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Title: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: VHEBN on September 17, 2019, 05:50:29 am
Hi Umberto,

I can't set door L2 as the primary door. When I set this in the aircraft editor and press save, it doesn't save. Any other setting saves. When setting multiple settings including changing the primary door, only the change to the primary door doesn't save. This happens in all aircraft with 2 boarding doors other then PMDG 777-200LR.

This issue still persists and has been reported twice before this, once in April last year http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,17613.0.html and again in June this year http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,20997.0.html
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on September 17, 2019, 09:14:25 am
I tried on the default 747 from FSX, and changing the preferred Exit in the aircraft configuration editor results in the airplane GSX.CFG file in the %APPDATA%\Virtuali\Airplanes folder to change the preferredexit = xx parameter, as expected.

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This happens in all aircraft with 2 boarding doors other then PMDG 777-200LR.

Were these non-working planes already supported in GSX, or you made a configuration from scratch ?
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: VHEBN on September 18, 2019, 10:30:31 am
Hi, I honestly can't remember what is an isn't supported by GSX but I've tried with most common payware aircraft including:
 - PMDG 747 QOTS II
 - iFly Jets 747-400
 - Captain Sim 757 FSX
 - Captain Sim 757 Captain III
 - Blackbox A330
 - Blackbox A340
 - QualityWings 787
 - Project Airbus A380

Every time I install a new aircraft I reliable encounter the same error. If it would help you I can create a video of the issue.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on September 18, 2019, 11:20:33 am
Every time I install a new aircraft I reliable encounter the same error. If it would help you I can create a video of the issue

I made a video for you, showing saving the preferred exit works, with the PMDG 747, both in the same session with the same airplane, and also after switching to a default airplane and back to the 747



The only possible reason why it doesn't work on your system, is some kind of external interference from another software ( antivirus, possibly ), which is preventing to write in the %APPDATA%\Virtuali\Airplanes, a folder that should always be writable, since it's in your own account.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: VHEBN on September 18, 2019, 11:42:19 am
Hi, my apologies as I forgot an important detail. The setting is lost on restart of couatl and as an extension of that, restart of P3D 
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on September 18, 2019, 11:54:02 am
Hi, my apologies as I forgot an important detail. The setting is lost on restart of couatl and as an extension of that, restart of P3D  

That's precisely why I switched airplanes in my video, to show the setting is saved after a Couatl restart, because that's what happens automatically when an airplane is switched. You know Couatl is restarted, because of the message saying "Airport cache loaded successfully".
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ianj844 on September 18, 2019, 05:00:25 pm
I too experience this issue with the QualityWings 787.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ua991 on September 19, 2019, 04:00:46 am
I have been having this issue but only with the QualityWings 787-9. I haven't tried others as they are OK for my purposes in their default arrangement.

In the forum posts at http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,17613.0.html, it is mentioned that if the exits are more than 10m apart then it is assumed to be an error (so the aircraft doesn't end up in the terminal, fair enough....) The 787-9 exits are around 12m apart. When the QualityWings 787-10 arrives, those exits will be around 15m apart. Perhaps the limit should be 20m and that may fix some of these issues. Or remove the limit and if someone really wants the cockpit in the terminal, there are now lots of terminal interior scenery to keep the pilots happy...!! McDonalds at KORD anyone?

Regards,

Darryl
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on September 19, 2019, 07:53:30 am
In the forum posts at http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,17613.0.html, it is mentioned that if the exits are more than 10m apart then it is assumed to be an error (so the aircraft doesn't end up in the terminal, fair enough....) The 787-9 exits are around 12m apart. When the QualityWings 787-10 arrives, those exits will be around 15m apart. Perhaps the limit should be 20m and that may fix some of these issues. Or remove the limit and if someone really wants the cockpit in the terminal, there are now lots of terminal interior scenery to keep the pilots happy...!! McDonalds at KORD anyone?

Yes, that might be the case, we'll check this.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ianj844 on October 11, 2019, 04:58:41 pm
In the forum posts at http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,17613.0.html, it is mentioned that if the exits are more than 10m apart then it is assumed to be an error (so the aircraft doesn't end up in the terminal, fair enough....) The 787-9 exits are around 12m apart. When the QualityWings 787-10 arrives, those exits will be around 15m apart. Perhaps the limit should be 20m and that may fix some of these issues. Or remove the limit and if someone really wants the cockpit in the terminal, there are now lots of terminal interior scenery to keep the pilots happy...!! McDonalds at KORD anyone?

Yes, that might be the case, we'll check this.

Any news on when we may see an update to fix this?
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on October 11, 2019, 05:01:21 pm
Any news on when we may see an update to fix this?

Should work in today's update.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ianj844 on October 11, 2019, 07:15:10 pm
After updating I am still unable to set Door 2L at the preferred exit in the QualityWings 787
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on October 11, 2019, 07:20:02 pm
After updating I am still unable to set Door 2L at the preferred exit in the QualityWings 787

Tested it now, and it works just fine.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ianj844 on October 11, 2019, 07:21:42 pm
Would there be some sort of log somewhere for me that might say why it always defaults back to 1L even after I save the change of putting it to 2L?
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on October 11, 2019, 07:22:32 pm
Would there be some sort of log somewhere for me that might say why it always defaults back to 1L even after I save the change of putting it to 2L?

The Couatl.log produced if logging is enabled in the Troubleshooting page.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ianj844 on October 11, 2019, 07:32:59 pm
Here is a video of the issue I am having and the process I am taking.

Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ianj844 on October 12, 2019, 06:19:06 pm
I should note the video has the 787-8 but I have the issue in both the -8 and the -9
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: virtuali on October 14, 2019, 12:59:15 pm
We found the problem, it affected airplanes that don't already have a GSX internal configuration, so they only relied on an user configuration to work, the preferred exit worked only after changing it during the current session, but didn't work on a Restart.

Fixed by running the Live Update now.
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: ianj844 on October 15, 2019, 12:58:32 am
Thank you very much for the fix!
Title: Re: Can't set L2 as the primary door
Post by: bcars on October 16, 2019, 10:54:38 am
This problem and its resolution is a classic example of how support should work. There was a good description of the problem with good examples and details of specific scenario and logs. This gave sufficient information needed by Umberto to identify the area of the code to examine and develop the fix. Likewise,  Umberto provided a description of the logic causing the problem and the fix. This is much better than just "problem fixed"

This demonstrates how providing providing detailed descriptions shorten the time to resolution. Nice job from both parties