April 26, 201214 yr Hi all, I've had the CLS DC-10 for FSX for a little while now, and although I'm happy with it, as an avid 'realism' lover, for me the virtual cockpits make up a massive amount of the realism; i've never really felt the 'immersion' with just the 2D cockpit panels. However, although I'm aware they intend to release a brand new fully FSX dedicated version 2 DC-10 in the future, the current CLS VC is starting to show its age a bit. Indeed, as with the model itself, the VC's very similar fundamentally to the freeware Overland MD-11, if not exactly the same except for gauges. And so since the Thomas Ruth & Erick Cantu brand new DC-10 seems to have possibly the best VC for a DC-10 out - although I haven't tried it yet, from pictures it appears to be better, even, than the AeroSim model - I wondered if there were any talented individuals out there who would be interested in merging the freeware DC-10's VC model with the CLS external model/gauges? :Thinking: I would be up for it myself, but I somehow think there are others out there who would do a far, far better job. Although I think the free DC-10 is fantastic from what I've seen, as part of the realism thing the CLS one has - albeit "lite" - more functionality, such as the FMC/INS, and so I think (also avoiding changing the 2D panel) putting the CLS gauges into Thomas' VC model would make for a pretty darn good -10! :Peace: I'm aware defining the models in the appropriate text files is a piece of cake, although obviously this assumes the models are compatible and allow such a thing, but I've never been brilliant at fiddling with gauges in virtual cockpits. Just thought I'd test the water and see if anyone else would be interested in such a thing and if so how realistic is this request? Sure there are some classic/heavy/three-holer/DC-10 fans out there who share my interest! Regards, Michael. Mike
April 27, 201214 yr No possible to merge the CLS one yet, as it's not a FSX native model. Look at model.cfg, you'll see [models] normal=d101050C interior=d101050C Zicheng Cai
April 27, 201214 yr Author Not to worry, just looked into that myself, and can confirm that to be so. It is a shame for the Tom's DC-10 VC is brilliant and the CLS VC is no longer up to par in comparison. To be honest in the light of this freeware excelling in this area (can't say as much about everything else, as its fairly close, except for the flight model, which does seem to climb like a rocket), and a few other points which were irritating me on my return to it after having not flown it for a while, I have shelved the CLS model for the time being. I look forward to CLS releasing a real FSX version 2! In the meantime, I'm playing about with Thomas Ruth's/Erick Cantu's! Mike
April 28, 201214 yr Not to worry, just looked into that myself, and can confirm that to be so. It is a shame for the Tom's DC-10 VC is brilliant and the CLS VC is no longer up to par in comparison. To be honest in the light of this freeware excelling in this area (can't say as much about everything else, as its fairly close, except for the flight model, which does seem to climb like a rocket), and a few other points which were irritating me on my return to it after having not flown it for a while, I have shelved the CLS model for the time being. I look forward to CLS releasing a real FSX version 2! In the meantime, I'm playing about with Thomas Ruth's/Erick Cantu's! Why not tweak the FDE? Zicheng Cai
April 28, 201214 yr Author Ahah, That is far beyond my expertise, and being a perfectionist, I'd have to have precise real-world data, which I guess is pretty hard to come by! I think Tom and Erick are far more capable at such a thing than me... At the moment I'm contemplating looking at the Aerosim model again, which I had a long time ago for FS9 but haven't used it for a while, and it too has a better VC than the CLS version. Only problem is there aren't half as many decent repaints for it compared to CLS'! <_< Mike
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