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I am being an idiot I am sure

selwynorren

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Hi Guys

So for my first project I wanted to convert the miniPanel's altimeter into a gauge that would real Millibars instead if Inches of Mercury. :eek:

Where I live we use Millibars, I could find a gauge that would show both, but not a gauge that would only do the one.

Everything is working great, all good readouts are relatively corretc for this stage of teh gauge design.

No I dont now anything about C++ and very little of XML, Now here is my problem.

In order for fuel calcs to be easy, I have set the international setting f FS9 to be Metrc with teh altimeter to show as feet. Best emulating RW here in South Africa.

No tooltips are whats getting me down at this stage.

What I would like to do is as follows.

Mouse over the gauge to show altimeter reading in Feet
Mouse over the Kohlman Knob to show the QNH readinng

Is this at all possible? :idea:

Here is teh code that I am using so far:

Code: 
<Gauge Name="Altimeter" Version="1.0">
   <Image Name="Altimeter_Background.bmp"/>
   <Element>
      <Position X="111" Y="67"/>
      <MaskImage Name="Altimeter_Mask.bmp">
         <Axis X="0" Y="11"/>
      </MaskImage>
      <Image Name="Altimeter_Strip.bmp">
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="953" X="0" Y="12"/>
            <Item Value="1062" X="0" Y="419"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
      </Image>
      <Shift>
         <Value Minimum="953" Maximum="1062">(A:Kohlsman setting mb,mBar)</Value>
      </Shift>
   </Element>
   <Element>
      <Position X="81" Y="77"/>
      <Image Name="Altimeter_Needle_10000.bmp">
         <Axis X="31" Y="31" PointsTo="East"/>
      </Image>
      <Rotate>
         <Value>(P:Units of measure, enum) 2 == if{ (A:Indicated Altitude, meters) } els{ (A:Indicated Altitude, feet) } 10000 /</Value>
         <Failures>
            <GAUGE_ALTIMETER Action="Freeze"/>
            <SYSTEM_PITOT_STATIC Action="Freeze"/>
         </Failures>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="0" X="81" Y="15"/>
            <Item Value="5" X="81" Y="138"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
      </Rotate>
   </Element>
   <Element>
      <Position X="81" Y="77"/>
      <Image Name="Altimeter_Needle_1000.bmp">
         <Axis X="5" Y="5" PointsTo="East"/>
      </Image>
      <Rotate>
         <Value>(P:Units of measure, enum) 2 == if{ (A:Indicated Altitude, meters) } els{ (A:Indicated Altitude, feet) } 1000 /</Value>
         <Failures>
            <GAUGE_ALTIMETER Action="Freeze"/>
            <SYSTEM_PITOT_STATIC Action="Freeze"/>
         </Failures>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="0" X="81" Y="15"/>
            <Item Value="5" X="81" Y="138"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
      </Rotate>
   </Element>
   <Element>
      <Position X="81" Y="77"/>
      <Image Name="Altimeter_Needle_100.bmp">
         <Axis X="5" Y="5" PointsTo="East"/>
      </Image>
      <Rotate>
         <Value>(P:Units of measure, enum) 2 == if{ (A:Indicated Altitude, meters) } els{ (A:Indicated Altitude, feet) } 100 /</Value>
         <Failures>
            <GAUGE_ALTIMETER Action="Freeze"/>
            <SYSTEM_PITOT_STATIC Action="Freeze"/>
         </Failures>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="0" X="81" Y="15"/>
            <Item Value="5" X="81" Y="138"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
      </Rotate>
   </Element>
   <Element>
      <Position X="26" Y="136"/>
      <Image Name="Altimeter_Knob.bmp">
         <Axis X="13" Y="13"/>
      </Image>
      <Rotate>
         <Value Minimum="953" Maximum="1062">(A:Kohlsman setting hg,inHg)</Value>
         <Nonlinearity>
            <Item Value="953" Degrees="0"/>
            <Item Value="1062" Degrees="720"/>
         </Nonlinearity>
      </Rotate>
   </Element>
   <Mouse>
      <Help ID="HELPID_GAUGE_ALTIMETER"/>
      <Tooltip ID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ALTIMETER_FEET" EnglishID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ALTIMETER_FEET" MetricID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ALTIMETER_METERS"/>
      <Area Left="13" Right="39" Top="124" Bottom="150">
         <Help ID="HELPID_GAUGE_KOHLSMAN_KNOB"/>
         <Tooltip ID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ALTIMETER_KOHLSMAN_MBAR" MetricID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ALTIMETER_KOHLSMAN_MBAR"/>
         <Area Right="13">
            <Cursor Type="DownArrow"/>
            <Click Event="KOHLSMAN_DEC" Repeat="Yes"/>
         </Area>
         <Area Left="13">
            <Cursor Type="UpArrow"/>
            <Click Event="KOHLSMAN_INC" Repeat="Yes"/>
         </Area>
      </Area>
   </Mouse>
</Gauge>

