This function would be very handy if it's active only when using the time compression feature - assuming that the user might not sit in front of the computer. Otherwise it would be turned off allowing for eng fails during takeoff an so forth.

Exactly it could only be operational via fmc yes/no or when aircraft is cruising only or only when time compression is on or even as stated above just turn it on of you are not at the pc.

This function would be very handy if it's active only when using the time compression feature - assuming that the user might not sit in front of the computer. Otherwise it would be turned off allowing for eng fails during takeoff an so forth.

Agreed. This is what I originally asked for, but I can see how it would be useful that the sim pauses during a failure even if time compression is off.

This is probably overkill, but: I'd think about adding an email feature - it drops you an email if the plane has reached TOD or the sim was paused because a malfunction occurred. Or think of it as a maintenance report via ACARS. My backup software has this option, which is where I got the idea. I'd hate to leave the plane fly itself and come back to the computer looking forward to descend and landing just to find out there was a problem early on and it paused right there. I don't know if this is even remotely possible to do within FSX...

Interesting  but you need to be at the computer to receive the email,  unless you get  them sent  to your  mobile phone of  course,  since most of  us have a mobile of  sorts, it be better if it were sent by sms or  text  with a klax  sounding effect warning us to come flying back to the pc  to take control

I would not like to be a RW pilot whose aircraft pauses because of a failure! So why should simmers have such a facility?

 

In any case, failures do not require a reaction in milliseconds - just calm while you use the non-normal checklist to determine your actions.

If this feature was implemented you don't have to use it. Alot of people don't have time to guarantee sitting at a pc for 10 hours.

Interesting  but you need to be at the computer to receive the email,  unless you get  them sent  to your  mobile phone of  course,  since most of  us have a mobile of  sorts, it be better if it were sent by sms or  text  with a klax  sounding effect warning us to come flying back to the pc  to take control

 

You're right of course - I get my emails on my phone, doesn't everybody do that nowadays? ;-)

 

What I'd really love to see: automatic Facebook status updates: "so and so just busted his flaps 5 speed limit on climb-out for the 5th time in a row" - everything has got to be connected!

 

Seriously now, the usefulness of an email function would be limited, I agree. Like I said, I was just thinking aloud.

 

 

I would not like to be a RW pilot whose aircraft pauses because of a failure! So why should simmers have such a facility?

 

Yeah.  That's normally my take, but then I catch a lot of flak for being too realistic and unforgiving.

 

I just don't understand some of the sentiments, I guess...

 

"I don't want to fly realistically, but I want to use random failures to keep it interesting."

 

I understand the desire to not sit in front of a computer for super long flights, but if you want a failure to conveniently happen when you're there, why not just set the failure on a timer for the time period you're there?

Kyle,

 

I hope that you can continue taking the flak because that keeps us steering the simming towards reality, rather than giving in to a slow creep towards simulated unreality!

 

Now what have I laid myself open too?

 

Cheers, R

 

 

Now what have I laid myself open too?

 

An abrupt introduction to my world  B)

sending a mail when the simulator is paused should be possible (through LUA). just get the vars from the sim

 

so basically like this

 

execute once every minute:

if(sim == paused && !file_exists("trigger.txt")){

send email

write file trigger.txt //to prevent the email being sent the next minute.. thats why we check if the file does not exist in the first place

}

else{

if(file_exists("trigger.txt") && sim != paused){

delete trigger.txt

}

}

 

read this: http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/smtp.html

 

reminder: i bet, there is a more simple solution to this problem but you get the idea.. if the SDK permits (dont know that), you could even include the reason, why your sim went into pause mode

 

 

this is useful, if you have a mobile with an email client running in the background.

I can totally understand the opinion of realistic simulation.  However the developer PMDG thrive themselves on creating the most realistic aircraft for FSX yet feel it is acceptable to create the time compression setting because they understand that alot of people struggle with time constraints.

The key to that is - option.

 

Can they do whatever realistically? Can they do whatever unrealistic so that whoever wants realism can just ignore it?

The key to that is - option.

 

Can they do whatever realistically? Can they do whatever unrealistic so that whoever wants realism can just ignore it?

I really don't care how realistic other people get since it doesn't affect my simming.