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Payware Flysimware Learjet 35A is needed. This repaint shows Learjet 35A T-782 of Swiss Air Force. Built 1977 with c/n 35A-145. Delivered to Swiss Air-Ambulance in 1978 wearing formerly a white paintscheme with red stribes. HB-VFB was taken over by Lufttransportdienst des Bundes/Swiss Government in April 1988 wearing all red paintscheme without REGA Swiss Air-Ambulance stickers. Came to Swiss Air Force with s/n T-782 in 1992 und was used for passenger transport and ECM/ELINT operations. In 1996 aircraft was sold and came to Pel-Air Aviation Australia as VH-SLD. Aircraft is still in use until today. Installation Unzip and move it to your MSFS Community folder. Enjoy! Legal This repaint is freeware; you may use and modify it as you wish for your own use. It may not be used or sold for commercial purposes, nor published on any website that charges for downloading either directly or through a membership fee. If you want to publish repaints based on it, you need written permission from the author. Thomas Roehl, January 2024 -
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Payware Flysimware Learjet 35A is needed. This repaint shows Learjet 35A D-CDWN of ADAC Luftrettung. Built 1978 with c/n 35A-175. Delivered to Diehl-Werke in 1978. Came to Aero-Dienst Germany in 1993 and 1999 to ADAC Luftrettung. Became SE-RCA of SAAB Nyge Aero AB in 2012. Installation Unzip and move it to your MSFS Community folder. Enjoy! Legal This repaint is freeware; you may use and modify it as you wish for your own use. It may not be used or sold for commercial purposes, nor published on any website that charges for downloading either directly or through a membership fee. If you want to publish repaints based on it, you need written permission from the author. Thomas Roehl, January 2024 -
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Payware Flysimware Learjet 35A is needed. This repaint shows Learjet 35A D-CDRF of DRF Luftrettung. Built 1989 with c/n 35-656. Aircraft is based at EDSB Karlsruhe Baden-Baden and still in use. Installation Unzip and move it to your MSFS Community folder. Enjoy! Legal This repaint is freeware; you may use and modify it as you wish for your own use. It may not be used or sold for commercial purposes, nor published on any website that charges for downloading either directly or through a membership fee. If you want to publish repaints based on it, you need written permission from the author. Thomas Roehl, January 2024 -
Both are on sale at Flysimware. So which one is best in terms of: 1. range 2. textures 3. realism Which one would you buy? Thanks.
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/images/notams/notams19/flys0815/flys0815.jpgVersion 4.2a Updates: August 11, 2019New Features:PBR for P3Dv4.4 or higherDynamic Lighting for P3Dv4 or higherSaving flight in cold/dark mode will now save/load the parked mode features like engine covers, chocks and windshield cover.Bugs And Updates:Both RMI's are available during a VNAV approach when using the RXP GTN 650/750.Payload manager updated with more enhancements.Updated flight dynamics and tested by an actual LR35 pilot Joe Zerilli.Updated ModelingNew tip tank angle and new recognition lens.New animated beacon lights for P3D.New accurate engine intake and fan size.New accurate cabin window size. New cabin seats and baggage curtain. /images/notams/notams19/flys0815/learjet35a-1.jpgUpdated Real World Sounds By Joe Zerilli:Battery Master On/Off/RunningInverter On/Off/RunningAvionics Master On/Off/RunningAir Ignition Capacitor NoiseVarious AlarmsEngine Starter, Combustion, Idle INTERNALEngine Starter, Combustion, Idle EXTERNALDoor LatchesDoor MovingGear WindTire WhineAP DisconnectUpdated Textures By Elias StrikosPassenger and Cargo CabinsCockpitGlassA/C Skin ¡V RivetsVersion 4.2a Updates: August 14, 2019Bugs And Updates:Reduced the amount of induced and parasite drag.Audio panel backlighting was not working based on the EL knob.Enlarged the size of the P3D nav, beacon and strobe orbs.Interior engine sounds has a smoother transition when the throttle is moved.Brought back the seatbelt and no smoking generic sound until we have a more accurate sound for this aircraft. /images/notams/notams19/flys0815/learjet35a-2.jpgGeneral InformationThe Learjet Model 35 and Model 36 are a series of Americanmulti-role business jets and military transport aircraft manufacturedby Learjet. The aircraft is powered by two Garrett TFE731-2 turbofanengines. Its cabin can be arranged for 6-8 passengers. Thelonger-range Model 36 has a shortened passenger area to provide morespace in the aft fuselage for fuel tanks. The Model 35A is an upgraded Model 35 with TFE731-2-2B engines anda range of 2,789 miles, with a fuel capacity of 931 US gallons (3,524L) with refueling accomplished at ground level through each wingtiptank. It was introduced in 1976, replacing the 35. Over 600 35As werebuilt, with a production