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HUD (other than with Acceleration) in Planes

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Dexdoggy

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Sorry for what is possibly a dumb question! :redf:

Just wondering if it is possible to use a HUD for an aircraft (such as Piglet's Tucano) from another FSX plane? I don't have Acceleration, but I do have a freeware F-18 that works in SP2 that has a HUD.
Any advice on how to proceed if it is possible? Is this in the Aircraft config file?
 
Dexdoggy said:
Sorry for what is possibly a dumb question! :redf:

Just wondering if it is possible to use a HUD for an aircraft (such as Piglet's Tucano) from another FSX plane? I don't have Acceleration, but I do have a freeware F-18 that works in SP2 that has a HUD.
Any advice on how to proceed if it is possible? Is this in the Aircraft config file?
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To use it in the VC, it must be modled into the cockpit. You could add it to a 2D panel. However, I don't think you can add it to a VC without the graphic already there?
 
You're correct there John.

To add a HUD to another aircraft, the designer would normally make a provision for that in the 3D model, normally by adding a simple square or rectangular polygon to apply the HUD gauge to.

Unfortunately without that polygon in place, you can't add a HUD to the 3D model.

The 2D cockpit however is another story and a HUD gauge can be added with ease to the aircraft with a program like FS Panel Studio.

If you want a HUD on the plane, it might be worth a PM to Tim (Piglet).. :) Rule of thumb with designers is that 'if you don't ask, you don't know...' lol

(Funnily enough, that applies to most of the flightsim developers... If I didn't ask everyone how to do things, I sure as heck would be even more dense than I already am! lol. ) :costumes:
 
As the Tucano is allready equipped with a HUD, which just isn´t included with default FS, you can replace the gauge by another one, the surface is allready in the model. I added one myself, quite simple, I replaced the gauge00 line in the VCockpit01 section with the following line:
gauge00=HUDHornet!HUDHornet_Tom, 309,19,150,150,4
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It works, but sometimes makes funny things, and I don´t exactly know from which aircraft/panel I got the gauge... Maybe you can find a better gauge for this case and put it in yourself, or someone may post another gauge edit, I know others did it, too...
 
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