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Hi All,

I have updated Steve Robinson's, FS2002, Heinkel P1079bc to work in FSX Acceleration and I could now do with someone checking it over.

Anyone fancy being a guinea pig before I upload it?

If you do (i'll perhaps send it to a couple) please email me at
keith.hackett@btinternet.com.

cheers
Keith
 
44 views and no replies?

Wot, 44 views and no-one stepping up to the plate?

If the reason is the fact it is for Acceleration please don't let it put you off as the only thing it uses from acceleration is the sound which is aliased to the F18. This could be fixed simply by editing the sound.cfg to alias it to a stock FSX aircraft.

cheers
Keith
 
Do you think developers have time to beta test stuff besides, well...developing? I don't. ;)


Suggestion:

Ask the consumers in the "standard" forums, like Avsim, Flightsim, Sim-Outhouse, Simviation. They haven't got much to do besides buying, requesting and complaining about stuff anyways. :D
 
My apologies. I cant. I am trying to launch the FS9 version of the Dynamic before Christmas and its looking too close... I need every min I can gather.

I am an avid Heinkel fan as well, so there's sacrifice for you... arrgh...
 
No problem

Thanks for looking guys. I have decided to do a bit more work on
it now. I have used mostly default gauges but at night they dont
look so good together as the lighting colours are different. Some
come out orangey, some bluish.

So I have decided to do a bit more research on gauges........this
could take some time!

Good luck with your Dynamic project Bill.

cheers
Keith
 
Thanks Keith.


By the way, with FSX, you can do night time textures in the gauges, so if you wanted the faces to reflect a color, its totally doable. But only in FSX. (unless Leaming has found a way (or course) to do it in FS9).

:D
 
For FS9 "gauges" -whether XML or C- it's simply a matter of writing the routines needed to swap out the bitmaps...

For FSX, it's automatic as long as you supply the alternate nighttime bitmaps using the _night suffix in the filename! :D
 
Yes, I went looking for a reference to a second bmp for night lighting but the gauge only use one? Is there another way it could be lit. I am going from memory now because I am at work but the gauge in question is the default Lear altitude gauge I think.

Keith

edit: Ah, I just re-read Bill Leamings reply which states that in FSX its automatic! So the bmp is there somewhere, just not mentioned in the xml right?
 
stinger2k2 said:
edit: Ah, I just re-read Bill Leamings reply which states that in FSX its automatic! So the bmp is there somewhere, just not mentioned in the xml right?
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Yep! Any bitmap in the folder with a _night suffix is one of the "automatically displayed alternate textures" that FSX will use whenever it's "not daytime" and the "panel lights" circuit is on.
 
Use a vc map light

stinger2k2 said:
Yes, I went looking for a reference to a second bmp for night lighting but the gauge only use one? Is there another way it could be lit. I am going from memory now because I am at work but the gauge in question is the default Lear altitude gauge I think.

Keith

edit: Ah, I just re-read Bill Leamings reply which states that in FSX its automatic! So the bmp is there somewhere, just not mentioned in the xml right?
Click to expand...

Hi, maybe use a vc map light. This light can be custom made to glare less light and make your gauges light up nicely, without lighting up the whole cabin.
Then just place it in a good location or locations. Because you mention that the developer did not make _l textures.

This could help you!

DG:eek:
 
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