I have been adjusting, staring myself into oblivion. Each time I use a different tooltip spec either teh gauge then disapears in FS or something else completely wierd happens

All help really welcome :D
 
Try:

Code: 
   <Mouse>
      <Tooltip ID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ALTIMETER_FEET"/>
      <Area Left="13" Right="39" Top="124" Bottom="150">
         <Tooltip ID="TOOLTIPTEXT_ALTIMETER_KOHLSMAN_MBAR"/>
         <Area Right="13">
            <Cursor Type="DownArrow"/>
            <Click Event="KOHLSMAN_DEC" Repeat="Yes"/>
         </Area>
         <Area Left="13">
            <Cursor Type="UpArrow"/>
            <Click Event="KOHLSMAN_INC" Repeat="Yes"/>
         </Area>
      </Area>
   </Mouse>
 
Hi Bill

Thanks that helped to change the reading of the altimeter to feet instead of meters :)

Now would you mind if I :stirthepo

Is it possible to change the mouse over tip for just the Kohlman knob itself, seperate from the rest of the altimeter? :eek:

Also, besides the obvious (working gauge) what is the benefit of removing the help id lines?

If I put them in the entire gauge disapears in FS

Thanks again
 
It already does just that! I've tested this script in another gauge I'm working on at the moment... ;)

HelpIDs are mostly present for backwards compatibility purposes and are -in fact- depecrated. All they ever did was identify a gauge anyway! Gee, I know that's an altimeter, do I really need a tooptip to tell me that? :eek:

ToolTips on the other hand are very flexible as you've seen since they can display dynamic data, such as airspeed, inHg, mBar, et cetera.
 
n4gix said:
HelpIDs are mostly present for backwards compatibility purposes and are -in fact- depecrated. All they ever did was identify a gauge anyway! Gee, I know that's an altimeter, do I really need a tooptip to tell me that? :eek:
Click to expand...


You overestimate the intellgence of some flightsimmers (I plead the 5th...)
 
n4gix said:
It already does just that! I've tested this script in another gauge I'm working on at the moment... ;)

HelpIDs are mostly present for backwards compatibility purposes and are -in fact- depecrated. All they ever did was identify a gauge anyway! Gee, I know that's an altimeter, do I really need a tooptip to tell me that? :eek:

ToolTips on the other hand are very flexible as you've seen since they can display dynamic data, such as airspeed, inHg, mBar, et cetera.
Click to expand...

Hi Bill

Thanksm but then I am really doing something wrong here. Tootip definatley does show up, but only show the altitude currently at (i.e 4770ft teh airfield I am testing at)

I am going to recheck all my settings in te gauge as well as FS and check back soon


FelixFFDS said:
You overestimate the intellgence of some flightsimmers (I plead the 5th...)
Click to expand...

he he he too true

Cheers Guys, tahnks for all the help, Ill check back later the weekend to reveal any mistakes I had made.
 
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