Carenado PC-12 just updated to v1.2.0

[turbomax 3,304]

8 minutes ago, Gordon Hutchison said:

save your cash for the SWS

when?

if their graphics are close to Carenado's I will consider that. Carenado pilots are spoiled by superb visual quality, especially in VR there is no room for compromise. I don't get it why they can't hire some decent programmers, after they broke up with Thandra? greed?

Edited January 20, 2023 by turbomax

[Zangoose 1,633]

Just now, turbomax said:

when?

if their graphics are close to Carenado's I will consider that. Carenado pilots are spoiled by superb visual quality, especially in VR there is no room for compromise.

Some point this year is what they are saying.

[Gordon Hutchison 76]

Check out their Kodiak to see an example of SWS's 3d modelling quality.

The SWS team also just spent a week at a commercial PC12 operator in their sim and aircraft; needless to say, the SWS will make the Carenado look like a toy.

[turbomax 3,304]

1 minute ago, Gordon Hutchison said:

needless to say, the SWS will make the Carenado look like a toy.

agree, I have a few of their pretty toys. wouldn't mind a Phenom or BeechJet though. But I was not only referring to modelling, but also their mastery of textures, haven't seen anything better so far.

[Johnny Wyatt 152]

21 minutes ago, turbomax said:

haven't seen anything better so far.

Fenix

[ryanbatc 13,025]

13 minutes ago, Johnny Wyatt said:

Fenix

The FSW C414 is even better imo - the look of the C414 is basically perfect.  Fenix is right there as well though.

[Johnny Wyatt 152]

Just now, ryanbatc said:

The FSW C414 is even better imo - the look of the C414 is basically perfect.  Fenix is right there as well though.

I read FSW contracted another company to make the graphics of the C414, or part of.

[turbomax 3,304]

54 minutes ago, Johnny Wyatt said:

Fenix

don't have that but I think airliners are easier to texture than the cockpit & cabin of high-end GA airplanes, no?

[ark 1,295]

2 hours ago, Johnny Wyatt said:

I read FSW contracted another company to make the graphics of the C414, or part of.

The C414 textures were done by 3DReach. FSW, which is basically a one man company, did the modeling and coding. 3DReach has done work for many of the well known sim developers such as Milviz, Carenado, JustFlight, Orbx, FlightBeam, etc.  3DReach certainly does excellent work.

Al

 

Edited January 21, 2023 by ark

[turbomax 3,304]

They said specifically for update 1.2 they had fixed the missing white engine instrument stripes:

"EIS White bars visibility fixed on Windows 11." is that what I am getting for being still on Windows 10? 😀

they are black again in spot view mode:

"you can have it any colour you like as long as it's black"

but they do show in normal virtual cockpit mode:

Autopilot Status Annunciator NAV light displaced:

 

"Black is Black, I want my Autopilot status lights back, bad is bad - I'm feeling sad":

here they show correctly in normal virtual cockpit view:

Edited January 21, 2023 by turbomax

[Sonosusto 695]

4 hours ago, Johnny Wyatt said:

I read FSW contracted another company to make the graphics of the C414, or part of.

A lot of them do in fact.

[lupedelupe 316]

8 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

Try disabling the Avidyne and see if it fixes things..

Edit the panel.cfg file (in the carenado-aircraft-pc12\SimObjects\Airplanes\Carenado_PC12\panel folder)

Add //

[Vcockpit16]
size_mm=640,480
pixel_size=640,480
texture=$AVIDYNE_Screen
;zorder=15

//htmlgauge00=NavSystems/Carenado/EX500/EX500.html, 0,0,640,480

 

Thank you kindly Bert, I will certainly try this. 

[Bert Pieke 7,591]

4 hours ago, turbomax said:

Autopilot Status Annunciator NAV light displaced:

I believe that is actually correct.. there are two readouts for one button, NAV and ARM..

 

Edited January 21, 2023 by Bert Pieke

[roland 28]

Sorry, but I have another thing I am not happy with.

All aircraft lights bar landing/taxi/recognition and the beacon light are much too weak. They are barely visible from the outside with the strobes being the worst, they are completely invisible unless you zoom in a lot.

Would be easy to amend the lights myself but that's not possible without access to the aircraft's systems.cfg.

Carenado, please come on. Give us better lights, It's five to ten minutes job for you, that's all.

 

Roland 

 

 

 

[bobcat999 8,503]

4 hours ago, roland said:

...All aircraft lights bar landing/taxi/recognition and the beacon light are much too weak. They are barely visible from the outside with the strobes being the worst, they are completely invisible unless you zoom in a lot...

Yes, it is a pity.  In P3D and FSX, Carenado had the best strobes in the business! 

Developers are claiming lack of function in MSFS for the pitifully weak and atmospheric strobes, I think the beacons are not to bad actually, and look pretty good, so hopefully the strobes can be worked on. 
A bit late after two years though, and I hope all the aircraft that have been released in that time won't require an update. 

Edited January 21, 2023 by bobcat999