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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Radar contact v4
DVA11011
First Officer, MD-88

Joined on September 05 2012

Greenville, NC

2 legs, 2.6 hours
1 legs, 1.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on September 10 2012 21:20 ET by James Kieffer
I'm new to DVA and have encountered an issue that maybe someone has come across and fixed. I did a search in the forums for an answer but came up empty. I know most members of the VA fly online with Vatsim, I haven't gotten to that point yet, so I still use Radar Contact version 4.3 (RCv4) for my ATC ques. The other night I was able to fly using RCv4, after loading and using the DVA ACARS v3 my RCv4 software would stop responding when I go to contact ground for taxi out. Has anyone else had this happen? Any advice will greatly be appreciated.

James Kieffer

First Officer, MD-88
DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on September 10 2012 21:46 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
RC4 should be impacted in no way shape or form from ACARS. I've used RC since it came out and never had any issues like you're stating. Can you fly flights (the ground comms working) without ACARS?


DVA6497
Captain, B747-400

Joined on January 15 2006
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"RLTW"
Kerkrade, Limburg NL

366 legs, 574.8 hours
14 legs, 20.0 hours online
365 legs, 568.9 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on September 10 2012 22:54 ET by Ken Tucker
I haven't checked the forums lately but is there any news (or hope) that RC5 will ever get released?

Cheers!!

Ken Tucker

Captain, B747-400
DVA11011
First Officer, MD-88

Joined on September 05 2012

Greenville, NC

2 legs, 2.6 hours
1 legs, 1.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on September 11 2012 00:07 ET by James Kieffer
Andrew Kaufmann wrote:

RC4 should be impacted in no way shape or form from ACARS. I've used RC since it came out and never had any issues like you're stating. Can you fly flights (the ground comms working) without ACARS?


Honestly I didn't try it off line with no ACARS. It was getting late and I was frustrated. I'll have to give it a try. There may be another issue that I haven't thought of. I just recently replaced the default KATL scenery with a freeware scenery download. I don't know if that has an effect. I'll try RC4 without ACARS first. If it still is not working I'll look into the scenery causing the issue.



Ken Tucker wrote:

I haven't checked the forums lately but is there any news (or hope) that RC5 will ever get released?

Cheers!!


Last time on the forum, JD said the RCv5 was on hold indefinitely. But he still had plans for it.

James Kieffer

First Officer, MD-88
DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on September 11 2012 11:06 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
It has been on hold for a long time!


AFV677
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 26 2010
International Tourist
Diplomatic Mission
Century Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary

Frankfurt, Hessen Germany

118 legs, 210.7 hours
118 legs, 210.7 hours ACARS
239 legs, 400.9 hours total
 Posted onPost created on September 28 2012 06:17 ET by Holger Ende
James, I have the same problem when I use RC4 with a flightplan that has been created (and saved) using the Route Plotter from the DVA Site. Everytime I try this, RC4 stops when contacting ground for taxi.

My solution is to create (and save) flightplans by using other tools. I prefer FSBuild (but there are a lot of other flight planners out there) and I neved ran into problems with this combination.

I'm using FS9 - so I can not say if this might work with FSX, too.

Hope this helped,
Cheers

Holger Ende

Captain, B747-400
DVA11011
First Officer, MD-88

Joined on September 05 2012

Greenville, NC

2 legs, 2.6 hours
1 legs, 1.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on October 01 2012 03:30 ET by James Kieffer
Yes I use FSBuild. I think it might have something to do with a scenery download I installed. I've been busy at work so I have not had a chance to get back in there to verify that is the case.

James Kieffer

First Officer, MD-88
AFV677
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 26 2010
International Tourist
Diplomatic Mission
Century Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary

Frankfurt, Hessen Germany

118 legs, 210.7 hours
118 legs, 210.7 hours ACARS
239 legs, 400.9 hours total
 Posted onPost created on October 01 2012 09:26 ET by Holger Ende
Have you tried to rebuild the scenery DB within RC4 after having installed the new scenery? There is an option in the utility panel of RC4 called "Rebuild Scenery DB".

Holger Ende

Captain, B747-400
DVA11011
First Officer, MD-88

Joined on September 05 2012

Greenville, NC

2 legs, 2.6 hours
1 legs, 1.3 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on October 01 2012 15:38 ET by James Kieffer
That was one of the first things I did. However I am going to try running it a second time just to ensure everything was updated properly.

James Kieffer

First Officer, MD-88

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