BerndB

Hi Juan, i think we have to take two different parts into account. One is the time at when the sim starts the change from day to night and the other part is the duration of dusk and dawn within the transition from day to night. Tools like timezone fixer etc. can handle the first part, though the moment when it´s getting evening or morning is in sync at the part of the world where you are in the sim. But it can´t fix the duration of dawn and dusk as this is something hardcoded in the athmospheric model. This was an issue in the Sim eversince, that the duration of the "twilight phase" was not as long as in the reality. Once the Sun went under the horizion it took maybe 10 to 20 min max until the sky turns totaly dark, which is way to short. The first time ever in P3D, this has changed with the new athmospheric model used since V6, because it´s based on coding of the Unreal engine athmospheric model. It´s not perfect, but way more realistic as in the former Versions. Now it takes more or less up to 45 min until the sky is getting black, once the sun went down. So it´s up to you, what you preferences might be. To change to V6.1 only for that reason has to be payed with a lot more other small issues, since there is no real developer assistance for the add-on compartibilty anymore.

hm...honestly speaking, because the capability of MCE that FO can make a request for an "early descent" or "descent on pilots descrition" isn´t related to PF3 or P3d, in fact, but it´s common use in Airliner operation in the real world, it schould be usefull (if not even mendatory) for other ATC-Software aswell or even MSFS inbuild ATC and though for MCE. Anyway, i will use Voxkey for the time beeing. Regards Bernd

Hi Gerald, after a couple of months being absence from simming and now returning and check all my setups, i wonder about the actual state of play of MCE and PF3 and if there´s a need for latest updates of MCE for me. As you may know, PF3 will not being developed any further, because the Mastermind behind PF3 has already retired. He will issue some patches from time to time, maybe, but not on a regular basis. In Fact this isn´t a problem at all, as PF3 works already very well in it´s present state. He left us with a latest Version of PF3 3.22.26 which i have in use. He implemented some new features and hotkeys in the past couple of months, which are very helpfull, and i would like to know if you are aware about and cosidered them being used by MCE already. I´am on MCE Ultimate edition 3.0.8.1 an like to know if it makes sense for me for an update to the latest MCE if those folowing functions are implemented. (from the Version History document of PF3) Especially the Control+Shift+S key would be much appreciated, as i´am fly the Airbus A320 only. EDIT: just forgot to mention í´am on Prepared 3d! Best regards Bernd

The main reason for this is a corrupted scenery index. Try to change something of your scenery add-ons, so that the scenery indecies and databases will be re-build at P3D start up. If you have Lorbys add-on manager you can clear the scenery index with this tool aswell. Usually if something was changed to scenery it should force a database and indecies re-build by P3D at startup, but it seems it´s not always reliable the case.

thank you Gerald, i´ll try the VoxKey thing, should work I think. reg.

I've tried to get my FO asking the centerfacility like Munich radar I. ex. for an ATIS update for destination. PF3 has an multi-use hotkey for this request, but my FO just ignored my request. Is this key-function implemented in MCE and if that's the case what would be the right grammar to get my FO requesting this??

hi all, my FO talks to PF3 atc, but it seems Nothing is transmitted. I think that my Settings are correct as what i´ve seen in this thread. I have activated the MCE Option in the PF3-configfile, FO-Option in PF3 is set to 0, and FO-voice is deactivated, name of voicepack and close capture is deactivated, in MCE talk to atc, FO can tune Radios, is activated. If i say to FO "you have the Radios" he confirms, but he don´t tune com1 to Ground. I have to tell him to do, then he tunes to the freq. i said. Then i ask him to request clearance, he confirms and speaks to atc like Lufthansa 2214 request ifr clearance to EDDS and after that just silence, no clearance as Long as i push the Hotkey 0. Then Ground gives immediatly instructions and FO reads back automaticly. But again he´s not tune com1 to the given frequency. I have to tell him so and he tunes the Radio. And then same is going on. I ask to request taxi and he talks to atc but again i have to push 0 to get atc clearance, but automaticly FO confirms the instructions, and so on.... May i have something wrong set? Any help much welcome. reg. Bernd