C310 - default nav/com stack?

[dir]

Hi,

I have installed Rey Lopez' original C310 aircraft (rlc310q.zip), and then Horst Paetzold's panel (hpc310c.zip) to that, in FS2004.

This gives a very realistic IFR aircraft. However, the nav/com is much too basic. Is there any way I could bring up the M$ default nav/com stack (keyboard command?) do you think?

That'd really be great!

Thks,

dir

[commoner]

should be simple enough at least to get it by clicking the icon but can't seem to find the panel from your post....give a link if you can...commoner

..I'm assuming this what you want to do......it's the panel that came with the plane you gave the link to.Shift+3 toggles the stack.

[wji]

" should be simple enough" . . . you got that right!

     

This shows Rick Piper's HS.748 which had -- as I recall -- an authentic (read that: old-fashioned) radio stack.

[commoner]

...mmm.... I assume that maybe dir wants to know how to change the panel he is using which will be different t to Piper's one............everyone isn't as clued up on these things as you wji...or they wouldn't have to ask in the first place now would they?...........commoner

[dir]

Thank you both for your swift replies.

Commoner: Yes, that's exactly what I want to achieve--but with Horst Paetzold's panel. What you have shown there is (I think) the original Rey Lopez aircraft and panel. Since this panel is poor for IFR work, I added Horst Paetzold's panel, which gives an HSI, RMI etc. Unfortunately, the little radio icon (present in Rey's panel) disappears in Horst's. Hence the problem. I don't want to alter the panel as such, just bypass it for the M$ one. By the way, a very nice GT Junior/2000?, I had one just like it, same colour, a Guilia too .

I downloaded these sometime ago, so I'm unable to recall where I got them from exactly, but maybe Avsim &/or Flightsim?

wji: I'm no programmer, but have an idea what all that code is. On my screen unfortunately the top an dbottom lines aren't quite visible. Are you saying that if I somehow transplant the code into my C310 it'll give me what I need?

dir

[commoner]

..mm...well if you don't know where the file is maybe we can try to go another way........

Make a backup copy of the panel.cfg file just in case you mess up...........then open the panel.cfg and at the top will be a list of windows for various parts of the panel......look for  one which says Radio stack or Radios and scroll down till you find the text  and replace it with this by copying and pasting........

[Window01]
BACKGROUND_COLOR=2,2,2
size_mm=156,308
windowsize_ratio=1.0
position=8
visible=0
ident=RADIO_STACK_PANEL

gauge00=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 0, 0
gauge01=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 0, 29
gauge02=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 0, 86
gauge03=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 0, 142
gauge04=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 0, 180
gauge05=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 0, 217
gauge06=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 0, 262

..then change the window number to the same as the one you removed .............

......close the file and YES to save the changes....should do it.

To toggle the stack use SHIFT+whatever the window number is...............best I can describe it without the actual panel..............commoner.

If you can't figure it out then post a screenie of the part of your panel.cfg that seems relevant and we'll try again

[dir]

commoner:

Thanks for your last, I was just going to try that out ... then unexpectedly re-located the original files (last on page)->

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004panels17.htm

Does what you posted still apply d'ya think?

dir

[Hagar]

commoner:

Thanks for your last, I was just going to try that out ... then unexpectedly re-located the original files (last on page)->

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004panels17.htm

Does what you poeted still apply d'ya think?

dir

I found that panel earlier & checked it out. It's configured slightly differently to most panels I've seen. It has no radio stack pop-up but you can add one from a default panel if you wish. This is how I did it.

Open Panel.cfg in Notepad. First add a new Radio Stack entry under [Window Titles] like this. Make sure you renumber the VC-panel line to Window05.

[Window Titles]
Window00=Mainpanel
Window01=GPS
Window02=Yoke
Window03=Compass
Window04=Radio Stack
Window05=VC-panel

Now scroll down & add the complete window entry Commoner posted just above the existing [Window04] header. Copy/paste it from his post. (This is the radio stack entry from a default panel.) Renumber your new Radio Stack window to Window04 & the existing VC-panel window to 05. Exit Notepad saving changes & try it. The new Radio Stack can be toggled with Shift + 5. If the radio stack window is too small I'll show you how to resize it.

[commoner]

...lol..well talk about a team effort....hope it works for you dir.........good luck....commoner

[dir]

I'm tickled-pink -- success!

It works a treat, looks good, and able to resize any way I like it too!

For some odd reason, the active com/nav windows have reversed so the tuner knobs now control the 'active' freq' (no longer the 'standby' one), which feels a bit odd, but hey, it's no great bother.

Can't thank all you guys enough, Hagar you kindly helped me once before too, I recall.

I'll give the new stack a whirl tommorow, getting time to settle down for the night here in the UK...

Cheers for now  :),

dir

[Hagar]

I'm tickled-pink -- success!

It works a treat, looks good, and able to resize any way I like it too!

For some odd reason, the active com/nav windows have reversed so the tuner knobs now control the 'active' freq' (no longer the 'standby' one), which feels a bit odd, but hey, it's no great bother.

Can't thank all you guys enough, Hagar you kindly helped me once before too, I recall.

Glad it worked

[commoner]

'''nice to see you happy with the mod.........I added a toggle switch like this........



.........if you would like to have it then add this line to the bottom of the gauges list in the main panel window of the panel.cfg..just check it is the next number in the sequence..

    gauge59=SimIcons!Avionics Icon, 55,589,17    

 Cheers...commoner

[Hagar]

To resize the new pop-up window & make it easier to read change this line:

windowsize_ratio=1.0

to this:

windowsize_ratio=1.5

[commoner]

....any idea how if this little step ladder will raise or not? The doors are the usual key presses but what about the ladder?....commoner

[Hagar]

It automatically retracts with the undercarriage.