thunderstreak wrote:I was flying the Connie the other day and life interrupted my fun, so I paused and saved the flight.
Today I loaded the flight to continue on to my destination.
Once the flight loaded I discovered to my dismay that the engines were shut down and windmilling.
I disengaged the autopilot and clicked "auto-start" and the crew got everything running in short order.
I leveled off at my cruising altitude, set the auto pilot and settled in.
Then I realized I no longer had passengers on board.....
I must have screwed something up saving the flight, any ideas?
I find that most of the more complex aircraft are difficult to save a flight and have it start up exactly where you saved it as far as the aircraft systems. The Connie was the same...but by experimenting I found a procedure that works for me as follows:
- I save the flight periodically and it is not the default flight
- Be sure Auto C&D is turned Off
- Have the flight Paused
- When I'm ready to go back to the flight I start my default flight (hit fly now)
- Once loaded I then go to the top flight menu and choose "Load"
- Select your saved flight
- It will load in a paused condition
- Be sure the FE is activated (mine always has been)
- When your ready to "Un-Pause" the flight be ready to hit "Auto-Start" as soon as the flight is running
- Move your throttles just a little so they are active
- I have to also hit my RPM button once to get the engines back in sync
- Check all you lights, Cabin Signs, Pitot Heat, etc. to be sure they are where you want them
-Probably have to re-trim, re-set the Auto Pilot, etc. also
You will get a little wandering around the sky for just a bit and some "oohs and ahs" from the passengers, as the aircraft moves, but it settles down quickly.
I've tried it twice now and it works...keeps all your time and distance and everything. I even had one time where the screen froze...I did the save, shut down the flight and FSX and when I restarted I was able to recover everything from where it froze.
Hope that helps.
