NOTE: This original readme is being included simply to reflect back to all the great people who helped or shared their work with us in the original Dash 7 project or made it possible in one way or another for all of us to enjoy flight sim even more.

Milton Shupe June 2007
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// FS2002 Pro Panel
// DeHavilland Dash 7 Panel for FS2002, by Scott Thomas
// Copyright 2002, Scott Thomas                  


This is a high resolution panel hand drawn from photos of real Dash 7 panels as well as info from Dash 7 manuals, I have made every attempt to duplicate the real panel within the limits of available freeware gauges, functionality, and viewing area of FS2k2. It has a full set of cockpit views  and special nite lighting thanks to The Flightsimvet Club!! (http://www.fsgateway.com/tips.asp)

Be sure to check out the DPI.jpgs for operation help!


First, Credits.
   I would like to appologize for not listing all the wonderful gauge programmers, without whom, no aircraft panel would be possible. I have downloaded literally hundreds of panels in search of the gauges I feel best fit any particular application, so I forget who all the credit for such gauges should go to!. If you see something and feel you should be given the gauge credit for it, please contact me and I will amend this readme.

     Some credits I know of:  
         Dai Griffiths <[email protected]> for his Dragonflight Design Gauges as well as his                              invaluable help with my attempt at gauge programming
         Siegfried Lenz <http://fly.to/dash7> for his invaluable technical help (Great Dash 7 web page!)
         Henrik Pederson for the Great Dash 7 cockpit photos!
         Clive Ryan [email protected] <[email protected]> for use of his C-130 gauges
         Francisco Sanchez-Castaсer <[email protected]> for his Dash 7 gauges   
         HGHB Instruments <http://www.hghb.de/> (The HGHB files are freeware versions.)
         The FPDA <www.flightsimmers.net/fpda> for their gauges, switches, sounds, etc
         FSD <http://www.fsd-international.com/> for thier gauges, switches, etc
         Ernie Kennedy for his gauges
         Eric Ernst for his gauges
         Chuck Dome <http://home.cfl.rr.com/cdfss/> for his gauges and gauge utilities (Gaubmp and Make Pink)
         Gimp freeware paint program <www.gimp.org>
         The Flightsimvet Club <http://www.fsgateway.com/tips.asp> for thier FS2002 Tips Page!
         Cfgedit by Ed Struzynski <http://www.cfgedit.com/>
         Arne Bartels for his gauges work and his xml tutorial, and help with my own gauges!
         Richard Probst for his gauges
         CabPack program by Lars Hederer http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/english.htm

         Thanks to Microsoft for enabling us to enjoy this endevor!
         
Special Thanks to Milton Shupe for Developing the fantastic Dash 7 for 2002 that inspired me to do this panel! and          to... Milton Shupe,  Bernt Stolle, Francois Dumas, Didier Keller, Joco Paz, Don Moser, Glenn Davey, Henrik          Pederson, Siegfried Lenz, Plays 7, Paul Saunders, Pops0, N222TT, Hawk, Robert Palmer, Brian Cook, Paco              Sanchez (have I forgotten anyone?) for all the input and expertise developing the panel!!



Notes and Known Issues: 

           Some Gauges have been updated with "Make Pink" gauge lighting utility by Chuck Dome

           Some gauges with the "ST_" or "Dash 7_" prefix are not my gauges, but only existing gauges with modified                 bitmaps and retain their original names in the gauge name.

           This panel is a high resolution panel and is recommended for use in full screen @ 1024x768 res or better.   
           We are working on an Complete overhead, Unfortunatly, having trouble getting all the info and the level            of detailed photos needed to make this.

           There is no Virtual Cockpit yet...still learning to do this and this will be added later

           You may find on some systems we have noted some strange anomolies with the oil gauges. Dont know what            causes this, but if we learn, we'll fix!

           With this aircraft being flown into the bush, as we do regularly, you may want to not install the GPWS              sounds. as some approaches will set off about all the warnings!

Second, Installation. 
  Simply extract the gauges.zip into fs2k2\gauges...(use folder names!)
   the panel zip into your "aircraft"\panel folder... 

  The files, Pnavdata.txt and Prwydata.txt  go into your main FS2002 folder           

  The File FSSound.dll goes into your FS2002/Modules folder
  
  Everything outside of these zips is just pictures and stuff...not needed! 
  
  If you want the sounds to work on the GPWS, make sure you have the following Section in your FS2002.cfg file         (located in the main FS2002 folder). If not just copy and past these into the .cfg.
            
     [OldModules]
     FSSound.dll=1



Third, The legal stuff!
   This is FREEWARE! Dont make money with it! DO NOT INCLUDE IT IN ANY PAYWARE, SHAREWARE, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF "PAY TO USE" STUFF! KEEP SIMMING FREE! Please, if you modify or include any of it in any file for upload, please give myself, and the above credit for thier work! All gauges contained remain the property of their respective authors, and they retain all rights. Use them only as allowed by their authors!

I claim no responsibility for incorrect installation or improper system operation following installation of this panel.  This panel works in fs2k2, on a 17" screen, in 1024x768 Full Screen, 32 bit color, GForce Ti200 video card, and has been tested extensivly on several other systems!.

Hope ya enjoy flying this as much as I enjoyed building it!

Scott Thomas
http://flightsimmers.net/airbase/n101st/