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Hi all - need a little advice here.

I've been working on an APU gauge for simpit use, that switches on the APU sound and activates an exterior-view heat haze plume from the APU exhaust port. The gauge works fine, and I have the gauge slaved to a keypress so that it's activated by Shift/Ctrl/P rather than a mouse click.

Problem is - it only works in 2D cockpit mode; as soon as I switch to VC (or the exterior views) using 'S', the key sequence doesn't work any more. I've tried putting the gauge into the [Vcockpit01] section, but that hasn't done anything. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Also, in a cold/dark cockpit, is there an easy way to activate the electrics rather than going through the startup sequence?

Thanks,
all.

To turn on the electronics in the cockpit without startup sequences (Ctrl+E) look in the assignments dropdown menu.  There should be a regular keypress to turn on the master battery and one to turn on the avionics.

Locke,

Thanks for the idea.

However, Martyn is working on a gauge for a SIMPIT....... where there will be no panel showing on any monitor.