dc10boy wrote on Aug 25^th, 2014 at 5:44am:

Unfortunately not. I was looking for it so I could check it out, maybe even finish it, but I can't find it. I suspect that I did my usual trick of uninstalling addons, then deleting any files & folders that remain behind, and that means I deleted the mod.

I will continue to search through all my HDD's for it, but I don't expect to find it.

Edited:

Here is a thought that might work... I guess you lose the gauges & aimpoint cause they are being hidden by the CS glass (used by 2D CS HUD ). Something similar that Dutch was reffering to at the post for another company's F-16.
Since there are 3 panels added by CS weapon (3D, 2D & glass) in panel.csweapon folder .xml & you don't need the 2D HUD for aiming, maybe you should try to delete the line reffering to  CS Glass and/or the 2D HUDalso... It may work, since another user told me that this way he fitted the HUD in a cockpits screen panel... Which by the way may serve as a good "MFD" type solution...

Is there any kind of utility for finding exact gun coordinates on different models?Or is trial and error the only way?

I just move them by making the changes.

BIG steps, then LITTLE steps, then TINY steps.

BIG steps shows me the direction/angle that each change makes.
LITTLE steps move it closer to where I want/need them to be.
TINY steps are used to perfect the changes.

For me, it's all trial and error until I get it done.

Note. If you ever find "any kind of utility for finding exact gun coordinates", let me know! It would be a great help with modding Weapon for FSX to each different aircraft.

Hi lads
I've just purchased the weapons pack but when I tried to download the sdk from the page i was prompted to it was just the pdf that I got. Where do I download the actual SDK from as I desperately want to attatch weapons to my Razbam a7 corsair & others.

 Also I really am not a computer expert & didn't realise there would be so much adjustment required in the aircraft files & config to get it to work properly with third party add ons which is quite disappointing because I never fly f18 as i detest the thing & only fly aircraft I like not the ones forced on me by developers that seem to only focus on that particular aircraft.

So I guess my question is 2 fold;

Where is the actual SDK & do I have any realistic chance of getting this product to work on aircraft that I want to fly?

I sure hope so as I've seen youtube vids & it seems to work fine on the TP aircraft displayed there but as I said it'll not be much use to me if I require a phd in computer software developement to make it work on the aircraft I'd like to use it on!

Please excuse my ignorance in any area concerning this as I am a newb really & I'm sure I'll have overlooked something or things

Thanks for listening guys & any help at all is greatly appreciated

hello,

Available the Milviz Phantom CSWeapon.xml file?

Thank you!

Zsolt

There is no actual SDK, only the SDK.pdf!  Personally, I wouldn't have named it CSWeapon_SDK.pdf, but would have named it a guide on to how to modify the CSWeapon XML file for use with other aircraft addons, and 3D HUD integration. But it's all that there is in the way of an SDK.

You use the CSWeapon_SDK.pdf to help you modify the CSWeapon.xml for the aircraft that it's been added to, that's all you need to do. Adding the 3D Hud into an addon aircraft is the hardest thing to do IMHO (well it certainly is for me), while figuring out the XYZ for the location of the weapons on the aircraft, and the Pitch, Yaw & Bank of the shooting is a good challenge. Once you master all that, it isn't too bad to do.

It's been quite a while since I did any modding of the CSWeapon.xml, so I'll have to relearn how it all works.

@zsoltfireman

The value that you need from .xml is the following in bold (0.0525) :

Quote:


Generally speaking, this value defines how much upwards any "gun" aims. For rockets & vulcan in F-4E, this configuration convergence is about 800m away. Use the same value for missiles (they will lock when target centered at croshair.). Above configuration represents 4 rocket pods on board with 7 rockets each (realistic). Selected mode (X4) fires 4 rockets each time you push trigger. Another realistic configuration derives by changing #7 to #19 (with 4 or 2 rocket pods).

Also be sure (test) if your CS weapon is calibrated ok (with ctrl+shift+9 in 2D cockpit - F10 to enter. For F-4 configuration is enough for the 2 circles to have the same size, ie even if they don't fit to each other. Entering afterwards VC cockpit & testing with ctrl+shift+9 , they fit allright.)

For RAZBAM's T-2D/E the same value is : -0.0079 for guns/rockets, -0.000 for missiles.

@Textbooktam

Log in to Captain Sim site & go to link "Check in". Provide required info & then select "CS Weapon". Then select "Liveries". Last page of liveries for A-7 HUD.

PROCEDURE for Centering Weapons to a Default plane Aimpoint :

1. Spawn with the plane at an airstrip with center line. Go in Slew mode ("Y"). Take some height
(F3 or F4) and decline forward the plane with Aimpoint aiming at the desired spot. That means, how far on the runway & at which point on it, you want the gun or rockets to converge (DECLINE plane with mouse wheel).

2. Shoot the gun or rockets & notice if the impact point is closer or more away from the desired.
Here are the tests starting : Change the value mentioned above with different values for each one of the 4 rockets (FSX IS closed when changing .xml ! Restart FSX & test). The rocket that strikes closer to desired aimpoint leads to the direction of the desired value, increase or decrease accordingly & retest... Rockets & gun usually use the same value (but you may want a different convergence for each one...)

3. To fit missile seaker at planes aimpoint, with screen centered, hit shift+F3 & open 2d HUD. By changing the same value as above, you may move the 2D HUD missile "aim lock" at the position of plane's default croshair. Do some tests as above & you'll get it precisely...

other .xml customization
DECREASING AIM9s ACCURACY :

By changing these 2 values below, you'll have to get more properly at six of target plane (better angle) :

[quote]      <TurnRate>0.4</TurnRate>
               <!-- missiles only: maximum turn rate. Radians -->
               <SteerDelay>1.0</SteerDelay>
               <!-- missiles only: initial acceleration time before self-homing begins. Seconds --> [quote]

If you notice in .xml. AIM7 has a value of 0.2 turn rate (& misses targets that turn rapidly or bad shooting angle). Also you may increae a bit Steer delay value, say 1.5, so that for 1.5 sec missile will fly straight before starting to turn for target, thus inreasing initial angle between missile & target at the firing moment...

Hope these help...