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Hi Kyle, You know you're very good at this. Like a good teacher, you have the ability to explain basics without making the student feel like an idiot. Of course I would have come across that as I learned the checklists but you guys were prescient in guessing that many of us would like to take a few flights and revel in those massive radials before settling down to study. Thanks! -- Gary

Hi Kyle, Sorry for the slow reply but I posted right before leaving to work. I expected to be able to pick up the discussion at work but I was swamped. I'm embarrassed to say you're right on with regard to the liveries. I'm familiar with the constraint; I just didn't expect it in this case. That's what I get for assuming. Your explanation of the issue with the scenario was excellent. I would eventually have figured out the liveries but I couldn't have guessed the scenario explanation. I think my Portland airport is Einstein's but I have the HD mesh installed and that difference jives with your explanation even better than having the wrong scenery. Excellent call! Your explanation of the hurdles faced in implementing scenarios was enlightening, thanks. It's good to know that support is so good. Problems cease to be worrisome when one feels support provides an effective safety net. I confess that while I've read the intro and scenario documentation, I haven't cracked the POH. (I'll have more time tonight) I did read that the AFE doesn't start the engines; is that true of the "ready for taxi" function? I tried that and the engines were running after invoking it but no control surfaces worked so I assume that the hydraulic system hadn't been configured. Is that a bug in the function or do I need to start the engines before using it? -- Gary

These are just the initial problems as I haven't gotten past them. On my system, the plane only loads one livery, the default, no matter which livery I choose. More important, as soon as I load scenario 1, all four engines fail, smoking, and the plane rocks back on its tail. The log output for the event is: [33m2016/06/29 06:46:45 [1] Un-muting new cockpit sounds[37m [31m2016/06/29 06:46:56 [2] Uh oh, cannot load sound 'PMDGDC6_ENGSHUTDOWN2' because alGenSources says there's a problem: Unknown error.[37m [31m2016/06/29 06:46:56 [2] Uh oh, cannot load sound 'PMDGDC6_ENGSHUTDOWN4' because alGenSources says there's a problem: Unknown error.[37m [31m2016/06/29 06:47:23 [2] Uh oh, cannot load sound 'xPMDGDC6_ENGSHUTDOWN2' because alGenSources says there's a problem: Unknown error.[37m [31m2016/06/29 06:47:23 [2] Uh oh, cannot load sound 'xPMDGDC6_ENGSHUTDOWN4' because alGenSources says there's a problem: Unknown error.[37m -- Gary

Excellent choice of airplane; I love big radials! Will this project use Gizmo?