Jump to content

Orbx update Tfdi 717


Recommended Posts

Posted

Hello.
There has been an update in Orbx tfdi 717, but after installation all the screens turned black.
The power is there, but the radio and screens are dark. Some suggestion please .

Best

Thor

 

 

 

Thor H

Posted

Video drivers up to date?

Probably best to ask on their support forum.

Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc
ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V

System1 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090
Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@30Hz,
3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU, 1.2Gbps internet
Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro
PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box

Sys2 (MSFS/XPlane12-11): AMD 7800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE
Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro
Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case

Portable Sys3 (P3Dv4/FSX/DCS): i9-9900K @ 5.0 Ghz, Noctua NH-D15, 32GB 3200/16, EVGA RTX3090, Dell S2417DG 24" GSync
Corsair RM850x PSU, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog HOTAS, Coolermaster HAF XB case

Posted (edited)

Youre description of the problem is kind of unclear. Do you say the graphics are there, but the plane is without power on its cockpit displays? If you can see the scenery and the plane in outside view, something may have gone wrong with the installation of the plane but the display driver is ok.

To fix this, i'd rather uninstall the plane an install it again. Make a copy of the textures you added and of the aircraft.cfg with the definitions for the liveries, that you can rebuild it later.

Also the shader cache needs to be deleted, if you installed a new video driver recently. To delete your shaders goto C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5\Shaders and delete all files there

This may be a shaders problem too.

 

P.S. I started the update manager today and it wanted to update the addon manager. Ok did that. After this, it lost the previous installation of the plane in P3D5. Ok so I installed it again. Quickly checked the files dates. The newest from tfdi dated 28th July 2021. So my conclusion, there is no update to the plane. After adding my repaints, I loaded the sim and selected the plane. In the cockpit all was dark, dark windows, dark screens. The sim was paused. After unpausing it, everything came to life. Maybe it's just that easy.

Don't know about the ORBX install but that should work the same. Maybe check with the tfdi addon manager, what it says there. Did you install reallight and trueglass?

Edited by blaunarwal
  • Like 1

OS=WIN11 Home, Sim=P3D5 5.4 (P3D4 and FSX for install reasons)
Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft

MB=Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite AX, CPU=i13900K, Cooling=Be quiet! Pure Loop II FX
GPU=KFA2 RTX3090 24 GB, RAM=64 GB DDR5-5600, HOTAS=Logitech G Saitek X52 Pro

Visit my website for fixes and addons: https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods

Posted

Thanks a lot for the suggestions.
I updated the video driver, but I probably forgot to delete the shader cache.
It was Orbx central that had two updates, TFDi 717 and EGLC2.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled 717 without success.
The scenery and graphics are there, only EFB, displays and radios are black.
I can also start the APU, but that doesn't help.
I haven't updated reallight and trueglass, I'll try that.
I'll get back with the results.
Thanks.
Thor

Thor H

Posted

Haven’t used the plane in a long time but I have the same issue after updating in Central. Seems this bird has always been a problem child of one sort or another. Unusual high VRAM usage for me.

  • Like 1

Vic green

Posted

Roll back with a backup. I know, you don't have. So make a ticket at ORBX, which made this mess. https://orbxdirect.com/support?srsltid=AfmBOooGWturccHNQKVA0LkWKgs-8nnCrcePA--hZgKCD9cqNdRca-9S

OS=WIN11 Home, Sim=P3D5 5.4 (P3D4 and FSX for install reasons)
Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft

MB=Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite AX, CPU=i13900K, Cooling=Be quiet! Pure Loop II FX
GPU=KFA2 RTX3090 24 GB, RAM=64 GB DDR5-5600, HOTAS=Logitech G Saitek X52 Pro

Visit my website for fixes and addons: https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods

Posted

No on Simmarket I got offered an update to the 717 too. It says official v6 support and some language issues fixed. I will not load it, since it's not worth the potential hassle.

  • Like 1

OS=WIN11 Home, Sim=P3D5 5.4 (P3D4 and FSX for install reasons)
Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft

MB=Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite AX, CPU=i13900K, Cooling=Be quiet! Pure Loop II FX
GPU=KFA2 RTX3090 24 GB, RAM=64 GB DDR5-5600, HOTAS=Logitech G Saitek X52 Pro

Visit my website for fixes and addons: https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Some corrections, I have corresponded with TFDI Customer Support, not ORBX.
TFDI suggests I contact ORBX as they are unable to resolve the issue.

Thor H

Posted

@trening @yrodin

I got the update also offered via TFDi Desing Addon Manager. It works fine, see pic.

Suggest to completely uninstall the plane with ORBX Central, move remaining directories of the plane to another drive into a temp directory, then re-install the plane. With the moved remaining files you can add your liveries again in case you have added some.

Fi1CyvC.jpg

 

  • Like 2

OS=WIN11 Home, Sim=P3D5 5.4 (P3D4 and FSX for install reasons)
Addons=ORBX, ASCA, AS, TOGA and tons of sceneries, aircraft

MB=Gigabyte AORUS Z790 Elite AX, CPU=i13900K, Cooling=Be quiet! Pure Loop II FX
GPU=KFA2 RTX3090 24 GB, RAM=64 GB DDR5-5600, HOTAS=Logitech G Saitek X52 Pro

Visit my website for fixes and addons: https://sites.google.com/view/dans-p3d-mods

Posted

I uninstalled it through ORBX and now it won't install properly. ORBX Central just hangs on the installation on the "finalizing and cleaning up" part. I don't know what's going on.

  • Like 1
Posted
53 minutes ago, yrodin said:

I uninstalled it through ORBX and now it won't install properly. ORBX Central just hangs on the installation on the "finalizing and cleaning up" part. I don't know what's going on.

You’re not alone. I had the same experience yesterday. This plane is nice when she works with emphasis on when.

  • Like 1

Vic green

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Tom Allensworth,
    Founder of AVSIM Online


  • Flight Simulation's Premier Resource!

    AVSIM is a free service to the flight simulation community. AVSIM is staffed completely by volunteers and all funds donated to AVSIM go directly back to supporting the community. Your donation here helps to pay our bandwidth costs, emergency funding, and other general costs that crop up from time to time. Thank you for your support!

    Click here for more information and to see all donations year to date.
×
×
  • Create New...