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Hello I would like to ask two questions, one regarding the IRIS Tornado and the other on the freeware F-14 for fsx (rev.4 I think)

1.I have downloaded the previously mentioned F-14 and it flies really well, but it has a problem, when I switch to the virtual cokpit there is a large transparent hole near the end of the seat.If the bug is not resolvable is there a way I can bring the virtual cockpit from the F-18 of acceleration to the F-14?
Or is there a site that lets you download a fighter type VC?

2.The IRIS Tornado (freeware) I downloaded has a strange bug with the glass transparency, when i select virtual cokpit the glass around the cabin instead of being transparent is completely grey and opaque, making it impossible to see what is outside.Any way to solve it?

I have fsx deluxe, with acceleration and sp2 installed (If it can help)

Thanks

Hello I would like to ask two questions, one regarding the IRIS Tornado and the other on the freeware F-14 for fsx (rev.4 I think)

1.I have downloaded the previously mentioned F-14 and it flies really well, but it has a problem, when I switch to the virtual cokpit there is a large transparent hole near the end of the seat.If the bug is not resolvable is there a way I can bring the virtual cockpit from the F-18 of acceleration to the F-14?
Or is there a site that lets you download a fighter type VC?

2.The IRIS Tornado (freeware) I downloaded has a strange bug with the glass transparency, when i select virtual cokpit the glass around the cabin instead of being transparent is completely grey and opaque, making it impossible to see what is outside.Any way to solve it?

I have fsx deluxe, with acceleration and sp2 installed (If it can help)

Thanks

These are common "SP2 induced" problems. The first one, the transparent "hole" in the VC may not be
fixable except by the original model author. You could try something that I have found has fixed this
"SP2 induced" issue in some aircraft. Open the panel.cfg file ( after making a backup ) and in the
sections for the VC ( Vcockpit01..02...03..etc ) change the values for "Background_color=0,0,0"
to "Background_color=1,1,1 or 128, 128,128"  This MAY cover the hole.

The second  "SP2 induced" issue, the opague canopy, can be fixed by changing the alpha mask for
the canopy to a dark grey. It is most likely white now. You will need a utility such as DTXBmp.
Find the canopy texture bmp and open it in DTXBmp. Send the Alpha channel to the editor
( usually Windows Paint ) . Change the Alpha channel to a dark grey in the editor and save it,
In DTXBmp read the Alpha channel back in and save the bmp back into the texture folder.

FYI, these "SP2 induced" problems affect aircraft created with the FS9 and earlier SDK's.
Of course that is the majority of the available freeware aircraft these days. There just
aren't that many true "FSX compliant" freeware aircraft available and even the payware
aircraft are slow in emerging from the designers

       Paul

thanks for the great answer but when i go to open the panel.cgf file, windows pops up a message saying "impossible to open file" "open with internet or with a program" what should I do?

open the .cfg files with note pad

Hmmm.....Thats Steve's F-14? Well, go into one of the textures folders and copy Glass_T to your desktop. Then rename it to whatever the Tornados VC glass is (can be found in the tornado texture files). Rename Glass_T that and paste it in your tornado textures. PASTE OVER THE OTHER ORIGINAL VC GLASS IN THE TORNADO. I did this and it worked. As for that hole......Ill try seeing if I could put a gauge over it.

i have the same problem with the Tornado glass opacity.
ive tried both the suggestions to fix it from above but neither seems to sort out the problem. anyone got any ideas why??
cheers.