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Viewport Gauge?

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jdhaenens

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I am trying to put a Top Down view as a gauge into my FSX cockpit. I used the FS9view code as follows:

Code: 
<Gauge Name="viewport" Version="1.0">
  <Element>
    <Position X="0" Y="0"/>
    <CustomDraw Name="fs9view:view" X="212" Y="179" Zoom="0.75" Pitch="-90" Bank="0" Heading="000" OffsetUp="100" OffsetForward="0" OffsetRight="0">
    </CustomDraw>
  </Element>
</Gauge>

Unfortunately, the sim did not accept the minus (-) in the pitch entry no mater how and where I added it. Additionally, it was a frame rate killer.

Using the same 0,0,0 hole in the panel .bmp, I opened a new top down view in the sim and placed it behind the panel in the proper location. This worked fine and had minimal effect on the frame rates. Is there any way to make this view come up on startup (preferable), or fix the FS9 view to go negative in pitch?

JimD
 
Gauge that represents a camera

Hi

I just did a Gauge that represents a camera above the landing gear in a A380.

Bank and Pitch do not appear to work.
From memory this also applies to placing Fireworks etc

<Gauge Name="Nose_Camera" Version="1.0">
<Element>
<Position X="0" Y="0"/>
<CustomDraw Name="fs9view:view" X="300" Y="230" Zoom="0.50" Pitch="0" Bank="0" Heading="000" OffsetUp="-260" OffsetForward="10" OffsetRight="1">
</CustomDraw>
</Element>
</Gauge>

gauge76=!Nose Camera, 1650, 470,300,230

Steve
 
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Thanks for the tip Steve. Since it was more of a "Where am I?" sort of gauge, I settled on using the fs9gps map.
 
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