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Jan 12^th, 2006 at 3:28pm

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hi guys, having a problem with the compass. in the last few days it seems to have a mind of its own. for example runway 28 may have a heading of 350, and i just opened a saved flight in which i am heading west-south-west, approx 250 deg., but by compass and obs are showing 016 deg. this happens on all of my a/c.

i recently installed a demo of denver airport so gonna remove that see if it was the offending item.

any ideas?

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Reply #1 - Jan 12^th, 2006 at 4:15pm

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Have you tried reseting the heading indicator when your in the plane? - the default key should be 'D'. (Or have a look in 'Options' -> 'Controls' -> 'Assignments' & then see what key 'Heading Indicator (reset)' is assigned to).

Just a wild guess but it might be it.

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Reply #2 - Jan 13^th, 2006 at 1:43pm

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tried that, no joy! the problem is not specifically with the compass or heading indicator but with the game itself. even the gps has the same problem. so far i seems to be happening around the americas, europe seems unaffected. it is as iff all headings have shifted by a set amount. (+130 degrees or so...)

thanks
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Reply #3 - Jan 14^th, 2006 at 12:15am

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Think I recall that this can be caused by a bad Afcad file.
(..or possibly multiple Afcad files for the same airport)

Did you try removing the Denver demo including any associated Afcad files?

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Reply #4 - Jan 16^th, 2006 at 2:55pm

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That is how i found the solution ... in AFCAD check the suspected offending (denver) airport and click "restore original airport"
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Reply #5 - Jan 21^st, 2006 at 10:05am

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hi there,
i uninstalled denver demo scenery and it seems there is no change., the problem is everywhere it seems(except europe).

odd eh?

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Reply #6 - Jan 22^nd, 2006 at 7:45am

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I wasn't referring to"scenery" I was referring to the new denver AFCAD ... try restoring the original (stock) denver AFCAD that came with FS ...
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Reply #7 - Feb 22^nd, 2006 at 7:04pm

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Hello Folks

Had exactly the same problem following the installation of some FS2004 scenery files apparently files including the prefix AF2_ can cause this problem, in my case the compass and GPS vary plus 30 or 50 degrees.

Whenever this happens I use search to check for AF2_ files and where they relate to airport scenery I rename them and restart PC and FS2002 if that does the trick, I then delete them. This happens in about 20% of FS2004 scenery downloads and most cases sorts the problem.

I hope that helps

Geoff

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Reply #8 - Feb 28^th, 2006 at 10:25am

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hi all, problem solved!

wheni removed the scenery i simply ran the uninstall prog, but i noticed later that the scenery was still listed in the addon scenery dialog box. i removed that scenery area and bad-a-bing! sorted!

thanks all for your help.
John.

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