ok ! im new to all this stff, but man i love to fly . So im haveing trouble installing the gauges into the a-10 i just  loaded . it all works and flys ok , but i have no gauges on my panel ! have i done something wrong or just not done something ?   and , i have the "airport charts viewer" and "msp3", but dont know what file to install it to ,    SOMEBODY  , please help this flight loveing computer idiot   PLEASE !!!!! ??? ???

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When you download gauges they should come with a read me text file. with some information that is needed to be known to install gauges. In this file it might have  something in it that looks like this:

WindowXX=Radio/CD Player

[WindowXX]
size_mm=300,93
position=2
visible=1
ident=60
sizeable=1
window_size= 0.293, 0.121
window_pos= 0.707, 0.000

gauge00=radiocd4!radiocd, 0, 0, 300

Now what you do with that is you go to your main FS2004 folder and you find the "Aircraft" folder. Click on the "Aircraft" folder to go in to your fs2004 aircraft directory. Then you click on the aircraft's folder that you want to install this gauge to(Ex. b747_400). If it were the 747 you would go in that folder & click on the Panel folder. Now you need to click on the file "panel.cfg" useing "notepad". Now look at the top of the panel.cfg document and u should see something like this:

// Panel Configuration File
// Boeing 747-400
// Copyright (c) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

[Window Titles]
Window00=Main Panel
window01=Radio Stack
Window02=GPS
window03=Throttle Quadrant
window04=Overhead Panel
window05=Clock
window06=Mini Panel
                          <<<<<<<This is where you would put

You change the XX to the next corresponding number which would be:

Window07=Radio/CD Player

Now you need to scroll down and you will see something like this:

[Window00]
file=747_Background_640.bmp
file_1024=747_Background_1024.bmp
size_mm=640
position=7
visible=1
ident=MAIN_PANEL

gauge00=Boeing747-400!Nav-GPS Switch, 212, 98
gauge01=Boeing747-400!Nav Display Switch, 264, 98
gauge02=Boeing747-400!Primary Flight Display Switch, 158, 98
gauge03=Boeing747-400!EICAS Display Switch, 469, 98
gauge04=Boeing747-400!Standby Attitude Indicator, 349, 88
gauge05=Boeing747-400!Standby Airspeed Indicator, 348, 168
gauge06=Boeing747-400!Standby Altimeter, 348, 248
gauge07=Boeing747-400!Autobrakes Switch, 521, 90
gauge08=Boeing747-400!Gear Lever, 603, 87
gauge09=Boeing747-400!Autothrottle Switch, 275, 19
gauge10=Boeing747-400!Flight Director Switch, 275, 49
gauge11=Boeing747-400!Primary Flight Display, 1, 126
gauge12=Boeing747-400!Multi-Function Display, 175, 126

gauge13=Boeing747-400!EICAS Display, 443, 145
gauge14=Boeing747-400!Chronograph Switch, 0, 56
gauge30=Boeing747-400!Autopilot IAS-Mach Switch, 295, 21
gauge31=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Speed Switch, 295, 46
gauge32=Boeing747-400!Autopilot IAS-Mach Selector, 329, 44
gauge33=Boeing747-400!Autopilot IAS-Mach Window, 321, 26
gauge34=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Nav Switch, 363, 18
gauge35=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Hdg Switch, 363, 43
gauge36=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Heading Selector, 385, 40
gauge37=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Heading Window, 391, 26
gauge38=Boeing747-400!Autopilot VS Switch, 454, 43
gauge39=Boeing747-400!Autopilot VS Selector, 498, 23
gauge40=Boeing747-400!Autopilot VS Window, 446, 26
gauge41=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Altitude Selector, 531, 42
gauge42=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Altitude Hold Switch, 561, 42
gauge43=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Altitude Window, 533, 26
gauge44=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Localizer Switch, 587, 20
gauge45=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Approach Switch, 587, 45
gauge46=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Master Switch, 615, 36
gauge47=Boeing747-400!Master Warning Light, 220, 25
gauge50=SimIcons!Clock Icon, 16, 111
gauge51=SimIcons!Kneeboard Icon, 30, 111
gauge52=SimIcons!ATC Icon, 44, 111
gauge53=SimIcons!Overhead Icon, 114, 111
gauge54=SimIcons!ECU Icon, 100, 111
gauge55=SimIcons!Map Icon, 58, 111
gauge56=SimIcons!Avionics Icon, 72, 111
gauge57=SimIcons!GPS Icon, 86, 111


[Window01]
size_mm=127,347
position=8
visible=0
BACKGROUND_COLOR=2,2,2
ident=RADIO_STACK_PANEL

gauge00=Boeing777-300!Comm 1, 0, 0
gauge01=Boeing777-300!Comm 2, 0, 54
gauge02=Boeing777-300!Nav 1, 0, 108
gauge03=Boeing777-300!Nav 2, 0, 162
gauge04=Boeing777-300!Transponder, 0, 216
gauge05=Boeing777-300!ADF, 0, 265
gauge06=Boeing777-300!Audio, 0, 319

<<I skiped a few numbers>>


[Window05]
size_mm=120,120
window_pos=0.05, 0.25
visible=0
ident=270

gauge00=Boeing747-400!Clock, 0, 0

[Window06]
position=7
size_mm=350,200
child_3d=1
background_color=0,0,0
ident=MINIPANEL

gauge00=Boeing747-400!Primary Flight Display,   0, 0
gauge01=Boeing747-400!Multi-Function Display, 177, 0

                 <<<<<<<< This is where you would put
[WindowXX]
size_mm=300,93
position=2
visible=1
ident=60
sizeable=1
window_size= 0.293, 0.121
window_pos= 0.707, 0.000

gauge00=radiocd4!radiocd, 0, 0, 300

Just like above, you change the [WindowXX] to the next corresponding number which is

Also in the zip file that you downloaded, came a file like this: You need to place this file into the main fs9 gauges folder.

This is just how you install gauges to a Prexsisting cockpit.