Adamski_NZ

Thanks for pointing me at Marketplace addons. I'd already checked/disabled what I could - but I took another look and I think I've found the culprit: IFD INSTRUMENTS (Working Title/Flight FX). I'm not sure how or when it was installed (or even which aircraft it relates to). I'll keep testing - but I hope this may help other affected simmers.

Thanks ... I do ... but it's disabled (as it's for MSFS 2020).

Ever since its release, I've been struggling with the Combi variants for the 707: specifically the UNS-1Lw and also occasionally INS. As soon as I select them in the aircraft selection menu, I get a freeze then a CTD. This is with MSFS 2024/SU6, MS Store version. I've tried every trick in the book: 1) Disabling all addons. 2) Reinstalling the 707. 3) Downloading (as opposed to streaming). 4) Clearing cache(s). I'm out of ideas. Shame, as it's a tremendous aircraft to fly (when it does!).

I think I will! UPDATE: Total disaster. Worse than ever before - with tiles snapping in and out constantly (they don't appear to get cached). This is with the free version and a 15min Pro trial. Uninstall! So ... can't help in respect of AutoFPS working with it ... or not!

Funnily enough, I was just about to give the Enhancer another go. My old licence timed out a couple of years ago. Do you have the full/Pro version running or the limited/free one?

What key do you have it bound to? I have mine set to F12 ... maybe there's an issue with F-keys <??>.

Sometimes it needs more than one attempt. I don't know if any of this has been brought up in the GSX/Virtuali forums.

You're not alone - I often get this problem. 9 times out of 10 I have to start it from the menu bar, after which the hotkey seems to work, albeit not every time.

I think the same keys work for either slewing the aircraft or the camera when in drone mode.

Q and E : up/down A and D : left/right W and S : forward/back

I'll join in the chorus here as well. I liked it for a while (and paid up), but found the constant unloading/reloading textures (even though they were supposed to be cached) to be very irritating. Also - there are areas in [my local area of] NZ that have very marked (and ugly) transitions due to mismatched satellite imagery. The Enhancer actually seemed to make it worse. The problem still exists in MSFS 2024/SU6, but overall default scenery rendition has improved a lot, so I've learned to live with it.

I have the same problem [sigh] ... along with the [old] problem of an irrecoverable WASM error if importing a Simbrief plan that lacks an alternate airport. I'll see if I can edit the profile as well ...

I think it's always been a problem. 99% of the time I start the Atr from cold & dark at a gate, where ground power is available. I tried feathering then restarting on the runway and just couldn't do it. All variations of the usual startup procedure(s) failed. Maybe there's some hidden function in the MSFS model that expects it to be present - even if you don't actually use it. Can Atrs be restarted on the ground away from a gate in RL, I wonder? I suspect yes. IMHO, the Atr is still incredibly buggy - in spite of all the latest "fixes". eg. Importing a Simbrief flight plan without specifying an alternate arrival airport still produces an irrecoverable WASM error.

I forgot that I uploaded mine to Fs.To many moons ago: https://flightsim.to/addon/87017/nz-themed-msfs-2024-start-videos I've amended the file locations on the web page, but need to revise them in the actual archive instructions.

You're quite right of course. It's a trivial thing (the video). I was just curious as to why it had stopped working. I'd grown quite attached to my own Spitfire-themed video ;).