Milviz DHC-2 Beaver Update

[aeronauta]

Apreciate your work, thank you

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Jorge

[rowcoach]

Thank you for putting this together, @Rogen.

It looks like I'm finding this a little late. I hope it is still available. I've just sent you a PM.

Cheers,

colin

[Rogen]

2 hours ago, rowcoach said:

Thank you for putting this together, @Rogen.

It looks like I'm finding this a little late. I hope it is still available. I've just sent you a PM.

Cheers,

colin

No probs and message sent.

I primarily put the package together in v4.5 as that's my main sim, that said I've been flying it a bit in 5.3 while working through some shader mods for this thread

and have noticed a couple of funky things with some of the effects, plus I'm missing the weather radar too.

So my next update will be to have a look at the effects and see what I can do, as well as add Rolan's Radar v5 as embeded for Active Sky integration.

Cheers

[Paughco]

@Rogen: Thank you for your work on the Beaver update. I sent you a PM requesting a way to get the update.

Thank you
ATB

[Rogen]

Hey Folks,

For those who are interested there is a P3D v5+ update, well... I hope it will work on P3D 6... I don't have v6 to test with and all testing has been with P3D v5.3.17

It's just a minor update of around ~34 MB and does the following.

• Replaces the MilViz embedded WX radar with the Roland Radar configuration (replaces the defunct Milviz embedded display).
• Adds a missing STOL texture (because Milviz lost it).
• Comments out a couple of effects in favour of the original defaults (as their colours were messed up).

You'll also need to download the Roland Radar package from the AVSIM library (if you don't already have the package).

https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=p3dgau&DLID=200102

 

Download: P3D v5+ Update v1.1 (this is only needed if you are running P3D v5+)

"MilViz_DHC2_Community_Update_v1.1_(P3D_v5+)"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Gisiiyh8mji3uTr3xR3wD5Lq7uHKDXI/view?usp=sharing

Cheers

A couple of pics in P3D v5.

[Hamilton_]

4 hours ago, Rogen said:

Hey Folks, For those who are interested there is a P3D v5+ update

Awesome! Thank you so much Rogen. 👍

[Luis Hernandez]

10 hours ago, Rogen said:

Hey Folks,

For those who are interested there is a P3D v5+ update, well... I hope it will work on P3D 6... I don't have v6 to test with and all testing has been with P3D v5.3.17

It's just a minor update of around ~34 MB and does the following.

• Replaces the MilViz embedded WX radar with the Roland Radar configuration (replaces the defunct Milviz embedded display).
• Adds a missing STOL texture (because Milviz lost it).
• Comments out a couple of effects in favour of the original defaults (as their colours were messed up).

Yay! Thank you very much, Rogen! I'll download it as soon as I get home.

[Rogen]

Hey Folks,

Been a few comments re: the following items.

• No RPM change when manipulating the propeller pitch lever in the VC.
• MVAMS not changing from cargo to passenger.

I'm not experiencing those issues in P3D v5.3 HF2 (5.3.17), below is some info.

• If you are running P3D v5.4 be aware LM broke code that affects XML tools usage, it's a big part of why I'm running 5.3 atm as the problem would affect many of my installed aircraft. The same issue was introduced in P3D v6, however LM did fix the issue in v6 patch #4.
• The MVAMS version I'm running is v1.0.1.0 and I make changes in MVAMS with the sim not running and have not had issues.

Cheers

[Zylx]

Wow thank you so much for this!  I will certainly send a pm.  Please consider uploading this to a freeware site to make it more widely known and easier for people to access.

[Rogen]

A fellow enthusiast has wrtitten back and advised he is using an additional gauge to use the buttons on the F1 GTN 750 bezel when running the RXP GTN 750 in the VC, which does work quite well although a double click of the button is needed.

Well, I've looked into it further and have managed to work out what is needed for a single button click operation on all the VC F1 bezels for the RXP GTN 750, the GTN 750 + 650 and the 2 x GTN 650..

So I'm at present running through the required work for all the VC GTN bezel options of the Beaver for single bezel button click operations.

But wait... there's more.

A nice new and fully integrated GTNs means the Auto Pilot deserves some work, given I've found the original barely functions and actually needs a pilot to reset the heading bug at every turn, plus there are many times it just gibbed out and failed to catch and follow the GPS line and just generally misbehaved overall.

I get it, if that's what the real one was actually like then so be it (in the interest of authenticity), however I prefer an autopilot that is reliable enough to get on with the job itself and I've gone through the code and reworked so it will function much more reliably which is in testing atm.

All going well with the testing, the intent is to implement as an additional gauge that can be commented out in the panel configs should the original autopilot be desired.

Of course this lot of changes will be targeted to those who have the RXP series of GTNs.

Cheers

 

 

[newtie]

On 12/14/2023 at 2:39 PM, Rogen said:

PM me if you're interested.

Hey Rogen-

I PM'd you about the upgate package.

Thanks, Mark

[Rogen]

On 7/26/2024 at 8:09 AM, newtie said:

Hey Rogen-

I PM'd you about the upgate package.

Thanks, Mark

Hope you enjoy 🙂

I particuarly like the flight model changes myself.

Cheers

[newtie]

On 7/27/2024 at 5:54 PM, Rogen said:

Hope you enjoy 🙂

I particuarly like the flight model changes myself.

Cheers

Hey Rogen- The install went fine as far as I can tell this early on. The Beaver loaded with 3 different GPSs. How to I change or alter the panel.cfg to use only the GTN750? I see that GTN panel in Simobjects>Airplanes>Beaver but don't know how to get the Beaver to see and load it.

[Rogen]

2 hours ago, newtie said:

How to I change or alter the panel.cfg to use only the GTN750?

Use MVAMS to select the 750 and unselect the weather radar and be sure the sim is not running when changing MVAMS options.

Aviod messing about with the pre-configured named panel configs as MVAMS expects everything to be on the up and up to function properly.

Given there are 10 aircraft type folders, 14 panel configs and 38 model files, it's one of the more complex installs for what it is and MVAMS is the tool to use to manage the configuration.

With so many panel configs and aircraft types it's easy to get out of place.

Cheers

[Rogen]

Nearly there, decided to resolve the livery aircraft number plate not reflecting the actual livery number, just something that annoyed me since day one.

It's a texture meaning I've been updating textures and atm I'm writing up the info.

Testing of the autopilot changes seems Ok.

The pic shows an example test fp where the AP correctly captured and followed the full flight plan successfully, something the original AP would not perform in an automatic way.

Updated aircraft number texture plate example.