Milton's Lodestar Cockpit Problem

[familton]

Great! Sorry that the 3D VC switch would not function correctly.

I only fixed the 2d panel. I never use the VC. Bob.

 

[Milton Shupe]

I only fixed the 2d panel. I never use the VC. Bob.

Bob,

I thought something was strange in that your lights section is different than mine.

You apparently do/did not have the last release of the Lodestar package.

The Taxi lights do work separately from the VC Taxi light switch, but you are correct in that the 2D panel had no taxi light switch and the landing light switch there turned both on.

Sorry, I do not remember all the details from the aircraft versions I release so it takes a bit of investigation to freshen my memory.

If the lights are operated from the VC, they do work correctly.

 

[familton]

Bob,

I thought something was strange in that your lights section is different than mine.

You apparently do/did not have the last release of the Lodestar package.

The Taxi lights do work separately from the VC Taxi light switch, but you are correct in that the 2D panel had no taxi light switch and the landing light switch there turned both on.

Sorry, I do not remember all the details from the aircraft versions I release so it takes a bit of investigation to freshen my memory.

If the lights are operated from the VC, they do work correctly.

I looked at the VC which I never did before. There are two taxi switches:

 

[familton]

I just re-installed the Lodestar into a Temp folder from the FSXLodestar.zip that I downloaded the other day. Here is the lights section which is the same as I posted above. Why are there 2 images of the switch as shown above?

[LIGHTS] // types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing, 6=Taxi, 7=Recognition, 8=Wing, 9=Logo, 10=Cabin

light.1 = 3, -34.500, 0.000, 3.340, fx_navwhi //tail white nav
light.2 = 3, -34.500, 0.000, 3.093, fx_navred //tail white nav
light.3 = 3, -1.072, -32.710, 3.890, fx_navred //left wing
light.4 = 3, -1.072, 32.710, 3.870, fx_navgre //right wing
light.5 = 2, -6.151, 0.000, -1.010, fx_strobe //belly strobe
light.6 = 1, -27.021, 0.000, 5.440, fx_beacon //tail beacon
light.7 = 1, -6.200, 0.000, -3.440, fx_beacon //belly beacon
light.8 = 6, 3.100, -7.044, -4.480, fx_taxi_ju //left gear taxi light
light.9 = 6, 3.100, 7.044, -4.480, fx_taxi_ju //right gear taxi light
light.10 = 7, 15.700, 0.000, 0.055, fx_taxi_ju //Nose Warning Light
light.11 = 8, -0.367, -2.241, 4.186, fx_taxi_ju //left wing ice light
light.12 = 10, -14.904, 1.342, 2.870, fx_cabinlites //right side
light.13 = 10, -5.761, 0.000, 3.028, fx_cabinlites
light.14 = 10, -14.904, -1.342, 2.870, fx_cabinlites //left side
light.15 = 4, 4.00, 0.00, 3.80, fx_vclight

 

[Milton Shupe]

Do you have tooltips turned on Sir?

If so, you would see that the 3rd switch is labeled "strobe lights", not taxi lights.

I should also mention that the one taxi light switch will turn on both the taxi lights on the gear.
However, the Landing light switches also turn on the damn taxi lights and the taxi light switch will NOT turn them off.

These are issues with FS9 model xml and its the best I could do with the crap aside from deleting it all.

You will just have to deal with it.

Sorry.

Frankly I am tired of talking about the Lodestar or Harpoon issues. They are released and I am finished with them.

 

[familton]

HI Milton. Yes I have Tooltips turned on. I always use them. Since I don't use the VC I never noticed the 3rd switch function. I understand your position. I was just making it right on the 2d panel which now works OK for me.

In one of my posts above I added a trim gauge and did not realize that there was already one on the overhead.

Thanks for the GREAT plane. I like it and fly it a lot. Bob.

 

[MM]

Just a quick salute to Milton and the team for the wonderful Lodestar. This is an historically important aircraft, an excellent design that just missed the market before the war intervened. It is a real joy to have a brilliant rendition that captures the character of the aircraft and gives us all a chance to "re-live" those golden days of aviation. Kudos!

(Our little group are now loosely reenacting Ernie Gann's 1941 legendary delivery of Lodestars to Brazil. Hope that no one sabotages our oil tanks.)