2 weeks to go for the Xbox version!
And the PC performance patch in two weeks and one day.
Itâs gonna be a looooong two weeks and one day.
Amongst other tweaks, there is an entirely new system for interacting with cockpit controls where you basically âlock onâ to a given control and then can easily manipulate its values without the inherent clumsiness of trying to interact with a 3D environment using a gamepad. When youâre done you can unlock and go back to normal pad use.
It works pretty well. Works nicely on PC, too, once you get used to it. No more scrolling on a radio knob trying to change frequencies, then just slightly sliding off of the knob, and all of a sudden youâre zoomed out to the moon.
Itâll be an even longer downloadâŚ
Is this controller only? Itâs kind of annoying having your mouse pointer slide off a knob when youâre not in one of the fixed views.
One thing that helped me a lot is when I realized I could position the mouse over the knob correctly but then use the mouse WHEEL for up/down or right/left on the knob.
Nope, PC, too. When you hover over a knob with your mouse now you get a popup tootip that indicates you can hold the left button down to interact. Do that, then swing your mouse right and left and you turn the knob. Release the left button when youâre done.
Awesome addition and very good to know!
Does anyone know why MSFS doesnât properly import my flight plans? Iâll create a plan using Navigraph or Simbrief, import it into MSFS, and the result is almost always different. Usually it will create a plan that is more or less the same but on a parallel airway or something.
At first I thought it was because it uses Navblue data, but it isnât like it isnât aware of the waypoints Iâve selected. Theyâre there, the game just chose to use different ones. Plus, I use Navigraph to update the sim data anyway.
So whatâs going on?
No clue. But I do know after you guys mentioned Navigraph I went in search of how-toâs on integration and stumbled across this. Iâm still not sure if this means it updates MSFS with newer Navigraph data or what, however. But perhaps itâs possible the two are out of whack, thus MSFS changing things when you import?
From here:
I was looking at this:
Thanks mate. Yeah, thatâs what I do, and I definitely use the standalone thing specifically for MSFS. Maybe it isnât working. But the annoying thing is the waypoints are there, in the game. I can even re-plot it myself after importing the plan. I just donât know why the game doesnât use the exact plan I import.
Thatâs interesting. Assuming the AIRAC version youâre using for your flight plan matches that which you have installed in MSFS, it should for the most part âjust workâ, unless Iâm missing something. There are a few things in the full set of Navigraph data that arenât in the stuff that gets loaded into MSFS, but waypoints and airways should be fine, Iâm pretty sure.
Do you have a sample .pln file you can give me that loads incorrectly in the sim? DM here is fine if you donât want to paste the whole thing.
Actually Iâm on a flight right now where itâs happened. Iâll just post here in case anyone else feels like checking it out. From Navigraph:
EKBI/09 RIDS7B RIDSI L975 ODN M602 ROBUS L983 TELMO Z491 KEKOV N195 SORIX SORI6N EPWA/WA412.I11-Z
However, after completing RIDS7B the aircraft turned south to ASBIL instead of proceeding to ODN. Itâs as if it just âwantedâ to take airway L983 instead of L975 then M602.
Iâll eventually converge with my original plan at ROBUS and then it will be on track again. This has been a pretty typical experience for me lately. What the hell?
Oh, and this time, before I clicked fly on the world map, I checked that the route precisely matched what I imported. It did at that time.
Big blog post for GDC. Not really about new stuff, but about the project itself.
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Needed a new laptop and ended up with an Asus Zephyrus M16 being the best overall compromise between size, performance, cost, screen size, and wanting an integrated webcam.
I was a bit hesitant because I wanted something that would run MSFS, and it has a 3060 (would have preferred a 3070), but I gotta say the frame rate is pretty impressive running at 1920x1200. (And still good at 2560x1600, but my old eyes canât see a lot of difference at the lower res and the increased frame rateâs nice.)
Now my obsession can follow me everwhere.**
** That has AC power available, at least
I have been using the PilotEdge free trial, and I think Iâm going to sign up for a subscription. Talking to ATC (and ground control) is something Iâve really been struggling with IRL, and I think this has been helpful. They are also simulating AirVenture in Oshkosh, and I think itâd be fun to check that out.
I just bit the bullet and bought the DC-6 by PMDG. Managed to get it in the air! Totally didnât know what to do then!
Go to https://www.timetableimages.com/ and get some ideas for vintage routes to run. :D
If you want do some old-school trans-oceanic flights, you can also do some celestial navigation now, with the help of this package that I helped a guy on the PMDG forums put together. :D
Also⌠did someone say VNAV? Hereâs our latest little preview clip of the NXi, showing working VNAV path capture.
Clicky, because embedding doesnât work for some reason.
