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Post by davidk on Feb 18, 2011 23:45:52 GMT -5
It's been months since I've used MSFS ATC, but you might try tuning COM1 to the center's frequency and perhaps you can hear the other a/c ...... you may need to know the next FIR/ARTCC's frequency as I don't know if the ATC menu will continue to update who you need to be in contact with. Only when it's time to change, I think, so I'm not sure whether I can get the frequency required and pre-empt the ATC announcement. I suppose I could start adding centers' frequencies to my own list as I'm given them -- or maybe there's already a list of them somewhere on the Web. Then again, until the ATC announces a new center (and so gives its frequency anyway), how can I be sure which to tune to..? I think I'm starting to get confused... Well, if it's any consolation, I've had almost as many scores under 100 (97s or 92s, mostly thanks to the rogue standard-pressure penalty) and a few flops under the basic 85. Maybe -- I've modified my descent so I drop below 250 kts nearer FL105 than FL102 and haven't heard any more "we'll be reported"s. It's only been two flights, though, so early days. I guess that's being sure... I suppose that doesn't add that more than a minute to the flight time, although I am running a tight schedule (based on actual old timetables). It's about time I looked at this built-in pushback, as I've continued to use this since installing FSCaptain. (I've disabled its vocals. Also, I've stuck with version 5.0 as its update, 5.0a, doesn't seem to work with FSX here.) Hopefully, the FSC version provides similar functionality. David
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Post by davidk on Feb 18, 2011 23:50:42 GMT -5
48 .... Penalties Add penalty for a climb or descent that's too steep for pax comfort. (Or is this already factored into whether or not extra points are awarded for a "smooth flight", "professional job", etc?)
49 .... Administrator | Flight log Remember [Oldest first / Oldest last] button's setting.
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Post by Travis on Feb 19, 2011 13:56:12 GMT -5
50. Be able to (optionally) specify random flights offered in the Administrator that do not need refuling.
For example I just tested the "give me a random flight" feature and with a CRJ700 I was given a France-to-California flight... with multiple refuelings needed obviously. ;D
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Post by Travis on Feb 19, 2011 13:58:07 GMT -5
It's about time I looked at this built-in pushback, as I've continued to use this since installing FSCaptain. (I've disabled its vocals. Also, I've stuck with version 5.0 as its update, 5.0a, doesn't seem to work with FSX here.) Hopefully, the FSC version provides similar functionality. Ummmmmmm... similar voices for the ground crew too....
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Post by afy46 on Feb 20, 2011 0:18:26 GMT -5
s 48....Penalties Add penalty for a climb or descent that's too steep for pax comfort. (Or is this already factored into whether or not extra points are awarded for a "smooth flight", "professional job", etc?) David, Penalties do exist, perhaps you're just too good of a pilot. I've had points deducted for exceeding + or - 700'/min in unpressurized AC such as the DC-3. The penalty is (PAXCOM- Ear pressure/pain -3) plus an added line on the “Areas of Concern” page deducting 40 points. Personally, I think this penalty is good and stiff enough especially with in the Airline where I do a lot of bush flying. Many small remote airport runways in the default scenery mesh are unrealistically set in a hole. In addition, many times, they require the clearance of trees shortly before executing a rapid descent to the runway. These airports are usually located in bush areas with mountainous terrain such as Alaska, Northwest Territory, and Canada, and USA western mountains. The last few hundred feet of descent is what I usually get penalized for, however I consider it an added challenge to try and avoid it, which I don't mind at all. I haven't been penalized for excess rates of climb or descent when flying any of the pressurized aircraft. I’m not sure what rate of climb would exceed PAX comfort in a pressurized aircraft? I don’t believe I’ve had ever had occasion to exceed a 3000’/min climb or a 2000’/min descent unless it was a emergency dead stick landing in the 738. After that the passengers didn’t complain at all, but cheered. I’d guess, if we were to take into consideration all situations (normal flight vs emergency) landings then perhaps the penalties should fit the circumstances. A thought just accured to me. As example: I doubt if any of the passengers in the US Airways jet that successfully ditched in the Huson River complained of a too rapid descent or rough landing. Fred
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Post by davidk on Feb 21, 2011 14:18:39 GMT -5
Penalties do exist, perhaps you're just too good of a pilot. That's very generous, Fred -- although I doubt its accuracy if I were ever handed the controls of the real thing! Not surprisingly, I haven't seen that one as I have it easy flying pressurized planes to the usual paved runways, etc. Good to see Dutch's thought of it, though. Well, the thought originally occurred to me when I was in a lazy mood and controlled airspeed by increasing the rate of climb beyond 3000'/min. But, if the pax wouldn't mind, then neither would I. I suspect you may be right! Thanks for your thoughts. David
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Post by davidk on Feb 21, 2011 15:59:18 GMT -5
51 .... Emergencies Following an emergency, when the F1=Cabin secure state is declared, should there be an FA announcement about disembarking, etc..?
