After checking out the Falcon 50 thread in the FS9 forums I though that the fun shouldn't be limited to just them. Guess what it ports over! (for the most part) The model doesn't have any problems with untextured parts and no props to worry about. Aside from the usual gauge problems found in panels of this vintage, the only other problem is I cant get the panel in the VC to show up. I'm hoping the VC issue is an alpha channel problem. Untill a fully FSX F-50 is out, this is a great substitute.
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Falcon 50 in FSX
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Great model (originally a FS2002 bird to my best recollection)
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Had many fun hours with it. Has a great virtual interior as well.
Perhaps you should browse some French sites iot find out if some FSX mods are done.
If you have problems with understanding (reading) French, use Google translator.
.Had many fun hours with it. Has a great virtual interior as well.
Perhaps you should browse some French sites iot find out if some FSX mods are done.
If you have problems with understanding (reading) French, use Google translator.
Daube
SOH-CM-2024
I tried to correct this issue some time ago by editing the Alpha channels in DXTBMP. Normally I am quite used to this kind of corrections, but in this precise case I was completely unable to get a proper display of the VC.
This plane looks great so I hope somebody will find a trick to make it work.
This plane looks great so I hope somebody will find a trick to make it work.
Do you already use the modification by Martin Becker (for FS9, but who knows..): http://www.flusi.info/files/Falcon50_2k4.zip ?
And a few improvements:
[flight_tuning]
cruise_lift_scalar =1.0
parasite_drag_scalar =0.9
induced_drag_scalar =0.9
elevator_effectiveness =7.0
aileron_effectiveness =3.0
rudder_effectiveness =3.0
pitch_stability =1.0
roll_stability =1.0
yaw_stability =1.0
elevator_trim_effectiveness=1.0
aileron_trim_effectiveness =1.0
rudder_trim_effectiveness =1.0
[Autopilot]
autothrottle_max_rpm=99
Checklist: http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=73273
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Falcon 50 Training Manual: [/FONT]http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=24819
Maybe you can fix it with MDLMat.
And a few improvements:
[flight_tuning]
cruise_lift_scalar =1.0
parasite_drag_scalar =0.9
induced_drag_scalar =0.9
elevator_effectiveness =7.0
aileron_effectiveness =3.0
rudder_effectiveness =3.0
pitch_stability =1.0
roll_stability =1.0
yaw_stability =1.0
elevator_trim_effectiveness=1.0
aileron_trim_effectiveness =1.0
rudder_trim_effectiveness =1.0
[Autopilot]
autothrottle_max_rpm=99
Checklist: http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=73273
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Falcon 50 Training Manual: [/FONT]http://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=24819
Maybe you can fix it with MDLMat.
Several years ago I was sent the interior of the Falcon50's .gmax file so I could rebuilt it to FS2004 specifications and add emissive gauge backlighting.
After devoting two weeks of my valuable time to the project, I returned the completed project to them. Unfortunately, they never rolled the new VC into the original .gmax source file, nor did they ever release an updated model...
...I'm still quite annoyed about that!
After devoting two weeks of my valuable time to the project, I returned the completed project to them. Unfortunately, they never rolled the new VC into the original .gmax source file, nor did they ever release an updated model...
...I'm still quite annoyed about that!
Well, that would be a problem for several reasons. The primary one being that I don't even have the entire interior of the model. I only have the glareshield and virtual panels.
More to the point though it would be unethical for me to share even that partial .gmax file and bitmaps without permission from the original modeler...
...and he hasn't been answering email for well over three years now...
vonstroheim
Charter Member
Dassault Falcon 50 Virtual Cockpit showing properly in FSX: it works!
Hi guys, I was able to make the Yannick Lavigne's Dassault Falcon 50 Virtual Cockpit to show properly in FSX. And replaced most of the gauges by some from the default King Air and Lear, and some freeware gauges from the Concorde (attitude and trim) and Dassault Alphajet (gear and flpas). It looks good! I still have to do the overhead panel... And didn't find a nice weather radar yet... Ok this is an old fs2002 design, but the impact on the FSX framerate is minimal, unlike most fs9 port-over! And this plane was so well designed back then (by Yannick Lavigne - Fred Banting - Rob Young), it is still a freeware gem even in FSX!!! I found some tips in a french forum, I'll try to find it again so I can credit the guy. Don't know how to publish this... Any advice? It's only 2 bmp files and the panel.cfg reworked...
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Hi guys, I was able to make the Yannick Lavigne's Dassault Falcon 50 Virtual Cockpit to show properly in FSX. And replaced most of the gauges by some from the default King Air and Lear, and some freeware gauges from the Concorde (attitude and trim) and Dassault Alphajet (gear and flpas). It looks good! I still have to do the overhead panel... And didn't find a nice weather radar yet... Ok this is an old fs2002 design, but the impact on the FSX framerate is minimal, unlike most fs9 port-over! And this plane was so well designed back then (by Yannick Lavigne - Fred Banting - Rob Young), it is still a freeware gem even in FSX!!! I found some tips in a french forum, I'll try to find it again so I can credit the guy. Don't know how to publish this... Any advice? It's only 2 bmp files and the panel.cfg reworked...
