missing panel in 2d view

airwolfe · Trainee Joined: Jul 21, 2008 Posts: 49

When I am in the 2D cockpit view I am missing the panel ! When I start up my flight I am in the virtual cockpit by default... when I switch to 2D I can still see the runway, but the instruments are gone (just a black rectangle there) and the cursor/mouse pointer flickers between the pointer and the hour glass.... it stays like that too, no matter what view I go to from there.

Tailhook · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:57 am Post subject: Re: missing panel in 2d view

airwolfe · Trainee Joined: Jul 21, 2008 Posts: 49

My bad. I am using stock FSX on XP. No upgrades addons besides SP 1 and 2 for FSX.

Traches · Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject:

Try Shift+1

You may have turned off your instrument panel view.

Tailhook · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:48 am Post subject: Re: missing panel in 2d view

Spyah · Trainee Joined: Jan 16, 2008 Posts: 4

same problem here , allready know the asnwer?

i tried old drivers , with or without sp's , nothing matters ...

oldsamer · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

So, don't use 2D, that's cheating. Any PURIST will agree!

I can replicate your complaint. In 2-D the "panel" is a mouse clickable box. I can hook it and move it around the screen or off to another monitor. Shift + 1 also replicates the panel on top of any existing view. In 2-D, cycling the "w" key blanks the panel, then replaces it with only flight instruments, then back to background sky and panel.

To get back to a 2D view you like;
try un- shift + 1
cycling "w" key

You may have hooked the panel and dragged it out of the field of view!

Spyah · Trainee Joined: Jan 16, 2008 Posts: 4

No offence , but i do know about shift-1 and the w key... and i do fly with 3d cockpit often , with triplehead and track-ir.

I've been flying a pretty while you know...

the thing is i want to use the 2d panel so i can set the controls where i want them , like with the level-d 767 i can just have the mcp at the botom of my screen for example .

This all because i have a triplehead setup, and wanna build the complete cockpit infront of my monitors . so the monitors will be only my windscreen.
i belief that will be a more realistic expirience then 3d cockpit. but no matter how i fly , anybody should do what they like , i just want my flightsim to work properly.

oldsamer · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:44 am Post subject:

Assuming triplehead denotes a 3 monitor setup ( don't know what track-ir is). The 2D panel has been positioned off the available display areas.

Here I've hooked and dragged the 2D panel down and right. If I were to exit the flight, FSX will remember where I put the panel. If I can't see a portion of the panel it's hard to mouse around, rehook it and move it back to a viewable position.

Spyah · Trainee Joined: Jan 16, 2008 Posts: 4

Thnx for the effort of making a screenie of what you mean , but i'm sorry to say i can assure you that this is not the problem.

Because i now found out , that when i start fsx in certain resolution ( little lower then the highest) i have my 2d screen . But when i press shift 1 once , it's gone ... and don't come back . What's also freaking anoying is the flickering cursor (arrow) airwolfe was talking about .. i have that too.

i gues it has to do with the triplescreen setup.. Do you have a triple screen setup airwolfe ??

FS so often disapoints me, beeing so damn unstable ...
flying for an hour , start arival procedure , and bang ... FS has encountered a problem and shuts down , happens to many times.

Tailhook · Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:52 am Post subject:

I am still speculating why nobody with problems in this thread has been willing to reveal which aircraft are affected. This is a forum dealing with flightsim problems, not national security issues Rolling Eyes

Secrecy and cloak-and-dagger approach in this environment is just silly. Period.

PS: In case you gentlemen still aren't aware: Unlike humans, NOT all aircraft are created equal.
I too have experienced missing panels. Invariably the problems could be traced to a badly compiled a/c... yes, I am kidding you not. The problem is amplified when FSX is concerned simply because compared to previous incarnations of FS there aren't enough a/c to choose from. So we end up with "updated for FSX" attempts. Comprende?

ERGO: If we who would like to help troubleshooting were informed which a/c are behaving badly, we at least would have a starting point.
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In a world where the Blind are leading the Blind, living in denial is the sane thing to do.

Spyah · Trainee Joined: Jan 16, 2008 Posts: 4

no specific aircraft , any aircraft has this problem , and i'm talking fsx only .

but in the mean time i got rid of my fsx install , and got back to fs9 .

and in fs9 , my pmdg crafts are having troule. it doesn't show any screen , efis and all ... and i got it legal.

Salman68 · Trainee Joined: Jul 04, 2009 Posts: 2

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When I am in the 2D cockpit view I am missing the panel ! When I start up my flight I am in the virtual cockpit by default... when I switch to 2D I can still see the runway, but the instruments are gone (just a black rectangle there) and the cursor/mouse pointer flickers between the pointer and the hour glass.... it stays like that too, no matter what view I go to from there.

HI Guys this is wat i get........please help.
Thanks!

Salman68
Singapore

Salman68 · Trainee Joined: Jul 04, 2009 Posts: 2

HI Guys!

Try this.....its really works!

"It seems that the resolution set in Nvidia/Matrox and FSX would only take 3460 x 1050. No larger or my 2D cockpit would vanish and the cursor would flicker and the menu words would just be all lines. So I went back to the older drivers and resolutions and all is fine (albeit not the hi-definition widescreen promised by Matrox and Nvidia)."

Good luck!!!!

Salman

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