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Hi Craig, I completely agree with your points above. As you say it appears that some people are never satisfied anyway. To be mentioning what I believe is one of the best add-ons released amongst comments about the CS777 and Blackbox Airbus is just ridiculous. To the specific points: Paying to upgrade to the same thing - complete nonsense, check the list of enhancements/additions. Also as JoshuaC says, if you believed this to be the case why would you then go ahead and upgrade anyway?? Poor FPS - As I appreciate this can be very dependent on individual systems, as can all performance. All I can say is that I always had 25+ with Airbus X and its even slightly better now. I receive no stutters and never have. I have not really been hung up on this anyway as long as the motion is fluid it doesn't matter if the FPS is 15! I purchased the Airbus X in the early days and it has been developed into quite simply the best Airbus add-on available. Regards Mervyn Edwards

Hi DarrianCZE, The above advice will resolve the issue for you, but I saw this when the update became available. Just for the benefit of those who are not seeing it, Ops Centre identifies in notifications that a new version of the 300ER is available, however if you try and download it the screen drops back to the "no notifications" splash and no update takes place. Although you can download from your account, Ops Centre gives the impression that you can upgrade it there. Regards Mervyn

Definitely Yes.... fantastic product! I don't get as much time as I would like on the 777, but with the acceleration feature you can successfully condense long haul flights into acceptable time frames. As with the NGX this simulation is head and shoulders above anything else available! Regards Mervyn

Parked in Los Angeles (KLAX) after flying in from London (EGLL) yesterday. Should find time tomorrow to head off somewhere new! Regards Mervyn

Hi Noel, Assuming you are flying with LNAV engaged, all you need to do is turn the HDG SEL knob to the direction (degrees) you want to turn and press it. This engages Heading Select mode while the autopilot remains engaged but LNAV mode is disengaged. To revert to LNAV you just press the LNAV button. Regards Mervyn

Thanks for the replies, but this really isn't a feature, nor was the HUD down at the time. Also, by reloading FSX with exactly the same scenario the problem had disappeared and of course I can't replicate it now to take a screenshot. Anyway, no big shakes as I say it work flawlessly after resetting. Regards Mervyn

Hi jetsflier, Did this ever happen to you again? Reason I ask at KATL today I had the problem exactly as you describe, a large circular hole right in front of the captain in the windscreen. It also disappeared when I rebooted FSX, but out of curiosity where did yours occur? Regards Mervyn

oskiatl &jongreen, I understand some of the things you are saying here, but for the sake of balance I would like to point out that the majority of people on here try and help out with valid issues wherever they can. I have certainly received assistance in the past and have never felt that I was in danger of being "flamed". Of course if you purchase the product, this forum is the place to ask questions. Where some people go wrong in my opinion is they type away on here with their question and often don't research whether the question has been asked before. Now I'm not suggesting that some of the responses you see to this are justified, however I do understand how frustration occurs when you see the same thing being asked over and over again. The other thing to bear in mind is that I have never seen a tough response from the PMDG team or the moderators unless it is justified. This means the perpetrators of the "flamings" are end users like you or I. You do see similar responses to questions about release dates, whether they relate to the initial product release or service packs/hot fixes. Again these types of questions frustrate people, we should all know by now how it works, PMDG release things when they are happy with them which makes perfect sense to me. So in the end, what I am saying is people should just think through what they are creating a topic on. Research to see if their question has already been asked; consider whether their question can truly be answered and having done that I'm sure the chances of them being "flamed" will have reduced significantly. Oh and of course everyone should just chill a little. Regards Mervyn :rolleyes:

Hi Craig, I must agree with you in terms of the MD11 being a fantastic representation of the aircraft from a system perspective. Also, like you I find I have overlooked it and have recently started using it again. I always used to fly using 2D panels, because I never found a VC cockpit that was truly convincing. I always found the environment difficult to use in my mind, but with the introduction of the NGX all of that changed. It is an immersive and beautiful representation of the VC and it has massively increased the satisfaction I get from my sim flying. The only downside is that earlier airacraft VC's now looked dated in comparison! However, there is very much still a place for the MD11 and I truly enjoy the aircraft and its sytems. Regards Mervyn

