AS F3H Demon 2D Panel

HvyEng...
Thanks for the added info re the Thud's EPR....saved it for future reference.
It may be in the Pilot's manual [which I have] - but haven't checked...;)

I managed to get Bjoern's coding adapted to do exactly what I wanted with the 2 bugs so all's good...;)

When I get eager I'll change the digital readouts to analogue 'drums' [as they should be] ...but here's the resulting Panel...;)

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Probably 'should' get back onto the Voodoo panel now....after this side-track....;)
 
Jafo said:
When I get eager I'll change the digital readouts to analogue 'drums' [as they should be] ...but here's the resulting Panel...;)
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This would require a bit of "MaskImage" magic; something I haven't quite figured out yet (although my weather radar uses it). The FSX SDK documentation isn't really helpful either. Prepare for a rocky road.
 
Bjoern said:
This would require a bit of "MaskImage" magic; something I haven't quite figured out yet (although my weather radar uses it). The FSX SDK documentation isn't really helpful either. Prepare for a rocky road.
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Bjoern....yes, I have my head around them....most all the other gauges I have already converted to analogue...it's simple enough [again in the other xml syntax].
Main issue is they're less legible than a digital/font.

They just look so much more authentic when you see the barrels' numbers turning over...;)


Thanks again for your input/assistance...;)
 
Back with the Voodoo...a 'B' ver.
There's not a heck of a lot of suitable images....this has been spliced from about 5 of them...with a little more to do on the background...and clearly LOTS to do on the gauges...they are pretty-well ALL wrong...the polite term would be anachronistic....digital gauges, anyone?...;)

Interestingly the gauges seem to be deeply recessed...and offset in pilots line of sight [so he can see them]....something probably not needed to replicate in a 2D panel.
Gonna take a while to find and/or make suitable gauges to 'match' the real plane....but it's all fun...;)

View attachment 9951 ...ok, so I cheated...the canopy is from the Demon ...;)
 
Hud...hud glass...gauge glass...canopy glass...stick....all done...must load the radar....it's a gau so doesn't always load on-the-fly when editing...;)

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'should' be a close match to the VC. In the end there was only 1 or 2 gauges left from the AS cab...;)
 
Here's the VC ...still working out whether or not any of the other vcockpits actually do anything...other than the main. At least all the gauges are fine...gonna need a mask before a radar will fit in that hole ...;)

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....the VC has hud glass....so now also does the 2D...dunno if I'll manage to get a hud in the VC though...;)
 
Looks good Jafo!

When you say HUD, assume you mean reflecting sight? No HUD on Voodoos ... and no reflecting sight (that I know of) on the interceptor B, nor of course on the recce C ...

dl
 
delta_lima said:
Looks good Jafo!

When you say HUD, assume you mean reflecting sight? No HUD on Voodoos ... and no reflecting sight (that I know of) on the interceptor B, nor of course on the recce C ...

dl
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Yes....the ver I worked from had an a10 hud in the 2D .....an anachronism....just like the cessna digital gauges.

I'll be using a sight instead...;)

Edit....

Added a sight [as best as poss in the VC]...did the mask, etc for adding the radar in the VC... now has a functioning spoiler [drage chute lever] - though bit funky in the VC.

Still to improve on radios, etc and whatever those other vcockpits can do...;)
 
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There's a few reasons I do these panel reworks....mostly because the 4x3 format looks awful in 16x10 and often because the gauges are either generic [not specific to the plane] or simply don't work, being older releases.

First real necessity is decent photos....

I went OK with the CF101B ....looks like it's finished... so I went looking for something for the second AS set ...RF101C or similar ...but so far the pics are next to useless.

Here's the 'original' 2D B....
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....and what I ended up with ....;)
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Doing similar with the other panels is going to be a 'challenge'. I may have to resort to reverse-engineering the VCs into the 2Ds....;)
 
F101C looks like the next to do...the RF101s seem scarce picture-wise...

Here's the original....

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again with the 'wrong' gauges...and squished in 1680....

Here's a WIP of its replacement.... no gauges...and no scope details yet...;)

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Might have a go at rebating the gauges....as per the real animal...;)
 
What happens when you get the panel bmp mostly done...and add the pre-existing gauges from the earlier-done 'B' 101.
Shows how much really needs to be altered...;)

View attachment 10100 ....'scope' for a really big radar [pun intended]...;)
 
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