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Done. Thanks Dave you Sir are a star 😁

Hi Dave, Over the weekend I had to flatten my PC and start from scratch which has been painful. Anyway when I try to install P2A again and register my key it tells me that 'A license key can only be activated once for any PC and on a maximum of 1 PC' This is the same PC as before just flattened and started fresh. I still have all my original emails/product key and receipts. Do I really need to purchase again? Thanks Daz

Hi Dave, I am encountering an issue that isn't repeatable on every flight although when it occurs it renders P2A unusable for the rest of the flight. When approaching runway hold before takeoff I request clearance and get told by the tower to hold short - traffic on final (which there is) my co pilot reads the instruction back to tower and tower repeats the instruction, then my co pilot reads back - tower asks again and so on....they get stuck in a loop. I can only stop this by disconnecting. Sorry if this has been mentioned before but was wondering is there something I'm missing or something I'm doing incorrectly? Been using P2A for a few years now and love it! 👍 For reference I'm using Traffic Global also. Daz

I can get the traffic on TCAS and P2A map no problem, all 19 infact. P2A a couple of times has told me to hold short of the RWY on departure for aircraft on final but nothing close on TCAS or visually? In the Air however I can spot the aircraft on TCAS visually when looking outside. Its as though P2A is seeing invisible traffic that isn't depicted on screen on some departures?

Thanks Dave. Realised after I had posted. Another case of not reading the manual properly 🙈 Have reconfigured with the A.I now so they show on TCAS. Going to give it another blast and hopefully all is fine.

Hi Dave, Came here to ask the question regarding Traffic Global working with P2A in XP but seems you are already on it! 😁 A quick test flight upon release today shows P2A currently doesn't recognise Traffic Global aircraft. Look forward to seeing what you can do and hopefully a future update 👍

Hi Dave, I managed to solve one issue i had with the weather but have another that is bugging me. I can't seem to get a fix for it. Probably something simple. I have all windows, sim and p2a audio routed to my rift headset, when I change comm frequencies after being handed off to the next controller the sound level drops for P2A. I then have to remove the rift go in to my little speaker on my windows taskbar, open sound settings and turn the slider for P2A up full again. On every frequency change it drops the sound level from 100 to around 20. It will then stay at 100 until I change to the next controller then drops again etc. I have tried routing the audio differently in Windows and P2A with the same results. Not a show stopper but rather frustrating now as its probably something simple I'm overlooking.....any ideas? Darrel

Hi Dave Just wanted to let you know that I've finally solved this now with consistent results after testing at tons of different locations. Both P2A and XP are reporting identical atis info and assigning the correct runways and the wind socks also correct 😁 If the winds are now 240/10 XP will assign rwy27 instead of 09 the same as P2A and the zibo mod fmc atis. All 3 perfectly in sync finally. What worked for me was to have P2A set to read NOAA real weather and XP set to real world weather, but this has only worked correctly after uninstalling the XP NOAA plug in, and I also got rid of the pyhton interface which I only got for NOAA originally. So....happy chappy now! Thanks for the great support as always Darrel

Hi Dave, Forcing pilot runway is an option I am considering I've also noticed that when I dont enable the NOAA plug in for XP I get the same runways assigned but other wind and visibility mismatches etc. I will eventually figure all this out, I am going to do more testing later and see which combination works best for me. If I point P2A to the 'sim weather' I guess it reads the freshly updated Metar file in the XP root directory when XP is set to real world weather? If this is the case in theory they should be identical I presume if set to the same refresh rates. I will also test this later 🙂 Darrel

I've already checked the Metar file and they all match. But both programs assign different runways. I've also had both on 15min refresh before today. I'm not sure if it is a bug with either program as other users of both XP and P2A haven't reported this issue anywhere on the forums that I'm aware of and I am a relative newbie to XP so I believe its probably just me and my XP setup at the mo that's why I'm frustrated. I switched to XP as I do all of my flying in VR now and the native performance is good. The Zibo mod is awesome in the oculus and I find the overall resolution better in native. And also the sloping runways......first class! 10 x better for immersion. P3D needs this feature. I have been playing around with the different weather reporting options in both XP and P2A tonight and I think I'm getting a little closer to finding something that suits. Darrel

