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Hi Romico, sorry for delayed reply, I needed 4 things to be interested in continuing with DCS. 1) removal of virtual cockpit canopy 2) gun sight reticle to be in center of screen for P51-D 3) Flight Illusion gauges to com 4) Normandy map to be fantastic Could not accomplish any of these so kinda gave up and went back to IL2 1946 where all these things are happening!!!! If you where able to accomplish the FI gauge com hurdle that would peak my interest though. Either way would be more than happy to share any cockpit building information you with. Not so sure about the contact thing with... Octopus Deploy – AWS EC2 Web Servers and Elastic Load BalancerThat looks about as greek as Lua to me :cry: Have a look at your private messages.

So this Lua file points the way?

:poster_oops: my note pad has always been default to pull up text, when I installed the "view file plus" for Lua it must have taken over as default so sdef files would not open. I never heard of sdef file so I figured it was some kinda weirdo special type file. ok ...fantastic!

Thanks, Am wanting to change the P-51D inside cockpit sounds, engine, flaps, gear etc. I have broken down kermits P-51C sound into wav files and did a good job using them in IL2-1946 and Prepar3D, would like to do the same in DCS. The default sound is not good at all. If I just replace existing wav files with mine, is still not good so am thinking it must be the sdef files porking the wav files. atleast that is what I am hoping is the problem. I tried Diveplane's mod https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=144277 it was a big improvement, but using it I lost my flaps and gear sound. Since I posted, I found the sdef files. Where I am now is trying to figure out how to open them. I did a search and looks like it is some kind of weird apple software that is payware? I was able to find a software called "file viewer plus" to open Lua files, and am able to edit numbers in existing Lua files but to write Lua language I am not there yet, so when you say could you elaborate?

more info Looks like the main game P-51D texture files folder path is ..... DCS World\Bazar\World\Textures I edited\cut out a portion of the cockpit texture their from "P51D_DIF_Cockpit" file and re-zipped. Then flight would not execute, it went to another (default) plane. :helpsmilie:

Excelent... Best DCS mod I have seen so far! By far! Thanks Peter! :thumbup: Hard to believe DCS does not hard code it, should not have had to have been a mod!

thank you! was fixated with looking for Prop Pitch. Also could not find mixture axis, maybe cause the P51 has 3 settings for it cut off/run/rich I think.

What is the deal with the P-51D prop pitch lever? I don't see any axis in the GUI control to use it with hardware :mad:

I was under the impression by reading up before purchasing DCS, it was a mod friendly flight simulation. In IL-2 1946 modding sound was pretty straight forward, there were "*.WAV" files in a "SAMPLE" folder and there were "*.PRS" files in a "PRESETS" folder that would tell the "*.WAV" files what to do. In DCS there are "*.WAV" files but have no clue what tells them what to do? :helpsmilie:

I need to mod my P-51D cockpit by removing the canopy so it is a basically a convertible! Reason,,,, I have a home made physical cockpit with a physical canopy so it looks like %$#& to see a 2nd canopy on my monitor! Don't want to use the arcade view because it removes the Prop spinning which takes away from immersion!!!!! Someone did a mod on an IL2 F4U corsair for me years ago so I know it can be done! Just don't know how to reach the person to ask him how he did it, it's been so long ago. He basically removed/erased the portion of the bmp texures to make them go away. I know how to access and unzip...... DCS World\Mods\aircraft\P-51D\cockpit\Textures\P-51D-CPT-TEXTURES I can access these bmp files, locate and cut out the parts I don't want to see, re-compress them and place them back. But in game instead of them being gone they are black! Are these bmp files the only files that are needed to accomplish what I am trying to do? What am I missing here? Any advise, or steering me in the right direction is much appreciated! This mod is so cool and a must for pit builders! :helpsmilie:

Exactly, need a mod :)

