Slingload tutorial bug

Agent Orange Guest
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Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:40 am

When starting the Slingload Tutorial mission in FSX on Windows 8, the mission ends before it begins: as soon as I switch my view to cockpit view (which I always do in every mission -- I use either the virtual cockpit or 2-D cockpit at all times, since I consider the use of exterior views during a flight to be cheating), the airport terrain changes to all water and the chopper sinks at once! What's going on here???

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
Answered
Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:41 am

I've never attempted it.
See if this helps.

Radar

Agent Orange Guest
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Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:49 am

See if what helps -- using the exterior view, or auto-starting the engines before switching to the cockpit view?

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:26 am

Agent Orange wrote:

See if what helps -- using the exterior view, or auto-starting the engines before switching to the cockpit view?

I didn't watch it so I have no idea what you are saying and I don't "do" missions.
Did it help or not.

Radar

Agent Orange Guest
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:36 am

Haven't tried it yet -- right now I'm doing another mission, the FS2004 flight challenge "Flight of the Vin Fiz", which will take days to complete. When I do get back to the "Slingload Tutorial" mission, I'll try starting engines before switching views.

Agent Orange Guest
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Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:31 am

I know it's been almost 2 years, but I'll post this anyway in case someone else is having the same problem: To keep the terrain from changing to water in this mission, DO NOT cycle the views with the A or S keys, but jump DIRECTLY to virtual cockpit or 2-D cockpit using F9 or F10 respectively. This appears to be a bug which is set off by a specific key combination (cycling views a certain number of times before doing anything), and going directly to the desired view avoids it.

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