52 .... Aborted/diverted flights Keep these flights open -- or the pax imagined to've been taken to their destination by coach, train, taxi, etc..?
53 .... Administrator | Achievements An [Oldest first / Oldest last] button (with selection remembered) as in #49 above.
54 .... Administrator | Airline definitions > Schedule (a) Include an "Are you sure?" dialog after [Delete flight] button clicked, in case click was accidental. (b) Double-clicking an entry in the schedule = clicking [Change flight] button for that entry. (Also, rename [Change flight] to [Edit flight].) (c) Rename "Time" column in schedule list as (say) "Dep time" and add an arrival time column (say "Arr time"). (Or "LJS time", i.e. "Long John Silver time".) (d) Service field in Scheduled flight data dialog (the dialog that appears when a flight is added or edited): Suggest option 0 (zero) described as "optional" or "discretionary" rather than "normal". Also, what decides which service type (snack or meal) is started if option 0 is used?
55 .... Administrator | Flight dispatch : Required : Aircraft type Place aircraft's full name in brackets.
56 .... Administrator | Flight dispatch Having set up a flight, it's possible to click [OK] (or press Enter) rather than [Commit] and then lose the flight (because the Administrator closes). So, in case [OK]/Enter is clicked/pressed by accident, include a "Discard flight?" kind of dialog before closing the Administrator (or not, if the response is "No").
57 .... Administrator's main [OK] and [Cancel] buttons (Following on from #56:) (a) Rename the Administrator's [OK] button as [Close program] (or the like) to reduce the chances that a user mistaken clicks it to confirm something rather than close the program. (b) If an entry erased from the Flight log but then the [Cancel] button clicked in the main window (i.e. bottom righthand corner) then restore the entry (and/or any changes made)..? (i.e. make it possible to reverse an accidental erasure)
58 .... Administrator | Flight log > View details (a) Double-clicking a flight number (or anywhere along its line) = View details, i.e. as if the View details button had been clicked. (b) If flight cancelled/diverted due to a fault or other event, include the type of fault/event in the Log entry details window (e.g. "birdstrike").
59 .... Cabin service If the cabin crew attempt a second service during a flight, ensure it's a shorter (snack) service (unless, I guess, the flight is over 3 hrs duration..?) Alternatively, add an option (a checkbox?) to prevent cabin crew from attempting more than one service..? (See #64)
60 .... Sound Option for some rattling sound effects during (say) moderate to heavy turbulence..? (i.e. like FSPassengers) (Perhaps only for smaller aircraft, e.g. Medium and below)
61 .... Weather hold (FCOM) If F3=Request release clicked, add something like "Release request pending" below the "WEATHER HOLD" message.
62 .... Alternates and gates (a) Option to specify the alternate offered with a particular destination (if it's different from the one offered by the Administrator/FCOM). (b) Similarly, option to specify the gate to be assigned when landing at a particular destination (and in a particular aircraft type?). (This is what FSX's ATC always seems to do.)
63 .... Administrator | Flight dispatch > flights listed after [Find flights] clicked Option to click on a column's heading to reorder the list according to that heading. (And the same for the Flight log listing..?)
64 .... FA service (a) If a flight is that bit longer, the FAs attempt a second service but with insufficient time to complete it (especially if it's a second meal service). So, an option to limit/specify the number of services to be offered attempted (per flight?)..? (See #59) (I've also had a suspended service stay suspended even after issuing an end-service communication, but perhaps that was an anomaly?) (b) If, when cabin service is announced/resumed, "Turb : HEAVY" on the FCOM "Enroute progress" page (ID 26), switch to "Turb : Moderate"..?
65 .... Aircraft loading Option to allow aircraft to be loaded with engines running, e.g. to make it easier to use FS2004 models that aren't quite fully FSX-compatible. (Make it optional per aircraft, i.e. part of the Aircraft characteristics tab..?)
