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Feb 23^rd, 2006 at 9:42pm

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I've been rebuilding the panel for my Cessna 206, and I think i've got most of the gauges I want installed, but there's only one problem. The night lighting sucks. Some gauges glowing orange, while others are white.

I also noticed that the same gauges that glow orange in the 2d panel, don't in in the VC. Why is this?

Is there a way to edit those gauges so they all light up the same color?

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Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2006 at 7:27pm

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Andrew,

Yes, you can change the default lighting by changing some values in the panel.cfg. I'm not at my PC right now, but from memory if you look at the bottom of the panel.cfg, there will be 3 lines (I think) that include the names 'color' and 'luminosity', followed by three numbers - these are Red, Green, Blue values. The 'color' figures define the colour cast of the panel in the dark, and the luminosity figures define a colour illumination that you would like your gauges to show up as.

I'd give you my values for a subtle yellow, but - yep, not at my PC!

Play around with the values (or see what they look like on Photoshop or similar) and see what comes out.

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Reply #2 - Feb 26^th, 2006 at 7:32am

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Back at my PC now - this is the section I was referring to:

[Color]
Day=255,255,255
;Night=160,0,0
;Luminous=40,240,240
Night=130,100,60
;Luminous=220,90,90 //pale red gauges
Luminous=220,200,100 //pale yellow gauges

Thi is from my 737 panel.

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Reply #3 - Feb 26^th, 2006 at 10:20am

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I'll give it a try, thanks Microlight Wink

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Reply #4 - Feb 26^th, 2006 at 11:01am

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Does that solve the problem of different gauges illuminating different colors ?

I've been messing around with opening cab file gauges.. changing what gauges read what tank levels.. making a nice VOR head read nav2 instead of nav1.. editing MP and Tach and ASI (real handy for getting white/green/yellow/red arcs realistic to specific planes) bitmaps to match certain planes.. etc.. And I've noticed that there are luminosity settings inside each gauge's XML code...

I'll look into it..

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Reply #5 - Feb 26^th, 2006 at 11:05am

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The trick is, Andrew, not to go out in the dark... Wink

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Paul... 8)...!

...if you do, take a torch with you.. Grin

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Reply #6 - Feb 27^th, 2006 at 1:42pm

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...if you do, take a torch with you.. Grin

...!

The problem with that is that the torch doesn't have as much forward visibility as my landing lights Grin

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Reply #7 - Mar 3^rd, 2006 at 4:16am

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Did you hear the one about the Irishman who had a Jumbo land on his house because one night he forgot to turn the landing light off....

(Think you need to be a Brit to understand that one ... maybe?)

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