3 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

Getting the same thing as the 777. Plane freezes the screen for 5 to 10 seconds at a time. Making it impossible to fly.

 

Live and learn as they say. 

I had something similar to this with the 777. It turned out to be something to do with an auto save feature I had enable whilst using MSFS, in particular it was Volanta auto save. 

12 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

On a side note, can any of you let me know if you have noticed another issue? Three times today after landing, the GS displayed on both the ND and MFA has "frozen". As an example, I have just landed at EFIV Ivalo, and as I was preparing to exit the runway, the GS "froze" at 12 knots. I was still able to increase or decrease speed with the throttle, but I had no idea what speed I was actually moving at. Then, when I was moving along the taxiway, the plane suddenly "jumped forward" as the GS "woke up" (for want of a better term). In other words, I think that I was moving slower than 12 knots at the time, so when the GS "woke up", the plane was instantly catapulted forward to that figure of 12 knots. It is almost as if the code has gone walkabout, and then comes back a short time later.

A very strange issue. I would love to know if anyone else has seen this.

Just a quick update to say that I think this issue was a settings conflict. I noticed that the "freeze" seemed to occur after I stowed the spoilers at the end of the rollout. I use "Z" to deploy and stow the spoilers, so I searched through the entire controls menu for any other uses of the same key. I found a couple that could have been the source of the conflict, and I did not experience the problem in my subsequent test flight 👍

Edited December 24, 2025Dec 24 by Christopher Low

9 hours ago, pete_auau said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqN2fnhr_Hc

so you dont hear the any sounds like in the link

I do hear "rattle/thud" sounds during rollout and taxi. It is just that the actual touchdown itself is silent. As Matt stated above, this is nonsense. A quick check of 737 landings on YouTube confirms that touchdown is associated with a "thud, plus plenty of rattles" sound!

50 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

I do hear "rattle/thud" sounds during rollout and taxi. It is just that the actual touchdown itself is silent. As Matt stated above, this is nonsense. A quick check of 737 landings on YouTube confirms that touchdown is associated with a "thud, plus plenty of rattles" sound!

strange is that i can hear  the touch down sound although its faint, but you can hear it 

I think this was released prematurely. My 738 has quite a few problems: Sometimes I can't release the parking brake. (I didn't select Realism Mode). The flaps and also Speedbrakes often refuse to work, don't respond to the flap adjustment lever, and stubbornly remain where they are. No hydraulic problems are displayed. Even with the emergency switch in the overhead panel, I can't operate the flaps.
Sometimes the 738 brakes while taxiing and won't move, even when the brakes are released. I often need 100% thrust to start taxiing again.
There are posts about this in the PMDG forum. These and many other problems are known. Some problems of this kind were already present in the beta version, but it was released anyway. 
I hope for an update soon so that every flight can go smoothly.
There are also many flights that I have already completed perfectly. These things occur sporadically, you never know when.
Nevertheless, I am delighted to have my 73NG in the 2024 model.

Happy holidays to you all out there!

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Edited December 24, 2025Dec 24 by Alti

@Alti I've completed 8 flights over the last days and I have not even had a single one of your described bugs.
For flaps and speedbrakes, I just use SHIFT+#, # and F5-F8 on my keyboard.
Are you operating them by clicking in the cockpit? Or have you got some kind of sim gear for this?

2 hours ago, pete_auau said:

strange is that i can hear  the touch down sound although its faint, but you can hear it 

I do hear a very faint "hiss" at times, but that is not what a real touchdown sounds like. The "thud" of the impact with the ground plus rattles from all of the stuff that shakes in the cockpit is what you would hear. Total silence is just ridiculous. What on Earth were they thinking?? 

As much as PMDG hype up the sounds,  and whilst they seem an improvement and I quite like them - the first thing my other half (captain on 737 irl) said was “well this sounds nothing like a 737 in the flight deck” so there’s probably more things to fix than just the touchdown sounds..

32 minutes ago, Konterhalbe said:

@Alti I've completed 8 flights over the last days and I have not even had a single one of your described bugs.
For flaps and speedbrakes, I just use SHIFT+#, # and F5-F8 on my keyboard.
Are you operating them by clicking in the cockpit? Or have you got some kind of sim gear for this?

