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Hi all. I made a simple (dirty) LUA script for V-speed callouts. V1 and Vr are based on the speed bugs you set, and V2 are based on what you have dialed in on the MCP. Im not done with the script, but wonder if it is any interest for it ?

I don't want to throw this thread sideways, so this will be my last comment on this one That is exactly what I mean. You know John enough, we don't. How on earth should we've known that there was humor in his answer? Putting a smiley after that statement would've helped a lot. That's what i mean with "think before you post". We argued about this one before. I think you falsely assume that people asking for linux support, and especially the way they are asking for support, do represent the majority of linux users. After all none (or a majority? not sure on this one) of your addons support linux at the moment, so there are not much "casual" linux users hanging around here. You will never see a "normal" linux user thanking you for not supporting linux. The ones that do post here are passionate linux users that desperately want your addons to support linux. Try create an awesome X-Plane addon for linux only and watch how the windows user are going to react or demand support. Give them the cold shoulder, post a polite and respectful template and everyone will be happy in the end. It's not so much what you do, it's the way you do it. I can't imagine how awful it is to deal with such annoying customers from your perspective. I can only tell you what impression i get from some of the statements. Best regards and my final words on that in this thread (I promise), BaBene

OK, considering your name and your user group Maxx-XP I suppose you are a developer for SMP. Why is it that some developers publishing for or within X-Aviation tend to give defiant answers? Customers will assume that you are just arrogant, which I believe (or atleast hope) isn't true. I kept quiet when Ben announced to discard his plans for releasing on linux because of a lonely troll, but this time I gotta speak up. Yes there are customers who are trolls, yes there are customers who ask the same annoying question over and over again, and yes there are ****heads, but you know what? Who cares? After all you want to sell your products, so be polite and treat your paying customers with respect, no matter how annoyed you are. Think before you post! When there are people asking the same question over and over again just create a polite and respectful template snippet that you can throw at them. As a customer I feel quite offended by statements like the one from JohnMAXX and it leaves a bad taste. Just be professional, I know this might be hard sometimes, but it's worth it. The comment of Cameron is perfectly fine, polite and respectful, why not go with such answers? Best regards, BaBene

What a strange response? I have plenty of hours in a real world aircraft ... a PPL in rented aircraft wouldn't get me to those altitudes from 3 of those pictures ... perhaps you mean CPL? I do have some 4K video from RWL from commercial aircraft if you're interested? Cheers, Rob.

Thanks for sharing the images, most of them look very nice with the exception of these 4: pic 6 (cloud type/size repetition) pic 9 (Climate change - world of mud fog?) pic 11 (not enough resolution in the fog/haze as it blends trees/terrain to the same color as the fog/haze) pic 13 (clouds just don't form that way around mountains) I realize you have to live within the limits of the platform, the other shots look exceptional, just this few that perhaps need some adjustment? Keep up the great work. Cheers, Rob.

2019-08-02: An update for SmartCo 3.0.0 2017/08/25 A little update for BetterPushback 0.44 and above 2017/07/22 skiselkov did a hard work to give us his BetterPushback smartcopilot compatible. Please, read the readme. Tested with X Plane 11 and the 1.2 release. It's here as usual: https://sky4crew.com/download/ 2017/07/01 Only tested with X Plane 10, and the new plugin (2.07) https://sky4crew.com/download/ Fixed a bug with throttle. Tfc buttons synchronized. seats are synch. We can go to the toilets. A new one, cabin door, (but no joy with cargo), Winglets, gauges, eyebrow Master only: Ground Services tab, can (and must) set fuel, payload and CG. No more flicker with buttons and knobs spring loaded (APU switch, rudder trim knob, fire test ...........) standby altimeter As before, nothing to do with the guards, Init Pos by captain only). Waiting for a fix, you can use EZ Pushback (By master) If you are newbie with smartco, read the readme.

Hello all! I've been wondering if anyone here will make a nice looking 777, FlightFactor's rendition was comprehensive in the systems, but not so much in visual accuracy. This is my first legitimate aircraft project, It will have a few short comings in terms of detail (but my aim here is to attain the highest level of modelling accuracy), I used Hiroshi Igami's 777 (from POSKY, they're now TDS) as a base, then redid the engines, wings etc and remapped and retextured any model thats used. UPDATE: I scrapped most of the modelled redid the aircraft, starting with the most popular choice at the moment: 777-300ER, check latest post for latest images! One thing about 777s that I like is the wing flex, and FF unfortunately didn't simulate that very well. My wing model is sliced into 7 sections to ensure a smooth and almost-seamless flex. The landing gear also is sized correctly (hehe) and isn't a 200ER landing gear (theres no wiring and no cantilever system in the front). Yes it's going to be freeware, it's a learning project for me, a project launched after being dissatisfied of FF's 777, and also learning to animate. Without further ado, here are lé screenshots for you to feast on. Many thanks to: Jeffrey Chen: for his help advising about animation Goran Matovina: for advising me about the fan blade animations (stuck on it for days) Hiroshi Igami: for his model, and continuous assistance and support in this project ____ Possibly released under Aerobridge Studios.

