WestWind Airlines

This morning before work I took an MD 81 up for a spin to see what is up with this plane.  Very nice plane I really like the VC but I have a problem with it.  It seems the glass display (MFD) is not showing up on my VC.  When I switch to 2d cockpit it is there no problem but in VC it is a blank screen.  Also I can't select the switches for lights in the VC....none of them....again they work just fine in 2d mode.

 

Anyone else have trouble with this in the md81?  Obviously since i have control of them in 2d mode it isn't the biggest of issues but I really love flying in VC mode!!!!  Any help would be appreciated.

 

BTW the plane handles really well.  I like it quite a bit!

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Jose Lopez
AHM - KDFW
WWA2149 CAT IV

wait... MD-81?  The plane I painted for our FSX fleet was an MD-82.. where did you find an -81?

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Scott M. Stone
WWA1712 - Cat-III - Director of Aircraft
VATSIM 1018857 - C1 Controller - KZSE
Private Pilot - ASEL + Complex + IFR (almost)

Scott Stone:

wait... MD-81?  The plane I painted for our FSX fleet was an MD-82.. where did you find an -81?

The WestWind FSX Fleet lists it as MD-81, and the Aircraft config file also has it as MD-81:

title=McDonnell-Douglas MD-81 WWA
sim=fsx_md81

Maybe your MD-82 didn't get loaded???? 

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Bob S.
Senior Command Captain
E.V.P. Scenery

my mistake, it IS an -81 that I did.. wow my memory isn't what it used to be.

OK, so..

which gauge isn't displaying?  The top one or the bottom one?  I'm aliasing the B737_800 gauges for both of them, so I doubt the gauges are missing, unless you removed the default 737 from your sim?  Are you using Windows Vista or Windows XP?  Also, please post the [Vcockpit01] and [Vcockpit02] sections of your panel.cfg from the SimObjects\Airplanes\MD-81\Panel\ folder, I want to make sure that it's not different from the one on my system here.

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Scott M. Stone
WWA1712 - Cat-III - Director of Aircraft
VATSIM 1018857 - C1 Controller - KZSE
Private Pilot - ASEL + Complex + IFR (almost)

Both top and bottom glass displays don't show up in VC

[Vcockpit01]
size_mm=1024
visible=1
pixel_size=1024
texture=$panel1

//gauge00=Super80!Multi-Function Display,          358, 251, 259, 259
gauge00=B737_800!mfd, 377, 275, 232, 223
gauge01=MD80!JT8D_SMOKE,              841, 522,  20,  20
gauge02=Super80!Nav Display Switch,          972, 370,  37,  42
gauge03=MD83!FUELLEFT,                    9, 829,  64,  22
gauge04=MD83!FUELRIGHT,                   70, 828,  62,  22
gauge05=MD83!FUELCENTER,               38, 853,  68,  24
gauge06=MD83!FUELTOTAL,                   40, 877,  60,  23
gauge07=MD83!FUELWEIGHT,               40, 903,  62,  21
gauge08=cpt.md80.toggles.trans!Autostart,      848, 308,  13,  28
gauge09=cpt.md80.toggles.trans!DeIce,          837, 372,  20,  37
gauge10=cpt.md80.toggles.trans!PanelLights,      974, 288,  21,  39
//gauge11=Super80!Standby Airspeed Indicator,         0, 799, 145, 145
gauge12=Mooney_Bravo!Master Alt Bat,          826, 302,  25,  36
gauge13=Kingair!GPS Display Toggle,          832, 244,  28,  24
gauge14=737-400!Avionics Display Toggle,      967, 243,  27,  22
gauge15=737-400!Airspeed,                      171,  49, 159, 159
//gauge16=FSC.ATR.fl!Vsi,                         628, 226, 195, 195
gauge16=737-400!Vertical Speed,                         628, 226, 195, 195
//gauge17=FSC.ATR.fl!ADI,                           357,  0,  278, 295
gauge17=B737_800!pfd, 372, 15, 242, 223
gauge18=FSC.ATR.fl!CLOCK,                   11, 110, 118, 117
gauge19=FSC.ATR.fl!Analog Attitude,                17, 661, 119, 118
gauge20=FSC.ATR.fl!Rmi,                  164, 232, 177, 177
gauge21=737-400!Main Set,              150, 617, 208, 404
gauge22=737-400!Altimeter,              724,  40, 180, 177
gauge23=B757!Standby Altimeter,              822, 220, 190, 190


//--------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit02]
size_mm=1024
visible=1
pixel_size=1024
texture=$panel2

gauge00=mdxxautopilot!AP-Altitude-Window,             889, 533, 123
gauge01=mdxxautopilot!AP-Airspeed-Window,             379, 530,  78
gauge02=mdxxautopilot!AP-Hdg-Window,                 575, 529,  76
gauge03=mdxxautopilot!AP-Vertical-Speed-Window,        639, 529, 125
gauge04=mdxxautopilot!AP-Vor-Window,                 157, 545,  80

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Jose Lopez
AHM - KDFW
WWA2149 CAT IV

You have the default FSX 737-800 still installed, and still in the.. ohh... OH I know what it is.  Copy the gauge files from the B737_800/ directory into your main FSX Gauges folder.  That should fix it.

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Scott M. Stone
WWA1712 - Cat-III - Director of Aircraft
VATSIM 1018857 - C1 Controller - KZSE
Private Pilot - ASEL + Complex + IFR (almost)

I copied the B737-800.cab file from panels in my B737 to the FSX Gauges folder.  Is that all I need or do I need a .dll file too?  Thanks again Scott

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Jose Lopez
AHM - KDFW
WWA2149 CAT IV

Zaroj:

I copied the B737-800.cab file from panels in my B737 to the FSX Gauges folder.  Is that all I need or do I need a .dll file too?  Thanks again Scott

copy all of the .cab files (there might only be one) to the FSX gauges folder.. so yes I think you did the right thing already.  Does it work? 

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Scott M. Stone
WWA1712 - Cat-III - Director of Aircraft
VATSIM 1018857 - C1 Controller - KZSE
Private Pilot - ASEL + Complex + IFR (almost)

Sorry for not responding sooner Scott!  Yes it works!  Thanks for the help. 

The lights still aren't able to be switched on and off from teh VC view though?  No biggie I'll just switch in and out of views just FYI!

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Jose Lopez
AHM - KDFW
WWA2149 CAT IV

keyboard shortcuts for lights:

 

L = toggle all lights
CTRL-L = landing lights only
SHIFT-L = interior lights only (I think).

 Can be changed from the key assignments page as well.

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Scott M. Stone
WWA1712 - Cat-III - Director of Aircraft
VATSIM 1018857 - C1 Controller - KZSE
Private Pilot - ASEL + Complex + IFR (almost)