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Thanks guys. I figured out a few things..1. I think there is a limit to how many entries you can have under the "lights" section in your aircraft.cfg (read that somewhere years ago too), I had 20 entries, but once I made the vc light part of the first 18, it showed up. 18 Seems to be the limit.2. I was able to use each cockpit light effect only once. In the light section below, I first used the same effect for both lights but only one would appear which wasn't enough light to cover both sides. Once I assigned a diff lighting effect to the second vc light, both lights appeared.3. And finally, the DUH moment of the evening.. I was editing the aircraft.cfg for the 737-700 without winglets but loading the 737-700 with winglets. That wasted about 30 minutes :)light.17 = 4, -6.00, -1.90, 3.50, fx_vclighth,light.18 = 4, -6.00, 1.90, 3.50, fx_vcpmdgltm,Next project.. rain effects for the VC... :)Thanks again,Torsten

Hey Gang,My 737-700 virtual cockpit is dark/ has no lights and is pretty useless at night. I probably messed with some files a while ago, but now for the life of me, I can not get any lighting in the VC. How the heck do I fix this? Is there a line/string in the aircraft.cfg? In the panel.cfg for the VC? Appreciate any help!Thanks,Torsten

And that's the odd thing, I have set FS to make the previous flight the default flight. And I get the previous location, place, etc - except for the weather. It either doesn't get saved or somehow a "clear all weather" command is issued.Any suggestions on how I could find out?

I'm not sure if this is something new or if I just never noticed:I use F9 and ASV6, everything works fine. I shut down both programs, then restart FS9 only. The weather at startup is always blue skies and no clouds, even if my last session ended in IMC conditions. Am I missing a setting somewhere that would allow me to keep the weather from my last session?Thanks,Torsten

After taking a little break from all the frustration, FS9 contiues to crash to the desktop with the pmdg_737ng_main.gau error. It doesn't seem to be AFCAD related. Does anyone have any idea what causes a CTF in that module?Torsten

Traditionally, AFCADs are in the /ADDON SCENERY/SCENERY folder. But.. many commercial addons place them within their own scenery folders in /ADDON SCENERY/scenery name/etc.. Some even add multiple AFCAD files depending on what options you installed. Aerosoft even has it's own folder in the main FS2004 directory.Two ways you can find AFCAD files: Install AFCAD if you haven't already done so, and then use it to open the EGLL (Heathrow) airport file. It will show you how many tmeplates there are, and which one is in use.You can also do a good old CTRL-F searach in your FS9 main directory.. simply search for EGLL and see how many files have these letters in them, and where they are located.Also, to narrow down the cause of the crash, was there a crash message, and if so, what file did it point to? You may want to uninstall the scenery, but NOT the AFCAD files, then refly the flight. If it doesn't crash, something's wrong with the scenery. If it does crash.. well.. still 1 million possibilities :)Torsten

Thanks for your response. I tried looking for duplicates but didn't find any. I finally gave up and uninstalled/reinstalled the PMDG 737s and that seems to haver fixed it. Knock on wood...Torsten

Hello, I never had this problem until a recent reinstall of FS9 (patched to 9.1, Windows XP). Using the 737 and taking of from EDDF, at about 500ft AG, FS9 will crash to the desktop. The error message will point at pmdg_737_ng_main.gau I have turned traffic on/off, installed and uninstalled sceneries - it keeps crashing.BUT... when I take off from KBFI, I can fly all over the place without a problem. What the... ?!I've read numerous posts here trying to find the answer, but no luck so far. Anybody have any clue as to what might be going on here? I'm out of ideas.Torsten

Can't figure out how to delete a post< i found what I was looking for. oh well.Sorry!

Hi, I have flown a fair number of flights now but I have never had the "3-PD" option appear on my intial descend from cruise instruction. Do I need to enable it somehow? I couldn't find anything in the manual.Thx.Torsten

Hi Ray,My clearances are more like initial to FL60/70, then something around FL15, then low 20s, then high 20s, then low 30s, then final cruise in high 30s. And of maybe 10-12 flights so far, only once have I been cleared from around FL240 to FL330. Everything else is the aforementioned small-step-climb to cruise.I fly the PMDG 737 as well by the way, and I have switched to lower rate climbs specifically to avoid sitting at my intermediate altitude waiting for RC to give me my next little step.I'll fly more when I have and see what happens.Torsten

Thank you for your comments. I'm actually quite familar with real world ATC so no problem there ;)The "pilot's discretion" on the descent will help but I'll still roll my eyes at the, in my view, excessive step climb for no reason. In the real world you often get 2-4 clearances and you're good to go all the way up.With RC4 I sometimes (not all times) level off at my intermediate flight levels before I get my next clearance. Climb, level off, climb, level off, climb, etc. will make you few friends in the cockpit, hehe.But it's all good, again, thanks for your comments.Torsten

Hi,I recently purchased RC4 and have mixed feelings about it. The thing that annoys me the most is the climb to and descent from cruise ATC instructions. I get step-climbed to cruise every time. For example 6,000, then 12,000, then FL180, then FL240, then FL 280, then 360, then 380. I never ever have been cleared to climb more than 8,000 feet.On the descent, I get descended down 80-100 miles before from my optimum POD. I understand that you can't always stay high until the last minute and I'm all for that realism. But it's step-descend every time. From 380 to 340, then 280, then 240, then 180, etc. Is this constant step-climb and step-descend "as designed" or am I missing a setting here?Thanks for any comment,Torsten

Dear PMDG,I have been flying the PMDG NGs for quie a while now and I always considered them great products. But of course, not being a pilot I always wondered just how real it was.Well, today, I found out. I spend a few hours in a real 737 motion-simulator and I am still amazed at just how familiar I was with everything. Aside from a few expected differences (location of TO/GA button for example) I managed to start the engine, taxi, and perfrom several take-offs and landings. I flew visual and ILS approaches, used VNAV/LNAV, called up FMC pages and functions - the whole nine yards. While it took me a moment to get used to the control forces and such, my take-offs and landings were great. When landing at KSFO, I touched down so softly, I wasn't even sure that I had touched down until the speedbrakes deployed and the nose wheel came down. I kept saying that this was just like "my sim at home" Duh!. More like the other way around, but that's exactly the point. :)To sit down in a full size 737 motion sim and actually knowing what I was doing was just unbelievably cool (and yes, I knew that my 1 engine out-landing at EDDF was.. shall we say "loose"). If I ever hear any of my friend give me a hard time for "doing that flying thing on the computer again," I can actually shut them up :) I liked the PMDG 737 before, but having experienced just how real it is AND how much I knew because of it, was incredible. Thank you so much for putting so much great work in such a great product!

Hi there, How do I increase the size of nav/landing lights? My nav lights on the wing tips are tiiiiny and my nose landing lights aren't any better. I tried editing fx_2.bmp (in phoyoshop) which most nav lights seem to use but I couldn't figure it out. Do I changes the bmp? is it in the .fx file?? Any help would be appreciated!Torsten