PMDG is telling me if I don't see seated passengers on B738, the cockpit door has nothing to do with it... Come on!!! On other aircrafts I see the passengers but I must open the cockpit door.
Well, of course the cockpit door doesn't have anything to do with it, the airplane doesn't even HAVE one, which is what I wrote to you in my previous message about the 737 being different and NOT using the Cockpit door to toggle passengers visibility.
Of course, the GSX manual, which comes with a whole chapter explaining all possible reasons why you might not see passengers with the seat, in the chapter named
Seated Passengers disappearing when they sit at Page 96, we find the complete explanation on how the PMDG 737 works:
If the airplane doesn’t have a Cockpit Door that can be opened or closed, GSX will use alternative methods to allow you to control the inevitable fps loss during flight. For example, in the PMDG 737, the “Chime Only” (No Smoking) switch will make passengers disappear if it’s in the On position. To see passengers in VC in the PMDG 737, be sure the “Chime Only” switch is in the Off position.