3 hours ago, Kalnon said:

From the pictures on the website, the XP Learjet has a lot better looking VC than the Flysimware Learjet..  The XP plane looks like all 3D gauges to me and they look great in the pics.

They really are superb especially in 4K. A true work of art.

On 4/11/2023 at 1:45 AM, Ray Proudfoot said:

I’ve been happy with the Lear 25 from Xtreme Prototypes for 5 years. Really nice aircraft with a ceiling of FL450 and max speed of Mach 0.82.

https://www.xtremeprototypes.com/shopexd.asp?id=48

Does this ever go on sale?

40 minutes ago, bofhlusr said:

Does this ever go on sale?

I’ve never seen it on sale, sorry.

Yeah most P3D aircraft developers do not have sales very often, some rarely at all.  Many though have at least one or two sales a year, you just have to be patient and check all the add-on websites often.  Best time to catch sales for most P3D aircraft is usually around the end of the year, November through December and even January are the best times to look in my experience.  Also, most add-on websites have an option to sign up to have their newsletter emailed to you when promotions come up so I would advise that you sign up.  I hate that flight simulation is such an expensive hobby but unfortunately that is the price we have pay to enjoy our passion for flight simulation.

On 4/11/2023 at 6:03 PM, ggerolamo said:

I know, it is not a Citation , but the Flysimware Learjet35a (possibly with FMS extension) is certainly one of the best implemented Buisnesjets for P3Dv5 !

By the way, simmarket is currently offering a 50% discount - so get it fast 🙂

Hey thanks for the heads up 🙂

Just picked it up along with the FMS module and have just installed and given it a shakedown flight with config adjustments.

Why I didn't consider it b4 I don't know... but @ 50% off... why not !!

And config adjustments so far have just been to add my GTN750 and Roland's Radar to the Cockpit, along with the ASN WX Radar as a popup, just click on the Roland and up pops the ASN WX.

Plus no log file full of faults (like a Carenado for example).

Also dropped in the Dynamic lighting package.

Now on the hunt for interesting liveries.

Cheers

 

 

2 hours ago, Rogen said:

And config adjustments so far have just been to add my GTN750 and Roland's Radar to the Cockpit, along with the ASN WX Radar as a popup, just click on the Roland and up pops the ASN WX.

Cool, I did the same - Have actually replaced the 'Milviz-WX' with 'Roland's Radar' on all the planes I own !
Really works flawlessly 🙂

2 Questions for you:

How exactly did you implement the 'ASN WX Radar' popup into the VC ?

Where do your great looking clouds come from, or what settings did you choose there ?
I have guaranteed all weather textures (ASCA,ENVTEX,ENVSHADE,ENVPLUS,REX SKYFORCE,....) available, but unfortunately haven't found a good setting yet....
... I would be enormously grateful for a tip !!!

regards

ggerolamo

19 minutes ago, ggerolamo said:

Cool, I did the same - Have actually replaced the 'Milviz-WX' with 'Roland's Radar' on all the planes I own !
Really works flawlessly 🙂

2 Questions for you:

How exactly did you implement the 'ASN WX Radar' popup into the VC ?

Where do your great looking clouds come from, or what settings did you choose there ?
I have guaranteed all weather textures (ASCA,ENVTEX,ENVSHADE,ENVPLUS,REX SKYFORCE,....) available, but unfortunately haven't found a good setting yet....
... I would be enormously grateful for a tip !!!

regards

ggerolamo

Rogen's pictures and videos are all amazing. Have you seen his YouTube videos?  I don't know how he does it. Must be some kind of magic. He's one of the reasons I haven't completely abandoned P3D. 🙂

P.S. Rogen, if you have MSFS there's a sale you can't say 'no' to on a plane of the type that I think you like to use in your videos. It's 93% off (U$1.99, regular price is $29.99). It is the Zenith CH701 in the MSFS 'Marketplace'. You can buy direct from the developer too: Zenith CH701 STOL for Microsoft Flight Simulator - SimWorks Studios

Edited April 15, 20233 yr by bofhlusr
Corrected a typo.

On 4/15/2023 at 6:21 PM, ggerolamo said:

2 Questions for you:

How exactly did you implement the 'ASN WX Radar' popup into the VC ?

Where do your great looking clouds come from, or what settings did you choose there ?

Hey, to get the ASN WX Radar to popup is a change in the panel.cfg, like the snip in the spoiler.

Spoiler

[Window Titles]
Window00=CONTROL_PANEL
Window01=AIRCRAFT_OPTIONS
//Window02 = GPS_PANEL
Window02=Reality XP GTN Unit 1 (managed)
Window03=START_INSTRUCTIONS
Window04=DOOR_INSTRUCTIONS
Window05=PAYLOAD_MANAGER
//Window06=WX Advantage Radar
Window06=WX HiFi Radar

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Window06]
//ident = 14991
ident = 71    // 71 identifies as the MilVis and allows popup from the panel in dash, however the control also forces a close clickspot where the AS WIX has buttons, still it's useful as a popup.
visible = 1
sizeable = 1
size_mm=359,319
zorder = 100
position = 0
//window_size = 0.343511450381679,0.556719107690809

// Open the HiFi weather radar as a popup.

gauge00 = as_connect_64!WeatherMapP3D,    0, 0,359,319
gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR,  0,95, 60,381

 

The clouds are the result of REX Texture Direct with Soft Clouds @ highest rez and 32bit don't quire remember which clouds they are but they are one of the Rex sets taht can be chosen.