Thanks for the reply. The thing is I already have XP-11 set to Real Weather (refresh rate 30mins) and P2A set to use NOAA real weather (30 mins also) Its like the FMC in zibo and P2A are in sync. X-Plane is reporting differently. Before arriving at destination airport I read Atis in fmc and check P2A for arrival runway and winds. Both match, great. But during approach I end up with tail winds because in the sim its different so I end heading towards AI coming the opposite way down the runway....but the AI seems to match what X-Plane atis would report. Im currently experimenting with pointing X-Plane to the metar file and the atis in both P2A and XP then match but reported runways in use are different. X plane will then report winds at 230/10 for example but designate runway 09 for departure whereas P2A will report 230/10 but advise runway 27 at EGGP. The AI will use 09 Darrel

Hi Dave. Hoping you can help I run the paid version of P2A. I have recently been running XP11. Issue I have is that when I have P2A set to read NOAA real weather, and in the sim its set to real world weather the Atis is generally spot on with the atis reported by the FMC in the zibo mod problem is that XP11 winds and atis are different from both these. For example atis in zibo mod reads winds 250/13 and P2A reports same winds on its atis. But in XP11 i get different winds and active runways than what is being reported twice......any ideas? Im also using the NOAA weather plug in. Id love to get this all in sync. Had all this running beautifully in P3D4 with Active Sky. Darrel

I'm a few years late to this VR party I have just purchased the Rift today. Been using Track IR5 for a good while. I exclusively fly the NGX. Track IR5 is awesome and takes flying to the next level of immersion in the simulator, I never thought I would ever have it better for realism. That all goes out the window tonight after trying the Rift briefly with the NGX. Wow wow wow! I haven't even done a full flight yet but I already know that my TIR5 will be sold. As others have mentioned the level of scale and depth is truly unbelievable and takes your breath away....it really does. No one can convey this to you in any picture or video. I was excited after watching some vids on YouTube before I bought it but with some of the reviews I'd read still kept my expectations realistic, but this really is 100 times better than I imagined or expected. Compare this now to a full scale simulator and that's how much the immersion factor has increased. I know I will never fly a real 737 but I no longer envy the pilots that do! 😁 Daz

Thanks Dave I thought it should be something simple. I will try re-configuring after and report back. Darrel

Hi Dave. Firstly I Just want to congratulate you on an awesome product! I've been reluctant to purchase any ATC product just yet as I always thought they weren't real enough and found with some of the robotic voices and procedures it took a lot away from the realism and immersion factor. But it was something I needed that my sim was lacking. I am enjoying P2A and only wish I had tried this earlier. I am currently on day 3 of my demo and already know that I am going to purchase this 👍The level of detail and customisation is awesome and I am continually being surprised by the new things I'm finding out and learning about this program hourly. I have an issue when I am recording my videos in that I can't hear any of the ATC instructions nor any of the chatter files I have set up when I play the recording back. I hear it all perfectly whilst I am recording though and all of my other add on sounds like GSX for example I can hear on the playback just not P2A . I know its probably something to do with the output sounds in P2A.....I currently have this set to my LCD tv which shows in the dropdown but I think i have also tried 'Primary output device' with no joy on the recordings. The tutorials and other videos I have seen the audio for P2A can be heard so I know its something simple I'm missing. Any help to point me in the right direction is appreciated. Thanks. Darrel

I'm confused..........I'm reading all the rants about the poor guy not signing his full name, but from his first post on page 1 his name seems to be included in his signature! am I missing something?

