A319 Changelog
A319 Changelog
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Bug fixes:
- Date button on the chrono works again
- Changed chock and park brake logic for better compatibility with 3rd party addons
- Reduced wing flex induced by landing gear shocks
- Fixed the issue with the cabin disappearing when cockpit door open
- Manual engine start now uses both igniter channels
- CVR ground control is now reset on engine start as it should
- APPR PROC underline on status page now has the right length
- Improved list of inop systems for electrical bus failures
- Correction of GW indication logic on the SD
Bug fixes:
- ISCS text entry boxes now display a cursor
- ISCS dropdown lists are now constrained to remain within ISCS window
- FMA capability indication for GLS approach in manual flight is now CAT 1 (was
AUTO LAND before)
- Correct runway course indication on arrival page to consider magnetic variation
with the correct sign
- RNP value for non precision approaches does nto drop to 0 anymore, but correctly
becomes 0.3 or 0.5 depending on the approach type.
- Changes to the Autosave algorithm to make it less susceptible to crashes.
- Made the fms plan loading function more robust to plans with invalid data
- Fixed excessive ground friction when landing with alternate braking or AntiSkid
disabled
- DC BAT indication on SD ELEC Page becomes invalid, if both Batteries are selected
off
- Generator is now cut off, as soon as the ENG fire push button is pressed, even if
the engine is still running on the fuel in the line
- Fuel system crossfeed works correctly now, feeding equally from both tanks even
when all pumps are on.
- When preselecting a heading on ground, the FCU heading window will initialize
with the current heading
- Reduced IRS drift values by half for more realistic values
- Engine Fire lights now work on battery power to faciliate procedure completion on
ground
- Corrected behaviour of FADEC ground power switches, they are now momentary
switches that will power the FADEC for 5 minutes when depressed once.
- Made behaviour of CLR button XPDR panel more realisitc
- When selecting flaps 1 for landing, the Status page will now be called (As it
should) if status is not normal
- When status paged called automatically, the STS key now lights up and can be used
to remove the status page
- When Using Auto Brake to full stop, pressing pedals won't disengage it like is
the case in real life
- Now properly converting fuel amounts from kgs to lbs on PERF pages when imperial
units selected
- Miscellaneous FMGS fixes
- Fixed FBW roll angle limits
- Improved AP turn direction depending on FCU heading rotation knob
- Corrected altnernate law reversion and AP loss logics for elevator loss cases
- Fixed erroneous ECAM fault messages for center tank pumps
- Fixed ECAM action logics for dual pack faults
- Fixed Air conditioning sound loop in XP10
- VR manipulator improvements
Bug fixes:
- Fixed the excessive CPU consumption of the Equitime point function (increases
fps)
- Fixed ground spoiler activation logic when deploying reversers
- Improved the Dome lighting at night
- Fixed a flight plan caching issue leading to wrong airport identification at high
latitudes
- When reloading a situation faults are now correctly reinstated or reset
- Added triple click when the V/S protection mode engages
- Fixed A/THR arming logic for OEI Go arounds
- Fixed issues with the fault injection logics, when the ISCS remains on the fault
injection page
- Improved functionality of the fault injection datarefs
- Improved NavAid Autotuning.
- Improved EGT computations to consider random sensor offset and effect of bleed
and electric power use
- Improved issue with route caching routine, including the option to turn off in
flight cache updates
- Jump to waypoint now advances the chronos as well as x-planes time
Bug fixes:
- Corrected PFD speed bug location during Go Around
- Prevented waypoint sequencing when flying in HDG mode in opposite direction of
FMS path at current TO waypoint
- Fixed ILS indication location on PFD
- Improved AP vertical target tracking when flying with high Angles of Attack
- Fine tuning of the graphical representation in the EWD.
- Speed target for flap 3 landings is back to VAPP
- Waypoints can now be added at end of FPLN directly on the FPLN A page.
- Fixed issues with ground rolling and flap extension sounds
- Preventing engagement of both APs for a non-precision approach.
