Hello.. Has anyone else had these problems. I have just installed the p3dv3 version of the PMDG 777 200. It has caused me three problems so far.

 

1. The worse and most annoying problem, is that it causes my brakes to stick on which I cannot release in the normal sense. In fact I can only release them if I keep the brakes applied during taxiing.I use all Saitek Cessna pro equipment, (rudder pedals, trim wheels etc etc )  and am aware of the fix for sticking brakes by removing any null zones in the calibration and ticking the reverse boxes. This does not work and I have tried to use the aircraft with and without FSUIPC but its still doesn't make any difference to the brakes which now stick on in all my other aircraft. I have all the latest drivers and installed and the latest version of FSUIPC I have installed  all the sim connects as per PMDG recommendations. I have ensured I do not have any duplicate key assignments.

 

2. It has deactivated my joystick button ATC assignments and I cannot use ATC at all  with the 777. I have tried reassigning them but to no avail. It has somehow killed everybody in the control tower.!! ATC will not work even if I click on the main ATC button in the main menu.  I can only get ATC working by using the scroll lock button with other aircraft.

 

3. If I restart a flight . After getting an error message, The aircraft starts up with blank panels and no undercarriage. P3DV3 often crashes if I exit the sim after this.

 

I am beginning to think this aircraft is not ready for the sim market.

 

I have the FSX versions of the 777 200 and 300 and they all work fine. I have tried a reinstall and that has not cured my problems.

 

Any help will be very much appreciated

 

Thanks .. Rob Winstone

 

 

Update.. re the above. By process of elimination, I believe the faults were caused by having weather filters switched on in fsuipc such as reducing gusts near aircraft. I use this to avoid severe windshear in autocruise settings. I believe this setting may have been arguing with the 777 weather radar files but I not an expert so may be wrong.

 

My remedy which fixed all the problems was as follows.

 

1. Delete all fsuipc files from the modules folder.

2. Startup and close down p3dv3.

3. Reinstall fsuipc but do not apply any settings

4. Enable controls in p3dv3.

4. Ensure rudder pedals have no null zones and full sensitivity in the calibration page

5. Reinstall all sim connects as per the pmdg read me file.

 

Following the above I was able to fly 6 hrs 40 mins flight from egff to kjfk without any problems.

 

Rob Winstone

Glad you got it all sorted out Rob.  It appears that reading the accompanying manuals do help.

 

-Jim

Hi Jim

 

 It wasn`t the manuals problem I had, I think I am one of the few who actually reads them before I do anything. Comes with a career of working in the pointy end of an aircraft !!

 

I  installed all the sim connects on the first install of the 777 but I still think the problem was the 777 arguing with FSUIPC settings I had which ended up causing all my problems and CTD on every flight load. I had the MSVCR120.dll error and there are 150 plus posts on the P3dv3 forum  with many  people having the same problem.  When I last checked LM had not taken up the problem.

 

Regards...Rob

Rob, the bug we were chasing in the LM forum had to do with a crash that occures for some after 2+ hours.  A crash on start is a different beast, which you resolved with the FSUIPC handywork.

 

FYI using ASN for weather not only adds a simulated Wx radar to the aircraft, but also elimnates the need for any FSUIPC interaction with weather.

Hi Dan.. thanks for getting back to me. I will look into ASN as I have Rex essentials plus overdrive at the moment but have heard rave reviews about it. I am certainly no expert in the programming side of P3D and FSX but I was not using REX when I had my problems. As I was having the same MSVCR120.dll error on my load flight crashes I wondered was it the same problem. It is working fine at the moment. I am now using a you tube tutorial to get all my saitek panels working with Spad, Linda and FSUIPC. And I thought IFR flying was complicated !!

 

Regards..Rob