Additionally there is a custom cloud shader for dynamic lighting, it's something I'm working on over an extended period with tweeking the shader settings, P3D v4.5.14 only though, and you'd need a really good GPU, something like a 3080 or higher.

Cheers

Thanks for your answer :-)
What surprises me:

I do not have to change anything in the VCockpit ?
looks like this for me, for example:

[Vcockpit31]
Background_color = 0,0,0
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=512,512
texture=$MV_WXM
//gauge00=MV_WX!WX,  0,0,512,361
gauge00=RolasnRadar!ORadGauge,  0,0,512,361, starton|sweep|beam|icing
gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR,  0,0,512,361

 

regards

ggerolamo

 

On 4/15/2023 at 6:29 PM, bofhlusr said:

Rogen's pictures and videos are all amazing. Have you seen his YouTube videos?  I don't know how he does it. Must be some kind of magic. He's one of the reasons I haven't completely abandoned P3D. 🙂

P.S. Rogen, if you have MSFS there's a sale you can't say 'no' to on a plane of the type that I think you like to use in your videos. It's 93% off (U$1.99, regular price is $29.99). It is the Zenith CH701 in the MSFS 'Marketplace'. You can buy direct from the developer too: Zenith CH701 STOL for Microsoft Flight Simulator - SimWorks Studios

Hey thanks for the boost up 🙂

I'm really just an avid flight simmer who has happened to find a nice sweet spot where everything works really nicely for what I like to do sim wise.

And I do see that STOL plane, I have it for P3D but it's such an ugly little aircraft...

I much prefer to fly this one in similar circumstances.

Cheers

Edited April 17, 20233 yr by Rogen

14 minutes ago, ggerolamo said:

Thanks for your answer 🙂
What surprises me:

I do not have to change anything in the VCockpit ?
looks like this for me, for example:

[Vcockpit31]
Background_color = 0,0,0
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=512,512
texture=$MV_WXM
//gauge00=MV_WX!WX,  0,0,512,361
gauge00=RolasnRadar!ORadGauge,  0,0,512,361, starton|sweep|beam|icing
gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR,  0,0,512,361

I've got pretty much the same as yourself.

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Vcockpit38]
Background_color = 0,0,0
size_mm=512,512
visible=0
pixel_size=512,512
texture=$MV_WXM
//gauge00=MV_WX!WX,  0,0,512,361
//gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR W8,  90,50,330,250

// Embed the Roland Weather Radar fully into the Milviz bezel. Also note the Roland Weather Radar requires Active Sky Next (ASN).
// As the Roland Weather Radar is embedded there are click spots within the display mouse scroll wheel functionality to control On/Off. Tilt, Range and Gain.
// The spots are left of the centerline.

gauge00 = RolASNRadar!ORadGauge,          0, 0,512,361, sweep|beam|icing|nogps|starton
gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR,  9,81,400,300

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

There's a click spot on the texture, which with the right ID setup in the popup config (see my popup config), will call the Milviz radar, however because the Rex WX radar is configured that's what will pop open, it's not all sugar & cream though as you cannot use the LHS buttons due to that side being the show/hide click spot of the MilViz popup radar but that don't bother me for the display I use it for.

Cheers

Thanks again for the Info :-)

Then I will probably once again 'tinker' something tonight 😉

 

regards

ggerolamo

 

 

7 hours ago, Rogen said:

I have it for P3D but it's such an ugly little aircraft...

I won't argue with that. Lol.

Arguably the best value, realistic, and complete GA plane in MSFS: JPLogistics's Cessna 152 taildragger freeware:

On 4/15/2023 at 8:53 AM, Rogen said:

Rogen, this is beautiful looking sim, let me guess, you are using Pascal sky textures / Envshade / Envtex? 

19 hours ago, Rogen said:

[Window06]
//ident = 14991
ident = 71    // 71 identifies as the MilVis and allows popup from the panel in dash, however the control also forces a close clickspot where the AS WIX has buttons, still it's useful as a popup.
visible = 1
sizeable = 1
size_mm=359,319
zorder = 100
position = 0
//window_size = 0.343511450381679,0.556719107690809

// Open the HiFi weather radar as a popup.

gauge00 = as_connect_64!WeatherMapP3D,    0, 0,359,319
gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR,  0,95, 60,381

Hi, everything worked great :-)
Only one thing has given me a brief headache:
Unfortunately I saw too late that you fly with p3dv4.5...
Here now the solution for all P3dv5 users:

.

.

p3dv4.5

gauge00 = as_connect_64!WeatherMapP3D,    0, 0,359,319
gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR,  0,95, 60,381

 

p3dv5

gauge00 = as_connect_v5!WeatherMapP3D,    0, 0,359,319
gauge01 = CONTROL_PANEL!clipboard RADAR,  0,95, 60,381

 

Maybe someone can use this info 😉

regards

ggerolamo