mfraser

Thanks for the very helpful replies everyone. After much tweaking and testing I think I have a setup I'm happy with. @Stan57 - I tried Glen Copelands gauge and loved it, except for one issue.... you have to set the alert altitude separate from the autopilot altitude. I would prefer to be able set it via the FS autopilot offset/Lvar (This may be possible but requires a change to the XML programming which is beyond my expertise). Apart from that it works very well. @Spook - I have decided to use pmSounds as you recommended. I can confirm that the Altitude Alerter works really well and doesn't require the other PM software to work. Ever better it closely replicates the real world gauge and tones! I also like the 'virtual copilot' sounds - though I recorded some of my own which better replicates real world cockpit phraseologies. My only criticism would be that the GPWS altitude callouts are only suitable for a 737/A320 sized aircraft - in the 747/757/767/777 the aircraft touches down right on the '20' call. For anyone else looking for a similar solution, I'm using Rob Barendregt's GPWS gauge v3.3 which allows you to customise the altitude callouts for each individual aircraft you fly. I combine this with the freeware pmSounds which gives my the Altitude Alerter I was originally looking for, as well as a few 'virtual copilot' callouts. All together they work really well and add another dimension to the virtual cockpit environment. Cheers everyone and best regards,Mat Fraser

Hey thanks for that Spook! Much appreciated! That is indeed the sound I'm after..... I'm going to test it tonight. I don't know if it will work though as the PM site says 'altitude alerts' are in connection with the PM FMS software which I don't run. I'll post the results here anyway on the off-chance that others are looking for a similar solution in the future.....

Hey Spook - I've had a quick look at PMSounds. I already have GPWS callouts and warnings through the RealityXP gauges I use, it was just the altitude alerter that I was after. However, if the gauges above don't work for me then I'll probably use PMSounds. Thanks for the reply,Mat

LOL - thank goodness for topic alerts!! I was looking for an altitude alerter gauge for FS9 - one that sounds a tone as you near the pre-selected altitude on the autopilot. I was hoping you might remember which gauge you found and used - though I appreciate its been a few years since then! FWIW I've had a reply on another forum which suggested ML_A30F.ZIP, a FS2002 Airbus panel (It uses ML_AltAlert.gau and HGHB_AltWarn.WAV). I'm pretty sure its what I'm after but I'm yet to test it. Any info you do have would be much appreciated. Mat

Hi Andy - if you're still active in these parts can you please point me towards which aircraft you used for the altitude alerter, as its exactly what I'm looking for at the moment!! Cheers,Mat Fraser

Hi all - I had the same problem as well. It only manifested itself when I moved my sim PC to another room which meant I couldn't have it connected to the internet. I tried a number of things suggested in this and other forums, however the only thing that worked for me was to remove the registry entries that related to the gameux.dll dependancies. In my case the problem was linked to the Windows 7 Game Explorer which loops itself trying to find information and box art when an internet connection is not present - unchecking the options didn't help. This did:Delete any entires under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX.................. Just leave Games and MachineSettings in there................I hope this helps..........Mat