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                               Welcome To The Junkyard!
                           Midnight Aircraft Parts Emporium
Custom Gauges, Panels, and Assorted Stuff for Microsoft FS2000/FS2002 and CFS1&2.
                            Mike (MoparMike) Wagner prop.
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Thanks for shopping at The Junkyard!  I hope you find my wares useful.  
I am very partial to all vintage aircraft but especially warbirds.  I try to cover subjects that are not yet covered by other builders/programmers, but are needed by the flightsim community.


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Gauge Install Instructions:
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1. Unzip the archive directly into the 'Gauges' folder inside your main CFS (or FS2k, CFS2, or FS2002) folder.
2. Using CfgEdit/FSPanelStudio or Notepad (or whatever you use to build panels) place the gauges in the desired locations.
* I recommend using CfgEdit or FS Panel Studio by Ed Struzynski for almost all of your panel building needs.  CFGedit is available at www.cfgedit.com .  The best thing...it's freeware and it works great!  If you're working with FS2002, FS Panel Studio adds full support for the new XML gauges used by that sim.  It is available at www.fspanelstudio.com .



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A few quick notes on my gauges:
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--I am coding and building them using Microsoft's Visual C++ 5.0 Pro and a modified FS2000 gauges SDK for the FS2000 & CFS2 gauges.  I'm using the same compiler and the FS2002 gauges SDK for the FS2002 gauges.  My XML gauges are assembled using Notepad and XML Notepad (which is available for free download from http://msdn.microsoft.com).  

--All gauges built in the FS2000/CFS2/FS2002 format are "nested multi-gauges" just like the stock M$ gauges from CFS1 and newer.  To use them, you need to declare which subgauge you intend to use with an (!) after the main gauge filename.
Example:  The CFS1 P47d's main gauge is called P47d.gau.  If you want to use the Manifold Pressure gauge from it, you need to call it using this convention in your panel.cfg... P47d!Boost_Pressure

--All reciprocating engine gauges (unless otherwise noted) are built to operate with a CFS1 or newer airfile with the Section 505 engine in the airfile.  If you try using them on an old FS98 airfile with only the Section 500 engine they will probably not work, or they will read inaccurately.  This is just my own way to "silently protest" reusing the older airfiles in the newer sims. :-)

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Thank You section:
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I have to give a very large round of applause to Dai Griffiths for his excellent gauge creation tutorial series.  And also a big thank-you to all the gauge-building veterans like Arne Bartels, Daniel Steiner, Fred Banting, Chuck Dome, and many others who have put up with my sometimes silly questions as I learn this craft.

If you're interested in trying to build your own gauges, Dai's tutorials are available over at www.flightsim.com (probably elsewhere too!).  Search for files called sd2gauXX.zip, where the 'XX' is the current version number.  As I write this, sd2gau12.zip is the newest and the last of the series covering the FS2000 gauge format.  Most of this information is also applicable to the FS2002 Gauge SDK too.  

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Copyright Info:
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If there is one, please read the gauge-specific ReadMe file for any copyright details.  Or you can right-click the gauge file and select the 'properties' tab to view any copyright info.

Many of my gauges are now released into the public domain, but not all...check the copyright info before you reuse them elsewhere please.
If you are a budding gauge programmer and have a question about how I coded a gauge, feel free to email me.  I try to archive all of my source code for later reference and/or reuse, and I will share with others if it will help someone else out.




Thank You!
Mike Wagner
mawagner@drtel.net
moparmike90@hotmail.com
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