Hmm...

No problems with updating but I just had an odd experience. Not at all sure that the DC-6 is a factor in this, but I've never seen this before. Here's the situation. I was flying from Frankfurt to a small(ish) Polish airport. Weather at Frankfurt was atrocious with overcast and heavy rain. Performance was despite this good. Going northwest about 300NM and closing in on my destination performance started to drop (in contrast to Frankfurt this really was in the middle of nowhere). I didn't have an FPS meter running but I would guess low teens. Here then comes the oddity:

Being just feet from the tarmac I pulled the throttles down to idle and started my flare. The second I idled my throttles the FPS went up to buttery smooth levels again. Half a second later I touched down and performance was good until I shut down the sim. Have any of you had anything like this happen to you?

2 hours ago, Swe_Richard said:

Hmm...

No problems with updating but I just had an odd experience. Not at all sure that the DC-6 is a factor in this, but I've never seen this before. Here's the situation. I was flying from Frankfurt to a small(ish) Polish airport. Weather at Frankfurt was atrocious with overcast and heavy rain. Performance was despite this good. Going northwest about 300NM and closing in on my destination performance started to drop (in contrast to Frankfurt this really was in the middle of nowhere). I didn't have an FPS meter running but I would guess low teens. Here then comes the oddity:

Being just feet from the tarmac I pulled the throttles down to idle and started my flare. The second I idled my throttles the FPS went up to buttery smooth levels again. Half a second later I touched down and performance was good until I shut down the sim. Have any of you had anything like this happen to you?

I've seen a couple of posts on the PMDG forum about FPS dropping severely when the auto-mixture is too lean, then going back up when set back to auto-rich for landing. Might be worth checking that forum if you're not already a member.

with the rel. build i had frame issues after disabeling the flight engineer, after some time frames dropped to about 10 to 15. After re eanbeling the flight engineer all was instant smoth again. Didnt testet with the current build yet.

10 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Just tried to fly a Gyro pilot coupled ILS approach after the update, and it still doesn't work correctly. It won't intercept the localizer, goes right thought it no matter how closely I align with the loc before engaging APP. Oh well, I will just continue to hand fly the ILS. 

Are you using the Adobo GPS  ?, I use only the old Bendix system and works beatiful, captures Localizer and GS from almost any angle

I'm seeing a weird LOD issue since the update (I hadn't restored my liveries, if that's a question). I used a PMDG livery as that was all there was. Anyway, when I backed away from the aircraft using the drone camera, the aircraft would transition from normal, to only wing tanks and tires visible, to full render again.

I wouldn't have seen this if I hadn't been at a unfamiliar airport and was getting a high and wide view. FYI. Maybe it was like this before the update too.

11 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Just tried to fly a Gyro pilot coupled ILS approach after the update, and it still doesn't work correctly. It won't intercept the localizer, goes right thought it no matter how closely I align with the loc before engaging APP. Oh well, I will just continue to hand fly the ILS. 

see pp.11 of the pmdg...dc-6 intro.pdf, flying a gps loaded ils app.

 

50 minutes ago, kdfw__ said:

see pp.11 of the pmdg...dc-6 intro.pdf, flying a gps loaded ils app.

 

Read all that. There is a thread on the PMDG forum with many complaining about this issue. https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/pmdg-dc-6-cloudmaster-forum/132426-help-with-ils-approach

Edited June 26, 20214 yr by Bobsk8

19 hours ago, bumpywindshear said:

DC-6A (freighter), cargo stay`s visible if the plane is empty, this bug wasnt before...

It is a LOD thing also, if you go closer, it works as expected. Would thing they did that as a temp. work arround until model animations are fixed for multiplayer.

Just installed the 2.0.27 update. Can't give any details for now, haven't flown it yet and can't find a changelog anywhere...

Edit: Changelog here: https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/137086-30jun21-pmdg-dc-6-for-msfs-updated-to-2-00-0027-via-operation-center-today

Edited June 30, 20214 yr by pstrub

Lost My MATS livery after update. Trying to reinstall it now. 

I keep getting the notification that the PMDG ops center can't connect to PMDG servers. Been a few weeks of this.

 

Donald Traill

20 minutes ago, Donald Traill said:

I keep getting the notification that the PMDG ops center can't connect to PMDG servers. Been a few weeks of this.

 

Donald Traill

Was there not a update around that time, when you had to download a new version? I am sure i got an email from them around that time.

Edited March 16, 20224 yr by Car147

47 minutes ago, Donald Traill said:

I keep getting the notification that the PMDG ops center can't connect to PMDG servers. Been a few weeks of this.

 

Donald Traill

There's a manual step that you need to do to fix that. It was discussed on the official forums

https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/164323-06mar22-maintanance-comple-manual-update-of-oc2-is-required-for-proper-oc2-operation