Boost Gauge Readings

[emfrat]

Thanks everbody !
I was pretty sure I had it right - just didn't want to start a war without confirmation. I should have realised the air file could be the cause, since a gauge which worked properly in its original aircraft started going backwards when I called it for a different one :doho:
I have Air Ed somewhere on one of my machines, so I will dig it out and see what can be done.

Cheers, and thanks again.

MikeW

[DaveB]

Ahh.. I didn't realise it was a gauge from one model causing problems when put into another :o Though you can get away with this 9 times out of 10 but sure as today is Saturday, you'll get stopped at some point A boost gauge (any gauge of this type) will probably work in another aircraft of the same type though you may get slightly different readings as gauges are often programmed to show a specific range in line with the model it was designed for. Whatever.. as long as you didn't buy the gauge only to find out it doesn't work, nothing lost other than a few mins ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Garry Russell]

I was suspicious Dave and that's why I asked above.

Pity it wasn't stated in the first post, or mine answered as it would have made it much clearer

Garry

[emfrat]

Cheers, Dave -
Down here in Oz it is actually Sunday today....

Garry - I posted last night, and when I looked this morning there were nine replies, the last being from nigelb, which provided the solution. That's why I didn't answer your question about which plane. I mainly needed confirmation that my idea of how a boost gauge should behave was correct. At that stage I wanted to avoid casting aspersions on any developer, so I just gave a brief background to my question, without naming the plane.

Thanks again
MikeW

[Garry Russell]

No worries Mike

All sorted now

Garry

[nigelb]

Cheers, Dave -
Down here in Oz it is actually Sunday today....

Garry - I posted last night, and when I looked this morning there were nine replies, the last being from nigelb, which provided the solution. That's why I didn't answer your question about which plane. I mainly needed confirmation that my idea of how a boost gauge should behave was correct. At that stage I wanted to avoid casting aspersions on any developer, so I just gave a brief background to my question, without naming the plane.

Thanks again
MikeW

Mike - just curious, was the sign wrong or did you just change the value in the .air file to fix the boost gauge reading?
BTW, that was a lucky guess on my part if it was record 505 in the .air file.

Nigel²

[emfrat]

Cheers Nigel -
I haven't fixed anything yet, but I am sure you are right. Trouble is, the various tools I have tried so far (AirEd, FS Edit) do not show me that parameter (Boost Pressure) being used for this particular plane. I installed the Gauges SDK last night but I haven't had a play with it - lots of RTFM needed first. I enjoy this sort of puzzle, but I think the quickest solution will be to find another aircraft of similar configuration and performance and use the air file from that; ideally one using the same engines so that the numbers are much the same. I am happy with a realistic impression - I am not one to dismiss someone's model because it shows +4lbs boost at max throttle when a real one went to +4.5.

The plane is Lee Holmes' beta of the DH86, which I like very much indeed, apart from this one gauge.

Thanks for your interest
MikeW

[nigelb]

Hi Mike,

If the .air file for the aircraft your trying to fix does not have record 505, try to find a similar plane and use AirEd to see if that one has record 505. If so copy that record and then paste it to the other .air file. Be sure to backup first. You can open more than one instance of AirEd, and that makes copying and pasting between the two fairly easy. Let me know if you need more details as I am being a bit :lazy: lazy in not posting a step by step.

Of course this may foul other items in that record up so you may need to make other adjustments.

Nigel²

[emfrat]

Nigel -
Aha! Two instances of AirEd....another very useful suggestion

Many Thanks
MikeW

[nigelb]

Yes, two instances allows you to do side by side comparisons. You could copy record 505 by right clicking to bring up the context menu (I think you have to copy the entire record) then paste it into the .air file you want to modify and try it out and if it doesnt work, go back to record 505 in the modified .air file and open record 505 and start modifying the values there. You probably won't know what all the values represent - I certainly don't, but by experimenting and comparing that record with similar aircraft you might just hit the magic combination of values. If all fails, you still have your backup to revert to. Good luck.

Nigel²