DC Designs (F-14, F-15, F-16 etc)

@dc1973 thank you for the update, such a shame as that is such a rewarding way to fly any classic.

@dc1973 Hey! No worries at all. I did find the issue and it appears there was a conflict with a related add-on. When I get the chance I'll have a look and see if I recorded it just so you can have it as an FYI. I appreciate the reach out. -Cal

@tjitah You also need to switch off the mask and visor switches in the front seat to ensure there are no other artifacts occupying your seat. The bug is one with MSFS, not the F-14s - when using the cameras drop-down menu the camera situation works fine and the pilot / co-pilot will vanish when using their seats. But custom cameras of any kind do not do the same.

@gbowers Ah that update is still being processed by the Marketplace team, usually takes a couple of weeks.

@dc10 The HUD is being updated to be more accurate - the vertical IAS and ALT tapes will be returned with a later update.

@macbrush The best resource for checking this is the official MSFS forum's Concorde thread. There is a huge amount of information there on how to operate Concorde's autopilot and 'get around' the autopilot issues that are sometimes thrown up by MSFS. Concorde MSFS thread

@macbrush Hi, sorry for the slow reply, best place to look for that information is in the ( lengthy ) Microsoft forum where there is a huge amount of info on the autopilot system for Concorde. I don't have the answer myself as it's coded by one of my team and they're the expert - they will answer anything you need to know there; MS Concorde forum

@flyingcatpro That button is a custom variable ( Lvar ) so there is no corresponding bind for it in MSFS, sorry.

@delfin25 Thanks for sharing this. A conflict with FSUIPC was not something I had thought of - I'll have to add it to the list of possible issues that can affect aircraft in MSFS.

@delfin25 I have yet to find an airport that Concorde's AUTOLAND will not acquire, as demonstrated on my own You Tube channel. INS/RAD switch in RAD mode, ILS frequency engaged on both NAV boxes, intercept ILS localiser and GS at around 15nm and 5,000ft and switch to GLIDE mode. Concorde will track in perfectly every time.

@atebis Amazing, well done for spotting the problem and thanks very much for sharing it with me. I will pass it on at the MS forums so that as many people are aware of it as possible!

@derpilot22 I have to agree, was expecting a working quality product, but agree with your post - very disappointing indeed. Level of quality is very low and still in Alpha coding!

@henninv RTFM: Page 27, look at "7. Autopilot adjustment controls".

@henninv I think you're referring to the DC Designs Concorde in your post... There doesn't seem to be a working automatic fueling system in the Concorde. I haven't been able to manually balance the fuel so that the CG is within the range described in the manual, myself. Either the range is wrong or I didn't understand the transfer system correctly. Maybe it's not implemented at all...

@jmarkows @Phil_R I can't really add to that reply apart from to clarify that we would like to see all the content we develop and publish be available on console as well as PC. Everything we build (and the same can be said for DC Designs) is built to the specifications of the Microsoft SDK and therefore should be compatible with console. However, getting some aspects of the more complex aircraft to work on console has proved a challenge for MS and so we are in their hands in terms of timescales on when product becomes available. So, Concorde WILL be coming to X-Box, but when is not something we know at the moment.

@jammall Weapons are not allowed on the Marketplace, it's Microsoft's rules, so the weapons are deactivated in line with their policy. Nothing we can do about it as a developer, it's their marketplace.

@deeaf Hi, these F-16s are not at all designed to be 100% accurate in terms of systems, but instead designed to work well within the MSFS architecture. We build more for the casual user than the "study level" user. The flight model, however, is highly realistic as confirmed by real-life F-16 pilots, and actually exceeds that of the DCS version. Glad you got the switches sorted.

@zeke Yeah, this is an MSFS thing and nobody has the solution yet. The sim in MP should draw the other users’ airplanes based on the aircraft.cfg “title” and so should select the relevant model and livery from that. Sometimes it does... and sometimes it doesn’t. No idea why. The F-15s have an update coming soon though so it will be a chance to check things out and see if there is anything I can do about it from here. ETA: I noticed that there are spaces between the title names, whereas in the F-14 there are not. I have updated them in case this is the cause.