Another page in the Connie saga is the idea that the backlighting of gauge instrument maps should be colored for nighttime, viz: radium green instead of a brighter off-white.

Testing with default gauges that have been recreated as backlit -- using the generic rotary method-- appears to indicate that

• the generic gauge method allows backlighting brightness [snip] to increase or diminish via the instrument_brightness_ratio.

Is there a way to add a color overlay to a generic gauge that is triggered by instrument_brightness? Tried using a separate file called instrumentname_LIT , but it doesnt show up.

here's a late pic of the connie panel. The red is the flood light and in this shot, no bakclighting at all.

add instrument_brightness and it looks like this...... the instruments are the same color as they would be in daylight, only brighter.

Not complaining, mind you, just curious if there is another way, given the limits of PM gauges?

If don't already have it the font in this download , milspec33558, ticks the boxes for gauges and panel lettering in 40s-50s us aircraft. A nice addition to blockschrift fur flugzeug, DIN, Amarillo, and usn stencil.

You did a good thing when you founded the club. It has added much needed impetus to those who value military over tubeliners. Your enthusiasm, commitment and helps have encouraged me and many others.

Well done that man 👍

Yes, I understand that this force should be there, my issue is about the calculation of the magnitude of that force.

Many of these high performance aircraft are supposed to fly level without aileron trim... it is not mentioned in the pilot notes, manuals, or pilot memoirs from what I've seen. Yet, most of the replies about this are all about just setting aileron trim... but it shouldn't need that, and many of the aircraft affected did not even have an aileron trim.

I don't know how to get the technical data to get LR to understand the issue and fix it. Given that it appears the vast majority of the user base is either jet airliners or lighter weight GA aircraft, I am looking for how to gather the data to help properly identify and fix the issue.

My Storm Shadow missile's are payware purchased from cgtrader, and I use two different versions rather than animating the wing fold out in X-Plane.

There seems to be a free one (Storm Shadow / SCALP missile) from Sketchfab.com, I'd be keen to hear if this is easily converted.

thanks to a forum tip from @afnavarro regarding paint.net, was able to accomplish this simllarly in GIMP 3.0

All NML generators create a purple/blue image which which in XP can be called "Metallilc"

If we want a matte, non metallic surface,we must reverse the value of the blue channel [it's only ever white or black] in the normal., Thanks to @amerrir for making this clear in more than one dicussion on the painter's workshop forum.

to accomplish this in gimp is similar to the process outlined for paint.net:

• Open your normal layer or file

• from the menu select color >curves

• in the curves popup, select the blue channel

  

• use the mouse to move the upper point of the curve from right to far left,

when this is completed the layer will change to a a greenish tone [though in this view the curve doesnt seem to change visually, it does change numerically: from x=100, y=100 to x=0.00 , y= 100]

you can also do this with selected areas of a normal files such as insignia or white fuselage upper area on a metal base:

This post from the gimp forum admin

Informs that the latest version 3.0 has included nondestructive adjustments to layers. They're called fx, and after applied,

1. the fx icon will appear in the layer visibility area near the eyeball.

When you click on FX

2. a popup of all applied filters appears,

3. and each may be edited--below is the HSL filter.

Tested this on an upgrade to 3.0 and it seem to work :- )

...Ever behind the curve, but still rolling forward...

https://chucksguides.com/ 

Trying to research instrument faces, so impressed by work already done by artists here!

But for the experts, and gawkers like me:

https://aeroantique.com/pages/downloads

Ron Downey's amazing collection of links to pdfs of military flight and engineering manuals, 1935-present.

However, this hard-coding unfortunately fails in X-plane 12. I recommend therefore, to drop the missile at above 300 feet as illustrated.

Most targets spawn in the air, but if not, just click on the target in the map, then lift it using the altitude slider, pause the sim, lock on and then gently lower the target back down.

The lock will remain, and guided weapons can now be fired at it.

Tony 

EDIT: Al, perhaps I should have put this under Resources? Please move to appropriate place if necessary.

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