How to add GPS-Pics to FS98 panels!

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Q:

I installed a FS98 plane in FS2000 and I selected in fsconv panels Jet.Heavy.4. NO GPS!!! How can I installed the FS2K GPS in this panel?
Thanks.

A:

Ok! In your FSFSConv/PANEL.JET.HEAVY.FOUR there is a panel.cfg
IMPORTANT :-) Copy it somewhere else as a backup in case if you want it back.

So you are still left with that panel.cfg in your FSFSConv/PANEL.JET.HEAVY.FOUR folder after copying it somewhere else. Right. Now you double click on it and it will open up. just add the following lines in the respective places in the panel.cfg file. Where and what is to be added is shown in different colors for your easy reference. (You can do the same for the panel files in the 4 folders,

fsfsconv/PANEL.JET.HEAVY.1
fsfsconv/PANEL.JET.HEAVY.2
fsfsconv/PANEL.JET.HEAVY.3
fsfsconv/PANEL.JET.HEAVY.4)

WHAT LINES TO ADD

Window06=GPS 
gauge18=737-400!Nav GPS Switch, 610, 540,50
gauge19=737-400!GPS Display Toggle, 660,540,50
gauge20=737-400!Compass Display Toggle, 710,540,50 

[Window06]
size_mm=150,250
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=16,16,16
VISIBLE=0ident=GPS_PANEL
gauge00=gps!gps,0,0,150,250

Add Them in the respective following underlined places in the panel.cfg file. The middle 3 lines as below put the switches in your panel The other lines place the gauge as a resizable dropdown panel operable by a shift+ relevant number key.

// Panel Configuration file// Boeing 737-400
[Window Titles]
window00=Four Engine Heavy Jet Instrument Panel
window01=Radio Stack
window02=Switches
window03=Compass
window04=Minicontrols
window05=Engine
Window06=GPS
[Window00]file=..\..\B737_400\panel\Boeing737-400.bmp
size_mm=1280
position=7
visible=1
ident=0
gauge00=737-400.Controls.4, 1153, 428
gauge01=737-400.Airspeed, 147, 140
gauge02=737-400.Autopilot, 767, 52
gauge03=737-400.Flaps, 1155, 32
gauge04=737-400.Altimeter, 611, 154
gauge05=737-400.Vertical-Speed, 612, 302
gauge06=737-400.Fuel-Quantity, 609, 452
gauge07=737-400.Main-Set, 762, 200
gauge08=737-400.NWS, 178, 528
gauge09=737-400.OMI, 5, 178
gauge10=737-400.Oil, 978, 200
gauge11=737-400.Warning_Enunciators, 807, 135
gauge12=Extra-300.Control_Surfaces, 630, 40, 120
gauge13=737-400.Clock-Sim-rate, 36, 320
gauge14=737-400.RMI, 178, 319
gauge15=737-400.ADI, 334, 55
gauge16=737-400.HSI, 334, 301
gauge17=737-400.Landing-Gear, 1170, 137
gauge18=737-400!Nav GPS Switch, 610, 540,50
gauge19=737-400!GPS Display Toggle, 660,540,50
gauge20=737-400!Compass Display Toggle, 710,540,50

[Window01]
file=..\..\B737_400\panel\Boeing737-400.Radio-Stack.bmp
size_mm=165
position=0
visible=0
ident=50
gauge00=737-400.Radio-Stack, 0, 0

[Window02]
file=Boeing737-400.Upper.bmp
size_mm=604
position=2
visible=1
ident=20
gauge00=737-400.Strob-NAV-Switch, 31, 12'
gauge01=737-400.X-Feed, 233, 8
gauge01=737-400.Engine-Start.4, 217, 46

[Window03]
file=..\..\B737_400\panel\737_compass.bmp
size_mm=60
window_size_ratio=1.0
position=1
visible=0
ident=75
gauge00=Extra-300.Wiskey-Compass,2,0

[Window04]
file=..\..\B737_400\panel\Minicontrols.bmp
size_mm=100
position=0
visible=0
ident=100
gauge00=Minicontrols, 0, 0

[Window05]file=Engine.bmp
size_mm=374
position=0
visible=0
ident=5
gauge00=737-400.Main-Set.34, 0, 73
gauge01=737-400.Oil.34, 214, 75
gauge02=737-400.Warning_Enunciators.34, 40, 5


[Window06]
size_mm=150,250
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=16,16,16
VISIBLE=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
gauge00=gps!gps,0,0,150,250

[8 Bit Colors]
color00=132, 145, 166
color01=136, 140, 158
color02= 64, 255,  64
color03=224, 225,   3
color04=161, 170, 191
color05= 91, 111, 144
color06=216, 111,   4
color07= 53,  57,  74
color08= 51,  53, 138
color09=208, 128,  61
color10=187, 166, 170
color11= 46,  78, 110
color12=133, 145, 167
color13=131, 143, 165
color14=127, 141, 162
color15= 45,  76, 110
color16= 50,  85, 105
color17= 58,  70,  92
color18= 80,  87,  99
color19= 55,  65,  87
color20= 66,  76,  99
color21= 67,  78, 101
color22=255, 233, 107
color23= 74,  82,  98
color24= 90,  90, 115
color25=252, 252,   0
color26=225, 189, 144
color27= 90,  98, 123
color28=  0,  87, 143
color29=  0,  99, 156
color30=  0, 112, 179
color31=156, 115, 115

[Default View]
X=0
Y=0
SIZE_X=8191
SIZE_Y=2920

You will have the GPS/NAV toggle, GPS Window toggle and the Compass also for good measure ;-)

It should look like that when you are finished. If you copy and paste the whole thing, it is Just 2 minutes job.

That was how to add it to the fsfsconv. panel. But, in the same way,you can add the GPS gauge to any panel you want. It will be accessible through your Shift + number keys. Now if you notice that the second batch of red underlined entries

gauge18=737-400!Nav GPS Switch, 610, 540,50
gauge19=737-400!GPS Display Toggle, 660,540,50
gauge20=737-400!Compass Display Toggle, 710,540,50 

are for positioning the three buttons which do the same work as the Shift+number keys. Here, the placement is done suitably for the fsfsconv panels. If you want it for other panels you have to place them in right places by trial and error method. If you are not confident just ignore these switches. Use only the other lines and you will still have the GPS for the third party panel which you can access by the shift+number key. Only thing is you wont have the buttons also in the main panel. Except that all functions will bethere.

Enjoy! Bala