MiG-21MF Upgrade Phase II ready!

DaveWG said:
Hi Dutch,

tried the VS2013 runtimes. They were installed already, but I did a repair anyway. Still no good I'm afraid. I may have to put FSX back on & see if it works there.
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Dave, or anyone having this problem, I have an updated Beta available that may solve the problem: http://fscaptain.net/downloads/MIG21MFN_Beta_160815.zip

Delete the whole MiG-21MFN folder and replace it with the new one. There are a few other fixes and changes rolled into there too.

Also, very interested to see if it works on FSX for you.

I have P3D v3.3.5.17625 and just tested this new beta and it works. So did the old one...but this radar is compiled under VS2008.

Dutch
 
Mig-21MF VPAF texture search

I haven't been able to find any yet, but does anyone know if there are any VPAF textures available for this version?

The only VPAF Mig-21 texture I've been able to find so far is one that was done by Xavier Carré for Ivan Jurcaga's Mig-21 F-13 ( http://vietnamwar.project.free.fr/files/MIG_21_repaint.zip ). It's for FS2004......and it seems to work OK in FSX, but unfortunately, it's not Tacpacked.
 
Dave, or anyone having this problem, I have an updated Beta available that may solve the problem: http://fscaptain.net/downloads/MIG21MFN_Beta_160815.zip
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With this one, weapons work fine !

But : unless I'm doing something wrong,like engaging autopilot or something, ailerons don't work properly now... (FSX).

BTW : Maybe you could consider two versions :
- One for Vietnam Era with AIM-9Bs (flares +-)
- and one for Libya theater (vs Tomcats or F-18s), that's the current one.
 
Thanks Dutch. This is great. Flies beautifully... more forgiving than I thought it would be. By way of feedback a quick start option would be great for those times you don't have time to work through the start up procedure (thank you for documenting that so well BTW) and in my FSX SE setup with Steve's DX10 fixer, I don't find canopy glass shows up very much... will experiment with some texture changes when I get a chance.

Matt
 
Great news that it works!

The aileron problem...be sure you switched on the aileron power boost switch after startup.

It would be more authentic to equip the aim-9b to emulate the R-3S atoll for Vietnam. No more complex than changing the M to a B in tacpack.ini .

xpelekis said:
With this one, weapons work fine !

But : unless I'm doing something wrong,like engaging autopilot or something, ailerons don't work properly now... (FSX).

BTW : Maybe you could consider two versions :
- One for Vietnam Era with AIM-9Bs (flares +-)
- and one for Libya theater (vs Tomcats or F-18s), that's the current one.
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Still no joy for me.:banghead: I'm going to re-load FSX, but that will probably have to wait until the weekend.
Been around the FS series for a long time now, & never had a problem like this before.:dizzy:
 
DaveWG said:
Still no joy for me.:banghead: I'm going to re-load FSX, but that will probably have to wait until the weekend.
Been around the FS series for a long time now, & never had a problem like this before.:dizzy:
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You did try the new version right? I'm about out of ideas. I wish there was a log somewhere we could figure out why it's not loading. Didn't work in FSX either...wow.

Not security....not lack of redistributables... Fails on P3D and FSX... Really curious as to what it could be.
 
In my FSX (boxed) installation works fine (yes, I'd missed the aileron switch) and I
know two more guys that works ok (FSX boxed).

I would have tested it in P3D v3 also, but last time I fired it up few days ago, it crashed without
apparent reason (that's first time)...
 
In the Quick Start Manual page 10 is:

(1) Use your simulator's Trim Up bottom until the TAKEOFF TRIM light comes on.
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My default Trim Up "bottom" (should it be button?) won't work. I always use joystick's trim. So the light of Takeoff Trim never lights (doesn't respond to joystick trim). Consequently I don't get this bird airborn.

Edit: Must look FSX settings for buttons (to morrow).
 
PHo17 said:
In the Quick Start Manual page 10 is:



My default Trim Up "bottom" (should it be button?) won't work. I always use joystick's trim. So the light of Takeoff Trim never lights (doesn't respond to joystick trim). Consequently I don't get this bird airborn.

Edit: Must look FSX settings for buttons (to morrow).
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You caught my typo! Yes it should be button. There's nothing unusual about how the trim works on the MiG, it's the standard FSX/P3D setup. You can also use the keyboard to trim up.

