Well its becoming a bit annoying i suppose, for those medium to long haul flights, when you reach a current altittude that was assigned by ATC, you will get a message further down in the flight when they request you to either climb or desend because you are below or above your assigned altittude. Yet when I press "B" to reset altimeter above 18000, nothing happens. Still recieve that message from ATC that im either below or above the assigned. This is very annoying as it ruins the whole flight !

 

Anyone else getting this problem? I do believe its related to the plane itself.

 

Please help thanks!

Best way is to not listen to the ATC in FSX, it's useless.

Do you mean it occurs when you have reached cruising altitude? If so, are you climbing or descending because of step climbs?

 

It is more realistic to press STD button on the barometer knob to set the standard barometric pressure (above 18000 ft in the United States), not B on the keyboard, though it might not make a difference altitude-wise.

 

But as Dave said, FSX ATC is quite terrible, and really compromises the complex flight planning and realism of the PMDG B737.

It is not likely that it is an NGX fault. It's more probable that it is due to FSX weather, ATC or operator error.

 

Are you pressing the STD button on the barometric pressure setting knob on the EFIS control panel, or are you just pressing B on your keyboard to set 1013.25hPa/29.92inHg?

 

Mike McKenna.

 

(sorry for repeating, i'm too slow at typing).

Start to fly VATSIM. You will have real ATC and you will not hear such nonsenses.

 

Petr

I think the problem is related to errors in the FSX-ATC...(if that´s the one you are using)... Sometimes FSX wants you to fly the local QNH, and not standard 1013/29.92

Press the std button and then press B on your keyboard and fsx will set the pressure to whatever it thinks is correct, this isnt a NGX-problem though;)

 

/Niklas Eriksson

I would very highly recommend against pressing the 'b' button to set the altimeter. Always set the altimeter you got from the current controller, or if youre above the transition altitude you set standard altimeter (QNH 1013)

I would very highly recommend against pressing the 'b' button to set the altimeter. Always set the altimeter you got from the current controller, or if youre above the transition altitude you set standard altimeter (QNH 1013)

 

Absolutely!

But if FSX-default atc give you trouble for being on the wrong cruise level pressing B solves the problem.

This is absolutely not the correct way to do it, but a work around for the terrible FSX-ATC

Absolutely!

But if FSX-default atc give you trouble for being on the wrong cruise level pressing B solves the problem.

This is absolutely not the correct way to do it, but a work around for the terrible FSX-ATC

But adjusting the altimeter knob manually is still more realistic, even it if is not set to STD when it should be.

But adjusting the altimeter knob manually is still more realistic, even it if is not set to STD when it should be.

 

Absolutely, and I myself dont use the B-button, but I remember when I was using default ATC that sometimes it was being a I TRIED TO USE A PROFANITY HERE - AREN'T I STUPID! about my cruiselevel (When i was i STD) but it didnt tell me what QNH to use... then I had to press b to get it right...

Not realistic, but neither is hearing that you busted your cruiselevel all the time...

Are you sure that pressing B will solve the problem once you're already in cruise?

I believe that once the NG enters its CRZ profile, it will follow the barometric pressure profile. Changing the altimeter once reaching cruise will have no effect, as it doesn't in the plane.

 

So, yeah, the B key is just as effective as pressing STD in the climb, but after reaching the cruise altitude, it's not going to help you too much.

Are you sure that pressing B will solve the problem once you're already in cruise?

I believe that once the NG enters its CRZ profile, it will follow the barometric pressure profile. Changing the altimeter once reaching cruise will have no effect, as it doesn't in the plane.

 

So, yeah, the B key is just as effective as pressing STD in the climb, but after reaching the cruise altitude, it's not going to help you too much.

 

No im not sure at all, it was ages ago that I had this problem (or flew with FSX-ATC at all...)

 

=)