Hello:I'm trying to add some icons onto the VC panel of the F1 Pilatus PC12 to open some gauges I have added to the panel and even though FS Panel Studio puts them into the CFG they don't show up on the panel. I also can't add any gauges to the VC. I have no problem with my EagleSoft Premire 1, ES Citation X, F1 Cessna 421 or F1 Cessna 441. That seems to be the only aircraft VC panel that will not allow me to do it.I had no problem adding them to the 2D panel, just the VC.Can anyone give me the information I need to do this.Thanksmaxsdad

VC's are tricky, because you can't just "add stuff" anywhere. There has to be a "physical polygon" in the VC model on which to place gauges...

Fr. Bill:I did them exactly the same way I did them for all the other aircraft. I even tried to piggy back them on the edges of some of the existing gauges and they still don't show up or even work as if they were invisible. think they have made it so it can't be done on that panel. That aircraft is the only one I have that has no visible gauge control icons on either the VC or the 2D panel. All of the hot spots are invisible in both the VC and 2D panels and they work on both. I wouldn't even mind if I could make mine work that way.maxsdad

I have changed some of the instruments (added the Simflyer avionics and some Flightline N) in the VC without any problems. You might have a problem with layer order. If one of your click spots are below an instrument it would not be accessable.

Rex:I tried putting them on top of the bezel for the air speed indicator in FSPS and checked "on top of" but that didn't help. I don't think the bezel that shows in FSPS and the one on the VC are the same. I did notice one of the icons peeking out from behind the bezel on the VC, so with some moving around I was able to bring enough of the icons into the space at the corners of the air speed ind. to be able to activate the gauges I wanted to activate. It's not pretty but if you don't know that they are there, you really won't even notice them.I'm happy now that I can bring up the gauges I want without having to keep going to the drop down menu while in the VC.Thanks for the idea. It made me think outside of the box.maxsdad

I am glad I could help. One thing I do to give an item top priority, since you correctly stated that "on top of" does not work correctly, is you cut the item crtl X and then immediately paste it again ctrl V. Because this item was placed last, it will automatically get top priority.

What I do is add "invisible XML scripts" on top of existing gauges (such as the middle of the dial on steam gauges), which I then configure to open/close any subpanel views, zoom views, etc.

That is what I usually also do. Thanks for mentioning that. :(