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Hi, I am very interested in this product! I hope this has not been answered yet. Does this product eliminate ( or partially a la fly tampa texture on runways and taxiways) the "annoying" fact that snow covers taxiways and runways to the point that it is difficult to navigate on them ? I live in Canada and we are pretty good at removing snow 😉 many thanks cheers Louis

Hi, @woodstock327 Just in case Dave has not correctly got your question (or maybe it's me so I apologize!) what you describe works perfectly for me (com1 = P2ATC, com2=ATIS of arrival airport) but when you set that in the plane using the dials in the plane not via the Pilot2ATC application. I hope that was your question. cheers Louis

Hi, I had no weather either for the past 5 days but when I upgraded to latest 2.6.2.0 it started to work again. Maybe a coincidence but wanted to let you guys know. cheers Louis

Hi, I am seeing severe stutters and FPS drops during transitions. Like someone said earlier the FPS can remain OK (30+) but the stutters are there in both cockpit and external view. I had hope about Weather Force since in my case (Canada), the default weather is rarely accurate plus the ATIS always reports 3 layers of clouds and the dew point is always 10. I hope Asobo fixis the weather one day. cheers Louis

@shadow133 The winds aloft are similar to the ones on the ground in velocity and direction so not very realistic. Also, if the "current" metar station that is tracked by the mod has a gust factor then you will also experience that. It's a very good start but it needs more work at higher altitude. cheers Louis

I have been testing this weather engine for a few days and I agree it is brilliant. It is very good for vatsim flying or if you want matching conditions at airports. It does not simulate the winds aloft though and that may be a problem for people flying high as the planning (fuel and ETAs) will be off. The author said that he/she will try to add this in the future. Actually 1.4 does have an experimental winds aloft but it is not very good IMO. overall though very solid mod. Thanks to the author! cheers Louis

@cwburnett many thanks for your prompt answer. I will press NAV on the AP. I will wait for 0.3.1 before testing again. cheers Louis

Hi, As per title, I cannot find a way to "properly" skip a waypoint using the FMS. For example, on a SID you often takeoff on a vector then instructed to a heading to catch the first waypoint say "A" of the SID. I tried the direct to function (I think the button is called "dir" but I'm not in front of my gaming computer right now) and it works except that it will not sequence to the following waypoints once "A" has been reached. It's like it does not continue the flight plan or something. I have to "direct to" each one manually after. Is there a proper way to do this ? I entered the flight plan manually in the FMS if it matters. I also tried to click on "A" so it would end up in the scratch pad then click on the button next to "vector" to replace it (a la 737) but that did not work. many thanks for your help. cheers Louis

same here. cheers Louis

same here. Live weather has nothing to do with what I see on sky vector. ex KBTV cheers Louis

Hi, Thank you for the reply. I found the problem. It is not related to this beautiful aircraft. My X52 (and quadrant more on this later) throttles are simply erratic. When I move it up it just comes down to idle and shaking rapidly. The reason I did not see this problem right away is that there is a lock in the Lear 35A so the throttle don't move until you start the engine and unlock it to inject fuel. I have the same behavior in the default mooney bravo. I have tried another throttle (I have a saitek yoke + quadrant) and I have the same problem. I have deleted all joystick configurations, tried pretty much everything except re-installing P3D. The only thing that I have noticed is depending where (location) I start the sim I don't always get that behavior. I simply don't see the relation between location and throttle but that's what I've noticed. This is not a windows joystick issue since I don't have this problem in Xplane 11. So unless someone has a great idea I will stop trouble shooting and move to the other sim for now until I find the energy to re-install P3D and my gazillions of addons 🙂 thanks for your support anyway. cheers Louis

Hi Everyone, I am probably doing something very stupid but I cannot start the engines. I follow this as per capceo thread: 1. BATT 1&2 – On 2. DC Volts – Confirm 28V. If all you get is 24V, the GPU is no good. 3. Primary Inverter – On 4. Autopilot Master – On 5. Radio Altimeter – On 6. Standby Battery – On 7. Avionics Master – On 8. Yaw Damper Power PRI and SEC – On 9. Radar – Standby 10. AC or Heat – As Required 11. Standby Gyro – Uncage 12. Aux Hyd Pump – On 13. Flaps – Set 8 or 20 (99% of takeoffs in the Lear are Flaps 8, more on this in a bit) 14. Parking Brake – Set 15. Aux Hyd Pump – Off then turn the beacon on and make sure the ac or heat is off. Then, put the right starter to "start", wait for N2 to go to 17% then introduce fuel. What happens is that the fuel flow make a ticking sound and if I look outside i can see black and white smoke coming out of the engine. I searched the forum for someone having the same issue but could not find anything. many thanks for your help cheers Louis

