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30 Sep 15:09

cj4-v0.3.1

1d4012d

cj4-v0.3.1

Working Title CJ4 v0.3.1 Changes

Welcome to the latest update of the Working Title CJ4 (v0.3.1). This is still very much a beta. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. This update focuses on compatibility with MSFS 1.9.3, but also includes a few new features and quality of life updates as well.

Installation

Installation is easy, simply copy the workingtitle-aircraft-cj4 folder inside the zip file to your MSFS Community folder. Important: Due to some file location changes in the latest MSFS version, it is mandatory that you fully delete the previous workingtitle-aircraft-cj4 folder before copying this release.

Key Features

Now compatible with MSFS 1.9.3

FPLN Page

Incorrect page numbering has been fixed
Added colors to selected SIDS/Runways for DEP page only (WIP due to 1.9.3 patch)
Added ability to insert waypoints in the middle of the flight plan
Fixed issue where FPLN would always return to page 1 after EXEC

DEP/ARR Page

Executing a change doesn’t move you away from the page
Improved formatting

LEGS Page

Adjusted layout and colors to better match the real unit

TUNE Page

Fixed issue where nav radios would not update the sim radios on update

PFD/MFD

Adjusted font size, color, and spacing for better readability and accuracy (still a WIP)

PFD

Added DME readout for VORs
Changed to use correct colors (Magenta for FMS, green for ground NAVAIDS)
Changed formatting of VOR info block to match the correct layout and element spacing

Aircraft Exterior Model

Aircraft lights have been updated in style to add some lens flaring, brighter visibility, and textures (thanks @Uwajimaya)

Known Issues

You cannot currently select Direct-To of a fix on your approach that is not the initial approach fix. This is a limitation of the sim flightplan system at present. We are investigating solutions to this issue.
After using Direct-To, the navigation will not always automatically sequence to the next fix and may enter ROL mode. You can re-activate NAV to navigate to the next fix if you encounter this issue.
The aircraft is still using the built-in MSFS autopilot (for now). All the existing limitations of that still apply. It does behave a bit better with the various enhancements applied.
TUN page doesn't update automatically when radios are updated externally - reopening the TUN page will reflect these changes.
Performance pages don't currently have input error handling for wind, temp or QNH. These values must be entered correctly and completely in the proper format for the page to work. Note that valid wind directions are 001 through 360 as of now.
FLC stability appears to have regressed with the autopilot aircraft energy calculation changes in 1.9.3. We have attempted tuning the autopilot PIDs but as of right now the behavior of the underlying sim FLC PID itself seems to be at issue. We will continue to investigate.
The sim flight plan fix loader performance has significantly regressed with 1.9.3. You may experience a large delay (15-20 seconds) when adding your first fix to the FPLN page. We are aware of the issue, and although the regression is in game code and not aircraft code, we are looking for ways to make the fact that it is working in the background more obvious.

Assets 3

28 Sep 04:23

github-actions

g1000-v0.3.0-pre1

bcef062

g1000-v0.3.0-pre1 Pre-release

Pre-release

Changes in this version

Main features

Added track-up mode for both PFD and MFD
Fixed unwanted U-turn on ACTIVATE APPROACH
Fixed reversed behavior of NOSE UP/DN buttons in FLC mode
Added HPa mode to altimeter
Added a preference saving system tied to plane model
Configured it to currently preserve the following settings:
- PFD and MFD brightness
- V Speeds
- Track up mode
- Barometer mode
- HSI settings for BRG1, BRG2, and DME
Support loading plane configuration information even in encrypted planes
Detect hardware avionics knobs in all models and configure them automatically
Added support for additional XML-configurable ENGINE pages on MFD
Lots of changes to colors and styling to closer match reality

PFD and MFD enhancements

Added new vertical column tape gauge for engine display
Updated circular gauge to support custom gradations and rounding
Added a flight path marker on the PFD when in Syn Vis mode above 30kts
Correctly handle wind data when on ground or wind speed <1 knot
Fixed reversed wind arrow at all times on MFD
Improve MFD soft key menus, including new switch for TRACK UP
Increased MFD max range to 2000 with more intermediate steps
Move weather radar to MAP page group, only show if radar is on board
Change brightness of PFD/MFD knobs and softkeys along with display

Styling improvements

Change PFD and MFD headers to more closely match the real font size, spacing, and colour
More accurate colors on attitude indicator, horizon, and map; new gradient on horizon
Updated flight director and attitude arrows
Updated styling of airport waypoint info page (more to come)
Updated styling of softkey menus to be more realistic

Miscellaneous

Added sample engine page configuration for G36 Bonanza
Fix false DON'T SINK alert when flying patterns / touch and goes
Improve representation of whole numbers as decimals

Assets 3

27 Sep 23:01

github-actions

cj4-v0.3.0

4b8d4e4

cj4-v0.3.0

Working Title CJ4 v0.3.0 Changes

Welcome to the second installment of the Working Title CJ4 (v0.3.0). This is still very much a beta. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. This update focuses on a number of fixes to the prior version, but also includes quite a number of new features.

Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMZ5oz-Bxo

Installation

Installation is easy, simply copy the workingtitle-aircraft-cj4 folder inside the zip file to your MSFS Community folder.

Key Features

Complete rebuild of templating system to accommodate FMS3000 specific formatting 'quirks' including inconsistent page numbering, inconsistent indenting, proper color formatting, etc
Enhanced EXEC, ACT/MOD and Message handling and resolved several EXEC related bugs
Added AoA ON/OFF/AUTO PFD Menu Line and adjusted AoA Show/Hide logic
Updated LEGS page Layout
Built new FPLN pages
Further enhanced PERF pages, added temporary landing weight calculation (to be further refined with actual performance prediction)
Added additional IDX pages, including DATABASE pages allowing lookup of any navaid in the database
Improved autopilot handling with special attention to FLC mode (works much better for managing climb and descent speed, but still is flaky if enabled shortly after takeoff)
Added functionality to several in-cockpit knobs and switches
Added aircon/fan sounds as well as seatbelt announcement
Improved cockpit lighting
Added externally visible cabin lighting
Added DSPL MENU & MFD ADV pages and functionality, including the ability to turn on/off supported map features and step through flight plan waypoints on PLAN view
Improved TUN page handling of frequencies, including parsing 8.33/25khz spacing properly

Direct To Page

Improved formatting

LEGS Page

Improved formatting

IDX / INIT REF Index Page

Updated all templates, indents, titles and fonts throughout the pages and menus
PROG Page 1 - updated PROG page to protect against errors
PROG Page 2 - shows current wind, headwind component, tailwind component, ISA DEV, flight plan cross track deviation and TAS
Database Pages now work for all waypoint types (Airport, VOR, NDB, RNAV Waypoints)

PERF / PERF INIT

Updated all templates, indents, titles and fonts throughout the pages and menus
Updated takeoff and landing calculations
Added further error protection on all PERF pages
Updated landing weight to a calculated field (to be enhanced further)
Takeoff and landing weights will turn yellow when they have exceeded the maximum values
Fuel used page updated with reset button working

TUN Page

Updated layout and fields
Added shorthand inputs and all valid frequencies should be enterable

FPLN Page

Updated all templates, indents, titles and fonts throughout the pages and menus
Improved EXEC, ACT/MOD and Message logic

DEP/ARR Page

Updated all templates, indents, titles

DSPL MENU Page

DSPL MENU on FMC now allows you to toggle intersections, navaids, airports, and flight plan altitude restrictions onto the PFD and MFD displays

MFD ADV Page

MFD ADV on FMC now allows you to cycle through flight plan waypoints on the MFD PLAN page

PFD

Updated NAV BAR at bottom of PFD to display UTC with HH:MM:SS
Adjusted PFD menu to remove inaccurate 'units' submenu and add AOA menu item allowing AoA to be on AUTO, ON or OFF. Auto keeps Flaps 35 logic, ON turns AoA on for all phases of flight and OFF removes the AoA for all phases of flight.
Enabled viewing of intersections, navaids, airports, and flight plan altitude restrictions on the MFD and PFD

MFD

Enabled stepping through waypoints in PLAN mode via MFD ADV page on FMS
Enabled viewing of intersections, navaids, airports, and flight plan altitude restrictions on the MFD and PFD

Misc

Improved Autopilot handling, specifically for FLC mode (credit: wizzlebippi)
Pilot fan knob works with accompanying sound (credit: J-Hoskin)
CLIMATE CONTROL knob works (credit: J-Hoskin)
COCKPIT TEMP knob works (credit: J-Hoskin)
SOURCE knob works (credit: J-Hoskin)
Seatbelt button works with accompanying sound (credit: J-Hoskin)
Improved cockpit and cabin lighting (including externally visible cabin lights at night)

Known Issues

*FLIGHT PLAN BUG: Entering in waypoints on the flight plan route page does not correctly update the page. (6:38 on demo video).

You cannot currently select Direct-To of a fix on your approach that is not the initial approach fix. This is a limitation of the sim flightplan system at present. We are investigating solutions to this issue.
After using Direct-To, the navigation will not always automatically sequence to the next fix and may enter ROL mode. You can re-activate NAV to navigate to the next fix if you encounter this issue.
There are cosmetic issues regarding the PFD and MFD (shapes, text, alignments). The PFD and MFD have not gotten a full layout overhaul as of this time.
The aircraft is still using the built-in MSFS autopilot (for now). All the existing limitations of that still apply. It does behave a bit better with the various enhancements applied.
TUN page doesn't update automatically when radios are updated externally - reopening the TUN page will reflect these changes.
Performance pages don't currently have input error handling for wind, temp or QNH. These values must be entered correctly and completly in the proper format for the page to work. Note that valid wind directions are 001 through 360 as of now.

Assets 3

20 Sep 23:36

mattnischan

cj4-v0.2.0

0506015

CJ4 v0.2.0

Working Title CJ4 v0.2.0 Changes

Welcome to the initial and very much beta release of the Working Title CJ4. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. We are all very excited to get this release in your hands, which offers a ton of improvement over the stock MSFS CJ4, focusing heavily on the FMC functionality, but with a number of other changes and improvements. There is a lot that has been added and a lot more to do still!

