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Ron Attwood
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Cant use GPS pop up.

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Yeah yeah, it's got a map. However, I use the same GPS pop up in ALL my aircraft including all my A2A planes. All of them work faultlessly...Except the Cub.
The problem:
GPS pops up where it should and displays as it should. Check.
Clicking on any of the function buttons doesn't bring up the say, FLT window, it brings up the Cubs radio.
Go to panel.cfg and comment out the radio also adjusting the numbers and instead of a radio I get a black square. This applies to all buttons except Menu and CDI both of whch display properly.
I've also commented out everything except GPS (formerly known as Map), Fuel manager and the configurator thingy.
Something has taken over my GPS!
A clue please. :)
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Patient: "Doctor! Doctor! It hurts when I do this."
Doctor: "Don't do that."

Shame on you for using a GPS (GNS 650/750?) in the Cub! Next you'll be wanting a full autopilot. The best thing about the Cub is that I know everyone will be hand flying it without a GPS. Save that kind of thing for your more modern aircraft. Or the Connie.

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Doctor: "Here's my bill."
Patient: "FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!??

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I wondered who the wit would be. :roll:
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Silly Ron! You won't have a wit until two of us have made the same observation. :D

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Despite the helpful hints already provided, I've discovered it is a VR/P3D thing. It is strange that it only happens in the Cub. Case closed.
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This is from the Cherokee:

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[VCockpit03]
size_mm=1024,1024
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$GTN750
background_color=0,0,0

gauge00=F1GTN!GTN750VC, 0,0,677,794,UNIT1

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Did you create a new VCockpit02 in the Cub with a separate entry for the new GPS as above? This may be the only thing you have to do rather than removing all reference to the stock radio.

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Hey Ron,

P3Dv4 introduced some extra VR steps for panels for VR display. If displaying in VR, you will have add in the VR elements for correct display other wise the pop up could be displaying behind or in front of the model elements etc.

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Yeah, I know that Lewis. There is no trouble getting it to display. I think I know what it is. The click spot for the map in the back of the front seat is hogging the limelight. If you move your seat waaay forward it allows the mouse to miss the the map. Then everything works as it should.
PS. I just went to test my theory and I'm right! It's now been recategorised as a minor niggle. :)
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Ahh VR depth perception, something you cant describe correctly as much as you gotta experience it.
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Lewis - A2A wrote: 23 Jan 2020, 06:24 Ahh VR depth perception, something you cant describe correctly as much as you gotta experience it.
Er, no. It's not about depth perception, it about click spots. The same goes for the A2A pop ups. Fuel manager and settings manager. For instance, it is very hit and miss getting a push back or indeed any of the functions on that page. But enough already! :)
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Yes Ron the depth of the clickspots and in P3D VR land the awkward, close one damn eye to get them to work thanks to VR implementation in P3D sometimes being helpful showing two different images to the eyes :?

Ironically, in early P3D VR days before they added 'features' it actually all just worked out the box brilliant lol
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