Here's the RealAir Turbine Duke with a copilot:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6frhwczgqixhw9z/Pilot.jpg?dl=1

Just added a Copilot to the 747, as I fly VR only it certainly adds a level of immersion I never had before.

If more models would be available with higher resolution, this could become a real winner, thanks for the effort.

Sven

Edited July 10, 20187 yr by Chandler

Here are my paying passengers on a Flight Sim Economy flight from South Lake Tahoe to Reno ...

 

Redheads always get first choice of the Copilot's seat on my flights

Has any of you already tried to add a (co-)pilot while EZDOK has been installed as well? I am trying to add a co-pilot to one of my PMDG's 739's, but even though that I disable EZDOK, adding a co-pilot seems to be impossible. Can you give me a hint as to what I might be doing wrong, please?

Thanks a  lot.

PMDG 747 with chaseplane worked without a problem. May be you need some time to make the pilot visible. It took a while on the 747 obviously...

BTW does anybody know, where the textures are located, I would try to improve them.

Edited July 10, 20187 yr by Chandler

15 minutes ago, Chandler said:

 May be you need some time to make the pilot visible. It took a while on the 747 obviously...

 

Thanks a bunch, will give it more time.

33 minutes ago, Chandler said:

BTW does anybody know, where the textures are located, I would try to improve them.

Hi,

check the manual, page 17.

Content is located here:

"C:\Users\...\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\Lorby-SI Content\Content\SimObjects\Misc\PMX_Passengers"

When you create new models or textures, please share them! IMHO this tool only provides the tech, I am counting on the comunity to provide more content.

Best regards

50 minutes ago, hvw said:

Has any of you already tried to add a (co-)pilot while EZDOK has been installed as well? I am trying to add a co-pilot to one of my PMDG's 739's, but even though that I disable EZDOK, adding a co-pilot seems to be impossible. Can you give me a hint as to what I might be doing wrong, please?

Thanks a  lot.

Hi,

make sure that the position of the copilot is correct. On many aircraft (and PMDG too) the payload stations are located near the plane center. So the pilot model is there, but it is hidden in the middle of the aircraft. You best bet is to use "Add row" to add a new payload station for your FO, name it "FO", add the pilot model, and then go to outside view and spin the "Offset U/D" column of PMX upwards until you see your pilot emerge on top of the plane. Take it from there, move it forward and down again roughly in the region of the flight deck, then switch to VC view to fine-tune the position. Then press "apply", wait for the plane to reload. I did this yesterday with the NGX, took quite a bit of mousewheel spinning.

Best regards

 

Thanks Oliver,

I did as described by you, but when I restart P3Dv4 and select the 739 to which I "attached" the co-pilot, this co-pilot is not being reloaded. I will give it some more tries, no doubt I did something wrong :) (Yes, I did hit apply in PayloadManagerX before I restarted P3D)

38 minutes ago, hvw said:

Thanks Oliver,

I did as described by you, but when I restart P3Dv4 and select the 739 to which I "attached" the co-pilot, this co-pilot is not being reloaded. I will give it some more tries, no doubt I did something wrong 🙂 (Yes, I did hit apply in PayloadManagerX before I restarted P3D)

So the pilot model is still assigned in the list, but you can't see it in the sim? 

Can try to move either the model or the camera away from each other, see if the FO appears then? Maybe it is clipped by the EZDOK camera.

Best regards

Edited July 10, 20187 yr by Lorby_SI

17 minutes ago, Lorby_SI said:

So the pilot model is still assigned in the list, but you can't see it in the sim? 

Can try to move either the model or the camera away from each other, see if the FO appears then? Maybe it is clipped by the EZDOK camera.

Best regards

Will do so later today and keep you posted on my findings.

Best regards,

This is awesome.

On a funny note: Can someone make the inflatable pilot and flight attendant model - Just like the one in the "Airplane" movie.  It would be so cool to see that in these birds.  Great for screenshots too.

I was wondering when something like this would be done.  Last time something like this was seen in A2A Piper Cub.

 

PS - Fun things can start now as we do not have to worry about VAS anymore.  

Edited July 10, 20187 yr by Skywolf

1 hour ago, Lorby_SI said:

So the pilot model is still assigned in the list, but you can't see it in the sim? 

Can try to move either the model or the camera away from each other, see if the FO appears then? Maybe it is clipped by the EZDOK camera.

Best regards

All's working fine now, I moved the model just a tiny bit and now it shows. Thanks again, Oliver.

Best regards

Just now, hvw said:

All's working fine now, I moved the model just a tiny bit and now it shows. Thanks again, Oliver.

Best regards

Hi,

you may want to check the "clipmode=" parameter of the EZDOK camera. Even for my normal VC view I usually use "Clipmode=Minimum". You will find this parameter in the appropriate camera definition in your "cameras.cfg" file in \AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\

This parameter determines, at what distance the rendering logic decides that an object is "too close" to you (where it will become invisible).

Best regards

 

3 minutes ago, Lorby_SI said:

Hi,

you may want to check the "clipmode=" parameter of the EZDOK camera. Even for my normal VC view I usually use "Clipmode=Minimum". You will find this parameter in the appropriate camera definition in your "cameras.cfg" file in \AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\

This parameter determines, at what distance the rendering logic decides that an object is "too close" to you (where it will become invisible).

Best regards

 

Will do. Never thought about this parameter. Thank you, Oliver