Converting FS2004 aircraft to FSX

[jkinnor]

I'm trying to move several aircraft from my FS2004 livery to FSX. Two move properly just by copying the folder from FS9\aircraft to FSX\Sim objects\airplanes (B737-400 and Wright Flyer). The Schweizer sailplane presents a problem. I copied the guages separately with no difficulty, and it flys properly in FSX even with the tow plane. The problem is that the windows (canopy) in the virtual cockpit are all opaque black. Does anyone know a solution to this problem? Perhaps a parameter for transparency be added to a cfg file somewhere? Perhaps PhotoShop can be used on some texture file?

 

I recently got back in touch with my best friend from college. He is a private pilot and a CFI-Glider. He has always flown a Schweizer SGS 2-33. I'd like to experience as much as possible of what he has enjoyed for many years, and get some good training tips from him.

 

Thank you all.

Jack Kelly

[napamule2]

You can have this model in both FS9 and FSX. Available at Simviation. File names are:

233av1a.zip, 1.567 Mb, 1/15/2007, for FS9 and 233av1ax.zip, 1.420 Mb, 1/15/2007, for FSX. Both are by Wolfgang Piper.

Chuck B

[PhantomTweak]

He has always flown a Schweizer SGS 2-33.

I'll be dogged! They STILL use that plane??

That's the plane I learned in back in '74. Took me a week of Dual time, and a week of solo time to get my cert. BFD to a kid turned 14 the day he started instruction. I didn't even know how to drive.

I tell you this, though. Those were other days. MY Instructor, old enough to be my grandfather, almost, carried a yard stick with him in the rear cockpit. He never yelled, or even chastized me, but if I messed up, that yardstick would smack me in the back of the head. Amazing strength of impact for such limited space.

Soon as I could though, I transitioned to the 1-26. No instructor, no yardstick :D I loved soaring the cliffs east of Calistoga. Almost always had great ridgelift. And when it was a good day, the hawks that lived in them would come out, soar with me, play a game of "chase-me". I learned how to do more aerobatics from them...

No high-G stuff, just...fun!

They cheated though. When THEY got tired or bored, they would just land on a cliff-side. I had to go back to the gliderport.

 

Sorry. Your post about the 2-33 just brought back some great memories!

Pat☺

[ScatterbrainKid]

There's a 232 canopy perspex fix on this page, and there's also a new full freeware FSX Schweizer 232, and also some Army textures for a FSX 233 with a link to a full freeware FSX 233 machine-

http://simviation.com/1/browse-Gliders+and+Ultralites-130-0

[Southbound]

I am trying to get the fs2004(fs9) default 747 into fsx since I liked the old default livery but the unexpected happened. An issue with the decal_b747_400.bmp causes the paint to glitched out.

 

How it is suppose to show:

 

How it ended up showing:

 

How MCX(Model Converter X) previews the paint: