Game Discussions Microsoft Flight Simulator
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I have the TWCS throttle and tried it on the paddles on that, but it really didn't seem to work well. It started out on the wheel axis on the throttle but that seems to have some 'interference' in the hardware that made it unusable. Might try the paddles again.
I wonder whether they do some live tweaking... Doubt it, as it's all on our computers, but for the first time today the game felt very, very buggy.
Decided to test out the sim speed thing, which works fine. ATC comms today is all over the place as in the window scrolling then snapping back making it very challenging to select a response (this is at standard speed), landed and requested fuel, no fuel truck in sight so cancelled - I think that is quite common, requested pushback... Nothing, operator just sat there. Gave up and taxied through them and made for the runway, just as I'm about to get to the turn from taxiway to runway the plane noseplanted! When I looked there was the tug operator pushing me backwards, and no option to cancel the pushback!
Still, a fun game, and I'm having fun learning the processes and systems in the basic Cessna's 152 and 172.
Just out of interest, what controls do people use for vertical trim? I have mine bound to a hat on my stick, but it's not great and takes me quite a long time to get the plane trimmed. That squirrel fella makes it look very easy...
You want to use a 0-100% axis, either a slider or a rotary. Personally I use the latter.
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Just out of interest, what controls do people use for vertical trim? I have mine bound to a hat on my stick, but it's not great and takes me quite a long time to get the plane trimmed. That squirrel fella makes it look very easy...
I use a CHPro Yoke in flight sims and the vertical rocker switch on the left side "grip" is perfect for elevator trim (you don't need an axis - just be careful of repeat speed - hopefully FSUIPC for MSFS 2020 will come out of alpha soon).
For anyone interested in throwing money at hardware for simming there is always this:
Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight Multi Panel: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight Multi Panel: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
www.amazon.co.uk
(They also do other "panel" units.)
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Unfortunately don't have a slider and the rotary axis (which was set by default) seems to be knackered. Pretty sure it's hardware as I used it for tuning the FSS and last time I did that was impossible to tune...
Yes, looks (and sounds from reviews) that a yoke would be a great addition, but I don't think I'm going to go that route. Will just keep plugging on with my VKB Gunfighter and Thrustmaster throttle and see if I can get better... I'm quite happy to accept that my issues are very likely operator inadequacy.
Edit - I suppose at some point I should probably look at using the autopilot to maintain headings and altitude. Like real pilots do... Just seems a bit counterintuitive to have the computer do most of the flying in a flying game.
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Unfortunately don't have a slider and the rotary axis (which was set by default) seems to be knackered. Pretty sure it's hardware as I used it for tuning the FSS and last time I did that was impossible to tune...
Yes, looks (and sounds from reviews) that a yoke would be a great addition, but I don't think I'm going to go that route. Will just keep plugging on with my VKB Gunfighter and Thrustmaster throttle and see if I can get better... I'm quite happy to accept that my issues are very likely operator inadequacy.
Edit - I suppose at some point I should probably look at using the autopilot to maintain headings and altitude. Like real pilots do... Just seems a bit counterintuitive to have the computer do most of the flying in a flying game.
In that case, and it may sound off, but mouse wheel as a continuous axis. Heck, it's kinda a miniature trim wheel anyways.
In that case, and it may sound off, but mouse wheel as a continuous axis. Heck, it's kinda a miniature trim wheel anyways.
Yes, that could work... Hehe, makes setting up ED's controls seem like an absolute doddle.
In that case, and it may sound off, but mouse wheel as a continuous axis. Heck, it's kinda a miniature trim wheel anyways.
You just made me wish for a xbox controller with little mouse wheels on each side. Kickstart!
Not a bad landing from someone (not me). Takeoff is also worth looking.
Source: https://youtu.be/JTNB9pWCSkw
I was just trying to illustrate that an axis was not necessary, hence a rocker-switch, hat or similar works just fine. Until we can assign certain control profiles to different aircraft then having a yoke as well as a stick can be awkward. X-Plane 11 allows this and using FSUIPC you can do it in FSX and P3D - hopefully we will be able to do this via a new version of FSUIPC for MSFS2020 soon. (Besides, looks like supplies of yokes is pants at the moment anyway, I couldn't find one in stock to recommend to someone elsewhere.)