line that ended in 1993. /images/notams/notams19/flys0815/learjet35a-3.jpgFlysimware InformationWe have animated almost every function throughout the cabin andvirtual cockpit. With custom coding we have accurate systems down tothe smallest details. We have included two models for users who usethe payware GTN750 GPS unit or Milviz WX Advantage Radar unit. 1 modeluses Flysimware's GNS 530 with working VNAV system and the paywareweather radar. If you do not own the radar it will be a staticmodel. If you do own the weather radar it will come to life. Thesecond model uses the GTN 750 with the same weather radar option. The Lear 35A includes a sound set from Turbine Sound Studios for anintense feeling of being in the real jet. Our Lear 35A uses the FC-530autopilot system with Honeywell and Collins flight instruments. Wealso included 2 popup windows for on the fly instructions to give youstartup procedures and the cabin door procedures. This is Flysimware'sfirst model that includes 4 dimmer lights to get the exact amount oflight you desire from the panel, flood, EL lights and the HSI DME lcdscreen. With help from a texture artist we have improved our agingeffects in the VC as Flysimware keeps improving the quality andoverall product each project. /images/notams/notams19/flys0815/learjet35a-4.jpgFeaturesReal World operational with high quality specs100% shareable cockpitHD textures / World Reflections / Specular effects / AO static shadow effects Self shadowing effects for interior model (DX10 only) Custom sound set with bonus virtual cockpit and environment soundsCustom coding for real World gauges and animations Includes Honeywell and Collins flight instrumentsGTX330 Transponder / Flysimware GNS 530Flight1 GTN 650/750 GPS integration (Must own product) Reality XP GTN 650/750 GPS integration (Must own product) Milviz WX Advantage Radar integration (Must own product) Cabin pressurization system High quality animated pilots with optional settings Aircraft option panel allows you to add luggage change aircraft modes and pilotsService hangar to repair engines or failuresAccurate start up and shut down precedureComplete FC 530 autopilot modes3D lights and Shockwave lights Custom windshield rain effects PBR effects for P3D V4.4 or higherDynamic lighting for P3D V4.4 or higherSaving flight will save custom park modesNew GPS management tool for 3rd party addons Purchase Flysimware - Learjet 35A
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/images/notams/notams19/ware0120.jpgFlysimware has released v4.0 for their Learjet 35A for FSX and Prepar3D.The update includes new features and bug fixes. Version 4.0 UpdatesNew features: New autopilot panel with real world layout. Includes new buttons and new modes and lights for increased realism. For example a LRN (Long Range Navigation) light now indicates GPS course capture on the NAV mode button as in the real a/c. A FNL (Final) light indicates when your setup for approach and under 1000 AGL.Developed a GPS Configuration tool that allows the user to configure the L35 panel with different GPS options from Flight1 and Reality XP (max of two GPS units plus the WX Radar) without having to reinstall the aircraft each time. You must own the Flight1 or Reality XP units to use them; a GNS530 by FSW is included with the Lear35.Combined the Altitude Alerter and Altimeter gauges as will be required by the FAA starting in 2020.Fixed an inherent sim bug that allowed the RMI to incorrectly point towards a Localizer source.A number of minor updates such as adding sound to the No Smoking and Seatbelt switches, relocated the Avionics switch, removed some erroneous sounds, etc.New navigation, strobe and beacon lights resized for P3D.Added missing cigarette lighter plug and audio jacks in cabin for each station.Bugs & Updates: Improved Flight Director response time when the Flight Director is deselected (removed delay when FD arms retract.)Updated landing and taxi lights. Landing lights now better illuminate the runway starting from a height of about 100ft as viewed from the cockpit.Updated cockpit lighting to improve visibility of switches, etc.Updated electrical system with more accurate voltages and to better simulate HSI and Altimeter gauges dependency on electrical power.Fixed bug causing cabin pressure knob to get stuck.Updated Glide Slope capture code to better warn of Glide Slope deviations.Updated calibration of the AOA gauges for improved realism.Improved accuracy of the engine ITT gauges.Updated the flight dynamics.The P3D preview window will show the aircraft model at the correct alignment and size.Updated the Flight Manual.Version 4.1 UpdatesNew features: Ice detection light button and copilot light panel added to the copilot side wall. Ice detection light added on the fuselage and ice dot on wing. Not simulated.Purchase Flysimware - Learjet 35A
