This is unacceptable to me. I generally don’t know where I am going until I look at the World map. I am usually looking for IFR wx to fly in. I realize I can get that info elsewhere but the World map is convenient and depicts where wx is in the sim, which is not necessarily where it is in RL.
Also, the co-pilot no longer handles comm, even tho it is on in the sim settings. So, it’s back to the previous A330 version for me and I won’t be downloading any future updates for this a/c, which is ok as long as the older versions still work. If that happens I will have to decide whether to give up this a/c, which I really like, or start using Simbrief which is easy enough to do–I just prefer not to. This trend away from the World map to Simbrief seems the direction the a/c developers are going. Too bad.
Yes i completely agree, newest version is for me personally totally bull…so I’ll stick with older one works greT
Thanks Appeared, glad you agree.
This is not my experience. Co-pilot ATC comms has worked on each flight I have taken since the latest update.
Can’t you select 'Sync MSFS fight plan" in the EFB settings?
Tried that Big, also set MSFS flt plan to Load Only. Those are the settings I’ve always had. However, based on your current experience I may get back in the a/c and see if I can figure out what’s happening.
I wonder what I can do to enable co-pilot if anything. I’ll mess around.
Thanks.
I remember for the last big update they also required you to delete the Headwind folder and files in your AppData / MSFS / Packages directory. Not sure if you did that as well when you upgraded.
I did do that.
I just flew Bil - Sea using last a/c version prior to SU9. Happy to report everything worked perfectly. IFR most of the way and SEA was near minimums. Autopilot landed plane. Pretty sweet. I’ll stick with this version.
Thanks guys for your input/help. Appreciate it.
I used to be like that, but once I got used to using SimBrief I have better experience in the aircraft. The NAV systems seems to behave much better with flight plans from SimBrief (probably because of all the constraints, and other data that SimBrief are able to generate compared to the default world map planner).
So I set my MSFS Sync to None, and I use SimBrief to generate the flight plan and automatically download a FS2020 formatted .PLN file to my folder. Then when I start the flight, I just load that .PLN file into the world map, and once I jump into the aircraft I import the flight plan from SimBrief. Now everything matches and the aircraft have the complete data it needs to fly.
I agree with the missing copilot, but I have reported this to their Discord page and hopefully we get a fix soon. But the flight systems in the latest version is better than the previous one, so I can live without a copilot (for now).
Just installed the latest (5/29/22) version and everything worked perfectly using the World Map. Now I get to use the snazzy new EFB. BTW, what does the option for ‘Use Calculated ILS’ do?
Neo, using your process do you then have the in-sim ATC?
Thanks for your help.
Yes, the in-sim ATC is using the flight plan that was loaded in the world map. So by doing my method, the aircraft system is flying the more complete flight plan from SimBrief, and the ATC is using the same flight plan that was loaded in the world map. You’ll have the best of both worlds.
Thanks. I have used that method but with other a/c. I’ll give it a try again. I like Simbief well enough but as I said, I seldom know before hand where I am going, hence the World map. Sloppy I know, but oh well.
The in sim flight planner causes more headaches than it’s worth for airliners. Simbrief is always the way to go for IFR. And as has been said you can download it in FS2020 format. The in sim flight planner adds weird things to the plan. They are supposed be fixing it by using the WT planner that the CJ4 uses / and the NXi.
Not sure how it will work on XBOX, but it needs doing asap. Add-on devs would probably prefer to use in the insim planner, but they just can’t. Also Simberi for airliners is a must especially for planes like the PMDG where you can uplink the weather for your route. The FBW Neo also does this, but it does not need the weather from simbrief.
Yeah, I use to be like that as well. That’s why I use Volanta to keep track of all the routes I’ve done, and I use the map in Volanta to decide which route I’m going for, then I use Simbrief to build the flight plan.
What weird things? Msfs flightplanner is excellent for getting a very good IFR flightplan because you can choose sids and stars and see how they fit with f.e ils while you cant on Simbrief and then get to tight turns and such no good stuff.
Everyone is making very good points, and I agree with them all. I will probably do a little of each both ways for a while.
I asked above but no one has addressed it—anyone know what the ‘Use Calculated ILS’ in the EFB does?
Again, thanks all. Good stuff. Is this a great forum or what?
According to the FBW A32NX documentation:
Use calculated ILS signals
- Enable this setting to use a calculated ILS signal instead of the signal provided by Microsoft Flight Simulator.
- This avoids unwanted and unrealistic loss of the ILS signal in Microsoft Flight Simulator which often happens when the aircraft gets below the antenna position.
- In some rare cases this can cause a faulty G/S signal. In this case this setting can be disabled with immediate effect.
You won’t get this issue if you create the flight plan properly. Basically, when you choose a departure airport and destination airport, you also need to choose your departing runway and arrival runway. Once you pick the correct one, clicking on Find Route will have the SimBrief engine calculate the optimal route based on the parameters set. That way, all the SIDs and STARs are properly assiged according to the official charts for each of those runways. So no need to worry about getting weird turns, Simbrief will assign you the optimal SIDs and STARs.
Ok we will see cause things is a bit more complicated cause I import the simbrief flightplan to MSFS flightplanner to be able to use MSFS ATC. And simbrief Airac cycle is 2103 while MSFS has the latest Airac cycle so they dont always match up. But if the plane follows the correct star that matches the ils then it’s okay.
Note to self: RTFM