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Hi all,

I just moved to REX Skyforce and have the same issue when looking right at the sun during dawn/dusk. 

What has made the FPS loss less heavy for me was turning down the shadow quality from Ultra to medium in P3Dv5. I did not touch any other textures.

This made FPS managable between 40-50 whereas if i pan the camera to have the sun behind the camera I get 60-70 FPS at Flytampa EHAM with the PMDG 777. before turning down the shadow settings my FPS were like 10-20 when looking at the sun.

On 6/24/2018 at 4:00 PM, Keven Menard said:

Have you tried assigning the zoom controls in ChasePlane instead of using the simulator’s controls?

How do you this is? can you please be a little more explicit on how to do this?

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Yori Smulders

When Rsrandazzo said the update would be between Christmas and New year, did he mean Chinese New Year? 

On 9/22/2018 at 9:11 PM, AirCanada235 said:

BAM!  It feels good to be 1st once in a while - LOL

I think you have been first before in life

How about updates to the 777? When are they planned to be released?

Thank you!

Kind Regards,

Yori Smulders

8 minutes ago, scandinavian13 said:

None of our stuff is. Only the 744 has the custom ground contact model. It will eventually make its way back.

Hi Kyle,

Thank you for your super fast reply! 

Is there any high level timeline known for this update? like within 6 months or within 1 year?

Hi all,

PMDG has updated their 777 friction model some time ago, but in my opinion it is still not up to par with the 747V3 or competitor products. 

Examples are:

• Light weight (after landing) taxi on idle- or low engine power, nearly impossible. 
• stopping distance with the autobrake upon landing, is this realistic? Compared to the 747 it feels as if the 777 stops within a heartbeat, while the 747 takes it's distance. 
• starting taxi requires quite high N1 before aicraft starts moving. Does anyone get this too?

Is this something that PMDG will update in the future? or will there be a more general update to bring it up to par with the 747V3? 

Let me know!

Yori Smulders

22 hours ago, downscc said:

Nope. I don't expect major updates (which this would be, as would be anything related to flight dynamics migrating to outside the box) to the 777 product until after the 748 and probably after the NGv3.  I agree, it would be nice but there's not been a forecast time by PMDG for this to occur.

Hmm, so where did I read this then...

Hello,

With the introduction of the new 747-400 and (hopefully) soon the 747-8 there has been an introduction to a new and, if you ask me, improved friction model. I remember reading somewhere that PMDG might roll this update back to the 777. Does anyone know whether this will still be done? And when might that be? 

Hoping for some more realistic landings in the future! Thank you!

Yori Smulders

The cabin lights also do not dim on the 777, have not tested the 747 yet

I was too fast

Yes here too, Autobrake stays in RTO setting after takeoff.

Hello,

Are the service vehicles also updated? Like with the 747.

Thank you!

Yori Smulders

Hello all,

The instructions to install the 747 in P3D V4 were very short and clear, however there is no mention of the original installation instructions that were provided in the manuals with the previous version.

What happened to for instance the UIautomationcore.dll? is that still needed? what about the other settings?

thanks for your help!

Yori Smulders

Hello all,

Should my 747 be illuminated by ground lights of the airport in V4? 

the lights of the 747 do illuminate the ground and buildings but not the other way around.

thank you!

I did exactly as stated above but the operations center does not update at the end... thus the product does not work, what can I do?

Hi,

Did you also update the 777 to match the new options and behaviours from the 747? like the new friction modelling for instance? 

Thank you! 

Yori Smulders

On 13-4-2017 at 2:11 PM, scandinavian13 said:

...and after we sort out some of the updater issues, since that will be the primary method of delivery, I'd imagine. I think this will happen before the 748, though.

Okay thank you. Sounds like it will not be next month.

Hello,

When can we expect the updates that are new on the 747 to be ported to the 777?

Thank you!

Yori Smulders

Default issue in P3D. It's how P3D renders the shadows. It doesn't recognize the external model - only the VC.

Okay, so nothing we can do?

Hello,

Using Prepard3D V3.4.

The aircraft shadows on the ground, when looking out the windows in VC, only show a small floating block, not the aircraft.

Does anyone know how to fix this please?

Thank you.

Yori Smulders

Very nice to he

Updated

 

Added:

Air China - B-2445 (400)

Air India - VT-EVA - Delivery (400)

All Nippon Airways - JA8097 (400)

All Nippon Airways - JA8961 (400D)

 

Saudia and Silkways later today probably.

 

64 liveries now painted.

Sweet! Thank you!

Hello,

Thank you for the superb list of liveries so far!

Please consider:

Saudia Cargo -400BCF

Silkway -400F

Yangtze river express -400BCF (BDSF)

Air Cargo Germany -400BCF (BDSF)

Emirates Skycargo -400ERF

KLM cargo -400ERF

Thank you!

The very first post in this thread stated that we had provided it to Aerosoft. The rest of it is up to them, really. Several people in the forum here reported that they had gotten the update, so I'm not sure what more you were looking for.

How about Easter eggs?

it was only to tell it was there. Nothing PMDG should or could do.

Aerosoft download for DVD customers is now available, no announcement of it or anything.....