Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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swede
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Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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Its been a perfect sim until now. When I bring the sim up, instead of the engines running, I am getting calls" start engine one" over and over, then other engine start callouts start but, with pumps on and mixtures set, the engines are not starting. I click into the window for "battery, generators, etc" and click "cold start". The voices stop and we fall into the normal routine of firing up. Does anyone have any idea what I am experiencing? Like I say, everything has been fine till this glitch showed up. So now, I have to deal with this until I go to cold start. I know, but, sometimes I just want to go fly, not go through the start up.......Thanks for any help! :(

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Re: Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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Hi.
Check your flightsim settings , to see if anything has changed like unlimited fuel and automixture , as i have had something change these settings recently , and i dont know what changed mine , as the only things i have updated is ms updates and antivirus software.
regards alan. 8)
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Re: Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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Alan, thanks for getting back with me. No, checked the settings and they are where they need to be and no other A/C are showing any problems. I did however, restart the -17 after checking the settings and looked closer to the cockpit settings. Although the A/C was supposed to be in auto start, on closer examination, the fuel pumps for all four engines were switched off and I needed to move the mixtures to full rich. After doing this, BAM, engines fired up and the ghost voice went away and my normal voices returned. I have no idea about the improper settings while in auto start but now I can work around them. Ah, the trials and tribulations of Sim flight.....have a good one ..... :D

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Re: Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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Hi.
The mixture settings for starting should be auto rich not full rich , will it now start normally in autorich or do you still need to go fullrich .
My preference is for a proper startup proceedure , so never used autostart myself.
regards alan. 8)
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swede
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Re: Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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Alan, Things smooth out after the startup. I reset the mixtures afterwards. I will hit cold start when I am not in a hurry and exercise my memory. It is just an odd thing for an auto-start to fail to do. At least the rest of the sim is working properly. :D

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Sounds like you had an initialization failure. Make sure to never use an Accu-sim aircraft as our default flight

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Re: Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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Thanks Lewis......its always supposed to be the -172?

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Best to always keep it as a default aircraft

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Re: Getting odd voice call outs and bizarre engine starts

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Roger that !!

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