New FSXBA Hornet

[ctec1]

Got the auto-installer, things seem a bit better, I can see the effects (After burner, cloud above the LEX) and plane flies much better, but still have FCS fail and on the alerts screen (front right of the cockpit, I see FCS hot, not sure what it means). Also, when I load up weapons, I can see centerline tank, sidewinders, and that's pretty much it. Do I need tac pack to see the weapons (I'm not talking firing them as I understand you need tac pack for that). Do I need any additional .NET material?
Anyway, the plane is a fun to fly as it is.
François

For the helluvit, try placing a copy of the HornetFCS.dll located in the aircrafts Panel.Fleet folder into the FSX\gauges folder. In P3dv4 I have to have a copy in the gauges folder or I get the FCS Fail message. I know we're talking FSX here but give it a try and see what happens.

[bisinchi]

Thanks Pat for your help.
OK, weapons selection is visible, but resetting the FCS doesn't change the warning. It does not prevent me from flying though.
My default flight is the default FSX one (at Friday Harbour).
Regards,

François

[Azframer]

With the updated auto installer I get a bunch of warnings of multiple objects with the same name. I will have to go through and figure out which planes in the config file those planes are and change the names. Blue Angels test came up a few times so that could be 7 or 8 of them.
Rick

[PhantomTweak]

With the updated auto installer I get a bunch of warnings of multiple objects with the same name. I will have to go through and figure out which planes in the config file those planes are and change the names. Blue Angels test came up a few times so that could be 7 or 8 of them.
Rick

Hi Rick
When you get those duplicate plane messages after installing a new version, it means you still have a previous version, or two, or three , installed. What I do when that happens is to take the version number, in this case v17.1.31, and add it to the two lines in the aircraft.cfg file, thus:
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[fltsim.13]
title=FA-18C - NSAWC 26 v17.1.31
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ui_variation="NSAWC 26 Grey Camo v17.1.31"

It takes some pasting, but once it's all done, I can there-after very easily tell which is a previous version. That way I can compare quickly and easily how an older version looks/flies with the current version.
Just the way I do it. I am sure there are other, probable better, ways.

Hey Francois. Try what Mr. Ctec1 said: Place a copy of the Hornet_FCS.dll file into your FSX\Gauges folder, and see if that helps.
Also, did you place the effects that came with the new plane into your FSX\Effects folder? There is a folder named Extras in the planes main folder, thus: D:\steam\steamapps\common\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\FA-18C_FSXBA_BA_17.1.31\Extras and inside the Extras folder is one named Effects. Copy the entire Effects folder over to your FSX\Effects folder, telling it to merge the two when asked, and saying yes to any over-writes that may pop up. I don't think that will fix the FCS HOT, but who knows
I'll keep looking. I have a possible lead inside the lights.XML file, that may have to do with the FCS HOT warning, but I need to do some testing. I am lousy at working with .XML files.

Not super helpful, but I'm doing the best I can for ya
Pat☺

[Azframer]

Pat, I used windows uninstaller and it did not delete the last version. I thought it would and assumed. It didn't delete those files, I took care of it now.

Thanks, Rick

[PhantomTweak]

Pat, I used windows uninstaller and it did not delete the last version. I thought it would and assumed. It didn't delete those files, I took care of it now.

Thanks, Rick

That'll learn ya to trust Windoze anything
Seriously, I'm glad you got done what you needed to. I always double check "un-installs", and manually do any deleting they miss. Often a lot of deleting. heh...
Anywho, enjoy!
Pat☺

[72westy]

Would like to install the current version (17.1.31) but I do not have 'Acceleration FA-18' installed. What can or do I need to do? I'm running P3Dv3.4.22.19868

Thanks

[Azframer]

Would like to install the current version (17.1.31) but I do not have 'Acceleration FA-18' installed. What can or do I need to do? I'm running P3Dv3.4.22.19868

Thanks

Just install it to your P3Dv3.4, it is like having the acceleration pack, the same goes for if you have FSX SE.
Rick

[72westy]

Would like to install the current version (17.1.31) but I do not have 'Acceleration FA-18' installed. What can or do I need to do? I'm running P3Dv3.4.22.19868

Thanks

Just install it to your P3Dv3.4, it is like having the acceleration pack, the same goes for if you have FSX SE.
Rick

So I do not need the Acceleration FA-18 installed for P3Dv3? The installer says otherwise.

[PhantomTweak]

No, you don't need the entire plane. What you DO need is the file F-18.dll in your gauges folder. If you have a copy of FSX Acceleration, you can just copy the file over to your P3D\Gauges folder.
Due to legalities, I am not at all sure what you can do if you do NOT have a copy of FSX Acceleration, FSX Gold, or FSX:SE, all of which will come with the .dll included. My LEGAL suggestion would be to buy FSX:SE and use the file from it. It's relatively inexpensive, sometimes on sale for downright cheap. Heck, I bought it for $5.00 when it first came out. I've seen it on sale for about $7.99 or so...
Just my thoughts on the subject.
Pat☺

[72westy]

No, you don't need the entire plane. What you DO need is the file F-18.dll in your gauges folder. If you have a copy of FSX Acceleration, you can just copy the file over to your P3D\Gauges folder.
Due to legalities, I am not at all sure what you can do if you do NOT have a copy of FSX Acceleration, FSX Gold, or FSX:SE, all of which will come with the .dll included. My LEGAL suggestion would be to buy FSX:SE and use the file from it. It's relatively inexpensive, sometimes on sale for downright cheap. Heck, I bought it for $5.00 when it first came out. I've seen it on sale for about $7.99 or so...
Just my thoughts on the subject.
Pat☺

Thanks Phantom. I do have the boxed Gold and Steam version but I jumped over to P3Dv3 awhile back and scuttled both off the hard drive. Don't wish to reinstall either of them.

[PhantomTweak]

I may be wrong, but I think you can find F-18.dll on the installation CD for FSX Gold. Search through the CD should turn it up. If it's zipped, you can just use WinZip or 7Zip to unzip it into a temp folder. Just copy it from there into P3D\Gauges.
Should work.
Worst case scenario, install SE, or Gold, back onto a HD someplace and get the file from it, copy it to where it needs to be, then delete FSX again. Kind of a long process, but not difficult, if you see what I mean.
Hope this helps somewhat...
Pat☺

[Azframer]

If you need the dll file PM me and I can help you out.

[PhantomTweak]

I just didn't want to get involved with any MS legal problems. Like sending someone a file I shouldn't. NOT saying you will, or are or whatever. It's just why *I* didn't want to send any files here or there, if you see what I mean.
I don't even KNOW that it would be a problem. I'm just chicken
Pat☺

[Azframer]

P3D is done by Lockheed Martin, I guarantee it has more to do with the F/A-18 is contracted to Boeing more than it has to do with Microsoft. They at Lockheed Martin just did not want to add their competitor. Maybe if they were minor but not a major one.