TFDi Design MD-11

[ACSoft]

Can we hope to see TFDi Design MD-11 fully supported by GFX Pro ?

I think that this beautiful & high quality aircraft, which just received a new update, now fully compatible with both MS2020 and MS2024, really deserve a full support of GFX Pro. Not only the integration in GFX Pro database, but it would be also great to fully support PAX cabin, with seated passengers. If you do it for the FBW A380,it should be probably possible to do it also for this beautiful heavy trijets AC.

Thanks in forward to take this proposition into consideration.

Umberto comments on this subject are welcome !

Thanks

[John06]

+1

[virtuali]

We have support for the MD-11 in GSX since quite a while, but I need to complete testing on the 2024 version and liveries for both version, but I encountered an installation issue so I'm waiting from an answer from TFDI about it.

[ACSoft]

We have support for the MD-11 in GSX since quite a while.

Suprised to read that, because I had to fully build a file "gsx.cfg" with refuel location and Water + Lavatory services. Moreover, when looking inside the cabin, during PAX boarding I saw two uggly embedded stewardess (see picture). By the way, as I said already, it would be great to have the full support of PAX cabin, with seated passengers.

Maybe the TFDi MD-11 is not detected properly by GSX ?

[virtuali]

Suprised to read that

I was meant to say:

Support for Seated Passengers has been done for a while, but not accessible to users because it was working with a unfinished version of the airplane.

because I had to fully build a file "gsx.cfg" with refuel location and Water + Lavatory services.

That's another issue entirely, and it's caused by the fact the GSX.CFG supplied by TFDi hasn't set any of these:

fuelpos = 0.00 0.00 0.00
waterpos = 0.00 0.00 0.00
lavatorypos = 0.00 0.00 0.00
gpupos = 0.00 0.00 0.00

Note that, even if we added an internal profile, those (wrong) settings would still take precedence over the internal profile, so it must be fixed TFDi. Or you, of course, there is a reason why airplane can be customized, since you can't be sure that a GSX profile is correct "just" because it was supplied by the developer.

By the way, as I said already, it would be great to have the full support of PAX cabin, with seated passengers.

And as I've said already, it would come in a proper way, when it's properly tested in both simulators.

Maybe the TFDi MD-11 is not detected properly by GSX ?

It is, otherwise the TFDi profile you had to adjust wouldn't have even being read, so you would have to create the whole profile from scratch, instead of just adding the 3 missing items (fuel, water, lavatory).

[ACSoft]

By the way, as I said already, it would be great to have the full support of PAX cabin, with seated passengers.

And as I've said already, it would come in a proper way, when it's properly tested in both simulators.

This is the only thing that I retain from your long answer. Let's hope it will come soon ! 

On the other hand, all your technical explanations were interesting and reveiled to me that TFDi design seem to not be very motivated, to have their AC being fully supported by GSX Pro. This is sad, especially when you know that the FS2020 version I use, was published the 2 of july 2024 !!! May I encourage you, to help them to improve this compatibility !

When your are not a technical specialist of GSX, like me, and you see the fuel truck going under the aircraft (obviously at coordinates 0,0,0), it is easy to missbelieve that the AC is not supported.

[kityatyi]

It's great to know it will come soon! Once it does, I'll go ahead and buy the MD-11 and my inaugural flight as Swissair from the FSDT Zürich to Toronto!

[virtuali]

On the other hand, all your technical explanations were interesting and reveiled to me that TFDi design seem to not be very motivated, to have their AC being fully supported by GSX Pro.

That's just your assumption. They were probably just busy working at the airplane that didn't had time to verify the GSX profile included was correct and, they asked to wait for the new version to be released to added support, since they made a lot of changes that, for example, caused existing liveries to not work and had to be updated.

So, again, there are no issues whatsoever with the MD111, just wait, and it will come nicely.

[ACSoft]

They were probably just busy working at the airplane that didn't had time to verify the GSX profile included was correct...

And that is either just your assumption !

Because, speaking of the GSX aircraft profile, they had one and a half year to verify !!!

So I persist to think they were not very motivated to build a correct profile.

[virtuali]

And that is either just your assumption !

Obviously not, because you haven't been in contact with TFDi about how they are interested in supporting GSX, but I am so no, mine wasn't an assumption.

Because, speaking of the GSX aircraft profile, they had one and a half year to verify !!!

And again: they had to complete an airplane that had to be significantly updated, it's entirely understandable their GSX profile wasn't "perfect".

I've seen far worse issues that "just" missing fuel/water points in other developer's profiles, and sometimes I sent them updated profiles myself, which I'll surely do when we'll release the GSX update with seated passengers support.

[ACSoft]

Obviously not, because you haven't been in contact with TFDi about how they are interested in supporting GSX, but I am so no, mine wasn't an assumption.

Why, in this case, you spoke in an hypothetical manner like this: "They were probably just busy working".

All this, as usually with you, turn to ridiculous steril polemics !

Have a nice day "Mr. Know-It-All and I'm Always Right" !

 

[TheDuck43]

Hey,

I have an question, because since Sunday (18th January) it is impossible, for me, to use the TFDI MD-11 together with the customize Parking Stands in GSX Pro.
Every time I call the Ground Services (Refueling, Boarding, Catering etc.) the Aircraft will crash immediately when the Cars docking to the Aircraft and the Doors will open. After the Crash the Aircraft spawn with all engines running.

This happens only with the MD-11 and on customize Parking stands. At the Default Stands it is fine.

Have read that can be trigger from the aircraft that inaccuracy in its contact points in dynamic vs static cg mode. I have tried an Aircraft Profile from flightsim.to but the issue is still happened.

All other Aircraft (A350, A330, B77W etc.) works perfectly on customize and default Parking Stands.

Did i miss something or over seen it in the installation/configuration etc.?

Hope someone as an idea to fix it?

Greetings 

Chris

[virtuali]

Why, in this case, you spoke in an hypothetical manner like this: "They were probably just busy working".

You made an unfunded assumption about TFDI supposedly "not interested" in supporting GSX. To this, I replied that wasn't the case, because I know for sure they want to get a much better support for GSX, because I spoke with them.

My assumption was about the REASON why their GSX profile has some issues, and is correctly hypothetical because, regardless of the many reasons why the profile is not that good (lack of time, no enough user reporting it, being busy with other things, profile made by somebody not from TFDI like a tester), it doesn't change the fact it's not because TFDI is not interested in GSX, quite the opposite.

And you should have just accepted my confirmation instead of turning "to ridiculous steril polemics"

All this, as usually with you, turn to ridiculous steril polemics !

Exactly.

[ACSoft]

You made an unfunded assumption about TFDI supposedly "not interested" in supporting GSX. To this, I replied that wasn't the case, because I know for sure they want to get a much better support for GSX, because I spoke with them.

My assumption was about the REASON why their GSX profile has some issues, and is correctly hypothetical because, regardless of the many reasons why the profile is not that good (lack of time, no enough user reporting it, being busy with other things, profile made by somebody not from TFDI like a tester), it doesn't change the fact it's not because TFDI is not interested in GSX, quite the opposite.

And bla bla bla...

You should better help TheDuck43 or go working to TFDi MD-11 seated PAX, rather to always try to have the last word.

[virtuali]

You should better help TheDuck43 or go working to TFDi MD-11 seated PAX

And of course, as I already explained, until the official internal profile is completed AND I'll send my own GSX profile files to TFDi to fix their less-than-good ones (which would take precedence anyway if not fixed), it's not very useful to report issues with GSX and the MD11.

rather to always try to have the last word.

look who's talking.