Version: all
Frequency: Consistently
Severity: High
(Low - quality of life, workflow optimization, rare enough to not impact production, etc…
High - critical but workarounds are available, important feature not working as expected, frequent enough to impact production
Blocker - prevents from working on the project, prevents from releasing the product)
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Context: What package? When editing or mounted from Community? In main menu or in flight? etc…
Similar MSFS 2020 issue: insert url here if applicable
Bug description:
When trying to implement the xml template ASOBO_HANDLING_Longitudinal_Lateral_Trim_Template into MSFS24 I came across two aspects.
The first thing is the tooltip description. The current tooltip reads “Yaw/pitch trim”. Since this template is meant for trimming a helicopter cyclic stick it should either be named “Roll/pitch trim” or “Lateral/longitudinal trim”. For users who are new to helicopters and use the tooltips as assistance, this would be important to avoid confusion. The current tooltip could lead to the impression that the tailrotor pedals can be trimmed via the 4 way switch on the stick.
Since the template was originally created for MSFS20, I had a user confirm for me that the tooltip is faulty in MSFS20 as well and not only when using the template in MSFS24.
The second and more problematic situation I am facing is the following. I am trying to use the template twice. Once on the pilot stick and once on the copilot stick. I made sure to keep my xml fully on MSFS20 standard and haven´t done any mixing with EX1 templates that could cause problems. On top of that I made sure to rename all relevant parameters in the copilot template so it can be recognized as being separate. Inside the sim however this leads to a big problem. The stick is constantly being trimmed to the left without any trim input from my side. The only way to avoid this is to use the template only once.
When looking into the MSFS20 Cabri xml I noticed that the template was used twice, however the second template has been commented out, probably for the same reason that I had to comment out mine.
I cannot not confirm if using the template twice fails in MSFS20 as well. My goal is to use it in MSFS24, which is why I created this report for MSFS24.
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