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VC panel gauge texture declaration in MCX

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Hi, I tried to declare a space in the VC of a FSX model, that I want to use in P3Dv5.4 as a vc panel texture, to place there some gauges, by using the mcx material editor.
I Named the file $Xy and saved it. In the panel.cfg the entry was made and the gauge set. When in the cockpit then, I see tge default underlying texture of that area, instead of the gauge.


What does that mean?
 
Hi,

I never tried to add a new gauge using MCX to a model. Did you compare all the material settings with a working gauge? I think it might be more than the texture name that makes it a working gauge.
 
arno said:
Hi,

I never tried to add a new gauge using MCX to a model. Did you compare all the material settings with a working gauge? I think it might be more than the texture name that makes it a working gauge.
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Hi, I mean the dynamic VC texture. Normally in MCX it says " $xy is a dynamic vc texture, and will not be shown". In my case there is a normal texture underneath, and if I place now a gauge on that dynamic vc texture, it only shows the normal vc texture instead of the gauge, that should appear on the place. I am talking about the vc's center MFD in the screenshot attached. I have assigend this dynamic vc texture the new name.
 

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You said your VC texture specified in MCX is $xy, but there it is listed as $VC03. They don’t match.
 
tgibson said:
You said your VC texture specified in MCX is $xy, but there it is listed as $VC03. They don’t match.
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xy is a placeholder example, in my case the name is $VC03.
Another question, I have a dynamic vc texture of a plane that I converted from FS9. The gauges are in xml, but some don't appear, probably because the gauges placement coordinates are wrong. So in the texture that I attached, can you explain how I can read out the coordinates of the texture spaces to place the gauges? It is only one texture for all gauges...
 

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The texture vertex coordinates may be displayed for the part in the hierarchy editor, but I have no idea how to interpret those in terms of the texture itself. I believe it is a percentage of the total texture.

My workaround was to load the VC into FS panel studio, take a screenshot, manipulate that so it is the equivalent of the VC texture, and use that in MCX to display the location of the gauges.
 
Hi,
This dynamic VC texture in my screenshot is a conversion of a FS9 VC Model. Unfortunately the gauges are round but the converted textures are rectangles. Do you know How I can get them round? As it is a model, I guess I have to built a complete new model for the dynamic textures (they are not only textures but there is an underlying model, isn't it?
 
If you want to change the layout or proportions of the gauge texture rectangles then you do indeed need to rebuild the VC. If all you’re trying to do is place new gauges into the existing gauge texture rectangles that is not required.

Typically, if you want to place round gauges into the gauge texture rectangles, you can make the area outside the round gauge RGB 0,0,0 black and that will make the area transparent. You then specify in MCX that the gauge texture uses transparency.
 
tgibson said:
If you want to change the layout or proportions of the gauge texture rectangles then you do indeed need to rebuild the VC. If all you’re trying to do is place new gauges into the existing gauge texture rectangles that is not required.

Typically, if you want to place round gauges into the gauge texture rectangles, you can make the area outside the round gauge RGB 0,0,0 black and that will make the area transparent. You then specify in MCX that the gauge texture uses transparency.
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thanks for this hint, I will try and report.
 
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