smilingjoe

With one of the newer patches for FS2CREW for the 777, you added the abilitiy to reset the audio system, incase you lose sound. Are there plans to add this funtionalitiy to the other versions? such as the Dash-8, Airbuses or the NGX (maybe when it goes P3d), as I do sometimes still have the problem of losing my sound for fs2crew with these programs occationally. Thanks

Thanks for the info everyone. I fully understand that the T7 is a VAS hog, but I'll have to reluctantly turn off some orbx regions and see if that helps tonight, which isn't ideal as I tend to start or end most of my flights in Western Canada and the US. I hope that the NGX won't be as bad to vas as the T7 as one of my favorite routes is the Westjet CYYC-CYLW run and the orbx region really helps enhance that route. I still find it strange that changing the texture resolutions of Rex and P3D still doesn't have any effect in VAS on my machine, even though, from what I was getting from the intro manual and around the interwebs, that was a major cause of it. But I'm still open to suggestions. I also heard a little while back that ASN may have an effect on VAS if it's not opened in the correct order, has anyone seen any truth to this? Thanks again for the info everyone

I've had p3d for a few months, and have flown some GA aircraft in it, with no problems; But, as you all know, the PMDG 777 came out the other day, and I've flown it plenty of times in FSX. Though when I started flying the T7 in P3D, I started running in my first VAS Issues. Now, I've read a bunch of stuff on vas usage in fsx and p3d, as well as the P3D introduction of the PMDG Manual, and I was just wondering if the following is "normal" in p3d, or if I should be investigating something else further. Please note that this is with v2.4 as I'm holding off on 2.5 until some more addon companies are compatible with it (so, 2.5 may solve some of these issues). So, the issue is that I've started running the process monitor to monitor my VAS usage, and I was just wondering if the following is actually normal (please note that when i refer to 3gig or 3.1 gig, it refers to the general 3,000,000 or 3,100,000 bytes, and not the true value of 3 or 3.1) My basic computer specs are as follows: Windows 7 64bit Intel i7 960 12 gig 1600mhz RAM Nvidia GTX 970 w/ 4gig vram So, not the newest, but definitely not a slouch. I run the following addons Orbx: PNW, NRM, CRM, NorCal ASN Rex Texture Direct 4, Rex Soft Clouds FB KDEN PMDG 777 Now the issue. At first I did the silly thing and cranked everything up to the nuts just to see what it would do... I could hear scotty in the background going "She's Breaking up captain, she cannot take any more", and I had OOM errors when landing at an airport in the T7, so I started running some tests. I would start a new flight with the T7, parked at CYVR (with orbx scenery), and I was quite surprised that I was already at 3.1gigs of used VAS space, getting pretty close to the limit without even turning the plane on. Anyways, I've tried the following to try and reduce the VAS Usage: Disabled KDEN Reduced the REX texture sizes to 1024 Reduced the P3d Texture size setting to 2048 and then 1024 Lowered the mesh resolution (to 5m I believe, I'm not on my flightsim machine right now) Lowered the View Radius down one and two notches from the Max Reduced AI traffic to 20% from 60% (all default AI), and disabled all the other traffic except for commercial ships which I keep at 20% I have also tried setting up a flight, saving it, exiting, and restarting with that flight, and that has made no impact. I have also made all the changes specified in the Intro manual of the T7 for P3D The only thing that I noticed that had any noticeable impact on VAS was the autogen. And when all autogen was set to max, I was at 3.2gig+ and when set to sparse it was at 3.0gig . I made these changes one at a time, but still, after all the changes were made, the VAS usage is still hovering around 3.1gigs (may dip down into the 3.0s) which is odd. My frame rate improved which is to be expected, but VAS usage was unchanged. Is this normal? because there doesn't seem to be any difference in the texture sizes to the VAS usage (which from what I'm reading is the main culprit when it comes to VAS usage). I'm reluctant to turn off Orbx sceneries in p3d because I've heard that that will cause more issues than it will solve. Now I haven't tried this on any other aircraft (i also have the Majestic Dash-8, but I've never ran into VAS issues with it), but I'm just wondering if there is something else going on here where my VAS usage won't go down with pretty much any of the well known solutions. Any Thoughts, or is this just normal? Thanks

I agree too that it is a great product for P3D. I think that once the NGX and/or the 744v2 come out for it, that I can officially retire FSX. Thanks PMDG for ruining FSX for me (but in the best possible way). Just wish the ol' tri-tuber MD-11 would make the crossover, but I know that's not going to happen, but there is always hope. Thanks again PMDG and keep up the great work, and don't let the Donny Downers get to you, they don't represent the vast majority of people in this HOBBY (and to all those people that think spending $90 on something for a hobby is too much.... look at a price of, say, a locomotive in a more "traditional" hobby such model railroading, or anything in RC Aircraft or Cars and you will see that the T7 is a great deal).

I had the same issues with the Airbuses too, it would act very strangely when switching views, (or it not switching views) or when going to the outside it would look up, and not saving any of my camera positions. What I did find is that if I ran the EZDOK config as an administrator, reran the aircraft configuration, my cameras would work a lot better, and actually save (I also made the ezdok.exe run as an administrator automatically). Since I started doing that EZDOK worked the way it should. Its just strange because I never had to do that before updating ezdok to the newest version. I also disabled the view system in the airbus. Hopefully this helps.

