Help with Guages

[eno]

Ive downloaded a panel for one of my aircraft only to discover that half the guages for it seem to be from FS2002 pro... I'm running standard. Can anyone tell me where I can get the guages required? ... They seem to be Mooney Bravo and Kingair from what I can see on the panel.cfg. I'm naturally assuming that these are default FS2K2pro aircraft.

Cheers to anyone who can help.

[WebbPA]

Mooney Bravo and Kingair are default FS2002 pro aircraft.  Since you didn't get the pro version you're kind of stuck.  MS vigorously enforces its copyright on all its software.  I doubt you will find a freely available download.

[JerryH]

Eno,

WebbPA is correct in everything he says. But a year or so ago I had the same question and located the answer at the planesimulation website. Check out this link and scroll down to about the third topic.

http://www.planesimulation.com/tips1/tips3.htm

It tells you how to get the gauges for the King Air, Concorde and Mooney from the Microsoft site for FS2000. It looks legal or I wouldn't mention it here. Finding the FS2000 area may take some time, but it's worth a try.

Let us know if you have any luck.

Regards,
JerryH

[eno]

Thanx ......... all sorted and working.
Having said that I have decided to get Pro anyway for the gmax and I'm getting a good deal with some payware addon aircraft.

cheers again Jerry.  ;D

[BFMF]

Having said that I have decided to get Pro anyway

If your computer can handle it, I would suggest getting FS2004 instead. It's got all the required gauges, plus GMAX

[eno]

I would if I could..... but untill I can afford a new puter then 2004 is out of the question.

The puter is ancient with on board graphics that cant be upgraded.
As soon as I can get a new system then ..... Ill be joining the 2004 club.

[WebbPA]

If you're getting Pro just for the Gmax you should know that you can get Gmax for free here http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/ .  I think it's a better/upgraded version than the one that comes with Pro.

[eno]

Wasn't sure wether ya could use that with standard version ... anyway Pro arrived now with payware airline package for just under

[WebbPA]

Do you want/need instructor mode or do you just want to add aircraft and Gmax?  You can just extract the additional aircraft and Gmax without a reinstall.

Check some reviews and see what the differences between standard and pro are.  MS used to have a page describing the differences but that seems to be gone with the release of 2004.

[eno]

I just saved all the files that had been amended and transfered them onto a clean install ....... so far so good.

I usually do some puning once I've got everything I want running ...... so we'll see what happens in a month or so.