Selecting cockpit avionics

[bpieke]

What is the correct way to select the various GPS avionics options?

I edit the aircraft.cfg file to select a different panel folder.. is that the recommended way?

Just to show my ignorance... what is MVAMS?

[bpieke]

OK, I am working through this... searched my FSX drive and then my C: drive for MVAMS, and found it,
well hidden away in Apps Data.

.. Suggestion: why not mention this in the Startup guide, or add a shortcut into the Manuals folder?

[Krazycolin]

its on your desktop... and its in the mvams manual...

[bpieke]

Sorry, it is not on my desktop.

And.. how would I know where to look for this manual? It is not to be found in my T50 \ Manuals folder..

You are overlooking that a brand new Milviz customer has no clue about how your infrastructure is set up.

[N4GIX]

Bert, the MVAMS Guide will be found on your computer here:
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\MVAMS

An icon like this should appear somewhere on your desktop:


In fact, the MVAMS should be automatically be launched at the end of the installer's run:

From this menu, you click in the upper left corner, then on the next screen you will find the icon for the Bobcat. There are three pages where you can select the various options you wish. Those options will affect all liveries.

Once you've done this, I know that you are clever enough to then manually configure each livery manually if you wish by hand-editing the aircraft.cfg file.

Since I'm in the process of generating another Service Release, I'll put a copy of the MVAMS Guide.pdf in the aircraft's ..\Manuals folder also.

[bpieke]

Thanks BIll, that would help a new user.

[N4GIX]

Thanks BIll, that would help a new user.

Bert, I need to know though whether the MVAMS icon was installed on your desktop, and whether the MVAMS was launched automatically after the installer had completed its job.

[fltsimguy]

Bert I got this module on my desktop.

And for FSX it works fine I even got the people to show.

But of course I can't get the plane to work in P3Dv3.

[bpieke]

Thanks BIll, that would help a new user.

Bert, I need to know though whether the MVAMS icon was installed on your desktop, and whether the MVAMS was launched automatically after the installer had completed its job.

Bill, it may have been installed, I do not remember.

I like to keep my desktop uncluttered, so I may very well have unclicked that option or even deleted the shortcut.

But I am reasonably certain that the program did not launch at install time.

Now I know where it is, I have added a shortcut within the Manuals folder where I can find it.

I have been able add a co-pilot, so that part is OK. ..and the plane is really nice

[N4GIX]

Bert, you can add/subtract pax directly while the Bobcat is running in the sim. Look at the top menu at the "Add-ons/T-50 Passengers" tab.

As for the Desktop icon, there is no option to skip it being installed. In fact the installer script is pretty simple:

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  CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Milviz MVAMS.lnk" "$LOCALAPPDATA\MVAMS\MVAMS.exe" ""
  ExecShell open $LOCALAPPDATA\MVAMS\MVAMS.exe

The first line installs the shortcut icon.
The second line invokes a command shell and opens the MVAMS program.

[bpieke]

I noticed with the V2 update that there is in fact an option to deselect the Start Menu shortcut,
which I did.. my guess is that also skipped the items in the above post..

[N4GIX]

Yes, that would in fact cancel the automatic invocation of the MVAMS menu.