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zzz....oh man...just woke up after a 18 month hibernation! Seriously....Nothing is forgotten, only life has happened. Here's a quick summary: Spent last 18-24 months in a significant life transition as I approach and prepare for retirement. Lots of loose ends to tie up and leave in the past. I now work full time for Laminar, a big change...and I have been positioning myself to stay in X-Plane work exclusively for the future. I'm wrapping up a 2-year private contract for the BETA ALIA production aircraft (which will be in X-Plane). I'll complete that work next month. Gizmo based code in all my products is nearing end of life and had complicated the update process due to the volume of code to rewrite......however AI has enabled a path to relearn concepts & rewrite the code as its become "X-Plane SDK aware" in the last year...This reduces the effort drastically and is a major catalyst. No fees for future updates on the MU2 or IXEG when they eventually go out. Updates will always be free for existing customers. They've earned that. After ALIA delivery, I'll return to push an update to the MU2 with the Gizmo code-base....I won't get OCD....I'll just push what I have, which is a good amount. After MU2 update, I begin code rewrites to serve as my future code platform for the MU2, IXEG and the forth-coming 717. This is foundational and absolutely required to guarantee long term compatibility for these products. Those aircraft will be the only three products I will maintain into retirement and beyond. That's the highlights. This gap in work has been all about my focus and preparation to sustain myself after retirement, and stay within the X-Plane ecosphere in the process.

I will be the one to bring it up, is the tbm900 still being worked on for release to x-plane 12, and can we get any kind of update on its progress?

Model is finished. Textures are finished. Saso is doing his best to take care of minor issues with the 650, one of which is getting the weather radar added to it. Once he finishes those, he'll send me a new TBM build so I can start initial testing in X-Plane 12 with animations and making sure textures look good. To sum up, as of this post, all artwork is considered done.

Coop updated the changelog yesterday - this is fixed in v1.1, which is currently in testing... so hopefully will be in our hands quite soon! https://c.leco.mp/EoWMWWqLdRbZfU

This will serve as an official announcement that we have released the Version 1.1.0 update for the Take Command! CitationJet 525. All customers who have purchased the CitationJet 525 up till now have been sent an e-mail by X-Aviation with complete instructions on how to obtain your update. We have made this a very simple process! For those that purchase the CitationJet 525 from today forward, your purchased download will already be updated to version 1.1.0 for you. What if I didn't get the update e-mail? If you did not receive your update e-mail don't fret! X-Aviation has updated our system to allow all customers to update with ease, regardless of whether you received an e-mail for the update! Here's what to do: 1. Login to your X-Aviation account here: https://www.x-aviation.com/catalog/account_history.php 2. Find your original Take Command! CitationJet 525 download and re-download the file. It will download as the latest version! The following is a list of additions/fixes included: New Features: Integrated weather radar featuring the RDR-2000! Many thanks to Amy Parent and the Laminar team for such an amazing addition to X-Plane. Library and code adjustments throughout to fully support X-Plane 12.4 Updated and improved FMOD sound pack Improved and tweaked objects, textures, and animations throughout Bug Fixes and Improvements: Latest UNS-1 version (v1.22) Fix crash when the last airport in the flight plan is on a FM leg. Fix dates incorrectly formatted (month off by one after april, #72). Fix distance computation of arc (AF, RF) legs. Fix times displayed with 60 minutes past the hour (XX:60) in some situations. PVOR now pre-fills inbound track for runways picked from list. Fix PVOR using true runway heading rather than magnetic. Fix bad localizer front course parsing leading to off-course CF legs. Fix VOR and LOC database declination not used for CF legs computation. Fix standby resume failing to restore flight plan when using “radial/radial” custom waypoints (#76). Latest version of libradio to fix X-Plane 12.4+ compatibility Adjusted base system library with ordering fixes Replace deprecated dataref usage Adjusted particle system dynamics Migrate to new X-Plane chock system, fix rolling away on ground Fixed missing altitude minimum alerter, 500ft Improved accuracy of EHSI color schema Fix buggy DME behavior for speed/time, with improved alpha/beta filtering Transponder code, flaps, and fuel persistence Improve custom tail system handling with missing fonts Fix bus for flood light Add nose and aft cargo lights Fix handling for COM1 to be usable with EMER battery Flood light correct electrical bus As always, thanks for being a customer with X-Aviation. We appreciate your feedback and support! Enjoy these latest updates, and stay tuned to the forum as we continually announce the latest happenings.

