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    LevelUp 737NG Long Haul issue

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    11 hours ago, Owen Auble said:

    Hello all! I have an issue with the 737NG if anyone knows how to fix. Basically, whenever I do a flight over around 2hours with the 737-700, I first get really bad FPS at almost 2 hrs into the flight, then it freezes and crashes plane. For example, I was doing a flight today with the Southwest 737-700, we went from St.Louis to Chicago Midway, about 45min enroute, everything went perfectly fine, then we where continuing on to Santa Ana in California, this was about a 3hr and 49 min flight time, we made it I think to almost the 2hr mark, and it had bad FPS and froze and crashed to desktop. Does anyone know what could possibly be causing this problem? I have not tried a long flight with the -800 or the -900 yet, I have so far only had this problem with the -700. Thanks all! Hope we can figure this out! 

    Hello Owen,

    Welcome to the forum. 

    attaching the log.txt file to your post would help shine a light on your issue.

    But if you already made another flight after the occurrence, that file will no longer show the details of that flight. In that case you would have to wait till the issue happens again and then attach log.txt file from the main x-plane 11 folder in your post here.

    There are a lot of simmers here willing to assist.

    xraas saying "too fast" and "unstable" even when the approach speed is correct.

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    3 hours ago, 73samster said:

    Question.....do you update with every new Zibo Mod update that comes out?

    Depends on what is in the update, and I only fly in the weekends, so usually look on Friday what the latest version is.

    Like, yesterday I went from .19 to .24. And I always check if there is an update before I start my sim if I plan to fly the LevelUp or Zibo.

    But I do update LevelUp whenever I update Zibo.

    I hope that answers your question

    xraas saying "too fast" and "unstable" even when the approach speed is correct.

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    5 hours ago, 73samster said:

    I have a question.  Aren't the Level Up aircrafts supposed to have a different flight model?  Meaning isn't each variant supposed to act differently of fly differently?  By copying the Zibo Mod plug in, does it make the airplane all fly exactly like the Zibo or am I not understanding?  

    That is a good question.
    And one better to be answered by someone from the LevelUp development team.

    All I know, and as you can see, there is only one Plugins folder in the 737NG series folder, and that one has a ZiboMod sub folder, and the steps above have fixed some issues reported in other variants than the -800. As an example, I experienced the -600 and -700 porpoising (chasing VNAV) during cruise as well as on final approach. Updating the ZiboMod folder did resolve that issue for me.

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    xraas saying "too fast" and "unstable" even when the approach speed is correct.

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    Posted · Edited by dutchdc3

    2 hours ago, 73samster said:

    I am a bit confused please enlighten me.  I copied the XRAAS.config file to the level up folder and this stopped the screaming landing "too fast and unstable".  Are you saying copy a folder in the ZIBO folder called "ZiboMod" in the Zibo plug in folder and take that drag it to the Level Up folder?  If so, put it in the level up plug in folder and this should resolve a lot of issues?

    I can understand that it's confusing.

    1: Copying the xraas.cfg file to the main LevelUp folder is the fix for the "too fast and unstable" call outs.

    2: In order to implement the latest Zibo updates in the LevelUp aircraft, you unzip the latest Zibo patch (currently B738X_3_51_16.zip)

    - Now open up the unzipped folder and look for the sub-folder: B738X_3_51_16\plugins\ZiboMod.
    - Copy the ZiboMod folder.
    - Go to your main LevelUp 737NG series aircraft folder in X-Plane11\Aircraft (my folder structure is ..XPlane11\Airplanes\LevelUp\737NG series) and open the plugins folder there.
    - Paste the copied ZibMod folder into the plugins folder and when asked let it overwrite existing files and folders.

    Now you have updated the ZiboMod implementation in the LevelUp 737's to the latest Zibo.
    This has proven to save some "behavioral" issues with the base LevelUp model.

    I hope this shines some lights on the 2 different "patches" that are being suggested.

    And sorry to the original poster for partially hijacking this thread with the ZiboMod "update"

     

    CMD Autopilot wont engage - Ever

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    On 1/12/2022 at 1:19 AM, speedbird2970 said:

    Something is wrong with this Levelup crap. CMD do not engage at all, EVER. I´m not the only one with this problem either. Other forum on the internet have alot of people with the same issue. Zibo works just fine and have been doing so for 6 years. This level up need to put their shit together. I´m out back to Zibo until they fix this autopilot. Cant expect more from free i guess...

    Really??? Take a chill pill.

    I have no issues what so ever with engaging Autopilot (I have the Honeycomb Alpha Yoke).
    If I do have an issue engaging AP, I know that I am not trimmed out correctly, or I missed something in the FMC.
    No, I don't start blaming the developer of the product I am using

    Can I make a suggestion, besides what has already been mentioned by others....

    Make sure you trim the plane so that you are on the flight directors without having to put any input on your yoke before you engage CMD.

    Maybe posting a video of what you are doing might help us point you to the resolution of your issue.

