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Colonel X, I found the solution and you're not going to believe this, I disconnected HOTAS COUGAR and Oculus Rift-S and XPLANE started up like a charm! Reconnected Oculus and voila, turned out good! Strange phenomena! Anyway thnx for your quick reactions to my question. Regards, Slammer

Btw: I don't want it to start as A.I. and certainly don't want to see the other issue where I have to cycle the 3d flight model display to get normal flight. How can I get rid of that? Can I find this option in a .prf file? Regards

Colonel X, Thnx for your quick answer, but it was never a problem before since i'am using XPLANE 11 just recently started. I've tried to reinstall XPLANE 1135, then updated and the problem was gone (just for a short time). How could this be possible? This would mean that you can never depart from an airfield which has grass airfields like mine (EHHV) and almost can't believe that. Kind regards, Slammer

Dear experts, Since a while (never had problems with this before) After launching a .sit file on a uncontrolled airfield Xplane11.41 gives me strange feedback that A.I. is disengaged, AI is not available for this start type, The AI can only operate using ramp, take off and final approach starts. To get the AI to fly your plane, restart using one of those start types. Result: aircraft starts at a random position in the air, engines turned of and 3D flightmodel display is activated. Which file is responsible for this and what can I do about it? Regards Slammer

Tom, Thanks for your answer, is there anyway around it to cope with the problem? Greetz Slammer

Dear all, I'm having problems with Macro's. Format for FS9 2d cockpit works in FSX, but in FSX format it doesn't work. Can anyone help? FS9 code 2d works in FSX: <Macro Name="Increase"> (L:DataEntry, number) 10 * @1 + (>L:DataEntry, number) </Macro> <Macro Name="Decrease"> (L:DataEntry, number) 10 / int (>L:DataEntry, number) </Macro> <!-- ********* 1 Digit **********--> <Area Left="36" Right="66" Top="53" Bottom="83"> <Visible>(L:ICP-MODE, enum) 0 != (L:ICP-MODE, enum) 7 != (L:ICP-MODE, enum) 13 != (L:ICP-SEC1, enum) 4 != ||</Visible> <Cursor Type="Hand"/> <Click> @Increase(1) </Click> </Area> FSX code for 3d Virtual cockpit doesn't work: <Macro Name="Increase"> <MacroValue>(L:DataEntry, number) 10 * @1 + (>L:DataEntry, number)</MacroValue> </Macro> <Macro Name="Decrease"> <MacroValue>(L:DataEntry, number) 10 / int (>L:DataEntry, number)</MacroValue> </Macro> <!-- ********* 1 Digit **********--> <MouseArea> <FloatPosition>107.000,102.000</FloatPosition> <Size>95,94</Size> <Visibility>(L:ICP-MODE, enum) 0 != (L:ICP-MODE, enum) 7 != (L:ICP-MODE, enum) 13 != (L:ICP-SEC1, enum) 4 != ||</Visibility> <CursorType>Hand</CursorType> <MouseClick id="MouseClick"> <Script>@Increase(1)</Script> <ClickType>LeftSingle</ClickType> </MouseClick> </MouseArea> Thnx in advance! Greetz Slammer

Gentz, Solved the problem using two seperate macro's, thanks anyway. Gr. Slammer

Gentz, I'm having a problem with my landing gear lights. I want them on the ground to go on/off with the switch and when turned on, i want them in the air to go on/off when landing gear is in/out. I have the following snippet which only works on the ground. Tried with SIM ON GROUND syntax but could not get it to work. please help! <Element> <Select> <Value> (A:LIGHT TAXI,bool) (A:GEAR CENTER POSITION,percent) 99 < && if{ (> K:TOGGLE_TAXI_LIGHTS) } els{ } </Value> </Select> </Element> <!-- PANEL LIGHT SWITCH (!) - FORCED OFF --> <Element> <Select> <Value>(A:LIGHT PANEL ON,bool) ! if{ (> K:PANEL_LIGHTS_OFF) }</Value> </Select> </Element> </Gauge

Hi all, Downloade and extracted all the files but when i want to add the scenery to the scenery library it will not find any files to add! Any solutions for this problem? Thanks in advance Greetz Slammer

All who have replied, Thank you very much helping me out, it works fine only not all ILS frequencies are recognized. For instance 108.55 SBO (ILS27 Soesterberg, the Netherlands) works fine but 110.75 VLO (ILS24 Volkel, the Netherlands) is not recognized. Maybe this is due to the Scenery (NL2000). Thanks again, a happy Slammer

