OnCourse Software

Hello,

Thanks for this nice Add-on , it makes FS-life a little better.

So I really like PFE , but I have 2 questions .

After reading the manual and configure PFE , I have a question about the reaction of PFE.
Is it normal that the reactions when pushing 0 (zero) button the action and reaction between VCP and TOWER/Departure is
very slow?
It is working but very slow?

The second question is:

At my first flight i did LICJ-LMML, I planned it in FS9, compiled it and get it worked. Only when airborne I never get instructions, or very late.
For example: Ground/tower give me instructions ---> 9000feet after 10 minutes FL220
I took offf flied runway heading , get instuctions to turn left, resume own navigations, and that was it.
When I was at LMML , nothing happend no reaction.

After that i flew the LICJ-LMML again and ask for vectors , and moved completly the other opposite direction.

Is it something I do wrong, perhaps something with my flightplans???

Hopefully you can help me , cause It would be a pitty that such a nice program , does such strange things.


Thanks

Blazer

No it is not normal and I would suspect your sound card drivers or hardware acceleration settings. It is strange, however, that you are the second person to experience this recently but the other thousands of users who have used PFE during the past couple of years have not experienced this.

Dave: As you know I am running PFE on two computers.. my newer hi-performance and my old DELL XPS...
The ATC calls and replys are slower responding in my old DELL...acceptible but definately slower than my new computer...

Ray Lunning

Understandable Ray.... everything will work slower on your older pc... especially FS and FS related addons

No it's not that I have a brand new PC, especially bought for gaming.
quad core and a GeForce GTX 275.

So hopefully thats not a problem?

Please tell me how it is possible I have those problems AFTER I took off?
I personally think it has something to do with the ATC itself, or vectoring.
Cause when flying the "wrong" direction I don't get the right instructions?
So the second flight ( same LICJ-LMML) I check out the vector ( ask ATC) and I vectored a "wrong" direction.
Never get the command to fly higher then the 9000ft.
I correctly flew my fs9 created flightplan and the second time I get ABOVE LMML vectors from ATC.
Those vectors lead me back to LICJ?
Never flew higher then 9000ft, ( didn't get other command) even not after (ground) command expect higher after 10 minutes.

Hope this is more information.

Blazer.

Ps PFE atc will follow fs9 generated flightplans I suppose?

Make sure you select the correct aircraft type in the PF2000 options and select the altitude of the cruise on the initial page too, this can make quite a difference to your flight experience as shown in the picture at the end of this post.

Also if you seem to be holding at an altitude for a long time and you want to fly higher sooner you can request this, i.e. press and hold the 'H' key and press a number to select the number of 1000 feet higher you want to climb. So H and 5 would request a height 5000 feet higher than you are currently at. You can do the same thing for descents with the L key.

Yes, I understand

So this hasn't anything to do with the Fs9 generated flightplan?
In that FP there are also the altitudes reworked?

Now I have check that also, cruise altitude was/is 22000 as it was in the fs9 flightplan.

No I think it has something to do with reached ( or in my case NOT reached "checkpoints") checkpoints, so after that "trigger" ATC can give
new instructions.
See the reaction off ATC after asking vectors when I was after 20 min ABOVE LMML and ATC vector me back to LICJ, because I wasn't at the correct airway?????

Hopefully this brings more info

Blazer

Blazer,

When told to 'resume own navigation' fly the flight plan.... don't expect ATC to hold your hand

dmarch wrote:

Blazer,

When told to 'resume own navigation' fly the flight plan.... don't expect ATC to hold your hand

NO NO of course not. I am aware,

BUT: if I resume my own navigation to LMML and climb to navpoints and decent to navpoint , I expect ATC at LMML take over and
give me commands to contact arrival and/or tower at LMML and not vector me back to LICJ.

Can you please explane me that, or is it for me necessary to take contact with tower on my OWN command, without waiting ATC ?


Blazer

It is necessary for you to fly the flight plan, from waypoint to waypoint, adhering to ATC instructions with regard to altitude and control centre handoffs. When you reach the last waypoint you will be handed off to Approach, then Tower