I'm glad that your aircraft does NOT have any of these problems. A Joke is used here, the buttons are set to keyboard inputs, standard according to FS24. Each button triggers a keystroke via FSUIPC. If the 738 bucks, it bucks, regardless of whether the commands come from the keyboard or the Joke. PMDG has confirmed the problems. About one in four of my flights is affected. Not all of them. It occurs sporadically, for no apparent reason. I am very experienced with the 738 and have flown an airline's 738 simulator several times. I can handle landings without flaps. It's just an emergency program. Nevertheless, the error system is disabled, and that shouldn't happen with payware. Still, I enjoy the 737 in FS24. I don't hold a grudge against PMDG because of this. I didn't care about the $30 either. Happy holidays!

very disappointed.. cockpit is ok, but for the outside model it feels like a port over..And now they are saying we will update the model next year........Sound are ......Back to the Fenix. My grain of salt.

6 minutes ago, Alti said:

I'm glad that your aircraft does NOT have any of these problems. A Joke is used here, the buttons are set to keyboard inputs, standard according to FS24. Each button triggers a keystroke via FSUIPC. If the 738 bucks, it bucks, regardless of whether the commands come from the keyboard or the Joke. PMDG has confirmed the problems. About one in four of my flights is affected. Not all of them. It occurs sporadically, for no apparent reason. I am very experienced with the 738 and have flown an airline's 738 simulator several times. I can handle landings without flaps. It's just an emergency program. Nevertheless, the error system is disabled, and that shouldn't happen with payware. Still, I enjoy the 737 in FS24. I don't hold a grudge against PMDG because of this. I didn't care about the $30 either. Happy holidays!

Hi Alti:

In your defense, indeed, I’ve seen some of these anomalies (especially for parking brake release and flap lever) in the NG, in my MSFS2020 (I do not have the MSFS2024 738 yet).

You seem to be an experienced 738 user, but have you tried these?

- clear or/and service all (pre-existing) faults and maintenance problems in the FMC setup prior to start; you can turn them on later if you wish

- try the actual brake lever and the flap lever controls on the pedestal instead of the custom bindings (you have set via controller or keyboard)

- Yes, I do believe it’s due to a conflict with the default MSFS2024 settings. Set the Parking Brake e.g, to another of the unused buttons on your flight controller. This has resolved the issue for me.

- For initial Parking Brake release, in MSFS2024, ensure that the default MSFS pause has not been activated (by MSFS, without your knowledge)

Have fun with the 738.

Cheers…!

One Bloke’s Opinion here.  Not presented as “Fact”, but “Opinion”.  Still worthy.  YMMV, TANSTAAFL, Blue skies,

-B

 

7 hours ago, gman1986 said:

I had something similar to this with the 777. It turned out to be something to do with an auto save feature I had enable whilst using MSFS, in particular it was Volanta auto save. 

Maybe my acars. Worth checking out . thanks

I am not seeing the "holes" in the model where that YouTuber indicates. The shadows are not perfect, but they do not look "square". The VC is excellent, with crisp and clear textures, and detailed modelling. I would love to know where the "low resolution textures" that he refers to are located, so that I can check them out.

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

I am not seeing the "holes" in the model where that YouTuber indicates. The shadows are not perfect, but they do not look "square". The VC is excellent, with crisp and clear textures, and detailed modelling. I would love to know where the "low resolution textures" that he refers to are located, so that I can check them out.

It's a storm in a teacup. The plane is similar to every PMDG plane ever - very good in some areas, poor in others. PMDG remains the same as well - they claim they are the greatest ever and you are wrong about everything 🙂

As a 737, it's good. And it's infinitely good considering you simply cannot replace it like-for-like. PMDG has no incentive to make it truly excellent, and they are somewhat up their own behinds, so they won't till they are forced to.

Us consumers have to suck it up and hope competition arrives. In amazing news, there are many, many, MANY excellent planes in the sim (just not 737-800/700/600) that you can fly if this one doesn't work. But if you are stuck with 737-nonMax... it's not too hard to use this, it's fine. 

Yes, you can find poor textures and various other issues. But does that ruin the flying experience? That's a personal decision.