I fly in the VC and use shift-2 to bring up the GPS. During the flight I use the S and A functions and every time I need to bring up the GPS again with shift-2. So I'm wondering if there's anything simple I can do to make it sticky. Not a big thing but it is mildly annoying. Any help would be appreciated.
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How can I do this?
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Lane Street
Charter Member
This can be done with a very easy panel.cfg edit.
This is from the default C172...
[Window02]
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.5
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
VISIBLE=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
zorder=4
type=special
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0
By adding the line in bold the GPS will stay visible until you close the Window.
BTW, if you change VISIBLE=0 to VISIBLE=1 the GPS will be open when you load the plane.
Hope this helps.
cheers,
Lane
This is from the default C172...
[Window02]
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.5
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
VISIBLE=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
zorder=4
type=special
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0
By adding the line in bold the GPS will stay visible until you close the Window.
BTW, if you change VISIBLE=0 to VISIBLE=1 the GPS will be open when you load the plane.
Hope this helps.
cheers,
Lane
ejoiner
Charter Member
Been flying FSX for literally years and just learned this. Damn. Always learning something new!!!! Thanks!!!
Lane Street
Charter Member
You're welcome, always happy to help my friends out on the Palouse (and elsewhere). Go Cougs!
Stickshaker
SOH-CM-2023
Perhaps another possibility is to designate a button on your joystick for the GPS. Then you can turn it on and off very easily. But maybe you have reasons for not wanting to do this.
Lane Street
Charter Member
You can do this except that the GPS is not in the same Window in every plane, in some it is Shift+3, in others Shift+4, etc.
If you always fly the same plane it is not a problem.
Otherwise you would have to edit the panel.cfg for every plane you fly so the GPS is always in the same [Windownn] section.
cheers,
Lane
Stickshaker
SOH-CM-2023
Good point, Lane. I had not realized that.