Everything posted by flibinite
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Just Flight Rare Sale on FSX & P3D Aircraft!
It's been years since I've flown her but as I recall it was pretty good. Both this one and the Capt. Sim version were fun to fly with decent systems, I seem to recall the JF seemed to have an easier flight handling characteristics. For $25 I'd take the plunge.
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Traffic Global
I suggest you ask at the Just Flight support forum https://community.justflight.com/
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moving on to MSFS
"Why not use both?" This. And definitely upgrade to XP12, significant improvement over 11 and well worth the minimal expense.. XP has some excellent, mature aircraft that are not yet available in MSFS (e.g. Rotate MD-11). Enjoy the best of both worlds.
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UPDATE: Carenado's Very Similar Bizz Jet
"The FONTS on the CJ2 PFD/MFD look really tiny and difficult to see can some one confirm this?" They are, but there are 2D popouts that make the displays readable enough in flight
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Wilco Dassault Falcon 7X
It looks like it's the worst release of the year: http://www.avsim.com/topic/488788-wilco-falcon-7x/
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Aerosoft 20% except downloads
Meanwhile, SimPlanet is offering several Aerosoft titles at 25% off...download versions only. FSPilotshop too.
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Thinking to get Captain Sim L1011, Milviz 737 or Carenado PC12.
Yes, the L-1011 autopilot is realistic. This aircraft is generally regarded as one of Captain Sim's best; I'd call it very good. The Milviz 737 is excellent, both visually and systems. I don't have the PC12 so can't comment. But as far as choosing between them...they are very different aircraft, serving very different needs. If you like long haul flights, I'm sure you will be happy with the L1011. If you like short haul flights, you'll love the Milviz. I might suggest you wait until the Christmas holiday to buy the L1011. Captain SIm usually - it is not a guarantee - has a sale around that time with very deep discounts. And Milviz just had sale a few weeks ago, they'll do it again I'm sure. If you time it right, you can probably buy both planes for the price of one.
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Shaking in cockpit?
Maybe try asking the video maker, via the contact links on the YouTube channel
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TCAS turns off by itself
If you're flying with a VA's ACARS program, I've seen those trip the TCAS off.
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Thanks Kyle
"Yes a good opportunity just to say how superb a contributor to this forum Kyle is." "Ryan and Paul are also very active in the queue, particularly at the times of day when I usually can't be, and when the answer goes over my head (they've been at it much longer than I have), so big shout out to them as well." This is one of the reasons I think PMDG aircraft are, if anything, underpriced. The forum & tech support is unmatched, and this level of expertise doesn't come free.
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Blackbox Simulation Question
Sort of. Getting there. No way. Spend some time searching the Avsim FSX forums, you'll get a flavor
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TOPOSIM HALF-OFF TODAY!
Hi Justin a few questions if you would: 1) Can the scenery areas be activated/deactivated easily, such as via the scenery.cfg file? 2) Do the installers overwrite stock files? If so, is a backup/restore utility provided? 3) How do these products differ from your prior work under FSGenesis? 4) Why would you say Toposim is preferable to another terrain mesh product marketed for P3D? Is the LOD radius better?
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MD11 and WX Advantage Radar integration?
In your panel.cfg, you have to make sure the weather radar is assigned to one of Window00 through Window09 - and it won't be, because on install the weather radar assigns itself the next available WIndowXX number. That means you'll have to swap the radar into a slot from 00 to 09, and swap out the existing PMDG-determined pop-up in that slot. Then, you can assign a shortcut key in FSUIPC to emulate using the Shift-Number key combo you use to pop up a window. So for example say you wanted to use Shift-5 to pop up the weather radar. You'd move the weather radar's panel.cfg entry to Window04 (Shift-5 opens whatever's listed under Window04 - the Shift number is always one higher). Then, you assign Shift-5 to one of your controller buttons. DOn't forget to change the WindowXX descriptions at the to of panel.cfg as well. If you've not done this type of work in panel.cfg before, two suggestions: (1) BACK UP your existing panel.cfg file, then (2) start with something easier - say just swap the Window07 and Window08 entries,get a feel for changing the the WindowXX entries and how they affect the Shift-XX key combinations.
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MD11 and WX Advantage Radar integration?