- Various small bug fixes
Bug fixes:
- Improved Glide Slope tracking performance
- Fixed an issue on XP10 that could disable LNAV tracking
- Improved GPWS mode 2 performance to reduce occurance of false warnings
- Fixed behaviour of FIX INFO page when two radials are entered and the first
radial is cleared
- When copying the active FPLN into the SEC FPLN, the SEC FPLN page is now called
automatically
- The ILS frequency is no longer deleted when entering the GA phase
- In DES phase, when extending flaps or slats, the managed speed target remains
unaffected now, as it should
- When moving the thrust levers into reverse prior to touch down, the associated
ECAM warning now self-clears upon touch-down
- Speed target in GA phase reduced to Green dot (rather than 250kts/CI speed)
- During TO, in SRS mode, the magenta bug now remains on the V2 mark, but the AP
controls pitch to achieve a speed between V2+10 and V2+20 when all engines are
operating
- KEDW is now available as an airport again.
- Fixed issue with disappearing LOC indication when flying the LOC backcourse
- Fixed issues with Minimum callouts when they did not coincide with Radio altitude
callouts
- Fixed issue with inconsistent runway naming between procedures and scenery
- Improved smart copilot synchronization of the MCDUs
- Fixed a bug leading to x-plane freeze when changing runway after a go around
(under certain conditions)
- Hydraulic brake accumulator pressure does not change anymore when changing from
yellow supply to accumulator supply without changing amount of braking
- Fixed an issue with alternate flight plan loading if alternate plan is in "fms"
format.
- Cabin chime queue is fixed so that no chimes are lost anymore.
- Corrected the logic for AC power supply to the system 1 fuel pumps. Direct supply
from GEN1 now depends on the GEN 1 LINE switch as it should.
- Corrected vertical guidance for LOWI RNP RWY08 approaches. (You have to make sure
to be at flaps 2 when crossing WI750/WI810, the subsequent 3.77deg slope cannot be
flown clean without accelerating)
- ILS tracking retuning in LOC and G/S
- BSCU failures now actually do something.
- Limited alternate braking pressure to 1000psi
- Fixes to the VOR cone of confusion model - you do not lose DME or identifier
anymore
- Improvements to ILS auto tuning
- Standby DDRMI now uses the same datasource as the VOR/ADF needles on the ND.
- When performing a DIRTO with Radial In or Radial Out, the heading does not resync
anymore upon insert, if already in Heading mode
- RNP departures from NZQN RW23 work now as they should.
- Reduced speed trend and vertical FD jitter occuring during high accelerations
- Fine tuned AP altitude tracking and capture
Bug fixes:
- Corrected outside engine volume and propagation distance
- Better touch down detection sounds even with 3d sound fading switched on
- Display of minima in the FMA now starts at 250NM from destination even when in
phase cruise
- Fixed Landing Gear extension/retraction bug
- Miscellaneous FMGS and AP bug fixes
Bug fixes:
- Improved landing gear strut absorber deflections for more realistic ground
attitude
- Fixed SD page displayed after landing after engine shutdown - it's back to
DOOR/OXY as it should be
- Reduced time to disarm slides after landing when engines shut down and beacon
off.
- Fixed numerous replay issues
- Fixed ISI reset issue on power transients
- Fixed TCAS panel CLR button behaviour
- Fixed cockpit brake pedal animations.
- GPWS does not issue glide slope warning anymore, unless you are on a ILS
approach.
- LAND ASAP is now displayed above secondary failures, as it is in real life.
- Fixes to automatic SD page selection logic when ENG mode selector is set to IGN.
- Improvements to the display logics of the MCDU flight plan page.
- Corrected load assignments between generators to avoid generating power out of
nothing.
- 3d cockpit model fixes
Bug fixes:
- Fixed MZFW to be 58.5t as it should be.
- Fixed an issue with entering a plan point in MCDU if alternate and active plan
are both shown on FPLN page.
- Fixed issue with full deflection flight director just after take-off
- Fixed issue with popout windows changing size and position everytime they are
closed and reopened.
