Vic1

what exactly is the fo meant to do ? set ground power & chocs by the fmc fs options and then press the avail lights on the over head? either way despite seeing the powerup flow indicated in the fs2crew window i dont get the chocks applied or get the power up of the aircraft either when i say im not using cold and dark i thought you meant the cold and dark panel state option. i do have the aircraft in a cold and dark state , just not using the c& d state provided with the 777 incase its corrupt to confirm, i have no chocs no power nothing on nor even connected (dead) and when i activate the the pf flow and start fs2crew i hear clicking i see the fo fmc change a few pages but nothing actually happens as far as power up. i get ground responding and confirming power is connected after a few seconds but no avail lights in overhead? kav ok so i just tried it with the pmdg provided cld dark panl state and it worked. only thing i still cant get happening is getting ground to connect the gpu mannually by button or by voice command from the cold and dark. i hear lots of clicking plus confirmation audibly that its connected but the avail lights do not illuminate. i should add im able to disconnect the gpu using voice commands ok just wont connect. cant connect air conditioning unit or air start either in same way . kav

not using cold and dark no. i see the process identified in the window but the switches are not pressed by the fo. kav

hi i cant seem to get this new option to work. i set it on in the cfg but fo wont power up from ext power. power avail lights on but fo wont press them nor set chocks in place any ideas tks kav

i notice that there is a warning that we can only download the base package so many times before the download link expires. thats fair enough but if we are forced to download the installer again each time there is an update then we are using up our download quota each time. is this correct, if so should it be this way ? should our quotas not be diminished when we have updates to download? tks kav

Kyle that was then this is now my job situation has changed since i reserve the right to choose weather i wish to take a different approach now to then, but your now deliberately trying to be vindictive which is completely unnecessary. my reference to age is that sometimes those that have been around longer dont constantly need correcting from those less experienced than them in life its about respect. you seem to feel the need to always be right about everything even my own job security situation which you know nothing about and you've actually made my point about how easy it is to find stuff online hence i wish to keep it too a minimum. your not helping buy publishing the above in this way particularly when you know my wishes on the subject simply because i want to reduce my online profile these days as much as possible. as you can see my user name here is vic, i deliberately chose that and started signing my name as vic until i felt obliged and forced to use my real name by people here in the forum so its already too late at that point. i actually didnt want any reference to my real name as others in the past have also chosen such as "quavion" i still have the right to aninimity for my real full name for any new or recent material . If i explained the nature of my currant job you would understand exactly why that is relevant and makes sense. sadly due to your nature of always having to be the connoisseur you have pushed and pushed yet again in your quest to be right about stuff you have no idea about. i tried to be polite with you and courteous but you went too far. Lets just get things in to perspective here for a moment your argument is completely sided towards the forum rules of a flight simulation forum (lets not forget were talking about a game here and virtual airplanes thats the bottom line) vs my argument for real life security against real world constantly fluid and changing threats. Your arguing as if these two elements are as equally as important worse the game is greater. Bottom line is they are not even close and reality /rw security will always take precedent over a video game if it comes to the crunch no matter what. those of us that do have high security jobs still have the right to private lives and hobbies without the two conflicting or have to explain and justify why that may be a conflict to others who don't understand yet feel qualified to pronounce judgement about it. this discussion ends here .. kav

hi i had something similar once and it turned out to be an fsx setting show aircraft shadows or cast shadows on self that caused the issue. once turned off the ai re appeared. may be worth a try kav

Thomas i did pm you privately some time back detailing why i cant submit a ticket in the support portal after you made the same suggestion, just too recap, mr randazzono refused to help me in a personal email due to the fact that i altered one of the textures in the vc , i simply customized it to add some bug splats on windscreen , which is in effect no different to repainting. he claimed that due to this modification i had tampered with the product and reverse engineered it and therefore was in violation of the eula and pmdg would no longer help me in the future despite the fact that i did a clean re installation of the 777. he said he only had my word for that. he then threatened to void my product serial number for the product. i believe that i was treated this was simply because i had been a dev for fslabs in the past so he was extra heavy on me due to this and the obvious history there. i did explain this to you if you recal. this means the forum is my only source of help with a product ive paid for and simply added a little extra texture too in an existing texture sheet. thanks kav with the greatest of respect kyle. im older than you more life experience and in a job with far greater security awareness and gravity than you do. i appreciate your very knowledgeable on many things related to aviation and aircraft generally which we all appreciate but be aware that you have no idea who you are really conversing with here in the forum, what are job roles are security classifications or knowledge and reasons for our decisions. therefore if i say i dont wish to use my proper first or last name than pls respect why rather than always try to make out you know better about absolutely every subject out there. Just because you say so will never alter what i know within my job role about this subject. i appreciate your trying to help but pls know when to draw the line and listen rather than always insist in knowing better. i dont use my first or last name here. If i did i would be instantly traceable in this forum alone. my ip has nothing to do with it thanks kav

Hi Dan Im very aware of the rules on names, thats my name.for security reason due to nature of my job do not wish to publish my full name on the internet besides i go by the name kav anyway.In addition to this some of us like a little privacy and dont want every one in the world being able to follow my online conversations or hobbies . Not trying to be difficult or deliberately awkward. If pmdg want to identify me as a licenced owner of the 777 they are welcome to pm me and ill provide serial number. thanks for your answer , its atis on various approach charts that require frequencies that im unable to enter in to the radio such as omdb or wsss tks kav

I notice that its only possible to adjust the freq in increments of 25 yet often atis and other airport frequencies require something in between therefore im unable to enter the necessary freq any reason for this? or way round it? tks kav

