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First issue . can someone help with this issue. i have the black castle baron and bonanza in msfs 2024 ,, i also have the tdsgtn 750 full up to date and it is in gauge mode, firstly i dont know how to get it as a stand lone on these particular planes , is it possible? i dont see a switch on the ipad or anywhere else or natively ? Second issue and this one is really odd !! i have two computers each set up almost exactly the same and the graphics card in both is a 4080 Critical questions; on one machine when i click right alt - mouse click the gtn , i get a + sign and upon clicking the gtn will pop out as a new ui and i can move it to another screen on the other machine no matter what i do it will not pop out, the + sign appears but upon clicking it never pops out and it wont generate the new ui to provide a stand alone gtn , this is important because i find it hard to read in the gauge mode. Note that on both machines picking any native guage will pop out with the right alt -+ function so that works but not on the tdsgtn 750 can anyone provide some thoughts or input on this, ive chased this for a while , i cant figure it out, maybe someone here has a thought? Peter

In fsx there was a key rate function that allowed one to change the key rate on the joystick. It was in the control settings when selecting a command with a key press. Is this even available in the ms2020. I want to speed up the key press rate. Thank you. Let me know. Peter

Thank you i sort did the same,, I use the main hat to pan as left right up down, but I'm trying to get the left hat ( my 2nd one ) to emulate the eyepoint movement of the old fsx. I don't think that is possible, thank you for the suggestion, very frustrating, most things were working well in 2020, but others are a struggle pete

hey thanks for this , but it is not what i need , i think i know most of what you are suggesting but what i want to do ( im using 2020) is to assign the move eyepoint command up, dn,, left and right to my second hat switch on the x52.. the older versions had a eyepoint selection and when assigned to the 2nd hat switch provided smooth panning. the key idea about this is so that and the panel would move in all directions, similar to if the pilot raised or lowered his seat or looked rightt or left with the ability to raise or lower the panel.. having an infinite amount not incrementally allows allot of view flexibility, this was available in all fsx versions and p3d., i dont think you can acheive this in 2020 or 2024.. but i might be missing something because it just does not seem there is a command or function that allows this @btacon thanak you for the video

I tried all of this related to smoothing the movement of the eyepoint on the 2nd hat, but it did not work. i can move the eyepoint via the "translate " but it moves an incremental amount, I can't seem to get the eyepoint to move up/down left/right using the upper hat .also it is interesting in that I can't find the translate up and down command in the control search assignment settings .. any other thoughts would be appreciated

Thank you guys. So I’ll experiment but my goal is to just be able to adjust the eye point infinitely as I’m flying and adjusting the sight picture onthe high hat. Sometimes the cockpit view is just too high to get a view over the windscreen. Some of the adjusts are very small and continuous as the glideslope changes. I’m mostly talking about the plane I fly in real life the mooney ovation and the Carenado model is great for practice approaches etc but the sight picture is never just quite right. As I mentioned previously this was much easier for some reason in fax and p3d. Thank you for your advice

i recently got back to msfs2020 , compared to older version i have a problem that i know you guys can answer I want my 2nd hat switch to simply , smoothly and infinitley pan up and down in the cockpit . i want to assign move up and move down left and right but not incrementally, i simply like to move it to whatever i wish,, this seems to be a preset increment when i set it up with "translate or other commands," i have the main hat switch set up to look around but that is not what i want to do with the second and the up and down keyboard buttons are not infinite Im trying to set up the second hat swith on the x52 to be able to move the cockpit smoothly as per the old fsx and p3d to any cockpit adjustment In the older versions this command was "move eyepoint " or something similar any assistance or point me to the correct command would be appreciated, maybe it is not possbile in this sim thank you all peter

