P3D v4.3
Has anyone tried using the Q400 in the new version of P3D yet? I will upgrade to v4.3 as soon as I know the Q400 works there as it is the plane I fly the most often.
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Has anyone tried using the Q400 in the new version of P3D yet? I will upgrade to v4.3 as soon as I know the Q400 works there as it is the plane I fly the most often.
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Hello,
I just made a quick test and it seems it will require an update. I see wrong values for oil temp, lights for fuel valves going on/off non stop as well as hydraulic pressure once screens have initialized.
Seems to be working fine for me.
Yes, a reinstall of the Q400 might be required if you update your Prepar3D. Check the oil values, if they are ok, no reinstall is necessary
Mine seems to work just fine. Only fired it up and did some taxiing around. Didn't realy notice any abnormalities.
I can confirm that reinstalling solved the issue for me as well.
Worked without a hitch here.
@CaptJAKirk
The Q400 does not require an update for the recently released Prepar3D v4.3. during the testing phase of v4.3 I performed several versions of v4.3 without having to re-install the Q400. However, if you do come across an issue where your oil values appear to be ineligible, simply re-install the Q400.
Cheers
I have recently reinstalled my Dash 8 pro into my P3Dv4.3, I now find my ControlPanel will not calculate my fuel and balance to the aircraft(it is installed as administrator) can you suggest a reason please?
Further to my last message ,I notice that my fuel gauge shows zero fuel on loading the aircraft and not the max fuel as it was before. could this be a problem of the recent update?
Daveebee Daveebee
11:49AM
I have recently reinstalled my Dash 8 pro into my P3Dv4.3, I now find my ControlPanel will not calculate my fuel and balance to the aircraft(it is installed as administrator) can you suggest a reason please?
Have you set the Q400 control panel to run as admin? Have you set an exclusion in your AV software for the mjc84cpan.exe?
Hi, In my second post I did say it Was 'as administrator'.
Installing as admin, is one thing, setting the application to 'run as admin' is a separate operation and must be done after installation.
I have not found a way to 'install as administrator although I have got it running as admin... As it stands my weight/balance page is not working as it did, can you suggest anything because as it stands I cannot fly the Dash without fuel.
To install the Q400 as administrator, just right click on the installer, and select, "run as administrator." Turn off your AV software to be certain that it isn't blocking any part of the install.
the control panel from the Q400 install folder, versus using a desktop shortcut?
(ie, P3Dv4/simobjects/airplanes/mjc8q400/cpan/mjc84cpan.exe.)
The control panel can also be run from the windows start menu, under majestic software.
If you are using the Q400 in FSX as well, you may be using the control panel for that particular (fsx) install/version, and not the P3dv4 installation/version.
Each simulator has its own unique installation of the Q400 control panel.
Hi,I really don't know wait has happened to the new 64bit version of the Q400, I have been flying almost since it's release, it has been my favourite aircraft all that time. Now I cannot get the Control Panel (Weight/Balance )page to function at all even thought it is run as 'administrator' . When the aircraft is loaded it shows 'max fuel' I try to enter a fuel/pax/ cargo load into the weight balance page and the settings I input show up, but when I press 'calculate' nothing happens...... pressing the 'send data to aircraft' button erases the fuel indication to zero. This control panel function is very important to the operation of this aircraft. If I am unable to restore the ability to load the aircraft I am very much afraid that my flying of this brilliant aircraft my end. Has anyone else had this problem?
Have you tried a clean reinstall of the Dash?
Hi ,Three times ,each using a new download (without AV software)
@Daveebee
Ok, you have installed using Admin Rights. However you have not answered the question asked in an earlier thread "Is P3dv4.3 the only sim that you are using the Q400?" Do you happen to have more than one version of the Dash installed on you PC, i.e. a P3Dv3.x or FSX version? If so you, and you are using a short cut to the CPAN, it could be pointing to the wrong CPAN.
Might I also suggest re-installing your Simconnect module which comes with the P3D SDK. You should be able to locate all versions in Prepar3D v4\redist\Interface folder.
Are you able to operate the Q400 despite the non-functionality of the CPAN? Difficult to pin point your problem based on the fact that you advise that your CPAN is not working, as there cold have been a mirage of issues that could have transpired on you PC to cause this.
Keep us posted.
Hi, I only have one sim P3Dv4.3 with only 1 Dash installed as admin. I uninstalled all the software pertaining to the Dash 8,on this basis the only CPAN comes from the last install came from a new d/load from Just Flight (no Av software on at the time. If I go to the fuel page in the FMC and input a quantity it does not show up on the fuel gauge on the Dash's fuel gauge.
If I go to the fuel page in the FMC and input a quantity it does not show up on the fuel gauge on the Dash's fuel gauge.
And that would be correct......
The FMS does not control how fuel or payload is loaded onto the aircraft.......all loading of the aircraft is done via the CPAN (Control Panel)
Hi ,Yes that's always the way I remember it when it was working properly. I am wondering if there is something in my registry that is causing this problem,if is that I would VERY wary about touching anything the registry.
Another possible cause for my problem could be my AV software (Bullguard on my case,it has not caused issues before) could it be blocking a function of CPAN?
AV software could be blocking the exe files, yes.
Regarding the administrator rights: There are 2 kinds of administrator rights on Windows: normal administrator and elevated administrator
You need to run the Q400 installer as "Elevated administrator", When you right click on the exe file, do you see the "run as administrator" option? That would be the elevated administrator prompt
Hi , I believe I have 'elevated administrator' set ,I went through a procedure meant to set this condition. On right clicking on the downloaded file to install the Q400 the is no option to ' install as administrator ' only 'run as admin' and the run as admin has been carried out 3-4 times now without apparent success. The problem continues.
It is very unlikely (not impossible) but very unlikely that something is amiss in your registry. If it were you would more than likely be other protection issues regarding the Q400 upon loading.
Your situation appears to be a bit bizarre, maybe you should try and provide some more information regarding your setup in terms of how you how your PC is setup. I asked in an earlier post "Are you able to operate the Q400 despite the non-functionality of the CPAN? Difficult to pin point your problem based on the fact that you advise that your CPAN is not working, as there cold have been a mirage of issues that could have transpired on your PC to cause this."
I have tried many of the obvious things, uninstalling, redownloading without AV, Cleaning the registry of removed software(*Q400)carrying out a clean reinstall withoutAV AS 'ADMINISTRATOR, running as admin. nothing I've tried as at this time has worked.I all seems to stem from my inability to get the Control Panel (weight/balance) to work although I can select the options such lbs/kgs , Hpa/Inches and other settings.
My problem seems to revolve around weight/balance.
Are you running the Control Panel as admin as well?
Yes at all times.
And have you entered all required fields? If you leave some fields blank, the CPAN won't let you send the data to the aircraft.