[09MAR19] Update published for all PMDG 747 Queen of the Skies II Operators

[rsrandazzo]

Captains,

We have just published v3.00.9329 of the PMDG 747 Queen of the Skies II for FSX, FSX-SE, P3D v3 and P3D v4.

PMDG_744_BOE_4.jpg

This update is **primarily** driven by the need to update Prepar3D v4 users to a v4.4 standard that includes the use of PBR rendering on the external models. Obviously, since this is a Prepar3D v4.4-ONLY function, it is not present in either Prepar3D v4 or any of the FSX platforms.

NOTAM FOR ALL PREPAR3D v4 USERS: As we have been warning for some time, you will need to maintain your Prepar3d installation on the latest update commencing with this update series. If you are already updated to P3D v4.4, but after updating the 747 you notice that the engine pylons are black, and/or the aluminum engine intake inlets or wing leading edges are black in color, this means you must still update your P3D v4.4 CONTENT, not just the CLIENT. Lockheed Martin's initial instructions to users suggested only updating the CLIENT was sufficient in order to use PBR, but in recent days that has been determined to be inaccurate guidance which we anticipate they will update shortly.

Since we were pushing out all of these updates, we did have some general cleanup that went on around the product, including items listed below. As usual, our change list is not inclusive of ALL changes made, as we did do a bunch of work in some other areas that wasn't clearly documented during the build process... Mostly just small bug cleanup.

PMDG 747-400/8 QOTSII **CHANGE LIST** - BUILD 3.00.9329 (Released 2019-03-01) [ View Issues ] ================================================== ========================= - 0007523: [External Model - Liveries] Build 9318 PBR Engine Pylon Textures (jbrown) - resolved. - 0007520: [FMS - Route/Legs Pages] Forced WPT Sequencing minimum distance (emvaos) - resolved. - 0007470: [EFB - Performance and Computational] Runway slope (custom airports) is ignored in Landing calculations (mfrantzeskakis) - resolved. - 0007469: [EFB - Performance and Computational] Runway length of custom airports (OPT landing) is set to 0 when LDA is entered and field length is no entered (mfrantzeskakis) - resolved. - 0007413: [FMS - Functionality Problems (General)] IAN app intercepting the LOC/FAC HDG will sync to course automatically like an ILS (emvaos) - resolved. - 0007465: [EFB - Performance and Computational] OPT-Landing: "Anti-ice not allowed below 10C" message should not be displayed when NNC is selected (mfrantzeskakis) - resolved. - 0007464: [EFB - Performance and Computational] Wrong label for NNC speed in Landing-Enroute page results when a NNC with a 0 ADD REF input is selected (mfrantzeskakis) - resolved. - 0007463: [EFB - Performance and Computational] Selection of Autobrakes in Landing-Enroute page not retained when changing OPT page (mfrantzeskakis) - resolved. - 0007457: [EFB - Navigraph Charting Functions] Some airport names appear incomplete, starting with a "-" (mfrantzeskakis) - resolved. - 0007456: [EFB - Navigraph Charting Functions] Some ground airport charts are not automatically added to the chart clip after route setup (mfrantzeskakis) - resolved. - 0007449: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] Registration Number lighting at Dawn (vscimone) - resolved. - 0007441: [Virtual Cockpit - Geometry/Textures] BCF Wiper Blade length (vscimone) - resolved. - 0007409: [External Model - Geometry] Cockpit window tint (jbrown) - closed. - 0007508: [External Model - Geometry] Landing Gear does not dim the landing lights (jbrown) - resolved. - 0007482: [FMS - Performance Pages] PERF INIT page Fuel quantity can not be set manually above 162.0 (kg) (emvaos) - resolved. - 0007474: [Virtual Cockpit - Functionality/Click-Spots] Small light leak in the gear lever housing (vscimone) - resolved. - 0007451: [Virtual Cockpit - Functionality/Click-Spots] RAT Activation near Wiper switch (vscimone) - resolved. [17 issues] We have a few more items that did not have time to be adequately tested prior to this release, and with some luck we'll have those to you in the next week-or-so. Updating your PMDG 747 Queen of the Skies: To update, simply run the PMDG Operations Center, then click on the wheel at the top-right. The page that will display is the updates page. The rest should be self evident! Enjoy your weekend!

[blueng]

Thanks for the update Robert, but PMDG operation center keep displaying the new update although I already did...

[Battchief503]

Yes on the 744 is saying download every time the Ops Center is opened. Appears as 0KB in the download. 748 had no issues.

[blueng]

one more question, you did not mention whether we have to remove all the tomato shade profiles that applied to the 747 ?

[VHOJT]

Hi there, thanks for the update!

I am having the same problem - go to update in the OC and it says 0kb/0 files to update and then crashes.

Cheers,
Rudy Fidao

[Ausflight]

Excellent Robert and team thankyou for the update.
Regards.

[Chevyhd1986]

I don't know what you guys did but the performance is amazing!! Great job on the update, the pbr looks awesome.

[rsrandazzo]

To the couple of you reporting trouble:

Grab the log file and attach it here so we can take a look to see what your hang up is?

c:/Users/<account name>/AppData/Roaming/PMDG/PMDG Operations Center/Updater/pmdg_updater_log.txt

To save time, delete the file, then try the update, THEN send us the new file. Will keep us from having to scroll through years of accumulated data...

