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Importing ETO Gauge Display?

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Phenozo

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How do I go about importing the "Gauge Display" from ETO to the Stock CFS3 Correctly?

I am new to CFS3 but old hat at hacking the the crap out of everything, and want the smaller gauge display as they appear in the ETO Expansion to be used in CFS3 stock, as opposed to the larger stock ones.

Rather than drive myself buggy experimenting with this I hoped someone here could "talk me down" with the simple answer for it. I'm fairly certain it can be done without causing errors in multiplayer.

Thanks in advance, and long may you fly. ~S~
 
I set my guage size a bit smaller and clustered them together. You do this by altering the viewui.xml, but it is located in two different folders and each one is different. Below are the settings I have in each file.


C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 3\viewui.xml

<Settings>
<ViewUI>
<VirtualCockpitView FovScale="1.0" RotationRate="0.9" TranslationRate="0.5" VerticalLimit="0.3" LateralLimit="0.3" LightColor="255 50 50" DrawCockpit="true"/>
<SpotView ViewDist="20.0" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="3.0" NominalAngles_y="29.9999453584882" VerticalDelta="80.0" LateralDelta="80.0" ZoomDelta="10.0"/>
<ChaseView ViewDist="20.0" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="3.0" NominalAngles_y="5.0" VerticalDelta="80.0" LateralDelta="80.0" ZoomDelta="10.0"/>
<FloatView ViewDist="5" ViewVerticalOffset="2.0" MaxTrackingOffset="30.0" HistoryTargetOffset="24" HistoryCameraOffset="48"/>
<FlybyView StartViewDist="400.0" StopViewDist="400.0" ViewOffsetVert="15.0" ViewOffsetHoriz="15.0"/>
<ObserverUI ForwardSpeed="600.0" LateralSpeed="600.0" VerticalSpeed="100.0" PitchSpeed="20.0" YawSpeed="20.0" JoyForwardScale="5.0" JoyLateralScale="5.0" JoyYawScale="5.0"/>
<PlayerTargetView OffsetDist="25.0" OffsetHeight="2.5" ZoomVal="0.8" ZoomRate="1.0" ZoomMin="0.1" ZoomMax="10.0"/>
<WeaponView ViewDist="20.0" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="3.0" NominalAngles_y="29.9999453584882" VerticalDelta="80.0" LateralDelta="80.0" ZoomDelta="10.0"/>
</ViewUI>
<HUD>
<Gauge1 Type="HUDAirspeed" pos="0.20.8"/>
<Gauge2 Type="HUDCompass" pos="0.35 0.8"/>
<Gauge3 Type="HUDAdi" pos="0.65 0.8"/>
<Gauge4 Type="HUDAlt" pos="0.80 0.8"/>
<Gauge6 Type="HUDText" pos="0.83 0.2"/>
<Gauge7 Type="HUDPipper" pos="0.5 0.5"/>
<Gauge8 Type="TacticalDisplay" pos="0.44 0.7.9"/>
<Gauge9 Type="TargetCone" pos="1.0 1.0"/>
<Gauge10 Type="LabelDisplay" pos="1.0 1.0"/>
<Colors FriendColor="0xFF0000FF" EnemyColor="0xFFFF0000" TargetColor="0xFFFFFF00" BogieColor="0xFFFFFFFF" GoalColor="0xFFAF00AF" HumanFriendColor="0XFF00FFFF" HumanEnemyColor="0xFFFF00FF"/>
<HUDAdi BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="343 170" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="attitude_card.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="30 452" Size="68 120" Center="35 60" TableSize="3">
<DataTable Entry0="-90.0 -270" Entry1="0.0 0.0" Entry2="90 270"/>
</Needle1>
<Needle2 Pos="58 107" Size="7 11" Center="4 55"/>
</HUDAdi>
<HUDAdiMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="343 170" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="attitude_card.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="30 452" Size="68 120" Center="35 60" TableSize="3">
<DataTable Entry0="-90.0 -270" Entry1="0.0 0.0" Entry2="90 270"/>
</Needle1>
<Needle2 Pos="58 107" Size="7 11" Center="4 55"/>