Mgh & Bob, Both thanks for your replies! I'm having trouble to implement Mgh's statement. I'm probably doing the wrong things at the wrong places. The way i implemented it, it returns 000 on the DME. Here are two codes. The first code gives DME to the NearestVorCurrentDistance which works but as i said before, it switches DME readings of nearby facilities. The second code is mgh his code but returns 000 on the DME. //----- <Element> <!--Visible>(A:NAV1 HAS DME, bool) (L:Steering Control, enum) 0 == &&</Visible--> <Visible>(A:NAV1 HAS DME, bool) (L:AVCS-UFC,bool) 1 == & (L:HSI-MODE,enum) 3 == (L:ILS Switch, bool) 0 == &&</Visible> <Position X="13" Y="6"/> <Text Bright="Yes" X="62" Y="20" Length="8" Font="arialbold" Color="#010101" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="No"> <String>%((A:NAV HAS LOCALIZER) (A:HSI DISTANCE, nmiles))%{if}%((C:fs9gps:NearestVorCurrentDistance, nmiles))%!05.1f!%{else}%((A:NAV1 DME, nmiles))%!05.1f!%</String> </Text> </Element> Second code: <Element> <Visible>(A:NAV1 HAS DME, bool) (L:AVCS-UFC,bool) 1 == & (L:HSI-MODE,enum) 3 == (L:ILS Switch, bool) 0 == &&</Visible> <Position X="100" Y="150"/> <Text X="62" Y="18" Bright="Yes" Length="7" Font="arial" Color="#ffffff" Adjust="Left" VerticalAdjust="Center" Multiline="No" Fixed="No"> <String>%((A:NAV HAS LOCALIZER:1, Bool) (A:NAV HAS DME:1, Bool) and if{ (A:NAV DME:1, nmiles) (> L:MyDMEDistance, Number) } (L:MyDMEDistance, Number))%!03d!</String> </Text> </Element> Question is: is this the correct place to put mgh's code or should it be in a value, macro, string or other statement. Sorry for not quit understanding what you ment. Slammer

Maybe its possible with the database from Bob McElrath because lat/lon of the ILS should be somewhere in here. Then do a calculation via GeoCalc, but how?

Fr.Bill I've done a arbitrary solution as well to show in the HUD and HSI when LOC/GS is off, alive and steady as a function of time with the following code. Maybe it helps. //----HUD ILS LOC DISPLAY <Element> <Position X="-239" Y="-27"/> <Clip Top="50" Left="-239" Right="691" Bottom="588"/> <Visible>(A:HSI has localizer, bool) (L:ILS Switch, bool) 0 == &&</Visible> <Select> <Value>(A:HSI has localizer, bool) (A:HSI CDI needle valid, bool) (L:AVCS-INS, enum) 2 == and and if{ (G:Var2) 0 == if{ (P:Absolute time,seconds) 15 + (>G:Var2) } } els{ 0 (>G:Var2) } (G:Var2) (P:Absolute time,seconds) ></Value> <Case Value="0"> <Image Name="Localizer_Needle_white-Valid.bmp" Bright="Yes"/> </Case> <Case Value="1"> <Image Name="Localizer_Needle_white.bmp" Bright="Yes"/> </Case> </Select> <Shift> <Value Minimum="-1" Maximum="1">(A:HSI CDI needle, number) 127 /</Value> <Nonlinearity> <Item Value="-1" X="-322" Y="-27"/> <Item Value="0" X="-281" Y="-27"/> <Item Value="1" X="-239" Y="-27"/> </Nonlinearity> </Shift> </Element> //----HUD ILS GS DISPLAY <Element> <Position X="-325" Y="59"/> <Clip Top="50" Left="20" Right="691" Bottom="588"/> <Visible>(A:HSI GSI needle valid, bool) (L:ILS Switch, bool) 0 == &&</Visible> <Select> <Value>(A:HSI has localizer, bool) (A:HSI GSI needle valid, bool) (L:AVCS-INS, enum) 2 == and and if{ (G:Var1) 0 == if{ (P:Absolute time,seconds) 15 + (>G:Var1) } } els{ 0 (>G:Var1) } (G:Var1) (P:Absolute time,seconds) ></Value> <Case Value="0"> <Image Name="Glideslope_Needle_white-Valid.bmp" Bright="Yes"/> </Case> <Case Value="1"> <Image Name="Glideslope_Needle_white.bmp" Bright="Yes"/> </Case> </Select> <Shift> <Value Minimum="-1" Maximum="1">(A:HSI GSI needle, number) 120 /</Value> <Nonlinearity> <Item Value="-1" X="-325" Y="-23"/> <Item Value="0" X="-325" Y="18"/> <Item Value="1" X="-325" Y="59"/> </Nonlinearity> </Shift> </Element> </Element> </Element> Slammer

mgh, Thanks for your quick reply, but how should i do this. Don't know how to get the result out of the database. Slammer

Hello all, I want to show DME to active ILS/LOC freq. I've read a few posts concerning this subject, but all are in C++. Does anybody have the solution in XML. I've tried with NearestVorCurrentDistance which works but the problem is that there are to many airfields in the direct vicinity so DME goes bazerk. Thanks in advance for helping me out. Slammer