Greetings all!GMax, FSDS and such are completely beyond my comprehension (sad grin)! But... maybe my issue can be solved without these things. With FS Panel Studio I have put together a 2D panel with various windows (the perspex things the pilot looks through - not the pop-up kind). Now even I know that black is the "color" that makes windows fully transparent, that's no problem. The problem is: I want to make ONE little window SLIGHTLY LESS transparent, and I don't have the faintest idea if this can be done, and if yes, how...Can anybody point me in the right direction? Please?Be well!Jaap Verduijn.

With a 2-d panel, it can't be done. The effect is seen in some add-on aircraft, but it is always in the VC--hard coded as part of the FSDS or GMAX generated mdl file. A 2-d panel is just that--a 2-d bitmap which overlays the sim's view of the outside world. Sorry to say the MSFS designers only give the option for a completely transparent mask (RGB=0,0,0), or none at all.-John

Thanks John! I did indeed fear this was the case, otherwise we would have seen it already done in various aircraft, I guess. Well, I'll simply give that particular little window the full transparancy then, with maybe the odd splash, streak and scratch in a color to be determined by a bit of trial and error.Thanks again, and be well!Jaap Verduijn.