What would you recommend for a headset? USB based? Analog based? I'm using a logitech H540 USB Headset. It would be nice to get a fix for this as it happens for both the NGX and the Dash-8 now (and if you type fs2crew sound missing into google, it happens to more than just a handful of people). I love the program when it works, but this issue is holding me back from getting it for the T7 and probably the 747v2 when it comes out. I think a software fix would be more appropriate rather than telling your customers that they need to go and buy more hardware, that you haven't even recommended on your website (I just don't want to go out and spend $100 on ANOTHER headset just to have the same problem) Thank you very much

Now it seems to be working fine with no changes. Not sure what the problem was but it seems to be working now

I'm not totally comfortable with remote desktop (absolutely nothing to do with you, just my little stand RDS), but if you would like I can record a video of what happens on the weekend and post it if that works. Would you like me to still send a support ticket as well?

Unfortunately, I don't have another headset, but I have tried both with the headset and with the speakers and it quits at the exact same spot. I am doubting it has anything to do with the headset, as A) I've never had a problem with it besides this (I can still have the regular fsx sound effects out of the headset just fine) and it works in other games, and B) it does it at the exact same spot in the checklist (if it were a hardware error or failure, I would think that it would be slightly more random than the same spot on the checklist). I have tried disabling skype and other audio programs (as suggested in other posts). I have seen this issue a couple of times pop up in the forums (even one where I replied asking if there was a solution, and at that point in sept it was the same symptoms, but the flight crew sounds still played, but now I don't even get those.) Any other suggestions?

Hi, I've been having this problem for awhile, and have not found a solution. I am running FS2Crew w/ Voice on the NGX Every flight I have, I have the voice for the preflight procedures and the checklist. I have checked my audio with the audio config in your tool. Everything is great. Up until the point of the the before start procedures. Right there I lose all audio from fs2crew. I run the config tool, and I hear nothing, yet not 2 minutes before it worked fine. The Co-pilot still reconizes my commands, so if I just say "check" a bunch of times the system does go through the procedures and still listens to my commands, I just can't hear what he is saying. I lose the cabin crew sounds at this point too. I have reinstalled fs2crew completly I have reinstalled my audio drivers I have checked the fs2crew audio config. I always lose the audio after the preflight checklist, and the before start procedures. It has worked completly before a couple of months ago, but just all of a sudden it has stopped in the middle. If it were a driver conflict I don't think i would get any audio, or ateast not lose it at the exact same spot every single time. Any suggestions or a log I can view to see why I lose audio? Thanks

Is there a solution to this yet? I have the same issues on the 737ngx. Everything works fine using voice until I get to the before start checklist. This has happened to me the last few times I've tried. When first starting I ran the Audio Test, and the voice came out fine. Everything worked as it normally should. Once I get to the before start checklist the F/O goes mute. He still does his procedures, and he still follows voice commands but I lose his voice. I got ahead and do another voice test, and Nothing! Even with the HS on or off, Nothing. Even switching the HS audio device, I still get nothing. This is the REALLY strange part now..... I still get the cabin crew just fine. Any suggestions as to why this is happening, or is there a log file I can view to help investigate why this is happening? Thanks

I use FSX as the flight sim, and this happens at all airports that I have tried so far (KMEM, PHNL, CYLW, CYYC), The approach specifically into KMEM, I can't remember off the top of my head, but I want to say condor2 arrival with the ebber transition. There aren't any real messages that i can post as its just vectors, I may do a test flight in the next week or two, and I'll just post a screenshot of the map with path traveled.

This seems to happen every single time I use VoxATC, and I hope there is a fix as I spend $80 on this program and have yet to fully complete a single flight without major issues. Every time I come in on an arrival, I get clearance to fly the arrival, and usually a decent command, which is all good. But usually after a minute or two on the arrival, ATC starts vectoring me.... Ok, that's fine... But then it starts vectoring me away from the airfield and I usually fly 5 minutes in the opposite direction then it vectors me around to the original course... THEN once i'm back on course, IT DOES IT AGAIN!! usually at this point I give up and disable the program (then i lose all my traffic and instructions on how to land, I have yet to actually hear VoxATC give me clearance to land, as it ALWAYS, 100% vectors me away from the airport, then back, then back away (I did 2 complete circles coming into KMEM last night). It almost seems like its putting me into a hold, but vectoring the hold and not just giving the command. But yet, it never seems to let me leave the hold, just doing countless circles at the beginning of arrival. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a solution? The program does have great potential, but if it can't do a simple vector to the runway, then i would be very disappointed at the amount of money I had to spend on this. Any thoughts or suggestions?... I'm using version 6.34

I was wondering, as I can't seem to find in the manual, or even an answer in the search forums, but is there a way to add the "Heavy" suffix to your Airline Callsign? as when i'm trying to add it in the setup, I get the error "only letters then numbers allowed" or something similar. Or is this just a feature not implemented (which would be a significant disappointment). I'm using v6.34

I agree with scandinavian13 in that an addon this complex and expansive, it makes the most sence to read through the different manuals\tutorials, or at the very least the quick start guide. But the quick and simple answer is that the radios are on the console below the throttle, COM1 and NAV1 on the pilots side, and COM2 and NAV 2 on the FO side. They work like most radios of the same nature. The 2 leveled knob tunes the freq. for the standby side, then you hit the button between the displays (the swap button) to make it the active freq. To adjust the volume, there is a panel further down the centre console that has the mic select buttons (a bunch of black square buttons in a row with usually COM1 lit), and the volume are the little circular white buttons underneath, and you just rotate them to turn up/down the sound of the selected device. This is also where you can turn the sound on for your NAV radios and your rwy markers