I think this looks much better for the landing lights. Will upload a mod soon with these landings lights.
To put it into perspective how it looks like default:
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I agree with everything you said, except for two things:
The TBM930 has a 5-blade prop and the 850 has a 4-blade prop. The pitch of the sound a 4-blade prop makes will always be lower than that of the 5-blade at the same RPM. The sound you perceive as the drone of a propeller is caused by pulses emanating from each blade and passing by your head, so if there are fewer blades, the frequency is lower.
Second, Asobo recorded many of their engine sounds from static aircraft. This causes many of the prop aircraft to have a raspiness to the engine sound at high RPM that would not be there above ~40knots. TBM, Baron, King Air, and ATR are all afflicted by this.
Overall the sound environment of the TBM850 is pretty nice, but I am very particular about sound so these two things bother me.
Trying to find what this “Storm Clear” switch does. Can’t find anything about it.
I think that is for a stormscope.
Hi all,
This has been bugging me all weekend so I hope someone can help, as I have been thoroughly enjoying this magnificent rendition of an amazing aircraft!
For the life of me I cannot get the approach mode to work. I’ve tried at two different airports (Rotterdam/EHRD and Antwerp/EBAW) and made sure to be on an intercept course and on an appropriate altitude according to the approach charts. Finally I also changed the CDI mode to VLOC on both my PMS-50 GTN750 and the WTT GNS530.
When approaching the localizer I can see the EADI and EHSI change to the appropriate approach indications (i.e. glideslope scale and LOC 1 mode). Also the A/P changes from NAV or HDG to ROLL mode. But then the aircraft simply overshoots the localizer and keeps on flying. When repeatedly pressing the APR button the aircraft shortly turns towards the localizer but never does fully engage.
As mentioned before, I use the PMS-50 GTN750 (premium) with the specific TBM 850 package from PMS-50, in combination with the WTT GTN530.
Many thanks for any pointers!
Update the GTN750 to the latest version.
Install the additional WTT mod for the TBM 850 if not already done.
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Edit: sorry, missed the latest 2.2.4 update of the GTN750, thanks!
To answer your question:
Custom font created to match real display
Original one to compare for those who don’t see differences 
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Awesome! 
Love this. I have your mods for the other BKSQ aircraft as well.
Did you say at one point that you were collaborating with Nick to try and get these fonts into the release versions? Since you’re at the level of making custom fonts, I can’t imagine why Nick wouldn’t want to work with you.
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This was posted to the Just Flight forums tonight:
Here’s a reply direct from the developer for you. This should cover all of the points and suggestions you have raised in your post.
Improved sound - I am considering this for a future update. As the TBM 850 was originally conceived as another Steam Gauge Overhaul, all the sounds were done by the time we decided to make it a full aircraft. The Turbine Duke will require a suite of PT-6 sounds, so it will likely come after that. There are beta and reverse sounds in the current implementation, though.
Flying model - There will be a major update to this in the coming week. The current performance is within 2% of the book numbers, so this will be an update predominantly to the “feel” of the aircraft. The propeller torque will be increased. There should be no reason for a pitch change after takeoff, but I will look carefully for it today.
Better method of selecting reverse - The current method is used for every other aircraft I have ever tested for MSFS, which is the native reverse binding. If you have an idea for an improved system, I am all ears, and I can attempt to create it.
Better external lighting - I have increased the brightness of the exterior lights, and I have a new strobe system that I’m testing out that will necessitate turning them off when in low visibility. The new strobes are volumetric. The reason the landing light emissive mesh does not look excellent is a limitation of the renderer regarding small objects that are culled at greater viewing distances. If we find a solution for this, I will be the first one to include it.
Does the AMP metre work - This is one of the headlining features of Black Square aircraft. It very much works, and the current draw is calculated for every system on the aircraft, as well as the resulting heat. If the charging current is not significant after starting, it simply means you didn’t drain the battery very much.
Is hypxo possible - This is something I have long wanted to implement. If you have an example aircraft for which this works in MSFS, please let me know so I can look into how the effect works!
Improved overhead back lighting - As far as I’m aware, there is no backlighting on the TBM 850’s overhead panel, which differs from the later models. The overhead panel is illuminated by the post lights on the ceiling, which are controlled by the INST LIGHTING knob.
Exhaust to continue to shows signs of heat after shutdown - Do you mean the exhaust shimmering visual effect? This is theoretically possible, but it is a little above my current skills, as I believe the heat shimmer effects in MSFS are hardcoded.
Main door - This was done on purpose, unfortunately. I make very few compromises for realism in my aircraft, but I had images of how many streamers/YouTubers would not know this nuance, and think the pressurization system was non-functional because they did not properly latch the door.
Visible inflation of de-ice boots - Already done. Next update.
Headset plugin - This would require a custom sound set. I will look into this for a TBM update, and the Dukes.
Wheel chocks and covers - Wheel chocks are done, because they serve the purpose of keeping the aircraft still while the brakes are off. I will consider covers, as well.
