Post by Tom Goodrick on Dec 1, 2009 20:38:29 GMT -5
It might be about time to start cataloging bugs we encounter in FS9. One reason we have not done this in the past is that a bug often depends on a particular system setup. What happens to one person will not happen to other people.
Also there are "static bugs" and "dynamic bugs" in FS9. A static bug is something left undone by a M$ programmer that is encountered in certain circumstances. The key is that it always occurs in those circumstances. An example is the altitude deficit found at some airports that puts them down a very deep hole. This was found long ago and fixed. If you run into this let us know. We can send you fix for most of them.
Dynamic bugs do not always occur under the same circumstances - at least not under circumstances that appear to be the same. I ran into that this morning. I had not seen it for quite a while so it was a surprise to find it. But then I have not flown jets in a while and it seemes related to the jet simulator. It is clear that M$ uses essentially different simulators for pistons and for jets. I was flying a Hawker 400XP from Huntsville to St Louis. As I prepared for the descent into the St Louis area, I started loading frequencies. As I touched Com1 with the mouse, my system crashed to a blue screen and the flight was all over. This panel uses a radio set set borrowed from the King Air 350. But the same thing happens if you use the radio set burrowed for the Learjet 45. indeed I had changed to the KING Air radios because they seemed less susceptible to this problen.
But I made a second flight and spent a lot of time early in that flight changing frequencies on every radio. If it was going to happen, I wanted it to happen before I had invested much time in the flight. The bug did not recur. Its waiting for another day!
So what is the fix? There are two that work well. If you like to control your own flight as I usually do, you must look up all freqs before the flight and set them as far in advance as possible. But you can fly under ATC control. Then your frequencies (except for Nav1) will change automatically as you respond to ATC directives. You will still need an ILS freq for your destination and should enter that as soon as you can.
I know this was discussed at some time in the very distant past. We need to toss these around every once in a while.
Also there are "static bugs" and "dynamic bugs" in FS9. A static bug is something left undone by a M$ programmer that is encountered in certain circumstances. The key is that it always occurs in those circumstances. An example is the altitude deficit found at some airports that puts them down a very deep hole. This was found long ago and fixed. If you run into this let us know. We can send you fix for most of them.
Dynamic bugs do not always occur under the same circumstances - at least not under circumstances that appear to be the same. I ran into that this morning. I had not seen it for quite a while so it was a surprise to find it. But then I have not flown jets in a while and it seemes related to the jet simulator. It is clear that M$ uses essentially different simulators for pistons and for jets. I was flying a Hawker 400XP from Huntsville to St Louis. As I prepared for the descent into the St Louis area, I started loading frequencies. As I touched Com1 with the mouse, my system crashed to a blue screen and the flight was all over. This panel uses a radio set set borrowed from the King Air 350. But the same thing happens if you use the radio set burrowed for the Learjet 45. indeed I had changed to the KING Air radios because they seemed less susceptible to this problen.
But I made a second flight and spent a lot of time early in that flight changing frequencies on every radio. If it was going to happen, I wanted it to happen before I had invested much time in the flight. The bug did not recur. Its waiting for another day!
So what is the fix? There are two that work well. If you like to control your own flight as I usually do, you must look up all freqs before the flight and set them as far in advance as possible. But you can fly under ATC control. Then your frequencies (except for Nav1) will change automatically as you respond to ATC directives. You will still need an ILS freq for your destination and should enter that as soon as you can.
I know this was discussed at some time in the very distant past. We need to toss these around every once in a while.
