July 26, 201213 yr Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to change the assignments for the NGX's popup 2d windows (the ones that are usually brought up with shift+1...9) because its a bit fiddly on fsx with trackir and movement etc. I'd like to replace the lighting panel (shift 2) with the 2d mcp which currently lies outside the 1-9 range. Any help would be greatly appreciated and a huge belated congrats to the PMDG team who still have me hooked on this plane. Thanks, Sam Sam Iliya
July 26, 201213 yr You can try to change sections of panel.cfg. IIRC they called [Window Titles] and [WindowXX]. In first section in Window02= (if you want to use shift+2) you will write the name of MCP and vice versa with lower forward panel. Do the same exchange with [WindowXX]. Rostyslav S Wanna fly 737NGX with turbulence?
July 27, 201213 yr Hey Sam, adding to what Rostyslav wrote, it is VERY important to align the numbers correctly. At the bottom I posted what you need to change specifically, just copy and paste it. But, first let me give you an example so you know how I did it and where to put everything. Let's take this example of the NGX -800 panel.cfg. This is at the top: [Window Titles] window00=Main Panel window01=Lower Main window02=CDU (Left) window03=Aft Electronic Panel Window04=XGauge Window05=Fire Protection Now, further below, you will see the actual window entries like this: [Window00] file_1024=PMDG_NGX_main_wide.bmp size_mm=1920, 1200 window_size= 1.000, 1.000 position=7 visible=1 ident=MAIN_PANEL // // Lower Main // [Window01] BACKGROUND_COLOR=35,35,35 size_mm=1920,260 window_size = 1.00, 0.2166667 position=6 visible=0 ident=401 zorder=90 // // CDU (Left) // [Window02] BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 size_mm=385,600 window_size= 0.20052, 0.50000 position=8 visible=0 ident=402 zorder=99 // // Aft Electronic Panel // [Window03] BACKGROUND_COLOR=100,100,100 size_mm=1128, 1200 window_size= 0.58750, 1.000 position=1 visible=0 ident=403 zorder=89 [Window04] size_mm=240,193 position = 5 Visible = 0 ident = 14991 // // Fire Protection // [Window05] BACKGROUND_COLOR=100,100,100 size_mm=800, 234 window_size = 0.41667, 0.19500 position=7 visible=0 ident=404 zorder=92 ETC. They continue on until [Window21]. I removed the guage sections in each because they are irrelevant for this and for the sake of brevity in this post. Now, something to understand is that when you press say Shift+3, you will actually bring up [Window02], so you must keep that in mind. Let's use that for the example. Say you want Shift+3 to bring up the fire protection guage, which currently is [Window05], brought up by pressing Shift+6. You need to change it so the Window05=Fire Protection and [Window05] equal the same value, which we'll change to 02, like this: Window02=Fire Protection [Window02] BACKGROUND_COLOR=100,100,100 size_mm=800, 234 window_size = 0.41667, 0.19500 position=7 visible=0 ident=404 zorder=92 Now, you will have two Window02 entries, so change the old Window02 (in this case the CDU left) to Window05, like so: window05=CDU (Left) [Window05] BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 size_mm=385,600 window_size= 0.20052, 0.50000 position=8 visible=0 ident=402 zorder=99 So, with those changes, your panel.cfg should look like this: [Window Titles] window00=Main Panel window01=Lower Main window05=CDU (Left) window03=Aft Electronic Panel Window04=XGauge Window02=Fire Protection [Window00] file_1024=PMDG_NGX_main_wide.bmp size_mm=1920, 1200 window_size= 1.000, 1.000 position=7 visible=1 ident=MAIN_PANEL // // Lower Main // [Window01] BACKGROUND_COLOR=35,35,35 size_mm=1920,260 window_size = 1.00, 0.2166667 position=6 visible=0 ident=401 zorder=90 // // CDU (Left) // [Window05] BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 size_mm=385,600 window_size= 0.20052, 0.50000 position=8 visible=0 ident=402 zorder=99 // // Aft Electronic Panel // [Window03] BACKGROUND_COLOR=100,100,100 size_mm=1128, 1200 window_size= 0.58750, 1.000 position=1 visible=0 ident=403 zorder=89 [Window04] size_mm=240,193 position = 5 Visible = 0 ident = 14991 // // Fire Protection // [Window02] BACKGROUND_COLOR=100,100,100 size_mm=800, 234 window_size = 0.41667, 0.19500 position=7 visible=0 ident=404 zorder=92 Save and that's it! You can then rearrange them in the panel.cfg so they appear in the new numerical order. Here is what you would need to change for the two you requested, just copy and paste into their respective, already existing places: [Window Titles] window00=Main Panel Window01=MCP (full) window02=CDU (Left) window03=Aft Electronic Panel Window04=XGauge Window05=Fire Protection Window06=Forward Overhead Window07=Aft Overhead Window08=Overhead Lights Window09=Lower DU window10=Lower Main Window11=Radios Window12=Zoomed Left Outboard DU Window13=Zoomed Left Inboard DU Window14=Zoomed Upper DU Window15=Zoomed Lower DU Window16=Zoomed Right Inboard DU Window17=Zoomed Right Outboard DU Window18=CDU (Right) Window19=Minipanel Window20=Light Sensor Window21=Logic // // Lower Main // [Window10] BACKGROUND_COLOR=35,35,35 size_mm=1920,260 window_size = 1.00, 0.2166667 position=6 visible=0 ident=401 zorder=90 gauge00=PMDG_737NGX!LwrMain, 0, 0, 1128, 260 gauge01=PMDG_737NGX!GPWS, 1129, 0, 791, 260 // // MCP // [Window01] BACKGROUND_COLOR=30,30,30 size_mm=1099, 165 window_size = 0.5723958, 0.1375000 window_pos = 0.42969, 0.36333 visible=0 ident=409 zorder=83 gauge00=PMDG_737NGX!MCP, 0, 0, 1099, 165, 1 Enjoy! Regards,Kyle
July 27, 201213 yr Author Thank you both very much. I will give this a go tomorrow and hope for the best. It really amazes me how much time and effort people put into their replies on this forum. Makes me feel very lucky to be a small part of this amazing flight sim community. Thanks again! Sam Sam Iliya
July 28, 201213 yr Thank you both very much. I will give this a go tomorrow and hope for the best. It really amazes me how much time and effort people put into their replies on this forum. Makes me feel very lucky to be a small part of this amazing flight sim community. Thanks again! Sam No problem, come back if you run into trouble! Regards,Kyle
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