Missing tail (logo), elevator, and anti-collision lights

[HenkA 0]

Hello everyone

 

When I make a flight at night with the 737-800NGX, and I save the flight, I noticed, that after reloading the flight to continue, I noticed that the tail (logo) and elevator lights, and the anti-collision lights don't work anymore. Is this a known problem, and could anyone help me out. Before saving the flight, everthing was OK.

 

Thanks for helping me out.

 

Henk

[JRBarrett 3,070]

Is it a case where the lights do not work at all after loading the saved flight, (no matter what position the switches are in), or simply a case that the saved flight does not "remember" that the light switches were left in the on position?

 

If you are going to reload a saved flight with a PMDG aircraft, you need to exit the sim completely, and then restart it before loading the saved situation. If you load the saved flight while a 737 model is already open in the sim, you are effectively loading the aircraft on top of itself, which can leave the sim in an unstable state, with a variety of system malfunctions.

[HenkA 0]

Hello Jim

 

Thanks for the quick answer. I left all the switches, as they were, when saving the flight. Alter reloading, they don't work anymore, switching them off and on, does not bring anything.

 

I did exit FSX, then started FSX again and choose from the start-up menue the same 737-800NGX, and then from the menue: load flight.

 

Reason for saving and subsequently reloading is, that I would like to empty the VAS. The only way is, what I understand, by exiting FSX completely.

 

Henk

[pcubine 143]

 

 

I did exit FSX, then started FSX again and choose from the start-up menue the same 737-800NGX, and then from the menue: load flight.

You don't need to choose the NGX again. The saved flight contains an NGX.

[scandinavian13 5,192]

 

 

I did exit FSX, then started FSX again and choose from the start-up menue the same 737-800NGX, and then from the menue: load flight.

 

You're double-loading the NGX here (a situation specifically mentioned in the Intro Manual as one to avoid). Load the sim, then load the flight. Do not select the aircraft first.

[HenkA 0]

Thanks for all, trying to help me.

Of course, I tried the tips. However, loading the flight from the start menu directly, did not work for me (everything was loaded, I could hear the sound of the 737NGX, but I did not get anything on the monitor, funny thing).

Then I first loaded another aircraft as the default Cessna, in this case, it was the B-747. Then, I loaded the flight, and everything was there, tail and elevator lights worked now, but I still could not switch them off (so the switches from logo and anti-collision lights did not work).

Finally, I loaded the default Cessna at Altenrhein (CH), and when it was loaded, I loaded the flight from the FSX menubar, and then everything worked super.

Don't understand it, but as long as it works, I'm happy.

 

I must say here. that I have connected the MCP-Combo, the V737 overhead panel and the CDU II (VR-Insight) to FSX. Maybe, everything is caused by this hardware???

 

Anymay, again thanks for helping me.

 

Regards,

Henk Altena