Virtual cockpit

[wayne757]

 I have noticed that all of the add-on planes I have downloaded have no virtual cockpits.. I'm not sure if I have to download a seperate file, or what.. can anyone help me out?  :)

[ashaman]

The virtual cockpit is inbuilt in the plane's model, so either the plane you downloaded has it or you'll never be able to put one there yourself.

A well done VC is sometimes even more complicated to code than a plane's model, and then there's the fact that you have to code a working panel in it. It's quite a lot of work. A lot of work not all the freeware planes makers are willing to do.

Then again, the freeware coders not paid for their planes, so holding the absence of a VC against the plane maker it's rather pointless and quite impolite.

Tastes varies, but personally I use the VC only when flying visual, because it helps immersion. When flying instrumental I prefer the old, practical 2D panel.

[wayne757]

I am aware that many planes have no VC's.. I am reffering to a few that did specify that one was included, I guess I should be more specific..  ;) they just don't appear, and I'm wondering why.. as an example, all it is is a first person point of view from the nose of the plane, if I look back, I can see the cabin, and the rest of the plane, almost like a glitch.. thanks for the help  :)

[Gamer64]

By any chance was that a EA-6b prowler???

[rootbeer]

Or the F-117 that was so stealthy you couldn't see it at all?

[ashaman]

You can't see the VC of few planes, or all the VC's of all the planes that should have them? :-?

If you can't see ANY VC of ANY PLANE (not even the default) go in the fs9.cfg and search the string SEE_SELF= under the [GRAPHICS] tab and ensure its value is 1 (if it is 0, among other things, you'll never be able to use any VC).

If you can't see only some VC of only some add-ons, then probably those add-ons are published in different versions, like with VC version and without VC version, like in the case of the Aero Commander, and you mistakenly downloaded the NO-VC version.

Ensure, in this case, that you have downloaded the correct version of the plane.