PSS777 - need advice, please!

[Guest georg]

Hello,I am considering buying the PSS 777, but there is basically one thing which is stopping me. As I have read from the forums, it does not come with a load manager and I imagine it's quite a pain to load such a big aircraft in the FS payload tool by entering all the weights separately. Strange that they haven't included it as it's quite standard with new addons actually :) I'm planning to buy the cargo version, I guess and maybe it's a bit easier with that?Thanks!

[pbenoit 0]

Hi George,I think there may be a load edit in the works ... But in the meantime, you can always edit the aircraft.cfg weight section to change what is there already ... as long as you have a backup .... easy to do and effective. There are comments in the .cfg which tell you what is what.

[Guest georg]

Thanks. This sounds okay actually. But could you please tell me if it really is like Level-D 767 or PMDG 747? Thanks.

[Guest cactus]

If the PMDG ro LVLD 67 were given a 10 on a scale of 10 I would put the 777 about a 7.5 to 8. It doesnt simultate all the systems the PMDG or 67 do and there are a few bugs still in the works. if all the bugs are fixed i MIGHT give it a solid 8-8.5. The only thing it has that i feel is any worth that the 67 and pmdg dont have is the weather radar. i know some people will come on here screaming that it is just as good as the 67 or 47 but i really dont think they are doing a fair comparison. PSS is starting to simulate more things than they used to compared to their A330/340 but still not near enough. Their frame rates still jumparound from 33-15-28-10-30-7-22 and every other number you can think of whereas they 767 or 747 are a SOLID 32-28-33-29-34-28. the 777 varies at least 25 FPS from the highest to lowest where the 747 and 767 may vary 10 at worst case. This is very true for thei A33/340 too. I dont knwo what it is about PSS's products and why they do that but i sure wich they would fix it.

[Guest georg]

Thanks a lot for this great comparision and review. I think I'll just need to wait a bit more and see if they will make any improvements to the 777. If not, then I will just stick with the 767 or 747 in some cases too (again, waiting for the developer to fix some rather major bugs).

[Guest cactus]

Yeah I am back to flying the 67 and 47 again. I never realized how simulated the systems are with the 747 until i started froma cold and dark cockpit and used the detailed checklist that comes with the 747 under normal procedures