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Sim Skunk Works Tornado in p3D V5

woody901

woody901

Young at Heart
Anyone having problems getting the 'aircraft configurator' to work from the drop down menus using P3D V5. I have tried running the sim in windowed mode and full screen but nothing happens. This means I am unable to change any loadouts for the aircraft. Just wondering if this was a local problem my end or if others have problems too.
Thanks for any help
Mick
 
I have the same problem and I'm on P3Dv4.5, with both Tacpack and Vacmi. I tried going directly to the PA200Config app in the
Config folder and running from there, but all I get is an "Unhandled Exception" error. I can continue on and get to the load manager,
but it doesn't apply any loads selected to the actual plane.

It was working before on my old pc running Windows 7, but I've just transferred everything over to my new pc running Windows 10.
I don't know if that had anything to do with it or not. Anyway, when I get the time, I may mess around with it a bit more.

-Rob
 
Cheers Rob, at least I know it's not just me. I'll see if I can open a support ticket and report back.
thanks
Mick
 
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I did this:

Select Windowed Mode in the sim.
Select PA200 from the Add-Ons drop-down menu, and then Aircraft Configurator. The sim should pause and the Aircraft Configurator window should appear.

Configure to your heart's content.

When you're done, apply the changes and close the configurator. Return to the sim and un-pause.

Please don't start the 'Windows 10' debate again. I run both P3Dv4.5 and P3Dv5.1 under Windows 10 without any issues.

Dave
 
Hmmm. On my add ons drop down menu I don't have a pa200 selection. I have 'SSW Tornado' which leads to 'call aircraft configurator'. Selecting this produces no results.
Mick
 
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woody901 said:
Dave, Hotfix? For what and where to find it.
Thanks for any help
Mick
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I bought the Tornado this morning from Simmarket, and it was listed in the downloads. If you got it elsewhere then I suggest you try there.
It's a lot smaller than the original, so I downloaded both (as well as the liveries).
I ran the original first, then the livery installer and finally the hotfix.

The above is what you should see after invoking the configurator.

Dave
 
If you are referring to the changed url for the Tornado tablet, then I have checked and the address is correct. The tablet loads with shift 2 and runs fine. The only other fix I am able to find refers to cabbed gauges for P3D v4.2. Don't know if this relevant for P3D v5.
Thanks again
Mick
 
The hotfix I referred to is called "SSW.TORNADO-Installer-P3Dv5-HF1.exe" at Simmarket, and it's only 2.01MB in size.

Dave
 
OK. Good news. SSW got back to me and provided a new exe. for the tornado configure program. All working fine for me now.
Mick Wood
 
Hi all
I recently acquired the P3D V5 version of the SSW Tornado. Most of it works okay but the "aircraft configuration" does not work for me. In addition the start switch clicks but does not move so I have to use "CONTROL + E" to accomplish an engine start. Just wondering if anyone has experienced these problems and has found a successful fix. Have written to SSW but have received no reply at this writing.
Thanks
Warren
 
aspen31 said:
Hi all
I recently acquired the P3D V5 version of the SSW Tornado. Most of it works okay but the "aircraft configuration" does not work for me. In addition the start switch clicks but does not move so I have to use "CONTROL + E" to accomplish an engine start. Just wondering if anyone has experienced these problems and has found a successful fix. Have written to SSW but have received no reply at this writing.
Thanks
Warren
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Good to know, I have this new version but I never installed it. Pls back with info about what you recived as reply.
Here is my manual but it was in early P3Dv4 https://youtu.be/PEU2dPCPNc4 .
 
Hello
So far I have received no reply from SSW. I have re-installed everything including the "hotfix". After playing with the websimconnect I was able to get the tablet to function but the start switch clicks but does not move. Several of the other panels appear non functional as well but most are weapons related so I can live without them. The Aircraft Configuration window allows changes but they don't show on the aircraft and I have not had any success in fixing this. I'll post the information if I get a reply.
Hope this helps
Warren
 
aspen31 said:
Hello
So far I have received no reply from SSW. I have re-installed everything including the "hotfix". After playing with the websimconnect I was able to get the tablet to function but the start switch clicks but does not move. Several of the other panels appear non functional as well but most are weapons related so I can live without them. The Aircraft Configuration window allows changes but they don't show on the aircraft and I have not had any success in fixing this. I'll post the information if I get a reply.
Hope this helps
Warren
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If your selected load-outs don't appear on the model, I'd suggest that you don't have vACMI installed.
The choices are either vACMI or TacPack (and we all know that TacPack isn't likely to appear for P3Dv5.x any time soon).

You can find vACMI here.

Dave
 
Hi
I believe I have vCAMI installed and the weapons objects show up in the simobjects folder - always possible I screwed up the installation but it seemed pretty straight forward.
I will verify that it is installed but beyond that I'm not "guru" enough to investigate it effectively. I did read in one of the earlier posts that someone received a fix from SSW but the folks have yet to respond to my emails.
Thanks
Warren
 
In the 'SSW-Tornado' folder, there's a file called "pa200.ini".

Can you check that the following is the same as yours:

WEAPON SYSTEM
- ENGINE: vACMI or TacPack
#

[WEAPON_SYSTEM]
{
ENGINE: vACMI;
}

If you have it set to '"TacPack" then it won't work unless TacPack is installed for your sim version.

Dave
 
Hi Dave
Thanks for taking the time to help me.
My folder looks like this.
WEAPON SYSTEM
- ENGINE: vACMI or TacPack
#

[WEAPON_SYSTEM]
{
ENGINE: vACMI;
}
I don't see anything particularly wrong with it but I am still not able to load anything using the configurator. I have P3D V5.1 installed. The airplane flies well but the lack of effective load-out is annoying.
Appreciate everything
Warren
 
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