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Captain Sim - sale

i have the latest FSUIPC, I'm actually working with Mr. Dowson on their forums right now to try and iron it out. Ill probably end up biting the bullet and getting the 727 at some point, provided it gets better frames. I have the c130 complete pack and it runs great on my system.
 
Anybody having issues withe c130 sound package??? When i pull the throttle up, the sound go away ....
Maybe it would do the opposite way doing a very loud noise????
 
I had the C-130 cause CTD and the BSOD when I tried to fly it for the first time. The cause was a file called: ctaud2K.sys

I found this was related to my Creative audio sound driver for my x-fi card. I found and loaded the latest driver and now the Herky works great.

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B-727

Blocked ailerons and elevators...support FAQ says to uninstall clean registry and reinstall. Wrong authentication they say...everything paid for, of course...
Did both to no avail...exactly the same situation...
Hope they solve this one...support called in.
No problems with C-130 or Xload...
 
Has anyone got the JATO to work?

I found the JATO panel on the center pedestal and put the switches in the correct position but no joy....:kilroy:

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It's still an amazing sim in my opinion. Very in depth systems modelling. My only gripe is that the cargo bay doesn't reflect the load that's in it.
 
jimjones said:
After uninstalling and reinstalling everything VNAV continues to have changed from the previous 757 action. On the reinstalls there were no windows indicating gauge acceptance, so perhaps it is in the gauges that the fmc changes were made so that both the 757 and 767 essentially use the same fmc. Just my guess.

The big change is that VNAV will begin controlling speed and altitude and at some point, perhaps T/D or other point, the VNAV switches off and SPD controls. Now the pilot must dial in any speed change which is then controlled. Speed and Altitude are not controlled simultaneously as with the early 4.3 version of the 757. Instead, once the speed is achieved, a new altitude may be dialed in, and controlled by pressing the V/S button and quickly pressing the VNAV button. One must alternate between dialing in speed and altitude changes manually. Perhaps this is more like normal procedure. Don't know, again just guessing.

Downloaded both the 767 and 727 at midnight and installed this morn. Glad for the cost saving for two very nice aircraft. Liking them a great deal now.:jump:
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VNAV now works for me under FMC control. In 757 version 4.3 I had to dial in an altitude equal to or greater than the top altitude in the FMC to get it to work. Now if I dial in zero for the altitude the FMC completes its routes successfully for both the 757 v4.4 and the 767.:jump:
 
Er... You should be setting the appropriate cruise level in the altitude window. Setting it to zero is neither good practice, nor correct operation according to any of the B757/B767 manuals, tutorials or instructions I have.

Also, the aircraft on every test flight I have made so far (B757 or B767) descends on VNAV, not on FLCH or SPD/VS modes unless you specifically set them. Simply change the altitude and, when the aircraft reaches ToD (or immediately below that), the throttles close and the aircraft attempts (not always succeeding, unfortunately) to descend at FMC speed and following the calculated descent path. You need to use spoilers to control speed more than I would prefer using both the new models, but the aircraft operate pretty much exactly as the manuals and tutorials say it should.
 
Thanks Ian for responding. Good to know what is supposed to be done. But because of some unknown problem, be it fsuipc, simconnect or some strange malfunction in my fsx installation, I must use the value set to 0 to get the FMC to work. That will be my temporary workaround until a solution is found.

Yes, when I have it working, I get the message that "drag is needed" to slow to the fmc indicated speed on descent.
 
There seem to be a few issues that people are reporting between the CS flight management systems and FSUIPC, which unfortunately I've never seen a single one of, so can't provide any useful information to help either them or those with issues (other than that I'm using the latest download of FSUIPC from Pete's page at schiratti.com and that I'm on Windows 7 64).

Incidentally, apart from the fact that the way the FMS should work requires you to set the required altitude, the other reasons you would set it are twofold:

- You'll very rarely get cleared straight from the ground to cruise altitude and, if there is no SID/STAR in use and you are following radar vectors, it tells the aircraft to fly at the cleared altitude.

- Human factors. It's easy to forget the altitude you are cleared to in a busy cockpit, so by setting it in the window as soon as you receive a new altitude clearance, when you forget, a quick glance in front of the co-pilot's nose reminds you! :)

I'm intrigued now to see whether mine works if I set up a full flight plan in the FMS and leave the altitude gauge at 00000. I'll report back on that later...

Cheers!
 
IanP said:
Also, the aircraft on every test flight I have made so far (B757 or B767) descends on VNAV, not on FLCH or SPD/VS modes unless you specifically set them. Simply change the altitude and, when the aircraft reaches ToD (or immediately below that), the throttles close and the aircraft attempts (not always succeeding, unfortunately) to descend at FMC speed and following the calculated descent path. You need to use spoilers to control speed more than I would prefer using both the new models, but the aircraft operate pretty much exactly as the manuals and tutorials say it should.
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I still don't understand why I can't do one flight in the 757 where it works like it should. I'm not doing anything different from what you are doing, and also nothing different from what I do with the Level-D 767 and get a successful flight every time. There has to be some sort of bug or incompatibility with some peoples' systems. Regardless, I'll be waiting for the LDS 757. It will be a much better simulation and give better FPS. :kilroy:
 
I'll wait and see. The LDS767 for FSX is nowhere near as good a simulation as it was in FS2000 (as 767PIC) or FS2002 - I've noticed a vast amount more problems with it and the graphics have never been improved since then, so it really does show its age. I'm not that impressed with it any more I'm afraid - it's lost its position at the top of the tree to PMDG by a long way for all but those users who want failure modes (and then there are competitors as well such as the Mad Dog)

If it gives better FPS because it still looks like it belongs in FS2002, I doubt it will be as well received by most people as it will by you, Kiwikat.
 
IanP said:
I'll wait and see. The LDS767 for FSX is nowhere near as good a simulation as it was in FS2000 (as 767PIC) or FS2002 - I've noticed a vast amount more problems with it and the graphics have never been improved since then, so it really does show its age. I'm not that impressed with it any more I'm afraid - it's lost its position at the top of the tree to PMDG by a long way for all but those users who want failure modes (and then there are competitors as well such as the Mad Dog)

If it gives better FPS because it still looks like it belongs in FS2002, I doubt it will be as well received by most people as it will by you, Kiwikat.
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There are many things CS could do to improve FPS. The main one is to kill the fully modeled interior. I guess the 767 has that option but the 757 and 727 don't. I'd happily give that up for a few fps or so increase.

PMDG seems to be at the top of the game for airliners now. Their MD-11 is one of the most complex planes ever modeled and yet I can still get 40 FPS in the VC. They certainly did something right there.

I'll sacrifice some visuals for more FPS. With Andre Folkers' VC mod, the 767 is bearable in FSX. It isn't pretty, but it is a reliable workhorse that works every time I load her up.

The LDS 757 is one of the most anticipated planes for FS. The only plane more anticipated by the community as a whole is the PMDG 737 NG 2.0. It will be very well received, pretty or not. Most developers can only dream for one of their planes to sell as much as the LDS 767 has.

If mad dog is going to be a serious competitor they are going to need to start making native FSX aircraft... :mixedsmi:
 
C130 Herc

Good day fellow simmers,

Just purchased the C130 Base Pack, install went well and I've enjoyed my first flight.

One quick observation , I don't seem to have the exhaust trailing from the engines like you see in their advert. Is there something I must enable to capture this effect ?


Cheers for now


Aircanuck
 
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