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767 Captain (FSX) >> 767 Captain (FSX) >> T/D calculation flashing in and out https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1331515048 Message started by boeing247 on Mar 12^th, 2012 at 1:17am

Title: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by boeing247 on Mar 12^th, 2012 at 1:17am

This just started:

On the Progress page, the line with the ETA at the T/D keeps flashing on and off, and each time it goes off, the ETA calculations for the NEXT and DEST become incorrect. Any ideas?

Thanks,
boeing247

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by Markoz on Mar 12^th, 2012 at 1:42am

I have had it happen to me. Not sure if it was the 767 or the 757 though. If you do a search, you should find a post where I mentioned it. I can't remember if or what I did to fix/stop it. :(

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by boeing247 on Mar 12^th, 2012 at 2:41am

Do you know what that post was called? The search feature on the forum isn't great--you need exact keywords.

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by boeing247 on Mar 13^th, 2012 at 5:02am

Does anybody know where the topic is?

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by Markoz on Mar 13^th, 2012 at 5:47am

Sorry. I looked for it but couldn't find it anywhere. I have no idea of the name of the topic.

Mark

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by boeing247 on Mar 13^th, 2012 at 11:23pm

Do you remember if it went away after you passed the T/D?

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by Markoz on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 12:36am

No idea. I would not do the flight until I got it sorted out. I either sorted it out or I decided on another route. This all happened around the time shortly after either the 757 4.6 upgrade release or the 767 v1.5 upgrade release and I can't remember whether it was the 757, 767 or both that had the problem.

Mark

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by boeing247 on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 1:32am

Well, I solved it. I'm not sure what did it in the end, but it was either re-selecting the approach, or setting one of my own altitude constraints in the Approach (I think it was the latter). Thanks for your help, though :)

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by Markoz on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 4:11am

boeing247 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 1:32am:

That would probably be what I did.

With the problems of no T/D, I used to copy a waypoint, paste it higher up the list, then press Left LSK6 to ERASE the changes and the T/D would appear and the flight would be fine. This is not what happens in the 767 1.5. It can be a lot fiddlier to try and get the T/D or to stop it from cycling through a strange happening. The cycle was something like this: 289/17000 - 289/16550 - 289/16000 - .789/FL360, then it would repeat it.

Anyway, I'm glad you sorted it out and got to fly the route. Sometimes I will spend ages sorting them out, other times I just say "Stuff it!" and fly a different route. ;D

Mark

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by boeing247 on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 5:23am

Yeah, I would have done that, but I was halfway across the Atlantic en route to some new scenery I just bought, and I really didn't want to have to fly that again. ;)

Title: Re: T/D calculation flashing in and out
Post by Markoz on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 7:24am

Would have been worse if you were half way across the Pacific. ;D