Flysimware C414AW out of beta!

[Sky_Pilot071 579]

Tried to download yesterday b from FSW but looked like it would take 60 hours.  Even the Market Place isnt that bad.  lol

sp

[ark 1,288]

32 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Tried to download yesterday b from FSW but looked like it would take 60 hours.  Even the Market Place isnt that bad.  lol

sp

Very strange. A number of months ago FSW moved to a high speed dedicated server, so unless there was a rare server glitch, I have to think the problem was along the download path between you and the server.  What part of the world are you in?

Al

Edited August 4, 2022 by ark

[Todd2 2,059]

33 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Tried to download yesterday b from FSW but looked like it would take 60 hours.  Even the Market Place isnt that bad.  lol

sp

It was very fast for me.

[Sky_Pilot071 579]

We have heavy TStorms moving through so will try later since I'm on 5G here in New Mexico.

sp

 

[Sky_Pilot071 579]

Tried again to download the latest update from the FPW site and today it will be 10 hours.  Once again MarketPlace is way faster.

sp

[Alvega 2,119]

2 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Tried again to download the latest update from the FPW site and today it will be 10 hours.  Once again MarketPlace is way faster.

sp

Try rebooting your router or using a VPN, some people said that helped them.

Edited August 5, 2022 by Alvega

[ark 1,288]

51 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Tried again to download the latest update from the FPW site and today it will be 10 hours.  Once again MarketPlace is way faster.

sp

I live in Colorado, so not that far from you, and I just tried a C414 "test" download from FSW and it took less than 2 minutes -- as usual. My internet provider is Comcast.

Do you get any kind of error or warning messages? The problem is not the speed of the server, something else has to be wrong somewhere. I suggest you contact FSW to see if there might be some odd issue with your account setup.

https://flysimware.com/website2019/contact/#Contact-Anchor

How long do plane downloads from the MarketPlace typically take for you?

Al

 

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by ark

[Sky_Pilot071 579]

22 minutes ago, ark said:

I live in Colorado, so not that far from you, and I just tried a C414 "test" download from FSW and it took less than 2 minutes -- as usual. My internet provider is Comcast.

Do you get any kind of error or warning messages? The problem is not the speed of the server, something else has to be wrong somewhere. I suggest you contact FSW to see if there might be some odd issue with your account setup.

https://flysimware.com/website2019/contact/#Contact-Anchor

Al

 

 

Once again we have monsoon rains today with high clouds.  I suspect this is affecting my 5G signal but things are still good in MSFS.  Since May I've seen 10x the amount of rain than for the past 3 years combined here in the West.  Probably a good thing.

Cheers

sp

[Cpt_Piett 4,532]

Meanwhile, at FL150 somewhere over Uzbekistan, there is not the slightest bit of moisture as far as my eyes can see, on the ground as well as in the air. The relevance to this thread being that I'm on my way from Singapore to Europe in the Chancellor. And I'm just blown away by this aircraft. Love it!

I've got to add that I had an engine failure in the mountains of Ladakh, India. User error. I was running the engines at max MP and prop for too long in order to clear the terrain. The encounter with the ground was not pretty - wouldn't have survived that one. 

Which is one of the things I really enjoy about this plane. It's not straightforward. Gotta look after the engines. Need to do proper fuel planning in terms of endurance. For a piston aircraft it's fairly complex. But still one can get up and running fairly quickly compared to an airliner. 

Only 469nm to go until Turkmenbashi 😅

 

Edited August 5, 2022 by Cpt_Piett

[ark 1,288]

1 hour ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

I suspect this is affecting my 5G signal but things are still good in MSFS. 

Are you using your cell phone as a "hot spot" to access the internet for the C414 download?

Al

 

Edited August 6, 2022 by ark

[Boeing_Driver 76]

So I've had the beta version forever and it was working flawlessly. I'm not sure why, but I decided to download the "official" version today. I'm finding that the altitude knob cannot be changed so I can't set an altitude for the AP to capture.

Btw, I can get the knob to highlight and I can see it turning but the value in the window never changes.

Anyone know how to fix this?

Edited August 6, 2022 by Boeing_Driver

[ark 1,288]

1 hour ago, Boeing_Driver said:

So I've had the beta version forever and it was working flawlessly. I'm not sure why, but I decided to download the "official" version today. I'm finding that the altitude knob cannot be changed so I can't set an altitude for the AP to capture.

Btw, I can get the knob to highlight and I can see it turning but the value in the window never changes.

Anyone know how to fix this?

The latest version is now called C414AW instead of just C414A. So you have to make sure you uninstall the previous beta version before installing the new version. The new installer may not uninstall the older version with the old name, and you may have two versions of the C414 in your Community folder. If you do, go to Programs and Features and uninstall the old beta version. Then rerun the new installer which will first uninstall the "new" version (which may be defective) and then it will go on to reinstall the new version.

Another possibility is a third party livery problem. Some liveries needed to be updated for the latest version.

And of course, there is always the possibility of some kind of other Community folder conflict.

I assume you have not changed any controller assignments.

Al

Edited August 6, 2022 by ark

[ark 1,288]

6 hours ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Once again we have monsoon rains today with high clouds.  I suspect this is affecting my 5G signal but things are still good in MSFS.  Since May I've seen 10x the amount of rain than for the past 3 years combined here in the West.  Probably a good thing.

Cheers

sp

 Mark at FSW tells me he had another user report crazy download times similar to yours. When the user switched from Chrome to Firefox as his browser, his C414 download took 3 minutes! So you might try switching browsers to see what happens.

Al

 

Edited August 6, 2022 by ark

[Boeing_Driver 76]

14 hours ago, ark said:

The latest version is now called C414AW instead of just C414A. So you have to make sure you uninstall the previous beta version before installing the new version. The new installer may not uninstall the older version with the old name, and you may have two versions of the C414 in your Community folder. If you do, go to Programs and Features and uninstall the old beta version. Then rerun the new installer which will first uninstall the "new" version (which may be defective) and then it will go on to reinstall the new version.

Another possibility is a third party livery problem. Some liveries needed to be updated for the latest version.

And of course, there is always the possibility of some kind of other Community folder conflict.

I assume you have not changed any controller assignments.

Al

I always completely uninstall the previous version before installing the new one. But perhaps it's a livery issue? I'll remove those and see how it goes.

[Gazzareth 808]

25 minutes ago, Boeing_Driver said:

I always completely uninstall the previous version before installing the new one. But perhaps it's a livery issue? I'll remove those and see how it goes.

If you have the PMS 414 WTT patch installed then remove it. No longer required.

Fixed it for me.

 

G