JSpal
May 2nd, 2009, 15:22
Hi Guys,
I'm newly registered here, but I've been lurking around for a while now studying up on FSX as much as I can. This site is an invaluable resource for FSX fans!
Something I'm looking for that I have not been able to find is a tutorial for setting up the gauges in a VC - can anyone point me in the right direction,
What I am trying to do is to take an existing FSX native freeware add-on of a tandem two-seat trainer and add an "instructor seat" view.
I've successfully set up the view, so I can right click and get to the view easily, but I'm a little stymied by the panel.cfg. Browsing through it previously, I figured the four numbers after the gauges in the [Vcockpit01] were coordinates of where the guage was, and then maybe some number to represent the rotation off of vertical - or something like that anyway. But apparently I'm wrong on that.
So now I'm wondering if it's even possible to add guages in the VC. Something I read seemed to indicate that the locations for the gauges was defined in the texture???
The particular model I'm doing, all the gauges would be redundant from the front seat, in the same basic location, and the texture in the back cockpit area already has dummy gauges as part of the texture, so it seems like this should be a relatively easy project and a good way to get my feet wet before diving into making a complete aircraft.
If I'm successful in this, I have no ambitions to upload the aircraft and/or take any credit, I'm really just doing it to learn the ins-and-outs and for my own flying enjoyment.
So, anybody know anywhere to find a good tutorial that might help me fumble my way through this?
Thanks in advance!
-James-
I'm newly registered here, but I've been lurking around for a while now studying up on FSX as much as I can. This site is an invaluable resource for FSX fans!
Something I'm looking for that I have not been able to find is a tutorial for setting up the gauges in a VC - can anyone point me in the right direction,
What I am trying to do is to take an existing FSX native freeware add-on of a tandem two-seat trainer and add an "instructor seat" view.
I've successfully set up the view, so I can right click and get to the view easily, but I'm a little stymied by the panel.cfg. Browsing through it previously, I figured the four numbers after the gauges in the [Vcockpit01] were coordinates of where the guage was, and then maybe some number to represent the rotation off of vertical - or something like that anyway. But apparently I'm wrong on that.
So now I'm wondering if it's even possible to add guages in the VC. Something I read seemed to indicate that the locations for the gauges was defined in the texture???
The particular model I'm doing, all the gauges would be redundant from the front seat, in the same basic location, and the texture in the back cockpit area already has dummy gauges as part of the texture, so it seems like this should be a relatively easy project and a good way to get my feet wet before diving into making a complete aircraft.
If I'm successful in this, I have no ambitions to upload the aircraft and/or take any credit, I'm really just doing it to learn the ins-and-outs and for my own flying enjoyment.
So, anybody know anywhere to find a good tutorial that might help me fumble my way through this?
Thanks in advance!
-James-