Initial release of G3000 Enhanced mod

[aznricepuff 83]

I'm pleased to announce the initial release of the G3000 mod I've been working on for the past week. You can download the release here at Github.

The mod adds some new features to the in-game G3000 to bring it (a little) closer to the real-life version. It also fixes some bugs with the vanilla version. At present, the mod only works with the TBM 930. The Citation Longitude is not supported yet, but will likely be at some point in the future...

Disclaimer: I'm not a pilot and have never even been within visual distance of a TBM. I use pilot reference manuals of the G3000 to guide development of the mod. There are definitely things in the mod that don't work exactly like they do in the real G3000: some are deliberate due to limitations of the underlying sim, and others I probably don't know about because anything that isn't explicitly spelled out in the manual I had to take my best guess at. I welcome any feedback either in this thread or on Github.

You can find some release highlights below. Full notes can be found at the Github page.

Release Highlights:

• You can now adjust screen brightness with the touchscreen controller. No more burned out eyes during night flights!
• Many new features have been added to the navigational map (NavMap):
  • Change map orientation between Heading Up, Track Up, and North Up.
  • Maximum map range increased to 1000 NM.
  • Improved customization options for the display of map symbols (airspaces, airports, VORs, etc): toggle visibility and set maximum ranges for individual categories or use the DCLTR function to quickly clean up the map.
  • You can now sync map settings between the main navigational map (on the MFD) and the PFD inset maps.
• There is now a weather overlay (NEXRAD style) for the PFD inset map.
• The Audio/Radio page will now display ident codes for NAV1/NAV2 when tuned to the correct frequency.
• Fixes for vanilla bugs:
  • MFD wind display now has the arrow pointing in the right direction.
• -tbm version only: Made it so that the backlighting of the standby altimeter and airspeed indicator is controlled by the overhead Panel Lighting knob. This makes it so that every bit of lighting inside the TBM cockpit is adjustable (screens and associated buttons/knobs with G3000 digital control and everything else with the panel lighting knob).

[turbomax 3,263]

fantastic, the amount of creativity this simulator is generating. thanks a lot!

[SN737 129]

Wow, you' re very generous man, thank you so much.

[rtodepart 761]

thank you very much ...

[roland 28]

Thanks a million.

Will the tbm version harm the King Air's G3000?

[Flyfaster_MTN002 412]

So it breaks the Longitude or that will still function as it has?

[aznricepuff 83]

2 minutes ago, roland said:

Thanks a million.

Will the tbm version harm the King Air's G3000?

No; the King Air uses the G3x, which has a different code base. You can even use the -std package and it won't break the King Air.

[aznricepuff 83]

4 minutes ago, Flyfaster said:

So it breaks the Longitude or that will still function as it has?

The -std version will break the Longitude. The -tbm version will not (it just won't add anything to it).

[guenseli 1,577]

thx for this!!!

 

Could you @aznricepuff explain how I could change brightness? I do not find it ...😵

[Redge 240]

This looks great! Thank you - I’m going to try this later on.

were you aware of someone else also working on the G3000? They haven’t made any functional changes yet but seem to have re-skinned the touchscreen interface to be more realistic. Not sure if a collaboration would be interesting to either of you?

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/improved-tbm-930-touchscreen-controls/278409

[Concorde79 65]

Have to test this out.

wish there was a way to have the G3000 map screen divided in two and added the chart visible for the approach etc.

Now there is basically zero things you can do in the screens on the vanilla version.

[Barnes 192]

1 hour ago, guenseli said:

thx for this!!!

 

Could you @aznricepuff explain how I could change brightness? I do not find it ...😵

On the touchscreen select MFD/AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS/LIGHTING CONFIG. There you will find the Master slider

[Barnes 192]

Thank you very much @aznricepuff for this mod. Exactly what I had been hoping somebody would come up with.

As @Redge indicated above, it would be great to have this mod combined with the touchscreen mod if possible.

Edited October 4, 2020 by Barnes

[guenseli 1,577]

14 minutes ago, Barnes said:

On the touchscreen select MFD/AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS/LIGHTING CONFIG. There you will find the Master slider

thx!!!

[BackboneOne 47]

if only we can combine this great mod with working title upcoming g3000 mod to be able to switch synthetic vision and altimeter units🤤