The panel and gauge side of MS Flight Simulator
Where have I been?
I've been meaning to blog lately, but for some reason, life has been getting in the way. Things like...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/15/2005
From the "Who knew?" department
Apparently the runway at KBFI is pretty bad. I've taken off there twice in a little RV owned &...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/09/2005
Gauge humor
This is the first case I've seen of panel-design-related humor. Wow! Although just how funny it is...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/08/2005
Displaying text in XML gauges
Since this topic isn't covered at all in the FS 2004 SDK documentation, here's some info that I...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/08/2005
XML script: What's the max stack depth?
Thanks goes out Tom Gibson for this question... I didn't know this one off the top of my head, so I...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/08/2005
Ye can't be rotating yer images with alpha
Nick Post mentioned in a comment that he's had problems trying to get images in the 2D panels that...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/07/2005
Google's duo goes for a 767
Check out this article about how Sergey Brin and Larry Page bought a 767 as their "corporate jet"....
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/05/2005
An alphabet worth of variables
After mentioning which types of variables can and can't be set in my last post, I was feeling a...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/05/2005
Pop-arazzi
When do things get popped off the stack? The question was posed in a comment, and I think it...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/05/2005
Reverse Polish Notation
If you create XML gauges, unless you're doing the most simplistic of gauges, you'll need to have a...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/03/2005
You learn something new every day
You'd think that after over 18 months of work on the panel system in FS, I'd know all there is to...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/03/2005
Online tutorials for gauge creation
Just found this. The "Gauge Graphics" tutorials, parts 1-3 are very detailed and oriented towards...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Worthless
My blog is (currently) worth $0.00. Invest now and watch the value increase 100-fold! Oh wait, that...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Words of Wisdom
"If something works surprisingly well on the first try, you probably made a mistake" -Doug Matthews...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Timestamps
I'd just like to say that my first two entries were not posted at 3 or 4 a.m. - it was more like 7...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/02/2005
How can an 8-bpp bitmap contain 256 values of alpha?
The question was posed to me yesterday (which relates to the entry I wrote about creating a...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/02/2005
Why do all the graphics guys blog?
Steve, Adrian, Jason, Sebby - they're all artists or on the graphics team and all work in the same...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/01/2005
This is an article
What is the difference between a blog entry and an article? Inquiring minds (or one at least) want...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/01/2005
Creating alpha gauge images
Warning: I'm not a technical writer. I just play one on TV. There are no guarantees that the...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/31/2005
Entry Numero Uno
Well, since everyone else is doing it, I feel like I should get in on the fun. My plan is to...
Author: TechNet Archive Date: 10/31/2005