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All Fixed. Mike Ody

Hello all, I have been enjoying flying the B1900D but so far I have only navigated using the GPS. Am now getting stuck into the FMS. I have run into a problem in when, in flight, I want to add an approach to a FP [ie RWY, STAR, transition etc]. Menu/VNAV asks me to select an APPR. But the list of approaches is 'empty'. I am flying to EGKK which has loads of approaches and my Navigraph data is up to date. Can anyone advise please what silly thing I have missed ? Thanks, Mike Ody

OK Panic Over ! I fell into a 'trap for new players' [or I need to admit myself to the asylum]. The problem was that I made the mistake of assuming I had to make only TWO key assignments - one for main panel/button, plus one for a secondary button. The reality is it is - one key to 'Open the Main Panel', another for the 'Main Panel Button' and a third for 'Secondary Key'. I was trying to initiate the Checklist using the 'open the Main Panel' assignment. If I re-read the Tutorial I guess it was entirely my fault - although just a little confusing. Silly me ! Thanks to all who tried to help. But dont worry I am sure I will be back sooner or later with more questions ! Mike Ody

Thanks Bryan. I am getting sound OK - Cpt [get show on the road], FO [start and finish walk around], Clicks and bells as FO does his Procs, FA [for boarding and my response via Secondary Buttom]. The issue is that everything seems to go OK until I want to run the pre-flight checklist. I have PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST in yellow on the Main Panel, wait for +11, then hit Main Button. At that stage I was expecting to have a brief 'checklist run through' between me and the FO but all that happens is the Main Panel blinks,and nothing happens. The clock keeps counting down [and if I do nothing the next set of FO procs happens, and a bit later I hear the load sheet arrive etc]. I have read all about Main Button not working if there is a conflict in button assignments and on the surface it seems like it could be that. However I have checked FSX button assignments which are what they should be, and the PMDG Key Commands where there is no conflict. I did a reinstall of FS2Crew this morning but there is no change. Any ideas what I should try next ? thanks again, Mike ody

And now a follow up question ! I am slowly getting my mind around button control FS2Crew on PMDG 737NGX Reboot SOP2 but I have a problem with initiating the PreFlight Checklist. Am loading Cold and Dark Panel. Prelim Flight Events, Pre Flight Procedure, FO Walk Around, Boarding all seem to happen as I expected. I carefully work through my PreFlight Procedures OK and I see the FO Procedures 'happening' via switches, bells etc. At +11 minutes [in conjunction with FO ?] I have to carry out the Pre Flight Checklist. The Tutorial [sOP2] says " To run the Preflight Checklist press the MAIN button". BUT when I press the button the Main Panel just blinks and nothing else happens - and the clock keeps counting down. Two things occur to me ? The FO hasnt completed his PreFlight Procedures - but I waited until +11 so I wouldnt think that would be a problem. The captain [Me] didnt do his PreFlight Procedures correctly or they were incomplete. A prod in the right direction please. Mike Ody

Thanks guys, thats the sort of 'start' I needed. Am sure I will have more questions, but for now thats great, Mike Ody

Hello All, I am totally new to FS2Crew but not new to the PMDG 737. Have just bought Reboot and am using button control SOP Set 2. Loading the PMDG 737 with the 'Long Turn' Panel State. Config Set Up all OK. Keyboard assignments for Main and Sec all good and working. All went very well and easily so I am following the Tutorial but I have a few [idiot] questions. What I am struggling with is the interaction between Captain and FO and their respective responsibilities. Can I assume that anything labelled 'Procedure' in the Tutorial is just a series of actions carried out either by me [manually] or the FO automatically ? No problem there but I dont hear the FO say a single word about anything he is doing - is that right ? I wonder if I am missing something with the intercom/radio settings ? In relation to checklists. I can bring them up in the Main Panel, scroll through with the down arrows but I hear nothing from the FO. Again I must be missing something ! If anyone could give me a shove in the right direction on the above then I am sure I will be able to get a grip of what follows. Thanks, Mike Ody

Hello All, I am totally new to FS2Crew but not new to the PMDG 737. Have just bought Reboot and am using button control SOP Set 2. Loading the PMDG 737 with the 'Long Turn' Panel State. Config Set Up all OK. Keyboard assignments for Main and Sec all good and working. All went very well and easily so I am following the Tutorial but I have a few [idiot] questions. What I am struggling with is the interaction between Captain and FO and their respective responsibilities. Can I assume that anything labelled 'Procedure' in the Tutorial is just a series of actions carried out either by me [manually] or the FO automatically ? No problem there but I dont hear the FO say a single word about anything he is doing - is that right ? I wonder if I am missing something with the intercom/radio settings ? In relation to checklists. I can bring them up in the Main Panel, scroll through with the down arrows but I hear nothing from the FO. Again I must be missing something ! If anyone could give me a shove in the right direction on the above then I am sure I will be able to get a grip of what follows. Thanks, Mike Ody

Progress ! I was surfing various forums with the hope of finding someone else with the same issues. And I found that someone on an ORBX forum. Whilst it wasnt an ORBX problem the concensus was that an install/uninstall of 'something' had deleted or corrupted some files in the Effects/Texture folder. A 'wise man' on that forum kindly posted a copy of his Effects folder and suggested as a test that I substitute it for my [corrupted] one. After re-naming my folder and copying in the replacement I now have lights ! To be honest I still dont know which of the many many files had been deleted or corrupted and it is rather difficult to draw any conclusions from comparing the two Effects folders - 'wise man's' is much much bigger than my original folder - but that is an issue for another day - at least I can fly at night again. Thanks again to all who posted on here. Mike

Thanks Chris, but that was first thing I checked.

Hello again Jim. Am still chasing a solution. Advanced animations checked, and I have managed to get copies of halo.bmp [and spotlight.bmp]. But neither fixed my issue. It is quite interesting in that PMDG NGX works fine, Aerosoft Twin Otter shows the lights but they dont illuminate runways, all default aircraft dont show lights or illuminate, but AI aircraft seem to be working OK ! Someone somewhere suggested that ORBX does strange things to lights and I can see a number of ORBX Halo files [Halo.1 thru to Halo.6] but I have no idea what these are. Good fun isnt it ?

I run two 250GB SSD drives and have set up exactly the same as Legion. Works a treat.

spotlight.bmp seemed to be the original but I managed to find a copy and temporarily replaced it - no effect ! This is quite interesting in that looking deeper into the issue I find that not only do I have no illumination of the runway but the landing lights do not show up as lit from outside of the airplanes. This seems to apply to all default airplanes but not a Maam Sim DC3 add on. Similarly the PMDG NGX has lights but the Twin Otter and the DHC8-400 have none. Strange ?

Thanks Stans - will have a look at that .bmp and post again.

Thanks Brian but no dx10 switched on. I will continue searching for some sort of clue. Mike