Possible GTN650 integration?
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@MarkS said in Possible GTN650 integration?:
@Dingle my livery problems were entirely self-inflicted. Initially I could only get it to work with the 2000A livery, but I've got the GTN appearing in all liveries now.
That said, if you have livery from a 3rd party, you'll need to make the same edits to its panel.cfg file.
Is there a way to provide a 3rd party livery panel.cfg without messing up what youāre doing with the GTN? What is the easiest way to make the two compatible?
Working on a livery right and Iād also like your mod to work.
@Marionettework If you made your panel.cfg compatible with my mod, then it wouldnāt be compatible any longer with the base product. For that reason, I provide instructions with my mods for the end user to make the required modification. The 40th Anniversary DC-3 has the same requirement.
Please also note that, currently, āworkā is a relative term. The GTN functions within itself, but right now it will not couple to the autopilot for NAV or APPR so it looks nice but canāt do anything. It remains to be seen if this is solvable.
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@MarkS Just tried it again. I am missing something. I have the PANEL.CFG and the panel.xml like mentioned by @Black-Square in the mod folder and I see that the panel.cfg is taken from the mod folder. But still the GNS430 appears. Any idea?
- Check your path. The panel files should be under MODNAME\SimObjects\Airplanes\bksq-aircraft-starship\panel (and panel.NNNNN)
- Did you regenerate the layout.cfg file?
- Ensure the pms50-instrument-gtn750 and "ZZZ JD 00 GTN750 MAIN MOD 2.3 - PMS FIX" folders are in Community,.
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@MarkS It now shows, so it really was the order it loads from the community folder... I should have thought of that earlier. Sorry.
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@MarkS I guess after the new autopilot code it will no longer work. Even the poped out gtn750 cant control it anymore.
@Dingle yes, itās like the GTN is being blocked somehow. But not all of it, oddly enough. HDG mode works, and you can set an altitude, VS mode, and a rate of climb or descent using the autopilot panel on the GTN. FLC might work too, though Iāve not tried it.
Itās as if the new autopilot code is detached from and is ignoring the standard autopilotās NAV and APPR functions. If so, it follows that the GTN wouldnāt work either. But Iām just spitballing here, and the man who knows for certain is at FSExpo.
We should be prepared for the possibility that this is one of those planes where itās just too much trouble to mod a GTN into it. I have had one or two of those in the past. But Iām not giving up on this one just yet.
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Thank you for trying! The default 430 is the only flaw on this otherwise awesome aircraft.
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The GTN650 mod is working well in Starship version 1.1 in both 2020 and 2024. Barring any issues, it will be released on flightsim.to following FSExpo on Monday 30 June.
I don't have image posting privileges but here's a link to a preview pic: https://i.postimg.cc/xTgfRpJq/Starship-GTN650.png
You will also need to have the following folders installed in your Community folder:
- PMS50 GTN750: "pms50-instrument-gtn750" from https://pms50.com/msfs/
- JayDee's GTN750 mod: "ZZZ JD 00 GTN750 MAIN MOD 2.3 - PMS FIX" from Ā https://flightsim.to/file/13415/jds-gtn750-on-gns530-mod
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@pequenyo said in Possible GTN650 integration?:
@MarkS is it out yet? I dont see it...
I think there was a problem with the Autopilot being controled by the GTN. Possibly because of the 1.1 update of starship? It changed parts of the Autopilot I think.
