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please help! i downloaded the USAF P51 Mustang, "Big Beautiful Doll", and i installed it and when i go to fly it the screen is black around the panel. i really dont know what to do as im new to this and the plane is so well made i want to fly it! please can someone help me please!

Hi waterbomb. This is quite common with 3rd party panels in CFS1. My CFS Panel Clinic should explain how to fix it. http://www.simviation.com/lair/CFSpc.htm

thank you soooooo much! its complety fixed every problem i had! (i had the black band prob aswell)

seriously thanks a lot mate, finally i can enjoy it!

thanks

Hmmm. Why does this problem occur so often Doug? If all designers have tested their wares well, is it caused by it being made on a different size / res monitor to the user? As for the black bands problem, I can't remeber what Doug used, but I think you edited the panel.cfg. If you download CFG edit, http://www.cfgedit.com/, it has a feature that you can see the bands moving as you adjust them. It does a lot more as well, a great utility.
Dan G  8)

Hmmm. Why does this problem occur so often Doug? If all designers have tested their wares well, is it caused by it being made on a different size / res monitor to the user?

There's nothing wrong with the panels. The problem is with FS98 panels in CFS. Many early CFS aircraft were simply tweaked FS98 designs. It's all explained in my Panel Clinic if you read it. You only have to click the link in my reply. It's one of the first tutes I ever posted & written long before CfgEdit was available.

Glad it fixed your problem waterbomb.