Hello Captains! I made a simple LUA-script for v-speed callouts. It includes callouts for 80 knots, V1, Vr, V2 (V2 is optional) and positiv rate / gear up. The script is tested on X-Plane 10.51 and X-Plane 11 on Windows 10. Feel free to leave a comment if you liked the script (or not) Requirement: - You will need FlyWithLua installed - http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/17468-flywithlua-for-xp9-and-xp10/ Installation: - Unzip the files in [X-Plane]\Resources\plugins\FlyWithLua\Scripts You should get a structure something like this. Settings:Edit the IXEG_vSpeed.lua for the settings. Set to true to enable "V2" callout and false to disable. true and false have to be written with lowercase letters.Enable_V2 = false Set to true to enable "Positive rate/Gear up" callout and false to disable. true and false have to be written with lowercase letters. EnablePosGearUp = true Sync the First Officers speedbugs with what you set on Captain side. Default = false. true and false have to be written with lowercase letters. SyncSpeedBugs = false Change "SoundLevel" to adjust volume for the callouts. Adjust between 0.10 min - 1.00 max (default 0.55) SoundLevel = 0.55 How to use: This is how I use the bugs. It may not be correct compared to real procedures. The required bugs you need to set for the call out to work is Bug_2 to V1 speed, Bug_3 to Vr speed, and set the MCP speed to V2 (if you use V2 callout). You can set the other bugs to whatever you prefere. Demonstration: Known bugs/limitations: - Speed bugs can only be set on Captains side. Credits: @xplana for his excellent voice for the callouts Changelog: v0.111- Made variables and datarefs unique to avoid conflicts with other lua scripts. v0.110 - Minor optimizing of the script. v0.109 - Added setting to sync the speed bugs on First Officers side with what you set on Captains side. v0.108 - Added setting to adjust volume for the callouts- Added setting to disable "Positive rate/Gear up" callout v0.107 - Speed bugs did not reset. Fixed v0.106 - Reseting speed bugs when loading script. To avoid callouts if you dont have set the bugs. - Some adjustment to the sounds. (not so much right panning). v0.105 - Changed the default for V2 callout to false (disabled) v0.104 - Fixed V1 callout when starting X-Plane/loading aircraft v0.103 - Fixed "Positive rate / Gear up" -callout when V2 is disabled v0.102- Added setting to disable V2 callout v0.101 - Fixed compability with X-Plane 10 v0.100 - inital version You can download the script here: http://forums.x-pilot.com/files/file/1029-ixeg-vspeeds-callouts/

Hi Captains!, We'll keep up with the tradition from yesterday since you guys loved the previews so much! Our beta testers for the upcoming SkyMaxx Pro v4 have some more shots they've taken, and here's our favorites for today... Enjoy!

See the original posts in the forum about added performance and vastly increased draw distance.

The first video in this thread I used sound files from my PMDG 737. Used them for testing. And can't distribute them of course If you have other files for 80kts, v1, vr etc you can just replace them. But it will make @xplana sad

Taking the Cessna for a spin around Delaware at sunset.

I will do the initial release now of the script with the current callouts from the demo 5. Maybe I can improve it later.

this should really be done by a real airline pilot, it somehow feels inappropriate :-) posrate.mp3 gear up.mp3 80 knots.mp3

In XP11 my frames rates with SkyMaxx are about the same as with XP10. What I have noticed though is a dramatic increase in video memory available which I really like. Even with the clearest skies in XP 10 I rarely saw video memory available for more then 900MB. Can't wait for SkyMaxx V4.These are the settings I am currently use for Sky Maxx. iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) Processor 4 GHz Intel Core i7 Memory 32 GB 1867 MHz DDR3 Graphics AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096 MB 500GB of Flash Storage

The first beta of SMP4 did have issues with the lighting of rain / sleet / snow, and that's what you're seeing there. They've since been fixed.

Agree, but the goal is realism. I just wanted to provide some feedback ... wasn't really intended to be hostile in any way, perhaps this wasn't the place to do that, apologies. Cheers, Rob.

