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Q: My
checklists are running very, very slow
A: Please go to Options / Select Aircraft and then set the 'Delay between call and response' to ZERO, or adjust it to your liking. By default this is set to 0.25 seconds but if your regional settings do not recognise the decimal point as a numeric separator it could be setting this delay as 25 seconds !
Q: Using the 737-800 in FSX I no longer can get FDC to set
the A/T, FD or AP,
A: Go to FDC's Performance File Editor and choose Edit then select the 737-800 Performance File. On the first page ensure the AutoPilot Type is set to MS and not third party.
Q: I have the latest version of FDC and FSX but when I try to
connect I get the following message - "IPC request contains bad data - check
FSUIPC version"...
A: This is not actually an FDC issue but you do need a correctly installed copy of FSUIPC to use FDC. The first thing to do is to download and install the latest version of FSUIPC from here. FSUIPC is FREE and you do not need to register it for use with FDC. If you are still having problems then you could try the registry fix found at this link which has cured the problem for some users. Failing this please post on our support forum and we will do our best to help or direct you to Pete Dowsons forum for further assistance.
Q: I have FDC version 1.0 on CD, how do I update it to the latest
version?
A: There are two answers here. (1) If you want to update to FDC Live Cockpit you have to purchase it as there is no upgrade path available. (2) If you want to update your version 1.0 CD to the last update for that release you must first download and install the accumulative update 1.6 from here. After that you need to download and install version 1.7 from here. Please do read all the documentation that comes with each update, in particular the version history. Please also note version 1+ is no longer supported.
Q: FDC's menu display suddenly changed from English to German. How
do I get it back to English again?
A: Move your mouse pointer down to just below the top left-hand '?' (help) icon until the pointer changes to a hand symbol... then click the left mouse button.
Q: FDC's menu display suddenly changed from German to
English. How do I get it back to German again?
A: Move your mouse pointer down to just below the top right-hand '-' (minimise) icon until the pointer changes to a hand symbol... then click the left mouse button.
Q: After installing FDC for FS2004/FSX I can't find the FDC
Introductory Flight situations.
Q: Checklists are playing very, very slowly, with long pauses
between each call.
Q: When using FDC with FS2004 I get a Error 0 - in 'ReadFSData'
routine when I try to 'connect' to FS.
Q: After installing FDC from the original CD (version 1.0) for
FS2004 I can't find the FDC Introductory Flight situations.
Q: After installing FDC from the original CD (version 1.0) for
FS2004 I get an error message about checking FSUIPC for version 3.5 or
later. What does this mean?
Q: I've installed the latest FDC update but it just doesn't work.
What now?
Q: Since updating to FDC version 1.5 I can't get FDC to connect
when using some third party aircraft and I get an error message about 'ReadAircraftSettings'.
What can I do?
Q: After connecting to FS I get a "2147467259" error message
Q: I keep getting a 'FS does not match the one selected in FDC'
error message.
Q: I get the following error message during installation:- "The
OLE files are in use and cannot be updated. This installation will restart
windows to update OLE. You must re-run this application after windows
restarts to complete the installation". I restart but get the same message
again!
Q: The 'Prepare for Takeoff' hotkey (Ctrl+W) doesn't work!
Q: The flight map shown for the Quick Start flight #5 is
incorrectly showing the map for flight #4
Q: I recorded my own voice set for use in FDC but keep getting
some 'file not found' errors
Q: I can't get the 'Climb Thrust' call to work
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