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Walkaround query.

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19 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

yeah I'd at least open the door, and flip some lights on to make sure they are working

...not to mention switching on the Pitot Heat, to make sure it's actually heating up. 

(Sorry for the tangent, just adding my personal checklist.)

Petraeus

 

I noticed that i have to right click to get the left click to work. It brings up the mouse icon and then i left click. 

I make my copilot do the walkarounds. It's beneath my dignity to do it.😂

Pete Locascio

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11 hours ago, Mace said:

That's not true for my MSFS2024 install.  I start outside and I can WASD to my heart's content right away.   It could be that you're not giving it enough time to load as was said. 

A tip on this, spacebar lets you "run" or walk faster.  You probably know that, but some people reading this may not and it's a neat thing.

I did say that using the keyboard works immediately. But I'm not in the habit of using the keyboard as a 'go to'. I didn't know about the spacebar though. 👍 The buttons assigned to WASD don't work until I enter/exit. As for not giving it enough time. Would seven minutes qualify as 'enough time'? Yes I timed it, then gave up.

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2 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

I did say that using the keyboard works immediately. But I'm not in the habit of using the keyboard as a 'go to'. I didn't know about the spacebar though. 👍 The buttons assigned to WASD don't work until I enter/exit. As for not giving it enough time. Would seven minutes qualify as 'enough time'? Yes I timed it, then gave up.

What do you mean by "buttons"?  Do you mean you have some other device assigned to the W-A-S-D commands?

If you do, I have never gotten that to work.  At all.  I wish I could use my gampad mini-joystick for that but so far, I haven't figured out how to do it.

Rhett

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On 2/12/2026 at 9:01 AM, ryanbatc said:

If I start on a ramp usually I'm outside the aircraft.  I think that applies to only native 2024 aircraft though.

My practice w/ Fenix 320 at a ramp is to summon GSX air stair and walk up the stair, open the airplane door, walk in and open the flight deck door, sit down and start the electrics.   Since SLC penalizes score if you let PAX walk in w/o closing the FD door I will keep it open long enough to see the flight attendants board, then close the FD door and proceed w/ Self Loading Cargo.  Def helps increase the immersion factor a wee bit!

Noel

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5 hours ago, Mace said:

What do you mean by "buttons"?  Do you mean you have some other device assigned to the W-A-S-D commands?

If you do, I have never gotten that to work.  At all.  I wish I could use my gampad mini-joystick for that but so far, I haven't figured out how to do it.

You know, things you have on a controller that you press and stuff happens. You can have switches too. I use FSUIPC to assign a job to whichever button I choose to do whatever job I want it to do. In this instance it assigning WASD to four positions on a spare hatswitch.

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