PMDG 737 Variants

[CKAJCA]

Hello Peter

I am hoping you can help me.

I created what I thought was a generic Profile for the PMDG 737 so that I could use it with all livery variants.

I have checked that ShortAircraftNameOk=Substring is in the [General] section of the FSUIPC4.ini file

I also have the following in the file:-

 

[Profile.PMDG 737]
1=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House Winglets
2=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House
3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets
4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

[Axes.PMDG 737]
RangeRepeatRate=10
0=0X,256,D,1,0,0,0
1=0Y,256,D,2,0,0,0
2=0Z,1,D,9,0,0,0
3=0U,1,D,10,0,0,0
4=0V,1,D,22,0,0,0
5=1X,256,D,7,0,0,0
6=1Y,256,D,8,0,0,0
7=1R,1,D,3,0,0,0
8=2X,1,D,18,0,0,0
9=2Y,1,D,13,0,0,0
10=2Z,1,D,14,0,0,0
11=3X,1,D,21,0,0,0

[buttons.PMDG 737]
0=P0,1,K65,11
1=P0,14,K71,11
2=P0,15,K84,11
3=P0,16,K82,9
5=R0,2,C65607,0
6=R0,3,C65615,0
7=R0,5,C65758,0
8=R0,4,C65759,0
9=P0,7,C66079,0
10=P0,6,C66080,0
11=R0,20,C65966,0
12=U0,20,C65967,0
13=R0,21,C65971,0
14=U0,21,C65972,0
15=P0,18,K90,8
16=P0,19,K89,8

[JoystickCalibration.PMDG 737]
AllowSuppressForPFCquad=Yes
ExcludeThrottleSet=Yes
ExcludeMixtureSet=Yes
ExcludePropPitchSet=Yes
SepRevsJetsOnly=No
ApplyHeloTrim=No
UseAxisControlsForNRZ=No
FlapsSetControl=0
FlapDetents=No
ReverserControl=66292
Reverser1Control=66422
Reverser2Control=66425
Reverser3Control=66428
Reverser4Control=66431
MaxThrottleForReverser=256
AileronTrimControl=66731
RudderTrimControl=66732
CowlFlaps1Control=66162
CowlFlaps2Control=66163
CowlFlaps3Control=66164
CowlFlaps4Control=66165
SteeringTillerControl=0
MaxSteerSpeed=60
Aileron=-16159,-418,-321,16383/8
SlopeAileron=-1
Elevator=-16384,0,0,16383/8
SlopeElevator=3
Rudder=-16384,0,0,16383/8
SlopeRudder=5
LeftBrake=-16384,16383/24
SlopeLeftBrake=15
RightBrake=-16384,16383/24
SlopeRightBrake=15
Throttle1=-16384,-512,512,16383/40
Throttle2=-16384,-512,512,16383/40
SyncSlopeThrottle2=14/20,31/35,61/65,100/100,127/128
Mixture1=-16384,8192,8192,16383/32
Mixture2=-16384,8192,8192,16383/32
SyncSlopeMixture2=9/9,39/39,71/74,103/106,127/128
PropPitch1=-16384,0,512,16383/32
PropPitch2=-16384,0,512,16383/32
SyncSlopePropPitch2=12/11,35/35,63/64,100/101,127/128
ElevatorTrim=-16384,0,512,16383
Spoilers=-16384,16383/24

 

The only livery that my controls work with correctly are the:-

1=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House Winglets
2=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House

 

The controls do not function correctly with:-

3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets
4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

 

I assume that the problem is due to the substring not finding PMDG 737 in these entries

3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets
4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

 

The text entries 3 and 4 appear to be the names set by the PMDG Download Manager and not input by me, therefore I am not sure how to solve the problem.

Your help and advice would be much appreciated.

Regards Colin

 

[Pete Dowson]

I created what I thought was a generic Profile for the PMDG 737 so that I could use it with all livery variants.

I have checked that ShortAircraftNameOk=Substring is in the [General] section of the FSUIPC4.ini file

I also have the following in the file:-

 

[Profile.PMDG 737]

1=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House Winglets

2=PMDG 737-800NGX PMDG House

3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets

4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

 

If those are the names of those aircraft in their CFG files, then those will select Profile PMDG 737. You are not actualy making any use at all of the "ShortAircraftNameOK=Substring" facility.

 

The whole idea of that facility was to save adding all the different liveries, but YOU have to select the correct "substring" and enter it yourself. Perhaps like this:

 

[Profile.PMDG 737]

1=PMDG 737

2=Boeing 737

 

However, I'd be suspicious of those last two aircraft names you list -- PMDG aircraft always seem to have PMDG in the name.. Were those added automatically by you loading the aircraft and selecting the PMDG 737 profile for them?   If so, then what you say later makes no sense, i.e.

 

I assume that the problem is due to the substring not finding PMDG 737 in these entries

3=Boeing 737-8K2NGX KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Winglets

4=Boeing 737-8Q8NGX Air Jamaica Winglets

 

The text entries 3 and 4 appear to be the names set by the PMDG Download Manager and not input by me, therefore I am not sure how to solve the problem.

 

So the names were NOT set automatically by you selecting the profile for them after loading them into FS? That really is the only safe way unless you want to go through the AIRCRAFT.CFG files for each aircraft to get its name.

 

And since there is no "substring" or abbreviated name provided, even though you selected the option, that is nothing to do with it. The "PMDG 737" you chose for the Profile name is just that, a title. You could have called it  "My planes" without it making the slightest difference.

 

Pete

[CKAJCA]

OK so now I am totally confused by the way Profiles work.

I created and saved a Profile for the PMDG 737 NGX WL which I called PMDG 737 (this could have been called 'My planes').

If I also replace the entries as follows

[Profile.PMDG 737]
1=PMDG 737
2=Boeing 737

If I now decide to load a different livery for the PMDG 737 NGX WL for example KLM, do I just load it in FSX and then expect the controls to work correctly for the PMDG 737 NGX WL with KLM livery OR do I have to do something else in FSUIPC?

[Pete Dowson]

OK so now I am totally confused by the way Profiles work.

I created and saved a Profile for the PMDG 737 NGX WL which I called PMDG 737 (this could have been called 'My planes').

 

Hang on. Is this PMDG 737 profile you created different to the last one you said you created? You can't create two with the same name. Please explain. How are you "creating" these profiles? You shouldn't be doing so in the INI file, but in FSUIPC itself.

 

 

If I also replace the entries as follows

[Profile.PMDG 737]

1=PMDG 737

2=Boeing 737

If I now decide to load a different livery for the PMDG 737 NGX WL for example KLM, do I just load it in FSX and then expect the controls to work correctly for the PMDG 737 NGX WL with KLM livery OR do I have to do something else in FSUIPC?

 

If the actual FS "aircraft.cfg" file name of the aircraft you load contains anywhere in its name either "PMDG 737" or "Boeing 737" (ignoring differences in upper/lower case) then it will automatically be associated with your PMDG 737 Profile.

 

That's the whole point, which you seem, somehow, to have missed! How? What is making you so confused? This facility has been availble and well used for a long time time, many years in fact, without anyone expressing such confusion?

 

Please explain what is confusing you so much.

 

Pete