Transparancy, ATC - Window

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HalloFS uses for the ATC window a sort of "sun-glass".Where to find, or make and how to use such a bitmap(?)Could use it as perspex in my 2D-cockpit windows.Janhttp://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v4...75aouncN_th.jpg

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I suppose you could create a XML gauge with a semi-transparent background using a bitmap and display text strings onto it. Then place it on a seperate 2D panel.FS may use the same engine or it may just create the window as part of its C application programming.Steve

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Steve,I think the same, but how to create that semi-transparant bitmap; that is my problem!You could make that way also ice on that bitmap (Karl)Janhttp://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v4...75aouncN_th.jpg

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Yup, got my attention ;)I thought about alpha-bitmaps, but since I'm not even able to change the turn coordinator alpha, I have moved on to other things.Last thing I read was that I needed to do hex-editing on the image file after it was saved (yikes). Too much of a hazzle.

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We just saw some nice ice- and rain effects.Snow is building up on the runway etc.These are effects.Could it be possible to use the "effects-way" to create (with the Smoke-key?) ice on our windshields?The rain droplets fade away, but the ice could stay.Just an idea, I'm not capable creating it.Janhttp://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v4...75aouncN_th.jpg

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The smoke system is already in use to show trails of water down a wet or snowy hard runway. I also only have one light circuit left, which could be used for effect triggering - but I'll stick to it as a backup.BUT. There is a lot of weird unknown (to me) settings on the corsair, have anyone examined this yet?As for transparency, I got an updated version of the virtual cockpit today, with colored glass effect (color+specular?). It looked of course absolutely stunning, but no runway lightning would ever be seen through it - so I guess it is a no-go.But we do have visible ice buildup on the wings - fully bootable. (Builtin FDE handles the actual ice buildup, no cheap "tricks" except the boot timer, and assigning ice to a model variable).