david21

I am having this same problem. I originally installed the update from PMDG Operations Center after the rain update was already out and I got the black displays, knobs and buttons that don't work, and retracted landing gear in the external view. I tried downloading and reinstalling with the installer -- same thing. I was originally on P3D 4.3, but I updated to 4.4 and it didn't fix the problem.

I reinstalled FSX and the 747X. When I load it up the displays are blank and none of the switches work though a few of the knobs will rotate. The displays are already blank when they aircraft loads. They don't work for 30 seconds or so like others with registration problems have described. I also don't have a PMDG menu on the menu bar. I also tried installing the Level-D 767 and it has an error when it try to load it. I suspect there is a problem with FSX since neither addon works. Aircraft included with FSX work okay. I have reinstalled FSX and PMDG747X with no other addons and it doesn't work. I have checked the dll.xml file and I deleted fsx.cfg to get it back to the defaults. David

I am converting the data with an MS Access database with some VBA code I wrote. I moved the files to a (slightly) faster site. I will try to get them uploaded to AVSIM at some point, but I want to make sure they are working right first. http://home.comcast.net/~airac/

It looks like the DAFIF calls KABQ a "secondary ICAO" for Kirtland AFB. This also affected PHNL and about a dozen other airports. I fixed the AIRAC to use the secondary ICAO code. I also fixed a problem where many VOR/DMEs where showings as VOR only.

I made a new AIRAC using DAFIF 0605 data. I don't know exactly how Richard Stefan makes his AIRAC updates so it isn't 100% identical, but it is close. Some airports are missing, but I think they are only small ones where you shouldn't be landing a 737 or 747 anyway. This doesn't do anything to help when DAFIF goes away in October. http://three.fsphost.com/nav/David