May 20, 20188 yr Hi everyone, I am using the Boeing 737 NGX and I am missing a function of simulation random failures. So far, I know that it is possible to set programmed failure but it is somehow boring because if I set an programmed failure then I know already what is the problem. As I have seen, service-based failures contain already random errors and the timers seem to be saved in the panel-state (file ...fxml.sav for each aircraft). Unfortunately, I do not know the meaning of all the values saved in that file. Is there anywhere a documentation or somethink like that? What I what to do is to manipulate the timers such that the service-based failures occur earlier/more often. Thank you in advance for any help! Felix Neumann
May 20, 20188 yr Commercial Member 1 hour ago, Scurra said: Hi everyone, I am using the Boeing 737 NGX and I am missing a function of simulation random failures. So far, I know that it is possible to set programmed failure but it is somehow boring because if I set an programmed failure then I know already what is the problem. As I have seen, service-based failures contain already random errors and the timers seem to be saved in the panel-state (file ...fxml.sav for each aircraft). Unfortunately, I do not know the meaning of all the values saved in that file. Is there anywhere a documentation or somethink like that? What I what to do is to manipulate the timers such that the service-based failures occur earlier/more often. Thank you in advance for any help! Welcome at the forums. Please note we require users to sign their full names first and last in each post otherwise the post might be deleted. We recommend to set up a signature so that you do not have to worry each time. the timers for the failures are saves in the registration.ini file of each aircraft. There is no available documentation. Service based failures are depending on time accumulation on the airframe. The only way is to keep flying and not doing maint. Chris Makris PLEASE NOTE PMDG HAS DEPARTED AVSIM You can find us at http://forum.pmdg.com
May 20, 20188 yr Author 2 hours ago, Olympic260 said: the timers for the failures are saves in the registration.ini file of each aircraft. There is no available documentation. Service based failures are depending on time accumulation on the airframe. The only way is to keep flying and not doing maint. Thank you for your reply. Taking into account that the timers are between 500 and 1000 hours it will take a while until a failure occurs since my average flight time is around 4 hours a week... Do failures occur right in the moment the timer reaches 0 hours or can they also occur earlier/later? Is the registration.ini-file the file located in the ...\PMDG\PMDG 737 NGX\Aircraft\ sub-folder? Well, you are writing that it is not possible to accelerate or change the timer-values in order to reach a higher failure-rate. Is this correct? Felix Neumann
May 20, 20188 yr Commercial Member 5 minutes ago, Scurra said: Thank you for your reply. Taking into account that the timers are between 500 and 1000 hours it will take a while until a failure occurs since my average flight time is around 4 hours a week... Do failures occur right in the moment the timer reaches 0 hours or can they also occur earlier/later? Is the registration.ini-file the file located in the ...\PMDG\PMDG 737 NGX\Aircraft\ sub-folder? Well, you are writing that it is not possible to accelerate or change the timer-values in order to reach a higher failure-rate. Is this correct? No will not occur when timer reaches zero. There is a probability that it will happen some time after the zero time reached. The registration.ini is in the folder you indicated. you can change the timers by hand if you want but since there is no available documentation about this I am wouldn’t touch it. You can activate random failures though. Have you tried this? For example x failures in x hours Chris Makris PLEASE NOTE PMDG HAS DEPARTED AVSIM You can find us at http://forum.pmdg.com
May 20, 20188 yr Author 1 hour ago, Olympic260 said: No will not occur when timer reaches zero. There is a probability that it will happen some time after the zero time reached. The registration.ini is in the folder you indicated. you can change the timers by hand if you want but since there is no available documentation about this I am wouldn’t touch it. You can activate random failures though. Have you tried this? For example x failures in x hours Ok, thank you for your help. I have already tried to modify the .ini file of the aircraft (as well as the file located in the PanelState subfolder) but I was not successful and used the backup I made for the file. I forgot about the random failures which you mentioned in your last post. This is a good alternative for me. The rate of 1 failure per 10 hours seems to be a little bit high but better than waiting more than 100 or even 1000 hours. Thank you for the reminder :) Felix Neumann
May 22, 20188 yr On 5/20/2018 at 11:58 AM, Scurra said: to manipulate the timers such that the service-based failures occur earlier/more often. As the name says, service-based failures depend on the service. Don‘t maintain your airplane and you run (or fly) into problems. Do the service and you‘re safe(r). in numbers: don‘t refill the engine oil (as an example) Edited May 22, 20188 yr by Ephedrin ,
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