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    ALT INTV

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    Posted · Edited by dutchdc3

    Yep flyexp3,

    Looks like you might have found yourself a bug.

    Does the position for the button on the MCP allow you to activate Alt Intv, which means the visual button is missing but the click spot is there, or you can't even activate the function?.

    Is this with all liveries and/or versions? If just one livery, then the issue might be caused by an included config file.

    LevelUp 737 and Goflight Modules using Zibo Config files.

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    Posted · Edited by dutchdc3

    So, somehow using the .zip file from the Zibo and importing that in the GIT Wizard for the LevelUp 737, it doesn't import the bespoke events. That seems to be what causes the the range and mode selector knobs not to have assignments.

    Also, importing the zip files when having the -600, -800 or -900's loaded resulted in GIT closing completely, and all files in the temp folder being deleted.
    (I know, not necessarily a LevelUp issue). It did work (with the mentioned missing EFIS assignments) when having loaded the -700.

    So, I resolved the issue as follows (for those interested!)
    After creating the config .zip file from GIT exported Bespoke events and config file per Goflight Module, while having the Zibo plane loaded in X-Plane:

    1. Unzipped the Zibo config .zip file in a temp folder.
    2. In X-Plane load one of the LevelUp 737 variants (-600/-700/-800/-900/-900ER)
    3. Start GIT and wait for it to connect to the plane.
    4. Look at the plane name showing (Ex. 737_70NG)
    5. This step might not be necessary, but I had to do this to make things work, so you could try first by skipping this step:
      - Open the xxxVars.xml  file in the temp folder with a text editor and change the ICAO B737 to the one shown in GIT, for instance 737_70NG.
      - Save the file as 737_70NG Vars.xml (to match my above example name, lol)

      - Do the same for the b738.xml file, and rename that or save it as 737_70NG.xml
       
    6. In GIT open Detective
    7. Import Bespoke events, and point to the (Zibo).xml file in the temp folder.
      It will take a few seconds for the Bespoke events to show up in your list
    8. Select the tab of each of your GoFlight module, and select the device number from the drop down.
    9. Enable the device
    10. Import the config file for the corresponding device from the temp folder.
    11. Check functionality in X-Plane
    12. if successful, repeat steps 5-8 for each Goflight module.
    13. If all modules work as expected, delete the files in the temp folder
    14. Exporting the Bespoke events through Detective, and the configs for each mode to a the temp folder.
    15. Create a zip file of ALL the files in the temp folder, and save it elsewhere as a backup.
    16. Load the next LevelUp variant in X-Plane, like the 737-600. 
      This will result in GIT closing.
    17. Reload GIT, wait for it to sync with the airplane and repeat the above steps the variant loaded.

    You get the gist that you have to repeat the steps for each LevelUp variant.

    I understand that the above looks like a lot of work, but once you completed 1 variant, the others go pretty fast, and I spent enough money on these modules, so it was worth the effort.

    Okay, now I'm going back to flying these amazing LevelUp planes and continue to enjoy the use of my GoFlight Modules.

    Happy Flying to all.

    LevelUp 737 and Goflight Modules using Zibo Config files.

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    Posted · Edited by dutchdc3

    Hello,

    I use multiple Goflight Modules in my setup, and with the Zibo they all work just fine.

    After loading the Zibo 737, I exported the bespoke events and the config files for each module within Polypot's GIT tool. Then created a zip file containing all exported files.
    (this is also how I created a backup for the Zibo, and that has worked just fine whenever I had to relaod the configurations to get the modules to work after a clean install.

    Then I loaded the LevelUp 737-700, and imported the zip file I just created to configure my Goflight Modules for the LevelUp plane.
    The 2x GF-166, 1x GF46 and MCPPro all work just fine.

    On the EFIS however, The range selector knob and the mode selector know do not work. (rest works fine).

    Does The LevelUp use different events/commands for those compared to the Zibo 738?  

    Oh, and YES, I also reached out on the Pollypot support forum, but thought LevelUp might have the answer here.

    Multiple monitors problem with clicking the switches

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    Posted · Edited by dutchdc3
    Update

    I have a multi monitor setup, and can't recall having that issue. But then again I have views set up, so most switch/button actions happen on my center screen.

    I'll have a look later today and report back on my findings.

     

    Update: On a flight EGYP to SAVC in the 737-700 and no problems using the buttons/switches on any of my screens.
    It can sometimes be hard finding the right "click" spot for the switches/buttons when you see them at an angle, but that is with any airplane in the simulator

    Simbrief Profiles

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    Posted · Edited by dutchdc3

    On 1/3/2022 at 9:34 PM, baseball_inferno said:

    Updated to version 1.1

    Can you clarify what you changed, so that I just have to make the changes in the Simbrief profiles.

    Maybe adding a changelog to your post would be useful.

    It's easier to make the changed in the simbrief profiles in Simbrief than having to replace them, as I customized the profile for european and US flights

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