PC-6 causes bug with TBM 930 parking brake alarm [Answered]

[skyeboysteve]

Love the attention to detail on the PC-6 from you guys! But I've noticed an odd bug... for some reason it seems to conflict with the TBM 930 (whether it's stock or mod). If I remove everything from the community folder except the PC-6, in the TBM 930 I get this annoying master alarm sound (with no flashing lights) when the parking brake is set, and there's no way to turn it off except to release the parking brake or turn the master off. If I put everything I normally use in the community folder EXCEPT the PC-6; then the TBM 930 seems to function just fine. I've tried various combinations as well, of keeping some TBM mods in place, and it makes no difference if the PC-6 is in the community folder. Not sure if this effects any other aircraft; but that's been my experience so far.

I also have your corsair, which does not interfere with the TBM.

FWIW, I had uninstalled the Working Title G1000 mod from marketplace previously... haven't tried reinstalling it to see if it makes the TBM happy to share a community folder with the PC-6.

In any case a very odd bug. I know, this is probably a sign I should fly the PC-6 more.

[Slayer]

Investigating this. Thanks for the feedback.

[JimmyRFR]

I've looked into this.

So the issue is that we do include a small g1000 mod to the file CommonPFD_MFD.js, in order to turn ON PFD annunciations, as they are turned off by default in the simulator for turboprops only, in the G1000. You can verify this by removing our Porter, as well as any community mods for the C208, and note that there are no PFD annunciations present in the C208 - one of the many things broken on that default aircraft.

The file CommonPFD_MFD.js includes a line which restricts those PFD annunciations to piston powered aircraft, which is why they work in the C172 and others.

However, due to your report, I've found that turning these annunciations on for turboprop powered aircraft ALSO turns them on for not only G1000 equipped turboprops like the C208 (or indeed, our Porter), but also for G3000 equipped aircraft like the TBM. The issue there is that the G3000 isn't supposed to have PFD annunciations - it has a CAS panel in the MFD.

The good news is that the issue where G1000 equipped turboprops don't have working annunciations will be fixed by Asobo in the upcoming sim update, due in a few weeks. At that point, we'll be removing our mod from the Porter, and it will no longer interfere with the TBM.

[skyeboysteve]

Thanks for the explanation Jimmy... good ol' Osobo making life difficult trying to navigate around their bugs.