hamiltondaniel

Has there ever been any word on plans to include oceanic procedures? Right now, this is the main thing missing that's making my mouse hesitate on the "Buy" button....

This is neither here nor there, but a thing I'm curious about... On the STAT page during APU start, when APU is switched to ON the lowest I've ever seen the APU Oil Temp at is ~50C, regardless of ambient temperature (during long turns the oil temp would drop to ambient). Once the APU EGT starts to rise the Oil Temp starts to rise from ~50C as well, pretty much immediately, leading me to think the simulated APU is coded to "rest" at 50C when the APU is off. Is this a limitation of the PMDG 777, i.e. APU oil temp dropping to ambient is not modelled, or is there something in the real aircraft that prevents readings below 50C on the APU oil temp? Again, not terribly pressing, but I am interested and haven't been able to find anything on the web. Daniel Hamilton

Just getting used to the 777 in Prepar3d, it's a delight so far. I am experiencing a strange TrackIR issue, however. The TrackIR "center" view seems to be tilted up about ten degrees, i.e., with TrackIR on, the default VC view shows only the top part of the PFD and way too much of the eyebrow. Disabling TrackIR results in the correct view angle (straight out the windshield, with the full PFD and the top of the yoke showing). As soon as I launch the TrackIR program, though, the view snaps back up. As soon as I quit TrackIR, the view snaps back to the proper tilt. The TrackIR "Center View" button works, but resets to the tilted-up view, meaning I have to tilt my head down for the correct view. The TrackIR interface shows the centering working properly (the crosshairs are at X,Y = 0,0) but the view in Prepar3d is still tilted up. Any ideas? Thanks, Daniel Hamilton

Just a bump to say I've experienced this behavior twice as well, under the same conditions as above. Engine oil overheat during descent, I fly with random and service-based failures all OFF, but this happens anyway. Not sure what the cause is. -Daniel Hamilton

Ho there all,I'm having some issues with RC4.3.The most glaring is that whenever I run it all AI traffic disappears. I don't hear it on the radios, I don't see it in the world, the AI views option isn't there, and nothing shows up on any traffic addons (PMDG transponders, EFB traffic on the moving map, etc.) I don't have any traffic addons and usually keep my traffic level at 40% but changing it now has no effect on whether traffic appears or not. I have the latest FSUIPC so I don't think that's it.The other issue is just how slow RC4 is to respond to input. After hearing from a controller or picking an option I'll press "1" or whatever and it takes a good 20-30 seconds to hear the pilot saying anything. The FO responds pretty much immediately and the controllers get back to him pretty quickly.Strange.Thanks for any help!Daniel