Engine sound volume and 400ER clickspots

Gents,

I am enjoying this amazing product, thanks so very much.
However I am facing two issues post the 3.00.8189 update which I was not able to resolve on my own so far.and I was wondering if this is limited to my machine / setup or of other QOTS skippers see the same.

A)
The engine sound volume setting in the FMC (PMDG Setup/Options) does not seem to have any effect anymore.
However all other sound / volume settings in the same FMC menu still work without a problem. Tried to delete / rebuild the 747QOTSII_Options.ini, but to no effect.

B)
The middle console click spots on the 747-400ER or gone - including the FMC, however all other click spots still work in the 747-400ER - it's just the middle console that is unclickable.
Also, the middle console issue is not present in any of the other variants of the QOTS, it just appears with the 400ER.

Any suggestions or ideas what the issue could be ?

Thanks, cheers

Joerg