Manfred Jahn's new freeware B-50

[DaveG]

Ok, here's my panel.cfg for the B29/B50 merge: http://daveg.cbfsim.org/files/B50/Panel.cfg

Backup the original and drop this in it's place. You'll need to copy the "Virtavia_B-29.cab" from the B29 panel folder into the B50 panel folder as well.

Are you OK with the rest of the merge, or do you want me to walk though it?

[Paul K]

Dave, thanks for the panel.cfg - much appreciated. I'm going to run through the thread at SOH and establish what has to be done. Thank you very kindly for your offer of help , but I'll give it a go first and only bother you if I run into problems that I can't sort out. I have looked into this procedure before, specifically, using A2A's Stratocruiser VC with Manfred's series of C-97s, so a lot of what's being said at SOH is familiar. I'll let you know if ( when! ) I make a complete arse of it.

Brian - wow indeed. What a lovely job they have done with this B-50 eh ?

[DaveG]

Roger that Paul. I've only glanced at the instructions over at SoH as I'd done the merge myself already, but I think it's OK.

[Airspeed]

It's a mighty piece of kit, alright!
Personally, the B17G takes the cake for looks, but I do admit to assembling a B29 model in my younger days.

[Paul K]

Roger that Paul. I've only glanced at the instructions over at SoH as I'd done the merge myself already, but I think it's OK.

Dave, have you encountered the problems with the monitor gauge not showing?

I can get it up in minimized form, but can't make it expand to show all the panels. Also, all the external aircraft models have the older cage-type nose cone, and no external fuel tanks. This seems to be a problem many people are having, so just wondered if you are one of them. I've used your panel.cfg, and I've copied the Monitor folder from the B-50 to the B29 panel folde as shown:



Other than that, the B-29 VC is showing as expected in the B-50.

[DaveG]

It's working fine for me Paul.
I didn't bother making a separate B29 panel folder, I just copied the Virtavia B29 gauge into the existing panel folder and edited the panel.cfg there (after backing up of course )

[DaveG]

You could copy the B50 and DSDSounds folders to the b29 panel folder, but I thing the paths in the ini for the sounds would need editing or the custom sounds won't work.

[Paul K]

Thanks for that Dave. The best I've had today is the B-29 VC working in the B-50 exactly as it does in the B-29 - i.e. the Shift+[numeral] bringing up the Virtavia autopilot, the GPS, the vintage radios and so on. No external fuel tanks and no 'D' nose-cone, but everything else was fine. Now I have none of that, and no Monitor other than the minimized Monitor window. I really want the Monitor because it makes controlling the aircraft so simple and straightforward.

I think tomorrow I'll start again from scratch.