Hi Again, Just though I would give you an update since you were very kind to help me. This week-end I did some trouble shooting and found that ORBX Vector was the culprit. Uninstalling vector did the trick. To answer a previous comment, my addons scenery are: Global base pack Global Vector Global OpenLC North America Orbx Trees Orbx Buildings HD Global airport pack (freeware) @Mace: I can't find KCOI on the "left list" in the configuraing tool of Vector so I cannot disable AEC for it. I guess I will have to live with airports that have this problem unless I remove Vector. cheers Louis

Hi, No I am using the default mesh. I also made a test where I removed KCOI from ORBX and ran with the default KCOI and I have the same problem. @Evros: I tried your suggestion but no success. Thanks for helping. cheers Louis

Hi Everyone, I have ORBX freeware airport pack and at some airport I have grass covering the runway. For example at KCOI https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnIJtsNQ0MJkhACOsKqEEsdkbjzo?e=hmOki7 I have try the ADE->List->Taxi links->Reset All Draw Flags trick then recompile but it does not work. I get the same as the original. I am probably doing something wrong so can anyone point me in the right direction ? many thanks cheers Louis

Yes you can at least for the US https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/36327-us-orthophotos/ cheers Louis

Hi, KBOS to KORF. Cruise Alt FL280. No SID and no STAR. ILS Approach R23 with CCV IAF. ATC did not give me any descent so I started to descend on my own over KORF and I had to backtrack to CCV and catch the ILS. I'm using Xplane 11.3 RC1. Am I doing something wrong ? I got the "expect ILS R23 with CCV transition" but never got the descent.I am using 2.5.0.6x64_R5. I will send the log to admin@pilot2atc.com many thanks cheers Louis

Hi Dave, Re-did the same flight and this time I got the descend no problem. thanks for your help. cheers Louis

Hi Dave, thanks for your support. I will download R3 when it is posted and try. cheers Louis

Hi, Same problem here flight plan is KSPI/18 SPI J80 VHP GUNNE4 KCMH/10R I was at FL270 and never got a decend instruction then I started the descend on my own and ATC kept asking me to fly at FL 270. I will send the log at admin@pilot2atc.com. I'm running the 2.5.0.6. thanks cheers Louis

Hi Dave, I confirm that ILS is favored over RNAV. I tried a few times with success. No clue what I was doing wrong before. Anyway thanks for the support. cheers Louis

Hi, I have a question related to instrument approaches. I fly the Learjet 25D with the GTN 750. It does ILS but the auto pilot does not have WaaS (LPV) capabilities. I have ATC assigns SIDs, STARs and Approaches. I have Force Pilot Runway Selection unchecked. It seems that pilot2ATC favors RNAV approaches to ILS in the few flights I have done. Since I cannot do WaaS approach I'm wondering what are my options. I want to keep it has realistic as possible. So can I just call Approach and ask for the same runway but with the ILS instead ? I assume that this would be how it is done in real life. What about "Force Pilot Runway Selection" ? Should I leave that unchecked or ? many thanks for your help, cheers Louis

