Great news, the excellent Analog Caravan Steam Gauge Overhaul just got better. Some highlights from the changelog: 

• added custom sounds and aural warnings
• new aerodynamics and engine performance tweaks from JayDee*
• new custom implementation of the KX155B and the KR87
• inertial separator actually reduces torque when applied and functions as engine anti-icing
• CTD fixes

This update has been a WIP for quite a while now, and has taken longer than expected. The dev has recently stated that once this update is out, the King Air is coming shortly after - possibly this week. 

*This means that JayDee's mod should be removed from the community folder. 

Full changelog: 

v0.1.2

New Features

- CUSTOM SOUNDS & AURAL WARNINGS ADDED:  A method by which to add custom sounds outside of the default WWISE package and retain all functionality in the default aircraft has been devised and implemented.  This adds the iconic annunciator testing tones comprising the fire warning siren, and fuel selector off warning.  Custom sounds have been added to the environmental control system to better represent the operation of fans, their speed, and the air conditioning compressor.  Small ambient sounds have been added to better create the illusion of analog systems, such as relay/contactor clunks, and warning sound chirps when power is applied to their circuit.  Lastly, oxygen system sounds have been added.  For more information on the operation of these alert systems, see the “Audible Warning Tones” section of this manual.

- Added support for WTT Autopilot Mod, and WTT KAP140 implementation.  A separate package is required to use WTT mode, available at pms50.com/msfs/.  This mode limits radio equipment selection to the PMS50 GTN-750 GPS, which is a limitation of the WTT Autopilot System.

- New aerodynamics and engine performance tweaks from JayDee.  Updated fuel flow, turbine torque tables, SU10 ground handling parameters, and global constant adjustments.  
High altitude performance is also improved by virtue of torque bloom bug fix (see below).

- Radio background materials.  Unlit digits and segments are now visible when equipment is off, and vary in appearance with viewing angle.  Individual electrical traces are also 
visible.

- New custom implementation of the KX155B.  Now supports changing frequency spacing (25 kHz for US, and 8.33 kHz for Europe) by pressing the COM volume knob, and active NAV frequency tuning by pulling the inner NAV radio tuning knob.  Also displays a “T” symbol when transmitting on the appropriate COM radio.  The display is also more crisp, uses a superior 7-segment display font, and the background glows with digit intensity.

- New custom implementation of the KR87.  The correct font is now used for annunciator text, and placement is more accurate.  The text is larger, easier to read, matches the size 
of other custom 7-segment displays in the aircraft, and the font now has the correct aspect ratio.  The display is also more crisp, uses a superior 7-segment display font, and the 
background glows with digit intensity.

- Inertial separator actually reduces torque when applied and functions as engine anti-icing.

- Added more easily accessible L:Vars in AnalogCaravan.xml for cockpit builders and 3rd party product integration.

Bug Fixes:

- RANDOM GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC CRASH TO DESKTOP (CTD) FIXED:  Special thanks to forum user Nicotine70 for volunteering the countless hours required to isolate this bug.  A note 
to other developers: Apparently, MSFS does not play well with the Simulation Variable “WINDSHIELD WIND VELOCITY”.  Although it is documented in the SDK, it is not used anywhere in 
the vanilla codebase.  There are several suitable alternatives for this value, such as “RELATIVE WIND VELOCITY BODY Z”.

Torque bloom calculations were causing artificially limited torque at high dynamic pressures.  This is now fixed, and has improved fuel flow and climb rate at high altitudes.

- Improved Ng calculation to reduce startup lag.

- Fixed possible CTD with the new failure system when over ten failures were active at once.  This is unrelated to CTD’s experienced with any aircraft while running Sim Update 10 
Beta, or the “WINDSHIELD WIND VELOCITY” bug noted above.

- Exterior camera HUD correctly displays engine power setting and flap setting degrees.

- Improved variable choices for more accurate access to underlying free turbine simulation.

- GNS and GTN volume knobs now turn GPS power on and off.

- Fixed incorrect ITT variable for cockpit builders (L:BKSQ_CARAVAN_ITT).

- Fuel Flow adjusted and in-cockpit gauge now shows correct value.

- Improved Ng calculation again.  Now includes secondary injectors on startup, and scales more accurately at low idle.

- Higher quality grunge texture (scratches & fingerprints) on windshield.

- Improved font and spacing on KDI572 DME unit.

- Fixed photocell texture on all avionics bezels.

- Added missing button press sounds to navigation source select buttons.

