Dirk DECAT

Thank you Daniel for your comment, but ... where can I find FTX Vectors and how to use it ???

Hopefully someone can help me : I have installed all FMX, including up to patch 1.06 and the result is a great sukses. But ... LSTJ (Capt Oriel Lea Plaza Intl. at Tarija, Bolivia) is on a "plateau". With FSX default scenery or with FlightSim SLTJ scenery, I obtain same result. Only the airport itself = runway and tarmac is seen "high above" the surrounding area. When I de-activate FMX Central & South America, the airport+tarmac, both default and the FlightSim, returns to normal. Is there something I can do to correct this ? Thanks in advance. I forgot to mention with PMDG B737 on the tarmac at SLTJ I get Altitude = 7580 ft whereas according recent chart the altitude should be = 6096 ft. It seems to me that the difference between 7580 - 6096 could well be the height of the plateau.

Hye Jonathan, Doing some experiments with DX 10 and thereby adjusting GFE, I have exactly the same images as you describe. Looking at the same NVIDIA folder I do see exactly the same file, but with subdirectory "17.20.8.0" and also including a user.config. You solved your problem by renaming the GFE.exe .... please explain : RENAMING into WHAT ???

The solution !!! As mentioned in previous reply, my VRi COMBO with LINDA works perfectly for FSX default C172. So the solution is quite simple : Delete in FSX/modules/ linda/aircrafts everything referring to A2A C172. Same for linda-cfg. Now start FSX, load default FSX C172, then A2A C172. Check that in LINDA the C172 is loaded. Adjust settings for the user buttons as you like them : use "Record Keypress", more simple is not possible ! After modification click on SAVE. Now I can fly A2A C172 and VRi COMBO does exactly what I have programmed it for. All user buttons give exactly the required action. For me this is fine with one remark : the new settings are fully valid for the A2A C172 only. Some of te selected Keypress does not have a function for the default C172. Because A2AC172 is my replacement for the default C172, that is not a problem.

As I said before, I have no problems with default C172. I worked as follows : Start FSX default C172. In LINDA I see that user button 3 → F10 and user button 4 → keyboard B (= adlusting baro setting). I test both user buttons and indeed they give exactly F10 and the other one gives keyboard B. Now I maximise LINDA and I modify the settings of user buttons 3 and 4 : hence 3 → B and 4 → F10. I save the new settings and reload default C172. Test the user buttons and ... indeed they give now the new actions. I undo and set the originals again and ... indeed I am back at my original settings. My conclusion : for some reason, A2A Cessna 172 in LINDA does not work here, but VRI and LINDA run perfect.

To guenseli, I must have missed that on the user modes, now I understand what you mean and how I can select. When I do now as you explainded, no matter the modifcations I apply and SAVE, I still get the same results when clicking the user buttons : editing seems not possible. Then I have returned to the config-mcp.lua as original recommended for the A2A Cessna 172R. I restarted FSX, first default C172 and then loaded A2A Cessna. Then I modified the 5 user buttons (in Mode 1). See the printscreen below after saving the modifications. Oef, the image type jpeg is not accepted. But I have almost exactly same as you showed. Result : the user buttons still give me the same actions, but not the actions I had set. Using "Set FSX control" or selecting from "Record Keypress" makes no difference. One final remark : when I modify the settings within LINDA, after a few seconds my main sreen becomes "cloudy" as if slowly the weather changes to very dense clouds. Simple reloading the A2A Cessna gives a clear view again. Hope you have other ideas.

Thanks ! I do have the VRi COMBO I = the first one, now dating ± 5 years ? Indeed I am not clear about the 3 users : please clarify me. As for the A2A C172 I would like to have following user buttons : 1 = Shift+2 = Pilot's notes (I see this is actually AP on/off). 2 = F9 = that gives me the 3D or VC view and seems OK now 3 = Shift+3 = Controls 4 = Shift+4 = Payload and fuel manager 5= Shift+5 = Map 6 = Shif +6 = Quick radio's 7 = Shift+7 = Maintenance hangar 8 = Shift+8 = AFK