I notice that the new VKB offering (the Gladiator NXT) has two rotary encoders (either side of an axis-type "throttle" thingie) on the base - no doubt those could be useful.
Yokes are mostly sold out, Honeycomb isn't even planned to be available until november. :/ I'm somewhat considering one, but am concerned about yaw. With a stick I can use twist for it, but I am bit puzzled how I'd do it with a yoke without pedals...
Btw, if someone is looking for a landing challenge...
From what I can gather, yokes are designed to be used in conjunction with pedals. You're not going to have full control otherwise.
And yes, you either have to be very lucky, or be willing to pay way over the odds to get a yoke right now. Something I'll maybe consider next year sometime when hopefully things have calmed down a bit generally. I'll just keep using the T Flight Hotas 4 (with rocker switch on the back of the throttle for trim & twist for yaw) for now.
We need a yoke with paddles, a bit like paddles on steering wheels in sportscars, but being analog axis
.Btw, if someone is looking for a landing challenge...
That's the result of too many Ryanair landings...
Flying over a rainy Rome.
I took off to find a particular place for a friend (of course now everyone wants to see their home from up there), decided to do it in live weather...was lucky enough that the rain front moved away from the city while I was triangulating to find it, and it cleared quite a bit at low altitude.
Photogrammetry + overcast weather = borderline photorealism:
I suppose I arrived quite a bit late for the Sunday mass...
I took off to find a particular place for a friend (of course now everyone wants to see their home from up there), decided to do it in live weather...was lucky enough that the rain front moved away from the city while I was triangulating to find it, and it cleared quite a bit at low altitude.
Photogrammetry + overcast weather = borderline photorealism:
I suppose I arrived quite a bit late for the Sunday mass...
Guys I have a quick question - Im really, and I mean REALLY fed up with poorly thought out camera/view system in the sim.
Has anyone figured out how to make "fly by" or "tower" view like in previous MSFSms??
Has anyone figured out how to make "fly by" or "tower" view like in previous MSFSms??
Flying over a rainy Rome.
I took off to find a particular place for a friend (of course now everyone wants to see their home from up there), decided to do it in live weather...was lucky enough that the rain front moved away from the city while I was triangulating to find it, and it cleared quite a bit at low altitude.
Photogrammetry + overcast weather = borderline photorealism:
I suppose I arrived quite a bit late for the Sunday mass...
Can you land in Coliseum? What about bridges?
If you can do the last training mission you are more than ready for the Balkan bush trip. It is in a very similar plane (C172 vs C152) and you are doing pretty much the same except for a few more waypoints. The other two are a bit trickier due to slightly more challenging landings, especially in the Latin-American trip.
Well, define "landing".
I thoroughly checked the CTLS cockpit and couldn't find the "VTOL" switch, so at a guess I'd say no for a proper landing. I'll let you know once we have helicopters!
As for bridges, given that this level of photogrammetry has a hard time understanding the "under" of suspended things or any kind of hollow structure, bridges are almost invariably a funky mess. Look at how happy are those tiny tourists squished "under" St. Peter's colonnade!
7700k gang here too, it is perfect for the sim.
Diamond is a weird little plane, I tried the DA40 NG. Views are cool, but to my untrained skills the engine feels weak and the plane lacks the low speed ability to match the lack of power unlike the Cessna. Also, it happened twice during flight that the flaps were deployed, I consider it a bug... so I swapped to the SR-22 today and that one packs a real punch, views are compromised somewhat though. Once I don't need the speed and ceiling, I'll try the Extra, the Virus and the JMB VL-3.
It was a honeymoon post and did not mention the bugs I began experiencing shortly after I made the post. It ran fine for an hour or two then started throwing errors and lockups. Tried a soft-reset of Windows. Tried a hard-reset. Couldn't even get it to download. Finally performed a clean install of Windows from media, updated Windows, updated drivers, removed my Microsoft account from my computer and have now sucessfully re-downloaded the game. I think.