Achievement guide and discussion

thanks got it, was the custom livery I rarely use, I moved them in a temp folder for the time being, re-move them when I want liveries to be displayed again

Looks like my flight time has stopped counting, been using the A320 Neo with the FlyByWire mod, default livery. Worked before last patch

disable dev mod

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Not running it. but I did notice that my flight time only increase as long as I quit back to the main menu once the flight summary appear

That actually is the way, unfortunately it seems to work. If you click continue the time and landings are discarded.
I had figured while it may be confusing in respects you might end up with Dep. A and Arr E and 5 Takeoff and Landings in the logbook if you make 5 separate hops…but nope.

So after each flight when the flight stats come up…you must go back to main window if you want the time etc logged correctly.

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I had a bit of problem with my logbook, I had issues with the time on my laptop and changed it during a flight and it gave me 1600 hours on my log book but has stuffed my 100 hours and 1000 hours, is there anyway to fix that?

I have not been able to find the logbook yet to see if there is any way to edit it.
I would love to be able to simply delete a few flights where I took off and then exited the sim to make a change to a aircraft.cfg file and then test the change in a new session.

I had not thought to turn on the developer mode where no log entries are made :smiley:

I still think the achievement thing is somewhat broken.

I’ve just seen the “Hydroplaning” achievement pop up unexpectedly while flying in Australia under a scorching sun :sunny:

On the other hand, I don’t seem to be able to get the “Stay on Target” achievement even though I’ve flown countless ILS approaches :thinking:.

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Thanks for this guide, it’s very useful and helpful! I love going for achievements for games like these :slight_smile:

A little confused though, because the achievement “Service with a smile” for me seems to be bugged?
I’ve requested all necessary services at least 2/3 times by now, following multiple guides… Regardless, I still haven’t fully got it.
On Completionist, it says I’ve got most of it done, but seemingly I’m missing something… Is that just me? Do I need to keep certain things in mind, like ‘wait until a certain animation happens’ (i.e. the catering or baggage have finished)?

EDIT: I also don’t seem to have the fueling achievement… Despite having called the fuel truck quite a few times already and changing the amount of fuel (once it arrived)… :confused:

I think I can help you!

For services: also tell the ground to disconnect the services (i.e. bagage), only then I got my achievement.

For the fuel me up, I couldn’t use a fuel truck. You have to taxi to a fuel station on an airport and then use the fuel system.

I’m having issues with the flight of fancy, for some reason it stays at 66% eventough I have flown 300NM + with the

TBM
C208
A320
C25J
Cessna longitude
787-10

All without any mods or liveries installed… are there any assistance or other specific requirements for these?

I have yet to find the fuel stations (I’m a complete noob to the sim, first time I really take my time with it and get into it, rather than just a quick flight and say “ooh fun”)… But thanks! I guess that might be something?

As for the services… I actually do ask them to connect the ramp and the jetway, baggage, etc… and I did ask to disconnect, although some automatically disconnect… I presumed that would also mean it’s ‘succesful’.

I’m wondering if fueling at a station will give me both achievements…

Try to go to a smaller yet modelled airport, should be easy to find a fuel station. Maybe try Gibraltar. I was just on panama, and there is an easy to find fueling station there.

This one took me a while to get and I also had to fly a few of the planes multiple times.

The one thing I think made the difference was not only do you need to fly the 300 nm and land, but you should also taxi off the runway, park, shut off the engine and power in order to get the final screen showing the flight log and “Return to Main Menu” / “Continue” options.

Hope this helps…

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Yeah definitely doing the start from gate and park in gate/parking until automatic flight end… so I guess I’ll just have to keep trying. Did you keep settings true to life? Or did you use (other) assistances?

True to life but with taxi ribbon enabled for all my flights.

Hmm. I’ll see if I can find it!
I have no clue at this moment what a fuel station looks like for planes, honestly, since I’ve never really played this game before and I haven’t been around that many airports… Hopefully, I can find it soon :slight_smile: Thanks!

I unlocked My Way with a VFR flight from KSMF to KFUL that I flew just following I-5 through the San Joaquin Valley and over the Grapevine. I set the weather to clear and did a cold start and then used the HDG autopilot mode in the Beechcraft B58 to follow my desired route. I also did the entire flight in VR.

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In many of the achievements a pure MSFS aircraft is required. Meaning no mods what so ever in the panel, textures or who knows what or the achievement is not granted.

But even if you use a stock airplane and don’t change anything it sometimes doesn’t work.
One I have not been able to get is the grass runway …though I have tried almost every aircraft in the hangar.
And the other one is Job shadowing…I have flown short and long flights based on a real flight with all assistance off …no dice.

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Ended up figuring out that there are ‘Fuel boxes’ mentioned at some places on the world map! Went to Malmi in Helsinki (EFHF) and spawned at the fuel box, which automatically opens the fuel window upon entering. Slid the fuel slider all the way up and both ‘Service with a Smile’ and 'Fill ‘er Up!’ popped :smiley: