RED LIGHTING FOR GAU

[joe308]

I've put together a panel to be used in either the Grumman C-1A Trader or S-2 Tracker acft. I'm not a gauge programmer and rely on the skills and talent of gauge programmers that contribute to our hobby.

I've selected a vast assortment of gauges for my panel, trying to maintain a late 60's, early 70's look to the panel.

The only issue I presently have is a single gauge: the directional gyro. It's a Dragonflight FS2000 gau and is only illuminated at night with white lighting. Is there a method or tool that a non-gauge guy like me can use to apply the red coloration to the gauge? The [Color] entry in the panels cfg file has no effect on this gauges illumination color?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Joe T

[n4gix]

That is one of Dai Griffith's gauges. I believe he used the BRIGHT flag in that gauge rather than the LUMINOUS flag.

In that case, the gauge lighting isn't affected by the panel.cfg's luminous settings, and will be a constant 'white' illumination.

You might be able to use a very old program named "MAKEPINK" by Chuck Dome to (re)set the internal flags of the gauge to use a "reddish" cast instead of "white."

http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kdl/main/31/mkpink11.zip?3aGyX00V