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I use both. I use GSX for the visuals and pushback. Then I use PACX for the boarding annoucements. They do not interfere with eachother, and I did not have to do anything special for them to work 'together'. They both pull info from simbrief. Hope that helps! -Tony@PVD

I notice the price is higher on contrail. Now that it is available on contrail will a purchase directly from them come with the code for contrail? Or would I still need to email them for a code? I would prefer to use contrail, but I also don't mind saving $2. Thanks for the info. Also looking forward to some basic reviews. -Tony@PVD

Awesome. Thanks so much, I had just found this curtesy of Jazz. Thanks a lot guys. I can't wait to verify this works. -Tony@PVD

I have everything pretty much installed in the default location. I think I found the folder you mentioned. It is an exact copy of the folder I was sending it in, except it was in localstate subfolder vs localcache with the community folder. I will test this out after the update is complete, and then get back to you. Thanks for your help. -Tony@PVD P.S. No sure if intentional or not, but you do come off slightly condescending. I do appreciate then help regardless, but maybe consider that next time you respond to someone else. We should all be friends here.

My community folder is in the APPDATA folder, so I'm not sure where to look. This is the first I have heard that there is 2 PMDG flight plan/weather folders. Doing some file searching now, and all I am finding is the community folder that I have been using. Man, I hope I can figure this out. Thanks. -Tony@PVD

I wish it worked that way for me. But it certainly does not. Whenever I plan a flight while still in the sim, the PMDG FMC doesn't find the flight plan, and also will give a weather error when trying to upload it, if I input the flight plan manually. I can promise you though, that the downloader did download the flight plans and weather to the correct folder. *Quick add. I have tried planning a route say PVD-BWI, downloading the flight plans, running the sim, then 'refile' the flight plan with a different route, to see if the 737 just needs to see the files or of it reads them in advance. It reads them in advance, changing the routing did not work. Hopefully you can follow. I have seen several people also mention how you need to have the PMDG flight plans in its folders before loading the aircraft. So I know I am not the only one. However if you know of some trick to make this work please share! Because on my setup (and based on many other comments, others as well). The FMC will not find any flight plan that I did not build and download before loading the aircraft. If you can solve this annoyance for me, I would be grateful, and then 100% satisfied with my 737. Thanks. -Tony@PVD

Just to throw my 2 cents on this EFB topic. I personally just use the FMC cheat to get my t/o numbers. What I do want the EFB for, is the simbrief integration. But not because I don't like the downloader option. But because I am hoping and wishing the EFB will mean I no longer have to plan ALL my flights before launching the sim. If I am planning on spending an entire day flying around, I have to plan every flight beforehand, and by the end of the day, the weather wont be accurate. Or even more, what if I decide I want to fly somewhere else instead? Then I have to enter every waypoint into the FMC. Not a big deal, but it is nice to be lazy sometimes. But then there is no weather to import into the FMC, and then the arrival time and fuel calculations are way off. That is the only thing personally that gets me excited about the EFB. The great thing about this hobby though, is we all have different priorities, different aspects of FS that we prefer, different ways of flying around the (virtual) world. A lot of the comments in this thread are really negative towards other users. I hope someday these discussions don't always end up that way. We all love FS, so can't we all get along? Just my 2 cents. Take it for what it's worth. -Tony@PVD

Thanks. Not sure how I misses that. -Tony@PVD

I did not see this in the release notes that were linked to in this thread. Is this confirmed? Because it annoys me so much! Are the roads also going to be fixed? Thanks. -Tony@PVD

I think I had the PMDG setup mixed with what QualityWings does. Sorry about that, but thank you for trying, I do really appreciate it. THIS. 100 times this! Thanks so much, this worked. To everyone who helped, thanks for the info/advice. Paint.net is definitely the way to go. -Tony@PVD

My apologies. The .ptp extension is something PMDG uses. Just change the extension to .zip or .rar and it should open. Again thanks. And to the other posters, I have a busy weekened ahead of me, but hopefully Monday night I will be able to try those suggestions. -Tony@PVD

This is the livery I would like to adjust the most. If you can get it open, and I very much appreciate you trying. Then I will have to figure out what plug-in you have installed that I need. Thanks again for the help. https://flightsim.to/file/33186/pmdg-737-700-us-airways-n588us-4k -Tony@PVD Edited for typo.