Likewise, there are several other place where lower case "GTNXi" is used, which is causing the other buttons and decoder knobs on the bezel to not work. Also the counter clockwise on the outer knob of the left unit (after the above case sensitive fix) does not work. TDS/GTNXI/FMS_OUTER_CW_1 TDS/GTNXI/FMS_INNER_CCW_1 (the bold part should be OUTER)

There's a bug with the Direct-To buttons for the GTNX units in v1.1.0. Discord user Slartibart has found the fix: > `GTNXi` needs to be replaced by `GTNXI` in the file `objects/525_CLICKABLES.obj` > Looks like the commands, eg `TDS/GTNXI/DTO_1`, are case-sensitive. Pending an official update, this can be fixed by the user. Back up the file first, then open it with any good text editor e.g. Notepad++, then find and replace GTNXi with GTNXI. Any problems, replace your modified .obj with the backup and try again before asking for official support.

Correct. Challenger is top priority. Saso has done some amazing work on it.

Mine is (Honeycomb Bravo) but I've given up on this aircraft at this point with any fixes and in fact just removed it. Too bad it's kind of fun to fly but the G1000 has a problem once you stop and load another aircraft, you lose functionality due to the custom G1000 commands from the sundowner

@Max2307 Just a heads up. Confirmed. This is a bug. When the "Rudder Controls Differential Brakes" option is enabled in DC-3 Settings, the code overwrites the toe brake axis values every frame, even when the rudder is centered. That zeroes out any input from your brake pedals, which is why the axes appear completely dead while button-bound commands still work. As a workaround until the update: Open DC-3 Settings, go to the Options tab, and uncheck "Rudder Controls Differential Brakes." Your toe brake pedals should work normally after that. You'll lose the rudder-to-brake taxi assist, but you'll have full differential braking through your hardware. The fix is already in for the next release. The differential braking option will no longer interfere with toe brake axes. When the rudder is centered, your pedal input passes through untouched, and when the rudder is deflected, the two inputs are blended rather than one replacing the other.

I don't understand that. I just replaced my VGA card and the problems started.

Create a new airframe each time. Or save a custom "panel" state for how you want it to start, and load into that.

The first thing the dev will likely ask is for you to remove all sim mods, including all third party plugins, scenery, etc.

You'll have to provide the developers a Log.txt from the sim for any hope of resolution.

Yep, these are engine failures due to substantial overtorque/temp

Every time someone asks, the project slips by another year . Do you have any further questions? My bad

Oh, thanks! We were worried you wouldn't come back. ...but the answer hasn't changed.

Y'all are in luck, had the same problem and found the solution on their Discord. IT WORKS! telephono — 10:00 AM I think you'll need to replace the libradio.plugin plugin inside the aircraft's plugin folder with the latest release: https://codeberg.org/skiselkov/libradio/releases Codeberg.org libradio Radio systems and navaid simulation library for X-Plane

I have to agree with the above statements. I have several planes rotting in the hanger because of updates promised and never delivered. The Challenger 650 desperately needs the weather radar to function and properly. It appears that the plane was made for X-Plane 11 originally and changed to woke with X-plane 12. Laminar Research has made giant strides is the improvement of the Flight Simulator and I truly believe it should the plane developer to bring that experience to their customers. Laminar has created a real time weather with cloud condition for your flight route. The Weather Radar is not just a color changing screen to look at, but critical flight data to avoid dangerous weather ahead. Would you really get on a commercial flight knowing the plane did not have radar heading into sever weather. Yes, this aircraft is very much in need of updates. Not become complacent with your thinking I'm good and so is my plane. Since the CL650 has no Weather Radar maybe a price reduction to $70 US Dollars is needed. Laminar is working overtime on their planes. UPDATE NEEDED: The cabin switch (Mics Lts) on the overhead panel does nothing. What is this switch for? The anti ice switch for the Wing works backwards. To move the switch down you must direct the switch up. Therefore, to move the switch up you need to direct the switch down.

