Xbox Version, 787 from LAX to AMS, starting at a gate, with true-to-life settings, and I make sure all of the assists are turned off including communications with ATC.
But no matter what I do, when I press “Ready To Fly” the AI Piloting is turned on, and it immediately starts firing up the engines and gets clearance from ATC. I don’t want it to do that.
How do I get it to start the flight without the AI Piloting turned on?
*edit: It finally worked, but I had to fiddle with the settings and reboot the game several times before it would start without AI Piloting.
Ugh. Mine is doing this now too. I can’t start cold and dark anymore cuz ai pilot starts on every flight even though I’ve tried all of the above to fix it. There must be a work around that does work? I’m on Xbox.
I’ve had this issue countless times. Even after turning AI pilot off, ending the flight, and starting a new flight, the AI takes over like I had never turned it off. Even after changing the settings to True to Life. Sometimes even restarting the sim it’s still on. Absolutely crazy.
I’m wondering if this is an Xbox only issue because we probably would have seen it mentioned more if this was happening on PC.
Where are you turning the assist off? in the in flight settings, (menu bar at the top of the screen)? Or in the Options Menu in the main (startup) screen?
Aha! There in likely lies your problem.
I am not at the right computer or I would fire you a screen shot of the menu, but I’ll see what I can do from memory…
On the main screen select the the OPTIONS page. You should see three panels. GENERAL , ASSISTANCE and CONTROLS.
Click on ASSISTANCE. In here you will find all the assists that you can adjust. Some of the menu choices can be expanded by clicking on the heading. Somewhere in there you will find all the AI pilot options. SHUT THEM OFF!
Appreciate the response but you’re talking about two different things.
Under Assistance Options > Piloting (I’m assuming this is what you meant by Controls), there are options for assisted takeoff, landing, trim, etc. this is not the same as toggling AI piloting.
There is not a way to turn off AI Piloting from the options menu. That would be fine if the sim remembered your last settting (ex. AI Pilot OFF) in game, but that’s not the case, leading to frustrating situations where the AI is turned on every single time you start a new flight. Totally ruins the ability to take off on your own or start cold and dark.
Edit: toggling difficult options to a new setting, then back to your original settings seems to work as a workaround to turn the AI pilot off.