Never understood how trim can be set during preflight because the hyd pumps are off at that point so elevator cannot be moved. The beacon would also have to be on if the hyd pumps are on and control surfaces are being moved. can anyone explain this and what is the correct procedure as i find myself having to ignore this item in the electronic checklist and setting the correct trim after pushback thanks kav

perfectly possible to assign another axis via fsuipc to the tiller steer option. i do this in the 777 and turn the nose wheel completely independently of the rudder using my t flight hotas by thrutsmaster slide axis works very well and feels realistic not touching the joystick to turn and also having no rudder movement when steering the nose wheel kav

what is the best way to save a flight situation in order to clear the vas build up. Ive heard of people doing this mid flight or before landing but when i tried it it didnt reaally work in the 777 not everything was configured systemwise exactly as i had saved it. How can i do this and have absolutely everything start from exactly the same point it was when i saved it mid cruise?. same fuel, same switches activated same systems precicely as they were left? do i need to save the flight in fsx first or save the flight in the cdu too. Do i have to exit fsx completely or can i simply end flight or re loead the saved flight whilst still in fsx without shutting it down.?? can someone give me a precise method for doing this? tks kav

FSX intermittantly stops responding when i select wxr request on altn page cdu. I have asn networked and all cdu datalink options are set to auto. rte wxr data recieved fine and each leg populatad also des wxr requests work fine too, just a problem with altn wxr requests. sim freezes along with sound and i have to force a close through task manager which results in mfs has stopped responding kav

Loose how exactly? interesting to know from a real 777 pilot tks kav

Fsuipc should work for this, assignments tab kav

3dsmax9 (old version) for the modelling .ps for texturing i had never modelled or programmed before in my life but fancied getting involved in fs modelling so downloaded 3dsmax 9 and taught myself from scratch.Within a year i was working for fslabs modelling the exterior mdl for the upcoming a320. so yes its really possible to do it and to a high standard in not alot of time.As for the coding side thats a whole different ballgame but im sure with the same approach and dedication can be achieved in much the same way. kav

hi Jorgeilnoda might I ask what exactly you don't like about the 777 vc? because the reality is what ever you don't like about it you also don't like about the real thing because its basically an accurate representation of the real plane. So im not really sure why you would like to substitute something that's extremely accurate for something outdated that extremely inaccurate(2d panel) in terms of realism because no such thing exists in a real 777 and bearing in mind that this simulation and company prides its self and has a reputation for making products as accurate and true to life as possible within the limits of fsx, then it would make sense to say that by choosing to buy such a product the customer is also seeking that level of realism otherwise there is little point choosing pmdg because that's what your paying for. If you want immersion and realism then 3d vc is the only way forward, anything less is a step back and a step down in terms if realism and surely that's missing the point? Go and sit in a real 777 and you will see that the 3d view is the regular view and the only view a real pilot will ever see hence in a realistic sim the a 3d view should also be the regular view. I say that all most respectfully, tks kav

Hi os is fine no problem, just standard processes running. vas is ok ,ive not tried fsx registry fix but its a fresh install anyway as had this issue previously but decided to reinstall win 7.unfortunately the same issue persisted after too. kav

I have always had this issue with the 777. when trying to access an fsx menu such as the weather options or even the exit window ...........the sims response time in opening that window can be very slow. particularly if the aircraft has been sitting on the ground for over half an hour for example. worse at some high end addon airport but also prevalent in default scenery airports too just to a lesser extent in terms of the time it takes to open a window from the menu. today for example I tried to open the weather option window after the 777 had been sitting at an airport gate for an hour or so and it took 10 mins to open the window. how ever once it had been opened and closed if I then tried to re open that same options window it was instant for the next 10 mins or so after which the time would gradually extent again as before. to me this seems like the symptoms of memory leak because it builds and builds but is then seemingly released once opened and that cach then cleaned as it were and its back to normal speed temporarily. The longer the sim is left the longer and slower the menus take to open. Ive waited 25 mins on some occasions for a menu window to open or the exit options and end up forcing a shut down instead because its taking too long. task manager does not say fsx has stopped responding however and these slow response times never result in ctd,s. can anyone understand what happening here and give me an explanation? I don't have a slow system. thanks kav

my name is unique in the whole world yes ive never met another hence easily identifiable. actually we are threatened in my line of work personally and face to face. kyle im not going to stoop to the level of a pointless argument with you but if i explained my job, as an intelligent man im sure you would instantly understand. this is also the end of this conversation from my end kav

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i see that the fo's pnd is showing terr displayed with a new feature of radar sweep as shown in the wxr radar........... nice improvement for realism kav

this doesnt work for me .no default atc audible using this method perhaps i need to enable something else in fsx for this to work .? kav

yes so you'll know what i mean then kav

i assure you i never use an unrealistic distorted zoom factor. the ngx is proportionally wrong regarding the distance from the glare to the top of the windows vertically. its a fact . if you have ever sat in a real one its one of the first things that strikes you, the smallness of the front window gap . its pretty much the same on all airliners this gap is deliberately small to prevent glare in the cockpit and because the pilot face is actually so close to the window in reality you only need a small gap it doesn't restrict your vision at all. its also very obvious if you compare photos of the real thing to the pmdg ngx. . if you don't believe this. have a look from the outside of the ngx look at the elongation of the front windows they are low and long width ways really oblong. now compare that to the shape from inside. its completely different you don't see this low oblong look at all. and in the real one you see this exactly the same inside and out.. It got measured wrong that's it. the 777 however was done right kav