I searched google, installed one from codes.google, that was recommended on various how to sites. It did not solve the issue however. I guess I'm resigned to hoping some of these liveries get adjusted. Thanks guys for all the help and suggestions. -Tony@PVD

So I was using an outdated version. Updated, and now I get one of two responses, it seems every other time i try to open a file, it switches. "Unsupported DXGI format" Or "DDS image plug-in could not be read" I am trying to adjust textures created for the PMDG -700. Maybe they require a different format than the DXT5? To be honest I have limited knowledge on these things. -Tony@PVD

When I try to open a file, it responds with file type unknown. No matter what texture files I have tried, I always get the same response. -Tony@PVD

Just wondering if someone knows of a simple texture editor? There are some 3rd party liveries that I have that are just not quite right. In P3D I was using a program called GIMP. It made it really simple to adjust the colors, and then reformat and save the texture file. However, it does not work with any MSFS textures that I have tried. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. -Tony@PVD

I find that if I forget to reset the sound configuration before loading the sim, I can reset the sound in sim to fix the issue by pressing Q twice. This is after resetting the sound configuration in windows. Hope this helps to not ruin any future flights! -Tony@PVD

I have the 717 Immersion up to date, so I just must have updated it and not even realized. Thats awesome. And I get these things take time. Keep up the good work, and thanks for making our hobby better! -Tony@PVD

Thanks for this information. Any idea when the 787 or 717 packages will receive this update? Thanks. -Tony@PVD

Actually that is two different steps. One is to select auto step climb in the config menu. Which automatically adds the line 'autostepclimb=1' into the qw787.cfg. Then you also need to add the 'SetMCPaltOnAutoStepClimb=1' line by hand as well, so that you will not have to change the altitude on the MCP. At least this is what I have done each time I have installed the aircraft (which is probably over 20x). Doing this I just setup the aircraft for initial cruise altitude, set it and forget it until TOD. The aircraft calculates when to step climb and executes it without any input from me. I have never had to mess with the way points in the way you describe. And at that point are past my knowledge. But the way I set it up, the aircraft steps climbs without my input. @mikeymike I just thought of this. But when setting up your FMC and flight plan, did you fill out the step size on the PERF INIT page? I usually put in 2000, as I believe that is the typical step climb altitude, it defaults to ICAO which I have never left in place, so maybe that coulr be an issue? -Tony@PVD

There are two options that need to be set for the step climb to work. Make sure not just in the aircraft menu, but also a line must be added to the qw.cfg. i think thats what its called. In the documentation that came with the 787, at the end is a list of things that can be added the cfg. The line your looking for is something along the lines of set mcp on step climb. Hope that helps! -Tony@PVD

Im not 100% sure. But sometimes with their updates, you have to do a full uninstall/reinstall. Hopefully that will get it work for you. -Tony@PVD

Extremely disappointing. Another developer that just isn't the same as before. Our hobby keeps changing... -Tony@PVD

Just to quickly point out. But am I the only one who noticed the trend he was referring to? About 2 years after each new sim came out? They stopped supporting the older sim. We are about a year into MSFS. So we may have PMDG another 12-14 months in P3D. He pretty much prepared us (pun not intended), for their exit of the P3D market with this post. Personally. I am regretting purchasing the -200ER expansion. Who knows if we will ever get that 777 VC update now? And after the livery debacle... who knows if I'll ever trust PMDG enough to take my hard earned money again. -Tony@PVD

I won't have time for a few days to look into this. But it makes sense to figure exactly what was causing the issue. I will update on mon what I find. Thanks for the help. -Tony@PVD