you can replace Window08=INSTRUMENT ZOOM by Window08=GPS

and replace
[Window08]
file=NAV_ZOOM.bmp
file_1024=NAV_ZOOM.bmp
size_mm=859,786
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=0
visible=0
ident=130
render_3d_window=0
window_size= 0.537, 0.655
window_pos= 0.236, 0.350

gauge00=cloud9 Phantom\f4!CLICKABLE AREA, 10,13,30,30,ZOOM
gauge01=cloud9 Phantom\f4!ALTIMETER, 626,18,215,215
gauge02=cloud9 Phantom\f4!HSI, 228,415,386,321,HIGH
gauge03=cloud9 Phantom\f4!AOA, 60,264,155,155,1
gauge04=cloud9 Phantom\f4!VSI, 684,281,150,150,2
gauge05=cloud9 Phantom\f4!MACH METER, 23,27,200,200,2
gauge06=cloud9 Phantom\f4!ADI BACKUP, 625,455,210,210,1
gauge07=cloud9 Phantom\f4!ADI, 231,15,375,375,2
gauge08=cloud9 Phantom\f4!OIL PRESS, 630,680,85,85,1
gauge09=cloud9 Phantom\f4!OIL PRESS, 738,678,85,85,2

By

[Window08]
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.5
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
VISIBLE=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0

As usual .. save before any modification .. just to be safe in case things go wrong !!

[Tom Burnside]

IMHO

[Window Titles]
Window00=MAIN PANEL
Window01=ENGINE SUBPANEL
Window02=TO & LANDING SUBPANEL
Window03=ANNUNCIATOR
Window04=CHANNEL CHART
Window05=LIGHTNING PANEL
Window06=STAB.AUGM. PANEL
Window07=FUEL SYSTEM
Window08=INSTRUMENT ZOOM
Window09=QR panel
Fixed Window30=Landing view
Fixed Window31=IFR panel
Fixed Window32=Left Consolle
Fixed Window33=Right Consolle

I think the most simple is to replace one of the "window"
EG you can replace Window08=INSTRUMENT ZOOM by Window08=GPS

and replace
[Window08]
file=NAV_ZOOM.bmp
file_1024=NAV_ZOOM.bmp
size_mm=859,786
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=0
visible=0
ident=130
render_3d_window=0
window_size= 0.537, 0.655
window_pos= 0.236, 0.350

gauge00=cloud9 Phantom\f4!CLICKABLE AREA, 10,13,30,30,ZOOM
gauge01=cloud9 Phantom\f4!ALTIMETER, 626,18,215,215
gauge02=cloud9 Phantom\f4!HSI, 228,415,386,321,HIGH
gauge03=cloud9 Phantom\f4!AOA, 60,264,155,155,1
gauge04=cloud9 Phantom\f4!VSI, 684,281,150,150,2
gauge05=cloud9 Phantom\f4!MACH METER, 23,27,200,200,2
gauge06=cloud9 Phantom\f4!ADI BACKUP, 625,455,210,210,1
gauge07=cloud9 Phantom\f4!ADI, 231,15,375,375,2
gauge08=cloud9 Phantom\f4!OIL PRESS, 630,680,85,85,1
gauge09=cloud9 Phantom\f4!OIL PRESS, 738,678,85,85,2

By

[Window08]
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.5
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
VISIBLE=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0

As usual .. save before any modification .. just to be safe in case things go wrong !!

That doesnt come up when I open the panel configuration.

[Navtech]

That doesnt come up when I open the panel configuration.

Very weird .. as this the panel.cfg of the Cloud9 Phantom

[Tom Burnside]

All I get is what I posted before.

[lemonadedrinker]

Hi,
Maybe you have to change the 'ident' line to match...in one it's =130 and in the other it's =GPS_PANEL. I am guessing they should be the same.

Andy.

[glh]

I have done as instructed all I see when I open the panel.cfg in the phantom is. [FLTSIM]alias=cloud9 Phantom CLEAN\panel

I copied and pasted the all that was instructed pressed Shift+5 and nothing just the standard panel that comes up.

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OK, Tom, "[FLTSIM]alias=cloud9 Phantom CLEAN\panel" means that ALL (except the CLEAN version) your Phantom panels are being referenced (e.g. aliased) to the CLEAN version; that is to say the aircraft with no bombs, rockets, drop tanks, etc. The aircraft configuration is CLEAN, meaning that no external hardware is attached to it. That is the version that has the detailed panel.cfg file in it and that's the one you need to modify -- AFTER MAKING A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL FILE.

If developers render multiple aircraft configurations, usually (but not always) the panel and sound information folders will not change across the configurations. The cockpit of a real F4 Phantom does not change regardless whether it is a CLEAN, ROCKETS, BOMBS, ROCKETS + BOMBS, etc. and the two engine sounds won't change either. So the developer usually picks one of the configs (like the CLEAN) and puts the detailed panel (and sound) info in the appropriate folders and "aliases" the repeat info from the other configs to the config with the detailed data. It's an easy way to do it and it saves disk space on the hard drive.

I hope I have not confused you further.

[Tom Burnside]

Ive added GPS to the PSS Vulcan but for some reason it only comes up in the virtual cockpit.

[Berlopez]

Your [window] entry at the top has to match the window Ident title,otherwise it will not show.

Berlopez


PS Like navtech suggests:

"I think the most simple is to replace one of the "window"
EG you can replace Window08=INSTRUMENT ZOOM by Window08=GPS"

[Mick]

Excuse me for butting in, but from the posts I get the idea that you're still making all those changes to the panel.cfg file that aliases to the panel that's actually used, instead of the actual panel.cfg file in the panel that the model you're working on is aliased to.

Please excuse me if I've misunderstood. I can't think of any other way that the suggested edits wouldn't work.