- Added missing sounds for radio knob pulling/pushing.

- Added missing sound and animation for GTN 750 push buttons.

- Manual updated with all new features.

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by Cpt_Piett

1 hour ago, Cpt_Piett said:

- Added support for WTT Autopilot Mod, and WTT KAP140 implementation.  A separate package is required to use WTT mode, available at pms50.com/msfs/.  This mode limits radio equipment selection to the PMS50 GTN-750 GPS, which is a limitation of the WTT Autopilot System.

Anyone know what they mean with this "separate package"? I don't see anything else on the PMS page.

Currently using PMS GTN 750 (free), PMS GNS 430/530 and FS2020-USER-TESTER KAP 140 as referenced in the manual. Is there anything else?

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by Johan217

24 minutes ago, Johan217 said:

Anyone know what they mean with this "separate package"? I don't see anything else on the PMS page.

I think they’re referring to the “sync-fix”. I don’t use the PMS50 any longer, not sure if it’s still required.

 

It's not the sync-fix, that is not used anymore. It's the package to enable WTT mode when using the PMS50 GTN.

Available here: https://pms50.com/fs2020/gtn750/aircrafts/pms50-gtn750wtt-aircraft-bksq-caravan.zip

2 hours ago, Cpt_Piett said:

 

*This means that JayDee's mod should be removed from the community folder. 

 

Does that include removing the No Pod base mod also?

Thanks,

LouP

 

37 minutes ago, Alvega said:

It's not the sync-fix, that is not used anymore. It's the package to enable WTT mode when using the PMS50 GTN.

Thanks for the clarification. I'm using TDS so I'm not up to date on the PMS. 

32 minutes ago, LouP said:

Does that include removing the No Pod base mod also?

Not sure, I'm not using that one. 

2 hours ago, Alvega said:

It's not the sync-fix, that is not used anymore. It's the package to enable WTT mode when using the PMS50 GTN.

Thanks, that clarifies it!

Anyone else has an error on WX radar screen? We suppose to run instrumentuti.exe now which manual doesn't even mention! Did JF post test build by accident? 

" *This means that JayDee's mod should be removed from the community folder. "

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In my community folder the JayDee mod to remove is called:

ZZ JD C208B Analog - 07 Improvment MOD 0.1.1 1.27.10 Release

"  New custom implementation of the KR87.  The correct font is now used for annunciator text, and placement is more accurate.  The text is larger, easier to read, matches the size 
of other custom 7-segment displays in the aircraft, and the font now has the correct aspect ratio.  The display is also more crisp, uses a superior 7-segment display font, and the background glows with digit intensity. "

In the earlier version the ADF readout was very hard to see. But now (cue the music): The digits again are plainly in the plane!

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by Fielder

2 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

Anyone else has an error on WX radar screen? We suppose to run instrumentuti.exe now which manual doesn't even mention! Did JF post test build by accident? 

Yup. Need to run that .exe. As far as I understand. This is some inside info from NiKoTin (he contributed to solve some of the CTDs):

Quote

it s not suppose to open any windows but relaunching services that wont start (explanation of devs " if you load the aircraft and the avionics don’t want to turn on, this means that your exe.xml is not launching “InstrumentUtils.exe”, which now comes with the installer. We decided to put a lot of the shared code in an external application for performance reasons, but unfortunately, there is a long-standing Asobo bug that makes exe.xml not load every time the simulator is started for some reason… very inconvenient," ) so it s not supose to open any windows but relaunching services that wont start as it should be within the sim.
On my side also it doesn’t open anything, it just relaunch the services responsible of state saving etc

 

Edited October 5, 20223 yr by Cpt_Piett

Having issues with this mod. It was working fine for several test flights, but now i get a bunch of lights on and the radios don’t work. 

On 10/5/2022 at 10:26 PM, sd_flyer said:

Anyone else has an error on WX radar screen? We suppose to run instrumentuti.exe now which manual doesn't even mention! Did JF post test build by accident? 

Yep. In my case, the Instrumentutil was running but the message still came up. I had to remove the package that enables WTT mode to get the message to disappear.
That last update also killed, or at least heavily wounded the AP because it won't arm an altitude properly. It also immediately starts to decend/ascend and sometimes I have to turn the AP off and on to make changes to vertical speed.

4 hours ago, RobJC said:

Having issues with this mod. It was working fine for several test flights, but now i get a bunch of lights on and the radios don’t work. 

Figured it out. Engine was damaged.