AIRBUS A300-600/A310 Panel Version 2.0 for Flightsimulator 98
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Resolution: 1024 x 768
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!!!!!!!!!!THIS IS FREEWARE! DON'T MAKE MONEY WITH MY FILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Copyright (c) January 1998 Andreas Jaros
E-Mail: Wolfgang.Jaros@T-Online.de
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/3847/
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VERSION 2.0
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The Version 2.0 of my panel is the converted and redesigned FSW95 version 1.0 and 1.1 of my A310 panel.
SOME WORDS ABOUT THIS PANEL
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This panel is NOT made for a better readability. I made this panel as accurate as possible, so don't expect to can read every gauge perfect. Some readouts are very small!
If you use a smaller resolution then 1024x768 you have problems with some readouts!!! (But it works)
Due to the complexity of the panel with many gauges and bitmaps (5,02 MB!!!)it will takes some time for loading, this NOT a bug of the panel.
I made this panel by using a scanned picture. So the proportions of the instruments are like in the real A300-600/310.
I don't recommend this panel to beginners of the Flightsimulator.
FEATURES
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- 36(!!!) gauges
- 5 bitmaps (altogether 1,26 MB)
- improved night illumination (every gauge is lighted!)
- some special for this panel created gauges (by Hiroyuki Toyohara)
- working FMA (Flight Mode Annuntiator)
COSTS
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NOTHING!
If you have too much money you should give to beneficient organizations.
But if you want to do something for me, then boycott payware/shareware/crippleware on the net, for a better Flightsim community with as less profit as possible :-) .
Copy all *.gau (guages.zip) to the ...\FS98\GAUGES directory.
Make a new directory in your ...\FS98\AIRCRAFT directory, for example PANELS\AJ-A310.
Then copy the *.bmp and the panel.cfg (panel.zip) to this new directory.
For using this panel you have to edit the panel.cfg of the aircraft you want to use with this panel. You can find this panel.cfg in the ...\FS98\AIRCRAFT\**FAVOURITE AIRCRAFT**\PANEL\ directory. Before editing make a backup copy of this file! Then open it with Notepad and change the lines to the following:
[fltsim]
alias=panels\AJ-A310
and than save it.
That's all :-)
Then load your aircraft with my panel and enjoy!
I hope it works, otherwise try a reinstallation. Or go to the Flightsimulator 98 homepage of Microsoft where you can read how to install a new panel in a other way.
Or read the installations of other panels. Others have discribed the installation in a better
way. (It is a little bit difficult for me in English)
You need a good Airbus A300-600/A310 ? I recommend the Airbus A310 by Capt. Jason Brown. You can find his aircrafts at Mike Marando's (www.simflight.com/mikem). This aircraft has the BEST flight characteristics (OK, I don't no the real one, but it flys very nice and stable) and looks also beautiful and very accurate.
SHORT EXPLANATION OF SOME INSTRUMENTS
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A picture say more than words. Refer to the AJ.A310.Panel.Description.gif .
PROBLEMS:
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Because this is a BETA version there could be some problems on your system, because it was only tested on my computer (MMX 166 with Matrox Mystique).
Beta tests of some friends also were without serious problems.
LEGAL INFORMATION:
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I hate to make this restrictions, but unfortunately there are too many people who only looking for possibilities to make cheap money from the works of others.
If you have paid for this panel, than report it to me, because someone has violated my copyrights.
The author of this panel will not be held liable or responsible in any way for any damage resulting from the installation and/or use of this panel.
This panel is FREEWARE. DON'T MAKE MONEY WITH MY PANEL!!!
This FS98 panel is FREEWARE. It can be freely used, copied and distributed. BUT you should follow this restrictions:
DO NOT place these files on a BBS/net site that requires a fee for uploading/downloading files. DO NOT make any changes to this zip-file and its contents when you copy or distribute it. DO NOT bundle this files in a commercial package without the explicit written permission of me.
And I will discourage you to ask me for permission, because I'm sure I won't allow it...
The following files are copyrighted by others and can only be used with their permission. They allowed me to use this files. Thanks!
