Some questions about add-on creating in Fly!1

[Guest harry3]

Hi!1.)I wanted to ask where I can get the SDK for Fly!1 ? I've googled it but nearly all links are dead Where can I get it from???How to produce those Gauges? Is Micorsoft Visual C++ 6.0 doing well for that??? Is there also a tut. about panel files? (pnl). They look a bit more complex than the MSFS panel.cfg files.2.) I've downloaded a Hawker with a working MFD on board(from Are Barstad). And a King Air with GPS. Now, the problem is that I've got those planes 2 times in my aircraft folder. That's really not beautiful. How can I build those functions direclty into the original aircraft??? I can't import files into a POD file, I just can extract them. (using PODVIEW.EXE)The Hawker with new MFD consits of a new aircraft *.epd file and a *.pnl(plain text) file and a *.pbm(unknown file type for me...can't open it with any program) file which have to be placed into the DATA folder.Maybe someone of you knows how to put the new functions(MFD,GPS) directly into the original aircraft's *.epd???Regards,Harry

[Guest tonyc]

Hi, Harry. Welcome to FLY. the problem with FLY1 is that many of us, if not all, have moved to FLY2. There are many more tools as well as planes, tutorials and folks who might be able to help you. Any reason why yo've chosen FLY1?tony

[RandallR 444]

Harry,I'm not an expert on aircraft building, but I can tell you that you need to be patched up to the highest Fly!2K level: the SDK 1.01.88 (Developer) upgrade. If you're at this level, you have the full SDK.If you're not up to this level, it might explain why you were having some problems with the VCF files. When properly patched the SDK info is in the SDK folder.

[Guest harry3]

Well, I've choosen Fly!1 because I've bought it some years ago, but never had installed in onto my new computer.I've got Fly! 2k, which means that it's the final release of Fly!1.But there is no SDK included! Why can't I just download the SDK as I can for Microsoft Flight Simulator? Doesn't anybody of you know where to get it from???Regards,Harry

[RandallR 444]

Harry,TRI made major fixes to Fly!2K and added the SDK with the final patch. Download the FLY! SDK 1.01.88 for the Developer - PC Version from the File Library right here at Avsim.Here's the link: http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=5821

[Guest harry3]

Thanks for the file :-)I'm going to take a look at the docu, when I have some more time.Is there also somewhere a discribtion of how pnl files work?To build pod files, would it be better to use the program from the AVSIM library???Regards,Harry

[RandallR 444]

Harry,It's been a long, long time since I worked with Fly!2K - I believe I used the Fly Editor (Flyedit v1.05) as my main editing tool. The Editor provides the tools for podding (after making a text file for the pod list).There is also the more advanced Flyedit v1.06 which was developed to allow automatic slicing of scenery files for podding with Todd Klaus' TerraScene. However, v1.06 at some problems when it came to using its other tools outside of the TerraScene environment, so most of us had both programs and switched their executables in and out of the Fly!2K directory. (v1.06 for TerraScene, v1.05 for everything else).