First off I have the PMDG 777 and love the plane.  I have only flown one other aircraft since buying the T7.  

I have a few questions about the PMDG 747 and 737NGX.  In flight with the PMDG T7 if I press the semi colon key to save the flight.  It saves all of the everything the the T7 is doing.  The leg it's on, all FMC stuff, overhead, etc.  

My question on the NGX and 747 does this work as well?  I have read that on the NGX it does sometimes, and sometimes it does not.  Somethings I have read says that you use the panel save feature on the NGX(not sure about the 47 have not read up on that yet) but have heard that the panel save does not work when loading the flight in mid flight.  

The PMDG T7 is some what of a system hog are the 747 and NGX about the same.

I think thats it for now. 
Thanks mike

In my experience, it always works with the 737. I cant speak for the 747 though

It works the same for both the NGX and the 744.

 

The NGX and the 744 both provide 2D panels (alongside the VCs, of course); so using the 2D panels could be an option if resources are scarce.

 

Pls. note that the upcoming servicepack(2) for the NGX will be free of charge for all NGX customers; while for the 744 a brand new v2.0 is being developed, which will be sold as a separate title, even if you own 744v1.0 already.

 

So you can just go for the NGX, but you may want to consider waiting for v2.0 of the 744.

I have all three. I'd say go ahead and get the NGX, but wait for the 744 v2. 

 

To compare the NGX and T2: They are both equally immersive and fun to fly. The NGX runs great on my rig. No complaints there. However, I have had a little trouble with the 777 freezing up in flight and then continuing after several minutes (I am in the process of running some tests on that now to see if I have finally managed to solve it). 

Hopefully in the next few weeks i'll be able to get the NGX then i'll wait on the 744 V2. 

 

The T7 runs pertty good on my computer, I think it has only crashed once or twice (knock on wood).  It does start bogging down when I get to LAX, DFW, and other airports that I have payware scenery.  But that can be expected. 

 

Overall I can't complain about buying the 777.  If the other PMDG products are close to as good as the 777 they will be worth the money.

Is it ok to use fspassengers with PMDG products?  In the 777 manual it was saying something about not using the fsx fuel thing.  I would turn off failures within fspassengers and only use it for people, and cargo weights.  The fuel I would do using the FMC.

I have no Idea really. Personally, I don't like to add too much "cr*p" into FSX though.

Is it ok to use fspassengers with PMDG products?  In the 777 manual it was saying something about not using the fsx fuel thing.  I would turn off failures within fspassengers and only use it for people, and cargo weights.  The fuel I would do using the FMC.

 

 

Correct: The T7 has to be loaded (pax and fuel) via the PMDG tool. You can disable these loading options in FS Pass.

 

Since FS Pass is a 'legacy' product (no further development and no support by the dev), you may want to consider FS Captain as an alternative. When the T7's SDK is published (some day in the future ...) there will also be a FS2Crew edition upcoming.

 

And, there's also an inexpensive pax simulation available, developed by Hifisim (XPax).

oh thanks guys.  olli i'll look in to FS Captain and XPAX.

First off I have the PMDG 777 and love the plane. I have only flown one other aircraft since buying the T7.

 

I have a few questions about the PMDG 747 and 737NGX. In flight with the PMDG T7 if I press the semi colon key to save the flight. It saves all of the everything the the T7 is doing. The leg it's on, all FMC stuff, overhead, etc.

 

My question on the NGX and 747 does this work as well? I have read that on the NGX it does sometimes, and sometimes it does not. Somethings I have read says that you use the panel save feature on the NGX(not sure about the 47 have not read up on that yet) but have heard that the panel save does not work when loading the flight in mid flight.

 

The PMDG T7 is some what of a system hog are the 747 and NGX about the same.

 

I think thats it for now.

Thanks mike

While as others have said, the 737NGX does save panel state, it doesn't initiate to that state instantly when you reload, meaning that the aircraft could lose a bit of altitude before the state is restored. Not a big deal, but something to be aware of.

 

I recall the 747X recalling the panel state largely being restored but having more problems with re-initializing than the NGX. In fact, I can remember saving a flight to practice approaches into Kai Tak with the 747X and it working most of the time (with it occasionally deciding to stall at low altitude after reloading). If something goes wrong you can reload at least.

What your talking about Jon on the panel not initiating instantly.  Is that the same as how the 777 does it?  If so I know excetly what your talking about.  If I have to reload in cruise its not to bad, but if your on approach it can get tricky for a few moments lol.  I've been island hopping on a Hawaiian 717 since last night.  Freeware is boring cant wait to get back into the T7 or the NGX if I can get it soon.

Putting the airplane into slew mode while it initializes helps

Oh ok I will have to try that out.  Thanks for the tip.

What your talking about Jon on the panel not initiating instantly. Is that the same as how the 777 does it?

IMO the 777 behaves a bit better on this. As has been pointed out, you can use slew mode to stop the aircraft from moving during initialization, just be careful it doesn't get moved. Pausing will not work as it also pauses the loading process.