Hi Dave, many thanks for your prompt support. cheers Louis

Hi, VFR test flight from KPBG to KBTV. My call sign is Cessna 2SP. When near KBTV: BURLINGTON Tower Cessna Two Sierra Papa and; Cessna Two Sierra Papa This is Tower go ahead. Make or repeat your request. Cessna Two Sierra Papa Tower Cessna Two Sierra Papa Is At Two Thousand Inbound for VFR Pattern entry Runway Three Three; Cessna Two Sierra Papa good afternoon . Squawk Four Three Six Five Enter pattern on a Left downwind for Runway Three Three. call downwind Climb and Maintain Flight Level Three Three Zero Altimeter Three Zero Two Four ~Squawk Four Three Six Five Enter pattern on a Left downwind for Runway Three Three Climb and Maintain Flight Level Three Three Zero Cessna Two Sierra Papa As you can see the ATC gives me a non VFR squawk code and ask me to climb to FL330. Also, another test I did was to request "Cessna 2SPinbound at 2000 for landing on the active" and the ATC gave me a runway that does not exist at KTBV. I made sure I was on the proper frequency. I am am new at pilot2ATC so I am probably doing something wrong. I don't know how to attach a file so I am cut and pasting the log here. thanks for your help cheers Louis Program StartedPilot 2 ATC (P2A) - version 2.5.0.5_x64_R3 09/20/2018 22:29:59 Application frmP2AMain starting 09/20/2018 22:30:42 Loading Form Main form opened: Pilot2ATC 2018 v. 2.5.0.5_x64_R3 Navigraph - AIRAC cycle: 1809 Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Loading Map Control LoadMapControl: panel 1 Creating ucMap1 SQLiteVersion: 3.8.11.1 | 2015-07-29 20:00:57 cf538e2783e468bbc25e7cb2a9ee64d3e0e80b2f | INTEROP_CODEC INTEROP_EXTENSION_FUNCTIONS INTEROP_VIRTUAL_TABLE NET_40 PRELOAD_NATIVE_LIBRARY THROW_ON_DISPOSED TRACE TRACE_PRELOAD TRACE_SHARED TRACE_WARNING USE_PREPARE_V2 WINDOWS ucMap1 Created ucMap DockFill set. Setting Map Mode Done Loading Map Control Loading FPL Control FPL Control Loaded Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Loading Joystick Devices - 4 devices loaded. Joystick Device number 3 successfully activated. Joystick Device number 3 successfully activated. Joystick Device number 0 successfully activated. Joystick Device number 0 successfully activated. Pilot2ATC_2018.exe Information 0 SAPI does not implement phonetic alphabet selection. at System.Environment.GetStackTrace(Exception e, Boolean needFileInfo) at System.Environment.get_StackTrace() at System.Diagnostics.TraceEventCache.get_Callstack() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceListener.TraceEvent(TraceEventCache eventCache, String source, TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id, String message) at System.Diagnostics.TraceInternal.TraceEvent(TraceEventType eventType, Int32 id, String format, Object[] args) at System.Speech.Recognition.RecognizerBase.Initialize(SapiRecognizer recognizer, Boolean inproc) at System.Speech.Recognition.SpeechRecognitionEngine.get_RecoBase() at P2A_2018.ATCListener.LoadPilotGrammar() at P2A_2018.ATCListener.Init() at P2A_2018.frmP2AMain.e() at P2A_2018.frmP2AMain.f() at P2A_2018.frmP2AMain.at(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(IntPtr dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context) at i.a() "" 7560 1 414537948676 SIM Version Num: 8; SIM Version: XP No controller assigned 22:30:51 ControllerFreqChanged: 118.3. CtlrShrtName: KBTV Twr CtlrType: Tower22:30:58 SIM Rate Changed: 1 Sim Connected: 09/20/2018 22:30:59 ATCAssignsSIDs: True ATCAssignsSTARs: True ATCAssignsAPPRs: True ForcePilotRunwaySelection: True AutoLoadRecommendedProcedures: True State Changed to: EnRouteVFR 22:30 Trigger checks started: 09/20/2018 22:30:59 Button Pressed: 4 InterruptAudio in OnPilotSpeaking 09/20/2018 22:31:11 AudioInterrupts: 1 in InterruptAudio 22:31:11 Started Listening Button Pressed: 4 UnInterruptAudio in OnPilotEndSpeaking 09/20/2018 22:31:15 AudioInterrupts: 0 in UnInterruptAudio 22:31:15 Recognized Speech: BURLINGTON Tower Cessna Two Sierra Papa and 22:31:15 Stopped Listening OnTTSWavePlaybackStopped 09/20/2018 22:31:19 UnInterruptAudio in