[09JAN21] 777-200LR/F and 777-300ER Update and 777-200ER Beta news!

[cmakris]

Thanks for your mention, sir😁

we no longer develop in 32bit platforms. this will be only for p3d v4 and v5

[CANorm91]

we no longer develop in 32bit platforms. this will be only for p3d v4 and v5

Because 32 bit is an ancient dinosaur. 64 bit has many possibilities for that "as real as it gets" experience.

[AccusedChip]

I moved on to p3d5 and I’ve missed her so. Almost....reinstalled v4 to get her back, along with the DC6. Thank you for the continued support. I will continue to purchase every offering you provide.

[Michael Moe]

It's no exaggeration that i've been waiting for the 200er for over 10 years..! Can't wait

While we all wait for this to arrive i would love some marketing materiale which describe in detail what exactly makes the 200ER a must have expansion package.
Its nerdy that sells this expansion so it seems like a good point for both sales and pleasure.
Michael Moe

[Yoshua]

So will the T7 update include support for P3DV5? And of course will the 200ER work in V5 on day one?

[[email protected]]

Affirmative Yoshi, both will be available for Prepar3D v5

[Captain Kevin]

May be a bit early to ask this... but will we get a standalone installer, or will I need to keep my P3Dv4.5 777 install intact to install the update? (I have both P3Dv4.5 installed, and P3Dv5 installed -- the 777 is only installed to v4, but want to know if I should uninstall it prior to installing the update, or leave it in-place).

You would have to uninstall the 777 and then run the latest installer since there's way too many things that need updating for the Operations Center to be able to handle. But if you're going to install it in V5 or install it in both V4 and V5, you're going to have to uninstall it and run the latest installer anyway since the only way you can install it in either or both is by selecting it on the install screen.

While we all wait for this to arrive i would love some marketing materiale which describe in detail what exactly makes the 200ER a must have expansion package.
Its nerdy that sells this expansion so it seems like a good point for both sales and pleasure.

First, most airlines actually fly the -200ER, which makes it more realistic versus just slapping the livery onto the -200LR and calling it done, as only 60 -200LRs were built, so most of the liveries you see on the -200LR are fictional. Second, you have the different engine variants.

So will the T7 update include support for P3DV5? And of course will the 200ER work in V5 on day one?

Affirmative.

[Captain748]

Really looking forward to fly the 200ER, EFB as well will make performance calculations easier for 300ER. Right now we don’t have any accurate tool to calculate performance for 300ER, well at least I am not aware of any

[DDowns]

Until we get an EFB I've been using the TOPER for 777. It's adequate, not great but better than nothing.

[jeffreymg]

I just updated to P3Dv5.1 and can not wait to install my 777 into the fleet.

Jeffg

[FBWFTW]

Curious if this means P3D V4.5 only or V5.1 as well?

[Anton Vind]

Curious if this means P3D V4.5 only or V5.1 as well?

Both v4 and v5.

[[email protected]]

The PBR models are just amazing ...Well done... ;-) I hope the PBR model for P3D4.5 will fit and look just as good.

[Kevin Hall]

This is great news. I'm very much looking forward to being able to fly the Rolls and PW powered 777s at last.

[Paulyg123]

The 777 is my favorite plane to fly. It has been over a year since I moved to v5. This will give me something to do in February as golf season is over. I like the Rio to São Paulo 777 route that American flies on the way back to the US flight 950 or 951 I think

[Shifor]

Excited to see progress on the -200ER! Are there any plans to include Hoppie ACARS support with the upcoming update and other PMDG planes?

[cmakris]

Excited to see progress on the -200ER! Are there any plans to include Hoppie ACARS support with the upcoming update and other PMDG planes?

No, we are developing GFO which includes ACARS as well.

[QJE220]

Good day sir.
you talk about ACARS, but what about CPDLC?
VATSIM and IVAO are compatible and it works on A3XX Fslabs with Hoppie. It would be a very amazing tool to include it in your planes too...

[maukro1990]

I´m so happy for getting an update for my favourite aircraft, soon ! Will be get cockpit shaking effects?

[Captain Kevin]

Will be get cockpit shaking effects?

Negative, sir.

[miragef1]

Are we sure that flight simulator 2020 is the future of simulation ??