- Fixed some ECAM text colors
- Fixed an issue with AP2/FD2 in any CLB or DES mode.
- Fixed an issue that can lead to the aircraft climbing in DES mode, when below
minimum econ speed
- Fixed an issue with the temporary flight path not aligned when they should be.
- Fixed erroneous scaling of the vertical AP command in pitch speed control modes.
- Fixed order of MACH and IAS on PERF DES page
- Fixed sound player issues leading to crackling noises
- ISI backup power supply only available about 50kts CAS
Bug fixes:
Too many to list all, as this version is a major rework of the aircraft.
New features:
- Improved APU GEN representation on the APU SD page.
- Added background lighting to displays, FCU digits, RMP frequencies, clock, etc.
- Reworked the ECAM flap indication to match latest standard
- Reworked ECAM F/CTL + HYD page to match latest standard
- Added Delta ISA temperature information to SD permanent data; TAT and SAT on SD
now depend on data source availability.
- Added Datarefs to set the door modes: AirbusFBW/PaxDoorModeArray and
AirbusFBW/CargoDoorModeArray - 0: Closed, 1: Auto, 2: Open
- FMGS initialization is now possible in flight using DIRTO and subsequently NEW
DEST.
- Flare law reworked based on new information
- Improve Autopilot ALT* law
- Rework of the Airbus house livery textures by Christopher Tantow
- Rework of the external model normals by MattDesigns
- SmartCopilot improvements by MaxWaldorf
- Improved landing gear ground contact noise
- Added sounds for the spoiler lever, the brightness rheostats, avionics
ventilation startup, electrical DC relays
- Fixed a sound database bug, reequalized the engine sound volumes.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed marching ants under PFD
- Fixed marching ants in wing
- Improved flap animation
- Fixed a bug with the FD button of the copilot side. (It now removes the FD bars
from the copilot PFD)
- Correct AP mode reversions and AP disengagement logic during non-precision
approaches with MDA defined.
- Corrected maximum aileron deflection up when flaps/slats are extended.
- When entering a RWY only approach, the FMGS adds a CF point 5NM before the runway
as it should.
- Fixed the MCDU key interaction delay to be a constant 300ms.
- Fixed a bug with the use of Place/Bearing/Distance type points on the lateral
revision page.
- Yaw trim reset now goes all the way to zero, even if you release the push button.
Bug fixes:
- TCAS now works as it should with online flying clients. (Tested with xivap and
xsquawkbox)
- Removed VFE Next indication on PFD above 20000ft
- Fixed a FMS crash when changing SIDs
- Fixed the flashing behaviour of the QNH/Std indication in the PFD if the
selection matches the selected FCU altitude
- Fixed the default camera position to not be in the seats head rest
- Improved descent behaviour for descents starting before the T/D
- Fixed behaviour when pulling the SPD knob AFTER selecting the desired target
speed.
- If you turn off the PFD, the PFD image swaps automatically to the ND correctly
now.
- Trim Air Valves do not swap positions anymore and temperature changes are more
gradual.
- Added correction for DME offsets on ILS DMEs.
- WX system switch now does what it's supposed to do.
- Fixed the pitch trim wheel and drum animations
Bug fixes:
- Fixed the unintended reset of FCU and GPS during power transients
- Fixed an issue with the transponder/TCAS when using 19 AI aircraft leading to
quite weird random behaviour
- Fixed engine heat blur: More realistic length of the heat blur, heat blur now
also present when thrust is reversed
- Removed cockpit rain effects when in the cabin.
- Fixed a bug in the FMGS that could lead to crashes/hangups, if an alternate plan
exists and transition altitude at departure and destination are not the same
Bug fixes:
- When using the fire extingushing bottles, the DISCH light now comes up at the
right time.
- Fixed an issue with import of altitude and speed constraints in newer CFIP files.
- After entering the TO/FROM ICAO codes, the ALTN airport now shows "NONE" rather
than red boxes
- When Pulling the SPD knob, the speed target synchronizes to the current speed.
