Every time I start up the plane for a flight, after the engines are started the engine generators wont ever kick in. The overhead switch lights remain illuminated off and I have the eicas messages to go with it. Is there something I'm missing here or is this part of the simulation?

 

Help please!!!

Are you using a default state like cold and long, or are using using a custom saved state?

They take a minute or two to kick in, its not instant like on most planes and the same goes for the bleed and packs.

I'm using a custom state and yes I know they take a minute or so. 

They never kick in. Would my panel state be the cause d'ya think??

No idea since I never had that problem.

Wow!    I just posted this as I didn't see your problem.    See mine, I have an example (on video) of what happens.   At least I think it's the same issue as my left GEN light never goes off while waiting.

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/420650-engine-1-freezing-after-startup/

 

Sorry if it's not the same.  Sounds close.

It's both engines for me. Also when I advance the throttles nothing happens. No movement of the plane nor N1 indication on the EICAS! 

Cant  explain the n1  indication but  have  you removed  the chocks  at all

I should mention hydraulic C2 fault light is on and both engine bleeds stay off also!!

I have exactly the same problem.  I follow the start-up process as per the Tutorial but the main generators never come on line.  Also, the throttles move but the engines do not spool-up!  Having been trying turning stuff off that could be interfering (eg FSUIPC, Ezdok, etc.) but to no avail so far.  USing the preset panel states doesn’t help either!

Any more feedback on this would be great. The only way I can get it to work is if I go to the map through the menu and raise my altitude above ground level, then the engines start by themselves and everything works fine. After this I park the aircraft at the gate and cycle through many startup/shutdowns in every different panel state and it starts up just fine every time.

 

Maybe it has something to do with the initial loading of FSX itself???

Just to clarify, I load FSX with a default aircraft.

I am having the same problem. After starting the simulation in the cold and dark saved panel state, the main engine generators never come on. The engines are running, but the pneumatic engine bleed valves never open either. Additionally, the engines will not respond to any throttle movements. They remain in idle. The thrust anticipation arcs move along with the throttles, but engine RPM never moves. It seems as though this problem only occurs when starting the simulation from a cold and dark panel state.

For me I found I couldn't get N1 movement if I started the flight sim with a cold-and-dark airplane (I put the Cessna 172 as the default flight but it wasn't running). If you press CTRL-E when you're hung like this does it make the engines respond to thrust levers and the gen's kick in? I ended up re-saving my default flight to a running/avionics on 172 and haven't run into the problem since.

Guys, are you using any sort of external hardware that links to your fuel or mixture axes? For me, during beta, I had my fuel valves were mapped to some buttons in the FSX controls screen which prevented the engine from starting successfully and it would exhibit everything you talked about in your post. Hope that helps.

I can confirm that the CTRL-E method works but only for the left engine. I assigned TAB-E to the command  "starters all(on/off)"  and that got the other engine going. The  "battery/avionics on"  default panel state on the 172 wont work for me either!

 

EDIT!!!

 

CTRL-E now works for both engines.