GAUGES QUESTION

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Fibber

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I have been looking at some planes lately and they state that they have the new XML gauges. If I recall correctly CFS2 cannot recognize them. Is that right? What format of gauge will the sim recognize and what is needed in the gauge folder for it to happen? Inquiring minds would like to know.:icon_lol:e
 
That is right CFS2 doesn't support XML.
The gauges folder contains .gau files. There are two sorts, FS98/CFS1 style single gauge files and CFS2/FS2K style multiple gauge files. The later sort are mouseable in flatpanel view.
These sort of Gauges are the same thing as windows dll files. They are program code with embedded bitmaps. There is an SDK for building FS2k2 panels and gauges that contains the required headers and some technical documents. You need several years to learn C programming to make any use of it.
The good news is that It is possible to extract the bitmaps and embed new ones,
so if you can find a gauge that has an identical movement you can exchange the bitmaps with those you find in the CAB file that contain the XML gauges.
Collect a library of gauges, you can rebuild panels using suitable gauges from your stock.
 
SI. THANKS

That is what I though because somehow I have some of these XML files in my gauges folder. Guess they came from somewhere that I was unfamilair with. HAve started a modern day jet collection and a lot seems to go King Air which I don't have. Trying to build a library and cross over replacement with the CGedit. and see what happens . Should be a real ball!:icon_lol:
Are any of these gauge cleaner programs any good?
 
Kingair gauge is not a problem. Here it is.
As for panels I use cfgedit to look at the gauges and get their names, but do all of the editing directly on the panel.cfg in wordpad. by using wordpads find and replace function I can quickly change the gauge names. Save, then reopen in cfgedit to view the results and adjust postioning.
 
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Si, THANK YOU!!!! That is like a little Christmas present fo me, almost like the replacement tooth the dentist put in yesterday (finally!!). Really do appreciate it.:salute:
 
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