Live weather is the only weather for me, and when it's broken (like Drunk Thor), I just play something else.
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Not my first rodeo but thanks for taking the trouble to post.
Worth a try. Sorry it didn't help.
Nah - it's okay and good you took the trouble, sorry for the short reply earlier (I had a handful of toast
). I've been simming since SubLogic days so I'm moderately au fait with dealing with associated foibles (I am also originally an electronics engineer) - of course I'm always open to learning how to sort novel (to me) issues (like the Community folder thing raised in the MSFS Forum). I have spent quite a bit of time with each update trying to establish what exactly it is either not "releasing" or failing to initiate but so far without luck so await the devs addressing this known issue, nothing on the MSFS forum has helped either.Nah - it's okay and good you took the trouble, sorry for the short reply earlier (I had a handful of toast
Sorry to hear it. I know I have to move the Community folder out prior to every patch now, as something in it causes a weird Xbox Live sign-in loop that I can't get past if there's a patch incoming. It's weird, because they're almost all scenery addons which 'should' have no effect on this part of the application. Moving it back afterwards, all is well, but clearly something is broken in there... not sure what, since I have about 30GB of free addons I've collected since release. So for strangeness experienced, it would always be my first goto for any 'fix'.
What controller are you using / have plugged in? Do you have drivers installed for other controllers that may not be?
Beyond that, try a registry / junk file cleaner. Worst case would be complete re-install of either Windows or MSFS but neither are without pain so better to find an easier workaround first IMO.
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Sorry, it has been a while. I have been trying to get my Bush Trip sorted.
I now have my first part uploaded to Nexusmods. 5 sublegs, 290nm. Please test and let me know if you have issues.
I already want to adjust just one of the waypoints but, hey, it's a starter.
The next parts have already started being created and ultimately I will have a full circumnavigation from Stornoway in the Western Isles, all the way round the south, up the east to Orkney and Shetland and then back to Stornoway.
I now have my first part uploaded to Nexusmods. 5 sublegs, 290nm. Please test and let me know if you have issues.
I already want to adjust just one of the waypoints but, hey, it's a starter.
The next parts have already started being created and ultimately I will have a full circumnavigation from Stornoway in the Western Isles, all the way round the south, up the east to Orkney and Shetland and then back to Stornoway.
Sorry, it has been a while. I have been trying to get my Bush Trip sorted.
I now have my first part uploaded to Nexusmods. 5 sublegs, 290nm. Please test and let me know if you have issues.
I already want to adjust just one of the waypoints but, hey, it's a starter.
The next parts have already started being created and ultimately I will have a full circumnavigation from Stornoway in the Western Isles, all the way round the south, up the east to Orkney and Shetland and then back to Stornoway.
Cheers Hairy, I will give it a spin tomorrow.
Part 2 of my Scottish Tour now published.
We head from Stranraer in the SW, across the Borders up to Edinburgh and finish in Fife.
Part 3 is in production and will take us up into the higher mountains of the Grampians and a Royal element!.
We head from Stranraer in the SW, across the Borders up to Edinburgh and finish in Fife.
Part 3 is in production and will take us up into the higher mountains of the Grampians and a Royal element!.
Part 2 of my Scottish Tour now published.
We head from Stranraer in the SW, across the Borders up to Edinburgh and finish in Fife.
Part 3 is in production and will take us up into the higher mountains of the Grampians and a Royal element!.
Fantastic work Hairychest.
Hopefully this will become even better when the UK world update launches next month.
It will have to as the Forth Rail Bridge (one of the recognised engineering wonders of the world) doesn't exist in MSFS and the two road bridges are just flat roads going across the water, just like the Sydney Harbour Bridge - doesn't exist in game...Fantastic work Hairychest.
Hopefully this will become even better when the UK world update launches next month.
Great work mate, I'll give Orkney and the western isles a spin the next time I install MSFSSorry, it has been a while. I have been trying to get my Bush Trip sorted.
I now have my first part uploaded to Nexusmods. 5 sublegs, 290nm. Please test and let me know if you have issues.
I already want to adjust just one of the waypoints but, hey, it's a starter.
The next parts have already started being created and ultimately I will have a full circumnavigation from Stornoway in the Western Isles, all the way round the south, up the east to Orkney and Shetland and then back to Stornoway.
In January, UK is getting a full update like the USA and Japan got. Hopefully they will fix the 'patchwork' Orkneys and add in the Bridges over the Forth...Great work mate, I'll give Orkney and the western isles a spin the next time I install MSFS
I think Orkney is Part 4 of the tour on the way north and then probably last leg on way back to Stornoway.
Indeed, I'm looking forward to begin my great tour of Scotland when that update drops.
