CFII_Carl

Turns out the knowledge base over at PMDG solved the issue.  Just needed to ensure the PMDG 737NGX was the first and only aircraft loaded in memory at the start.

Everything is now working as best as I can tell.

Thanks,

Carl Wilson

Here's the link:  http://support.precisionmanuals.com/kb/a112/important-and-nearly-foolproof-steps-to-running-your-pmdg-product-in-prepar3d-v3.aspx

Hey Carl,

 

Full names in the forum please - first and last.

 

The first items I'd check are here:

http://support.precisionmanuals.com/kb/a112/important-and-nearly-foolproof-steps-to-running-your-pmdg-product-in-prepar3d-v3.aspx

 

My bet is #1, but #2 could be possible, especially if you didn't know there was an update that allows it to install into 3.1 natively and are trying to shoehorn it in with a migration tool. Speaking of, if you have a migration tool installed, this can interfere with the NGX even without using it directly on the NGX, as those tools are built to play games with the registry to make things believe that they're being installed in different versions of a sim, while telling it to install in the new sim directory. If that sounds confusing, keep in mind that computers are pretty simple machines: without specific and clear instructions, they're pretty worthless and bad things happen.

Yes...that worked.  Thank you.

Good morning...just wanted to let everyone know that I upgraded to Prepar3d 3.1 last night via first deleting the client and content portions of Prepar3d and then reinstalling the updated 3.1 client and content MSIs.  All went well, except now the 737NGX is not responding to several "click spots" and I can't release the parking brake either w/ the keyboard, the click spot, or my saitek rudder pedals.

Everything work great prior to the 3.1 update.

Any suggestions?

Carl

No Saitek for me.  I am using CH Products for my flight controls.  You should try posting this in the PMDG737NGX forum...

Good idea!

Did you try reversing the pedal polarity in the controller settings inside P3d? I had to do that with my CH products pedals. Hope this helps.

Sure did...all other aircraft the brakes work as advertised...just not the PMDG 737NGX.  Just discovered that I'm also have some "click spots" that no longer work....

I know it's probably a stupid question, but did you remove the chocks?

LOL...sure did.  Seems like the 3.1 update certainly messed w/ the 737NGX.

Strange, I have updated to 3.1 and have no issues at all in the PMDG737? The wave animations are so worth the update and LM have made it simpler than ever this time around in my opinion.

Are you using any Saitek products?  If so what drivers are you using to control them?

Yeah...I'm afraid I'll end up doing a complete reinstall as well.  I was just curious to see if anyone else was having the exact same problem and how they fixed it.

[Cntrl + . work] ?

Nope...I can see the brakes (red letters) flash, but then it's right back to parking brake on.

Last night I installed the update for 3.1 (only client and content) and everything seemed to go ok...no big issues to speak of.  Then I attempted a flight in the PMDG 737NGX and was going through the preflight process and once I was ready for pushback, I attempted to release the parking brake and it would not turn off.  The cockpit click point is there and works, but the brakes will not release, additionally each time I press the brake pedals (Saitek) the brakes (red letters) will flash but immediately come back and stay on.  The brakes and everything else works great in all my other add-on aircraft.

Any suggestions?

Carl

Peter,

I tried this and it is now working...the latest scenery I added was the new KAUS by Imaginesim--not sure if that's the culprit or not, but for now...all is working again.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Carl

Howdy all,

Seems like I've run into a bit of a problem and am not sure as to what's causing it.  I mostly fly the iFly 737 and have recently updated my AIRAC data to 1411 through Navigraph and it worked as it always does.  Now, however whenever I fly I notice that my aircraft heading and the magnetic heading of the runway assigned do not match up...sometimes off by as much as 10 degrees or more....and it doesn't just happen w/ the iFly...it happens w/ all aircraft, just more noticeable in the iFly due to the FMC route is off quite a bit.  I have since changed my intersection data and magnetic variation data by changing the magdec.bgl from the latest back to the original off the FS9 CDs.  The crazy part is once I change it...everything works as advertised for that sim session only.  Once I quit and restart flight sim, the error comes back no matter which magdec.bgl or AIRAC file I'm using.

The workaround I'm using now is to change the magdec.bgl prior to each sim session in order for things to function correctly--I've never had to do this before and I'm not sure as to what's causing it.

Any ideas?

Carl

Is there a good Charlotte Douglas airport--either freeware of payware that anyone could recommend?Thanks,Carl

Carl,Please go to their web page: http://mach1designgroup.webs.com/scenery.htm, scroll down to "Other" and click on the highlighted link.That should do it.Don

Can someone please point me in the right direction to Mach-1's In-and-Out burger scenery for LAX? It used to be here in the library, but with the crash and all no one has up loaded it again.Thanks,Carl

I thought of that too Carl, because I have done that before. I had downloaded a new plan and it didn't work. So I re-downloaded it, making sure it was for FS9. It still didn't work and that is when I started checking other flightplans and noticed that none of them worked. This has me perplexed. John

All of the sudden, I cannot load some flight plans into the FS9 flight planner. These are plans downloaded from SimRoutes.com. I have used all these plans before, so I know that they, at least once, worked. I can still create a plan, save it and load it later. And all of the previously created plans created with the FS9 flight planner work, but none of the downloaded plans work.I haven't changed anything in my setup. The only thing I can think of that may have changed since it worked last is a defrag of the HD. But everything else works so I don't think that could be it. I have looked at the plans in notepad and everything looks OK (I don't see any extra characters or symbols or anything). I just don't get it! Any ideas?

Does anyone have one of the Jet Blue repaints that Cyril Breton did for the Overland A320? I know it was in the library and now I get the infamous "Oops" when attempting to download. Thanks!Carl

Egbert, You said i above post:"5. Nope, but there are ways to remove a VC from an aircraft model manually. I do it for all my add-ons".After removing VC can you still use left and right "2D cockpit" views to check for traffic?Or does the left and right view go to full screen view?How do you remvove, edit out, the VC?I did one (posted on the feelthere forum) by doing a Hex edit to the MDL file.Because you said there are "ways to do it" I figured there could be one that does not require the Hex Editor.

Rich,Have you found a solution to this problem yet? I have a similar setup and mine is doing the exact same thing....all areas too.Be interested to get this fixed! Graphics are amazing, frame rates are great, but the stutters are driving me crazy...let me know what you find out.Thanks,Carl