This is an Almost fully functional Boeing 777 glass panel for FS9 with cockpit views and special effects night lighting, made from realistic bitmap bases and trying to locate the flying instruments as close as possible to their real locations.
This is my 4th realy complex panel design attempt, I hope everything runs better (with less mishaps from my part) and that you simflyers are satisfied, Please forgive me for any errors and let me know about them. Less errors than the previous times, I hope.
I use this panel with the Meljet 777/200 and 777/300. Soon I'll upload a version with VC windows for the default 777.
Finaly, I would like to thank (its never enough) all the fantastic gauge designers that make all these panels layout possible... without them we would have to flight the dull and unreal original ones...., thank you again, all you guys!!
Ok! now let's get on with the instalation:
Unzip all the contents of the zip files to a temporary folder
You'll end with a Panel, a Gauge's, a sound and a module's folders
Copy & Paste or Drag & Drop or Move the bitmap and the panel.cfg file from here to the desired aricraft's panel folder after backing up the panel you have (of course), you might not like this layout.
Copy & Paste or Drag & Drop or Move the gauge's folder contents to your FS9 Main gauges folder, overwrite when prompted.(Do not unzip the cab files enclosed in the gauges folder... they work like that, and do not extract gauges from folders enclosed in the zip main gauges folder, they work like that also.)
Copy & Paste or Drag & Drop or Move the sound's folder contents to your FS9 Main sound folder, no need to overwrite when prompted.
Copy & Paste or Drag & Drop or Move the module's folder contents (FSsound.DLL and SOARRec.dll) (it seems that SOARRec.dll is sometimes unnecessary so, you can try not installing it at first) to your FS9 Main modules folder. Do not overwrite if prompted, your version might be newer than this one.
Finally, to avoid recieving an error box when loading FS9 you should add this little something to your FS9.config file after doing the usual backup for safety;
For the Windows 2000 you should find the main FS9 config file under the path:
C\Documents and settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Fs9.config
Open the file with notepad and add the following lines to it's very beggining
[OLDMODULES]
FSsound.dll=1
SOARRec.dll=1
Save and close
Now, the aircraft config file modifications....
Once I also thought it to be a big deal... well, it's not and it goes like this:
1- open your 777 or whatever aircraft you are using this panel with.... and find the aircraft.config file. Make a backup! don't forget...
2- open the "aircraft.config" file with notepad
3- find the (AUTOPILOT) entry and replace all its contents with the following lines:
6- And last but not least... Windows openning in FS9 have a funny way of establhishing priorities. The first one you open is the one that will remain in the back.
I enclosed a special effect nightlit main panel window that is controled by the "PDF" (excuse me for the gooffing! should of course be PFD, as for Primary Flight Display but I've got it wrong from the start and then it was to late to change.... oops and sorry) button on the lower left hand side of the main panel. That should always be the first one to open, otherwise, when opennig the "OH" (overhead), pedesteal, Eicas2 and radar windows, they will remain behind the PDF window...... I still don't know how to solve that simple thing.
Besisdes that, panel lights are independent fron that PDF window and controlled by the knob in the far left side of the main panel.....
save and close...
Start up FS9
Go, fly and enjoy!
Luís ad Costa Pereira
lcparq@netcabo.pt
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I hold no rights to these files.
You can do what ever you like with them, as long as you do not infringe Microsoft's copyrights!
Gauges are from so many authors that I cannot remmember all their names. I just want to thank them all for the wonderfull job tey've done and still do.
and now the usual legal stuff...
DISCLAIMER
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THE PANEL HAS BEEN TESTED MANY TIMES TO ENSURE THE PROPER
OPERATION OF THIS SOFTWARE, AND ALL IS DONE TO AVOID ERRORS
IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THE PANEL.
I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL
OR ANY SYSTEM DAMAGE DUE TO THE FAILURE OR IMPROPER OPERATION OF
THE SOFTWARE. THERE IS NOT ANY WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR
ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
