Have you ever spent hours searching flight simulator sites for a gauge you just had to have for the custom panel you were creating, only to come up empty?

Have you ever considered enrolling in a C++ course at a local college just so you could program that Elliptical Framuzoid Indicator? Have you, in your frustration, considered selling your yoke/joystick and picking up that long-ignored copy of War and Peace? OK, I’m exaggerating a little, I admit it. However, with the advent of some very capable panel design tools, the lack of custom gauges is beginning to affect more and more folks in our hobby who want to try their hand at making realistic (or just more functional) panels. If you’re one of these folks, EasyGauge is for you.  

Designed for the non-programmer, EasyGauge simplifies the gauge coding process to such an extent that, beginning with the component images, simple gauges can be created and compiled into *.gau files in less than two minutes. Even the time it takes to create complex gauges is drastically reduced. In this handbook, basic programming techniques are explained using EasyGauge tutorials so that non-programmers can become proficient gauge designers. Experienced gauge programmers will also find EasyGauge quite useful as it has considerable extensibility, including custom variables and functions. 

So, put the Tolstoy back on the shelf, postpone that programming course until next semester, and begin creating your first gauge. Who knows: maybe the framuzoid you create today is just what the flight simulator community has been waiting for!