To guenseli : Now Avsim is back, I hope you can help me out with this LINDA problem on VRi COMBO for A2A C172. As I told you at A2A forum, I am from Belgium and my German is worse then my English. My problem is that wit LINDA and the VRi COMBO I never had problems to configure the buttons (eg. the user buttons) for PMDG NGX or for default C172 FSX. With A2A C172 it seems I cannot configure the buttons with the same procedure I used for the other aircrafts. As you already suggested, it makes no difference if in LINDA I go for Record keypress or for Set FSX Control or for LIB A2A ... it seems as if the changes do not apply, even if I SAVE after the modification. I had a look at FSX/Modules/linda-cfg/Aircrafts/A2A Cessna 172R and there config-mcp.lua and config-mcp2.lua. I assume there is my problem, but I do not know enough of it to see what exactly goes wrong. Let me herebelow give you the content of both files, especially for the part dealing with the USER block. config-mcp.lua contains : -- ############################################### -- -- ## USER block Mode 1 -- ############################################### -- -- USER block buttons and switches USER1 = { ["ENABLED"] = true , ["IDENT"] = "Lght" , ["0"] = "Keys:_Z" , ["1"] = "Keys:_F9" , ["2"] = "Keys:_Shift+3" , ["3"] = "Keys:_B" , ["4"] = "Keys:_Shift+2" , ["5"] = "Keys:_Shift+5" , ["6"] = "Keys:_Shift+6" , ["7"] = "Keys:_Shift+0" , } -- ############################################### -- -- ## USER block Mode 2 -- ############################################### -- -- USER block buttons and switches USER2 = { ["ENABLED"] = true , ["IDENT"] = "DeIc" , ["0"] = empty , ["1"] = empty , ["2"] = empty , ["3"] = empty , ["4"] = empty , ["5"] = VRI_EFIS_MODE_toggle , ["6"] = VRI_MCP_MODE_toggle , ["7"] = VRI_USER_MODE_toggle , } -- ############################################### -- -- ## USER block Mode 3 -- ############################################### -- -- USER block buttons and switches USER3 = { ["ENABLED"] = true , ["IDENT"] = "Othr" , ["0"] = Autopilot_MASTER_on , ["1"] = "FSX:_VIEW_FORWARD:0" , ["2"] = VRI_USER_MODE_three , ["3"] = "FSX:_PANEL_3:0" , ["4"] = empty , ["5"] = A2A_MAP_toggle , ["6"] = VRI_MCP_MODE_toggle , ["7"] = VRI_USER_MODE_toggle , } and config-mcp2.lua contains : -- ############################################### -- -- ## USER block Mode 1 -- ############################################### -- -- USER block buttons and switches USER1 = { ["ENABLED"] = true , ["IDENT"] = "empty" , ["BTN1."] = empty , ["BTN2."] = empty , ["BTN3."] = empty , ["BTN4."] = empty , ["BTN5."] = empty , ["BTN6."] = empty , ["BTN7."] = empty , ["BTN8."] = empty , } -- ############################################### -- -- ## USER block Mode 2 -- ############################################### -- -- USER block buttons and switches USER2 = { ["ENABLED"] = true , ["IDENT"] = "DeIc" , ["BTN1."] = empty , ["BTN2."] = empty , ["BTN3."] = empty , ["BTN4."] = empty , ["BTN5."] = empty , ["BTN6."] = VRI_EFIS_MODE_toggle , ["BTN7."] = VRI_MCP_MODE_toggle , ["BTN8."] = VRI_USER_MODE_toggle , } -- ############################################### -- -- ## USER block Mode 3 -- ############################################### -- -- USER block buttons and switches USER3 = { ["ENABLED"] = true , ["IDENT"] = "Othr" , ["BTN1."] = empty , ["BTN2."] = empty , ["BTN3."] = empty , ["BTN4."] = empty , ["BTN5."] = empty , ["BTN6."] = VRI_EFIS_MODE_toggle , ["BTN7."] = VRI_MCP_MODE_toggle , ["BTN8."] = VRI_USER_MODE_toggle , } Does that gives you a hint what my problem could be ? Regards

I thought this was a topic on A2A C172 and the use of LINDA for VRi COMBO on that aircraft. If not I will have to change to another topic, can you help me SteveFx ? Thanks.

I recently started A2A C172 (including core update 1.6) and I had many problems to get the VRi COMBO and Joystick CH Products working. After updating to LINDA 1.13, the patch recommended for the A2A C172 and using the A2A_C172_v1_02 I finaly managed to get the 8 user buttons working. Unfortunatly I cannot edit these user buttons on the COMBO. If somebody can help me, please do.

Thanks for the reply. I had made the mistake : not the FLIGHTPLANS where lost, but the FLIGHTS. I now found out that FLIGHTS are stored in User\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files. By accident I had emptied that map. Now I have recovered them. Topic can be closed.

I'm desperatly looking for help on similar issue : I have at least 20 saved flightplans in FSX\PMDG\FLIGHTPLANS\NGX. All made by "loading" a particular situattion or from a PMDG tutorial such as from SP1c. I was always able to open such flightplan when starting a new session from FREE FLIGHT. Now suddenly ... when I do exactly the same, all I get is "There are no flights saved". I can see the 20 saved flightplans but apparently FSX cannot longer find them. What have I done wrong or how to correct this ??? Dirk DECAT, PMDG owner since several months