Apologies for the late reply. I'm working on a large update for the DC3. I'll make a note of this and address it.

Most expensive plane and most advanced plane i own and the only one that has not updated it's radar...lol every other developer has already a sucker born every day ya got me i fell for it

It doesn't warrant an update? I think it absolutely does. Other aircraft have had an operational weather radar for some time now, but it's been missing from the CL650 - one of the most expensive aircraft addons available. I rarely fly the CL650 now because it is missing Wx Radar. It's a great aircraft, but incomplete since it's missing critical functionality. I routinely receive updates for other expensive aircraft addons ive purchased, but not a single update has been released for the CL650 and I've owned it for 5 months now.

That is absolutely your prerogative. Some say minimal activity and updates indicate a lack of care by the developers, others say minimal activity and updates indicate a mature product that is not in need of them. As a developer I am partial, of course - but I personally still love playing games that have not had updates in decades, like the car I am driving, and both work fine. Ultimately I think the conclusion constant updates = high value is false, in fact some of my games that get constant updates leave me with the feeling that I "rather hold off playing them until they are done". Just my 2cts .

If you hear nothing from us, assume that the project is not abandoned but no work has been done on it that would warrant us sharing any progress info. If we abandon the project, we will announce this here - so if we don´t - you know it´s not abandoned.

Can we therefore agree that it would be mutually beneficial if the IXEG team posted status updates from time to time? So that customers don't conclude that the aircraft has become "abandonware" and so there is awareness that issues are being worked on? It's not unreasonable to provide an update every 6 months or so - "Hi guys, the work on version 1.6 is proceeding steadily, our priorities are recoding of the FMS and recording of engine sounds. Lots of work still remains with FMS rework, we've tackled 10000 lines but there is still 600000 to go. This will address some of the VNAV issues of previous versions. We've rerecorded some of the auxilliary sounds. We're hoping to work on some improvements to the cockpit texturing but that's aimed at future updates". The amount of time it takes for a post like that to be collated and written and it'll reduce the backwards and forwards, misunderstandings, wrong assumptions, arguments and offence. People will no doubt say "is there any update" - quote the latest update and say "Our last update remains accurate - work is still ongoing. There is not much else to say"

@rkuhlmann You also weren't part of the discussion I had with Tom. Again, I can't say what was discussed, but my jaw dropped. Have faith my friend

I seem to have 'lost' the popup panel for AP Main Control panel. It doesn't appear no matter what. I think it is something to do with me changing my multiple monitor config but changing it back doesn't work either. Does anybody have any idea how to get it back!

You can reset any saved popup locations by deleting "popups.cfg" in X-Plane 12/Aircraft/X-Aviation/ <citation 525> / plugins/cj_systems/settings.

I lost my faith in this XP12 project ...

OK, just found another contributor having the same problem in the past. All I had to do was create an empty folder called "x-aviation" in X-Plane12's root, answer the login details as they appear and all went swimmingly.

Hello, as many of you might already know, the amazing flight planning tool "Professional Flight Planner X" http://www.flightsimsoft.com/pfpx/ was released during the last days. Today, my favorite Aircraft (Of course the CRJ2 :-) is not supported yet. So I wanted to ask if someone created already a profile for that flight planning tool. Maybe JRollon has planned it on his own, In general, creating the aircraft config file seems not to be very difficult (http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/72210-creating-a-new-aircraft-type/), however it is impossible for me to gather al the required performance values. Greetings, Sebastian

Jet manufacturers typically do not allow the AFM and QRH manuals to be published online for anyone to use. I have a copy of the real manuals through work (and no, I can't pass it along...). What has been provided by Hotstart is sufficient.