[cmakris]

Are we sure that flight simulator 2020 is the future of simulation ??

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[CANorm91]

Are we sure that flight simulator 2020 is the future of simulation ??

It's still not quite there yet. Once the complete SDK is out there, it would definitely become the future of flight simming.

[miragef1]

Hello Chris,

[miragef1]

I will do the necessary,

[mighty747]

Got the Beta Team the 777-200ER? Maybe they can post some preview of testing

[xTiMm_]

No, we are developing GFO which includes ACARS as well.

When are you going to tell us something more about GFO and the ACARS thing which is included. How will it be compatible with already excisting solutions for Acars and CPDLC stuff provided via Hoppie?
Please don´t bring just another complete "new" solution on the market which annoys the ATC on online networks to use another tool.
Would be great to hear something soon regarding that.

Its already hard and annoying as a pilot to make ATC to provide CPDLC via Hoppie.
I think just another solution would kill the "fun" for people to provide that stuff.

[rsrandazzo]

Timm- As in all things: When we are ready. - RSR

[CANorm91]

When are you going to tell us something more about GFO and the ACARS thing which is included. How will it be compatible with already excisting solutions for Acars and CPDLC stuff provided via Hoppie?
Please don´t bring just another complete "new" solution on the market which annoys the ATC on online networks to use another tool.
Would be great to hear something soon regarding that.

Its already hard and annoying as a pilot to make ATC to provide CPDLC via Hoppie.
I think just another solution would kill the "fun" for people to provide that stuff.

They did previously mention somewhere that they have worked with the various online networks to integrate GFO, but it's unknown exactly how they've gone about that, or whether it'll be compatible with existing ATC suites that already have the integration with Hoppie. However, I'm more interested in how it's going to handle single logons for multiple sectors within a given FIR or even an entire country with multiple FIRs, since Hoppie has a limitation where, for example, EGTT (London FIR) cannot be used for multiple EGTT controllers at the same time, and thus, EGTT controllers on VATSIM using Hoppie have to use LONx (where x is a sector, for example, LONS is London South). KUSA is even more complicated since it covers the entire contiguous USA, but then you have multiple FIRs in different timezones, so it has to be routed to the right controller, since you wouldn't want a CPDLC downlink meant for KZNY being sent to a controller that's in KZOB, for example.

[TrevorHannant]

Its already hard and annoying as a pilot to make ATC to provide CPDLC via Hoppie.
I think just another solution would kill the "fun" for people to provide that stuff.

Thanks to the integration of a plugin into the UK's controller packs, usage of CPDLC should be increasing there - I'm certainly logging on when I'm controlling (mostly on LON_W) although I have used elsewhere.

[TrevorHannant]

Apologies if I've missed it - will the paintkit remain the same or will there be an updated one at some point after release?

[Captain Kevin]

Apologies if I've missed it - will the paintkit remain the same or will there be an updated one at some point after release?

I'm just guessing, mind you, but I'm guessing fuselage will most likely remain the same since the -200LR and the -200ER are the same length. Engines would require new textures since they weren't included in the original paint kit that only contained the GE90s, and wings would most likely need an adjustment since the -200ER doesn't have raked wingtips. Probably adding the PBR textures, too.

[EDawg109]

Awesome work. Can't wait to have them in sim.

[mighty747]

Can we get another couple of screen shots of the engines’ nozzles please?

Preferably a rear 3/4 view of all three because I will admit I have some doubts about the modeling on the P&W

Explain. I think PMDG got all data from Boeing to model the engines like the real one.

From the angle of the photos, the PW’s nozzle and exhaust spike looks like they were copy/pasted from the GE90 and then shrunk. I also can’t see the rectangular outlines that encircle the nozzle on the PW.

[rsrandazzo]

Actually- our 777 is really just a cut/paste of the 737, scaled up to fit the proper size for the 777. We have about a quarter million pages of documentation for it but we didn't bother to use any of it because it is just a big version of a 737 isn't it? (Okay for those without a sense of humor- I am being sarcastic. LOL) - RSR

[ProPilot85140]

Robert, say it aint so...LOL

[QJE220]

Hi,

More about general question. Will the new version of the 777 be equiped with 8.33 radio? Still waiting for it on the 737.
It's really to bad to see PMDG who was way advance on the planes systems and now late compared to other developpers.

QB