B-29 Missing Gauges in FSX - Fix

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B-29 Missing Gauges in FSX - Fix

Post by RCAF_Gunner »

Hi all,

I finally got around to moving some of the Wings of Power 1.1 aircraft to FSX Acceleration. (Hey, better late then never, right? :) ) Even though with Acceleration / SP2 the FS9 ported planes exhibit the common issue with the props and clouds, I'm just having so much trouble going back to FS9 these days it's something I can ignore for the planes I can't get in a native FSX format (yet).

The texture fix provided by A2A for the B-24s and Lancs windshields is much appreciated. I searched the forum and didn't see a fix for the missing gauges in the B-29 but I figured out how to do it. Hopefully I'm not rehashing old news and thought I'd share the fix in case it helps others. In the Vcockpit01 section of the panel.cfg file (listed below), change the three negative numbers highlighted in red to 0 (zero).

//--------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=1024,1024
visible=1
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$panel1

gauge00=ww2usa!PDI, 256,768,256,256
gauge01=ww2usa!Attitude Indicator, 512,-2,238,246
gauge02=b29!Airspeed Indicator, 253,-1,257,255
gauge03=ww2usa!Altimeter, 0,0,251,251
gauge04=ww2usa!Gyro Compass, 2,512,253,329
gauge05=b29!Manifold Pressure 1 2, 255,513,257,255
gauge06=b29!Manifold Pressure 3 4, 513,513,254,257
gauge07=ww2usa!Flux Gate Compass, 512,768,256,256
gauge08=ww2usa!Suction, 768,768,220,220
gauge09=ww2usa!Clock, 768,0,190,190
gauge10=ww2usa!Magnetic Compass, 512,256,195,195
gauge11=b29!Oxy Cyl Pressure, 767,512,257,258
gauge12=ww2usa!Oxy Flow Indicator, 2,842,182,182
gauge13=b29!Flaps Position, -2,255,257,258
gauge14=ww2usa!Radio Compass, 254, 253 ,259,261
gauge15=ww2usa!ILS, 767,256,255,257

Once I made those changes the gauges were all there in the B-29's virtual cockpit. I don't have the PowerPack so I can't say if this is an issue with the FSX installers included in that package. I just followed the list of files that I needed to copy which I also found posted in the forum. I really appreciate the fantastic support the A2A team gives us.

Cheers,
Rick
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Re: B-29 Missing Gauges in FSX - Fix

Post by Scottyboy39 »

Good find.
Scott "Shylock" Berge
http://www.fsxblueangels.com/

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Re: B-29 Missing Gauges in FSX - Fix

Post by CDNflyer »

I'm trying to get the B-17 to work but there are missing guages on that plane too. I'm missing the Attitude indiacator, Gyro compas, Altimiter and one more that I can't identify. Any ideas? Running XP, FS Acceleration.

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