I MIGHT be seeing things, but to me the gauges seem to have a reflective/translucent layer over them. If so that will be SO nice when lighting changes.http://fengzhudesign.com/fs2004/fs9_e3_05.jpgCarmine http://forums.avsim.net/images/wave.gifhttp://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7118/phoenixtp8mg.jpg

I think that's the 2D panel and they won't get lighting effects. VCs will, of course, and they look great! ;)

Thanks Mike! I appreciate that you take the time to try and answer us when you can!Carmine http://forums.avsim.net/images/wave.gifhttp://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7118/phoenixtp8mg.jpg

My pleasure. 2D panels will get one new thing, though. It's seen in one of the pics from E3. ;)

You can change the transparency of the entire panel.

>You can change the transparency of the entire panel.Bingo! Ed takes the prize home! ;)

That's why I like this place--smart people. ;)

I've looked around, but I must be dumb this afternoon, where is this picture?

>I've looked around, but I must be dumb this afternoon, where>is this picture?Fourth screenshot down, in the long thread about "Hands On, Part 2". Note the bottom left quadrant of the screen, showing the slider for 2d Panel Transparency... ;)

Thanks :-) I don't know how I missed that LOL

Regarding user-settable transparency on 2D panel:Release week AVSIM FSX Forum post..."Why can I see through my panel? I couldn't see that before in FS2004!! FSX SUCKS!":) /just sayin'-Greg

> Bingo! Ed takes the prize home! ;)does he win a copy of fsx?

>> Bingo! Ed takes the prize home! ;)>>does he win a copy of fsx?Nope. We'll allow him an extra hour outside the cave sometime next week... ;)

>>You can change the transparency of the entire panel.>>Bingo! Ed takes the prize home! ;)A semi-transparent panel can solve a few problems, since a one screen monitor is very compromised. It add's a dimension of peripheral vision, that a full panel, sometimes stealing over half of the screen, takes away from.IMO, a virtual cockpit with reduced sizing for instruments, MFD's, etc. is not the best display for a glass panel system such as the Avidyne Entegra or Garmin 1000; when you actually require the info on the PFD & MFD.In a real cockpit, the eye can quickly scan & focus over the glare sheild to the outside enviroment, side to side for peripheral vision, and back to important information on the panel in a fraction of a second. With an optional semi-transparent panel, you're still getting a good runway view for approaches, while seeing the instruments at the same time; as well as added peripheral vision from the side which adds to the sensation of yaw, speed, as well as reducing the overall effect of tunnnel vision.L.Adamson