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  3. Posted

    OK, thanks for the reply. The problem is that the instruments will not display the correct values then. I ll ask in the air cockpit forum because some of them know how to list L:vars and combine them with LINDA to transfer them in FSUIPC so that the Simkits and/ or flight Illusion gauges display the correct values.

    Thanks

     

    Stephane

  4. Posted

    Hi folks,

     

    My home cockpit is based on Flight Illusion gauges similar to SimKits. I m totally new to LINDA and was wondering if something has been created for the 172 trainer to extract the correct instrument values so that the Flight Illusion gauges display the proper values?

    If so, could somoene explain me in details what to do because that s really obscur for me!

    Many thanks.

     

    Cheers

    Stephane

  10. Posted

    Dear all,

     

    I'm struggling to induce fuel pump sound in FS2004 by using the dsd_XML_sound gauge.

    Here is my dsd_XML_sound.ini file:

     

    [Config]

    MaxSounds=100

    Lvar=dsd_xml_sound3

    LvarStop=dsd_stop_sounds

     

    [LVars]

    Lvar00=GENERAL_ENG_FUEL_PUMP_ON

     

    [sounds]

    Sound00=./Sound/fuelpump.wav

     

     

    I've declared the dsd_XML_sound3.gau in the panel.cfg file, so the problem is not there but might be in the .ini file above.

    Basically, it should start the sound when the fuel pump is ON, but it does not!

     

    Anyone could help me doing this?

    Many thanks in advance for any help!

     

    Kind regards,

    Stéphane

  13. Posted

    I use FSX too, no problem with any of the Saitek module using SPAD only. The only issue I had was that the radio panel looks to turn into sleep mode after a while. I've discovered that it is needed to turn off the sleep function of the USB devices in the control panel. Maybe it is your problem....be aware that running both the SPAD drivers and Saitek drivers may cause serious instability and incompatibility!

    But it should work for you as It is actually working fine for me.

     

    Stéphane

     

    For FSX,

     

    any quick tutorials to assing switches to aircrafts using SPAD?

     

     

    The easiest way to assign function to the switch panel is to use the keyboard emulation in SPAD. Assign the same key in FSUIPC corresponding to the function of the aircraft you want to control and this is it!

  19. Posted

    after reading you, I have the same remarks:

    IVAO would be fun and realistic but no more AI traffic and therefore traffic visible depends on number of people connected but also, some of the controllers and pilots have to a fu...microphone that make the communication very difficult to understand...and I won't mention the difference of sound intensity from one user to another.

     

    PFE delux could have been a great alternative but due to some bugs and limitations (I won't give example but 50% of my trials, the controller enters in a loop due to its own limitation), I don't use it anymore.

    My only alternative for IFR controlled flights is the great radar contact V4 which is very powerful, easy to use and quite realistic.

     

    The state of the art ATC is

    but it looks like it is only for X-plane 9.

     

    Stéphane

  20. Posted

    On a side note, i have a "simple" laptop that runs FSX at 1920x1200 with minor stuttering with addon sceneries, NGX, the works. Sometimes when there's heavy weather i get some stuttering, but that's normal on a lappie. My desktop is a whole different story though. FS9 is just TOO old, i can't even look at it anymore :sad:

     

     

    I would be very interesting in your definition of fluidity. In FS, I consider a smooth animation with at least 35 to 40 FPS. Below you can feel that it's not running fast enough!

     

    I'm still running fs9 with my i7 850 and my ATI 5850, because under FSX (no tweak) I run a poor 20 FPS at Ajaccio for example with few clouds (REX2). Each version of FS are confortably flyable around 5 years after it has been released...it's a shame!

    So, it is old, but with the very good sceneries like the German airports, Vienna...etc, it is visually better than FSX with my configuration...so I can understand her post!

     

    It's gonna open another topic: the use of multicore CPUs, I have a quad core CPU which is not used at 100% of its capacity with FS! Why?

  21. Posted

    Hi Hed,

     

    Here is my option (pro flight yoke: PZ44):

    1) The aileron AND elevator are equipped with spring to get each axis back to neutral position

    2) But my opinion is that the spring are too strong. Having an accurate control of the elevator axis with one hand is not easy and therefore, the movements are not so smoothed. The aileron axis is much more smooth but I found it not pleasant to use it especially near the neutral position. Indeed, you can feel "hard points" near either side of the neutral zone. It has only 45° left and right...

     

    The cessna pro yoke is much better than the PZ44. Very smooth even near the neutral zone and easy to have accurate movements with only one hand...and it has 90° of rotation L and R so 180° of total rotation improving a lot the precision and accuracy.

     

    Regards,

     

    Stéphane

  22. Posted

    Hi Luca,

     

    I don't own the prop cockpit trainer simply because I don't like the aspect of the radio modules. I've bought the pro pit panel which is basically the same thing as the prop cockpit trainer for the flight instruments.

    The switches and the yoke look great but haven't tried them. The TPM (throttle, propoller and mixture) looks basic, I prefer the real touch of the Saitek TPM. Regarding the flight instruments, I guess it is the same as the pro pit panel. But you have to know that it basically uses the defaut instrument of flight simulator. This means that the instrument have low resolution which is even worse as they are expanded to fit the holes of the VR Insight panel. Their animation is not smooth either. It can use the carenado instruments if you have a carenado aircraft installed on your computer.

    The solution for me was to buy the reality XP flight N & T to replace the defaut flight instruments of flight simulator. You will get ultra high resolution instruments and very smooth and accurate. But you need to know how to modify the panel.cfg file in order to set the correct size of the instruments at the correct place. It is time consuming so that the instruments are correctly placed to fit the holes of the panel. But once it is done, it is awesome to use.

     

    My opinion is that this config is not an ideal price/quality. Finally, it is just a TFT monitor behind a shell with knobs on it. I think the price is really to high compared to what you actually get. For this price, I would rather go for simkit instruments whose prices have decreased a bit since they've been launched on the market.

    For example, you can buy this module for the avionic: http://www.simw.com/...p-bkav-set.html

    and combine simpit instruments with saitek cessna yoke and TPM. You will have almost the same price but a even higher quality!

     

    Hope this helps,

    Stéphane

  23. Posted

    Great simpit Stephane. Really like what you have done with the Saitek throttle too.

     

    Well done.

     

    Rhydian

    Thanks Rhydian! Your "Primary 6 flight Sim project" looks very fine, I will have a look to have more details!

     

     

    Ok thank you the first time when i see the pic was in a cell phone :Nerd:

    I think you have your answer now but just in case; from top to bottom, it is the fuel selector lever, cowl flaps and finally the parking brakes. It is a temporary solution as I'd like to open the throttle to do a kind of "do it yourself' command for each of them. I want a more realism touch which is not the case with this solution even though it is very usefull!

     

    Click on the picture and it will load a bigger picture, then click again for an even closer look, you should be able to see exactly what is labelled on the left quadrant then.

     

    Hi Andrew, nice to see you over here! :Peace:

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