Working Title CJ4 v0.7.0

We are happy to announce the release of the Working Title CJ4 v0.7.0! This version brings a long list of changes to the CJ4, including some that will be very helpful while flying approaches. We've also brought the display modes in line with the real aircraft. Thanks to all the helpful folks who contributed to this release.

You can download this release by heading to our 0.7.0 release page and downloading the workingtitle-cj4-v0.7.0.zip at the bottom of the page.

Important Feature Change

The active flight plan route will no longer be displayed in the ARC or ROSE modes. This is accurate to the actual aircraft. The ARC and ROSE modes are designed to work with the course pointer system. If you would like to see the flight plan route, you must use the PPOS display mode (very similar to ARC, except with the active flight plan instead of pointers) or the PLAN mode.

To activate the new altitude select range indicator (altitude banana), press DSPL MENU on the FMC, then go to page 2. Press LSK3L to activate the indicator. The indicator will only be displayed in the PPOS mode.

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Demo video: Working Title CJ4 0.7.0 Features Showcase

Feel free to test out our new Simbrief Profile: SIMBRIEF PROFILE

Check out our interim SoP doc: Interim SoP Document

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Installation

Installation is easy, simply copy the workingtitle-aircraft-cj4 folder inside the zip file to your MSFS Community folder.

Important: We recommend that you fully delete the previous workingtitle-aircraft-cj4 folder before copying this release.

Key Features

• Added proper VOR navigation modes, including the ability to track VOR1 and VO2
• Added capability to set CRS on both VOR1 and VOR2
• MFD MEM mode memory persists between flights
• Correct course needles on the PFD and MFD for FMS and NAV
• Ghost localizer needle overlay in FMS mode
• Metric units support
• Top-of-descent (TOD) indicator should now display on the moving map and its position properly calculated
• Ability to use a GPU on the ground
• Correct ARC, ROSE, and PPOS display modes
• Altitude select range arc on PPOS Mode
• Persistent hide yoke feature

FMC

• SimBrief load should no longer randomly fail on airway loads
• Improved scratchpad handling to better reflect the actual unit (thanks @panourgue)
• Able to hide yokes in MOD SETTINGS and stay persistent

FPLN

• Setting an origin should now properly clear the whole flight plan
• Setting destination should clear all procedures
• Page should now show correct "NOT ON GROUND" if attempting to set origin while airborne
• Inputting an invalid fix should no longer clear the entire temporary flight plan

TAKEOFF PERF

• Restored ability to set custom QNH (thanks @panourgue)
• Pages should no longer crash without selected runways

FUEL MGMT

• Fixed issue where fuel management page would spontaneously continue to reappear (thanks Wombii)

SELECT WPT

• Overhauled the waypoint disambiguation page to reflect the real unit layout
• Suggested fixes should now be orderd by distance from plane position
• You can now go to multiple pages of SELECT WPT, should there be any (thanks Danice737)

MOD SETTINGS

• A GPU can now be connected to the plane on the mod settings page
• Cabin lights are now properly tied to the battery bus state. This should also bring the flashlight back
• Cabin lights state should be properly saved between flights and will no longer default to on
• You can now clear your input SimBrief pilot ID (thanks @panourgue)
• You can now select metric or imperial units for the aircraft

TAKEOFF REF

• You can now go to all takeoff ref pages even without a selected runway

DEP/ARR

• Pressing the DEP/ARR FMC button should now take you automatically to the appropriate procedure phase as it does in the real unit
• Page no longer miscalculates the number of total pages
• Available approach runways from the selected arrival should now match correctly
• The LSK should no longer select the wrong runway if an arrival is also selected

PFD/MFD

• ARC, ROSE, and PPOS modes have been overhauled. You should no longer see the route map in ARC and ROSE modes, but only in PPOS and PLAN modes (Selected from FMS DSPL MENU)
• Properly modeled and styled course needles have been added to the ARC and ROSE modes reflective of the real aircraft
• The dotted blue ghost localizer needle now shows in ARC and ROSE if you have FMS selected, a localizer tuned, and within range (~30NM from airport)
• The altitude range arc has been added to PPOS mode and will now show when you will reach your selected target altitude (thanks WT Garmin team)
• Metric and imperial units switch should be reflected on the PFD/MFD
• Top-of-descent (TOD) indicator should now display on the moving map and its position properly calculated
• Heading bug resized
• Heading bug and line should now appear and disappear properly in the ARC and ROSE modes
• Changed color of deviation diamonds to green when on an ILS
• Changed deviation diamonds from filled to outlined diamond for accuracy
• Magenta track bug hidden when on the ground, resized, and overlayed over heading bug for visibility.
• When switching to NAV1 or NAV2, you can now select the NAV AP button to enable tracking the tuned VOR or localizer
• The weather radar sweep indicator should no longer show when WX is not being displayed
• Bearing pointers should no longer show in PLAN mode
• Fixed VSpeeds turning cyan when selecting options in the PFD menu

