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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Power outages??

DVA11506
Captain, B757-200

Joined on May 16 2013
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Southeastern United States

85 legs, 167.1 hours
3 legs, 5.0 hours online
84 legs, 158.1 hours ACARS
1 legs, 2.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 16 2014 18:55 ET by Ralph Camacho

Hey guys I am not as busy with my job, so I am flying again, but I have a question. I do not have a APC/UPC backup for my desktop, theyre kinda expensive for me now, but my apartment has been having a lot of power outages lately, it rains every day now, the power goes off and right back on, my desktop shuts off and resets. I am scared to do any long hauls in a 777 or whatever, because I would lose my flight. Does dva acars save current progress in a complete computer power loss? What about flight sim, is there any way to load a previous flight, or an addon that will auto save my flight every ten sec so that I can start from where I was? Thanks guys

AFV005
Senior Captain, A330-200
OLP

Joined on March 22 2003
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Diplomatic Mission
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
50 State Club
Online Millenium Club
Two Million Mile Club
Historical Five Hundred Club
Double Millenium Club
Under African Skies

"You cannot negotiate with gravity"
Long Beach, CA

2,086 legs, 5,277.7 hours
1,880 legs, 4,385.6 hours online
1,571 legs, 3,472.9 hours ACARS
27 legs, 72.5 hours event
2,350 legs, 6,067.2 hours total

Posted onPost created on July 16 2014 19:04 ET by Kerem Yogurtcugil

Acars can save the flight on predetermined intervals so you can actually recover, I would worry about my computer rather than Flight Simulator as those power disruptions can actually damage your computer and you may have system failure

Kerem Yogurtcugil (AFV005)

Posted onPost created on July 16 2014 19:27 ET by Ralph Camacho

Maybe i should get a UPC battery then. How would I get flight sim back in the same position where I was at in the flight?

Posted onPost created on July 16 2014 20:26 ET by Kerem Yogurtcugil

load the FS, start the acars - it should give you a msg about a flight that was in progress and ask you if you want to recover. That should do the trick. It may not be the exact point where you left off; it all depends the flight saving interval of acars which can be adjusted under the settings

Kerem Yogurtcugil (AFV005)

DVA11781
Captain, MD-11

Joined on October 03 2013
Everett 250 Club
Million Mile Club
DVA Two-Year Anniversary
Quatercentenary Club

Northeastern United States

Posted onPost created on July 16 2014 23:54 ET by Joe Cappelo

a good thing is to just periodically type .save and that will save it too...if u think the power might go out.

Joe Cappelo (DVA11781)

DVA4818
First Officer, B767-300

Joined on August 04 2007

Slovenia

26 legs, 64.8 hours
23 legs, 60.7 hours online
25 legs, 63.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on July 17 2014 06:11 ET by Goran Krulic

Buy a cheap UPS and your problem will be solved, except for beeping when the power goes out.

Goran Krulic

First Officer, B767-300

DVA11021
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on September 13 2012
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary

Milford, NH

375 legs, 620.5 hours
365 legs, 604.5 hours online
374 legs, 618.9 hours ACARS
21 legs, 51.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on July 17 2014 07:53 ET by Sean Zarella

if power transfer from your outlets to your UPS would also cause the same transfer to happen in the sim... say Auto Pilot disabled,. you would get the same beeps:P

Sean Zarella (DVA11021)

DVA10339
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on November 23 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Everett 250 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Online Quadruple Century Club
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club

Alpharetta, GA

618 legs, 2,251.0 hours
448 legs, 1,586.6 hours online
573 legs, 2,112.0 hours ACARS
17 legs, 35.0 hours event
37 legs dispatched, 54.9 hours

Posted onPost created on July 17 2014 11:24 ET by William Anderson

In Free flight, go to load and then I believe it's load last FSUIPC flight and that should do the trick

William Anderson

Captain, B777-200

Posted onPost created on July 17 2014 14:02 ET by Ralph Camacho

Ok thanks guys, so load last FSUIPC flight should bring the plane back to the position and config? Thanks

AFV709
Senior Captain, A220-3(CSeries)
OLP

Joined on November 23 2012
Diplomatic Mission
50 State Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Quinticentenary Club
B737 Century Club
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Online Five Hundred Club
Under African Skies

Saaremaa Estonia

560 legs, 1,211.5 hours
506 legs, 995.7 hours online
559 legs, 1,210.7 hours ACARS
36 legs, 123.8 hours event
48 legs dispatched, 35.8 hours

Posted onPost created on July 18 2014 09:42 ET by Kalev Kadak

Yes it does reload the plane in last saved state but some panels or gauges do not like to be restarted. Usually I recover in this order: start FS loading ACARS flight - pause FS - fiddle all the knobs and switches - start ACARS and recover - resume flight.

Kalev Kadak

Senior Captain, A220-3(CSeries)

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