Gauge Problem

[PeteHam]

I downloaded this Posky Tubeliner but for some reason I don't have any gauges showing in the panel even though the cab file is in the panel folder.

[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Alaska Airlines '75th Anniversary Starliner' Boeing 737-800 [/FONT]

[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]File Description:
Now featuring the Alaska Airlines Starliner scheme for the Project Open Sky 737-800 model! Paint features 100% handpainted textures, handpainted effects and 32-bit, sharp textures, hence the file size. Everything is included, including the Service Pack 4 upgrade for the 737-800 model. Can be used in FSX, but not supported.

[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Filename:[/FONT]	[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]os738w_asastarliner.zip[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]License:[/FONT]	[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Freeware[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Added:[/FONT]	[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]8th December 2007[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Downloads:[/FONT]	[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]3724[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Author:[/FONT]	[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]AJ Nikoley | Project Open Sky[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Size:[/FONT]	[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]16912kb[/FONT]

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In the panel folder there's a B737_800.cab file and the panel cfg looks like this ......


[Window00]
file_1024=737-800_panel_background.bmp
file_1024_night=737-800_panel_background_night.bmp
size_mm=1024
position=7
visible=1
ident=MAIN_PANEL

gauge00=B737_800!pfd_screen, 189,548
gauge01=B737_800!pfd, 210,567,179,179
gauge02=B737_800!mfd_screen, 409,548
gauge03=B737_800!mfd, 430,567,179,179
gauge04=B737_800!eicas_screen, 740,548
gauge05=B737_800!eicas, 760,565,179,179
gauge06=B737_800!compass, 839, 39
gauge07=B737_800!autopilot, 561,330
gauge08=B737_800!knob_1, 329,501
gauge09=B737_800!knob_2, 390,501
gauge10=B737_800!knob_3, 830,480
gauge11=B737_800!clock, 77,570
gauge12=B737_800!attitude_backup, 630,444
gauge13=B737_800!adf_vor_backup, 630,662
gauge14=B737_800!alti_and_asi_backup, 631,555
gauge15=B737_800!gear_lever, 959,524
gauge16=B737_800!annunciator_below_glideslope, 214,517
gauge17=B737_800!annunciator_le_flaps, 854,516
gauge18=B737_800!annunciator_speed_brake_armed, 516,516
gauge19=B737_800!annunciator_auto_brake_disarm, 823,441
gauge20=B737_800!annunciator_anti_skid_inop, 812,517
gauge21=B737_800!efis_control_panel, 416,344
gauge22=B737_800!flap_indicator, 892,452
gauge23=B737_800!annunciator_panel_1, 267,361
gauge24=B737_800!annunciator_panel_gear, 958,454
gauge25=B737_800!Knob_N1_Set, 755,454

gauge26=SimIcons1024!ECU Icon, 433, 448
gauge27=SimIcons1024!Overhead Icon, 455, 448
gauge28=SimIcons1024!Kneeboard Icon, 477, 448
gauge29=SimIcons1024!ATC Icon, 499, 448
gauge30=SimIcons1024!Map Icon, 521, 448
gauge31=SimIcons1024!GPS Icon, 543, 448
gauge32=SimIcons1024!Radio Icon, 565, 448
gauge33=SimIcons1024!Other Controls Icon, 587, 448
gauge34=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 95,731,67,19



I've tried several downloads but I still can't get the gauges to show.

Can any one help please.

Thanks.

Pete.

 

[aeromed202]

Couldn't find that exact file by the description but found o738wasa.zip at FlightSim. Is it the same one? It has a more detailed panel cfg than yours.

Should add that when ever the word upgrade is used, suspect an earlier model that has everything and this one may alias certain parts to that earlier one.

 

[PeteHam]

Thanks, I'll check that one when I get home.

There were parts of the popup panel bmp's that were missing in this download.

Pete.

 

[PeteHam]

The Flightsim file is the same as the Avsim one.

I also downloaded the same version from the Posky site http://www.projectopensky.com/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=29

In all of them the gauges don't show.

I've copied across from the default 747 some of the gauge entries into this panel cfg , and they show, which makes me wonder if there's something wrong with the cab file in this download.

Annoying but fixable given time.

Pete.

 

[EMatheson]

possible, but not guaranteed, that the cab file in question is an FSX default gauge. I know that the default FSX 737 uses a cab file named B737_800 for many of its instruments. Other gauges with the same file name may exist, but if it is the FSX gauge, then you might be SOL.

 

[PeteHam]

Thanks, that would make sense.

Never considered it to be an FSX cab file.

I downloaded a several of the base packages from the Posky site and they all alias the default B737 panel.

Pete.

 

[nigel richards]

Hang on a tick...

G'day Pete. Happy New Year mate (we Greeks go on saying it the whole month, may as well do so here too)!

deja vu...there was a similar discussion here on the POSKY Boeing 737-700C Dreamliner, a couple of weeks before Christmas.
People seemed to be having similar problems with the nice vc on that one too.

I tried to find the thread and couldn't; maybe poor eyesight though - lately I keep telling 'white' lies to atc;

Atc: 'Speedbird 073, traffic; Singapore 747 is half mile, 11 o'clock, same altitude - report them in sight!'
Me: 'Speedbird 073, Have the twaffic!' (just too embarressed to tell them I can't see a blasted dickie-bird!).

Anyway, Matt and Tom Clayton were there too, so they most likely remember things more accurately (ginormous -sized memory banks!).

The basic thing was that when downloading the aircraft (directly from Posky) we had to download a seperate pack for panel etc.
Significantly, we all ended up with a very nice aircraft, a very nice working VC including instruments, and several nice US military paints thrown in.

Would this panel not work in the 800 series also?

 

[Tom Clayton]

Wish I could help, but with CRS and ADD, my memory ain't exactly firing on all eight these days! :isadizzy: