Version 170528, no floats, no skis

[Viking01]

Hi,
I downloaded and installed the new version as required, i.e. AV off, and as admin .
Apart from the non- functional wx-radar, all versions with floats and skis are gone in the aircraft selection menu. Any idea what I can do, other than re-installing the previous version?

P3D, V3.4, Win7 64 Bit

[doodlebug]

liveries with floats etc are here
http://milviz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=137&t=7652

[Viking01]

Thanks,
Does that mean that you intentionally removed all versions with skis and floats from the installer?

Let me change my question: all versions are still there, just the aircraft selection menu does no longer offer the floats/skis versions for selection.

[doodlebug]

idk - i just hope that helps

[Krazycolin]

They weren't removed... they were never put in by mistake. We will not, at this point, put them in... the link for them is available on site and here.

[Viking01]

Sorry, for one reason or another I'm misunderstood:

All versions are installed but they cannot be selected in the aircraft selection menu of P3D, they are not there.......

[Krazycolin]

found the problem It's being fixed and there will be an update ... soon. (not sure when as we've been having issues with our server.)

[Viking01]

Thanks, as long as it is being resolved there is no need to rush.

[Nirgal76]

Same problem for me.
and for float version, aircaft.cfg has strange parameters in contact_points section:

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gear_system_type=4
static_pitch=0.4               //degrees, pitch when at rest on the ground (+=Up, -=Dn)
static_cg_height=8.72        //feet, altitude of CG when at rest on the ground

gear_system_type=4
static_pitch=0.0             //degrees, pitch when at rest on the ground (+=Up, -=Dn)
static_cg_height=8.6       //feet, altitude of CG when at rest on the ground

As you see, this 3 parameters are set 2 times with different values for 2 of them.

And only the normal version has this 3 parameters in EFFECTS section :

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EngineFire=fx_engfire_f18
EngineDamage=fx_engout
startup=fx_None

Float, ski and tundra versions don't have.

[Nirgal76]

ho i see.
perhaps it's because of the mix between panel.GNS750_WX and panel.GTN750_WX folder (and MVAMS putting GNS750 into aircaft.cfg).

i had put "GTN750_WX" everywhere instead of "GNS750_WX" (all aircraft.cfg, all panel.cfg and all folder names) and it's works, All versions are back

[vgbaron]

It appears that the Panel.GNS750_WX in the added models & liveries contains an alias to the GTN750_WX folder in the base model. However, there is NO GTN750_WX folder there. I simply renamed the Panel.GNS750_WX to Panel.GTN750_WX. All models & liveries now are shown in P3D list.

Vic

[Chuck Jodry]

An Auto Update has been released 1 PM EST 2017:05:29 to address the following:
Issues with weather radar installations
Version & Livery Issue with WX750 WX panel option

No need to Uninstall prior to running the installer , popup buildlog included.

[WarHorse47]

Chuck.

I just ran the auto update. One error encountered was with replacing the manual, which I ignored and proceeded with the rest.

Since I have been adding new textures yesterday and today, I was dismayed to see that the auto update overwrote the previous aircraft.cfg files with all the modifications for the addon textures. This is about the fourth or fifth time I've had to rebuild the aircraft.cfg files.

Also, I noted that the downloaded file is around 500 Mb in size. I'm somewhat fastidious in managing my HD space, so I moved it to another directory rather than let it just sit and take up space. Do these files ever get removed as part of the update process?

Thanks

--WH

[Ron Attwood]

Chuck.


...Since I have been adding new textures yesterday and today, I was dismayed to see that the auto update overwrote the previous aircraft.cfg files with all the modifications for the addon textures. This is about the fourth or fifth time I've had to rebuild the aircraft.cfg files...

Thanks

--WH

Yes that's becoming a bit wearing. I've taken to making copies of 'stuff'. I've already lost one embryo paint and had to start again. Grr.

[Krazycolin]

It's fixed in the newest update. Do NOT reuse the same aircraft.cfg as you will not get the latest fixes.

You can back up the liveries leaving everything else in.