Milviz F-15 and P3D v3 :)

[DennyA]

Yeah, be warned that Milviz doesn't provide the same level of support for their planes if purchased from a third-party website. Found this out when I couldn't get the P-38 upgrade. I had been a huge fan of their planes, but alas purchased most of their library from other retailers not knowing that made me a second-class customer.

So definitely buy directly from Milviz or you may get an old version, and you're unlikely to get upgrade support from them.

[Daube]

Is anybody else using the F-15 in P3Dv3 ?
I'm getting a weird asymmetrical thrust power... both my engines are on and both throttles advance at the same time, but when I increase the throttle, the plane turns (rudder) left. It's especially annoying upon takeoff or landing :/
On the ENG screen in the MFD, both engines run at the exact same parameters.

[UnknownGuest12]

Hi Daube

Personnaly was unable to get engines started...at first though because I have an early version.

Asked Milviz Colin Pearson from Milviz about using F-15 on P3D v 3 and he answered "Hi,The MV F-15e will not work in P3D v anything as it requires certain code that is not in those. Neither will it work in FSXSteam. Sorry".

So I quited trying to use it on P3.
When I asked Mr. Pearson if possible to get latest version for FSX, adding a purchase proof, he didn't had the consideration answering a mere yes, no, or unable to do so. Will never ask Milviz again for whatever reason, you know what I mean.

Best wishes

[Katoun]

Hi,

To be eligible for getting the latest versions of any product directly from us, you have to have bought it from any of the following: JustFlight (as we are no longer working with them), Flight 1 and our own site.

When Colin answers emails he can be, as in real life, difficult. Especially when dealing with others. I know as I am married to him for the past 8 years. He makes good airplanes and helicopters and the team he runs seems to like him a lot. But dealing with clients and being diplomatic and tactful is, sadly, beyond him.

So, please, take his responses with a grain of salt. He isn't meaning to be rude or difficult. It really is the way he is. Even with me.

If you're not sure that you have the latest from any vendor, contact that vendor and ask. We try hard to make sure that all vendors have the latest products.

Thank you.

Kat.

[UnknownGuest12]

Hi,

To be eligible for getting the latest versions of any product directly from us, you have to have bought it from any of the following: JustFlight (as we are no longer working with them), Flight 1 and our own site.

When Colin answers emails he can be, as in real life, difficult. Especially when dealing with others. I know as I am married to him for the past 8 years. He makes good airplanes and helicopters and the team he runs seems to like him a lot. But dealing with clients and being diplomatic and tactful is, sadly, beyond him.

So, please, take his responses with a grain of salt. He isn't meaning to be rude or difficult. It really is the way he is. Even with me.

If you're not sure that you have the latest from any vendor, contact that vendor and ask. We try hard to make sure that all vendors have the latest products.

Thank you.

Kat.

Hi
Tried to get latest version of Milviz F-15 (Daube says he owns 1.1.0.74). When I asked Mr. Pearson if compatible with P3d V3 he answered no, ok with me, bought it for FSX. Then and since I knew there's a new last version, emailed him once more requesting how to get it ,for FSX with an attached file "proof of purchase" from Flight One (attached) And this because when I requested it from vendor:
Hello,
You need to get this from the Milviz website, www.milviz.com
Thanks!
Jeff Smith
Flight One Software

So I asked Milviz and for this request, got no answer from Mr Pearson. With all due respect , and I undesrtand what you mean, if Mr Pearson has you say, difficulties when dealing with clients so any other person must assume the job. Not going to keep discussing this matter so I'll keep my older version of F-15 (excellent) for FSX. F-86 looks very good on P3D v3.
Thanks

[UnknownGuest12]

Hi everybody

Got latest version of F-15, thanks to Kat from Milviz...

[Boss86001]

So does it work in v3 for you?

[UnknownGuest12]

So does it work in v3 for you?

Tried it today just to answer you and, like Mr Colin Pearson said, no. But it looks great on FSX (wich after much consideration going to stop using).

[Boss86001]

Thanks. Will have to stay with the Iris F-15.

[dougal]

I have a bunch of Milviz stuff I bought for FSX that I dearly wish would work in P3Dv3, but it still appears to be a very 'grey' area for them, which I find really surprising.

