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FSX Disable GPS System

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PilotKal

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Hi,

I'd like to be able to disable the GPS system from functioning (including showing the map), however I would still like to have a flight plan active for my mission.

I can't see any obvious way of doing it, there does not even seem to be an option the FSX frontend to disable the GPS for free flights.

Does anyone know if this is possible.
I'd rather stay away from simconnect land if possible.

Thanks
 
Hi Folks

PilotKal -
There is a non-programmatic way to create an aircraft without GPS,
but unless you are a wizard with writing installers
it will involve the enduser editing the aircraft.cfg.



Rough outline howto -
Select your aircraft & repaint.
e.g. Douglas_DC3



Copy your selected aircraft's panel folder to the same location.
Name that copied folder as Panel.NoGPS

Edit the contained panel.cfg -
Removing or commenting out the -
- GPS window and section.
- SimIcons GPS entry

Renumber windows and gauge entries accordingly.



Bill or someone could maybe detail
if it's possible to alias the CAB contents,
so you don't need to redistribute it.



Copy your selected aircraft's repaint's [fltsim.#] entry to a .txt file,
(name as aircraftcfg_NoGPS.txt)

Edit the title entry to -
title=WHATEVERPAINTNAME - No GPS

Edit the panel entry to read -
panel=NoGPS

Edit the ui_variation name to read -
ui_variation="WHATEVERVARIATIONNAME - No GPS"

Edit the tail number to something unique -
atc_id=NEWATCID



Ensure your mission uses WHATEVERPAINTNAME - No GPS
and your distribution includes the -
- modified panel.NoGPS folder
- aircraftcfg_NoGPS.txt
- instructions to configure



HTH
ATB
Paul
 
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Thankyou for all the replies.

BASys your suggestion looks very promising, I'll get onto it as soon as the misses stops looking for towels on the internet :rolleyes:
 
How annoying.

It seems that all the other options work (well I tested airspeed gauge and altimiter gauge). However the GPS failure option does not work.

I did notice that the ID for the GPS was only 30 digits, where the others were 32, which makes more sense.

Must be some dodgy documentation there.
 
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