</HUDAdiMetric>
<HUDAirspeed BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="345 343" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="372 22" Size="104 25" Center="31 12" Offset="90" TableSize="9">
<DataTable Entry0="0.0 0.0" Entry1="50.0 8.0" Entry2="100.0 44.0" Entry3="150.0 89.0" Entry4="200.0 135.0" Entry5="250.0 185.0" Entry6="300.0 233.0" Entry7="400.0 263.5" Entry8="500.0 289.0" Entry9="700.0 344.0"/>
</Needle1>
</HUDAirspeed>
<HUDAirspeedMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="345 343" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="11">
<DataTable Entry0="0.0 180.0" Entry1="100.0 195.0" Entry2="150.0 220.0" Entry3="200.0 240.0" Entry4="250.0 270.0" Entry5="300.0 292.0" Entry6="400.0 350.5" Entry7="500.0 380.0" Entry8="600.0 455.0" Entry9="700.0 495.0" Entry10="800.0 555.0" Entry11="900.0 615.0"/>
</Needle1>
</HUDAirspeedMetric>
<HUDAlt BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="2 344" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90"/>
<Needle2 Pos="387 94" Size="78 20" Center="28 10" Offset="90"/>
<Needle3 Pos="466 59" Size="24 27" Center="-45 14" Offset="90"/>
</HUDAlt>
<HUDAltMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="2 344" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="12 315" Size="28 20" Center="14 10" TableSize="3" WindowPos="0 45">
<DataTable Entry0="0.0 0.0" Entry1="8.0 151.0" Entry2="15.0 276.0"/>
</Needle1>
<Needle2 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="-90"/>
</HUDAltMetric>
<HUDCompass BGIMage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="171 343" BGSize="168 168" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="200 17" Size="134 134" Center="67 67" Offset="0"/>
</HUDCompass>
<HUDCompassMetric BGIMage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="171 343" BGSize="168 168" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="200 17" Size="134 134" Center="67 67" Offset="0"/>
</HUDCompassMetric>
<HUDText Color="0xFF0000FF"/>
<HUDTextMetric Color="0xFF0000FF"/>
<HUDVsi BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="3 5" BGSize="165 165" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="9">
<DataTable Entry0="-20000 98.0" Entry1="-6000.0 98.0" Entry2="-4000.0 135.0" Entry3="-2000.0 185.0" Entry4="0.0 270.0" Entry5="2000.0 355.0" Entry6="4000.0 405.0" Entry7="6000.0 442" Entry8="20000 442"/>
</Needle1>
</HUDVsi>
<HUDVsiMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="3 5" BGSize="165 165" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds">
<Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="9">
<DataTable Entry0="-30 135.0" Entry1="-20.0 155.0" Entry2="-10.0 185.0" Entry3="-5.0 225.0" Entry4="0.0 270.0" Entry5="5.0 315.0" Entry6="10.0 355.0" Entry7="20.0 382" Entry8="30 405"/>
</Needle1>
</HUDVsiMetric>
<TacticalDisplay BGIMage="tactical_display.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="128 128" BGScale=".7.5" BackColor="0x1f0000FF" Mode="0"/>
<TacticalDisplayMetric BGIMage="tactical_display.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="128 128" BGScale=".7.5" BackColor="0x1f0000FF" Mode="0"/>
<TargetCone/>
<TargetConeMetric/>
<HUDPipper BGImage="reticule.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="64 64"/>
<HUDPipperMetric BGImage="reticule.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="64 64"/>
<LabelDisplay BGImage="brackets.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="32 32"/>
<LabelDisplayMetric BGImage="brackets.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="32 32"/>
</HUD>
</Settings>