One thing that Xenviro does good is the drawing distance. Clouds in far distance looks real and immersive. Just like Active Sky 2016. I hope X-Avation release a version, with good close-up clouds but also clouds in the horizon. Not just sharp clouds png's

Sorry for the delayed answer. The project is definitely not dead it's just progressing at a slower pace at the moment. The reason for that is my newly born daughter who takes up nearly all of my and my wife's time. For those of you still interested in the project I attached a picture showing the current status of the overhead panel. Please feel free to leave a comment if you like. Take care Martin

Hi everyone, I would like to share my (somewhat emotional) own personal farewell to the 737 I flew for 10 years here at Lufthansa. I started out as a First Officer in 1996, flying -300, - 400 and -500 variants. Later the -400s where phased out. In 2002 I transferred to the 747-400, and in 2008 I came back as a Captain to my beloved 737. I got to fly it until 2012, when, with the reduction in numbers, I was transferred to the A320 family. Last Saturday saw the last commercial flight of a 737 in Lufthansa service, but the plane has a huge following among "Lufhanseats", and we were not willing to just let it go like that. So together with the 737-fleet administration a plan was made to bid farewell to the 737 in style. Two 737-300´s were scheduled to fly to Heviz, Hungary (the "FlyBalaton" airport) on November, 1st - spend the night there and then fly back to Frankfurt on the 2nd. After that there was a farewell event in one of the huge maintenance hangars on the airport. Here are some pics: Checking in at the airport: A booklet we got and my ticket: Arriving at the D-ABEC "Karlsruhe": Landing/turnoff light assembly: Our head of fleet, who flew us to Heviz: Me getting on board (I hate sitting in the back!): Taxiing out, we saw the second aircraft to follow us an hour later, D-ABEK: Arriving in Heviz, after backtracking we were greated by "water fountains" from the fire-trucks! The Heviz airport: Some detail shots in the afternoon sun: Even the mayor of Heviz came out to greet us (and he brought some local liqueur!) Malev flies 737s (or used to?): After a nice celebration dinner in a downtown hotel, meeting with many colleagues and friends and a whole evening of "talking 737" we headed back out to the airport the next morning. Our two fine "Bobbies" waiting for us on the apron: "Fanhansa" D-ABEK: My old office Departure over Lake Balaton, so lifevest mandatory! And getting off the 737 for the last time :-(((( After we arrived, there was the farewell celebration in the hangar: They REALLY polished good old "Neubrandenburg" D-ABEN: And our CEO and my former flight-school classmate Carsten Spohr had some nice things to say about the 737 (even though he only flew 320s): Finally they pulled the plane out of the hangar in a symbolic "roll-out". The aircraft will be flown to the U.S. over the next few weeks, some of them will continue to fly there. So if you see any of them, give them my best... https://youtu.be/18qiHDDA-DU Good-Bye, Bobby! Jan

If I ran X-Pilot the homepage would be filled with beautiful pictures of Kittens and puppies with an occasional unicorn thrown in there. From a marketing perspective it would lure people into the content of the website much deeper since they will be in a state of complete bliss... Plus bring tons of irrelevant traffic to the site, who doesn't like visitors? Additionally I think somewhere on your site you should have user submitted poems and rebrand your homepage with "X-Pilot we are deep man" you could potentially generate more traffic with the hipster crowd thus brining more traffic to your site..... Another good idea would be a link on your homepage that brings you to an additional board so we may discuss religion and politics, nothing brings people closer together than a good healthy pro life or evolution versus creationism debate...... You should really start making these changes and give 100%, I highly suggest you start ignoring those pesky add-ons you're so involved with.... Cameron you're doing it wrong, I'm not offering up any help but if you don't listen to me your efforts are going to be the next AOL......just sayin

I never said ridiculous. I never said Imaginations. Ipaxton im not referring to your suggestion. I hope *somebody* got the tongue-and-cheek comment. - Ck.

i hope sky max pro 4 is better than that ridiculous 70.00 addon that came out yesterday. the only issue i have ever had with x-aviation is the time for support, the products are amazing.i change my hardware almost every month, my cpu, i go back and forth from win 7 and win 10, i have no life and on a fixed income, so i am always messing with something.

Get a ppl..... Cheers, John

Haha, it's funny, because the few he talked down are the ones I liked the most!

A lonely troll? Don't be so naive. "The straw that broke the camels back."

I know John enough to know there was humor in his answer. Please don't throw this thread sideways. Take it to PM if you're that perturbed.