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Removing the yoke on the VC, 3D cockpit panel..? (Read 711 times)
Sep 1st, 2006 at 5:39am

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Hello Lads... Grin...!

...I know it's sacrilege, but.....
....on my General Aviation piston prop aeroplanes...

Is there a way of removing the animated yoke from the VC 3D cockpit... Wink...?

I have been forced into flying with the VC cockpit rather than my preferred 2D cockpit with the yoke removed so that I can see, and operate ALL the controls... Grin...!
...but the bleedin' yoke in the VC cockpit REALLY does get in the way of operating many of the controls which are behind the yoke... Cry...!
...and obviously there is no way of looking over the top or side of the yoke, as a real pilot would do!
(Don't mention the "IR" program... Wink...)

Pulling and pushing the yoke to try and gain access to the hidden controls only results in frenetic flight, terrifying the passengers... Shocked...!

A typical example is gaining access to the heading bug on the autopilot gauge dial....
...and the lighting switches, ignition switch, etc... Cry...!

There is nothing obvious in the Panel notepad file, so I assume that the animated yoke may be part of the original design of the whole aircraft, and cannot be altered by the user...?

...any ideas...?

Cheers Lads...Grin...!

Paul....it's no yoke joke.... Cry...!

...LOL... Grin...!
 

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Reply #1 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 7:24am

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...and obviously there is no way of looking over the top or side of the yoke, as a real pilot would do!


You should be able to look over/around it using the 'move eyepoint' key commands.
Ctrl+Ent/Bkspc
Shft+Ent/Bkspc
Ctrl+Shft+Ent/Bkspc
Space bar to reset eyepoint.

Looking over the yoke in D18S....just like a real pilot  Wink
...

..or under the yoke, like a really short pilot   Grin
...

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Reply #2 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 8:27am

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Hi Dave.... Grin...!

Ta for the tips...
Just tried them out.... Grin...!

...'trubble is, after fiddlin' about with all the various keyboard combinations and rotating my joystick hat to vary the viewpoint just prior to landing, and trying to see the position of my trim wheel and flaps, and whether my wheels are up or down, instead of glancing out of the window where I am going, I have just snapped off the nose-wheel and buried my propeller into the runway, and I am covered with the contents of the rear passengers sick-bags... Embarrassed...!
...thank-you...!
LOL...!

There must be a way of unscrewing my bleedin' yoke from the VC cockpit....Wink...?
LOL...Grin...!

Paul...filling in the bloody Insurance forms....again... Cry...!
 

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Reply #3 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 8:55am

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Did some fiddlin' around and in the case of the D18 was able to make it's yoke invisible by editing the alpha channel, for the yoke's bmp, to black, 0,0,0.

...

The same could be done for the column. Fairly easy in this model as the yoke and column have their own .bmp's. Other ac might have the yoke/column textures within a larger texture plate.

Dave

 

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Reply #4 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 9:08am

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Hi Dave...!

A lot of the VC Cockpit appear to be contained in the "magic!" .cab file in the Panel Folder...

...But there is a .bmp picture of the 2 yokes in the Panel Folder....
Whether they are for the 2D or 3D panel, or both I dont know....

Worth a try, even tho' I've no idea how to alter them in PSP 4... Wink...!

Ta Dave... Grin...!

Paul...what's an Alpha.... Wink... Grin...?
LOL...!
 

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Reply #5 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 9:15am

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What aircraft?, I'll could have a look.

I believe the proper .bmp for vc would be in the 'texture' folder.

*From my limited knowledge, Alpha is basically a 4th value assigned to each pixel that sets transparency or reflectivity. (R,G,B+Alpha)

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Reply #6 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 9:36am

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What aircraft?, I'll have a look.

*From my limited knowledge, Alpha is basically a 4th value assigned to each pixel that sets transparency or reflectivity. (R,G,B+Alpha)

Dave


Hi Dave...!

The aircraft are from Just Flight's "Flying Club"...
Cessna and Pipers...
One of them, one which I have difficulty with in the VC cockpit, is their lovely Cessna 152...
...but now that I am being encouraged to use the 3D cockpit more often... Cry....I'm sure I will have similar problems on other aircraft as well... Wink...!

So It looks like a bit of Alpha fiddlin'... Wink.... Grin....!

Cheers Dave...!

Paul....somewhere in the English "Channel".... Wink... Grin...!
LOL...!

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I believe the proper .bmp for vc would be in the 'texture' folder.
End quote.

Buggar....those are "funny-looking" files, not ordinary .bmp files...LOL... Wink...!
 

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Reply #7 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 9:49am

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A lot of the VC Cockpit appear to be contained in the "magic!" .cab file in the Panel Folder...

You seem to be doing fine without my help but here's a couple of points. I suspect that CAB file in the Panel folder is a gauge, just like some of the default aircraft,. Unless the yoke is in the gauge (unlikely I would think) it's part of the DVC which is defined in the visual model so any textures will be in the Texture folder. You can edit the Alpha Channel in DXTBmp.

Unfortunately you've chosen a Payware aircraft as an example so I can't check it out for you.
 

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Reply #8 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 9:53am

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Buggar....those are "funny-looking" files, not ordinary .bmp files...


