Why is my VC Main panel texture not showing??

[Brett Hill 2]

let me know if you get anything different to what we have found here

thanks

[Daube]

I have finished testing and gave up.
Guys, the problem is not the panel textures.
In fact, there is something masking them, something transparent which is displayed in front of them, but because it's transparent you see right through everything. So it looks like a model problem.

If you move the eye point close enough to the panel, when panning you will see some kind of breach in which you'll see the panel textures.

[Brett Hill 2]

so i take it the model is not editable without the original version? and its not possible to remove this layer or make the texture sit on this transparent layer instead?

[Hagar]

so i take it the model is not editable without the original version? and its not possible to remove this layer or make the texture sit on this transparent layer instead?

In order to understand this it might help to know a little bit about the history of creating aircraft for the various versions of FS. The FS2000 default aircraft had no VC at all. The DVC was pioneered in CFS2 & the FS developers were slow on the uptake. It was only some of the later FS2002 models created with FSDS2 & Gmax that featured the fully functional DVC we're all familiar with in FS9 & FSX.

I suspect the transparent layer that Daube mentioned is the "screen" on which the DVC gauges were 'projected' on those FS2002/4 models. The DVC panel texture sits just behind the transparent screen. The Falcon is an FS2002 model after all. The fact it works so well in FSX just shows how good it is.

PS. Our own Pete Daly created one of the few FS2000 models with a fully functional DVC.

[Brett Hill 2]

hmmm, ok..... so what do the gauges sit on in fsx, what is to keep them showing infront of the panel texture?

[Hagar]

hmmm, ok..... so what do the gauges sit on in fsx, what is to keep them showing infront of the panel texture?

You would have to study the latest FSX SDK. As you can see from my screenshots it all works fine in the FSX Demo & I assume the original RTM version & possibly the SP1 update. From what I can make out the display problems with a lot of these FS9 models started with SP2/Acceleration.

[Brett Hill 2]

what might be an idea is to look into what fs SP2 has changed to make this not work and put it right again ( I do not want to go back to original fsx as I have joined a flying team which use fs sp2

[Hagar]

I expect you can find most of the information on Phil Taylor's blog. http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/default.aspx

I'm disappointed we couldn't sort the Falcon out but it seems pretty conclusive. If you wish to continue using SP2 the only answer is to forget it & wait until someone releases a fully FSX-compatible model of it. If you ask Alrot nicely he might be able to help.

[Brett Hill 2]

ty, I will try and keep this up the top of the forums  ;)

[Hagar]

It's very frustrating not being able to try this for myself. Nothing I like more than messing around with these little problems. I'm almost tempted to fork out the hard-earned for FSX but it's very doubtful that it would run any sense on my antiquated equipment. FSXI or whatever they like to call the next version certainly won't.