Post 1.21.18.0 Report - Flight C-17 Freeware KMGE-KWRB

[MeridianSquid71]

After downloading, one CTD for not removing CF files (about 7), I restarted game, upon loading it CTD again for no apparent reason. Shut down PC, restarted again. Loaded Game and setup in World Map flight using freeware C-17 (UK Mil Ver) from KMGE to KWRB using IFR Low Level, wanted ILS Rwy 15, got RNAV 15, setup FMS based on my 747 Checklist posted on this forum. All the controls in that plane are based on 747, so most of the stuff works like that. It needs work, but free. ATC again lost azure, what else is new. Additionally, on final 10 feet off ground, and get bandwidth warning for god’s sake. Did not crash, but it was a rough landing for sure. This game has a long, long, long way to go. I can list the problems and my solutions, but no one will listen.

1. Put all ATC communications in the game, as physical files/data sets. This takes azure out of the equation.,
2. Prevent bandwidth warnings if AGL of plane is less than 1000 feet so we don’t mess up the approach and landing.
3. That this game is way more unstable is possible. I never get CTD’s as rule, one I caused, and one out of the blue.
4. Again, lots of posts, this is broken, that is broken, cannot install, cannot download, etc.
   Please put all the updates files in a place we can login to and download at our discression. Have it so there is an installer and all the files including content manager updates. More of this game needs to be on the local machine instead in the cloud, believe lots of problems will go away if that is case.
   For me, FSX is a much more stable platform, more enjoyable to use and fly in, because I don’t have problems.
   As an aside, when azure down, there is some very weird ATC calls to me and my reply is also weird, Microsoft this and Microsoft that, weird names, mis pronounced words, a gamut of messed up stuff.

[Pieter2427]

1. Already there. Switch ATC voice to Offline instead of Azure in the settings.
2. Who says you’re landing when <1000 AGL? I often fly at 700 AGL VFR
3. Most likely incompatible freeware mods
4. When having a connected environment it is not a feasible possibility to have everyone update at their convenience. It would imply being backwards compatible for all software versions you have currently out there. Updates in such a highly connected environment will always be mandatory.

@MeridianSquid71

but no one will listen.

I wonder why…

[MeridianSquid71]

If I switch ATC Voice to offline, does it have that weird tone, and do I get the strange type of response?
Yes, it’s free, no, it does not even come close to real 747 or any paid C-17 available for FSX and XP.
Regardless, most of its systems work, it flies, although more like the 747 than a C-17. I have thousands of hours in C-17 in FSX, several round the world IFR trips.

Yes, but I personally believe, the number of problems suffered by the user community is laid at the door of the online distribution environment. Simplifying the process would make user happier. You can see the unrest by reading all the threads.

FWIW-I bought disc version of XP, it is way more complicated to setup and get working than I want to deal with at my age. I also had medical event during Dec and did not deal with it period. I may install it again down the road, and fight my way to getting it working, however, I bought it for the C-17 Plane (purchased) and it does not perform well, several “fixes needed” to make it work correctly, so nothing is perfect.

Wish List - Button Programmability for the “BATTERY SWITCH” in the game so it can be bound to my controls, and I don’t have to hunt all over the cockpit for the switch.