Get Martin Wright's DXTBmp

It opens those funny lookin .bmp's. You then send the main bmp or the alpha to your PSP for editing.

Have d'loaded the c152 demo, will take a look at it.

Dave

 

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Reply #9 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 10:05am

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Problem solved for the JF c152.......read on.

Click on the yoke and it disappears....click on the hole and it reappears.   Cheesy

At least it works in the demo I d'loaded.

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Reply #10 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 10:06am

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Have d'loaded the c152 demo, will take a look at it.

Dave



Tee-Hee...!

I hope you have better luck than I did, Dave...
It took a fortnight (I exagerate) on 56k to download the time limited Demo, and when I tried to install it, it said, "Sorry, Fozz! Your time has expired!"...
...Buggar...!
So I had to go out to my local "Game" shop and thrust £19.99 into the Gamekeepers sweaty palms for a copy of the Sim...Cry...!

Nice planes....shame about the 2 1/2 FPS around Shoreham Airfield....Cry...!

Cheers all...!

Paul....need a cup of .dx tea... Wink...!
 

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Reply #11 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 10:07am

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Problem solved for the JF c152.......read on.Click on the yoke and it disappears....click on the hole and it reappears.   Cheesy

At least it works in the demo I d'loaded.

Dave

RTFM Paul............! LMAO. Roll Eyes Cheesy
 

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Reply #12 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 10:15am

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Problem solved for the JF c152.......read on.

Click on the yoke and it disappears....click on the hole and it reappears.   Cheesy

At least it works in the demo I d'loaded.

Dave


Nah...!
...buggar... Cry...!

It does on the 2D panel, (click on the label "Yoke"), but there is nothing click-able on the VC 3D yoke in the full version... Cry...!

That would have been perfect, otherwise... Grin...!

Sorry Dave...Enjoy the '152 'till the time runs out... Wink...!
...love the sound...!!

Paul... 8)...!
 

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Reply #13 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 10:44am

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Nah...!
...buggar... Cry...!

It does on the 2D panel, (click on the label "Yoke"), but there is nothing click-able on the VC 3D yoke in the full version... Cry...!

That would have been perfect, otherwise... Grin...!

It does work on the DVC yoke Paul. Well, it does on the Demo version anyway cos I just tried it. Why would they change it on the full version?
 

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Reply #14 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 10:54am

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Dunno' unless you got an older version or sumptin'..


This show the clickable area in vc.   
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It  also show the vc after I edited the alpha to remove the yoke (c152_c1.bmp). Needs to be cleaned up a little, but if this is your only option, it will work.

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Reply #15 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 12:07pm

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It's a funny old do, Lads..

It doesn't work on any of the aircraft:
C152.
Piper Tomahawk.
Piper Warrior.
Piper Seneca.

Very strange...
Maybe the delights of the removable yoke on the Demo version is to con us into buying the full packaged version of Flying Club...Grin....
...without the removable yokes.... Cry...!
...arse...!
LOL...!

Will have to experiment with painting the yokes with invisible paint...if I can find the tin of invisible paint... Wink...!

Paul....Scrambled egg yoke on toast for tea... 8)...!
 

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Have a look at the JF Forum-C152 update.

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Reply #17 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 5:01pm

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Have a look at the JF Forum-C152 update.

Dave


Hi Dave, me ol' Mate...

Delved into the JF Site a little while ago and spotted this as well....>>>

Q. When I am in the Virtual Cockpit (VC) the yokes get in the way of some of the instruments – how do I stop this?
A. Download and install the latest update and then when you are in the (VC) virtual Cockpit simply left button mouse-click on the yoke to make it disappear - to make it re-appear left button mouse-click on the area in the instrument panel where the yoke moves back and forth.


I registered to the site Forum and got my name and password confirmed via e-mail to get access to the patch downloads...
...now my Forum name and password is not recognised...
Buggar...!
Maybe it takes a while for it to get recognised...?

Hopefully I can get it recognised soon, then I can get this yoke malarky sorted out... Wink...!

Cheers Dave...Thanks for sticking with it...Wink...!
Will let you know how I get on...

Paul... Grin...!
 

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Reply #18 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 5:59pm

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You have to register thru the 'Support' section.
Registering in the normal Forum section wont get you to the 'Support Forum'.

You'll be happy to know the upgrade, for the C152, is only 12.7MB...  Wink

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Reply #19 - Sep 1st, 2006 at 8:30pm

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You have to register thru the 'Support' section.
Registering in the normal Forum section wont get you to the 'Support Forum'.

You'll be happy to know the upgrade, for the C152, is only 12.7MB...  Wink

Dave


Hi Dave... Grin...!

Got it all sorted now...Wink...!

The registration had to be completed from within the e-mail first, and redirected to JF....
The Forum works OK now.
Downloaded the patch 12 Meg...took 3/4 hour...!!
Solved the yoke problem on the '152...
...not on the other planes, but they are OK anyway....
(An update is available for the others as well, for various odds and ends).

Thanks for your enthusiastic help Dave, much appreciated...Wink...!

I must have an "old" CD version of the Flying Club...Wink...!!

Cheers...!

Paul... Grin...!
 

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