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/images/notams/notams14/lion0903.jpgChanges in Generation 2.0 IncludePrepar3D Version 4.0 updates to 64bit Tech levelNew paint schemes added, 13 paint schemes totalAutopilot VC panel thumbwheel now animatedControl yoke buttons and trimming knob (4) are now active functioning controlsOdd mystery effect on top annunciator buttons is fixedRevamped nose structure done from photographs (side view, frontal view) to exactSome interior textures have been modified and improvedCoding improvements to ambient sound systems;Landing gear wind noise (when down) is layered 3x per speed valuesAmbient gyro startup sound now functions via the master battery switches and not automaticallyGear Down alarm is now one single burst instead of continuous burstCoding improvements to fuel system that keep the fuel starvation from happening when auto switching from tips to wing tanks when at 4x (plus) fast forward speeds (long trips) and also fuel dumping no longer causes this when doing a complete fuel dump on the tip tanks.Coding improvements on autopilotAP Button now on the yoke so that you can flip AP on/off during approaches in GS (APR) modeAP ARM light now comes on when AP system is active so you know if its on or not from front panel viewAP 2D popup panel now features improved coding on dump switchesFuel 3D mapping gauge (shows a top view of Lear with tanks in blue) now features mouse rects and improved codingFuel dumping 'effect' now works with both 2D panel and VC fuel panel, not just oneInterior glass lowered in reflections to nearly zero due to popular requestExporting from Max done through the latest Lockheed Martin exporter technology. State of the art. V4 thruV2 models are pure V4 tech; V1 and FSX/FSX Steam are converted to FSX Tech via Lockheed Martin V1.4 exporter tech.Pilots shirts now matched with exterior themesBlack instrument panel in Cargo Runner revamped and betterCode flooding stopped with landing lights code system3 Missing textures addedDouble reflection mapping entries in external and glass entries rectified and reduced to single entriesTrimming knob on control yoke features HDG (heading) control (left/right click) and electric elevator trim control (Mouse Wheel)Cheater button integrated into yoke which turns on all systems needed for flight mode. Saves you time in switching on 10 different buttons and toggles throughout the panelBubbles enhanced for new control interfaces /images/notams/notams18/lion0607.jpgLionheart Creations Learjet 24BBorn in the 1960's, this was the jet that would change the futureof flying for executives, a new form of transportation that wasextremely fast and affordable to the elite. These jets were born fromthe Swiss P-16 fighter bomber concept jet. William Lear purchased thedesign and converted it into a sleek business jet. This ultra-fastplane is capable of going into overspeed on a single engine. Oneincredibly powerful, fast, sleek, yet beautiful and inspiring jet,even today, far into the future. Please note, this is an exotic add-on package with much softwarecoding and extreme (radical resolution) graphics. The intensity ofresources needed might be too high on older, slower computers. Pleasemake sure you can run a high end add-on aircraft on your computer'before' you purchase this plane. The Lionheart Creations LJ24B is packed full of neat features.From its rare fuel system with transfer controls, to its rivetedairframe skins, to its elaborate instrument panel crammed full withinstrumentation and switches, to its nice, leather clad rear cabincomplete with either passengers or air freight. The following are some of the features of the LHC LJ24B: Ultra high resolution 4096 Graphics on exterior and some interior texturesSuper detailed instrument panel with almost all gauges operationalNew code technology feature hold down starter switches that flip upwards after startup for 'generator' charge modeHigh detail interior features 3DS Max shading technology for subtle shading and highlightsIlluminated instrumentation and night glow panel from hood lightsRear and forward cabin dome lights are on separate circuits, and the panel is also on its own light circuit switch as well.Hide-able high detail passengers in rear cabinAir Freight version LJ24B with cargo that can be hidden9 Paint schemes with various interior themes including a run hard Freighter, an originalWhite with Red stripes factory variant with 1970's interior including shag carpet, and beautifully restored, updated, high end variants with modern interior treatments such as suede.Engines illuminate with a nice glow in the back exhaust stacks and vary in brightness per engine loadAutopilot System that featured on/off ALT, HDG, NAV/LOC and APP settings (early age of Autopilot systems)Hide-able yoke to allow you to see instruments and switches that would otherwise be hidden.Airfiles created by famed Wayne TudorEngines cough a flame and puff of smoke on start upSpoilers cause a plume of vapor trail when extended at good speedNumerous alarm sounds for 'gear up', 'engine fire', 'overspeed', and many more 'events'.This aircraft package is designed for FSX and Prepar3D Flight Simulators. (This will not work in X-Plane). Purchase Lionheart Creations - Lear Jet 24B