[UnknownGuest12]

I have a bunch of Milviz stuff I bought for FSX that I dearly wish would work in P3Dv3, but it still appears to be a very 'grey' area for them, which I find really surprising.

Milviz F-86 works perfectly, at least for my needs...

[Daube]

The Baron was working fine in P3Dv2 as well, but I haven't reinstalled it in v3 yet.

[n4gix]

I have a bunch of Milviz stuff I bought for FSX that I dearly wish would work in P3Dv3, but it still appears to be a very 'grey' area for them, which I find really surprising.

We are working hard to update everything in our hanger to work with P3Dv3, but honestly for some of the advanced aircraft it will take awhile since L-M have made some rather major changes that we have to re-work some things to accommodate.

[Daube]

Just to confirm, the Baron B55, in its latest version (which had a double installer for FSX and P3D) works and displays well in P3Dv3.
The popup panel for chocks/props/pitot display works well also.
The only strange thing I saw was the fuel flow gauge that was showing very high values (impossible to keep in the green for me), but it might just be because of my short flight at low altitude, i don't know...

[Daube]

Small update:
In P3Dv3.0, the Milviz F-15 was suffering from a strange asymetrical engine trust which was pushing the plane noze to the left upon increasing engines throttles.
In P3Dv3.1, it seems this bug is gone The F-15 now flies normally. I haven't spotted any bugs so far. Of course, the weapons still don't work, you can only show them on the plane (load manager is fine) which is enough for me at the moment.

[Daube]

Today I made an evening flight from Bowerman to Comox.
It was quite enjoyable, excepted for the fact that I absolutely need to read the manual to understand how to turn on the ILS on the HUD....

Anyways, I noticed a very small problem, nothing critical but anyways... Basically, the canopy becomes completely transparent at night. During the day it looks perfect (this is seriously one of the best-looking canopies in the FSX/P3D addons), but at night it looks invisible

Here are two shots showing what I'm talking about. Please note I have edited the shots to make them clearer:





What could it be ? A missing texture or a kind of a bug in the graphic engine of the sim ? Just curious

[Daube]

Just for comparison, in the evening the canopy glass starts to become a little bit invisible, but the reflections keep it visible enough:



And in day time, everything seems fine:

[Daube]

For info, the F-15 works in P3Dv3.2 as well.
Of course, just like with the previous versions of P3D, the weapons don't work, but the load manager works well.

[walterg74]

For info, the F-15 works in P3Dv3.2 as well.
Of course, just like with the previous versions of P3D, the weapons don't work, but the load manager works well.

When you say the weapons don't work but the manager does, do you mean that like in the picture they at least appear? In FSX-SE I press SHIFT-3 and select weapons but none of them show up in the model.

[Daube]

Did you check if the following lines have been added to the FSX-SE DLL.xml file ?

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>MILVIZPACK</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>Modules\MILVIZ\Milviz_pack.dll</Path>
<DllStartName>module_init</DllStartName>
<DllStopName>module_deinit</DllStopName>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>MILVIZ_F15E_Nav</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>Modules\MILVIZ\F15E_Nav.dll</Path>
<DllStartName>module_init</DllStartName>
<DllStopName>module_deinit</DllStopName>
</Launch.Addon>

[scotth6]

Hi,

So I was mucking around with an AI drone (the Tac Pack one) and some AI drones I created in P3D V3.2 and I thought a good way to test them out would be to use the Milviz F-15E as I haven't figured out the VRS Superbug's weapons yet. Interestingly I had previously tried the F-15E in FSX:SE and experienced some CTDs so I wasn't too confident about it in P3D. I copied the relevant files to P3D and added the entries for the dll.xml. I fired up the sim and selected the F-15E, and the only problem I could see up to this stage was that the model wasn't appearing correctly; it had a few missing panels. Once loaded the cockpit appeared fine and I started the engines and all the systems, took off and flew around with no issues. I even managed to lock on to a target and launch a missile (using the keyboard because for some reason my pickle button wasn't working on my controller). The missile flew along its trajectory and when it was just about to impact the target, or when it did impact the target, P3D simply closed with no warnings or error messages. I'm not sure if it was because I hit the Tac Pack target with the F-15E missile, or some other issue.

Does anyone have any idea why the model wouldn't be appearing normally? Really this was the only non combat issue, which I don't even mind because I spend 99% of the time inside the cockpit. Please see the pics below:






Cheers,