C:\Documents and Settings\Lewis\Application Data\Microsoft\Combat Flight Simulator 3.0\viewui.xml

<Settings>
<ViewUI Default="SpotView"> <VirtualCockpitView FovScale="1.0" RotationRate="0.9" TranslationRate="0.5" VerticalLimit="0.3" LateralLimit="0.3" LightColor="255 50 50" DrawCockpit="true"/> <SpotView ViewDist="34.375" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="19.9996675974696" NominalAngles_y="129.995189270228" VerticalDelta="80.0" LateralDelta="80.0" ZoomDelta="10.0"/> <ChaseView ViewDist="18.125" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="10.0001044449732" NominalAngles_y="4.70429265993741E-04" VerticalDelta="80.0" LateralDelta="80.0" ZoomDelta="10.0"/> <FloatView ViewDist="5" ViewVerticalOffset="2.0" MaxTrackingOffset="30.0" HistoryTargetOffset="24" HistoryCameraOffset="48"/> <FlybyView StartViewDist="400.0" StopViewDist="400.0" ViewOffsetVert="15.0" ViewOffsetHoriz="15.0"/> <ObserverUI ForwardSpeed="600.0" LateralSpeed="600.0" VerticalSpeed="100.0" PitchSpeed="20.0" YawSpeed="20.0" JoyForwardScale="5.0" JoyLateralScale="5.0" JoyYawScale="5.0"/> <PlayerTargetView OffsetDist="25.0" OffsetHeight="2.5" ZoomVal="0.8" ZoomRate="1.0" ZoomMin="0.1" ZoomMax="10.0"/> <WeaponView ViewDist="5" ViewVerticalOffset="0.0" NominalAngles_x="3" NominalAngles_y="149.999351132047" VerticalDelta="80.0" LateralDelta="80.0" ZoomDelta="10.0"/> </ViewUI> <HUD Visible="0"> <Gauge1 Type="HUDAirspeed" pos="0.255 0.923"/> <Gauge2 Type="HUDCompass" pos="0.377 0.926"/> <Gauge3 Type="HUDAdi" pos="0.616 0.925"/> <Gauge4 Type="HUDAlt" pos="0.738 0.926"/> <Gauge6 Type="HUDText" pos="0.83 0.2"/> <Gauge7 Type="HUDPipper" pos="0.500 0.501"/> <Gauge8 Type="TacticalDisplay" pos="0.441 0.853" visible="0"/> <Gauge9 Type="TargetCone" pos="1.0 1.0" visible="1"/> <Gauge10 Type="LabelDisplay" pos="1.0 1.0" visible="0"/> <Colors FriendColor="0xFF0000FF" EnemyColor="0xFFFF0000" TargetColor="0xFFFFFF00" BogieColor="0xFFFFFFFF" GoalColor="0xFFAF00AF" HumanFriendColor="0XFF00FFFF" HumanEnemyColor="0xFFFF00FF"/> <HUDAdi BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="343 170" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="attitude_card.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="30 452" Size="68 120" Center="35 60" TableSize="3"> <DataTable Entry0="-90.0 -270" Entry1="0.0 0.0" Entry2="90 270"/> </Needle1> <Needle2 Pos="58 107" Size="7 11" Center="4 55"/> </HUDAdi> <HUDAdiMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="343 170" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="attitude_card.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="30 452" Size="68 120" Center="35 60" TableSize="3"> <DataTable Entry0="-90.0 -270" Entry1="0.0 0.0" Entry2="90 270"/> </Needle1> <Needle2 Pos="58 107" Size="7 11" Center="4 55"/> </HUDAdiMetric> <HUDAirspeed BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="345 343" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="372 22" Size="104 25" Center="31 12" Offset="90" TableSize="9"> <DataTable Entry0="0.0 0.0" Entry1="50.0 8.0" Entry2="100.0 44.0" Entry3="150.0 89.0" Entry4="200.0 135.0" Entry5="250.0 185.0" Entry6="300.0 233.0" Entry7="400.0 263.5" Entry8="500.0 289.0" Entry9="700.0 344.0"/> </Needle1> </HUDAirspeed> <HUDAirspeedMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="345 343" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="11"> <DataTable Entry0="0.0 180.0" Entry1="100.0 195.0" Entry2="150.0 220.0" Entry3="200.0 240.0" Entry4="250.0 270.0" Entry5="300.0 292.0" Entry6="400.0 350.5" Entry7="500.0 380.0" Entry8="600.0 455.0" Entry9="700.0 495.0" Entry10="800.0 555.0" Entry11="900.0 615.0"/> </Needle1> </HUDAirspeedMetric> <HUDAlt BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="2 344" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90"/> <Needle2 Pos="387 94" Size="78 20" Center="28 10" Offset="90"/> <Needle3 Pos="466 59" Size="24 27" Center="-45 14" Offset="90"/> </HUDAlt> <HUDAltMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="2 344" BGSize="166 166" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="12 315" Size="28 20" Center="14 10" TableSize="3" WindowPos="0 45"> <DataTable Entry0="0.0 0.0" Entry1="8.0 151.0" Entry2="15.0 276.0"/> </Needle1> <Needle2 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="-90"/> </HUDAltMetric> <HUDCompass BGIMage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="171 343" BGSize="168 168" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="200 17" Size="134 134" Center="67 67" Offset="0"/> </HUDCompass> <HUDCompassMetric BGIMage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="171 343" BGSize="168 168" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="200 17" Size="134 134" Center="67 67" Offset="0"/> </HUDCompassMetric> <HUDText Color="0xFF0000FF"/> <HUDTextMetric Color="0xFF0000FF"/> <HUDVsi BGImage="hud_guages.dds" BGPos="3 5" BGSize="165 165" NeedleImage="hud_guages.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="9"> <DataTable Entry0="-20000 98.0" Entry1="-6000.0 98.0" Entry2="-4000.0 135.0" Entry3="-2000.0 185.0" Entry4="0.0 270.0" Entry5="2000.0 355.0" Entry6="4000.0 405.0" Entry7="6000.0 442" Entry8="20000 442"/> </Needle1> </HUDVsi> <HUDVsiMetric BGImage="hud_guages_metric.dds" BGPos="3 5" BGSize="165 165" NeedleImage="hud_guages_metric.dds"> <Needle1 Pos="390 28" Size="86 15" Center="23 7" Offset="90" TableSize="9"> <DataTable Entry0="-30 135.0" Entry1="-20.0 155.0" Entry2="-10.0 185.0" Entry3="-5.0 225.0" Entry4="0.0 270.0" Entry5="5.0 315.0" Entry6="10.0 355.0" Entry7="20.0 382" Entry8="30 405"/> </Needle1> </HUDVsiMetric> <TacticalDisplay BGIMage="tactical_display.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="128 128" BGScale=".7.5" BackColor="0x1f0000FF" Mode="0"/> <TacticalDisplayMetric BGIMage="tactical_display.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="128 128" BGScale=".7.5" BackColor="0x1f0000FF" Mode="0"/> <TargetCone/> <TargetConeMetric/> <HUDPipper BGImage="reticule.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="64 64"/> <HUDPipperMetric BGImage="reticule.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="64 64"/> <LabelDisplay BGImage="brackets.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="32 32"/> <LabelDisplayMetric BGImage="brackets.dds" BGPos="0 0" BGSize="32 32"/> </HUD> <Gauge5/> </Settings>
 