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/images/notams/notams18/perf0117/perf0117.jpgPrivate Flight Super Bundle includes three titles in one! MOONEY BRAVOThe Mooney Bravo is a four place, all-metal, low wing, highperformance, single-engine airplane, with retractable landinggear. The airplane is approved for day and night VFR/IFRoperations. In this representation you will come across a complete andrealistic simulation experience. The missions pack, designed byPerfect Flight to work with FSX and Prepar3D V2, V3 and V4 addmore value and enjoyment and include some challenging flights. So,take off for a spin over and in the Grand Canyon; Explore the sceneryaround Babb, Montana on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains;Test your skill to land on short runway at Zell Am See, and muchmore! /images/notams/notams18/perf0117/mooney.jpgProduct Features: Fully compatible with Micorosoft Flight Simulator X, Steam Version and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v2, v3, v4Complete Mooney Bravo in house colors with extra options, highly detailed 3D textures, reworked and improved stereo sounds; two models which includes the standard and the Garmin G1000 versionsTutorials - Learn how to use the Garmin 1000; the documentation includes an extensive 632 page Garmin 1000 real Pilot's GuideMissions Pack - The Missions pack (available in both FSX and P3D) features Flight briefing, cabin preparation (frequencies, autopilot, etc.), step by step check list procedures (pre-start, taxi, before t/o, after t/o, descend, landing, parking) with prompt menu; crew announcements, speed calls and restriction, captain speaking, GPWS and much more!Fully customizable with our exclusive special feature that lets you to use a plane of your choice (instead of the included fleet) and to edit weather, time, date and season for each approach/mission. You do not need an external program or make complicated actions such as adjustments, modifications or file editing. Just install the special feature, choose the plane, weather, time, date and season direct from the FSX Free Flight Menu, then choose the desired mission and fly with your favorite aircraft and settings without losing the success messageComplete documentation; product includes airport info and charts for all destination and a usefull user guidePES (Passengers Entertainment System) - Missions also feature the exclusive PES (Passengers Entertainment System), now fully customizable with your own sound tracks. When you reach the cruising altitude, a prompt menu will appear on your screen with PES options. You can play six soundtracks in a single flight. An entire section of the User Guide explain you how to use your own favorite soundtracks instead of those provided with the product!BEECH BARON 58Four or six place business, utility and advanced pilot trainingtwin. The Beech Baron 58 combines the attractiveness of Beechcraftdesign with the reliability of twin engines, resulting in a gorgeousworkhorse of an aircraft. In this representation you will come acrossa complete and realistic simulation experience. The missions pack, designed by Perfect Flight to work with FSX and- first time - with Prepar3D V4 adds more value and enjoyment. /images/notams/notams18/perf0117/baron.jpgFully compatible with all version of Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v4.0Complete Beechcraft Beech Baron 58 aircraft package with extra options, high detailed 3D texture, stereo sounds, two models which includes the standard and the Garmin G1000 versionsTutorials - Learn how to use the Garmin 1000. The documentation includes an extensive 632 page Garmin 1000 real Pilot's GuideMissions Pack - The Missions pack (available in both FSX and P3D)Fully customizable with our exclusive special feature that lets you to use a plane of your choice (instead of the included fleet) and to edit weather, time, date and season for each approach/mission.Complete documentation. Product includes airport info and charts for all destination and an useful User GuidePES (Passengers Entertainment System) - Missions also features the exclusive PES (Passengers Entertainment System), now fully customizable with your own sound tracks.LEARJET 45A mid-size business jet aircraft produced by the Learjet Divisionof Bombardier Aerospace. The Learjet 45 was the first all-new designsince the original Learjet, and significantly altered the Learjetline. In this representation you will come across a complete andrealistic simulation experience. The missions pack, designed byPerfect Flight to work with FSX and Prepar3D v2, v3, v4 adds morevalue and enjoyment. Fully compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Steam Version and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v2, v3, v4Bombardier Learjet 45 XR house colors with extra options, highly detailed 3D textures and stereo soundsMissions Pack - The Missions pack (available in both FSX and P3D)Fully customizable with our exclusive special featureComplete documentation. Product includes airport info and charts for all destination and a useful user guidePES (Passengers Entertainment System) Purchase Perfect Flight - Private Flights Super Bundle
