Making the GPS larger....

[lemonadedrinker]

Hi,
I know about 'stretching' the Windows with the mouse while in FS9, but I'm wondering how to make the Window slightly larger permanently.

For instance this is how it goes at present..This is Windows 8 and I run FS9 in Windowed mode which means that sometimes the pop-up windows for the GPS etc come with a panel round them, although I think that depends which View you start in!

So, in the panel cfg I have made the Window bigger to get a larger GPS permanently, but only the panel is made larger and the GPS bmp stays it's original size in that Window. Is this confusing? Do I need to open the fs9GPS cab file to make the

image bigger or is there another/simpler/correct way to do it?

thank you for your patience.
Andy.

 

[Dev One]

In the panel.cfg, you need also to increase the last two sets of digits after the 'gauge00=.........' The first two are probably 0,0,
HTH
Keith

 

[dhazelgrove]

In the panel.cfg, you need also to increase the last two sets of digits after the 'gauge00=.........' The first two are probably 0,0,
HTH
Keith

It's not quite that simple, unfortunately.

If you open the panel.cfg in notepad, and look for the GPS window entry - you'll see something like this:
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Window02] (default B737)
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.5
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
VISIBLE=0
ident=GPS_PANEL

gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

In this example, the 'last two' numbers are missing. In this circumstance, the values taken are those from the 'size_mm' entry - in this case 456 x 378.
If you want a bigger window, just increase these values.

Be aware, though, that there's a size ratio to be taken into account.

Dave

 

[lemonadedrinker]

Hi,

Thanks for your assistance.

The Cessna 172 has a much larger GPS as standard.. as I saw when I looked !! and the clue is that 'window_size=', which as Henk pointed out is a ratio, which is a word normally above my pay grade, but this time with the assists it got sorted.
Thanks again.


//---------------------------------
[Window02]
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.380 ******** or whatever size you like.
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
VISIBLE=0
ident=10005

gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0


Andy.

 

[lemonadedrinker]

Hi,

I didn't see your response there Dave until after I'd posted my previous one, but that seems to be OK now, so Thank you to you all.

Window size=0.5 the GPS will be twice the size of the .bmp it's made from, window size= 1.000 the GPS will be the same size as the .bmp it's made from etc etc !

Andy.