OnTTSWavePlaybackStopped SugRes: 09/20/2018 22:31:19 AudioInterrupts: 0 in UnInterruptAudio 22:31:19 Button Pressed: 4 InterruptAudio in OnPilotSpeaking 09/20/2018 22:31:23 AudioInterrupts: 1 in InterruptAudio 22:31:23 Started Listening Button Pressed: 4 UnInterruptAudio in OnPilotEndSpeaking 09/20/2018 22:31:31 AudioInterrupts: 0 in UnInterruptAudio 22:31:31 Recognized Speech: Tower Cessna Two Sierra Papa Is At Two Thousand Inbound for VFR Pattern entry Runway Three Three 22:31:32 Stopped Listening HandleInitialContact 22:31:32 SpokenRandomGreeting 22:31:32 HandleInitialTowerContact 22:31:32 Error in Controller HandleInitialTowerContact System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at P2A_2018.modP2ADataGlobal.a.b.c(ATCController A_0) at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectListIterator`2.MoveNext() at System.Collections.Generic.List`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 collection) at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source) at P2A_2018.modP2ADataGlobal.ResolveMultiControllerType(List`1 ATC_Cntrls) at P2A_2018.Airport.a(List`1 A_0) at P2A_2018.Airport.Init() at P2A_2018.ATCFlt.set_DestinationAirport(Airport value) at P2A_2018.Controller.aj(String& A_0, SpeechInteraction A_1, String& A_2) HandleApproachRequest 22:31:32 CheckSquawkCode 22:31:32 AssignedRunway: RW33 - CheckSquawkCode 22:31:32 FltPlan ActiveAPPR: ILS - RW33 - I33 - AssignedRunway: RW33 - SetUpPatternEntryApproach 22:31:36 AssignedRunway: RW33 - AssignedAPPR: VFRPattern - - VFR Pattern RW33 - ATC FlightPlan Changed FltPlan ActiveAPPR: VFRPattern - - VFR Pattern RW33 - NewNextWpt: Downwind - 22:31:37 State Changed to: VFRArrival 22:31 NewNextWpt: 45ToDownwind - 22:31:37 CheckAssignedAltitude 22:31:38 FltPlan ActiveAPPR: VFRPattern - - VFR Pattern RW33 - SpeakAltimeterSetting 22:31:38 ControllerChanging: False : 09/20/2018 22:31:38 InterruptAudio in SayPhrase Cessna Two Sierra Papa good afternoon . Squawk Four Three Six Five Enter pattern on a Left downwind for Runway Three Three. call downwind Climb and Maintain Flight Level Three Three Zero Altimeter Three Zero Two Four 09/20/2018 22:31:38 AudioInterrupts: 1 in InterruptAudio 22:31:38 ATC Speak: Cessna Two Sierra Papa good afternoon . Squawk Four Three Six Five Enter pattern on a Left downwind for Runway Three Three. call downwind Climb and Maintain Flight Level Three Three Zero Altimeter Three Zero Two Four22:31:38 Sug Resp: ~Squawk Four Three Six Five Enter pattern on a Left downwind for Runway Three Three Climb and Maintain Flight Level Three Three Zero22:31:38 OnTTSWavePlaybackStopped 09/20/2018 22:31:52 UnInterruptAudio in OnTTSWavePlaybackStopped SugRes:~Squawk Four Three Six Five Enter pattern on a Left downwind for Runway Three Three Climb and Maintain Flight Level Three Three Zero Cessna Two Sierra Papa 09/20/2018 22:31:52 AudioInterrupts: 0 in UnInterruptAudio 22:31:52 InterruptAudio in SayItSpeak- Phrase: Squawk Four Three Six Five Enter pattern on a Left downwind for Runway Three Three Climb and Maintain Flight Level Three Three Zero Cessna Two Sierra Papa 09/20/2018 22:31:52 AudioInterrupts: 1 in InterruptAudio 22:31:52 SIM Rate Changed: 0 Speech Rejected: No Speech Recognized09/20/2018 22:32:02 Speech Rejected UnInterruptAudio in OnSayItSpeakCompleted 09/20/2018 22:32:02 AudioInterrupts: 0 in UnInterruptAudio 22:32:02 Application frmP2AMain ended normally 09/20/2018 22:48:08 Object of type SlimDX.DirectInput.Joystick was not disposed. Stack trace of object creation: Object of type SlimDX.DirectInput.Joystick was not disposed. Stack trace of object creation: Object of type SlimDX.DirectInput.Joystick was not disposed. Stack trace of object creation: Object of type SlimDX.DirectInput.Joystick was not disposed. Stack trace of object creation: Total of 4 objects still alive.

Hi Mike, I never had to run the Flight1 GTN Series ConfigP3D tool. All I did is change the original panel.cfg and it works fine. There are no other files like F1GTN.ini and F1GTNSTACK.ini. Remove these files and see if it works perhaps ? cheers Louis