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How To...Fix The FS2004 Learjet Radio Stack By Ulrich Klein A close peek at external file structures: Analyzing hundreds and hundreds of such columns or rows of hex code for several hours or even days can really make you feel dizzy in the end. Later on, in this article, you will realize how important it can be to look a little bit behind the scenes. This time it was the only possible way for me to achieve what I had planned to do for a long time: fixing and improving the readability of the default Lear 45 radio stack. Such fiddling can be a time-consuming pastime activity, and I have to admit there are moments when you are dang near paralyzed by a mountain of despair, but it is drop dead gorgeous to see that you finally hit it, and not to be missed. Generally I want to spend time flying and not fiddling, but when it comes to the Lear 45 radio stack, things were different, and I have lost many hours of sleep thinking of a way to fix its problem. A whole lot of water has passed under the bridge since I first tried to tackle the issue, and the following article perhaps gives an inkling of how complex code cracking can be. Flight Simulator 2002 sure had its quirks, nothing serious to affect flight, though, and if I should hazard a guess right now, FS2004 will not be so very different from that. Well, time will tell. Anyway, loading the default Lear 45 for the first time, I was eager to see whether the FS development team had possibly improved the radio stack. Nope! At first sight I could not see any difference in it. Shame on them there, because since the release of FS2000 my major gripe with this radio stack has always been that readability is rather poor. Whereas the header terms COM1, COM2, NAV1, NAV2, XPNDR, ADF are displayed so brightly that they almost function as eye-catchers, the essential green digits themselves are a bit on the dark side and very difficult to read. This especially goes for flights at daylight because at night, with my room darkened, things were and still are a little bit better, but not really satisfying at all. Everyone has this, but the issue has never been addressed. I sure'd like to know how that one has repeatedly slipped thru the beta department since FS2000. I guess they were all eagle-eyed testers! In fact, they should have chosen a more intensive color for the digits. So here we are with just another carry-over flaw from earlier versions of FS: the FS2004 screenshot of the Lear 45 panel reveals that an old problem still persists. My first trip with the new Gmax Learjet completely built from scratch was almost a dream-like experience, just one of those "flightsim moments". Besides the beautifully rendered visual model, the new volumetric clouds are indeed a sight to behold, especially when flying thru them. However, there was in fact something else that caught my eyes first: like its awesome predecessor, FS2004 ACOF comes with a Lear radio stack that largely lacks readability as to its digit areas. Knowing that the gamma of my monitor is all right, I decided to modify the gauge file which is responsible for the problem: the Lear_45!Radio_Stack.GAU file, which is listed up in the panel.cfg file of the Lear 45 and is an integral part of an FS2004 multi-gauge (Lear_45.gau) in the new \Flight Simulator 9\Gauges folder (or \FS2002\Gauges or \FS2000\Gauges folders respectively). Assuming you have a standard setup, the root folder for the latest version of the granddaddy flightsim of all time is Flight Simulator 9 instead of FS2004 (I'm still wondering why they did that). If you want to have it the old way, just change the directory name into FS2004 during the setup routine. DO NOT RENAME THIS FOLDER AFTER INSTALLING FS2004! So, in my first approach to tackle the problem, the major steps of the modifications had consisted of replacing the old-fashioned Courier New font for the digits by a more modern and realistic quartz font, of considerably enlarging its size, and of giving the digits a bold-face appearance, which I considered necessary because the standard Courier New font in its default size offers but bad readability even when the overall brightness of the monitor is absolutely fine. The x / y-values for the mouse-sensitive spots had not been changed. It seemed to me that there was no way to achieve the desired effect other than by modifying the hex values of the corresponding gauge file. Although these modifications slightly improved readability, they did not mean a major break-through. Now, this