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These are probably noob questions, but here goes.

Firstly, is it possibly to control the speed of panning in a VC with my hat switch. I have a couple of aircraft where the speed it just too quick and I am always looking at the world a little sideways.

Secondly, when flying military low level, I have a constant and very annoying, "Don't sink" and "too low" call outs. A couple of the aircraft are FS2004 aircraft and I know it is not part of the original aircraft because it did not do it in 2004. Can I inhibit this in FSX?

Thanks

Matt

You can change the sensitivity of the hat switch in controls, in settings... I can never dead-center it though, I always end up going spacebar + mouse when centering.

Dunno if you can turn that voice off... There must be a .cfg file somewhere you can change to turn it off.

This was posted by Bill Leaming somewhere (cant remember where) and I saved a copy...


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GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) is an entirely seperate function from the other warning systems, such as the gear, flaps, et cetera.

Further, there are many options that may be configured for GPWS:

max_warning_height The height below which a warning is activated.

sink_rate_fpm If an aircraft exceeds this rate of descent a warning is activated.

excessive_sink_rate_fpm If an aircraft exceeds this rate of descent an urgent warning is activated.

climbout_sink_rate_fpm If an aircraft starts to descend during takeoff, and exceeds this rate of descent, a warning is activated.

flap_and_gear_sink_rate_fpm If an aircraft is landing, and exceeds this rate of descent without flaps or gear extended, a warning is activated.

For example, the default 737-800 entries are:

[GPWS]
max_warning_height = 1000
sink_rate_fpm = -1500
excessive_sink_rate_fpm = -2000
climbout_sink_rate_fpm = -100
flap_and_gear_sink_rate_fpm= -100

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If the current AC/config file does not have entries for these it is possible FSX uses default values and you need to add them to work correctly.

Thanks for that Nick and the PM

Matt

These are probably noob questions, but here goes.

Firstly, is it possibly to control the speed of panning in a VC with my hat switch. I have a couple of aircraft where the speed it just too quick and I am always looking at the world a little sideways.

Secondly, when flying military low level, I have a constant and very annoying, "Don't sink" and "too low" call outs. A couple of the aircraft are FS2004 aircraft and I know it is not part of the original aircraft because it did not do it in 2004. Can I inhibit this in FSX?

Thanks

Matt

The sounds can be deleted from the directories e.g. go into C:/ program files/microsoft games/ then right click on it and search the folder for any keywords you have above for instance... search the word "low" or "sink" then your results will be narrowed a little... then put it into type order and look for the media player files  (wav) files, double click on them to hear if they are the right ones then delete them if they are but back them up first!!!. and continue with this untill all callouts are gone.

I wanted to do the same thing and this is how I did it and it works... that copilot never put a word on his tongne since....hehe hope that helps

This was posted by Bill Leaming somewhere (cant remember where) and I saved a copy...


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[GPWS]
max_warning_height = 1000
sink_rate_fpm = -1500
excessive_sink_rate_fpm = -2000
climbout_sink_rate_fpm = -100
flap_and_gear_sink_rate_fpm= -100

The non-destructive way to eliminate the GPWS is to either edit (or add then edit) the entries in this table to rediculous values...

For example, setting this one entry should disable all GWPS sounds:

max_warning_height = -1000

Since it's highly unlikely you'll ever find your a/c 1000 below ground level (at least not alive that is)...  ;D

This was posted by Bill Leaming somewhere (cant remember where) and I saved a copy...


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[GPWS]
max_warning_height = 1000
sink_rate_fpm = -1500
excessive_sink_rate_fpm = -2000
climbout_sink_rate_fpm = -100
flap_and_gear_sink_rate_fpm= -100

The non-destructive way to eliminate the GPWS is to either edit (or add then edit) the entries in this table to rediculous values...

For example, setting this one entry should disable all GWPS sounds:

max_warning_height = -1000

Since it's highly unlikely you'll ever find your a/c 1000 below ground level (at least not alive that is)...

I am writing this from work, but there is a fix for panning speed.  I will try and post it tonight, but it is simply a matter of making an alteration to a config file.  However if it is urgent check the simviation, avsim, and flightsim libraries in the miscellaneous or utilities sections.  I found it very helpful to control the up/down pan rate for take-off and landing to view instruments.

As to GPWS I suggest you leave it on.  It is a part of modern aviation, it is there for a purpose, and after a while becomes part of your 'scan'.

If you have the wave files, is it possible to edit those in?  For instance, if you had the famous Homer Simpson "Doh!", is it possible to add a the wave, in this case, I would imagine you'd name it "GWPS_DOH!", add that to the FSX sound folder, then add the line, "DOH!= -20 (or whatever value for -20) to the aircraft.cfg GPWS section?

I also noticed while looking around that not all aircraft that give those warnings has a "[GPWS]" section.  So, I'm curious as to why I hear the warnings?  Magic?  Bad eyesight?