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Mar 21^st, 2005 at 10:00pm

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ok, i have alot of planes that have AP but they are so small that i cannot see the numbers and can never set it, is there anyway i can take like the stock 737 AP and install it in the plane as a seperate view and make it work? if so lease lemme know.

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Reply #1 - Mar 22^nd, 2005 at 11:58am

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Sure, and it's not that hard after you learn a little panel editing.

The (extremely) basic procedure is to modify panel.cfg to add a new window:

[Window Titles]
WindowXX=Autopilot ...

[WindowXX]
BACKGROUND_COLOR=2,2,2
size_mm=156,308
window_size_ratio=1.0
position=8
visible=0
ident=

gauge00=gauge24=737-400!Autopilot, 336,11,303,45

You're going to have to futz around with some of the numbers as they are completely arbitrary, and your best bet is to get cfgEdit and let it do the work.

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Reply #2 - Mar 22^nd, 2005 at 9:12pm

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not quite sure what you mean by , 'so small' and 'can never set it'. Never had that problem.

I can only guess that the radio stack, including AP, has either been put in the panel as a non-functioning part of the .bmp, or has been reduced in size so as to be unreadable.

Have you tried calling up the (full size) radio stack. This is usually done by clicking on the 'avionics' icon on the panel, looks like a radio tower. or keying Shift+(a top row number key). Most often the radio stack is Shift+2, but try orthers, 3,4,5,etc.

If this doesn't work, post a link to one of the a/c your having the problem with and we can take a look at it.

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Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2005 at 4:16am

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Hi,

You can also import an AP from the file b737wva.zip from Jim Waters (FSFreeware / FS2002 Panels / Pag. 11). At least it is very readable. This AP comes as a popup. Info in Readme.

José.

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