- Fixed a bug to make sure that FBW system drops to alternate mode when in EMER
ELEC configuration
- Fixed behaviour of the ECAM ALL button for repetitive pushes.
- Fixed EIS switching behaviour when all screens are available.
- Fixed airplane symbol location in PLAN mode
- Upon go-around the AP reverts now to HDG/VS mode (if it was in TRK/FPA before)
- Made the pitch down notion when approaching stall in alternate mode more
noticeable
- Improved flap/slat extension times and Normal law compensation of flap movement
- Allowed the activation of managed Descent during the Cruise phase now. (at -
1000fpm)
- Fixed a bug that could lead to loss of correct ILS data on approach, if the
flight plan asks for tuning an ILS DME in VOR1.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed the FMS reset on power transients bug
- Now we REALLY fixed the "No SIDs if RWY ID in apt.dat and CIFP.dat don't match"
bug - XP11 only though.
- Removed the boxes around ARMED modes in the FMA
- Improved APU shutdown behaviour
- Fixed the bug with NAV2 not accepting identifiers
- Flight plan import now removes ALL altitude constraints if the flight plan has
altitude information at every point.
- Fixed the ISCS vs MCDU window open issue.
- Fixed APU sounds during delayed shutdown sequence.
- Removed the "feature" that block fuel is deleted if your extra fuel is negative.
- Fixed an issue with pack operation in flight when one engine is failed and
crossbleed valve is open.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed the QNH reset to zero when popping up the ISI
- Fixed the spurious MCDU resets during power transients.
- Fixed issue that rotating the BARO knob in mode STD had an effect on altimeter.
- Added Probe and window heating to the electrical bus loads
- Fixed possibility to start APU of batteries when in mid-air.
- Fixed saving of the XPDR compatibility preference setting.
- CVR ground control switches off now, when starting the engines or being off
ground.
- PACK 1(2) OFF ECAM messages now have a 60 second delay to allow the pilot to
switch them off after thrust reduction.
- Retuning of the volume levels between TRU and air conditioning in the cockpit.
- Fixed the bug that SIDs are not available if the runway designator in the apt.dat
file and the procedure file are off by 1.
- Fixed the import of altitude constraints that are stored in the CIFP file in the
format FLxxx instead of altitude in feet.
- Improved pitch trim wheel mapping between animation and actual stab position.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed the issue with Crashes on Take-off when random faults are enabled
- Fixed automatic Sharklet/Winglet selection based on livery string.
- Fixed the crashes occuring when scrolling through the flight plan with ND set to
mode PLAN
- Made display of AUTO BRK Memo more accurate
- Added performance parameters to the list of parameters to be cleared on FMGS
reset after landing
- Increased park brake pressure to value listed in AMM
- Some FMGS bug fixes for particular SIDs/STARs/VIAs.
- Fine tuned cruise-fuel consumption.
- Fixed a FMGS bug leading to the program hanging in the vertical prediction under
certain circumstances.
- Fix for Transponder issues with third party traffic/ATC add-ons.
- Increased lighting distance for landing, taxi, and runway turn-off lights.
Features:
- TO performance calculator now considers runway shift entered in MCDU.
- Major cockpit texture rework: Colour, reflectiveness, ND brightness knob tick
mark, and many other small details
- Added support for "per engine" command to hold reversers at MAX
- ECAM rework: Logic for display of LDG and TO Memos more like real life + upon
display of a fault the associated system page is automatically displayed.
- Implementation of a fault injection interface allowing to choose from about 100
system failures to be injected either at a specific point in time or randomly.
- Complete rework of the Target Speed/Mach as function of CI - speeds are now wind
dependent.
- Prepared the interface for Smartcopilot files
- Alternate and Direct Law for the FBW system
- Complete custom sounds from TSS for the CFM engine.
- Support for IAE engine sound pack as payware addon.
- Added DEST and T/D / STEP altitude information to CRZ PERF page
- Adjusted engine spool up behaviour from idle and added distinction between
ground/flight idle and approach idle.
