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Fyi, from the SU14 (Beta) release notes

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Payload station weights that are set via SimConnect are now properly displayed in the Weight&Balance toolbar panel.

It is on the copilot MFD as per the real plane.

In the freeware mod - back in the days - the MFDs weren't split, so it showed it different

It also works in Lock. Just hold the inner knob with the Left Mouse Button and press the Right Mouse Button at the same time.

34 minutes ago, tjrush said:

Can anyone using the new release of the G100NXi tell me how to enter a flight plan?  I used to click on FPL and scroll down to origin and begoin entering.  Now when I click on FPL I get a menu from which there is no exit to enter a flight plan,

Tom

WIth FPL open on the MFD you now have to push the inner FMS knob to activate the highlighting on the FPL page. This is true to the real thing.

We just didn't have this behavior before, because we also didn't have the page menu on the MFD.

On 9/8/2021 at 10:32 AM, jarmstro said:

Why not just un-override the specific slots until SU6 comes out?

It's crucial for proper functioning of the vertical modes in our autopilot. And we rather have a display issue (on hardware) for now, than a worse autopilot.
Edit: Also what Matt said 😄

The issue here is, that the sim provides different altitude slots for different vertical modes. 
Since we implemented our custom autopilot solution for those vertical modes we have to override specific slots, therefore making this a visible issue.

So in the meantime, if possible with your setup, you have to read the specific alt slot.

Otherwise, we expect changes in the API with SimUpdate 6 that will resolve this in general.

1 hour ago, Bunchy said:

I set EGBO parking ramp 39 in the world map. I was going to manually plan a flight to Southamptom EGHI. When in the cockpit (Baron) I hit the FLP button but I could not set any data in the departure field (and it was not already populated)

Make sure that you highlight the blank "_____" line below the header and then turn the inner FMS knob. Not the ORIGIN header itself.

Afaik its only the joystick to pan charts that doesn't work in Legacy.

10 hours ago, RobJC said:

Just to clarify, this is what I am seeing when it does not work. Note that the TOD (in Active VNV Profile section - right side lower) is 1+58. Usually it would be mins:secs to TOD. When I see this generally it means VNV is not going to work correctly. 

This format means 1hour and 58minutes. Looking at the Flight Plan I can see on your screenshot it all looks a bit weird. It goes Dubin - Strum - Dubin - Strum etc. and your Airways are also shot up. It either bugged out for you or there have been mistakes made when setting up the flight plan.

On 8/13/2021 at 1:14 PM, Bunchy said:

I tried the lock mode, but the first thing I noiticed was, I couldn't click the centre of the heading knob to quickly align heading with track.

Just hold the inner knob with LMB and press RMB

15 hours ago, snglecoil said:

what are the CDI sensitivity scales for enroute and terminal. 2 and 1 nm respectively? 

Yes. 2 and 1.

1 minute ago, Jetman67 said:

Hi can you explain the difference between the wt 1000 and the nxi, assuming better to get the nxi, also i must say the cj4 mod is brilliant

Hard to make a list of that ^^ The WT1000 is now just the stock instrument + engine pages (since the stock 1000 caught up in terms of the features we've added to that mod back then).

The NXI is a new instrument built from scratch reusing zero code from current stock. As I already stated the main draw right now is the capability to do advanced flight planning, also including Airways. And the flight path calculation that is able to parse and calculate all ARINC leg types. Plus the custom autopilot implementation that is able to fly those legs (incl. Holds, PTs). And VNAV! 😉
There was big focus on making it as performant as possible, as well as much attention to detail so it looks just like the real thing.

Since we always focus on navigation features first, it is missing a bit of informational pages at the moment, but that will come over time. 

3 hours ago, Moria15 said:

One more question if I may...   I noticed that.. again.. pure default settings as before using inbuilt planner...  doing a default ILS approach works fine.. it  captures the glideslope and smoothly transitions to it..  but there is no ILS ribbon showing in the 1000 window.    Is this missing, or is there a different procedure to get it to show?

As far as I can tell you have to switch the CDI source (softkey at the bottom) to the tuned localizer (green needles). As per your screenshot it is handling it as LPV not ILS.
We didn't implement the auto switch yet.

40 minutes ago, Moria15 said:

I like the new approach.. but is that corrrect, is the new 1000 overriding the default flight planner as shown on the VFR map and just taking the same transit points but calculating it's own route between them?

One of the big things that make the NXI great is the advanced flight planning and path calculation capabilities (DME arcs, procedure turns etc.), that are currently not possible in any other instrument across the sim.
These capabilities are prototyped in the NXI, so to say, for them to be transferred to other instruments and/or in the end into the core sim at a later point in time.

As with the CJ4 (that contains our first attempt of our own flight plan management) we will implement the sync back to the sim, but the VFR map will never fully match since the sim doesn't parse the procedures the way we do and therefore doesn't draw them like this. Again, until these things get integrated into the sim.

In your case you did see a path on the VFR map because you had set it up in the world map, so the sim knows about your plan but shows it the way it calculates it.

7 minutes ago, Alvega said:

I have a problem with v0.3.0. If I start entering the fligh plan with the keyboard I then can't move the flaps or the trim or hide the yokes anymore. Everything stops working and I just hear a click when trying to use the flaps. It doesn't happen if I enter the plan rotating the buttons, only if I use the keyboard function.

Do you deselect the keyboard focus (click anywhere on the instrument screen) after entering something? The little icon next to the input field should not be blue anymore.

Don't mistake the freeze issue, which happens under certain circumstances when calculating TOD during flight, with CTDs that people are reporting. Its a different thing and will be fixed with the next update coming very soon.

