Simviation Forum - Missing instrument panel

Jul 1^st, 2003 at 7:20pm

Hammer Offline
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I tried to change an instrument panel on an aircraft. Deleted the original panel, installed the new one. No go. No problem with the aircraft except that now, I don't have an instrument panel. Unable to revert back to original panel. Nothing affected except the instrument panel. Everything else performs OK including all the other aircraft in FS2002. Click on the View mode on the top tool bar, click on instrument panel & the selector is chopped off after the globe function, no instrument choices ??? Anybody else ever run into this kind of problem. Obviously it was stupid of me, but whats the old saying "where angels fear to tread".As Always any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Reply #1 - Jul 1^st, 2003 at 8:54pm

visitor;AKA:X Ex Member

Hammer;

This stuff happens all the time!
We[I] need details, which plane?
Which panel?
If its a default plane I can send you the
panel,
Let me know!!!

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Reply #2 - Jul 1^st, 2003 at 9:40pm

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Hammer,

In your file manager (Windows Explorer), check the aircraft you are working with to see if the "panel" subfolder contains the file, panel.cfg. If it's missing, then try downloading the panel again and installing it with that file included.

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Reply #3 - Jul 1^st, 2003 at 9:46pm

Andy H Guest

Hello AKA;X

The plane is a P51D, file #ABD_P51D; a copy of Chuck Yeager's plane. The panel is for a P51, file #P51D-FP.zip which I downloaded from Simviation. You're right, these kind of things happen all the time. The P51 is an add on listed in FS2002 as a default aircraft. Prior to trying to change the panel it was working fine, I was just trying to enlarge the insturmentation, never learn to leave well enough alone, thanks for the comeback.

Hammer

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Reply #4 - Jul 1^st, 2003 at 10:30pm

visitor;AKA:X Ex Member

Look in the panel Cfg if there is one and look for
Visiable It should =1 if it is 0 change it!!
Next time before you start "playing"
Make a zip file of the aircraft first!!! Shocked

Let me know

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Reply #5 - Jul 1^st, 2003 at 10:42pm

Andy H Guest

Quote:

Hammer,

In your file manager (Windows Explorer), check the aircraft you are working with to see if the "panel" subfolder contains the file, panel.cfg. If it's missing, then try downloading the panel again and installing it with that file included.

emh8,
Yes, the panel subfolder is there. when opened the first two lines read ///Panel Configuration File
P51 Mustang I added the file I wanted to make it read-P51 Mustang=alias P51D_FP ???

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Reply #6 - Jul 1^st, 2003 at 10:57pm

visitor;AKA:X Ex Member

Ah!

You need to add the whole Aircraft
If you are aliasing from it!!

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Reply #7 - Jul 1^st, 2003 at 11:26pm

Hammer Offline
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AKA:X

First let me say I appreciate all the help I can get , I've spent much more time on this than I should have. I really didn't think I needed a Zip file of the Aircraft as I had a second download of it. As far as I know now I have the 2nd panel file that I wanted in the aircraft. I'm assuming you mean that the panel file containing the panel configuration file with the line P51Mustang, I should have aliased the whole aircraft. The P51 was in the file, I added the "=alias P51_FP" on a chance, I was only spinning my wheels anyhow. I've found some of the aircraft are cut & dried, model, panel, sound & texture, check the lines & should work, others don't fit that pattern. I will check on your "visiable" tip & let you know.

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Reply #8 - Jul 2^nd, 2003 at 12:28am

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AKA:X

Yes, "Visible" is in there under [windows00] marked visible=1.

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Reply #9 - Jul 2^nd, 2003 at 1:38am

visitor;AKA:X Ex Member

Hammer;

I have found it best to copy the panel
folder right into the Aircraft file, this
sometimes works as you might delete
the plane you are aliasing from later!!!
And if you have a copy of the plane
some times you just trash it and
start over, less problems!!
One thing, there is no default P-51
in FS2002??
Quote:

. The P51 is an add on listed in FS2002 as a default aircraft.

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