- Pressing the FPLN button while on the flight plan page brings the flight plan
scrolling back to the FROM waypoint.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug with the assignment between NWS angle and rudder pedals (bug only
occurs when user also has a NWS tiller assigned)
- MCDU Perf Approach page now allows entering DH and MDA independent of the
selected approach.
- Fixed a flight path computation bug when a CI leg follows an AF leg
- Fixed the issue with PRDAT lines in the CIFP files splitting the approaches in
two.
- Fixed a FMGS Flight path computation issue for almost 180deg direction changes
with many subsequent waypoints.
- Fixed a FMGS vertical path issue if the destination airport elevation and the
transition alt are within 2000ft of each other.
- Fixed bug on wind page that the enter-data brackets appeared in last line when 5
wind speed/altitudes had been entered.
- Changed criteria to enter GO AROUND phase to allow switching back to APPR phase
when lateral AP mode GA TRK is still active.
- Corrected tick marks on the N1 arc for the CFM engine.
- Fixed root cause of sound player bug posting error messages in log.
- Improved ND masking for mode ROSE.
- Fixed display area of Terrain on ND feature.
- Fixed FD flag behaviour when outside the envelope, but FDs are in principle
available
- Fixed behaviour of CSTR overlay button. (Removes all other overlays)
- Allow transition to managed speed when in final approach with FD and AP OFF
- Fixed a bug with the sounds that prevented continuous warnings (e.g. GPWS) to
stop playing when sim is paused.
- Fixed the behaviour of the TO Config pushbutton and the two MCDU CLR pushbuttons.
(These can now be held.)
- Automatic deletion of cruise altitude constraints when importing XP10 format fms
flight plans.
- Rear strobe now flashes once while wing strobes flash twice (popular request)
- Lots of other small bug fixes
Features:
- Allows transparent runways (custom scenery), ice/snow runways (arctic/antarctic
operations), or dry lakebed (KEDW) as valid runways
- Modified frequency management to allow use of ATC2Pilot (Note: RMP1 must be set
to VHF1 and RMP2 must be set to VHF2)
- Modified regular brake force such that it can be adjusted via the ISCS now.
- Aircraft is now autogate compatible and starts with the jet bridge attached when
in the right location with engines off.
- ISCS is now moveable by dragging in the title bar of the ISCS
Bug fixes:
- Made the flap lever snap into detents.
- Reduced mouse handler lag on some computers
- Fixed activation issue for some users
- Fixed issue with FMGS crashing when importing FMS files that include active and
alternate flight plan.
- Fixed a crash that occurred when loading a situation file with temporary flight
plans active.
- Removed differential braking from nose tiller.
- Fixed behaviour of the LS button
- Fixed the issue of ILS turning by 180 degrees half-way through the runway.
- Speed constraints are now considered in GA legs
- Fixed behaviour of the ALT knob when switching between 100ft and 1000ft steps.
(No retaining the 100ft value)
- Fixed mapping between pedestal pitch trim indicator wheel and actual pitch trim
position (was off by 0.2deg in some areas)
- Fixed an issue with toggling descent profile
- AP now disconnects on pedal deflection also (did on sidestick deflection
previously)
- Fixed FCU behaviour when manually switching between SPD and Mach mode
- XP11 specific brake behaviour fix.
- Fixed the time out on Master Caution/Warning for AP and ATHR instinctive
disconnect
Features:
- Modified runway acceptance criteria from 1500m length to 1200m length to
accomodate SBRJ
- Added a command to open ISCS window: toliss_airbus/iscs_open
- Popups can now be scaled to sizes greater than 500x500 pixels, if the horizontal
screen resolution is > 1920px.
Bug fixes:
- Added filters on flap/slat lever and speed brake lever to prevent spikes from
joystick axes to affect the configuration
- Correct joystick axis decoding bug
- Wrongly displayed speed trend on scaled popup PFD fixed.
- Fixed the "missing SID transitions" bug. Issue occurred whenever there were more
TRANS than SIDs.
- Sound volumes reset properly when changing airplanes or quitting xplane.
- Some FMGS bug fixes, e.g. lack of procedures after flight plan load.