I bought this monitor a while ago and tried it with fsx se and p3d v3 and basically gave up Recently , I bought a 980ti and thought i would give it a try again so i installed it on the card and changed up my non hd monitor ( asus pb278q ) for this the hd monitor ( asus pb287q-4k hd) My experience on the hd 4k monitor is very bad! colours are washed out in both fsx and p3d max resolution and it is incredibly difficult to read the menus , ( fonts too tiny and not clear )in fsx and p3d as they are just much too small Im sure there is tons of experience here with suggestions in both fsx-se and p3d v3 platforms... Questions: Is it possible to get great resolution with this HD card and monitor in fsx -se ( i gave on fsx legacy/boxed version long ago ) and p3d v3 Is it possible to make the menus within the sim on 4k readable. They are just much too tiny and the fonts are not clear Thank you in advance for your thoughts and assistance Peter

How do i use the aircraft browser for p3d or steam I'm trying to get the 530 into some of the aircraft that minstar says will install into by default. two things happen i see aircraft listed but that is about all i can do also i have been getting a runtime error The only plane i have been able to install into so far is the a2a 182 p3d and steam fsx nothing else trying to get it into the carenado m20j in both sims Did i miss the manual or instructions I know i can add things manually but evidently i should be able to install automatically to same planes Pete

Here is what i did to test things based on some of your ideas. I removed both the 980 and 980 ti cards and thoroughly cleaned the and the slot then reseated them. they appears clean to me and very little dust in the case I have three monitors i put two on the 980ti and one on the 980 ( hdmi) I check the bios fan profile My cpu has a corsair h link so it would not make noise Checked to ensure that all fans on the cards were working im running p3d-v3 at a little more than mid range graphic specs but pretty high rez. ( test was with a non stock 182t from carenado) I removed the latest nvidia driver and went back one version. I have msi afterburner. Now flying mid level specs on p3d and fsx-se i have temps pretty solidly in the in th high 70's with appears manageable.. Maybe one of you may be able to determine why things were so loud but i played with way too many variables to really put my finger on one culprit.. I think given the temps im seeing that i should be ok I was trying to avoid an expensive meltdown. Thanks for the ideas. Pete :smile:

I tried cleaning things up but honestly the temps are still pretty high...Maybe it has always been like this and i just did not notice in the past ... Maybe with fsx-se and p3d v3 the temps will be in the 70's , any other thoughts and experience would be appreciated. Pete

hmm?? good point.. ill check the dust and reseat them.... the 980ti is msi the 980 is asus I run two monitors on the ti one on the 980 at idle ( meaning no program basically working ) the 980ti msi is 49c the 980 is 48c p3d really ramp it up quickly Peter

I just noticed that my 980ti is running in the high 70's with p3d v3. med settings I have a 980 and a 980ti card If i run either steam and /or p3d on med setting the cards start to run really hot. windows 10 x64 I have been at this for years and I for some reason I'm having this problem now. I have the most current drivers I'm curious as to what others are experience with respect to the issue I have 2 monitors on the 980TI and one on the 980 My temps are mid 70's fans running very loud onthe cards any thoughts. never had temps this high any thoughts.. Peter

Ed Thanks you for the clarification , your description of my expectaion was 100 correct expectation "I think you're taking the term 'fly LPV approaches' and applying that as if it's an autopilot. It is not an autopilot, it's a navigation unit. It provides guidance, but does not actually control anything. It can not drive the sim's built-in glideslope needle without a hack. That's not going to happen. Since it doesn't drive the built-in needle value, then the built-in autopilot can't fly the glidepath." Your clarification is perfect and in fact I did do something correctly as the mindstar gauge is in the plane as i do get the needle indication. Thank you and thanks for helping me to understand the limitations. Regards Pete

Hey ED... correct me if im wrong but i thought that i read somewhere that one of the features of the mindstar gps 4/5 series was that it would fly lpv approaches with certain aircraft and give a gs indication ... Now maybe i misunderstood and that is fine... I will simply use it for lnav and lnav +v .. I am simply working to understand the functionality . I also understand that this functionality only would work in certain aircraft... Regardless i like the product... and thanks again... Pete