Simviation Forum - Water Dogs and Gauge problems

Aug 14^th, 2004 at 12:02am

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I have recently been adding on some amphibious planes and I have some questions.

The first is this Lake Turbo Renegade (looks unique or wierd)...but it is cool 8) A bit of a chore to install though...

But I can't get this circled part of the radio stack to work (what is it for that matter?) I did figure out the rest of it

This is an Antonov Package...butt-ugly, looks old (I guess that's why I like it... Grin

But I think there are a few gauges missing here...
Like the one that shows vertical airspeed...

This is supposed to be an engine panel...

This Maul looks nice, but how can a wake be added?

And this VC looks real nice...I'd settle for the default gauges for this one...

What I am asking is how to add gauges to the missing ones, how to use that one part of the radio, and how to add a wake to a plane...any comments would be appreciated.

If this is in the wrong forum, I apologize...

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Reply #1 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 1:26am

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I think that radio has some on/off switch on it somewhere try hitting all the buttons on it, if not I remember a radio stack where I could not get one part to turn on also, and it kinda looked similar to yours

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Reply #2 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 1:41am

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Thanks, I can get the top part to work just fine, but not the middle (circled part). I don't even know what it is.

I fixed the Antonov...you have to open up the default DC-3's Panel Folder, and locate the .cab file. Then copy this file over to your FS9 gauges folder. You may have to re-name this .cab file to DC3Gauges. Next do the same with the Lockheed Vega cab without re-naming.

This was all in the readme (along with how to get the textures for the Canadian and German planes) Roll Eyes

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Reply #3 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 3:58am

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To add a wake, open the aircraft.cfg and look for;
[EFFECTS]
then under that add the following two lines;
wake=fx_wake
water=fx_spray

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Reply #4 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 4:45am

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I had a similar problem with one of my radios in a particular aircraft.
It was not possible to switch the radios on from any of the panel switches or radio switches, possibly due to an omission by the designer in the "Panel Folder" text file...?

I posted the problem on the Forum and one of the lads came back with the cure....

"Go to Key Assignments and assign Caps + A to switch on the radios, (Avionics)".

Worked fine then... Grin

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P.S. I've got the Antanov package, and have never been able to cure the strange missing engine gauges, etc... Cry

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Reply #5 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 8:21am

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Just went thru your radio problem myself, in the Aircraft folder is a documentation folder with brief instructions on all the avionics on this aircraft. If I rembember correctly, the top portion of the left button area will turn on this insturment ,which is an electronic version of an E6b.

No expert here but the problem with the Antonov looks like you didn't put the gauges in the fs9/gauges folder, just a guess.

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Reply #6 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 10:15am

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I fixed the Antonov (see above)

My first flight in a 172 on August 20, 2004&&&&&&Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right. (P. Drucker) &&&&When all think alike, then no one is thinking. (Walter Lippmann)&&&&Boredom's the problem. And how do you beat Boredom? Adventure!!!&&&&Tyler: You-You'll remember my position, won't you?&&&&Rosie: Sure! Stop by for a drink sometime!&&&&Tyler: Wait! Wait! What is my position?&&&&Rosie: Ehhhh...beats the hell outta me! I just hope I can find my way back home!

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Reply #7 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 11:44am

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Quote:

the top portion of the left button area will turn on this insturment ,which is an electronic version of an E6b.
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I don't know what an E6b is...I assume this is the lake we're talking about.

I can get the radio and squawk transponder to work just fine, I just cant get to the AP and whatever that middle part is.

I suspect that FS2004 has disabled fssound.dll (from the modules) which is required to get that to work...how can I reset it? I added the required line to the FS9.cfg file

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Reply #8 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 3:15pm

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As for the gauges problem. Are you possibly extracting the *.cab gauge files rather than dropping the whole *.cab file into your gauges dir?

Edit: On the Maule I have I get wake effects when I land! maybe you have your effects down to low or somthing? or a setting off somewhere? what version of the Maule do you have? there was an update for it that I got maybe it added the wake effects?

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Reply #9 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 3:32pm

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Found what I think was an updated version...I'll post new images and what I did to fix the problems...

Now all I would like to do is get the rest of the Renegade Radio stack workin' (I usually fly VOR and no AP anyways, so if I can't, no great loss...would be nice to see it all work though...)

My first flight in a 172 on August 20, 2004&&&&&&Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right. (P. Drucker) &&&&When all think alike, then no one is thinking. (Walter Lippmann)&&&&Boredom's the problem. And how do you beat Boredom? Adventure!!!&&&&Tyler: You-You'll remember my position, won't you?&&&&Rosie: Sure! Stop by for a drink sometime!&&&&Tyler: Wait! Wait! What is my position?&&&&Rosie: Ehhhh...beats the hell outta me! I just hope I can find my way back home!

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Reply #10 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 8:01pm

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To get that instrument to work on the Lake Renegade you need to click under the knob. The knob that looks like the ones to turn the other isntruments on is used for something else with that instrument. Try clicking just a little underneath it. Look for the hand cursor without a "+" or "-" sign. That means you are on top of the click spot to turn the guage on.

The wake on the Maule is a special effects file. It isn't the default effect that comes with ACOF. Make sure you put the effect in your "Effects" folder. Actually it's a modified version of "waterlan" effect (just learned this myself) that gives you a lot more spray than the default wake effect.

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Reply #11 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 10:35pm

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I managed to solve the missing gauges in the Antonov and found an updated file to make the Maule work as it should here. I also left instructions for the Antonov as well...

My first flight in a 172 on August 20, 2004&&&&&&Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right. (P. Drucker) &&&&When all think alike, then no one is thinking. (Walter Lippmann)&&&&Boredom's the problem. And how do you beat Boredom? Adventure!!!&&&&Tyler: You-You'll remember my position, won't you?&&&&Rosie: Sure! Stop by for a drink sometime!&&&&Tyler: Wait! Wait! What is my position?&&&&Rosie: Ehhhh...beats the hell outta me! I just hope I can find my way back home!

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