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Strange PMDG 737 bug

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Guess I am the only one still flying the 737 tonight, or trying to.

However I am getting a really weird bug, making it impossible to fly.

On load up, the control column of both pilots are fully left and right, there is a weird glitch where the power switches are protruding through the stoppers, and I cannot press any button or do anything at all.  The frame rates are also really sluggish too.

I have restarted the flight, the sim, reinstalled the aircraft, and it is still exactly the same.  It was doing this intermittently, now it is doing it all the time.  

Have you tried with an empty community folder? some mods can affect other planes, even if they have nothing to do with said plane. 

9800X3d, 4090, 64 GB DDR5 6000 RAM, 4 TB NVME (2x2), 4K Ultra + Framegen

It's a rare bug introduced into one of the recent updates. Some sort of WASM crash IIRC. Usually just restarting the flight via the option in the pause menu should fix it. If not, try a couple more times 🙂

For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.

I get this every single time the PMDG is the first plane loaded after loading in the sim. A trip back to main menu and reload also fixes it every single time. Thankfully that only takes seconds and not the minutes it takes the sim to load. 

Ryan

 

 

 

Exactly the same issue here and every time as well, have to restart the flight and then it's fine.  I don't have to go back to the  main menu though at least.  PMDG offering me a free copy of the 777 would go a long way towards mitigating this inconvenience.  😉  Joking aside it's annoying indeed and needs fixing.

Same issue with me too, about half the time I load one of the 737 variants I get this same situation. Exiting to the main menu and starting again sorts it out but it is somewhat frustrating. 

MSFS 2024. Primary Planes: Black Square TBM850, Duke, Baron, Caravan; A2A Comanche; FSReborn Phenom; Fexix A321; PMDG 737-7, 777: Utilities: Active Sky (Passive Mode); BATC, FSLTL.

So a bunch of guys complaining about posts with real names (shock) and no solution. Other than that, thanks for the link!

Ryan

 

 

 

It has been many weeks and we still have this issue. After restarting I check the FMC and the settings have always changed, and there is about 25 pages of aircraft and equipment settings to update 🤢

8 hours ago, Langeveldt said:

Guess I am the only one still flying the 737 tonight, or trying to.

However I am getting a really weird bug, making it impossible to fly.

On load up, the control column of both pilots are fully left and right, there is a weird glitch where the power switches are protruding through the stoppers, and I cannot press any button or do anything at all.  The frame rates are also really sluggish too.

I have restarted the flight, the sim, reinstalled the aircraft, and it is still exactly the same.  It was doing this intermittently, now it is doing it all the time.  

I have been getting this for the last few weeks, randomly. Normally just reloading the sim fixes it for me, but I did have it happen during landing the other day and couldn't do anything

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I wonder why it's only some of us having the issue.

It sometimes fixes itself by reloading another aircraft, but often takes nearly an hour of loading and reloading, just to get set up.  

  • 4 weeks later...

I have the observed the same issue.  First time I load a flight with the PMDG 737 (any model), the controls are locked left and toggle switches protruding through the guards.  Restarting the flight a time or two will clear it but it is a pain.

57 minutes ago, machtoo said:

I have the observed the same issue.  First time I load a flight with the PMDG 737 (any model), the controls are locked left and toggle switches protruding through the guards.  Restarting the flight a time or two will clear it but it is a pain.

Did you download the latest 737 update released just a couple of days ago from the PMDG Operations Center? It is supposed to fix this specific issue.

Jim Barrett

Licensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.

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