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  • For discussion and engagement about the Black Square Commander 114 MSFS 2020/2024

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    SadBucketS
    @Black-Square @eker Only issues I know of with the state saving is when you do not exit the sim using exit to desktop from the main menu. Aside from that occasionally the last thing I changed (for example closing the door of the aircraft) doesn't save presumably because I exited to the menu without giving enough time for the change to save to the cloud. If I wait a little bit after my last change before exiting to the menu and then close the sim normally I haven't had any issues myself. Also normal start does call for Mixture ICO for this particular engine... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCxXdixDER0

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    Thanks for the honest reply. I appreciate it. I’m glad I’m not the only one who found some of those sounds surprising compared with the other Black Square PT6 aircraft. Hopefully Boris will have the opportunity to revisit them in a future update. I know these details can be difficult to get right, but the engine and propeller sounds make such a big difference to the overall immersion.

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    Thanks for taking the time to reply directly. I really appreciate you stepping in to explain your perspective and your development workflow. To be clear, my frustration was never intended as a personal attack on your hard work, but rather a reflection of the user experience from this side of the screen. When almost a year goes by without a visible patch through third-party launchers like Aerosoft One, and with MSFS 2024 on the horizon, it’s easy for customers to feel left in the dark—especially when bug reports accumulate over time. I do understand your reasoning regarding larger, consolidated updates over frequent small hotfixes, as well as the added logistics of managing sound designers, multiple platforms, and dual-simulator compatibility for both MSFS 2020 and 2024. It is good to hear that MSFS 2020 support is still a priority and that substantial new features are being ported over for free. That said, the core issue remains the timeline itself: waiting a full year for an update is simply too long. Even if there are threads on the forum discussing development progress, users shouldn't have to constantly comb through forum posts just to get news—especially when dedicated apps like Aerosoft One exist precisely to handle and notify us of updates. The expectation from a customer's perspective is to receive fixes and support on their system within a reasonable timeframe, rather than having to follow forum discussions for months waiting for a single massive patch. Thank you for the clarification regarding the sound design status—it's great to know the update is in its final stages. I look forward to testing the new features once the update is pushed to the storefronts.

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    I'm pretty sure it worked for me before. Are you sure the Visual Approach you selected has a GP? When loading the Visual you'll get a pop up saying something like "Visual Approach for referency only, no obstacle clearance assured" and "TCH:XX" as well as "Glidepath:XX". Normally you have a 3° GP but on some approaches it will just say "-" meaning there's no vertical guidance available for the visual.

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    Yes, there are a lot that do not have built in MSFS settings. 99% of them are in Black Squares user manual. I use spad.next for most of them.

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    OK, I'll grab some screenshots when I'm next able (but it might be a while). Best regards, John.

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    @Jayman88 Did you check the Activation Details for Real Taxiways 2020 under the "Your Orders" tab on your Just Flight account? Unfortunately, I know that @Voice-of-Reason is away on holiday right now, but I will try to get you an answer from someone at Just Flight if one of the support staff does not see this post in short order. Sorry for the wait!

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    Breaking: I found a way to solve the problem It can probably be done smarter, but the way it was solved was to delete (or rename) the Packages folder, MSFS will rebuild it after a restart, copy Bsq King Air and Asobo King Air from MSFS2020 to the Community folder and restart the sim. I am soooo happy, because now I can run the Gps via Glassout. And it turned out that I was not the only one with this problem, my brother in law had the same problem. But @Black-Square : pretty pretty please with sugar on the top: please release a 2024 version. I got cat pictures

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    @Dingle I wanted to ask the same question.
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    Aspen Evolution PFD on BS aircrafs installed by me. (Implementation test)

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    Photos and/or compatibility with the Caravan? @jerrivel
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    Thank you BlackSquare <3

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    Product updates?

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    Full state saving in the Starship? gulps Need to get those checklists ready!
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    Upcoming King Air Avionics

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    I'm all for providing choices for people, especially if they draw more people to check out Nick's excellent planes. I won't be using those big screens, but I'm sure they'll appeal to a lot of folks who don't want to fly analog. Having said that, in the forums and discords I'm in for so many flightsim devs, wow, every avionics suite under the sun is being requested of pretty much every dev. I'm glad I don't have to try to please everyone!
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    SU6 turbine engine improvements

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    external lights Black-Square aircraft

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    @Black-Square If you don't mind me asking, what do you change to make them more visible during the day? Something in the .fx file? Would love to apply that to my light mods on .to. You can DM if you'd like. Thanks Nick!!
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    No saving state