Off the top of my head,,,, Materials.... 1 pcs 12"x 24"x 1/8" aluminum (cut into 6 pcs, see pic for size) ($50.00) 1 pcs 1/8"x 1"x 4' aluminum (cut and shape into 3 levers) (about $5.00) 1 pcs large lever knob (about $5.00 w/shipping) 2 pcs medium round knobs (about $8.00 w/shipping) 2 Pcs 3/16"x 6" bolts ($2) 1 Pcs 3/16"x 4" bolts ($1) 10 pcs 3/16" washers ($1) 10 pcs 3/16" nuts ($1) 2 pcs 3/16" wing nuts (?) 3 pcs 3/16" ID x 1/4" spacers (?) 14 pcs 1/2" wide rubber spacers (about $10) 3 pcs leo Bodnar potentiometers ($18.30) 3 pcs leo Bodnar potentiometers 3 pen connector cables ($8.00) 1 pcs Leo Bodnar BUO836A 12-Bit Joystick controller ($34.00) So, about $150 materials Hardest part is cutting and shaping aluminum. good tools and decent skills helps. assembly required. If you know how to remove the canopy and glass from texture files for the P-51, and can make DCS talk to my flight illusions guages I will gladly build and mail you a brand new throttle quadrant for your P-51 :)

what would be perfect for my set up would be to just make the canopy go away. "Hud only mode" you loose the prop spinning which takes away from immersion and also you can't look down into the cockpit when you need to see something. I need to lean how to mod :)

Posted this in 2.0 Open Alpha Bugs and Problems >multi-monitor support It pertains to Cockpit builders.... https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3291464#post3291464

Thanks for reply

Hello Fellow simmers, :pilotfly: I got into flight sims many years ago. IL2 really got me hooked when it 1st came out. Then I started building pits. I built parts over and over again year after year until I figured out how to build what I thought was a decent part. I ended up purchasing "Flight Illusions gauges" (not a rich kid, I just sacrificed taking no vacations for many years to save the money) Then I eventually morphed into mostly flying the civilian prepar3D simulation for learning how to fly. Now, I would like to get back into some combat simulation. IL2 is dated so am looking at my other options ala DCS. Because I built a generic WWII pit (Is closest to an F4U) am thinking that DCS's Normandy and the P51 might be better than the older IL2? Before I make any DCS purchase's though I was hoping to get some answers to some questions I have..... 1) Can I access the P51 gun sight without seeing the virtual cockpit? (Is there a view for that?) Of course as you pit builders know, we don't need to see the virtual one when I have a physical one right in front of us. 2) Has anyone figured out a way for DCS and Flight Illusions central interface to communicate? 3) Is the Normandy map and or graphics of better quality than the 5 minute free sample DCS? Flight Illusions does not supply a software for DCS. But I know it can be done because I found this on you tube,it is about 7 years old, don't know how to get in touch with who ever made it. Am thinking Simmeters may not be around anymore? Also, found this wrapper from Simmeters -- Copyright © 2014, SimMeters. -- All rights reserved. Released under the BSD license. -- Wrapper_P-51D.lua 1.0 01/01/2014 (Import/Export script for SimMeters Workspace DCS Wrapper) Too large to post the whole thing in this post. Unfortunately for me, problem is I know nothing about LUA and am not near as good with computer programing as I am at building physical pit parts etc. Flight Illusions did tell me that they would be glad to provide the programming information about all gauges to anyone who wanted to program it. So, am looking for someone to point me into the right direction? I know what I am asking for could be time consuming and some work. I know it is probably a long shot but was thinking if I could get hooked up with the right person that might want to trade some computer programing for some hardware. LOL I can build a pretty nice (no toy feelings) throttle quadrant for example..... Or maybe someone in cyber space has Flight Illusion gauges and is wanting them to work with DCS as well? Any help or comments welcome Best regards, WNC Note: edited because was in a hurry the 1st time. BTW, great forum. Lots of great projects going on here, looks like a good place to learn how to make hardware talk to software for sure. That might be my only hope....to have to learn it myself....LOL