[ChrisD]

I have just downloaded the excellent Storch cockpit by Ranwers & also noticed some gauges do not have needles. This has been mentioned several times in the cockpit thread but never answered.
I also have MSFS 2004 on my PC, & a useful feature is the ability to resize, add or move any gauge in the cockpit - also you can remove the gauge & replace it with a completely different one. It doesn't matter what you do - the gauge will always work. As an extreme example I fitted a Cessna 172 with a full glass cockpit as fitted to modern airliners.
The obvious question is - can we do this in IL-2? Can we take a gauge from any other German aircraft & put it in the Storch? Can gauges be resized? Can items be added from another aircraft - someone mentioned a missing magneto switch in the Storch?
I await the replies with interest!!

ChrisD

[Spinnetti]

I have just downloaded the excellent Storch cockpit by Ranwers & also noticed some gauges do not have needles. This has been mentioned several times in the cockpit thread but never answered.
I also have MSFS 2004 on my PC, & a useful feature is the ability to resize, add or move any gauge in the cockpit - also you can remove the gauge & replace it with a completely different one. It doesn't matter what you do - the gauge will always work. As an extreme example I fitted a Cessna 172 with a full glass cockpit as fitted to modern airliners.
The obvious question is - can we do this in IL-2? Can we take a gauge from any other German aircraft & put it in the Storch? Can gauges be resized? Can items be added from another aircraft - someone mentioned a missing magneto switch in the Storch?
I await the replies with interest!!

ChrisD

Sorry Chris, none of that is possible except by modifying the artwork, or grabing from another aircraft "Manually".

[ChrisD]

Thanks Spinetti. I understand about the artwork problem, but you are saying that it is possible to take a gauge from one aircraft & put it in another. Keeping the answer simple (for me!) how do you do that?
Thanks for your help.

ChrisD

[Spinnetti]

Thanks Spinetti. I understand about the artwork problem, but you are saying that it is possible to take a gauge from one aircraft & put it in another. Keeping the answer simple (for me!) how do you do that?
Thanks for your help.

ChrisD

Chris, I don't think it would be simple at all. I'm not sure how you do that either. Probably takes editing of the artwork, as well as the code behind it.

[ChrisD]

Thanks again Spinetti. Seems it is not as simple as it would first appear! Perhaps one of the gurus of IL-2 can help? Ranwers perhaps? His cockpits are superb & it seems the Storch is the only one with the gauge problem.

ChrisD