And I think that everything is animated. I know that every overhead bin in the 767 is animated, and my random selection of animations in the 777 with 100% success rate should show that every armrest, overhead bin, etc... is indeed animated.

The plane is called "777 Captain." We don't need any of the animations in the cabin for a normal flight, since we are sitting in the captain's seat. I'm content with being able to open the door and see whatever the captain would see in the real 777 from the cockpit door.

My guess is they made the detailed cabin with animations for those who want a cabin and also for videos and marketing shots. It should not be that difficult for them to get rid of all the animations and knock down the polygon count for a cabin version that will work with the VC.

A detailed VC with working instruments and systems is essential for flight, while the cabin is eye candy.

Ben

Sorry to play Devil's advocate here but;

For the life of me I cannot understand CS's logic here. They make a really stunning PAX cabin (one of CS's strong points and a major selling point), and then make it so that its unusable in flight (OK I guess you could get that model up in the air using some of the 2D panels, but without a radio and overhead panel I don't know how one would do this). But that just defeats all the amazing realism built into this cabin model anyhow.

OK so a cropped version will be offered with the flight deck; So why make the entire PAX cabin in the first place then? As an advert for what CS can do, for looking at while standing at the gate?

So much effort; The number of animations in the PAX cabin is not listed in the manual, so I made a count;

Exterior doors  = 8
Lav doors = 7
Crew rest room door = 1
Windows shades = 122
Armrests = 248!
Overhead Bins = 103!
First Class Seats reclining to beds = 12
First Class Entertainment screens pop-out/stow = 12

513 animations (give or take some I may have missed)! Wow!! but Why?

Together with the hundreds of animations in the VC and External model, + FSX limitations, no wonder its tough to have one model (beside the poly count).

Do we really need all those PAX cabin animations. Every armrest and window shade? Why not just some, say at over-wing seats where, if ever anyone is going to use them, that would be most likely where. Who really is going to open and close every overhead bin?

So maybe if one CS can cut down on the animation count (also help with the poly count?) we could get most if not all of this cabin with the VC in one model?

Just my 2c worth, but I for one would rather CS had put all that effort into systems modelling if it was going to end up like this i.e. nice pax cabin, but sorry can't go with the VC (or only a part of it anyhow)!

Robin