P3D v3 Font letter spacing

[lionheart]

Hey all,

Problem. I setup a font to show up in a gauge and only some of the numbers or letters show up. Examples;
1. KNOTS shows up as KNO... with big spaces between it.
2. Altitude digital readout (like say 1400) is not showing, except for the first two digits, such as 14.


Altitude gauge coding;

    <Element>
        <Position X="30" Y="350"/>
        <Text Bright="Yes" X="550" Y="222" Length="3" Multiline="No" Fixed="Yes" Font="SpaceOutExtended" FontSize="100" Color="#43EAF0" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Bottom">
                            <String>%((A:Indicated Altitude,feet) 32000 min 0 max)%!5.0f!</String>
         </Text>
    </Element>

What am I missing? I adjust the X="xxxx" window slot opening enough so all the letters/numbers can appear in it, but then it goes from crowded (two narrow) to just right, and it has missing letters/numbers? Is there something I am missing? Is there a way to over-ride this?

The fonts are big. That 'might' have a bearing on whats going on.

Below, you can see the ALT. readout as 43. It should be 4300.

I became agitated and wrote out the KNOTS font and did the fonts of 'heading' and altitude and speed into the background image art, so ignore that. But I need to know why it only showed KNO instead of KNOTS, and why Altitude is showing 43 instead of 4300.

A thousand thanks on how to get this right.



Bill
LHC

 

[lionheart]

Also, even though the font arrange is set for LEFT, it still locates to the right... odd..

 

[COBS]

#1.
Why only 3 characters long ? ... eg; Length="3"
also ,
#2.
X="550" Y="222" the aspect ratio of your text block limits the horizontal length displayed .

Cheers
Karol

PS;
I prefer to use "Formatted text" instead of "Text" .
A useful tip to establish if your text box is large enough to display what you desire is to put in
BackgroundColor="#151918" during the development phase , that background colour will
visually show if the display area is large enough .
After you have confirmed and adjusted the display box size you can then remove the BackgroundColor="#151918" .

 

[tgibson]

Hi,

In my hands, the x=550 appears to control the size of the font displayed, and the Y=222 controls the allowed length. The Length= line must then be adjusted so all the desired characters display. So as Karol stated above, you probably need to increase that from 3 to a higher number.

 

[lionheart]

A thousand thanks guys. I missed that 'length' setting. Many thanks Karol for the input on the background back. Will do. Thanks Tom for the data on the Y setting. You would think X would use that setting.

Many many thanks....


Bill
LHC

 

[lionheart]

Also... For some reason, my Formatted Text isnt working in P3D. I havent tested it in FSX, but in P3D, I had to change it to 'Text' from 'FormattedText'. I'll investigate that.

 

[lionheart]

Worked great, guys.

I moved Altitude to the top center as it was blending into the yellow plane icon. Bottom Left is HDG. I'll change out the text and maybe make the fonts in the screen digital instead of graphics integrated so I can do some cool switching.

Great idea on backgrounds, Karol. Thanks for that.