GDI and Visual cockpit

[Guest]

>Funnily enough it IS possible to make GDI gauges like the>default GPS visible on VCs in FS2002: if it is on a "lighted">texture (the ones with ..._L.bmp? I'm not VC expert, only a>user) and if it is night and all lights on. OK not the>solution but maybe a way to explore further.>Arne BartelsThat's interesting, Arne! I'll have to check into that further. FWIW though, it is possible to have the same effect produced by a _L.bmp emissive texture, but without using a texture at all.One would simply set the emissive color properties of the base material to which the $dummy.bmp texture is specified directly to something like this:Emissive Color: 192 - 192 - 192 - 255The net result is a constant "illumination" of the gauge poly that is NOT controlled by any of the light switches.I'll have to look into this further and see what turns up... :)BillAVSIM OmbudsmanFounder and Director,Creative Recycling of Aircraft Partshttp://catholic-hymns.com/frbill/FS2002/images/fartslogo.jpg

[Guest]

This EHSI and the IVSI-TCAS are both GDI+ gauges in the MS737 VC.

[Rocky 128]

What is the MS737?Is it the Microsoft 737, that is the standard 737 included in FS2002?The image you attached does not look like my MS737 panel...Is it taken from FS2004? Or is it another 737?Anyway, it shows that a GDI+ gauge can be displayed in VC mode.Eric

[Guest Fabio Miguez]

Yeah Chris, I am curious.Are those your gauges on the MS737 from FS9?

[Guest bartels]

I tried it with the new EC130 (because it has a night lit VC, no other reasons). I added a selfmade testgauge using GDI+. You see it's visible at night and leaves a hole at day.Arne Bartels

[Guest bartels]

If anyone feels like trying, I attached gauge and source. Slightly different in design now. Extraction: test!testgdiplus.Arne Bartels

[Guest]

I can't download the attachment.

[Guest Fabio Miguez]

Same here

[Guest bartels]

Edited too much I assume. Here the gauge, the source one post later. Sorry for the inconvenience.Arne Bartels

[Guest bartels]

And here the source, please refer to http://forums.avsim.com/dcboard.php?az=sho..._id=10339&page= for my "typical" file organization. It is really only a test gauge with two lines dancing.Arne Bartels

[Guest bartels]

Ah yes, I didn't include the bitmaps for small filesize, they have the same dimensions as the SDK.Flightmap ones.Arne Bartels

[Guest]

Here is a picture of Eric's Radar in a VC test panel. This works in both GMax and FSDS2 (now).This was done by setting the Emissive Color to: 192 - 192 - 192 - 255BillAVSIM OmbudsmanFounder and Director,Creative Recycling of Aircraft Partshttp://catholic-hymns.com/frbill/FS2002/images/fartslogo.jpghttp://forums.avsim.com/user_files/14877.txthttp://forums.avsim.com/user_files/14879.jpg

[Guest]

>Hi Fabio,>>are you beta testing FSACoF? great!! does your post means that>they have authorized beta testers to talk about it now and>they are not covered by their NDA anymore? wow, I've a bunch>of questions to ask then!!>THERE NEVER WAS AN "NDA" THIS TIME AROUND..." It was a "gentleman's agreement," but not an "NDA" per se like FS2k2 beta was.BillAVSIM OmbudsmanFounder and Director,Creative Recycling of Aircraft Partshttp://catholic-hymns.com/frbill/FS2002/images/fartslogo.jpg

[Guest JeanLuc_]

Hi Bill,I couldn't imagine Microsoft letting people test beta versions without any form of an end user agreement, basically saying that you not only couldn't disclose any feature of the beta version, but not even mentioning that you are in the beta test team. As such, and given that FSAcOF is not released yet, Fabio's statement is either speculation, or a breach of his NDA (whatever you call it either executed agreement or gentleman's agreement).Don't mistake my words, I don't personally care. But I would rather be precautious if I were beta testing not to make assumptions on features not publicly released and available yet...Now, let's make a transparent vector drawn HUD!

[Guest JeanLuc_]

Great job! does it work only at night or during the day too?