The MD11 has been discontinued - it's not even sold any more. You should expect no further work from PMDG on it. To make the weather radar stay open when you change views, you can include the command "type=special" under the radar's applicable [Window.XX] entry in your panel.cfg file. For an easier method to make the radar pop up, I'd use FSUIPC to assign a keystroke command to an unused controller on my joystick. FOr example, if the "Shift-7" keystroke command sequence opens the radar, use FSUIPC to assign a button to execute that keystroke sequence
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Full Version Fsuipc question
"is it also recommended for P3D?" - yes
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EHAM suggestions?
"For those who already own Aerosoft EHAM, does anyone have it successfully working in P3Dv3?" I've FSX and P3D both installed. I just pointed P3D to the existing FSX installation of EHAM, seems to be fine
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my traffic 6 question
Reinstall on all should be fine. If PMDG, I think they have a license 'deactivation' process which basically alerts them you're uninstalling the aircraft from a PC, so when you subsequently activate it again on the new machine, you won't have issues.
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Extreemly wild fluctuations in airspeed?
If it's a recurring problem, I'd start by disabling any weather addons/settings you have, see if the problem still occurs.
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Weird underspeed issue?
Need a lot more to diagnose, but to start suggest using the Load Manager to set, say, 2/3 load and 1/2 fuel, then take her up to 35,000 and see how she cruises. Should be no problem, Maybe take the tutorial flight over again as a refresher?
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Nav Lights, Strobes and Beacon
It gets more curious. After uninstalling REX4 textures (I suspected that might be a problem but maybe not) I reinstalled the MD-11. Testing with the PMDG house liveries, GE variant - Upon initial AC load (engines running), there remain no nav/strobe/beacon (n/s/b) lights even though switches are in the On position. Tapping the L key activates all lights (note: "Pilot controls aicraft lights" is ticked off under FSX's Realism settings). However, turning the Taxi light on also activates the n/s/b lights - With landing,and taxi,lights off and both runway turnoff lights turned on, n/s/b lights are normal when selecting FSX Dusk, Night, and Dawn sim times. When selecting Day, the n/s/b lights are normal when looking at the AC head-on. But as I pan in Spot view down the length of the AC, the n/s/b lights cut out before the midship point (panning down either side of the AC). - If I turn the left runway turnoff light off, the beacon also turns off. The n/s lights remain on. - If I turn both runway turnoff lights off, the n/s/b lights also turn off. - Then, if I activate the taxi light (runway turnoff lights are now off), n/s/b lights are normal. - Taxi light off and right landing light on: no beacon, n/s are normal. - Taxi light off and left landing light on: all three n/s/b are normal. And finally: On the ground with n/s/b switches on, but no lights visible because none of the other lights mentioned above are switched on...activating the overhead Fuel Dump switch turns on the nav and strobe lights!
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Nav Lights, Strobes and Beacon
Update: Don't understand what's changed, but if I hit the "L" key after loading the AC, all the lights come on properly. So it seems the solution is light the aircraft up - shut down the lights that shouldn't be on at the gate - and proceed.
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Nav Lights, Strobes and Beacon
I just ran into the same problem after a reinstall. But they seemed to work while taxiing, then when I took a look on climbout they'd turned off. I'll try to isolate further
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FSX hangs @ "loading air, sea, and land traffic", 86 %
Maybe a scenery file, or AI conflict problem. Suggest start with backing up fsx.cfg, then delete that file and restart, see if that gets you in
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Mouse Look in V3.2?
Jim, I had that problem in a different way. I installed P3D 3.2 a few days ago, then installed the latest version of FSUIPC into both my existing FSX and the new P3D. I saw the problem you describe in the CS777 in FSX - but not the AS Twin Otter in P3D. So I'm wondering if it's aircraft-specific, or an FSUIPC issue. In the meantime, you can set you mouse's middle button to pan via FSUIPC' Miscellaneous tab - check off the Mousewheel: "mouse look" box
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P3D 3.2 SDK fresh install malware alert
Webroot SecureAnywhere is flagging a file in the SDK as infected with "W32.Malware.Heur." The file is named "xceed.dockingwindows.v2.2.dll." Anyone else, or a false alarm most likely?