Whats the procedure for installing 4.4?Should the existing 757 be uninstalled,and how does this affect the freight version.I seem to have problems with the IRS 's now i.e., there is no action when I try to set the switches? 

In my brief test so far, I got the one thing I was asking for, a way to save a flight in progress and start it back up, without having to land someplace and reprogram everything.  There may be something else I am frustrated with, but so far so good.

Just finished a test flight with auto takeoff, complete flightplan with SID STAR and ILS autoland. All ok for me.

The new landig light logic is ok for me too, but i understand other minds there. There are so many functions without FS-keys, so this one ...?

The only topic claimed in the post here that is relevant to me, is the dark light in the overhead panel in the VC view. But i have this panel on a separate window/monitor, so that ist not a problem (for me).

No problems at all for me on the 757 4.4 update. The landing lights behavior is weird but workable.

For me this is been the best update for the 757 by far.

Mark

Markoz wrote on Dec 5^th, 2009 at 3:39pm:


So have you been able to get the autopilot to take over speed management when VNAV is engaged?  Usually, when VNAV is engaged and in control of the aircraft speed, the speed window on the MCP goes blank and the autopilot adjusts the aircraft speed according to the VNAV profile in the FMC.  I have been unable to get this to happen with this version.

audiohavoc wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2009 at 8:01pm:



I also cannot confirm this.  My speed is working perfectly on Windows 7x64.
I did loose some of my cockpit sounds like the seatbelt chime.  I will get those fixed.
Everything else is working perfectly so far.  FPS is fine too.

signmanbob wrote on Dec 5^th, 2009 at 11:30pm:

I fixed the sounds issue in the usual way: I went to Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Captain_Sim\757\sound.ini
and changed SoundOffWhenSimIsSlew=1 to SoundOffWhenSimIsSlew=0

I also renamed the following files so the plane is quiet when engines aren't started (757-200\sound.PW & 757-200\sound.RR):

757idle.wav      to  757idle.BAK.wav
x757cfm.wav    to  x757cfm.BAK.wav
x757idle.wav    to  x757idle.BAK.wav
x757idle2.wav  to  x757idle2.BAK.wav

And that is all I needed to do with my 757s. Everything else is working as it should on mine.

I have made a few other minor changes in aircraft.cfg's and panel.cfg's but they are personal preferences only and have nothing at all to do with problems with the 757.

Mark