VirtualAviator

Yup. There was a time when I felt a sense of entitlement. When I purchased an add-on, the developer owed it to me to be at my beck and call, to answer my every whim. After all, I demonstrated my trust in your product by giving you my hard-earned money while at the same time having a distrust of you. In my mind, you were some big software development company, making millions. Additionally, software development has virtually no overhead, so it's all profit for you. You, Microsoft, and Google have the same agenda - to make as much money as God. I engaged in YouTube, poked around flight sim forums, and learned that most flight sim developers are me. They are someone who's grown to love aviation and flight simulation. The difference is that they have software development skills. Many don't earn a profit and suffer abuse from the entitled me. Those that do earn profit have often spent years developing its add-on. I've learned that aircraft add-ons development has become almost too complex and complicated for a single person to make a high-end airplane. It often requires some collaboration and contributions from devs with strong skills in special areas. I can see how this collaboration can slow down development and even introduce beetles and roaches that have to be squashed. Even with some inclination of what devs go through, buggy releases are frustrating. I'd rather wait for a decent release that an aircraft that simply sits in my virtual hanger. Hot Start, AFAIK, builds highly customized add-ons. The systems go deeper than average and given how radically different parts of X-Pane 12 is from X-Plane 11, a lot of stuff apparently has to be changed in the TBM900. Exactly what, is above my pay grade but I believe Cameron, Pils and the developer when they say it's being worked on. Again, patience is a virtue.

Patience is a virgin.. ah-hem.. I meant virtue.

I flew a corporate run for a fractional owner

I don't know you, but welcome back. Whatcha flying for DAL (confirming it's the 747)?

Rob Hammer, a real world Challenger 650 pilot, and an advisor to HS on flight modeling says the flight dynamics are pretty realistic.

"I'm sure it's me. It usually always is". Also, I thought I was in lbs. Otherwise, I would have been able to figure this out. I have no problem admitting you guys are smarter then I am . Never the less, this thread is here in case anyone else needs it.

I debated whether to post this in help or General Discussion. Discussions won. I figured out how to program the FMS primarily watching YouTube videos. I noticed that some sim pilots use AVG WIND (Average winds) and some use the TOC winds (Top of Climb winds). I haven't be able to get a definitive answer of which one to use and why. While I have my suspicions on which one is correct, I wanted to hear from someone who knows. SIMBRIEF -- PERF INIT: AVG WIND or TOC Wind? What that they say about always learning?

Talk about brain farts... I reset the permissions to unlisted. Anywhoo, there's nothing there that would have helped you figure out the cause so you didn't missing anything. Thanks, Jan and blue skies...

I was able to reproduce the issue yesterday. I couldn't enter a GW nor a ZFW. Somehow, I was to resolve the issue. I can't speak specifically to what I did but it included downloading and installing a fresh copy of the aircraft. Don't know if this'll work for y'all but it might be worth a try. I also disabled XPUIPC -- I use X-Organizer; if you don't use it you'll need to remove the XPUICP folder from plugins. I don't know if this was necessary or not. I had chosen the non-KG option prior to, from the preference menu. Disregard the can't find preferences - I apparently suffered a brain fart when looking for the preferences menu. https://youtu.be/9xoVBRsYAWg Cheers,

Interesting thread... Oouch!

Link correction: http://www.togasim.com/ixeg/product_info/whatsnew_15.html

In case you missed it, Tom of IXEG joined YouTube content creator Q8Pilot to discuss the direction (and some history) of IXEG, and the development of the Boeing 737-300. It's worth the time to listen and/or watch. Thanks Tom and Jan. It's developers of your caliber that helps make X-Plane the very best flight simulator (in spite of maturing pains) available.

You posted in a forum that doesn't generally provide support. Also, based on your post there is no way to know what aircraft you are referring to.

Ya ever get the feeling that the more you do, the more ya need to do?

Thanks for the website located at https://www.togasim.com

Anecdotally, it appears that rain effects are tied to clouds, that is; when flying under cumulus or cumulus nimbus clouds we get rain, no matter what the actual weather is. I can appreciate how hard this phenomena is to fix. Thinking about 1st principle modeling, it has to be tough to model when it rains versus when the clouds are saturated but not raining. My guess is that LR, (Austin Meyers) is thinking about this and trying to figure out a mathematical equation that can be dropped into XP12. We all want weather that is as close to the real world weather as possible. I'm sure that is not lost on Laminar Research. X-Plane 12 is a fantastic program. It's still in its infancy. Even so, it rivals flight simulators with nearly unlimited resources. I can think of a half dozen things that I'd like to see fixed. I'm confident those things will be addressed. In the meantime, I'm enjoying it to the max, even with the current rain effects .

My lesson for today. Thanks!

I'm still clueless. I must install what in the what folder? Is there some documentation somewhere? When it comes to Navigraph, I've never made any tweaks or changes.

Not so much a bug report as a support request. I can't seem to get the NAV DATA to display the current AIRAC. Navigraph advised me to remove and reinstall Navigraph FMS Data Manager. I removed it deleted the folders and rerun it from scratch. The other plane that I fly shows the correct AIRAC, include the 738. I suspect i missed something. Any suggestions?

I know it's early but here is the first thing I'd like to see on the wish list. Make the bump-out window resizable. Actually, not the bump menu, but the window it launches. Awesome aircraft guys.

Fortunately, wipers are not considered required equipment. But no worries, while I can't speak for IXEG I have 100% confidence that they will fix the wipers in an update.

Does anyone know if there is a way to turn off the attention all aircraft barometer announcement? I like it sometimes, but it breaks the immersion. If it can't be turned off, maybe LR will make it an option?

X-plane 12 Public Beta 12.06b7 has been released by Laminar Research. For more information, visit https://www.x-plane.com/kb/x-plane-12-00-release-notes/#Public_Beta_8211_1206b7.

Thanks for clearing that up. My mistake. I guess I won't rush home after all.

Hmmm... I hadn't realized that the XP12 version has dropped. I can't wait to spin up the turbine when I get home in a couple days. Thanks for posting.