6 hours ago, JYW said:

 

• There is a headset on the left side, behind the captain... click on that and you get noise cancellation headset sound effect. 

That part is great.  I really love when devs do this.  The newer black square and a2a planes do this too.

And also thanks for your review a few pages back.  It seems to be rare these days to look beyond something negative and post about the product itself.

Edited December 21, 2025Dec 21 by ryanbatc

7 hours ago, JYW said:

Two addendums to my mini review on the previous page 🙂

POSITIVES

• There is a headset on the left side, behind the captain... click on that and you get noise cancellation headset sound effect. 

I can barely hear the difference between the 2.

Also GSX is not loading passengers. Not sure if that is a PMDG or GSX issue.

I am disappointed that you have to use Simbrief downloader unless I am doing something wrong.

Got spoiled by GSX being integrated inside the tablet of the MD 82 by Maddog. (That is a great feature others should follow)

 

1 hour ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

Also GSX is not loading passengers. Not sure if that is a PMDG or GSX issue.

I am disappointed that you have to use Simbrief downloader unless I am doing something wrong.

Got spoiled by GSX being integrated inside the tablet of the MD 82 by Maddog. (That is a great feature others should follow)

 

The lack of of GSX integration (not that they've ever got it right) is just one of those PMDG things...they seem to consider it too gimmicky for their products... I don't know why because everybody seems to like it and other developers do it.

That said you're comment about having to use the simbrief downloaded is surely a mistake?? They can't have gotten rid of online integration with Simbrief??

You have the passengers seated in the last update of GSX.

3 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

I can barely hear the difference between the 2.

Also GSX is not loading passengers. Not sure if that is a PMDG or GSX issue.

I am disappointed that you have to use Simbrief downloader unless I am doing something wrong.

Got spoiled by GSX being integrated inside the tablet of the MD 82 by Maddog. (That is a great feature others should follow)

 

 

2 hours ago, KL Oo said:

The lack of of GSX integration (not that they've ever got it right) is just one of those PMDG things...they seem to consider it too gimmicky for their products... I don't know why because everybody seems to like it and other developers do it.

That said you're comment about having to use the simbrief downloaded is surely a mistake?? They can't have gotten rid of online integration with Simbrief??

They have not removed Simbrief integration. So it does look like Ron may be doing something wrong here.

15 minutes ago, danhenri said:

You have the passengers seated in the last update of GSX.

Also have seated passengers, but no sounds from the crew or passengers. Do you have sound?

10 hours ago, KL Oo said:

Can anybody tell me if the there is the ability to move, slide or hide the captains seat? There was in the P3D version which ported over to MSFS 2020, but the 777 it was removed. 

This is important for some of us with triple monitor setups who need to move the viewpoint rearwards to setup a good field of view.

Cheers

 

 

9 hours ago, Zangoose said:

I've had a look for you and it doesn't seem like it.

 

No disrespect but you're wrong!

In the FMC, press MENU, then PMDG OPTIONS, then go to OPTIONS and SIMULATION.

There are many options, from hiding just the headrest (captain or F/O), right down to fully removing the Captain's whole seat (or FO but that makes less sense).
 

As a TrackIR user I love this feature and removing the Captain's seat allows me to move backwards more, without going 'into' the seat  👍

PS.. This feature has been available in the PMDG 737 since the NGX version (for FSX).

4 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

I am disappointed that you have to use Simbrief downloader unless I am doing something wrong.

There is full Simbrief integration.  Flight Plan, weights, everything.

Simbrief integration for weights is in the tablet.

Simbrief integration for loading the flight plan is handled realistically in the FMC.  There's an option to load it on the FPL page when you're setting up.

10 minutes ago, JYW said:

 

 

No disrespect but you're wrong!

In the FMC, press MENU, then PMDG OPTIONS, then go to OPTIONS and SIMULATION.

There are many options, from hiding just the headrest (captain or F/O), right down to fully removing the Captain's whole seat (or FO but that makes less sense).
 

As a TrackIR user I love this feature and removing the Captain's seat allows me to move backwards more, without going 'into' the seat  👍

PS.. This feature has been available in the PMDG 737 since the NGX version (for FSX).

To be fair, I didn't look in the FMC. I was just seeing if the chairs could be moved via an animation. Glad to see it is an option though!

Edited December 21, 2025Dec 21 by Zangoose

16 minutes ago, JYW said:

In the FMC, press MENU, then PMDG OPTIONS, then go to OPTIONS and SIMULATION.
 

Thanks for confirming @JYW - Much appreciated!

12 minutes ago, Zangoose said:

To be fair, I didn't look in the FMC. I was just seeing if the chairs could be moved via an animation. Glad to see it is an option though!

👍   The dramatic red text was just so KL Oo would see it BTW 😄

Robert has posted a "Post Release Update & Thank You!" thread at: https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/381659-21dec25-post-release-update-thank-you

cant seem to get the throttle lever for no2 engine to move at all

honeycomb bravo tried a different lever wont work tried moving with mouse still wont work

looked in settings and checked nothing is assigned on any other device

verified files in oc3 seem ok

started at gate and runway still nothing

has anybody got any ideas please

I still can't understand why some users who did not own the -800 for FS 2020 could buy it with disccount and others couldn't - my case, I own the -700 for FS 2020...

1 minute ago, jcomm said:

I still can't understand why some users who did not own the -800 for FS 2020 could buy it with disccount and others couldn't - my case, I own the -700 for FS 2020...

According to PMDG, this never happened and no one got a discount they weren’t eligible for. They claim it is trolls lying to people.  This is officially from that Mathjis guy. 
 

So you should believe PMDG 🙂 we never got this discount ….