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    @Mustang said in No saving state: an 'export/import' feature on the tablet to save/load state files locally I feel the same way, and don't trust anything stored anywhere I can't keep on my desk. Unfortunately, the MSFS architecture purposefully makes it impossible to save files locally from JavaScript. The "work" folder is exclusively for WASM instruments, I believe, but don't quote me.
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    Just Massively Impressed

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    @Black-Square said in Just Massively Impressed: Thanks for letting me know! I often wonder how many of my users are out there flying my older planes, versus how much of this tends to be "fad" driven. I'm the kind of person who would pick a couple of my favorite airplanes and fly them forever, so it's harder for me to imagine how some users fly something new every couple of months or even weeks! The Analog King Air was my first purchase and the only reason I still have MSFS 2020 installed on my computer. I have all your other aircraft, but I always come back to the King Air. Really looking forward to the Model 300 in MSFS 2024!!!
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    Cessna 177 Cardinal

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    @Mad_X i am sorry, my english is very bad, i am not from the US. i dont understand what you mean, sorry
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    Question About Upcoming Updates

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    @Black-Square Hi Nick, looking forward to the upgrades....I see echo19 has created a soundpack for theTBM850....Will any of this batch of upgrades include an official BlackSquare TBM850 soundpack update? Cheers James
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    Suggestion: Iron Man Mode

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    Surely some self control is all that's needed there! Perhaps what would be nice is something like the old fsx a2a aircraft where on the pop up/tablet etc you can choose to inspect the aircraft which when lists the damage/wear and tear.
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    Turboprop engine starting simulation questions

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    Disclaimer, not a dev, info might be gappy or misremembered: FS9, FSX, and MSFS have for ever and always had essentially no way to realistically implement proper turboprop simulation due to core sim limitations, which I'm sure you might know. In recent years BS and a few other developers have managed to squeeze somewhat realistic behaviour out of the platform despite its faults, but still it's only ever been possible to properly recreate turboprop physics by running the addon's physics outside the sim which is rare (Majestic is the only one I know to have done it). Nick is a magician, but even so there's only so much that can be done in recreating a turboprop within MSFS, at least up until now. SU6 included a lot of turbine simulation improvements in its change log, hopefully this will translate to an easier life for devs and a more faithful recreation for us consumers. It's all hope for now though, I haven't seen any devs comment on it yet and it wouldn't be very surprising to find out that the changes hasn't helped all that much, but my fingers are very much crossed! Edit: Again, with no specific knowledge, it's also possible that the SU6 improvements could be great for a ground-up project, but require a complete rework of existing products. Just speculation.
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    Commander 690B engine variant

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    @Black-Square Nick, you told me to reach out to you via the support system a few times, and then confirmed that you received my email, but I've never received a response from you. This goes all the way back to Starship's release. I'd be happy to offer you any references/insight/testing you may need, in addition to access to my 840, if you'd like. If you're considering an MT 5 bladed propeller option, my airplane has them.
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    Velocity XL livery update with remastered landing gear area

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    Sunglasses

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    This would be really neat to implement!
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    Nick, are you tempted to create this gauge for the Twin Commander?

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    Now you're just teasing me...
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    Velocity Issues in MSFS 2024

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    Propeller Strobe effects on newer BS Aircraft?

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    Thanks, appreciate if you can improve your prop animation for 2024. The vast majority of developers get this completely wrong, most of the Asobo default single engine prop aircraft are borderline unusable because of their terrible prop animation effects. Yours is not terrible at all, but can still use some polish when it comes to not seeing individual blurred blades. In reality you simply don't see those at all at medium and high RPMs, it's a clear disc, so no flickering when looking through the prop. Obviously this animation is less critical on twin props when one is not forced to look through the disc. But if you could carry over these 2024 improvements to the Bonanza, that would be superb
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    Piaggio P.180 Avanti I (The OG)

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    +1 to this - I also have the "other" one, and while it scratches an itch - a BlackSquare version with all that entails, would blow the other one out of the water. Something about the Avantis have always appealed to me, but sadly have never had a super high quality one in the sim that also functions to the level I'd hoped.
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    Suggestion: Clickable Pitot and Engine Covers for MSFS 2020

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    @Ratman I don’t really see this coming. I really think it is a detriment to continue to support MSFS2020. There is no walk around mode in 2020 anyway and the only way it could be a thing is if you click it in 3rd person and that would cause way more problems than it would be worth. It’s harder to support 2 sims and I think 2024 is actually more stable than 2020 right now. If you have the internet speed to support it I would absolutely make the jump if not, I would absolutely make yourself heard about a need for an offline mode in the MSFS forums because I think that is the only thing keeping people on 2020.