hi bryan, used fs2crew for the first time today and i think its great, cant get the f/o to start engine one on the pmdg, he acknowledges the instruction and opens the mini panel but i cant see a increase in the n2 i ask him to start engine 2 an he starts that ok, probably missed something any help please. jim

hi bryan, used fs2crew for the first time today and i think its great, cant get the f/o to start engine one on the pmdg, he acknowledges the instruction and opens the mini panel but i cant see a increase in the n2 i ask him to start engine 2 an he starts that ok, probably missed something any help please. jim

How have you configured the Aircraft pre engine start ? are you using cold start with events ? Rich

hi bryan, used fs2crew for the first time today and i think its great, cant get the f/o to start engine one on the pmdg, he acknowledges the instruction and opens the mini panel but i cant see a increase in the n2 i ask him to start engine 2 an he starts that ok, probably missed something any help please. jim

Jim,APU configured properly? APU on and APU bleed air on?Is the FO moving the Start Switches when you say "Start Engine 1"... "Start Engine 2"?Best,

Jim,APU configured properly? APU on and APU bleed air on?Is the FO moving the Start Switches when you say "Start Engine 1"... "Start Engine 2"?Best,

i switched apu on but dont remember switching on apu bleed, that must be problem i will start again, cant see apu bleed on in the captains flow just apu on and left aft pump to on thanks jim

i switched apu on but dont remember switching on apu bleed, that must be problem i will start again, cant see apu bleed on in the captains flow just apu on and left aft pump to on thanks jim

done another flight, apu configured ok f/o does not start engine 1 mini panel opens but cant hear any clicks and visual on the overhead he doesnt switch to grd engine 2 he starts ok. thanks, jim

done another flight, apu configured ok f/o does not start engine 1 mini panel opens but cant hear any clicks and visual on the overhead he doesnt switch to grd engine 2 he starts ok. thanks, jim

Jim,Try this solution. From the FAQs:We're going to make the mini pop-up panel a bit bigger for you.Do this:1. Open the panel.cfg file for your PMDG 700 and 800 models.2. Find WINDOW 19. It will be near the bottom.[Window19]file=737NG_Overhead_Background_1280.bmpfile_1024=737NG_Overhead_Background_1280.bmpsize_mm=1280,960window_size_ratio=1.0position=8visible=0ident=1002window_size=0.200, 0.200 <---- WE'LL CHANGE THIS LINE!Change the highlighted line to:window_size = 0.400, 0.400That will make the mini-panel for the overhead panel bigger, and reduce the liklihood of the FO's simulated mouse click missing its mark.

Jim,Try this solution. From the FAQs:We're going to make the mini pop-up panel a bit bigger for you.Do this:1. Open the panel.cfg file for your PMDG 700 and 800 models.2. Find WINDOW 19. It will be near the bottom.[Window19]file=737NG_Overhead_Background_1280.bmpfile_1024=737NG_Overhead_Background_1280.bmpsize_mm=1280,960window_size_ratio=1.0position=8visible=0ident=1002window_size=0.200, 0.200 <---- WE'LL CHANGE THIS LINE!Change the highlighted line to:window_size = 0.400, 0.400That will make the mini-panel for the overhead panel bigger, and reduce the liklihood of the FO's simulated mouse click missing its mark.

hi, thats fixed that problem f/o now starts engine 1 and 2 ok. i have done 3 flights using fs2crew and the f/o does not close any of the doors also speech recognition works fine up until after takeoff and then its not so good, with autopilot off the f/o does not set level change or any flight levels, i checked the green display bar and something entirely different comes up from what i said. next flight ill try a different headset, any other suggestionsthanks,jim

hi, thats fixed that problem f/o now starts engine 1 and 2 ok. i have done 3 flights using fs2crew and the f/o does not close any of the doors also speech recognition works fine up until after takeoff and then its not so good, with autopilot off the f/o does not set level change or any flight levels, i checked the green display bar and something entirely different comes up from what i said. next flight ill try a different headset, any other suggestionsthanks,jim

Hi Jim,Doors should close. Try setting AES to NO in the Config option. Make sure you respond to the ground crew when they talk to you during pre-flight events.For Flight Level Change and the Flight Levels..... did you run the voice training? It should work. Try again.What's your accent?Best,

Hi Jim,Doors should close. Try setting AES to NO in the Config option. Make sure you respond to the ground crew when they talk to you during pre-flight events.For Flight Level Change and the Flight Levels..... did you run the voice training? It should work. Try again.What's your accent?Best,

aes already to nohave run voice training three times but will run again using uk accentjust want to add i have a noisy fan on my cpu cooler dont know if this is the problem but fs2crew works ok up until after takeoff hope i can get this to work as its really good using voice. thanks jim

aes already to nohave run voice training three times but will run again using uk accentjust want to add i have a noisy fan on my cpu cooler dont know if this is the problem but fs2crew works ok up until after takeoff hope i can get this to work as its really good using voice. thanks jim

Jim,What's your personal accent? British, American, Australian...If you have a 'heavy accent', try speaking with a more neutral accent.That, make sure you're using the correct phraselogy.Double check the manual to make sure you're not missing anything...

Jim,What's your personal accent? British, American, Australian...If you have a 'heavy accent', try speaking with a more neutral accent.That, make sure you're using the correct phraselogy.Double check the manual to make sure you're not missing anything...

hi, thanks for trying to help im going to change my operating system to windows 7 64bit so once im set up again ill give fs2crew another go and hopefully i can use this great program. thanks, jim