Hint: on the little card affix to the panel to the right of the warning panel, the top left number shows your current trim setting. Anything above 19 is considered takeoff trim.
 
I almost never fly russian aircraft despite their beauty, because I cant read the cockpit gauges and they have very different procedures to western aircraft most of the time. However I LOVE this little beauty. The quick start guide steps you right through the switchology to get going and the aircraft is great. I found a couple of repaints for the slovakian and Hungarian AF as well. Bravo and well done!

My one comment... would it be possible to have a "quick start" button or option to start the aircraft from something other than cold cockpit? I tried saving a scenario with the aircraft started on the ramp, so I could just jump in, but as soon as I do, the plane dies and you have to go through the formal start up.

Great job and I will have fun with this one. (I should also say I am now pretty much exclusively P3D 3.3.5) Have not fired up FSX in months.

Eric
 
ejoiner said:
I almost never fly russian aircraft despite their beauty, because I cant read the cockpit gauges and they have very different procedures to western aircraft most of the time. However I LOVE this little beauty. The quick start guide steps you right through the switchology to get going and the aircraft is great. I found a couple of repaints for the slovakian and Hungarian AF as well. Bravo and well done!

My one comment... would it be possible to have a "quick start" button or option to start the aircraft from something other than cold cockpit? I tried saving a scenario with the aircraft started on the ramp, so I could just jump in, but as soon as I do, the plane dies and you have to go through the formal start up.

Great job and I will have fun with this one. (I should also say I am now pretty much exclusively P3D 3.3.5) Have not fired up FSX in months.

Eric
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Correction... I found the "quick start" capability mentioned above with shift+3... this bird is awesome.
 
I'm still not having much luck with this. Reinstalled FSX, dropped in the Mig, no joy. Installed FSX on my laptop, tried the Mig, again no luck.
About to give up on this for now.
Does anybody using Win10 have the radar and weapons working?
 
ceo1944 said:
You caught my typo! Yes it should be button. There's nothing unusual about how the trim works on the MiG, it's the standard FSX/P3D setup. You can also use the keyboard to trim up.

Hint: on the little card affix to the panel to the right of the warning panel, the top left number shows your current trim setting. Anything above 19 is considered takeoff trim.
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Thanks! Trim works now ok. I first didn't remember the trim buttons right (found that easily from FSX settings). That's why they didn't work. However the Takeoff Trim light didn't ever come on not at least with trim setting 20. What a plane! This is surely a keeper in my hangar.

Pekka
 
DaveWG said:
I'm still not having much luck with this. Reinstalled FSX, dropped in the Mig, no joy. Installed FSX on my laptop, tried the Mig, again no luck.
About to give up on this for now.
Does anybody using Win10 have the radar and weapons working?
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I dont have tacpack installed on my P3D at the moment. but I cannot get the radar to work despite exact following of the quick start guide instructions. I can toggle through hanging different weapons on the MiG but cant use them. Perhaps this is a P3D vs FSX thing? I do let the rader sit in warm up mode, but then it wont turn on. Oh well.

What this bird really needs is an updated highly polished metal bird ala Tufun or Rick. Zsoltquack did some great repaints back in the day though. Had to search around the web for them. Would like to see if there was an MF variant used by China or Vietnam.

THis is the specific Vietnam MiG I'd love to see repainted.

Mig-21HMfinal.jpg
 
Finally got it working! :jump:

The RP22SM.dll gauge was looking for "Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT" which is part of VS2008 but not included in the runtime package. If that's not installed, then the gauge won't load. :pop4:
 
DaveWG said:
Finally got it working! :jump:

The RP22SM.dll gauge was looking for "Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT" which is part of VS2008 but not included in the runtime package. If that's not installed, then the gauge won't load. :pop4:
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Dave, where can I get this Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT file?
 
I downloaded and installed VS2008 Express from Microsoft. Total overkill really but I don't think there's another way as it's not supposed to be distributed separately.
I assume gauge needs compiling without the debug option.
 
DaveWG said:
I downloaded and installed VS2008 Express from Microsoft. Total overkill really but I don't think there's another way as it's not supposed to be distributed separately.
I assume gauge needs compiling without the debug option.
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Holy cow...thats like a gigabyte. To get ONE gauge working... I did the same, but it wanted me to burn the iso file to a disk to install, and I am not going through all that foolishness. Is Ivan Jurcaga still around? This sounds like one the developer needs to fix.
 
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