Must be the same idiot who programmed FS9 aswell then :-)

Hi,I'm sure the PMDG staff will help you all the can - one of the reasons for the activation not working could be because of the following (as posted by Robert in an earlier topic) 2) Customers Having Activation Problems:I have spent most of my time working on this issue (divide and conquer!) and after working through issues with a handful of customers I am finding that the vast majority of these issues can be mitigated with some thoughtful computing. We have prepared an applet that is able to force activation onto a machine, and we anticipate rolling this out en-force tomorrow.However, there is always a hook: This applet cannot fix core windows problems, nor can it make up for users who run applications to automatically or manually kill various critical windows services because they think it will gain them better performance.Of the five customers I helped today, all five had run or were running one of the various "FSX Tweak" guides that advocate killing windows services. Unfortunately, this winds up becoming a problem when you install applications that depend upon those services- and it is generally bad guidance in any event unless you know for certain what a particular service is/is not doing.For example, our NGX depends upon a particular windows service that also happens to be used by Adobe PDF Maker. If you look this service up on some of the "tweaker" sites they will tell you it is safe to disable. However, when a user kills that service, they lose the NGX as well... So- the bottom line: Anyone who is having activation issues is going to get a ticket reply back from us on Tuesday with an app that will fix the vast majority of issues. If this app doesn't work for you, then Ryan and I will be personally involved with you to make sure we get you resolved as fast as possible. Just wondering if your aware of this ?

I'm sure that there are limitations in FSX to get the simulator 100% accurate with some of the features. 99.9% aint too bad though!

But, I'm not convinced the problems are av related. I think a lot of the problems are with people not reading and following the instructions found in the introduction. +1

Gents, Some of you need to look at earlier posts on the forum before asking the same questions that many others have.....The answers can be found through 5 mins of browsing!

Blame FSX guys, your system settings or possibly corrupt cfg files etc! Other users with similar systems are reporting decent frame rates so it can't be PMDG otherwise we would all see it across the board. They supply the product, but with the million and one different variables in different peoples machines it's hard to keep everyone happy!

Hi all, I haven't purchased the NGX yet due to all the madness that follows the first couple of days after release.I like most have been waiting patiently for what seems like years for this release to come about. But with all the waiting it has given me time to do as much research on this bird as I possible can, including looking at the improved system features (as compared to the NG) and the different ergonomics present in the aircraft. Since release day I have been watching this forum carefully and reading all of the different posts regarding issues people have been seeing and encountering, a lot of which is fair to say would just require a little research before buying the aircraft and most would be resolved. For example - I read a post yesterday regarding the Master caution light not being straight in the cockpit and the gentlemen asked if it was something he'd done during install etc.....but if the research had of been done it would have been known that this was an ergonomic feature intended by PMDG along with various other things like worn and dirty buttons etc etc, all intentional by PMDG if I'm correct?Another couple of posts indicated that the PFD's etc were taking sometime to come to life when power was applied in the cockpit - also as far as I'm aware this is the feature of the NGX (as shown in Nicks AOA video of the cockpit systems etc) he mentions and shows that it takes a couple of minutes for the screens to display any info. This is different than the NG as the displays used to come alive instantly when power was applied. So not necessarily a bug as some people think. People who have been well accustomed to the NG I'm guessing will probably find the NGX a little different due to the amount of realism that supersedes the NG, so I would suggest as much reading and video watching as possible before automatically assuming that the aircraft doesn't work or that there is a bug etc. I know there are genuine members out there who are experiencing genuine bugs and I have sympathy for these people as the majority will be experienced pilots and simmers. But reading through everything first will help me determine when I install if I encounter any problems, whether its an intended feature or a bug. I'm still waiting for the post that says - '' I have fingerprints on the displays in my cockpit, is it something I've done or is it a bug?'' lol guarantee we wont wait long for that one.I'm just saying that maybe people should get to know the aircraft they are flying before complaining that something isn't working right. Knowledge is power :-) Happy flying everyone Darrel Cooke

Hi Nick, I'm pretty sure that the animation for the wipers is only modelled in the VC cockpit and not in 2D as far as I'm aware Darrel Cooke

Hi,Try updating your XP to SP3. It states on the product page that all the latest SP's should be installed to run. May resolve your issuesWorth a try :-)Darrel Cooke