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Message started by EdwardS on Jan 26th, 2012 at 5:44am

Title: Q: FE Shortcut and Save Panel State
Post by EdwardS on Jan 26th, 2012 at 5:44am
So far I'm on my third flight with this bird and I am happy that I picked it up. I do have two more questions. Forgive me for asking if they have already been answered.

1. Is there a way to save the current panel state in the CS722? I shut her down and save it; however, when I reload the save the panel has returned to the default settings. The engines will be shut down but items such as pitot heat will be back on.

2. Is there a shortcut for the FE seat in the VC?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Q: FE Shortcut and Save Panel State
Post by Markoz on Jan 26th, 2012 at 12:39pm
Hi Ed.

1. Is there a way to save the current panel state in the CS722? I shut her down and save it; however, when I reload the save the panel has returned to the default settings. The engines will be shut down but items such as pitot heat will be back on.
I'm not sure if it is or not, but I don't think so. I'll leave this to someone else to provide an answer with a better explanation.

2. Is there a shortcut for the FE seat in the VC?
Because there is no 2D cockpit here is what I did. I added the line HotkeySelect=2 to the bottom of [CameraDefinition005] in the aircraft.cfg. Like this:

[CameraDefinition.005]
Title = "Flight Engineer"
Guid = {C5F2306E-A4D9-4F36-B984-8085F0B9C35C}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = .5
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
InitialXyz=0.60, 0.05, -0.70
InitialPbh=15, 0, 90
HotkeySelect=2

So when I press F10, instead of going to the empty 2D cockpit, I go to the Flight Engineer station. I have done this to all the aircraft.cfg's for the 727-100, 200 & Freighters.

Hope this helps.

Mark

Title: Re: Q: FE Shortcut and Save Panel State
Post by EdwardS on Jan 27th, 2012 at 1:46pm
That was perfect for the FE position, Mark, thank you. Now if CS would allow saving and loading of panel states that would make this plane even better.

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