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Update Douglas_C-47_Beta_V3.14 feedback and support topic

Due to not using FSX for quite awhile, it was only a few weeks ago that I installed this plane.
Just want to say Thank You to everyone involved with this project, the more time I spend with it, the more I realize how much time and patience was put into it. It has to be one of the best planes I've gotten in the 15 or so years I've been using FSX.
The one item I am most looking forward to in any future update is instrument lighting, as most flights I make are in conditions where the panel is not that easy to see such as Dawn or Dusk.
Thanks again!
 
Rudyjo said:
The one item I am most looking forward to in any future update is instrument lighting, as most flights I make are in conditions where the panel is not that easy to see such as Dawn or Dusk.
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You need it brighter than this? If brightening up the cabin lighting would do it for you you could try adding more fx_vclights to the aircraft.cfg.

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I think it’s just perfect, requiring a bit of squinting every now and then, whilst I mop my brow and mutter about fog and its permutations during letdowns into Cox’s Bazaar I wish I had a torch- JUST
PERFECT....

MJ, you Jan, Ted, Gordon & the rest have given us a precious gift- Danke mein Herren...

C
 
mjahn said:
You need it brighter than this? If brightening up the cabin lighting would do it for you you could try adding more fx_vclights to the aircraft.cfg.

Thank you for the reply. What I have turned on are the "Instrument Panel Light" knob and the "Cabin Lights" switch, neither seem to provide any lights to the panel.
There are two "Florescent Side Lights" Knobs that I cannot get to work, the tooltips pointer do not work when I hover over them. I tried the "L" on the keyboard which seems to turn on every light on the plane, but has no effect on the Florescent light knobs.

I went through the manual and there is the note "Cockpit Lighting (FSX) planned for future update." So I assumed that as for now, they do not work. From the picture you enclosed, they do work, I must be missing something.
Thank you again for a masterpiece!
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rmsjr1974 said:
Make sure you have version 3.14; sounds like you may have .12 still
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Thank you, That was the problem. A great plane even better now.
When I went to download this last week, I went to "Warbirds Library" and then clicked "Hot". The C-47 was the first thing listed and I downloaded it thinking it would be the latest version. My fault.
 
Hi Guys, I'm looking for some help getting this amazing bird working in P3D v4.1

I absolutely loved flying this in P3D v3, but I have tried installing V3.1405 and then the 3.14 fixes, and the C47_dsd_fsx_xml_sound_x64.gau, but I no longer get the virtual pilot reading the checklist. I get all other sounds, and I can press on the checklist items with the mouse, but when I press on the checklist header, nothing happens.

I also noticed that clicking the fuel quantity or payload in the fuel window highlights them, but they do not change.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any help available.

Neil
 
Thanks MrZippy :applause: That answers the second question.

Should I be expecting the pilots voices and the vocalised checklist in P3D v4.1?
 
Sorry, I'm a bit of a moron! I found the correct 64bit sound gauge now (I should have read the whole thread, sorry again)

Fantastic to have Ernie back!!!!!

Neil
 
mjahn said:
FWIW here is a small fix that corrects the see-you greeting as discussed above, and also gets rid of a minor syntax error reported elsewhere.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w2iffbevz72cjsp/C47greetingfix.zip?dl=0
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Works as advertised from where I sit. Thank you!

Found another minor but kind of weird issue with the RMI. It seems like when I am tracking an outbound course of some sort and the nav-aid tuned on NAV2 is immediately at my 6 o'clock, when it passes from slightly before 6:00 to slightly after 6:00 and vice-versa, the RMI pointer spins all the way around past the 12:00 position to get to it.
 
No complaints! I just want to thank everyone involved for such a great add on! I have just installed the 64 bit Doug Dawson sound widget. Really enjoying having the crew back! Enjoying the C-47 immensely, definitely on par with the best payware aircraft out there. Better than most actually.

Thanks again and cheers! :applause:
 
Hello to the MJ/JV et al C-47 Team-

I just wanted to bump this beauty to the top. Each time I spend time with this priceless creation, she thrills and delights. I just shut down at Cox's Bazar after a delightful morning of dodging rainstorms, and I'd swear my brow is at least as wet as the windscreens... so ta!

Best- C
 
My dad told me an interesting story yesterday.
In 1956 he was a fresh new pilot flying F-86's in Korea. Flying time was tough to come by at that time, especially for the new pilots, so his CO had him and a few other new guys work with the ROKAF as "advisors"....which he said was strange since most of them had combat experience and two even had some US kills from when they flew for the Japanese.....but I digress...

Anyway, his CO wanted to fly a C-47 to Taiwan for the weekend and needed a co-pilot, so my dad volunteered. At one point they landed in Okinawa to refuel and when they went to resume the flight, one of the engines wouldn't crank.
The maintenance guys tell them that the starter needed to be replaced. The CO say "bull****!" tells them to bring him a bunch of rope. He wraps the rope around the prop hub and ties the other end to a jeep and tells the crewman to drive like hell when he gives him the "thumbs up" signal. He hops in, sets the switches and gives the signal. The jeep takes off and the prop started spinning and it was enough to get it fired up....just like a lawn mower. My dad said he wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it. They flew on to Taiwan and then downed to plane for maintenance.....and ended up being "stuck" there for a week because they had to wait for the part to be sent. I'm sure you couldn't get away with something like that these days.
 
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