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f-18 hud waterline
neutrino:
That's great info, virtuali, thanks! It seems then it will be kind of hard to make a collimated HUD in the sim unless you can read the current eye position. A conformal HUD however will be easier to make for a fixed eyepoint. I guess that's what Chrisitan was implying.
sonofabeech:
Any news of the pilot/hud package that was mentioned in this thread
Grimley was going to post it within a few days and havent heard anything since.
Im sure Im not the only one who would be interested....
Anybody know ?
Sludge:
Hello all...
Wow, I had to NUKE my win xp and start over and finally got everything up and running. Holy crap, did I stir up the "hornet's nest" with my post. Sorry for the delay, so let me get to some answers.
Its only letting me send one, so Im sending the "panel.cfg" file.
OK, Here is the link for the KBT SuperHornet HUD.
http://www.simviation.com/fsxpanels2.htm Its called "FSX F/A-18 Panel with realistic HUD". Once you unzip them, all you have to do is copy and paste both "FA18_HUD" (contains the 2d HUD files and the HUD control panel) and "FA18_HUD_VC" (VC HUD, thicker lines) to your fsx/simobjects/airplanes/fa-18/panels directory. You also have to copy and paste the
"switch_background" file into the panels directory. Make a backup of your "panel.cfg" file in the panels directory. Use my "panels.cfg" file and replace yours. Start up FSX and use the F-18 in free flight. If you start from engine off, you have to wait for your 2nd engine to start spooling to get HUD power. Now you should see the new conformal (thnx virtuali) HUD, then go to shift-2 and a HUD control panel should come up. You can set the HUD RADALT from there, along with clutter/declutter controls, and even use a GPS/NAV1/NAV2 small arrow steering on your HUD.
Any questions, feel free to email.
Laterz, Sludge
Sludge:
Hello all...
Here is the "f-18_main05_t_usmc.dds" file that replaces the default USAF pilot with a VMFA-312 pilot, w/wings of gold.
To install, backup your "f-18_main05_t.dds" file in your simobjects/airplanes/fa-18/texture directory. Then unzip the "f-18_main05_t_usmc.dds" folder, rename the .dds file to default fsx name listed above, copy/paste to ...fa-18/texture directory. Thats it.
Any questions, email me anytime...
Christian "Sludge" Snow
fgrimley32@yahoo.com
SpazSinbad:
fgrimley32, many thanks for the HUD. A quick first look gives me the impression that it works very well. The previous default view setting had allowed your new HUD to be larger and more visible. Very nice - so nice that on first use (runway landing) I spent way too much time looking at all the numbers and stuff instead of the indexer and glideslope. Video of poor landing (approach part only) can be made available if anyone interested to see the new HUD (not for the landing :o ) at about 20Mbs .WMV:
http://www.filefront.com/14508887/NewHUDhornet11sep09FinalsNowraRW26stddefWin7FRAPSbestMUSICinagaddadavida.wmv
This is a Windows 7 RC default FSX setup showing NAS Nowra approach Runway 26 with a 35 knot westerly wind down runway no turblence. There is a steep gully off the approach end of this down and then up sloping runway but I go a bit too low. Hook is down to get a steady AoA Indexer. Music by 'Iron Butterly' "Innagaddadavida".
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