Back in development on the side

[John_Cillis 2,406]

Saw that Microsoft offers Visual Studio free for independent developers like myself.  I am downloading it and trying to think of new add-ons I can create.  My big push is for a universal 2-d autopilot gauge, which I can pop up and set V/S, IAS, Alt, and heading easily for P3dV4.  I don't like the fancy systems that come bundled with some aircraft which add steps to the process of setting up the A/P.  I like having it all there in one universal gauge, haven't found a freeware one for P3dv4.  If anyone knows of such a gauge I would be happy to skip the coding and use it outright.

John

[Chock 17,769]

Well, you could always knock one up in FS Panel Studio. Might have to manually find folders for it in P3D, but there isn't any reason I can think of why it would not suit the purpose.

[John_Cillis 2,406]

Thanks, I will look into that. Haven't played with panels too much.  Took a long time to get the Dev tools installed, I thought my computer was hosed again.  I sweated bullets waiting for it to finish restarting, took over an hour.  I have a slow web service plus a firewall.

John

Checked my system out after install of visual studio.  There's a slight stutter which I think is SQL server, so I will probably stop that service.  Otherwise performance wasn't impacted and the scenery passed by fluidly.