Well I'm glad you chose this file - it is from Project Airbus or
'pairbus' if you want to look them up on the net. It is the best freeware 380 available for FSX despite their statement that it was developed for FS9 (FS2004) and that they are therefore unable to provide support.
I've solved the panel issue but I'll digress a wee bit and perhaps you'll find this interesting.
Prior to FSX, the VCs (virtual cockpit or 3D panels) were very basic in Microsoft's Flight Simulators. Most were just ugly drawings with gauges and switches which were only cosmetic and couldn't be clicked on. In other words when you wanted to make any changes such as adjusting settings in the AP you had to switch from the VC back to the 2D panel.
Good VCs could be designed even for FS9 models but the freeware developers mostly didn't bother no doubt one of the reasons was that most of us weren't interested in a 'fully clickable' VC... we simply flew with the 2D panel - or Panel as you and I call it in this topic.
With the event of FSX, developers and simmers became obsessed with VCs. If you go to Settings / Customize / Aircraft, under Cockpit Settings you'll probably find that the 3-D virtual cockpit view is checked by default.
With this option selected if you load the default Cessna for example, you'll find yourself in VC mode though you can switch to the 2D panel.
Needless to say, in Settings... you can opt for 2-D instrument panel instead of 3-D virtual cockpit. Now load the Cessna again (new, Free Flight) and see what happens.
The reason why you can't see the panel when you load the Pairbus 380 is because it was not developed for FSX and thus does not include a VC.
Now think about it, if in Settings / Customize / Aircraft, under Cockpit Settings the 3-D virtual cockpit option is selected, you won't see a panel when you load the 380... because this aircraft has no VC modelled.
The Panel (2-D instrument panel is there however).
Even in the realm of 2-D panels the complexity can vary greatly depending on the developer's skill and enthusiasm. Therefore also the key assignments for panel pop-ups may vary.
It's a good idea to get into the habit of holding down the Shift key while you're still sitting on the tarmac and pressing 1 - 2 - 3- 4 all the way to 9 respectively, just to discover what your panel consists off.
Back to the Pairbus 380... you're sitting on the tarmac and all you see is... tarmac
Hold down the Shift key and press 1 (note: these are the numbers above QWERTY, not on the Num Pad). You should now see the default 747 2D panel.
I'll refer to one of my previous posts in this thread:
I wrote this because I didn't know which file (aircraft) you were having problems with. If you did exactly what I asked you to, you should be able to to the exact steps in reverse.
Simply delete the Panel folder you copied from the B-747 to the A-380 Airplane folder and use the original Panel folder which you backed up instead. (The name of the folder must be simply 'Panel'.)
Why???
Because... the boys at Pairbus have already aliased the default 747 panel to their 380. Open this original Panel folder and you'll see that it only contains the
panel.cfg file which you can open with Notepad.
Have a good look at it but don't make any changes. Close it again... now open the Sound folder which, like the Panel folder contains nothing but a .cfg file - namely the
sound.cfg... open it with notepad and have a good look at it. Close it.
Now go to the default b747_400 and open the Sound folder... surprised?
This is the beauty of aliasing. It is frequently used for Panel(s) and Sound(s) - by the developers to reduce the file size and by us, the end users to conserve drive space.
Should you have accidentally deleted, misplaced or murdered the original Panel folder which came with the 380, just download the file again - it's in there.
OK, now we'll take a rest, drinks are on me
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