I was stoked until I installed it, and every major patch introduces more problems. Sad that Microsoft wanted to deny me play time due to technical issues. So was it worth it? Tricky. I have managed to get a few hours flying in, so it's kind of a case of when it works fine... but how often does it work... not fine.
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Been playing around in Alaska... Have been using live weather, and while I don't know what the weather is actually supposed to be in Alaska, it certainly gave some interesting wind speeds! Also seems to accurately reflect that way up north there's no actual daylight. Very immersive actually.
Started off in the world map and plotted a route from Barrow to Wainwright, from there, I manually plotted the route directly into the FMS without exiting to the map, again, very immersive, and flew down to Icy Cape. That was an unlit dirt strip in a howling gale, so I aborted and plotted a course to Point Lay, further down the coast. Very strong winds in flight but routed into the runway into the wind. Very challenging landing through low cloud and strong wind. Very satisfying to touch down on the runway.
This was with the external camera centered as it were, the computer adjusting over 20º to keep me on track.
The runway is there, honest... You can barely see the lights but it's just off left of center of the Garmin display. And not sure if you'll be able to see it, but the other display shows a headwind of 34 (knots I'm assuming).
From there I plotted a route to Point Hope - aptly named...
The runway length is the width of the spit of land...
Then from there on down to Kotzebue. Really a lot of fun and I continue to be impressed by the graphics even on my old 1080. And have enjoyed the process of going from relying on the world map to plot courses to inputting them directly into the planes FMS - I used Skyvector to get airport and where available nav point codes. Kind of makes you feel like you're actually doing it lol.
Started off in the world map and plotted a route from Barrow to Wainwright, from there, I manually plotted the route directly into the FMS without exiting to the map, again, very immersive, and flew down to Icy Cape. That was an unlit dirt strip in a howling gale, so I aborted and plotted a course to Point Lay, further down the coast. Very strong winds in flight but routed into the runway into the wind. Very challenging landing through low cloud and strong wind. Very satisfying to touch down on the runway.
This was with the external camera centered as it were, the computer adjusting over 20º to keep me on track.
The runway is there, honest... You can barely see the lights but it's just off left of center of the Garmin display. And not sure if you'll be able to see it, but the other display shows a headwind of 34 (knots I'm assuming).
From there I plotted a route to Point Hope - aptly named...
The runway length is the width of the spit of land...
Then from there on down to Kotzebue. Really a lot of fun and I continue to be impressed by the graphics even on my old 1080. And have enjoyed the process of going from relying on the world map to plot courses to inputting them directly into the planes FMS - I used Skyvector to get airport and where available nav point codes. Kind of makes you feel like you're actually doing it lol.
Nicely done. Even with all its problems, I still find it the most enjoyable and immersive sim available.
Stay away from the airliners and it seems to work better with the general aviation planes. Maybe that's why I like the Bush Trips.
Part 3 of my Scottish trip will be released soon too. ;-)
Stay away from the airliners and it seems to work better with the general aviation planes. Maybe that's why I like the Bush Trips.
Part 3 of my Scottish trip will be released soon too. ;-)
Indeed, and I like the fact that there's so much to 'learn', I personally get a real sense of progression when I manage to figure out how to do things properly. Played around with VOR navigation a few weeks back.
While I've had a few CTD's I find the sim to be actually pretty robust and have not had any problems with live weather when I've used it, and in the main, when something goes wrong with a flight (as opposed to the program crashing) it's because I did something wrong. I fly primarily the two Cessna prop planes, the TBM which honestly is great, the Bonanza and the Citation occasionally. I did take the Airbus out a few times a while back, but that seemed more like a programming job than flying...
I am going to try out your bush trip soon.
Tried out the first leg of your bush trip (part 1). Nice job Hairychest, it's well put together and nice and clear instructions to follow.
I'll be doing the rest of it for sure, and will look forward to redoing it when the UK update arrives too.
One question... When creating a bush trip, is there anything that one does with the planes themselves? I noticed that the 172 seems skittish on the ground, pulling to the sides much more than it does when I am free flying, and I had to give up on the Patagonia bush trip because there the Cub pulls so sharply to the left on the ground as to make it almost unplayable, and again, I've flown the Cub in free flight and it's fine on the ground. Yours is nowhere near as pronounced as the Patagonia one, and won't prevent me from continuing with it.
I'll be doing the rest of it for sure, and will look forward to redoing it when the UK update arrives too.
One question... When creating a bush trip, is there anything that one does with the planes themselves? I noticed that the 172 seems skittish on the ground, pulling to the sides much more than it does when I am free flying, and I had to give up on the Patagonia bush trip because there the Cub pulls so sharply to the left on the ground as to make it almost unplayable, and again, I've flown the Cub in free flight and it's fine on the ground. Yours is nowhere near as pronounced as the Patagonia one, and won't prevent me from continuing with it.