Right.
Here they are:
- Set Altimeter – Set altimeter setting (Millibars * 16)
- Set Altimeter – Syncs altimeter setting to sea level pressure, or 29.92 if above 18000 feet
- Set Altimeter to MSL pressure – Set the altimeter to mean sea level pressure
Option 2 seems to do what I described in my previous post – set the altimeter to something completely crazy. 99% of the time it puts the Kollsman at the lowest possible setting, which, when on the ground, puts many hundreds of feet below sea level.
EDIT:
Did they fix this issue? It hasn’t been in any patch notes.There is even an active bug for what I described.
However, I’m sitting in the Beaver and I’m getting a normal result from the second option. Is it because there is no ATIS for this airport and without that the reading doesn’t have hundredths and thousandths?
Chasing these ever-moving targets in the sim is maddening. Are they fixing things at their end that aren’t documented and, yet, fix things at our end? This would be the second issue I’ve seen a behavior change with today.
I’m seriously confused.
EDIT2:
They must have fixed this. I’m at an airport with ATIS and I’m still getting a correct setting when I use the key bind. ATIS is still giving an altimeter reading with tenths and thousanths.