Demo Video: https://youtu.be/xO29LNrNY-8

Installation

Installation is easy, simply copy the workingtitle-aircraft-cj4 folder inside the zip file to your MSFS Community folder.

Key Features

Fixed Direct To routing when attempting to go direct to IAF or enroute waypoints
Enabled proper EXEC/CANCEL MOD function and removed the 'Activate' logic
Created Custom Font and implemented across FMC, PFD and FMS
Updated FMC Layout, Coloring, Keyboard Lighting; added message line and EXEC notification to FMC layout
Fixed LEGS page listing to include all flight plan and approach waypoints
Added PERF pages and functions, including takeoff, landing and fuel management
Added IDX pages and functions, including progress pages, approach details
Fixed PFD and MFD NAV BAR details
Adjusted engine performance and fuel flow to more closely reflect reality (much more work to be done)
Removed reverse thrust
Eliminated erroneous cabin pressure alarms (will need to be remodeled later)

Direct To Page

Adjusted waypoint listing to show origin, departure, enroute, arrival and first approach fix
Added proper handling for activating a direct to the IAF in an approach without causing the plane to fly back to a prior fix and auto activating the approach from present position.
Added EXEC/CANCEL MOD logic to replace 'Activate' logic

LEGS Page

Fixed errors in display of flight plan waypoints
Added approach waypoints to legs listing

IDX / INIT REF Index Page

Status Page - shows database, time, date
GNSS Pos Page - shows current GPS Lat/Lon, date, time
PROG Page 1 - shows last, current, next and destination waypoints, distance in flight plan from current location and ETE
PROG Page 2 - shows current wind, headwind component, tailwind component, ISA DEV, flight plan cross track deviation and TAS
Database Initial Page now allows selecting waypoint from database
Database Airport Page now displays base data for any selected airport
Arrival Data Page now displays the selected approach airport, runway, runway elevation, approach type, approach name, frequency and approach course.

PERF / PERF INIT

Added Main Menu
Added Perf Init Page to set/read weight, fuel and cruise altitude
Added Takeoff Ref page 1 with working calculator for takeoff data for the selected departure runway, including wind, pressure altitude, runway condition, runway length
Added Takeoff Ref page 2 with calculated V speeds and calculated takeoff distance, including selectors for Flaps and Anti Ice state. Vspeeds can be sent to PFD and appear in magenta color when set by FMC.
Added Fuel Management page 1 calculating fuel remaining, displaying fuel flow, allowing setting of reserve fuel, showing endurance, range and endurance to reserve fuel and specific range.
Added Fuel Management page 2 showing fuel flow in each engine and fuel burned, with added 'reset initial fuel' button
Added Approach Ref page 1 with destination details, runway details and landing performance calculator, including headwind/crosswind components, runway condition, pressure altitude and temperature variables.
Added Approach Ref page 2 with calculated Vref and Vapp speeds and calculated landing field requirements and landing field available length. Vspeeds can be sent to PFD and appear in magenta color when set by FMC.

TUN Page

Updated layout and fields

FPLN Page

Updated layout and fields
Enabled first waypoint line management on page 1
Added EXEC/CANCEL MOD logic to replace 'Activate' logic

DEP/ARR Page

Added EXEC/CANCEL MOD logic to replace 'Activate' logic

DSPL MENU Page

Updated layout and established template (to do)

MFD ADV Page

Updated layout and established template (to do)

PFD

Removed erroneous display of GS/TAS from PFD Map
Fixed NAV BAR at bottom of PDF to display current accurate COM1 COM2 ATC1 RAT and UTC
Set AoA to only appear with Flaps 35
Added VRef(VRF) and Vapp(VAP) to the speed tape
Setup PFD coloring so that VSpeeds set by FMC are magenta and when manually set or edited they are set to cyan
Updated fonts to custom font

MFD

Removed erroneous display of GS/TAS from MFD Map
Fixed NAV BAR at bottom of MFD to display current accurate GS TAS RAT SAT and ISA DEV
Updated fonts to custom font
Removed bad CAS messages for PITOT and INERT SEP (more to do here...)

Misc

Added YD functionality (credit: musurca)
Added/fixed many gear-related warnings (credit: musurca)
Improved exterior lighting (Landing/taxi light visibility) (credit: Uwajimaya)

Known Issues

You cannot currently select Direct-To of a fix on your approach that is not the initial approach fix. This is a limitation of the sim flightplan system at present. We are investigating solutions to this issue.
After using Direct-To, the navigation will not always automatically sequence to the next fix and may enter ROL mode. You can re-activate NAV to navigate to the next fix if you encounter this issue.
There are cosmetic issues regarding the PFD and MFD (shapes, text, alignments). The PFD and MFD have not gotten a full layout overhaul as of this time.
The aircraft is still using the built-in MSFS autopilot (for now). All the existing limitations of that still apply. It does behave a bit better with the engine performance changes.

Assets 3