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EE Lightning?

hschuit said:
Paul, thank you for pointing out the paints - when I checked them out they looked familiar, and then I got it... You are one of the creators of these wonderful models, right? :salute::salute::salute:
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Yes, Dave H and I put it together some time ago. Gerry B did the airfile. It's great to see that there is still some interest in it! :applause:

Cheers

Paul
 
Paul theres Lots of interest in it, its such an iconic aircraft, just shows how much your model still gives us after all these years, and will continue too until a trully fsx native one is released at todays standard of quality!
 
hschuit said:
Chris, why do you use that civvy 2D autopilot, the Lightning has the real one modelled in the right console of the VC :icon_lol:
I must admit though I never used it till you made me curious so I had to try it and it works as advertized. The only comment I have is that when you change the AP heading she banks cautiously and slow like an old lady but she gets there in the end.
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Uhhh .. what civvy 2D autopilot?
Have you tried the new VCplane18 from a couple of posts ago? That was to fix the nightlighting...

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Chris Keane said:
Uhhh .. what civvy 2D autopilot?
Have you tried the new VCplane18 from a couple of posts ago? That was to fix the nightlighting...

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Oops... my mistake, I did not understand why you mentioned the Boeing747-400 gauges but now I see they are used in the VC autopilot panel file. I installed your fixed XML gauges and the VCplane18_L.dds and the nice night lighting works ! Took me some time to figure out which switch to use LOL.
 
SWP panel texture (blank/reflective?), it's on my list for this weekend.
It also happens when the throttles pass below them, and on start, and on... annoying isn't it.

VClights fix? I use emacs but any text editor will do, as long as you don't mind using eXtremely Masochistic Language.
 
hschuit said:
Oops... my mistake, I did not understand why you mentioned the Boeing747-400 gauges but now I see they are used in the VC autopilot panel file. I installed your fixed XML gauges and the VCplane18_L.dds and the nice night lighting works ! Took me some time to figure out which switch to use LOL.
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I've actually removed them and put them in the EELightning(2) cab file. It's just the way I've been brought up - even though I've got gigabytes of free disk space I hate to waste three and a half megs for the 747-400 gauge file when I only need three xml files and eight bitmaps totaling 20k.

I'm doing the F2A as we speak ...
 
peter12213 said:
Also how did you edit the .cab file for the VC lights fix?
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You can open a CAB file like a zip file using, as one example, winRAR. That will create a folder of all the individual bitmaps and xml files. You can then edit those. There was a whole thread on this subject a few months ago including how to put the CAB file back together (an option, not necessary for things to work).

Hope this helps.
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Hi Paul!!!
 
peter12213 said:
Paul theres Lots of interest in it, its such an iconic aircraft, just shows how much your model still gives us after all these years, and will continue too until a trully fsx native one is released at todays standard of quality!
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Thanks Pete ;)

Cheers

Paul
 
Finished the F2A AP night lighting;

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I've enlarged the numbers a bit to;

gauge29=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Altitude Window, 49,455,72,18 // gauges enlarged 20%
gauge30=Boeing747-400!Autopilot Heading Window, 5,455,54,18
gauge31=Boeing747-400!Autopilot IAS-Mach Window, 111,455,54,18
 
Just to keep the thread going: F.Mk.1 XM144, 23 Sqn.

XM144.jpg
 
Embarrassment...
After twenty years I've rediscovered Elite (now Oolite) - the whole weekend lost. So much for looking at SWP texture problems.
 
Ok, after resisting the urge to do another run to Zleeti and shoot some pirates up, I've 'done' the SWP fix. It's a bodge I know, if you zoom back in the cockpit and flash the landing lights on and off (which controls the cockpit lighting as well) you'll see that this is just a sticking plaster over the main problem. I really wish I knew what I was doing. Are there no texture gurus reading this?
Anyway copy the attached VCplane22.bmp into the panel directory on the F6/F3. You need to rename it to VCplane18.bmp for the F2A, and I know there are still two more panels in the right of the cockpit in the F2A with the same problem - maybe later.

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And now back to those pirates ...
 
Chris Keane said:
Ok, after resisting the urge to do another run to Zleeti and shoot some pirates up, I've 'done' the SWP fix. It's a bodge I know, if you zoom back in the cockpit and flash the landing lights on and off (which controls the cockpit lighting as well) you'll see that this is just a sticking plaster over the main problem. I really wish I knew what I was doing. Are there no texture gurus reading this?
Anyway copy the attached VCplane22.bmp into the panel directory on the F6/F3. You need to rename it to VCplane18.bmp for the F2A, and I know there are still two more panels in the right of the cockpit in the F2A with the same problem - maybe later.

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And now back to those pirates ...
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Hi Guys

I pop into this thread now and again....:cool:

What exactly is the issue with the SWP VC texture? Which pack? When does the problem occur?

Cheers

Paul
 
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