Bob Scott

I see he's already got it in the database.

So has anyone using PSXT sent Nico the tblo.zip file for Orbx KATL yet?

See: https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/696911-pmdg-operation-center-2

Read through this thread: https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/695375-pmdg-oc2 There's discussion of several .ptp file decompilers that will allow you to take a ptp file, decompile it, and manually install it into the sim. Cumbersome, but better than nothing.

My guess would be either the condition of the pavement is no longer suitable to hold a heavy aircraft, or they have installed elevated (e.g. lighting) structures there.

I think a data feed issue is best addressed with Balthasar at: [email protected]

"total reset and install" -- what exactly is that? Reinstall of Windows and everything else? Just the sim apps? Are you running a single PC or a networked config? Your Orbx installation issue might be an antivirus or other security software getting in the way. I'd also check your firewall settings when having interconnect issues. Have you set up your simconnect.xml, simconnect.ini and (if running remote) simconnect.cfg files properly? Have you installed all the legacy versions of the SDK in order (FSX, FSX SP1, FSX SP2, FSX Acceleration) from the legacy folder included in the P3D install? Many P3D add-ons use older simconnect versions for compatibility, so you need to install all of them, from oldest to newest (they exist side-by-side).

When you put hardware on a different PC (or the same PC with a fresh install of the OS), Windows generates new GUIDs used to identify each hardware controller. It seems likely that the configs MSFS stored in the cloud are tied to the GUIDs on the old machine. Try binding something like an unused button to something innocuous like smoke on/off and see if the MSFS controls UI recognizes the input. If not, I suspect you'll need to rebuild your configs.

Our tech is investigating turning that off...it's boilerplate intended for those that use the forum software for a storefront.

I'd say something like the Virpil Aeromax stick looks promising. Don't have one personally, but I like what I see. Left and right stick heads available, too.

Airside: Streetside:

go to support.pmdg.com, create an account, and then login and create a ticket for your problem.

Probably best to ask this on PMDG's support forum, or via a support ticket on their site. Which airport? I think the FMC is only populated with airports having runways long enough for a 777.

Nico is on vacation until June 8th, and so I'd surmise that the airport database hasn't yet been updated for the new Orbx KATL.

AFAIK, in MSFS 2024 GSX does not yet replace the jetways with GSX versions like it did in FS2020 and P3D. The jetways are configured by the scenery developer and generally rely on the door placement coordinates in the aircraft.cfg. GSX can change the position of the acft only.

Great White land sharks?

My MSFS system is similar to yours, except I run an RTX 4090 (24GB VRAM). I run at a ~26% lower resolution (3840x1600) than 4K, and have no issues holding a smooth 40 fps native (80 with frame generation) with heavy acft and scenery add-ons in FS 2024. So I surmise that video system performance explains the difference between our experiences running MSFS 2024. I think your 4070Ti GPU probably does present a significant bottleneck given that you're driving a high-bandwidth 4K (8.3 Mpx/frame) display. Non-flightsim game benches rate the 5080 anywhere from 15% to 45% faster, but I'd suspect that having 33% more VRAM on the 5080 (16GB vs 12GB) also makes a significant difference in MSFS at 4K.

Black Bastle? Black Castle?? Blacksquare maybe??? I do not have those add-ons, but my other BS add-ons allow hot-swap selection of the GNS either in the tablet or on the radar screen on the right side of the panel. A right-click on the TDS gauge face generally works to pop out the gauge, but I suspect that has to be coded in the 3D panel to work. So it may work differently from add-on to add-on. Are you having the differential behavior using the TDS on the same add-on on different computers?

Set "Raymarched reflections" to no higher than medium. see: https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/t/windshield-reflection-intensity-not-working/16987/22 h/t @mmcmah

The recent posts list is in the right margin of the main forum landing page.

Go into your account settings, under "Content preferences" you can select where in a thread you will first be taken (beginning, last read, or last post)

Nobody is trying to "fix" anything. The previous version of our COTS forum software was deprecated by the developer, so we were forced into either upgrading or losing support.

OK, the snippets have been turned off and we're back to a compact forum view. It took me a while to find the setting in the new version of the forum software.

If you archive the PMDG folders in the P3DVx root folder, the P3DVx\Simobjects\Airplanes folder, and in C:\Users\<yourUserName>\AppData\Roaming you should have everything you need to copy back on top of a base install to have the liveries in your current install. No .ptp files needed. But if there are PMDG or 3rd party ptp liveries out there you may someday want to use, install them and archive them now.

Thanks Jose