Can't start my LES SAAB 340 anymore... nor can auto-start

[Larry A]

Hi.  I purchased the LES SAAB 340 quite a while back, and had previously used it fine.

Recently, I migrated to a new PC and brought XPlane and my planes over without any problem.

But, for whatever reason, I can't seem to get the SAAB 340 fully started up.  I'm sure I'm doing it right, but what I end up with is:

-Plane doesn't go into Beta mode (engine roar) when I get to the step where I bring the condition levers to Max

-Warning panel shows yellows for Parking Brake (not an issue) and Air Conditioning (with an up arrow)

-Overhead has yellow lights in the Ice Protection panel (L/R Pitot, L/RAlpha) except for Pitot, since I turned that switch on

-Overhead has yellow lights in the Engine panel (L/R AC Gen)

 

Tried it a few times, with same results, including following the in-game checklist (rather than my own, created based on those and youtube vids)

 

Now what's even more waky, is that I then tried (twice) an auto-start... and after a seemingly very lengthy Left Engine start, the result is even more errors, and it never gets past the left engine start!
(To be fair, the increased number of errors is partially/fully due to it not getting all the way through the startup).  But, still... it fails, it seems.  Master Caution light is flashing, and  Hydr is flashing in the warning panel, along with warnings for Fuel, Elec, and Emergency Lights.

I thought maybe the plane was damaged (in sim), but got the same issues when I restarted the flight with a repaired plane.

Besides the new PC, the other change would be I'm now running it in XP12... which it doesn't 'officially' support... but others have had it run fine, or have just had issues with things like the lighting.

 

Anyone got any suggestions, wisdom, etc?

[rosseloh]

I haven't tried it myself but I'd bet money XP12 is your issue. It doesn't just "not officially support" it, it was never migrated. I'm 99% sure it will need serious tweaking to work properly in 12. Experience in a few other turboprops has shown me similar things to what you're describing, at least relating to the engines.

[Larry A]

Hi.  Thanks for the response.  You're correct, yet what is odd is that there are people who claim they are using the SAAB in XP12 with zero issues...whereas some have a random little issue... or everything works fine, but the cockpit is dark.  Meanwhile others seemingly can't even load it.

So, it's odd.  It's not like specific stuff doesn't work globally.  What doesn't work for one person, works for another just fine.

Unless certain plugins mess with it, I can't see how there is a random reaction for each instance of the same thing.

I have a feeling that (in my case) there's some simple little thing to be tweeked that will fix it.  One thing I tried was the delay between each step of the auto-start sequence, figuring maybe it was not enough of a pause, and caused it to trip over itself.

Kinda hoping someone might know what it could be specifically...

(I looked into it online, and even though most posts/articles gave the impression that any plans to create an official XP12 version, I did fine one thread where a recent post indicated that they were now looking into it.  Certainly seems to be a lot of interest (by users) for an XP12 version...)

Edited 6 hours ago by Larry A