I fly in virtual reality in career mode and I really like it. But there is one problem.: It’s an annoying body in the copilot’s seat that does nothing, but is present as ballast.
How to remove it? Remove the avatar.
I have disabled everything in my personal settings. I mean, I removed the image of the co-pilot’s avatar in the personal settings in the upper-right corner.
In the EFB tablet, this can be done for some aircraft, for example, for Cessna Citation Longitude, and I constantly disable it by editing the aircraft load. I recently bought a Pilatus PC-24 and I fly in the cargo version. I can’t turn it off that way there.
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Is there any way to disable it by editing the game files? Aircraft files?
If I’m playing on the screen in 2D mode, I don’t pay much attention to this creature, but in VR mode it’s a completely different matter.
Not near the sim so I can’t grab screenshots, but if you make your way to the place where you customize your own avatar, you can also customize the appearance of your copilot - and the first option is a blank tile. Choose that and no visible copilot will appear, even when weight is loaded into that seat.
You may also be able to hide them by turning Characters Quantity to Off in graphics settings or by, as you’ve noted, removing the weight from the copilot seat in the EFB (I have not had issues doing this in the PC-24).
I have read your post and at no point did it mention you tweaking the appearance of the copilot avatar. Can you share a screenshot of your copilot avatar appearance customization screen?
Be right back, booking an appointment with an optometrist now - thank you!
So yes, the answer is this is not possible by design - in most cases, these are aircraft which are not certified for single pilot operations, so it is intended to be a realism requirement.
Okay, I understand that a co-pilot is needed from the point of view of realism (this is what the game is about), but if we could interact with him, talk, he would follow our orders… If it were interactive, it would be a completely different matter. I would even turn a blind eye to a crooked model with hair falling out!
Not sure since I do not use career mode anymore, in freeflght the co-pilot could manage the radio. At least some kind of crew managment.
This “realism requirement” would be a good argument for shared cockpit Would open up a whole new world of engagement between Simmers. Maybe a kind of Lobby where you could hire/find a copilot.
With shared income at the end of the flight!
This is not possible by design. Same as non marketplace pruchases, even if the MP Version is capable to fly in career mode.
Or tweaking turbulence aso.
I will not disagree with you on this. Unfortunally there are a countless number of issues you could add your last line. Sadly.
But on the positiv side, its not all bad.
There are fantastic 3rd party add-ons you can fly within the sim that do bring enjoyment, at least for me.
But I guess this will also not help.
not in career mode. As I said I gave up on it.