View attachment 21921
vonstroheim
Charter Member
Night lighting Falcon 50 cockpit
Yes it's a pity the original designers are hard to track down... Would you have better luck than me? Today I've made the night lighting cockpit with some King Air and Bell default gauges. For the engine gauges it looks nice but it is highly unrealistic, the King Air is not a trijet ! If you look very closely you'll see prop rpm gauges... shame... Where do I find trijet engine analog gauges? and the overhead panel is hard to build...
Since my laptop has a 16:9 screen, I've made a widescreen 2d panel...
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There's no secret here, basicaly all you have to do for making the VC show in FSX, make some background panel bmp images and in the panel.cfg add a "file" line like this:
[VCockpit01]
file=panel_VC1.bmp
size_mm=1024,1024
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$vcg1
background_color=0,0,0
visible=1
[...]
There's 4 places like this, 2 for day (pilot left half panel+copilot right half panel), 2 for night (same). So I just made 4 bmp images, tweaked the gauges, et voila ! Thanks to André (esmdu) at pilote-virtuel.com for the tip.
Several years ago I was sent the interior of the Falcon50's .gmax file so I could rebuilt it to FS2004 specifications and add emissive gauge backlighting.
After devoting two weeks of my valuable time to the project, I returned the completed project to them. Unfortunately, they never rolled the new VC into the original .gmax source file, nor did they ever release an updated model...
...I'm still quite annoyed about that!
Yes it's a pity the original designers are hard to track down... Would you have better luck than me? Today I've made the night lighting cockpit with some King Air and Bell default gauges. For the engine gauges it looks nice but it is highly unrealistic, the King Air is not a trijet ! If you look very closely you'll see prop rpm gauges... shame... Where do I find trijet engine analog gauges? and the overhead panel is hard to build...
Since my laptop has a 16:9 screen, I've made a widescreen 2d panel...
View attachment 21976View attachment 21977
There's no secret here, basicaly all you have to do for making the VC show in FSX, make some background panel bmp images and in the panel.cfg add a "file" line like this:
[VCockpit01]
file=panel_VC1.bmp
size_mm=1024,1024
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$vcg1
background_color=0,0,0
visible=1
[...]
There's 4 places like this, 2 for day (pilot left half panel+copilot right half panel), 2 for night (same). So I just made 4 bmp images, tweaked the gauges, et voila ! Thanks to André (esmdu) at pilote-virtuel.com for the tip.
falcon409
SOH-CM-2022
Would be great if once this is all figured out, it was posted somewhere together. I looked for and downloaded what I could find, but after loading everything all I get is "Visual Model cannot be displayed".
Also, just a personal opinion, but if this guys been invisible for 3yrs and you've made every effort to locate him with no results. . .I think you've gone beyond the statute of limitations for feeling bad if you turn what you have over to someone else to finish.
At the outset I'm sure he wanted this to be protected and that's all well and good, but if you leave the sim world, change your name or e-mail address or move to another country and fail to leave any forwarding information. . . . . . ."I'm just sayin'"
Also, just a personal opinion, but if this guys been invisible for 3yrs and you've made every effort to locate him with no results. . .I think you've gone beyond the statute of limitations for feeling bad if you turn what you have over to someone else to finish.
At the outset I'm sure he wanted this to be protected and that's all well and good, but if you leave the sim world, change your name or e-mail address or move to another country and fail to leave any forwarding information. . . . . . ."I'm just sayin'"
vonstroheim
Charter Member
Still working on the Falcon 50 for FSX
Yes making progress with my Falcon panel for FSX. I know some of you are doing the same around here. Hope the buzz will catch and a nice set of gauges will suddendly appear! I might have found a weather radar with a MD11 package, but still no trijet analog gauges... don't want no glass cockpit with this Falcon. Not yet... I've checked a very nice Tristar, even a Tupolev 154, but I was disappointed with the gauges, most of them fs2002, again...
Help!
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Sylvain's Clemenceau is so nice.... Can't help uploading this one:
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And this one...
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Yes making progress with my Falcon panel for FSX. I know some of you are doing the same around here. Hope the buzz will catch and a nice set of gauges will suddendly appear! I might have found a weather radar with a MD11 package, but still no trijet analog gauges... don't want no glass cockpit with this Falcon. Not yet... I've checked a very nice Tristar, even a Tupolev 154, but I was disappointed with the gauges, most of them fs2002, again...
Help!
View attachment 22255
Sylvain's Clemenceau is so nice.... Can't help uploading this one:
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And this one...
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Bjoern
worst developer ever
Try the gauges from HJG's panels, they're (said to be) FSX compatible.
http://www.simviation.com/hjg/
http://www.simviation.com/hjg/
Daube
SOH-CM-2024
The gauges from the liners at dmflightsim.co.uk are compatible with FSX.
Also, the Dassault aircrafts made by Rollus, I'm thinking about the Mirage IV for example, have compatible gauges.