Playload weight problem

[amenofiiv]

Hi everyone!!!
I'm triyng to make a playload for the BEAUTIFUL Boeing 787-800 that will be "released" next year. The only 787 (formerly 7e7) that I know is from
Robert Versluys (good work!). I've almost done everything but I've a problem and I hope someone of you could explain.
Once I try the playload with the aircraft the Aircraft Specification box tells me that the MTOW of the aircraft is 205250 (lbs I guess), while the
max_gross_weight on the aircraft.cfg is 452500, same problem with the empty weight.
My question is: which line of aircraft.cfg does the playload file ini read?? There is a way to modify the wrong weight?? You understand that with a
wrong weight dispalyed and calculated I cannot embark all passengers and/or all fuel or cargo...
Thanks at all who want to answer me! (sorry for my englis, hope that you understand!)

Vittorio

[robbiedew101]

I seem to be having the same problem. FsPassengers set it so that when I have full fuel, that is my MTOW. All the numbers look correct
in the CFG, but then again I have very little idea what I'm looking at.

[amenofiiv]

Hi Robbiedew!
It seems that no one had the same problem that we have... however, I'm still trustful that someone (maybe one of the beta testers or even Dan itself)
that are more "friendly" with the playload mechanism could help us!!
see you soon!
Vittorio

[Covoxer]

Come on guys!
DO A SEARCH
This issue is widely discussed in multiple threads here and there....
It is most likely due to a bad empty weight setting in the aircraft.cfg.
Some developers set this value to the weight of the plane with passengers.
As far as I understand, they do it to simplify loading stations (actually they need none ), and to make sure that some newbe users will
not fly unloaded plane.
So, what you have to do is to check current empty weight walue in the aircraft.cfg, and if it is greater that the real one, replace with correct.
If this does not help, or if the value is correct, then we may need to take a closer look at this file
Cheers!

[amenofiiv]

Hi John!!! Thanks for the answer!! I've searched in the forums but (maybe it's my fault) I have not found a thing that could help me...
I've corrected by myself the aircraft.cfg file to make the aircraft empty and still the problem persists...
If you can, could you tell me in which threads (if you remember of course!) you've seen the same problem I have??
Thanks a lot for your help!
Vittorio

[Covoxer]

of the aircraft is 205250 (lbs I guess), while the max_gross_weight on the aircraft.cfg is 452500, same problem with the empty
weight.

Oops, I've missed this somehow...
It is not lbs! It is kg! I mean, in .cfg it is lbs, while in FsP you set your weight units to kg somehow.
To change it, open FS menu: FsPassengers/FsPassengers Setup/Units Setup, then set weight units to Pounds(lbs.).
That's it.
Hope it helps?

[amenofiiv]

Oops! I didn't noticed at all that the weights could be in two different units!
Thanks a lot John, now all works well, I need to test a little bit my playload and in few days I'll be able to send it to the library for the downoad!
thanks a lot!!!

Vittorio

[Covoxer]

Good luck with that!