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making panels - a beginners guide please!
Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 13:45
by steveamsden
Hi folks,
Although I have no experience, I would very much like to have a go at producing a classic panel- gauges and all.
Any advice / pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks Steve
Re: making panels - a beginners guide please!
Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 14:29
by DanKH
A very good advice would be to start by reading the SDK regarding creating panels...
Then go take a dive into some existing panels, and try to figure out what the developer has done.
later on, take a visit to FSdeveloper, and start asking specific questions here and there. Plenty of help available, but it is of course very difficult to answer questions like: "How do I make a panel" .....
It is easier to get answers to: "How do I place my bmp file the correct place on the main panel window" or things like that...
Re: making panels - a beginners guide please!
Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 14:32
by Garry Russell
There is a programme for building panels
Can't think off hand what it's called :think:
****EDIT****
http://www.fspanelstudio.com/
Garry
Re: making panels - a beginners guide please!
Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 21:37
by nigelb
Garry Russell wrote:There is a programme for building panels
Can't think off hand what it's called :think:
****EDIT****
http://www.fspanelstudio.com/
Garry
I would say FS Panel Studio is essential if your going to be doing any amount of panel creation. The editor, (FS Aircraft Editor) that comes with FS9 is terrible.
Re: making panels - a beginners guide please!
Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 21:46
by DanKH
Notepad is quite a good editor ;-)
Re: making panels - a beginners guide please!
Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 21:52
by decapod
I've got a couple you can have a go at ;-) ;-) ;-)
http://www.cbfsim.org/cbfsim/cbfsBB/vie ... =6&t=14875
or here
I've not tried it myself yet as the models are not quite finished.
Re: making panels - a beginners guide please!
Posted: 25 Nov 2008, 08:44
by steveamsden
Thanks for all the advice folks - I will have a play and see what I can come up with.