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Is there a program to edit gauges in VC ? (Read 310 times)

Jul 2^nd, 2006 at 9:01am

Mr.Mugel Ex Member

Hello all, with the release of the new Alphasim freeware birds, I´d like to add some of them a few new gauges, as they are editet out. The aircrafts still feature the VCockpit sections in the panel.cfg, and I´ve done it once with the B-17... Was a heavy job with notepad, so my question is if there is a freeware program with that you can place gauges easier than with notepad or editor...

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Reply #1 - Jul 2^nd, 2006 at 10:22am

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There used to be a program called CfgEdit, although I think that's far beyond gone at this point. 90% of the gauges in FS are XML coded now, so that program won't work. And the only other one that I know of that will do XML placement is Panel Studio, which is the older brother of the original CfgEdit. And its payware. Tongue

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I'm pretty sure there isn't even a program out there that can DO what you want. Placing gauges in the VC is more difficult than doing a regular 2D panel. The spots are hardwired into the model. All you can do is create a blank bmp with the same dimensions mentioned at the beginning of each [VCockpitXX] section and then use Panel Studio to place the gauges on that how you want them. Save that as a new panel file and then copy the gaugeXX=blah, blah, blah to the original panel file. A little funky to work around, but it could be done.

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Reply #2 - Jul 2^nd, 2006 at 11:58am

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The textures are quite there, as are the VCockpit entries, that is no problem, I just meant it is a bit of a long term job, adding a gauge, looking where it is in FS, than go into editor again, correct the position a bit, go into FS again, change planes once for FS to update the panel, than look where it is.... And so on, till the first gauge sits right... than there are many others to do... I did it tha tway once, took me a day for a simple B-17 cockpit...

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Reply #3 - Jul 2^nd, 2006 at 3:41pm

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This is why I kept my DVC gauges on their own seperate planes and $**.bmp files. Sure makes it easy since you don't have to worry about gauge location.

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Reply #4 - Jul 3^rd, 2006 at 1:47am

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Try this:

Create a bmp the same way I described above. Now find the gauge entries in the panel configs of the aircraft they are already in. Note the size (first two numbers) and make a new shape on the bmp that is that size in pixels. Now move it around and resize it (keeping the same ratio) until you have it where you want it. Now zoom waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy in and find the location of the top-left pixel of that shape. It will tell you where the gauge needs to be placed (third and fourth numbers) and the size tells you how big (first and second numbers).

If that wasn't clear, I can clarify it all.

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Reply #5 - Jul 3^rd, 2006 at 2:38am