Help me, how to remove the default GPS 3D Knobs above the GTN 650.

 

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Is this a Carenado B58 Baron?  If so there is a setting you might find with the shift+# key combos.  Usually Shift +3.  That should bring up a dialog box. If it contains a 3D knobs setting then deselect it. You may also need to deselect any IR or Instrument Reflections setting as those reflections in some Carenado models might block you mouse pointer from accessing the RXP GPS knobs.

If it is a Carenado model and that works for you then get back to me here and I will try to find some xml code patches developed by a couple of other members here. 

2 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Is this a Carenado B58 Baron?  If so there is a setting you might find with the shift+# key combos.  Usually Shift +3.  That should bring up a dialog box. If it contains a 3D knobs setting then deselect it. You may also need to deselect any IR or Instrument Reflections setting as those reflections in some Carenado models might block you mouse pointer from accessing the RXP GPS knobs.

If it is a Carenado model and that works for you then get back to me here and I will try to find some xml code patches developed by a couple of other members here. 

Oh, thank you so much, I'll look at this.

Yes, it's Carenado Baron B58.

1 hour ago, Michael Belle said:

Oh, thank you so much, I'll look at this.

Yes, it's Carenado Baron B58.

Found I do have the Carenado B58 Baron for FSX SE and it does have the 3D knobs setting. I do not currently have it installed but here is what I see from my backup files.   This is a solution that may change the way that Carenado model loads so that you do not need to go to Shift + 3 each time you fly it.  My installation for FSX SE was for a pair of RXP GNS gauges, not GTNs.

 

==============
<Gauge Name="Control_init" Version="1.0">
 <!-- No 3d Knobs -->
    <Element>
          <Select>
          <Value>
                  (L:Init,bool) 1 != if{  1 (>L:3DKNOBSBOOL,bool)
                            1 (>L:Init,bool) }
           </Value>
           </Select>
     </Element>
 </Gauge> 
=============

Take just those lines above that appear between the rows of equal signs.  Paste those into a new text file, then save it as text-only as "Control_Init.xml".  Make sure the file is saved with the .xml file extension, not .txt.

Find your Carenado's B58's "Panel" folder.  In it create a new subfolder named "controls".  Copy the file you created, "Control_Init.xml", into that controls folder.

In the panel folder find the panel.cfg file and make a backup of it somewhere else.  Then open panel.cfg file with a text editor.  Find the [Vcockpit04] section and add the line "gauge09=controls!control_init, 0,0,1,1" at the end of that section.  Make sure the gauge number is one higher than the last entry you find before adding it.  Save your edited panel.cfg as text only, and make sure it is named panel.cfg, not panel.txt.  Then start P3D, load that Baron, and you should find the 3D knobs have defaulted to off.

Thanks to Bert Pieke for this mod.  I have used it in several Carenado models.

 

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit04]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$Panel_baron_4

gauge00=BT58!Clock,  2,1,338,298
gauge01=BT58!Manifold2,  391,248,120,120
gauge02=BT58!RPM Indicator2,  391,125,120,120
gauge03=BT58!CHT_EGT2,  391,3,120,120
gauge04=BT58!Oil_Temp_Press2,  2,302,120,120
gauge05=BT58!ELT_LIGHT,  194,425,14,14
gauge06=BT58!Fuelflow2,  377,371,132,133
gauge07=BT58!Directional_Gyro,  246,302,128,129
gauge08=BT58!Prop Sync,  210,433,80,77
gauge09=controls!control_init, 0,0,1,1

Edited January 4, 20224 yr by fppilot

52 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Found I do have the Carenado B58 Baron for FSX SE and it does have the 3D knobs setting. I do not currently have it installed but here is what I see from my backup files.   This is a solution that may change the way that Carenado model loads so that you do not need to go to Shift + 3 each time you fly it.  My installation for FSX SE was for a pair of RXP GNS gauges, not GTNs.

 

==============
<Gauge Name="Control_init" Version="1.0">
 <!-- No 3d Knobs -->
    <Element>
          <Select>
          <Value>
                  (L:Init,bool) 1 != if{  1 (>L:3DKNOBSBOOL,bool)
                            1 (>L:Init,bool) }
           </Value>
           </Select>
     </Element>
 </Gauge> 
=============

Take just those lines above that appear between the rows of equal signs.  Paste those into a new text file, then save it as text-only as "Control_Init.xml".  Make sure the file is saved with the .xml file extension, not .txt.

Find your Carenado's B58's "Panel" folder.  In it create a new subfolder named "controls".  Copy the file you created, "Control_Init.xml", into that controls folder.

In the panel folder find the panel.cfg file and make a backup of it somewhere else.  Then open panel.cfg file with a text editor.  Find the [Vcockpit04] section and add the line "gauge09=controls!control_init, 0,0,1,1" at the end of that section.  Make sure the gauge number is one higher than the last entry you find before adding it.  Save your edited panel.cfg as text only, and make sure it is named panel.cfg, not panel.txt.  Then start P3D, load that Baron, and you should find the 3D knobs have defaulted to off.

Thanks to Bert Pieke for this mod.  I have used it in several Carenado models.

 

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit04]
Background_color=0,0,0 
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$Panel_baron_4

gauge00=BT58!Clock,  2,1,338,298
gauge01=BT58!Manifold2,  391,248,120,120
gauge02=BT58!RPM Indicator2,  391,125,120,120
gauge03=BT58!CHT_EGT2,  391,3,120,120
gauge04=BT58!Oil_Temp_Press2,  2,302,120,120
gauge05=BT58!ELT_LIGHT,  194,425,14,14
gauge06=BT58!Fuelflow2,  377,371,132,133
gauge07=BT58!Directional_Gyro,  246,302,128,129
gauge08=BT58!Prop Sync,  210,433,80,77
gauge09=controls!control_init, 0,0,1,1

Thank you very much Frank!!

It worked!! 😄