Panel Problem.

[DPS]

Yesterday, I had a go at my second 2D panel for my SB2C Helldiver - Ok, not British but undoubtedly Classic.

I started from the Mooney panel (this might be the problem). However, I can't get the outside world view to render further down the screen (see attached screenshot) hence the black margins at the bottom corners.

Does anyone know of any cfg tweaks to fix this?

The panel cfg reads:

[Window00]
file=panel_background_640.bmp
file_1024=panel_background_1024.bmp
size_mm=640
position=7
visible=1
no_luminous=1
ident=MAIN_PANEL

gauge00=Mooney_Bravo!Airspeed,100,130
gauge01=Mooney_Bravo!Altimeter,80,235
gauge03=Mooney_Bravo!Turn Coordinator,470,234
gauge04=Mooney_Bravo!Vertical Speed,440,135
gauge05=Mooney_Bravo!Manifold Pressure,290,40
gauge06=Douglas_DC3!gyro_compass,200,210
gauge07=Cessna!Tachometer,275,125
gauge08=Douglas_DC3!ahi,320,200

[Harry Basset]

I have had similar problems from time to time. Try selecting with your mouse with the cursor on the boundary between the black and the background and drag the boundary down so the black has gone.

[Garry Russell]

I'm moving this to devlopers corner

Garry

[delticbob]

I don't offer help very often cos when it doesn't work people either think i'm a fool (which I know...and an old fool too ) or I just don't know what I'm on about....

Anyway DPS if you open the panel.cfg file & look right at the end of it you will see an entry that looks like this

[Default View]
X=0
Y=0
SIZE_X=8192
SIZE_Y=2500
As I understand it the Size_X is the visible world 'width' looking out of the front of your cockpit, and Size_Y is the 'height'.

I looks like you are suffering in the 'height' department (me too HELP ).

If you compare the same entry with the Piper Cub

[Default View]
X=0
Y=0
SIZE_X=8192
SIZE_Y=5300

You have the same 'width' but more 'height', so I would suggest (making a back up of the cfg file first) that you alter the Size_Y=2500 entry to read Size_Y=5300, save & try it.

If it works good. If it doesn't, try not to think too harshly of my attempt to help.

Bob

[DPS]

Thanks. That did the trick. Here's my scrappy results:

http://www.dpsflight.com/SB2C_Panel_0001.wmv

Now all I've got to do is study the 'How to Make Gauges' pages in the SDK.