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Maybe Dominic can share his great wisdom on how to land in Fs2004. Granted she's somewhat new but help is help. Thank you.

Nebojsa, You don't receive private messages on this page, or Avsim, or LevelD???

Michael, Definitely interested. Can you reach out to me for further discussion? Email or PM. Thank you, Michael

Windowed

Graeme, I understand your "I am puzzled by your experience". I truly do. In fact, I kind of feel like an idiot regarding the time I've spent trying to get this to work on a 20+ year platform. But I'm telling you I've have literally tried everything. So after reading your latest post today, with your very nicely done examples, I tried again. Reason being is because I realized, and appreciated, the time you dedicated to that response. Trying it on your system. And then responding with examples of your success. That meant a lot to me. And yes, it took a good amount of time from whatever you were doing. Thank you. So I deleted everything related to the Gahud29. I then re-downloaded it and installed verbatim (again) as Bob Kellogg suggested. I then edited the Panel.Cfg to reflect the last two examples you posted in your latest comment. Still. NOT A DAMN THING CHANGED! Then....... for whatever reason, I decided to move the hud Window entry in my panel file from [Window09] to [Window06] like you have. And, like Bob Kellogg had in his Readme file. Wonders wonders. Now I could move the gauge laterally. Finally. You truly cannot make this stuff up. But it happened as God is my witness. I was finally able to move the damn gauge around like you illustrated. WOW. Almost makes me wonder if I have a virus or something. Whatever............ So now that I have the ability to move the gauge, I am encountering yet another issue. I have successfully moved the gauge very closely into the position I need it to be. But I cannot get it exactly. If I move the gauge a few mm to the right, where I need it to be, then the furthest right part of the gauge does not display. Its cut off. So I opened the panel file in FSpanel Studio and saw where the gauge part that was cut off in FS9 was extending past the "black" area of [Window06] the hud. So I moved it back into the black area. Saved. Reloaded in FS9. Gauge was fully visible again but left of where I needed it. So went another hour of chnaging the size of the gauge, the black area, etc. etc. without success. :mad::mad::mad::mad: So here is an image of my latest headache. Still want to help me?

Graeme, I tried your suggestions with zero luck. Altering the Window_pos= has no effect whatsoever on moving the gauge. In fact, regarding the entry: gauge00=gaHud29!hud2B9, 0,50,600,466 leaves very little manipulation as well. Looking at this entry, I can only adjust the height & width (600,466) entry. Changing the (0, 50) has no effect whatsoever. Is it possible Bob Kellogg locked these settings within the XML? I've tried contacting him with no success. And unfortunately, I'm not all that good with XML coding. Nonetheless, I am adding two more files to the previous files for you and others to look at. The first file Bob"s Instructions are Bob's instructions for placing the gauge into your panel. I have followed it to the letter to include adding the popup switch. Popup switch does work and does turn on/off the gauge etc. The second file XML is the XML file that comes with the panel. Perhaps you, or others knowledgeable in XML coding can see if he locked the lateral & vertical manipulation of this gauge within its coding. This has me at my wits end. I written thousands and thousands of line of code in our simulator. For the Love of God this one has me baffled. In case it helps, here is the link to the original file: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=copyright&fid=212128

Col., Thanks for you help. No, 0 and 1, ony determine if the "Window" should be visible upon loading. Michael

Graeme thank you. I have FS Panel Studio but it has negative effects on this gauge. You comment about "These x/y values are fractions of 1.0, so 0.33 means about one-third of the way across from the left side." has me interested. I will play with these. What do I have to lose. I've tried playing with every other number.

No sir. Thank you for the reply though.

Is it in the CNN or MSNBC folder? :p Oh Lord, it will never work..... Michael

Hi all. I need your help. I'm attempting to add Bob Kellogg's excellent HUD display to my simulator. I've had success adding this gauge, and scaling the width & length. Where I'm failing is the ability to relocate it to the position I desire. I am able to move it up and down. But for the life of me, I cannot get this gauge to move laterally to the left. I am using a Matrox Triplehead2Go for my front (3) windows. The center is my primary, meaning it has FS9's menu etc. I have added many other HUD gauges, readily available here, and have had zero problems scaling them and positioning them as I see fit. But this guy will not budge to the left where I need it to go. It's already set to (0) which normally would instruct the gauge to position at the farthest left position. But it is not. It is somewhere about 40% right of the edge. I've attempted to contact the author without success. I have added (2) images to help in illustrating the issue. Image 1 Image 2

exactly!

Perhaps because its night time? FS2004 shows the ground at night (black). There is no moon cast on the ground. Not real sure what your asking.

LMAO. Beautifully delivered Tom!!!

TNW is not, in my opinion, a good package to install. I found the textures to be repetitive and un-like we would see here in the US. Furthermore, I find it very aggravating that some airports I fly into have "TNW" in-bedded in the building textures. Please understand that I am in no way "bashing" this gentlemen's effort to make FS2004 better. This is merely my opinion. Nothing more. Michael

One week......asking again. No one able to offer an articulated suggestion?

Good post. And I would add that the Redbird stuff is the bare minimum when it comes to technology. They are focusing they're money on the limited certification in my opinion. I'm not saying the equipment is cheap. I'm saying that you could take what you have and make it state-of-the-art depending what your willing to put into it technology wise. M

Your back? LOL. Welcome back. Missed you.

No one?

Exactly the reason you should avoid them in the future. Take what you have, get with builders like myself, and turn what you have into a more viable and entertaining simulator. Mitch

For the past many years, we've had (5) windowed displays in FS2004 providing our outside windows views in our simulator. (2) individual Matrox Triplehead2go boxes ran all these displays off of (1) super computer. The first Triplehead ran the (3) front views. The second Triplehead ran the (2) side displays. Worked Great!!! That said, In January of this year 2021, we decided to remove the (3) front displays (including the Triplehead) and replace it with a Samsung 49" CHG so as to remove the unsightly bezels. The front display looks great. THE PROBLEM: We cannot get the front display to blend with the side displays. Nothing close after many attempts. I have provided a image to better explain the past setup to include the new setup. Please... Only those who understand zoom levels, angles, and multi-monitor knowledge. Thank you. Mitch

Just ask. I could get you hours of access. That's how I built my 757simulator.com. I'd be more than willing to facilitate your endeavors.

Or, you could make your own....and quit stealing others works. I do not mean to sound harsh. But it is they're work regardless of how you think it may look. There are literally thousands of images on the web for you to draw reference from. Use those. Or, do what the original authors did, and articulate your way into the actual aircraft whereas you can attempt to duplicate in a better fashion then they did. Food for thought.............

Really? As long as your not providing links to it, nor trying to sell it, whats the harm?