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  • You learn something new...

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    What's that tire-looking thing at the front of this P-12C? It's called a " speed ring cowling for drag reduction," says Paul

  • Good times

    Posted over 8 years ago
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    Yesterday about half of the team attended a special showing of One Six Right in Seattle. The director (Brian Terwilliger) was there and he talked a bit about the movie, answered some of our questions, etc. We had met him at Oshkosh last year, and I was...

  • A little bit about fs9view

    Posted over 8 years ago
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    There's a little-known CustomDraw element (you may or may not already be familiar with the fs9gps:map customdraw element) you can add to your XML gauge pretty easily. Someone asked me about fs9view:view recently, and since I was adding to my knowledge...

  • FSX nominated for best sim @ E3 by Game Critics Awards

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    It's hard to not get a little morale boost from any kind of nomination: http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/nom.html

  • Working from home

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    Working from home makes a lot of sense sometimes - like when your commute can be an hour of aggravation in each direction. But the cost (in time and hard drive space) of maintaining a separate build is nearly prohibitive, especially if this working-from...

  • Beta 1 is ready to ship!

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    Pretty exciting stuff...

  • How did I miss Spore?

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    We were runners-up in the category of "Best Simulation" to Spore , which isn't surprising because there has been a lot of talk about it, and it won best in show overall. But when I was at E3, I didn't see Spore at all. If there were any huge banners...

  • I'll believe it when I see it...

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    So often, someone comes up with something that sounds cool, but unless it's widely adopted, it's just not very useful or interesting. For example, the gas pump that can also dispense mp3's. But really, that shouldn't be necessary; I should be able to...

  • E3

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    E3 is crazy. For those of us who are generally content to live out our lives under "sane" conditions - i.e. not actively seeking out flashing lights, people costumed as PacMan or medeival characters, and very large "booths" (AKA large villages) - it's...

  • Second find of the day

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    "WIMPY" - an intersection off the coast of Massachusetts.

  • Not dead yet...

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    No, I haven't died. I haven't even been fired or left Flight Sim (someone asked). I guess sometimes things like life, work (like creating new and exciting features that will hopefully end up in the box!), and all that get in the way of a good blog. ...

  • You learn something new... (threshold markings)

    Posted over 8 years ago
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    From the FAA : "Runway threshold markings come in two configurations. They either consist of eight longitudinal stripes of uniform dimensions disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline, as shown in FIG 2-3-1 , or the number of stripes is related...

  • Success on the Step

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    I just finished reading Hal's copy of Success on the Step . It's a fantastic book and now that it's available in paperback, I might have to get my own copy. The story of Kenmore Air really appeals to me because of the adventurous side of the founder and...

  • You learn something new...

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    FOD = "Foreign Object Damage"

  • Some more entertainment

    Posted over 8 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    We recently (FS Ideas subscribers) got this e-mail (name name of sender omitted). I think it was thoroughly enjoyed by many of us on the team; my favorite part, I think, is the reference to astrology at the end. From: <A rabid fan>...

  • Too funny: music video mocking gamers

    Posted over 8 years ago
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    Yeah, Lacey already posted this one, but in case you missed it . My housemate is currently addicted to Battlefield , so I can definitely relate, but I think that anyone would enjoy the hilarity of this music video. Now that I think about it, I'm...

  • WoCo

    Posted over 8 years ago
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    Well, it's certainly been a very long time since I posted anything here, so here we go... For the last 3 days, Microsoft hosted a "Women's Conference." Well, to say that it hosted it might imply that women from other companies attended, which isn't...

  • A Pathetic Lot

    Posted over 9 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    Hal recently posted a couple of e-mails sent to FS Ideas that he thought were, um, interesting... So I can't resist sharing my all-time favorite. (OK, I've been in this group for less than two years, but this one is over a year old and really stands...

  • Vars used by GPS

    Posted over 9 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    I finally compiled a list of the GPS vars (most of which are used in the XML for the FS9GPS) and their default units and whether or not you can get/set them. Hopefully this will be a handy reference for those creating their own GPS. I've also created...

  • One more note on color: HilightColor

    Posted over 9 years ago
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    I meant to mention in my previous post today on color that there are a few gauges that utilize the "HilightColor" (yes, it should be spelled "HighlightColor", but I have no control over what was written in FS8/9) attribute, including the Beech Baron clock...

  • Dev Humor

    Posted over 9 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    Thanks to Raf for sharing this guide to how to write unmaintable code. I haven't read all of it yet - my sides already hurt too much from laughing so hard.

  • Colorful

    Posted over 9 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    Last night I was thinking about colors when I left work and they were setting up green lights for the front of our building to celebrate the launch of Xbox 360. So what can we do with colors in XML gauges in flight sim? We ship a colors.doc in our...

  • Don't let this happen to you

    Posted over 9 years ago
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    Continuing on the theme of displaying text in an XML gauge, I just spent more time than I would like to admit trying to figure out why this script wasn't working for me: %( (A:ATC ID) )%!s! The problem, of course (which I only resolved by stepping...

  • Conditionally Displaying Text in XML Gauges

    Posted over 9 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    I thought this might be of interest to some people out there: You can use the %{if}, %{else}, and %{end} constructs to choose which text to display. Note that if, else, and end are case-sensitive and must be typed in lowercase. The syntax for usage...

  • Typos

    Posted over 9 years ago
    by TechNet Archive}
    Have you ever found yourself making humorous typos? For example, have you ever typed "dev" to jump to your private dev directory in your enlistment (OK, most people will have no idea what I'm talking about here), but type in "deb" instead? Which of...