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2 hours ago, F737NG said:

In other words, correlation does not equal causation.

^^^This ^^^

The post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy in a nutshell. Basically ... "A happened before B, therefore A caused B."

Thank you, Steve, for your excellent repaints. I bought the expansion last night and have already enjoyed flying the WestJet 736 from CYVR to CYEG.

Hope you’re feeling better soon.

Quick question about the update: uninstall (via Windows) first and install again, or is this an incremental update that can be install over the previous installation?

A mostly analogue process with many touch points … plenty of opportunity for typos, mistakes in calculations, misheard numbers, loading errors, and so on. It’s a wonder that it all worked most of the time.

Lovely. My neck of the woods, too.

11 hours ago, dmwalker said:

sunset was about 4:50 pm so 6:00 pm would be pretty dark.

True. Still seems kinda early to shoot in a celebratory way … but what do I know? 😜

6 hours ago, RAMMSTEIN1977 said:

Are there big differences between middle and high?

I use medium textures and don’t really notice much of a difference. YMMV, though.

3 hours ago, dmwalker said:

Maybe the tradition is creeping into Canada

Gosh, I hope not. I haven’t heard of any other similar news items on Canadian news media.

Come to think of it … I’m wondering if it was something like target shooting or some other type of horsing around, given the gunshots were heard around 6 pm and the location was a “large field” on a “rural property.”

Firing guns on NYE is just not a thing here, and never has been to my knowledge. Discharge of firearms is not allowed as per municipal bylaw where I live, and I would guess that there are similar municipal bylaws throughout Canada--where we don't really have a gun culture similar to our neighbours to the south.

The first time I encountered this practice was a number of years ago, when I spent NYE in Mexico City. While at a party at a friend's house, I was cautioned not to go outside or be near a window as the clock struck midnight. I had no idea why I shouldn't, so I asked and was told that people shoot their guns indiscriminately in the air (much to my then amazement) and that people had been injured or killed as a result.

1 hour ago, Keven Menard said:

Trying to keep people happy!

Thank you, Keven. Above and beyond expectations. So very much appreciated!

I think that the next thing that you should try is to uninstall via Windows, and then download the full installer from PMDG and then reinstall. If that doesn't work, it would be best to open a support ticket with PMDG.

15 hours ago, Tim_Capps said:

the iFly 737 looks fantastic at night and there's something magical in both real flying an sims to look down at city lights and roads and do a night approach.

It sure is magical! I just did a night approach to my home airport, CYVR, after flying from CYYC. I don't often fly at night, but I'm going to start doing more night flights.

10 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

I only asked because I run P3Dv4.5 @ 1080p resolution with a 6GB GTX 980Ti

I have a 2060 and run 5.3 at 1080p resolution.

16 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

Are you running @ 1080p resolution?

1920x1080, so yes, 1080p

I'm on 5.3 with EA on a 6gb video card. I keep my visuals modest but pretty good-looking (e.g., 4xSSAA, Volumetric Clouds off, LOD radius medium, no road vehicles, 70% airline traffic and GA traffic density, etc.). Even with FSLabs aircraft at FSimStudios CYVR, the highest VRAM consumption I'm seeing is 3.3gb.

Otherwise, my framerates, set at unlimited, are great (not below 30) no matter where I fly, I have no stutters, and I've experienced no VRAM crashes. I'm a pretty happy camper, actually.

10 hours ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

ReadBGL CTDs when reading FlyTampa EHAM, work around was to uncheck FT EHAM in ReadBGL.

Jannie Roelofse posted in the iFly forum that they found the problem: the "ReadBgl.exe file slipped through and did not get included" and that "both SP1 and the full installer v4.01.0 will be replaced in the next 30 minutes" ... and that was almost six hours ago.

Just read in the iFly Advanced Series support forum that the service pack is now available.

From the forum:

List of corrected and new items.

DU/CDU Fonts updated.

CDU RTE entry variation more robust.

ReadBGL.exe (Airport mapping tool) Divide By Zero Exception corrected.

CDU Background opaqueness corrected.

RNAV PFD Approach (IAN) Display Info distance corrected.

Sound Pauses minimized.

Speed-brake effectiveness improved.

Glareshield rubber grab area improved.

Corrected a few LEFT/RIGHT click-spot items.

Improved Crew seat visuals at night time.

Adjusted Eyepoint position.

Flaps EDP and EMDP times corrected.

Manuals updated to reflect latest changes and minimum required P3D v5.3.

New HUD drawing technique (P3D v5.3) [Implemented]

Livery Installation Tool. [New]

Ground Power available with Cold and Dark. [New]

Mute sound on loss of P3D focus. [New]

How to get the Service Pack.

If you already have the aircraft installed you only need to apply the Service Pack, Take note that you will have to reinstall any liveries, and this is a good time to give the GetLiveries tool a go.

Head over to the Product page, scroll down and grab the “Latest Service Pack”.

https://www.flight1.com/products.asp?vid=flt1sf&pid=ifly37adv

New customers, or those doing a clean fresh installation, should use the Full installer from the Flight1 Agent.

https://www.flight1.com/view.asp?page=agent

2 hours ago, Paul Deluca said:

I hope to see more coverage regarding the Canadair CL-44 freighter.

I wasn't aware of this plane, Paul. It's not one I'm familiar with. Thanks. 

For anyone who has the Just Flight 146 Professional or QualityWings Ultimate 146 and is wondering where to fly, 146s and Avro RJs are still being flown in Canada—and probably will be for the next 15 years or so, as indicated by Alex Praglowski on his YouTube channel. Check out his latest video here.

4 hours ago, rickgo said:

Does the Ifly 737 adv have rain effects?

No, it does not. Still love it, though.

7 hours ago, jcomm said:

Any of you using P3d v5.3 in Win 11 ?  Positives ? Negatives ?

I am. No issues whatsoever.

So that I'm absolutely clear on this ...

• Download the full installer
• Uninstall only client, content, and scenery via the Windows uninstaller (and don't deactivate the license when uninstalled the client)
• Run the full installer

Has anyone uninstalled the client, content, and scenery and then simply downloaded each installer and installed individually? That's what I normally do and I was wondering if there's something special about downloading the full installer rather than this method.

Lovely story, Noel. Thank you for sharing.

3 hours ago, ScottB2 said:

I thought you were going to link to Veritasium when I saw the topic.

Me, too. Coincidentally, I had just watched that YouTube video last night. As a layperson with no background whatsoever in electricity or physics, I have to say that my mind was blown by the Veritasium video.

3 hours ago, Steve Dra said:

Need some help on the WestJet colors...

My home airport is CYVR, so I see WestJet aircraft a lot. Honestly, I'd be happy with what you've done already. To my eye, though, since you asked, the green in "Jet" is too ... ummm ... light? I think that you can get a better idea of that specific colour by taking a look at the various WestJet logos on the company's Media Resources webpage that contain the colour.

Barring that, I have some jpegs of WestJet aircraft at CYVR that may help.