[Battchief503]

Here you go

[nmatus]

To the couple of you reporting trouble:

Grab the log file and attach it here so we can take a look to see what your hang up is?

c:/Users/<account name>/AppData/Roaming/PMDG/PMDG Operations Center/Updater/pmdg_updater_log.txt

To save time, delete the file, then try the update, THEN send us the new file. Will keep us from having to scroll through years of accumulated data...

Rob, should we sent it through support? Or we just post them here?

Thanks

[Wise87]

Here is mine.

[Peter Webber]

Thanks for the update and the fantastic amount of effort put in to the product! (Hope you guys didn't ruin your weekend off now!)

[Aussiesky]

Robert, here is the content of the text file you've mentioned...


2019/03/09 11:08:20 [PMDG 1] ===== PMDG updater commencing
2019/03/09 11:08:20 [PMDG 1] Setting up for 744 / P3D
2019/03/09 11:08:20 [PMDG 1] PMDG Updater: Version A18 - Build timestamp Jul 1 2017, 15:58:41
2019/03/09 11:08:20 [PMDG 1] Finding installed PMDG product version
2019/03/09 11:08:20 [PMDG 1] Installed PMDG product version: 3009195
2019/03/09 11:08:20 [PMDG 1] Fetching available product information for P3D...
2019/03/09 11:08:21 [PMDG 1] Retrieved data about PMDG product 22: PMDG 747-400 QOTSII for P3Dv3
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] Retrieved data about PMDG product 27: PMDG 747-400 QOTSII for P3Dv4
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] >>> Product: PMDG 747-400 QOTSII for P3Dv3
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] Finding install-directory this product's simulator...
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] If a registry key error appears, disregard - it simply means you do not have that simulator installed.
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 2] Registry key was located but could not be read!
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] I found no sim install corresponding to product ID 22; skipping.
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] >>> Product: PMDG 747-400 QOTSII for P3Dv4
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] Finding install-directory this product's simulator...
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] If a registry key error appears, disregard - it simply means you do not have that simulator installed.
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] Sim install directory in registry is C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] PMDG 747-400 QOTSII path should be C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\\PMDG\PMDG 747 QOTS II\
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] Updating you to version 3009329
2019/03/09 11:08:22 [PMDG 1] Product directory C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\\PMDG\PMDG 747 QOTS II\ exists
2019/03/09 11:08:23 [PMDG 1] Upstream says 0 new file(s) totaling 0KB
2019/03/09 11:08:23 [PMDG 1] Your files are being updated. Depending on file size, this may take some time.
2019/03/09 11:08:23 [PMDG 1] Need to update 0 file(s).
2019/03/09 11:08:23 [PMDG 1] Total download size is 0KB.


Please fix the issue as soon as possible, still can't update the 744. 748 was successfully updated though.

Best regards,

Naoto Hara

[Griff]

Mine as well.

[FDX706]

Here is my file

v/r

Darren Esannason

[Grapeno1]

I have the same problem, But OMG the -8 Looks amazing. Outstanding job to Robert and his team.

[QCaptain]

Same issue with me too. 747-8 updated but not the 747 series.

[rsrandazzo]

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[Grapeno1]

Mine is working now. Thanks for the quick fix.

[rsrandazzo]

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[rsrandazzo]

Matt,

PERFECT, Thanks!

Saw the issue and we unstuck the logjam

Enjoy!

[nmatus]

I have just retried and the update has been successfully installed. Thanks PMDG for the quick solution!

[FDX706]

Try downloading again guys. Working for me now. Take care!!

v/r

Darren Esannason

[Battchief503]

Matt,

PERFECT, Thanks!

Saw the issue and we unstuck the logjam

Enjoy!

Appears so! Thanks for the quick fix!

[Aussiesky]

Mine is also working now! Both are now up-to-date. Thank you for your prompt solution, PMDG!!

Regards,

Naoto Hara

[Grapeno1]

O my. What a change that made. Wow.

[Wise87]

It's working, thank you PMDG for the quick fix

[robroberson]

I was having the issue with the 747v3 until I remembered to run as administrator. That solved it. Hope this helps.....

Rob

Rob Roberson

[av8r]

thanks Robert and team for all of your work.

will we need to redownload the liveries to take advantage of the PBR?

[rsrandazzo]

Please note that PMDG requires users to sign their posts in the forum. Please create a signature for yourself so that you don't need to worry about remembering in the future- thanks! - RSR

[QCaptain]

To the couple of you reporting trouble:

Grab the log file and attach it here so we can take a look to see what your hang up is?

c:/Users/<account name>/AppData/Roaming/PMDG/PMDG Operations Center/Updater/pmdg_updater_log.txt

To save time, delete the file, then try the update, THEN send us the new file. Will keep us from having to scroll through years of accumulated data...

Thanks Robert
By doing as instructed in the appdata ....folder my 747 is now updating. many thanks to you and all the team for an outstanding product.Credit to you all!

[PelicanEagle]

Hello Robert!

I did fallow the instructions to update this amazing 747 software, at the end; under version only 748 updates, 744 did not update. I managed to fixed it by starting from delating only whole 744 file pack and re-installing it again then I did run the update via OC. it works awesome to see the sun refracting on the metal! what a beauty machine!!!!!!!

Regards,

Rolando

[Bluestar]

I noticed the problem I had submitted a ticket on a few back was not listed, but the issue seems to have been fixed.

Grace and Peace,