*AJ.A310.RALT.gau: thanks to Agitel Software, Philippe Legait!
*AJ.A310.StbAtt.GAU: thanks to Eric Ernst
*AJ.A310.ADI.ILS.GAU, GMT_digital.gau, AJ.A310.Flaplever.gau: thanks to Hiroyuki Toyohara
This panel is made to increase the fun in flying Flight Simulator and to make it "More Real As It Gets". It is my first panel for FS98 and if you find bugs send me a e-mail.
PLEASE ASK ME IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY FILE OF THIS ZIP-FILE!
THANKS:
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This is a good opportunity for me to say thank you to all the people who gives us such great sceneries, aircrafts, panels, utilities, ... as FREEWARE, in the past. This was the intention for me to give this panel to all also as freeware, so don't make money with it. . I think it is very poor to demand money for such work and make it cripple(share)ware, except you don't use any freeware addon in Flightsim... ;-)
Special Thanks go to:
* As always CHUCK DOME. Your freeware utilies GAU2BMP and GAUMOD98 are necessary for every panel designer. Without you we wouldn't have that many freeware panels.
THANKS CHUCK!!!
* To my friends of the Freeware Panel Designer Assotiation (FPDA):
Thanks Toyo (Hiroyuki Toyohara) for educate me in C++ gauge designing and the use of your flaps lever! Thanks to made me the ILS gauge, that improves every ILS approach, because you made it like the real :-) . Also for the GMT clock. And for our great friendship! Doumo arigatougozaimasu!
Thanks Kosta (Konstantin Prokopiu) for also explaining me the mysteries of C++ and of founding FPDA and sharing all the knowledge about panel designing. Vielen Dank!
>>Visit his homepage: http://www.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de:8000/kosta/
Thanks Philippe (Philippe Legait) for giving my your Radar Altimeter and the PANUTIL for FSW95. Merci!
>>Visit his homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Philippe_Legait/
Thanks Eric (Eric Ernst) for your Standby Attitude Indicator and for the great Panels you made. Thank you very much!
>>Visit his homepage: http://www.erols.com/kordos/
...and download his great Saab 340F and Boeing 767 panel.
Also thanks to all of you for beta-testing, critics, comments.
* Manfred Spatz for Beta-testing, and some ideas for improvements and corrections. Danke!
* SurClaro, the best Webpage in the Internet for the Flightsimulator (www.SurClaro).
* SIMFLIGHT.COM and MIKE MARANDO for the most up-to-date download page.
* E-Chan for his NavDash, one of the best addons for the Flightsimulator!
>>Visit his homepage: http://www.geocities.co.jp/siliconValley/1015/
* Capt. Jason Brown for his great A310's.
* Project Freeware for their great Aircrafts.
* Steffen Gerlach, Joachim Kroll for their great ATC-Adventures. You should try this adventures!
* My friend from school, Rainer Bauernfeind for giving me all the addons over the past three years. Vielen Dank! I wish you the best in your career as a Controller!
>>Visit his homepage: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bauernfeind/
* Garth Brook, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Ty England, Alan Jackson,... and all other country singers for their great music. I heared it very much during the designing of this panel. Therefore you should also get some credit :-) .
* The crew of Lauda Air Flight 6253 on the 5 August 1997 for enjoying the short flight from Munich to Vienna in the cockpit of their Canadair Regional Jet.
* Niki Lauda for his airline. The BEST (service, meals, comfort (even in Economy class!),...) Airline in the world. You earn your slogan "Service Is Our Success"!
* The crew of Lufthansa Flight 4017 on the 13 September 1997 for enjoying the landing in Munich from London (LHR) in the cockpit.
* Ken Easily for making it possible to visit a REAL flightsimulator of Alaska Airlines and to expirience the place of the captain there.
* My parents for making it possible for me to see Hongkong KaiTak, the world most interesting airport (I wish Chek Lap Kok sinks in the water...)
* Microsoft (Really! ) for giving us a great Flighsimulator and the Panel SDK.
* The whole Flightsim community who see the Flightsimulator NOT as a possibility for making money