What springs to mind immediately is the message when saving flights in FSC which states you must say NO to sids/stars/trans if using PMDG NGX. Could that be your issue? Regards Mervyn

Loving it without a doubt! It is what I fly 90% of the time and the reasons for that are: Systems fidelity Beautiful flight characteristics A virtual cockpit that allowed me to move away from 2D but most importantly.... A stability of performance I have never seen in any other add on. I have simply never had a problem with the NGX, it just works! Regards Mervyn Edwards :rolleyes:

Rob, I'm also in Ryanair livery, prior to pushback at Rhodes LGRP ready for the journey to Liverpool EGGP. Regards, Mervyn

John,If you wish to go to 2D cockpit from the virtual cockpit just press shift + "A" key. By using the Shift + 1 you are superimposing a 2D panel on top of the virtual one.RegardsMervyn

Hi Gabriel, Now that is what I call a spotting position! The nearest I have seen in Europe to this was in Zurich, where the round airport bus trips used to stop between 2 intersecting runways to enable photographs to be taken. Looking forward to your scenery too. RegardsMervyn

On a flight yesterday I experienced a variation of this problem. I had been entering everything via the CDU keypad but decided to try the keyboard function so I clicked on the scratchpad and the green box appeared and I began entering that way. When I tried to enter temp though as I tried to type 40, the 4 appeared and then the 0 overwrote it in the scratchpad, rather like it was on INSERT mode, but I could not correct it. Next flight all was well again. Not a significant issue but maybe worthy of mention. RegardsMervyn

Hi Andrew,The path will be:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\PMDG\NavData this assumes an installation to your C: drive, just change the drive letter to the relvant drive of your installationRegardsMervyn

Sorry I wasn't very clear there. It happens when reaching both the intial 250knot limitation after take off and also when reaching cruise speed.

Every flight I have taken so far I see the EICAS warning message "Engine Rev Limit exceeded" for a split second when reaching selected speed.I don't see the msg mentioned in the manual and just wondered if this is normal?

Hi Revo,Didn't see your question regarding Cold & Dark answered. It is very easy to make any flight C&D. With the 744 loaded just shut everything down and then save the situation with the (semi-colon) key. Name it Cold & Dark or whatever you choose. Then any time you select the 744 just go to the PMDG menu option and Panel State and load your saved panel.Hope this helps.

Many thanks guys.RegardsMervyn

Hi guys,Just a quick question regarding the FSX acceleration pack. I have noted that the 744X is compatible with the pack, but my question relates to the installation sequence.I already have the 744X loaded with SP1 installed. Can I just install the acceleration pack or do I need to remove the 744X first and then re-install?

Thanks for the insight. It sometimes feels like we have to wait a long time for add-ons such as the MD11, but when you see the justice that PMDG do to the actual aircraft they simulate it makes it worth the wait.

Hi name appears within the banner at the bottom of the message. Kreg Earhart... Does it have to appear as a separate line as well?Whoops.... you were referring to a guy further up the list...apologies

I too have the same issue. just little red exes where beautiful JPEG's should be.

Hi Bruce,As was suggested in the previous post it can be a bit fiddly returning to a saved flight, but in my opinion it does not in any way stop you from using the save feature.Also, most other add-ons now offer this facility.I find that a few things happen to my saved flights when I rejoin them. Firstly, I always fly in 2D panel and when I reload the bottom of the screen is empty with no panel displayed. A simple Shift + 1 brings this back.Secondly, the plane climbs above its current selected altitude, usually between 400-700ft but this is recovered automatically by the sim.Thirdly, I see a speed degredation that doesnt recover and I need to select Flight Change twice to force SPD.Just remembered, occassionally LNAV disengages and I need to manually intercept the heading and reactivate.Hope this helps.RegardsMervyn