Tray table and window blinds that function - This would take a significant change to the model, unfortunately. This was because of the Steam Gauge Overhaul origins of this aircraft, again. I will consider it, but I promise you a working table in the Duke.
Thank you for all the feedback! While I apologize that I cannot get to every request, I think you will be very happy with the next update this week. The changelog is already two pages long!
Hope that helps and answers all of your points.
Link to thread: My thoughts on the TBM850 atfer a few days | Just Flight Community
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And the mod to add this yourselves:
Can you still get Uwa light mod - TBM930?
I modified the system.cfg to aim the landing light further forward…
lightdef.6 = Type:5#Index:1#LocalPosition:-16.35,-18.835,1.17#LocalRotation:-25,0,0#EffectFile:bksq_Tbm_Landing#PotentiometerIndex:0#EmMesh:LandingLight_L
lightdef.7 = Type:5#Index:2#LocalPosition:-16.35, 18.835,1.17#LocalRotation:-25,0,0#EffectFile:bksq_Tbm_Landing#PotentiometerIndex:0#EmMesh:LandingLight_R
Now I can see the runway when landing.
I proposed him a free contribution to his projects but Nick preferred to work on it alone.This is his choice and I respect it.Nevermind.to my level of knowledge and graphical skills I will go on working on mods.for his product after release.
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Thanks for the post 
In my opinion the standard expected for GA is much higher now than it has ever been in FS20. Partly due to Black Square themselves but also to 2 other incredible and enthusiastic GA devs who go the extra mile, are rapid with updates and who also put customer satisfaction at the top of their list.
What was an outstanding product 2 years ago is now no longer outstanding. Things have moved on and in a good way.
Black Square have for me always been fantastic with their systems work. It’s just that a lot of us now expect a bit more with a really good FM, custom engine sounds, EFB, walk arounds and such like.
It’s good to see that this very talented developer is open minded and willing to listen. A very welcome sign and a great attitude and response.
I look forward very much to the update whenever it comes.
Sounds good! We support what you do.
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In the US at least, free contributions to commercial projects present all sorts of labor law issues. The laws in question are to stop exploitation of things like younger people being offered "training opportunities " which are just free labor in disguise. Unfortunately as a side effect, this also effects people wanting to donate time to a group project etc
A pity …if this is the reason especially considering that I’m 51 and have a full time job in air ops support in a company operating plenty of PC-12 / 24 and Jet Vision aircraft…if you see what company I mean…
No idea if that is the actual reasoning here, but it is complicated and a legal minefield.
Under the FLSA, employees may not volunteer services to for-profit private sector employers.
elaws - Fair Labor Standards Act Advisor
For anyone willing to know the reasons behind I owed Nick an answer right and with his authorization I here after publish his answer.
( Many thks Nick)
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Hi Daniel,
I’m sorry that I haven’t responded to your last couple of emails yet. I saw your posts on the forums, and I realized that I owed you a reply. Thank you so much for your dedication to bringing even greater detail to my aircraft, and thank you tremendously for supporting me by purchasing the product! That’s very generous of you.
To answer the question posed on the forums, I apologize if it has seemed like I was uninterested in working with you. As I expressed in a previous email, I do have to be cautious about the legalities of using whatever fonts or images you use. I will admit, however, that this is not the main reason I have been reluctant to incorporate your modifications into my products, and that is simply a matter of quality control. Each aircraft has many hundreds, or sometimes thousands of individual labels. When I am modeling my aircraft, I am forced to look carefully at each label as I create them. Unfortunately, I would feel it necessary to apply the same scrutiny to any package you supply, essentially doubling my effort, and likely still missing something. For example, in your TBM modification, I love your inclusion of light bleed around the annunciator panel indicators; however, my model was not designed for this, so the light bleed might get cut off by the model, which is very subtle and hard to spot. When it comes to fonts, especially on digital instrumentation, similar scrutiny is required. For instance, a slightly wider font might cause a textbox to wrap-around or line-break in one specific circumstance that would be nearly impossible to spot without testing my aircraft all over again. The only perfect solution would be to incorporate your changes from the model’s inception, but there are so many considerations at work when creating those decal sheets that it would be impossible for you to do without being in my head. I hope this does not come off as an email of excuses. I really appreciate what you’ve done for my aircraft, as I know it must be appreciated by the most particular of my users. I know that everything I said above would only be a matter of time and effort, but unfortunately, I need to draw the line somewhere with my time, and in this case, my users are getting essentially the same experience from your mod, except without the onerous testing requirements for me to include the modifications in the official product. I hope you will understand, and continue to grace us with your excellent modifications.
Please feel free to share my response with the fans of your work in the community. I hope they will understand too. If it’s any consolation, I’ve been working non-stop since the TBM release to incorporate most of the features they’ve been asking for! Wheel chocks, deicing boots, better turbine dynamics… the list goes on.(…)
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