We have no clear indication of the NXI causing CTDs or why that would be. But we are of course investigating.

Also to set the record straight again

NXI: Is a new instrument built from the ground up with the goal of replicating the G1000 NXI, which is available on the marketplace as "early access" until it is polished enough to be in the core sim

WTG1000: Is the "old" mod of the stock  legacy G1000 we had for months and is no longer maintained. There is a 0.4.0 release for SU5 compatibility though, which is just the stock G1000 + engine pages.

You should never have both installed at the same time.

1 hour ago, alex0171 said:

1. Manual COM frequency tuning. The MHz – large knob – is tuning the frequencies only downward. No matter how I turn the mouse wheel, no matter on which side of the knob the cursor is. Same for the PFD and MFD. The kHz – small knob is fine. As all the rest of them.
   ....

And a question for the WT guys. Are you planning to add a kind of “saved state” for NXi sometime down the road? I mean to keep the frequency, course, heading and all of the PFD and MFD settings from a previous flight? Apologize for asking it here as this Discord thing seems to be too  much for my aging brain.

The frequency knob only firing downwards is an issue with the modelbehaviors of the plane which is to be fixed by Asobo. But they know about it.

Probably next update the NXI will have settings persistence for brightness and the map settings. The other things will come over time.

4 hours ago, Belgarath said:

Is it possible yet to use flight plans with custom waypoints?

Next update will fully support importing custom waypoints and POIs from world map

The main benefit of this early version would be its advanced IFR capabilities imo.

On the flight path calculation side it is even a crazy improvement to what we did in the CJ4. It should draw and fly all kinds of different leg types (including RF Legs, PT etc) to a very realistic level.
The flight plan management, flight path calculation and ap was all built up again from scratch, which took quite some time. As with the CJ4 we are putting Navigation before Features.

On 7/31/2021 at 9:07 AM, jcomm said:

Ah! So that's the reason why everytime I load the FBW A320 for the first time I get a CTD ! Wasn't aware of it being caused by the NXi mod ...

There is no indication based on facts, that this is the case 😉

On 7/31/2021 at 8:15 AM, Greazer said:

Are people noticing bugs with the new NXI ?

Most of these are already logged and fixed internally. Next update will come very soon and remedy those issues. 

1 hour ago, Rocky said:

This G1000 NXi is beatiful and has a very realistic look and feel, but it is still unusable in my opinion because:

• It is very dark, almost unreadable in day light
• No ADF
• No DME display

I am not blaming WT, they do an excellent job, but I think they should have waited before releasing a product that is so unfinished. As a comparison, their G3000 mod is just amazing, I love it.
I can wait to have the same level of features in the NXi.

All three points you listed will come very soon. Brightness settings are also implemented.

To your point of "releasing a product that is unfinished". That is why it is called early access and came to the marketplace before becoming stock in the sim. So people can opt in/out. 
The main point of releasing it at this state is to put the advanced IFR, flight planning and flight path calculation features out there for people to test and enjoy.
Doing it this way was very good as we now received a lot of feedback and reports which helped us already in fixing a lot of issues. From the beginning it was our goal to involve the community in the development of this avionics stack.
The G3000 (which was a mod and not done from scratch) also took mostly one person 10+ months to get it where it is now. So we rather bring something to the interested people early that might not have it all yet instead of people having nothing 😉

I think its even only 1Mb afaik. Well. Its just code 😉

1 hour ago, Noooch said:

Noob question: Is it the same as downloading their WT G1000 separately (I keep them up to date via the MSFS Community Downloader addon), or do we have to disable the WT1000 from the Community folder before getting the WT1000GXi?

 

The new G1000 NXI is a completely built from scratch instrument. It is distributed as "early access" through the marketplace until it is at a good enough place to be integrated into the core sim.

The WT G1000 mod was a modification of the stock G1000 and you can't run both at the same time, since the NXI replaces that stack. So remove it from the community folder when using the NXI.

Sounds more like an issues between NXI and GTN then. But right now, we wouldn't really know what causes it.

Should ask the GTN dev what his current investigation concludes.

EDIT: Didn't really see other reports of issues like that. So it may as well be on your end

32 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

EDIT. Tried again. CTD with the FBW. No CTD if I remove either the nxi or the GTN.

Maybe lost in translation but did you try having A32NX and NXI but no GTN?

Having just the NXI from the marketplace and latest FBW dev, should work fine imo. Make sure you don't have the WTG1000 mod in community also.

7 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

The nxi crashes the FBW A320nx  and also seems to conflict with the pms GTN750 for me. I've had to delete it. Will the WTG1000 be updated for SU5?

@jarmstro The WT G1000 mod is updated for SU5. But at this point it is basically the stock one with engine pages.

We didn't hear about any definitive mod conflicts yet. Which from a technical perspective seems unlikely, since the NXI is its own instrument and not based on any files in the stock code.
But if you have more details, feel free to provide.

EDIT: Looking at FBW Discord the devs mention, they see no conflict with their latest dev build A32NX and NXI

9 minutes ago, Espana Pete said:

Is there a user guide like your excellent CJ4 for the NXI yet please? Mouseover on several buttons simply state "Soft Key" so I am unsure if this is new speak for "inoperative" or I have simply not figured out how to operate it correctly.

@Espana Pete There is no guide yet. Since the NXI is heavy work in progress, it would have to change too often right now. Also the CJ4 one was mostly created by members of our community, so who knows if they pull one up again 😉
We are working on dimming the inop functions in the Avionics like we did on the CJ4, so it is more clear if a function is not enabled yet.