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DVA7281
Captain, B757-200
Joined on April 30 2009
Northeastern United States
43 legs, 107.9 hours
33 legs,
61.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 10 2009 21:25 ET by Jose Standford
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How would I merge a posky 757 with a pss panel? A posky 737 with PMDG Panel? A IFDG with a PMDG MD-11 Panel?
Thanks
Jose StandfordCaptain, B757-200
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DVA5204
Captain, MD-11
Joined on November 11 2007
Century Club
"Aviate, Navigate, Communicate."
Southeastern United States
113 legs, 494.9 hours
109 legs,
485.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 10 2009 22:00 ET by Nathan Harwood
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I've only done one merge and I found an executable that made it all work. I understand the 757 merge you mentioned but why the 737 and MD-11?
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DVA7281
Captain, B757-200
Joined on April 30 2009
Northeastern United States
43 legs, 107.9 hours
33 legs,
61.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 10 2009 22:52 ET by Jose Standford
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The MD-11....The VC is great but kills my FPS, plus I love wing views. As for the 737...I need a Delta 738 W/Winglets.
Jose StandfordCaptain, B757-200
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DVA5919
Captain, MD-11
Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Quincentenary Club
"...and don't call me Shirley"
Hillsboro, OR USA
506 legs, 1,436.3 hours
4 legs,
3.7 hours online
505 legs,
1,433.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
May 10 2009 23:34 ET by Jack Vogel
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You wanna do merges, then start out by studying how a plane in the simulator works.
What pieces are there, where do they live, what do config files look like, how do entries
in them determine the end product plane that you see.
No, I'm not going to give you answers, these are the things you need to figure out if
you want to actually do a merge yourself and not just rely on someone to give you something.
If you are really serious, then you need to buy FS Panel Studio, that will really give you
control.
But, just so you don't go off and waste your time and money, the more sophisticated a plane/panel
is, the more intertwined the whole product is and the less likely any piecemeal dinking is going
to work.
For instance, I've spent a LOT of time messing with the PSS panels, and finally realized that each
small gauge was interconnected with something in the model. I could completely dump their panel
and put in a replacement, but as soon as I tried to put in ANY of their gauges without the whole
it all stopped working. Now, PSS is WAY less complex than PMDG, so my advise is don't even
think about hacking their stuff 
Finally, there's the whole issue of the virtual cockpit, its what makes the best planes great,
and trying to change it will require you not only understand config files, but that you understand
3D modeling, because the VC is part of the "space" that is defined in the plane model, and
gauges are textures that are put into that space, this means you need something like GMax
or 3D Studio Max to do serious work in this area. Go take a peek on the web about these
tools and you'll find they are REALLY complex, people make careers using them.
Time is money, you have a problem running the MD-11, go buy a faster computer, its likely
to be cheaper, and you'll be happier in the end! Don't misunderstand me, panel merging is
cool and interesting, but its likely to be more rewarding and less frustrating in simpler planes.
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DVA9340
Captain, B777-200
Joined on January 07 2011
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Northeastern United States
407 legs, 1,217.5 hours
389 legs,
1,144.0 hours online
405 legs,
1,214.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
July 03 2011 22:35 ET by Paul Smith
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Um, If your looking for a merge, I made one, Gonna post it up soon, just working out some of the tweaks, but its not that hard to merge the planes together. Like they had said, U have to study how the plane is depicted and look at all the different entries in the Aircraft.cfg and use that information and basically convert it for the PMDG.
Paul SmithCaptain, B777-200
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DVA5270
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 27 2007
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Online Quintuple Century Club
Nine Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"p=np"
Charleston, SC USA
977 legs, 1,725.8 hours
578 legs,
894.1 hours online
931 legs,
1,647.1 hours ACARS
43 legs,
67.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
July 03 2011 22:51 ET by Don Thomas
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Jose, gotta agree with Captain Vogel on this one. Let Boeing build 'em, the fellas over in the maintance keep the electronics working and you fly 'em.
You blow a .cfg file and you might be days getting it back right.
Don ThomasSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
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"guiding you home..."
Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online
1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS
18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 20 2012 20:28 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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there are several merges available (with instructions) on avsim for the posky 777 and pss 777. i am sure there is the same info and instructions to do the same with the 757. by the way he is asking how to merger posky/pss 757, posky/pmdg 737, and ifdg/pmdg md11. he is not looking to merge a 737 panel, with an airbus .cfg and the md11 virtual cockpit... sheesh.
it is not as easy as it would seem, as Jack tried to show us, but there are working merges out there for the pss/posky - pmdg you may have a more difficult time. search avsim and search google. don't expect a virtual cockpit in the merge.
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