is what the change looked like when I tried to fix the problem for the first time: A comparison between the default radio stack on the left and the modified digits for COM, NAV, ADF and XPNDR frequencies in the middle (night) and on the right (day) clearly reveals that readability has improved, right? The one fly in the ointment was that any modification by selecting a different color for the digits turned out too difficult at first, and I had nearly come to the conclusion that maybe it would even be completely beyond the scope of doing it this way. So I decided to keep the changes of the original hex code to a minimum. Besides, alert readers will spot that the whole inward display bitmap of this old style .gau format gauge is not fully centered. The way it is positioned leaves a lot of blank black space on the right and bottom rims, which, basically, would make it possible to stretch and enlarge the whole frequency area to some extent. This is mainly a matter of eye-candy, but I am afraid I still haven't got to grips with centering this bitmap and I am sorry to say I have no clue for this at the moment. If I should ever come across a solution (dreaming on huh?), I'll put it online here in an update as well. Ever seen a red Learjet 25G in MS Flight Simulator 3 or 4? The above screenshot shows a modified FS3 Lear taking off from Paris LFPG. No catch 22, the pic is genuine. How about that? Well, stumbling upon old archives recently it occurred to me that long ago when FS3 was still the wave of the time I had tried to modify the somewhat dull colors of some default planes at a time when any kind of Aircraft Designer wasn't heard of yet. So I studied my old notes about how I had once achieved this aim. I installed FS3 on my older P100 Mhz machine and it did run without too many restrictions. Then I reproduced what I had done years ago, i.e. replaced the hex color code for some fuselages and took a lot of screenshots of the newly colored planes, first of all of the Cessna Skylane Turbo RGII and the Lear 25. To cut a long story short, I did all this hoping that my former experience would help me find a way to modify the color of the FS2004 (FS2002, FS2000) Lear radio stack, too. -- Oh, I almost forgot to point out that after taking a close-up look at the radio stack in FS2004 ACOF I found that MS have indeed improved a trifle thing: as the screenshot of the modified gauge reveals, it is now possible to scroll through the digits in both directions (plus and minus), which is of course more comfortable. Those of you who have some historical and technical interest in how such early modifications could be achieved at that time (1989/1990) may download the information right here. In fact, it wasn't without some troublesome weeks of studying myriad of combinations of hex code bytes that I happily found the final clue to change the color of the digits, and gosh, the radio stack now looks a heck of a lot better than the default one. And what is more, it works like a charm. You've got to see it to believe it! Basically, it has become possible now to attach diverse colors to the radio stack, which I made full use of in my first feeling of joy. Just for fun. Note that the ADF frequency is still displayed in its original color, size, and font. What a difference! Patience surely has its rewards! Now, from the following screenshots you can see which entries or bytes must be altered by means of a hex editor to change colors and the type and size of the original font. Note that you cannot edit gauge files by text editors such as MS notepad or similar devices, and even if you think you are familiar with hex editing, be very careful in doing the right thing when trying to change such hex codes. Always make a backup of your old file first. WARNING: REPLACING THE WRONG HEX CODES OR BYTES WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN THE CRASH OF FLIGHT SIMULATOR, TO SAY THE LEAST. The first screenshot reveals the "inside" of the Lear_45.gau file, which exists in the \FLIGHT SIMULATOR 9\GAUGES folder. The addresses and bytes you see here can be displayed in a hex editor. Please remember that you must not open or save gauge files just by a normal text editor such as MS Notepad or similar, and trying to do so may render the gauge file non-operative. At the address 06610 you can make the modifications for the chronometer's clock font. Overwriting the words Courier New by Quartz is not enough; you must also overwrite all the remaining letters "r New" by zeros. So put the cursor on the first byte number after the byte for "z" (last letter of quartz) and type in "0" for zero ten times in all (without quotes, of course). The greyed bytes show you how far you must go there. Don't forget to save the changes you have made. The screenshots #2, #3, and #4 of the external structure of the multi-gauge show the hex code of the Com1, Com2, Nav1 and Nav2 frequency areas for the successfully modified FS2004 default