66 .... Speed limit Option to request speed over 250 kts below 10,000 ft / FL100.
67 .... Landing-lights / speed warnings Option to set points at which landing-lights / speed warnings issued (e.g. 100 ft, 200 ft, even 300 ft before FL100 passed; 2 kts, 5 kts, 10 kts, even 15 kts before a speed limit, etc).
68 .... FO vocal (a) If no pax (and/or cabin crew?) on board, prevent any "I bet they didn't even feel that" kind of vocal. (b) Similarly, if no FAs on board, turbulence announcements from the cockpit that don't mention them.
69 .... Administrator | Airline definitions > Pay levels Increase the maximum length allowed for the names of pay levels, so that names such as "First Flight Officer" are possible.
70 .... FCOM "Enroute progress" page (ID 26) If reports to dispatch required, include "Previous report : [#] min" (i.e. time since last report sent) underneath "Cabin alt". (And if/when the Flags information would collide with it, wrap the information onto the next line?)
71 .... Aircraft identified as military If/when a military aircraft is carrying cargo, include possibility of "Military equipment" in the manifest..?
72 .... FCOM turbulence announcement (ID 55) If F5=Heavy turb announcement issued, any ongoing pax service immediately suspended..?
73 .... Stopping pax service (FCOM) If pax service stopped (via the Communications page, ID 35), the service details shown in the Flags entry on the "Enroute details" page (ID 26) remain, suggesting the service hasn't been stopped. Perhaps also an extra "Captain, the pax service is now stopped" kind of FA vocal..?
74 .... FA/FO vocals after engines shutdown Remove background sound from any FA/FO vocals played after engines shutdown (e.g. from "Captain, the passengers have left the building plane.")
75 .... Post-flight report (Administrator | Flight log > View details; FCOM "Flight complete" page, ID 30) (a) If a flaps-overspeed penalty incurred, indicate which flap setting/s triggered it and the flight stage (e.g. "Flaps overspeed at setting 1 (7.5 deg) during descent"). (b) No entry for ID 30 in FCOM reference manual..?
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Post by Aviator992 on Mar 12, 2011 0:29:35 GMT -5
David, Might I suggest you edit your original post and combine all of these into the original post for easy viewing
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Post by davidk on Mar 15, 2011 21:11:17 GMT -5
Might I suggest you edit your original post and combine all of these into the original post for easy viewing Good idea -- except that the discussion between some of the points would then be out of sequence. I've combined the most recent additions, however, in the post just before yours above. David
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Post by Dutch Owen on Mar 18, 2011 11:45:34 GMT -5
Thanks, David, for creating and maintaining this list. It's hugely helpful to me in the last phase of getting 1.2 out the door.
Dutch
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Post by davidk on Mar 19, 2011 21:10:51 GMT -5
Thanks, Dutch, for creating and developing FSCaptain -- it's something I definitely think deserves feedback, support, suggestions and appreciation!
David
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Post by davidk on Aug 14, 2011 19:36:34 GMT -5
76 .... Administrator | Flight log "AC" (medical emergency) needs adding to the list of result code (CD) explanations at the bottom of the page. (And I reckon middots between each would make them easier to read.)
77 .... Administrator/FCOM Upper/lowercase mismatch between aircraft type names means that flights set up via the Administrator aren't recognized by the FCOM.
78 .... FCOM Score audit page (ID 40) Rephrase "Ontime with no ETE revs" as (say) "Ontime with < 2 ETE revs" (as this seems to be the case!).
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Post by davidk on Aug 28, 2011 20:03:27 GMT -5
79 .... FCOM / audio Option to have the FO repeat his/her previous message (see this thread). 80 .... Aircraft max speed penalty Increase time before overspeed penalty applied, to accommodate FSX's occasional (but still too common) windshear spasms..?
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Post by davidk on Jan 15, 2012 20:49:31 GMT -5
81 .... Audio The "Watch your airspeed" warning only seems to be given the first time you happen to close in on the max speed permitted. Reset it to not-given once the speed moves out of the danger zone so that it's heard again if/when the speed drifts back into it..?
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Post by Travis on Jan 16, 2012 18:10:01 GMT -5
81 .... Audio (modified) .... Add a "timeout" period so that when reset each individual warning would not be called out more than once per {1 | 2 | 5 | 10} minute period. (This would avoid multiple repeats if the PIC were playing "rollercoaster driver" for example. )
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