it CAN be done

[cheezyflier]

once i asked "could some changes be made to the cfg file of a given aircraft to make it function as if it had an a/p?"
someone said "no, if it wasn't made with one you can't put one in"

WRONG

i just did it. in the cfg file i just changed the number for the a/p from "0" to "1". now it functions the same as if it did have one, by keyboard commands.
now i just need to know how to take guages from other a/c and add them as pop-ups so i can have a compas with a heading bug, and maybe a nav/gps switch. can someone instruct me on how to do this?

 

[gajit]

I hate to say it but I have read that before somewhere but never tried it - well done

 

[hobofat]

You can add nav radios this way too, amongst a whole slew of other variables. If it's in the .cfg...it can be changed. Beware the results sometimes though

 

[Rich]

cheezyflier, Wrong I think, you did'nt add autopilot just with a edit in the aircraft.cfg, the autopilot is in the airfile, what you did was activate it, try this, make a copy of that aircraft.cfg then delete the entire autopilot entry from the working aircraft.cfg start FSX select the model you fixed, change to another aircraft then check the aircraft.cfg you deleted autopilot from and you will find FSX has re written it into that aircraft.cfg.

Auto pilot is one of the essentials in the airfile, no auto pilot there then you have no autopilot

 

[Rich]

This is what I have found over the years, this is in the airfile

Sec 317 = Autopilot settings = autopilot availiable true / false if true is sellected you
will have a 1 in autopilot availiable in aircraft.cfg, if false it will be 0, can be over ridden in aircraft.cfg

Sec 329 = Advanced Autopilot = speed hold =Airspeed Hold True or false + Mach Hold
Availiable True or false the same applies as above.

This is the bit that matters most

Sec 1199 = Autopilot Secondary Aerodynamics contains a whole heap of Autopilot settings including Autothrottle if those settings are missing, no Auto throttle which is the cause of a lot of aircraft not working as AI the throttle power setting stays at 82% the whole time so it is too fast to land and just goes around a few times then dissapears.
There is a lot you cannot see without a airfile editor most of the stuff in the Aircraft.cfg have corresponding entries in the airfile admitedly not as may as there used to be,changing settings in aircraft.cfg only changes the way FSX reads the bits in the airfile.

 

[Rich]

How did this end up in my last post,

Last edited by MAXWOOD; May 23rd, 2006 at 16:36..

Who is MAXWOOD and why is he editing my post ??

 

[Lionheart]

Sometimes when adding systems (such as autopilot or Avionics) to older or just different planes, you run into problems concerning electrical flow/amount, and the options being on/off in the config file.

You can copy/paste Radios section and Auto Pilot section from other planes into your config file but sometimes you must go into the electrical section and activate those as well.

Takes some 'wiring up' of things in the config, but you soon have it all working.


One notorious one for getting AP to work in was the Ford Tri-Motor. It doesnt have the electrical system for it, nor vacum, etc. So you have to rework things to get the AP and a guidence system to function in it. Takes a moment, but worth it later.



Bill

 

[stiz]

How did this end up in my last post,

Last edited by MAXWOOD; May 23rd, 2006 at 16:36..

Who is MAXWOOD and why is he editing my post ??

left over from the crash, it screwed up something in the forum code

 

[cheezyflier]

ok then, so, what i would like to do is have the compass with the heading bug as a pop-up, and also the nav/ap pop up from the default 172, and the nav/gps switch also. all as pop ups. how would i do that? or, where could i find out how to do it?

 

[Henry]

ok then, so, what i would like to do is have the compass with the heading bug as a pop-up, and also the nav/ap pop up from the default 172, and the nav/gps switch also. all as pop ups. how would i do that? or, where could i find out how to do it?

thats in the panel cfg

Window01=Radio Stack
Window02=GPS
add those to the panel cfg
and the corresponding sections from the 172 panel
and actually the a/p just needs to be in the aircraft cfg
as fsx reads the cfg before the air file
and it looks for missing things in the airfile
H

 

[Henry]

Sometimes when adding systems (such as autopilot or Avionics) to older or just different planes, you run into problems concerning electrical flow/amount, and the options being on/off in the config file.

You can copy/paste Radios section and Auto Pilot section from other planes into your config file but sometimes you must go into the electrical section and activate those as well.

Takes some 'wiring up' of things in the config, but you soon have it all working.


One notorious one for getting AP to work in was the Ford Tri-Motor. It doesnt have the electrical system for it, nor vacum, etc. So you have to rework things to get the AP and a guidence system to function in it. Takes a moment, but worth it later.



Bill

i cheat and have all electrical systems on
[electrical]
max_battery_voltage = 24
generator_alternator_voltage = 28
max_generator_alternator_amps = 160
engine_generator_map = 1,1
electric_always_available = 1
but you do need to add it
and the ap
H