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Maren Ruminski

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Aug 4, 2024, 6:05:41 PM8/4/24

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Thecode does make use of the hydraulic failure variable, so this makes sense. I think I have an idea what's going wrong now, but any fix probably won't make it into the coming update but the one after.

One thing is for sure and I don't know why and how is happening: No matter that I save my scenarios always Cold and Dark, every time I load it the engines are running but no hydraulic pressure.

So, at this time I am about to crawl the walls. In flight the plane is a beautiful machine and I like it a lot. Also cannot use the INS which I have used way before when CIVA started many years ago. But will keep trying.

It shouldn't be in two directories. First of all, I would get rid of the install that has it in the P3D airplanes folder. Maybe someone from Aerosoft can look at how it ended up in two directories, but for the time being I would just delete one.

Saving a flight cold and dark, and then having it load with the engines running is hard to understand. When your cold and dark flight is saved, P3D creates a saved flight file that specifies the engines are off. There is nothing in the DC8 code to start the engines on loading the aircraft. This may be related to your multiple installs.

Please try again after getting the aircraft installed only once and outside the P3D folder. I think you should be OK just to delete the one unwanted Aerosoft DC8 folder. I would like to rule this out as a possible cause before looking for some issue in the code. And don't try with your old flights saved when the aircraft was installed twice, just start with new ones or the tutorial, assuming you didn't save over the tutorial flight. Then please post again with your findings.

I was able to replicate hectorp's issue. When I save a cold and dark flight, it loads with engines running. In this situation I am unable to get the hydraulic system to pressurize, even though the gauge shows it pressurizing.

I can't replicate this. Can you post the saved flight file? There should be an xxx.fxml and an xxx.asc file and I guess a weather one as well, all with the same file name. The files will be in your documents\P3D v4 Files folder.

It seems that for you two, saving a flight cold and dark is causing problems. I would suggest not doing that and instead pressing the cold and dark button after loading.

Hectorp, if you go cold and dark by pressing the button on the loader, do your hydraulics work correctly after starting engine 2 or 3? That is the gauge shows pressure and the flaps and trim work?

It seems that for you two, saving a flight cold and dark is causing problems. I would suggest not doing that and instead pressing the cold and dark button after loading.

I have repeated this again. See attached .fxml and .wx file. Interestingly -- I see no .asc file with this save. Why not, I wonder? I see .asc files with my OTHER dc-8 saved flights, but not this one.

I'm not sure what calls for the creation of an .asc file, or when it's called, but my other dc-8 saves all have the asc file, and this one does not. This flight loads on my machine, and it loads with engines running, but no hydraulic pressure.

Whether or not the engines are running is dependent on default variables that are set out in the .fxml file. I will look at what you posted as soon as I can. I'm afraid I can't just know as in a few hours I am going out of town and offline until Sunday.

I will be looking at the hydraulic system today to see if your problem can be identified. However, in the meantime it is possible that saving your flights cold and dark may be contributing to the problem. I would suggest trying the aircraft without doing that.

I tried saving a flight with the engines off. Strangely, when I load the flight, the engines are always running. However, it did mess up the hydraulics. So I would suggest for the time being -- do not save flights with the engines off. If you want to start from cold and dark, load the aircraft running and then use the cold and dark button on the loader panel to shut the airplane down.

I'm not seeing that. Engines on or off shouldn't affect the operation of the ASC.dll. And there is nothing saved by it that determines whether the engines are running (unless you turn the tank selectors off on the fuel panel). The fuel shutoff switches are default variables that the sim controls.