PROG

• Fixed crash when there was no flight plan

Known Issues

• The speed constraints on arrivals may not show correctly because of database issues.
• After using Direct-To, the navigation will not always automatically sequence to the next fix and may enter ROL mode. You can re-activate NAV to navigate to the next fix if you encounter this issue.
• The aircraft is still using the built-in MSFS autopilot (for now). All the existing limitations of that still apply. It does behave a bit better with the various enhancements applied.
• Some flight plan distances may still be misreported when the approach is activated. Please log an issue if you encounter this with details.
• Some instances of the autopilot skipping approach waypoints still occur - this is deep in the sim handling of waypoints and is, for now, out of our hands. We will continue to research this.

Edited November 5, 20205 yr by MattNischan

Thanks. A little bright light in these crazy times.

Edited November 5, 20205 yr by Dillon

Hallelujah happy day

FYI I still crash regardless of the flight plan 🙂

PROG

• Fixed crash when there was no flight plan

Edited November 6, 20205 yr by Flyfaster_MTN002

Thank you!  Finally I can fly this C25C at least as /A hehe  (online flight)

cj4night by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

Very nice! But I have a stupid question.. Does VNAV work? 

Edited November 6, 20205 yr by odourboy

@MattNischan Thank you for this. It's great. I also just watched the latest MSFS2020 yt video, An open invitation from Jorg @Microsoft inviting  you to contact him so you can work together to develop the Cj4. Nice... He is really impressed by the talent in the community.

2 minutes ago, RW1 said:

@MattNischan Thank you for this. It's great. I also just watched the latest MSFS2020 yt video, An open invitation from Jorg @Microsoft inviting  you to contact him so you can work together to develop the Cj4. Nice... He is really impressed by the talent in the community.

As he should be these guys are not only doing amazing work, but doing it as a team no less. Hope MS finds a way to remunerate them for their hard work.

9 minutes ago, Flyfaster_MTN002 said:

As he should be these guys are not only doing amazing work, but doing it as a team no less. Hope MS finds a way to remunerate them for their hard work.

Indeed, Also extended to the Flybywire team and G3000 team. Jorg has no idea however who or where to make contact! Hence the invitation i guess. 😎

1 hour ago, odourboy said:

Very nice! But I have a stupid question.. Does VNAV work? 

It does not. But you can watch a video of our pre-alpha POC test of VNAV on our #progress channel in discord. Did a full VNAV descent on the ROBUC3 arrival and ILS 27 approach observing all constraints into KBOS to the FAF. Pretty cool. Coming soon to a CJ4 near you.

45 minutes ago, RW1 said:

Indeed, Also extended to the Flybywire team and G3000 team. Jorg has no idea however who or where to make contact! Hence the invitation i guess. 😎

We are in touch and are getting a lot of support from them, thanks. 👍

Can't say much more about it right now, but cool things to come...

33 minutes ago, cwburnett said:

Can't say much more about it right now, but cool things to come...

This sounds exciting

37 minutes ago, cwburnett said:

 

We are in touch and are getting a lot of support from them, thanks. 👍

 

Awesome...I did start a flight tonight on PilotEdge with FMS SIDS/STARs but then the sim crashed.  I don't think it was the mod....  I''ve been having constant CTD's near large airports GAH!  It was the first time the FMS was working with AP....brought a tear to my eye and reminded me of flying the Milviz B350 with PL21...

Edited November 6, 20205 yr by ryanbatcund

Tons of tasty upgrades and changes on this one. Amazing! 

Thank you guys so much.

Have problems flying with the latest update - aircraft cannot set in the selected altitude. It goes up and down like crazy!

Can this odd behavior be specific to certain liveries only? 

13 hours ago, RW1 said:

Indeed, Also extended to the Flybywire team and G3000 team. Jorg has no idea however who or where to make contact! Hence the invitation i guess. 😎

Excellent news, I for one really appreciate what all these guys have done for our enjoyment. It's also great to see the real talent in the community.....