Switching off battery does not end a bushtrip leg
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Hi, I'm trying to do a third party bushtrip with the TBM and in the first leg I find out that this leg cannot be completed, it does not end after landing in runway and swtiching everything off. After contacting with the developer he says that it's a problem of the TBM, because this leg requires battery to be switched off to be completed and MSFS does not recognise when battery is switched off in the TBM. I've tried to do it using standard "switch battery off" actions from MSFS with no success.
Is this a true problem of the TBM or must I talk again with the bushtrip developer? He's an experienced bushtrip developer that sells his bushtrips in the marketplace.
Thanks,
Jesus
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Hi Jesus,
Tech support contacted me with your question yesterday. If they haven't relayed my response to you yet, here's what I had to say:
I hadn't even thought of this as a possibility, as I thought all the bush flights were conducted with the default aircraft.
I have a potential very simple solution for the user. This might disable some cockpit lighting feature, like emergency lights when all other electrical power is off, but it should certainly solve the bush trip problem.
In AnalogTBM.xml, replace the line...
(A:ELECTRICAL MASTER BATTERY:1, bool) ! if{ 1 (>K:TOGGLE_MASTER_BATTERY) }with...
(A:ELECTRICAL MASTER BATTERY:1, bool) (L:var_crashbar, bool) != if{ 1 (>K:TOGGLE_MASTER_BATTERY) }That should allow the battery to be fully disconnected when the crashbar over the power distribution selector switches on the overhead panel is pulled down.
Like I said, not a perfect solution due to limitations with the MSFS electrical simulation, but it should allow you to finish your bush trips with very minimal side effects, if any.
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Hi, yes, tech support did send me your answer a few minutes after I created this post... I've tested this solution and it's fine for me. Thank you very much for your help.
I usually change the aircrafts of the bushtrips using MissionChanger. I've flown the full Silk Road with the TBM with no issues, but this problem appeared in another bushtrip that is configured different, and requires a full stop and battery switch off to end each leg.
But the TBM was just a test, because I'm gonna do this bushtrip (from Alaska to the south end of South America) with the Turbine Duke. If I enjoy the Dukes half that I've enjoyed the TBM so far, I'm gonna fall in love with them.
Best regards and thanks,
Jesus
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Yay! Glad it's working for you! Thanks for reporting back. I figured someone must have come up with a tool to edit the bush trips by now, but I hadn't seen one. Good to know.
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Also for your information, I've just completed the same leg with the Turbine Duke and it works fantastic.
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Hi, @Black-Square unfortunately with this workaround I cannot start the engine using the checklist procedures. Battery does not switch on, and even using GPU the engine does not start. It is possible to start the engine using CTRL+E.
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Hmm... Thank you for lettings me know. I just tried it out on my end, and the modification works as intended. Are you sure you made the modification correctly by deleting the line that was already there, and replacing it with the one I sent? I assume you also don't have any hardware bindings that could be interfering with the battery operation? That's a pretty common one I see with default controller profiles.
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@Black-Square I've found the cause: I didn't delete the old line of code, I just commented it. I thought that any commented line would be ignored but it seems it's not the case. Anyway now the TBM starts fine.
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Great! Thanks for sharing. I thought that might have been it. Glad it was an easy fix. I hope you can enjoy your bush trips now!