Hi all! I need to know what program I need to open up a gau. file. I would like to paint some gauges up and change some of the print on them. Is there such a thing to do all that? Thanks!!Don

Don,I use GAUBMP2 by Chuck Dome to edit gauge bitmaps. It used to be easy to find, but it's getting scarce now.Search for gaubmp2.zip in the Flightsim.com file library. Or try this link for a much earlier version:http://www.bluesteel.bravepages.com/tools1.html

Thank you very much Douglas. I appreciate it.Don

Don,Chuck's Gaubmp2 is an excellent utility but it occasionally misses bitmaps so I generally use Reshacker these days. Check it out athttp://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/Fred

THANK YOU FRED! ! ! ! ! That works like a champ!!! I appreciate it. So easy!! I can't tell you how thankful I am. Don

Hey Don, I tried to answer your email but I get this..."Recipient address rejected: AOL is currently not accepting mail from Allstream at this time". Any clues about that?Anyway I just made a copy of an original Altimeter.gau, renamed it New_Altimeter.gau, stuck it in the panel in place of the attitude indicator and everything worked fine. Both gauges appeared and worked.Does the modfied gauge work if you keep the original name? If not did you alter the size or format of the changed bitmap in any way? That's the only thing I can think of that might bugger it up.BTW in the new year that old address will be dead. For the new address just change attcanada.ca to allstream.net.Fred

Thanks for the e-mail try Fred. AOL has been doing that lately. It had some Australian ISP's blocked. It has something to do with spam. As long as I keep the original name it's fine and the changes work. When I add a "d" in front of the name, it becomes a no-show. I copy the bmp and paste it into my paint program. I reduce it to 256 when done, and save it as the same # that it was in the beginning. I then do a "replace bitmap" and save. All is well. But it doesn't like the name change. Try this address. > [email protected] :( Thanks buddy.DonI thought this was you by the initials! :)

Hi.I`m having dificulty with this prog. I`ve replaced my bitmaps, saved and fired up FS9 but no changes have been made.I can`t be saving correctly.Eddie

Make certain that you don't change the format of the .bmp file. If it is 24-bit when loaded into your paint program, then you must save it as a 24-bit .bmp.If it is 256 Indexed-Color, then you must save it as 256 Indexed-Color.

>If it is 256 Indexed-Color*shudder*