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Projecting default gauges into virtual cockpit

Robert Richardson

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Can anyone tell me how to project a default gauge, MFD,PFD etc. onto a MS2020 virtual cockpit panel, as per FSX/P3D?

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Any clues would be gratefully received.
 
Hi,

Rather than starting from scratch, why not put in a 2D FSX gauge and see via MSLegacyImport the result obtained by importing this FSX gauge?
This is not a satisfactory solution but at least it has the quality of allowing to understand how to use the basic HTML/js gauges provided and then to build a process starting from a blank sheet of paper.

I have the same problem with some FSX aircrafts to which I want to add a gps and I was thinking of doing this process.
 
Thank you for the reply Didier.
I can see the gauges I want to use in the Onestore folder, namely “asobo-vcockpits-instruments-navsystem”.

These are referenced in the panel.cfg file of the 172

[VCockpit01]
size_mm=1024,768
pixel_size=1024,768
texture=$AS1000_PFD_1
background_color=42,42,40
htmlgauge00=NavSystems/AS1000/PFD/AS1000_PFD.html, 0, 0, 1024, 768

I need to know what sort of panel I need to create in Blender and also the folder structure of the “PackageSource”.
Any ideas?
 
I understood the problem very well but at the moment there is no documentation on this precise point to my knowledge. The only information I have concerns the result of the MSFSLegacyImporter program on a 2D gauge which will replace the XML/BMP code by an HTML/js equivalent based on the data available in the directory “asobo-vcockpits-instruments-navsystem”.
Reference: https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/t...ersion-by-legacy-importer.449521/#post-861332

This process works in some cases and not in others, so it's worth a try but with no certain result. After that you can see the result and perhaps find your solution ...

Otherwise, the process looks the same as for FSX/Prepar3D, create a plane to which a $text texture is applied and then the HTMML/js gauge is applied to this plane to perform the programmed visualization.

There is also a discussion on FSDeveloper about sample code that can be found in the "Onestore" directories but I have lost reference to this discussion. I will try to find it ...

[EDIT] I find it: https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/getting-started-with-fs2020-html-gauges.449513
 
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Lagaffe said:
Otherwise, the process looks the same as for FSX/Prepar3D, create a plane to which a $text texture is applied and then the HTMML/js gauge is applied to this plane to perform the programmed visualization.
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Hi, anyone who use blender can send a screenshot how apply $text to a gauge? Trying all week long with no success.



Thank you

Cesar Ramalheiro Jr
 
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