Virtual Cockpit Panel Only View is black no panel in Cockpit

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mikenj
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Virtual Cockpit Panel Only View is black no panel in Cockpit

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Hi I purchased the C172 addon for use with P3D v4. The only problem I have is when I select cockpit view I don't see the panel. I only see what's outside. Also, if I select panel only in Virtual Cockpit, it's black. I tried searching the documentation, watching the A2A videos to no avail.

You know how the FSX aircraft had the full panel view on the screen? That's what I want. The VC is too hard to see gauges.

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Re: Virtual Cockpit Panel Only View is black no panel in Coc

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Hello,

the old 2d panel system started to be depreciated with FSX and is essentially now a thing of the past other than custom setups for cockpit builders etc. You will find a totally interactive and realistic virtual cockpit with the C172. It sounds like your issue might be more with view controls and now knowing how to move around and zoom and out for example in the Virtual cockpit?

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Re: Virtual Cockpit Panel Only View is black no panel in Coc

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Lewis - A2A wrote:It sounds like your issue might be more with view controls and now knowing how to move around and zoom and out for example in the Virtual cockpit?
Yes, the gauges are way too small for me to see. I can zoom in, but I liked the 2D panel being static with all of the gauges / switches in view. I have the CH flight sim yoke with hat switch. Can you recommend a technique other than default zoom keys?

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How big a monitor are you playing on?

they should be fully readable just with looking down with the glance as with in the real world the gauges are not always there you have to look down and around and sometimes up to see things, its the same in the simulation.

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Re: Virtual Cockpit Panel Only View is black no panel in Coc

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mikenj wrote:
Lewis - A2A wrote:It sounds like your issue might be more with view controls and now knowing how to move around and zoom and out for example in the Virtual cockpit?
Yes, the gauges are way too small for me to see. I can zoom in, but I liked the 2D panel being static with all of the gauges / switches in view. I have the CH flight sim yoke with hat switch. Can you recommend a technique other than default zoom keys?
Some of the preset views for the 172 have no movement on them, so you could look at the panel .cfg and figure out how to get the sim to do what you want. You should also research the default zoom settings and other mods you can make to the sim to adapt the views you already have. If you dont want a widescreen view you can do that with a mouseclick.

Or buy a bigger monitor!

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