Phenozo said:
How do I go about importing the "Gauge Display" from ETO to the Stock CFS3 Correctly?

I am new to CFS3 but old hat at hacking the the crap out of everything, and want the smaller gauge display as they appear in the ETO Expansion to be used in CFS3 stock, as opposed to the larger stock ones.

Rather than drive myself buggy experimenting with this I hoped someone here could "talk me down" with the simple answer for it. I'm fairly certain it can be done without causing errors in multiplayer.

Thanks in advance, and long may you fly. ~S~
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:kilroy:Phenozo, be careful. this is an extremely difficult operation.

RULE #!: Always backup anything you intend to replace, change, or modify in any way. It will prevent a LOT of headaches later.

Step 1. Go into your CFS3 ETO Expansion main game folder and look for a file named ViewUI.xml. Right-click on it and copy it to you Combart Flight Simulator 3 main game folder, letting it overwrite.

Step 2. Go into your:

a. XP - C:\Documents and Settings\User Name (Your Name)\Application Data\Microsoft folder,
or
b. Vista or Windows 7 - C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft folder,

and look for the file named ViewUI.xml that you find here and delete it. When you Start CFS3 again this file will be regenerated to match the one you copied from ETO main game folder to your CFS3 main game folder.

I have only one question before you start:

What OS are you using, XP, Vista, or Windows 7?

Follow the instructions below first.

To find XP Application Data folder, open your Windows XP browser and look for the Tools tab at the top. Click on it and look for Folder Options. Click the View tab and look for “Hidden files and folders”. Make sure “Show hidden files and folders” is checked. While you’re here, also make sure that “Hide extensions for known file types” is unchecked.

For seeing hidden files and folders, and revealing file-name extentions in Vista or Windows 7:
Open a folder, say My Documents. At top left click on Organize and then Folder and Search Options. Click on View and you will find both selections in the list.

For the folder normally found in XP C:\Documents and Settings\User Name (Your Name)\Application Data\Microsoft – go to, in Vista or Windows 7, go to C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft for Application Data folder location.

For the folder normally found in XP C:\Documents and Settings/User Name (Your Name)\My Documents, go to, in Vista or Windows 7, C:\Users\\Documents for My Documents folder location.



I hope this helps.:salute:
 
Thanks

I am new to using Windows 7 64-Bit and it was the part about deleting the App Data generated file that you explained here that helped me to get it working; thanks for that. I did back up both the files actually. I created a folder for them in my archive to be able to completely reverse back for future updatings to ETO.
 
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