"Cold Cockpit"

Forum dedicated to Microsoft FS2004 - "A Century of Flight".

"Cold Cockpit"

Postby BLAZE » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:04 am

Hi guys!
Is there any way in FS9 to setup a default "Cold Start" or "Cold Cockpit" It would be cool not to have to hit the Sft-L,Sft-M And so on.
Image
User avatar
BLAZE
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 621
Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:07 pm
Location: Spring City Pa. United States

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby Fozzer » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:59 am

[quote]Hi guys!
Is there any way in FS9 to setup a default "Cold Start" or "Cold Cockpit" It would be cool not to have to hit the Sft-L,Sft-M And so on.
Last edited by Fozzer on Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
Win 8.1 64-bit. DX11. Advent Tower. Intel i7-3770 3.9 GHz 8-core. 8 GB System RAM. AMD Radeon HD 7700 1GB RAM. DVD ROM. 2 Terra Byte SATA Hard Drive. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Saitek Cyborg X Fly-5 Joystick. ...and a Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower.
User avatar
Fozzer
Colonel
Colonel
 
Posts: 27361
Joined: Thu Jan 31, 2002 3:11 pm
Location: Hereford. England. EGBS.

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby Strategic Retreat » Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:46 am

Without any kind of add-on, it suffice you shut off everything (make the cockpit cold and dark yourself) then save the flight as your default one.

Opening FS next, you'll find your cockpit cold and dark again.
There is no such a thing as overkill. Only unworthy targets.
Strategic Retreat
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 643
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:40 am

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby Fozzer » Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:00 am

Without any kind of add-on, it suffice you shut off everything (make the cockpit cold and dark yourself) then save the flight as your default one.

Opening FS next, you'll find your cockpit cold and dark again.


That puts you at the location, and the aircraft, etc, where you were when you saved the flight.

I think the idea of the "Cold and Dark Cockpit" file was to start you off on the Main Flight Sim Menu when firing up the Sim...Cold and Dark, and "Create a flight" from the beginning.

Paul... :)...!

If I can remember that far back, we were at Meigs Airfield, cold and dark, when we first fired up the Sim, and that became the default, before we started saving our flights.
Last edited by Fozzer on Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:10 am, edited 1 time in total.
Win 8.1 64-bit. DX11. Advent Tower. Intel i7-3770 3.9 GHz 8-core. 8 GB System RAM. AMD Radeon HD 7700 1GB RAM. DVD ROM. 2 Terra Byte SATA Hard Drive. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Saitek Cyborg X Fly-5 Joystick. ...and a Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower.
User avatar
Fozzer
Colonel
Colonel
 
Posts: 27361
Joined: Thu Jan 31, 2002 3:11 pm
Location: Hereford. England. EGBS.

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby Hagar » Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:08 am

Without any kind of add-on, it suffice you shut off everything (make the cockpit cold and dark yourself) then save the flight as your default one.

Opening FS next, you'll find your cockpit cold and dark again.


That puts you at the location, and the aircraft, etc, where you were when you saved the flight.

I think the idea of the "Cold and Dark Cockpit" file was to start you off on the Main Flight Sim Menu when firing up the Sim...Cold and Dark, and "Create a flight" from the beginning.

Paul... :)...!

Creating your own "Cold & Dark" situation & saving it as the default flight would do exactly the same thing.
Last edited by Hagar on Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:09 am, edited 1 time in total.
Image

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group
My Google Photos albums
My Flickr albums
User avatar
Hagar
Colonel
Colonel
 
Posts: 30862
Joined: Wed Jun 19, 2002 7:15 am
Location: Costa Geriatrica

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby garryrussell » Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:38 pm

Turning everything off and saving the flight is what I've always done. :)
garryrussell
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 706
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:58 am

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby Strategic Retreat » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:26 am

That puts you at the location, and the aircraft, etc, where you were when you saved the flight.


Nope.

Every flight you start from anywhere after having done that will be Cold & Dark.

And I know it because I DID IT. :P
There is no such a thing as overkill. Only unworthy targets.
Strategic Retreat
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 643
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:40 am

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby Fozzer » Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:42 am

That puts you at the location, and the aircraft, etc, where you were when you saved the flight.


Nope.

Every flight you start from anywhere after having done that will be Cold & Dark.

And I know it because I DID IT. :P


.... ;D...!

Its late November (Winter) here in England...

..so its automatically cold and dark, as I look outside, when I fire up FS 2004 first thing in the morning... :'(...!
So I pop over to Sunny California, where its always warm and bright...(for me!)... ;D...!

Paul...I hate the cold and darkness!... :'(...!

.... ;D....!
Win 8.1 64-bit. DX11. Advent Tower. Intel i7-3770 3.9 GHz 8-core. 8 GB System RAM. AMD Radeon HD 7700 1GB RAM. DVD ROM. 2 Terra Byte SATA Hard Drive. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Saitek Cyborg X Fly-5 Joystick. ...and a Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower.
User avatar
Fozzer
Colonel
Colonel
 
Posts: 27361
Joined: Thu Jan 31, 2002 3:11 pm
Location: Hereford. England. EGBS.

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby Strategic Retreat » Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:14 am

.... ;D...!

Its late November (Winter) here in England...

..so its automatically cold and dark, as I look outside, when I fire up FS 2004 first thing in the morning... :'(...!
So I pop over to Sunny California, where its always warm and bright...(for me!)... ;D...!

Paul...I hate the cold and darkness!... :'(...!

.... ;D....!


Since we're talking in sync, and not in time delay, it's late November here in Italy too, but where I live, in the high hills of the Appennino, it's hardly ever hotter than there ([i]yesterday evening we got about 0
There is no such a thing as overkill. Only unworthy targets.
Strategic Retreat
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 643
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:40 am

Re: "Cold Cockpit"

Postby BLAZE » Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:17 pm

Thank you Gentlemen.
Last edited by BLAZE on Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
User avatar
BLAZE
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 621
Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:07 pm
Location: Spring City Pa. United States


Return to FS 2004 - A Century of Flight

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 263 guests