Lear 45 radio stack. The marks highlighted in red and yellow are done by me and show the modifications of the original code. The yellow marks highlight the triple set of bytes, which contains the color code, whereas the magenta-highlighted bytes define the size of the quartz font. The byte 28 (highlighted in light green) makes the XPNDR frequency shift a little bit to the right. The greyed hex values (thirty-one altogether) plus the substitution of Courier New by Quartz in the text part show the code (FS2004) as it should be after the modifications. In the modified Lear panel on the right you see the new state of the radio stack and that the font for the chronometer has also been turned into a quartz font. However, note that in FS2004 the Lear chronometer has been modified by MS, as it now misses the feature to select the sim rate and you can only mouse-click on the digits for seconds now, which is by default and not due to any of my modifications. This means that you will have to modify only the font for the clock there. The ideal look of the Lear radio stack (made with MS Paint, not a genuine screenshot): with the inward display bitmap being fully centered both vertically and horizontally, we'd make the most of the free space within the background bitmap, which would then allow for an even bigger font for the digits. Turning this into reality would be much easier for me if this gauge were an XML format gauge because in this open format the size of bitmaps could be fine-tuned meticulously. In this format I could also adjust the mouse-sensitive spots to the bigger fonts of the digits, which is not an absolute must, though. The extract from a fictitious specimen XML gauge on the right partially reveals the internal structure of this newer type of gauge. This way the torture of modifying the hex code wouldn't be necessary any longer. Note: It shouldn't hurt your computer but if you imagine it has, we accept no liability. This goes for all modifications of the hex code that have been made with the default Lear_45.gau file. Table of color code: Only for use with a hex editor and tested with the Lear_45.gau file only 00 80 00 = default dim green 00 FF 00 = bright green metallic 00 FF FF = light blue FF 00 00 = red FF FF 00 = yellow FF 00 FF = magenta FE FE FE = white FF FF FF = white (like FE FE FE) EB EB EB = light grey 12 96 A5 = medium blue 02 6E DC = light blue metallic 03 00 FF = medium blue metallic 03 EE 03 = light green metallic (the one I have finally chosen) That's it for today. I know it's but a little thing I can pay back for all I got and enjoyed in the past few years, but if anyone feels that it might have helped him to make flying easier (and perhaps even safer), then it was worth doing so all the more (anyway, I humbly hope you are a bit gob-smacked by the terrific effect like I was when I first saw it). I have thoroughly tested this fix for FS2002 / FS2004 on my system but in some rare instances results may vary on your system. So use this fix at your own risk. If you run into unexpectedly negative results (which I honestly do not believe), just install the original default Lear_45.gau file again and re-boot. Many thanks to Chuck Dome and Milton Shupe who kindly put the modified FS2004 gauge to the final test. If you are like me, you will perform the changes yourself, and if for any bizarre reason you might want to go back, make a backup of the original gauge file before overwriting it. In the interest of not turning this into a book I have not described how to do the changes for the FS2000 and FS2002 Lear 45 radio stacks, but principally it's the same there, as FS2004 gauges are functionally the same as FS2002 gauges. Remember that Flight Simulator is backwards compatible. I have added some extra jpgs in the FS02Lj45.zip package to show how to do the changes for FS2002. For those of you who want to save time, down at the bottom are the links to download the modified FS2000, FS2002, and FS2004 cluster gauges, which have been customized for each version of Flight Simulator and are available only here on FlightSim.Com. Please do not ask me to send the files via email, as they are at least 1MB each. To download them you may have to login to FlightSim.Com first. You can follow this member login hyperlink and register as a user, which is free of any charge, by the way, and you won't get deluged with junk emails. I haven't received a single one in seven years. If I can say it, it's got to be true, so go and get registered, and, first of all, enjoy the "new" Learjet. My System Specs Intel PIII 1,0 Ghz, FSB 133 Mhz, VIA chipset Apollo Pro 133A, 384 megs of SD-Ram PC-133, ASUS AGP-V7700 32MB (nVidia GeForce2 GTS) video card, Creative SB PCI 128 (WDM) onboard, DirectX v8.0a, WinME v4.90, Build 3000. Ulrich Klein huki.klein@t-online.de Download FS00Lj45.zip for FS2000 Download FS02Lj45.zip for FS2002 Download FS04Lj45.zip for FS2004 -
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