Real AAL 777 Captain (RET.) demonstrates an incredibly busy "Beyond ATC" flight with a new feature.

[@stevesumner9988]

Well done. I'm an old Caterpillar Tractor Co. retiree. Been out for fifteen years after working for company for 40 years. I'm seeing more flyers around our age. Very nice. I'm 73 myself. Live in Illinois. Been flying since 1993. Started with FS5.1. Come a long ways.

[@FatherTime1958]

I’ve only been retired for a year. It is so great!! I’ve only been flight simming for a year and a half and it is now my retirement passion. What a blast. It’s a lot to learn, but I love it. Thanks for touching base Steve, and please feel free to join the Discord. We always need experience simmers!

[@TwitchGavi]

Love this video❤ from a real captain makes it even better

[@FatherTime1958]

That means a lot. Thank you !!!

[@jesperandersen5693]

A bit loud on the BATC sound :D but great to watch your videos - BATC is great! now I need to learn the PMDG 777 :)

[@FatherTime1958]

I was yelling, wasn’t I? 😂 I knew it was too loud, and I didn’t turn it down. Not good!

[@jesperandersen5693]

@@FatherTime1958 no BATC was yelling- you talked normally so you were suppressed 😅😅

[@MaVe64_FSLTL]

@@FatherTime1958 Yeah ATC is very loud, had to turn the volume down, but then couldn't hear you. Rather hear you over the ATC. This was a good opportunity to use the new UK female voice. She's cute.

[@hassobasso7067]

Im also enjoying beyond atc, what an amazing product! Hope you upgrade the pc one day or adjust the settings, you will definitely enjoy the landings even more!

[@FatherTime1958]

@@hassobasso7067 I know, you’re right. I’m looking into the upgrade, as I can’t seem to stop the stuttering.

[@tj0cktj0ck]

Great video cap, i cant wait for you to get rid of the annoying lagproblems you got. With all that traffic injection it can really get laggy. I know its expensive to get it fixed, but i think its worth it. I guess it costs the same as new golfclubs and a golf membership at a club :D

[@FatherTime1958]

@@tj0cktj0ck I know. You’re right. I’ve been told that my specs are fine and it’s an issue with my settings. I wish I had a neighbor to straighten this out. My C Drive is 75 percent full. Could that do it?

[@tj0cktj0ck]

@@FatherTime1958 @FatherTime1958 The real gamechanger is getting frame generation with a 4-series card. I had lag like you before with a 3080 and now with a new cpu and a 4090 i went from 30 fps to a 100fps smooth. Also if im at egll with tons of traffic on vatsim, i still get still 60 fps with everything on ultra settings. The C drive being almost full should be fine but maybe delete/move some stuff if you can. You should also clear your cache if you haven't done that. Here is a good guide for it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGOwaa1pZsusd6M Maybe that will help also, i do quite often.

[@holobolo1661]

@@FatherTime1958 Wouldn't be the C drive, 75% is fine, and although generally it is recommended to keep 10% free, it would only affect write performance, not reads. What CPU are you running? MSFS is very CPU heavy. Terrain Level of Detail is the main graphics setting which affects CPU usage. Also having lots of traffic will have a big impact, and loading in all the models. Try reduce those until the stutters go away. You can also limit the FPS to somewhere between 30 to 60 (or above), which should also smooth out the frame times. I've done this through Nvidia control panel. If you have textures on Ultra you could also back them off to High, this frees up a lot of VRAM. As others have said frame gen can help mask the low fps, and you can get software for it if you don't have a 40-series nvidia card. There is a good graphics guide on the MSFS forums by "TheOriginalBabu" which although old is still relevant.

[@FatherTime1958]

@holobolo1661 Overview Computer model: HP OMEN 30L Desktop GT13-1xxx Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (10.0, Build 22631) Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor 8/16 Motherboard: HP 8876 RAM: 64 GB STORAGE1: WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-1T00-1006 (953.9 GB/Fixed hard disk media) STORAGE2: ST2000DM008-2FR102 (1.8 TB/Fixed hard disk media) Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB) DISPLAY: Samsung LC49G95T (3840x1080 / 48.7 Inch) Audio1: Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy Audio2: Realtek(R) Audio Audio3: Brio 501 Audio4: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Audio5: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM) Audio6: TCA YOKE BOEING Audio7: Turtle Beach Stealth 700 G2 MAX Keyboard: HID Keyboard Device Mice: Razer Basilisk V3 Audio1: Microsoft Streaming Service Proxy Audio2: Realtek(R) Audio Audio3: Brio 501 Audio4: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Audio5: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM) Audio6: TCA YOKE BOEING Audio7: Turtle Beach Stealth 700 G2 MAX Camera: Brio 501

[@holobolo1661]

@@FatherTime1958 Yeah not likely to be a hardware issue, that's an excellent rig. I watched some more of your stream and realise you already know about Lossless Scaling etc 😂 At any rate, MSFS always struggles with lots of traffic and dense scenery, even with a 7800X3D, and TLOD on 100, I will get the occasional stutter on short final. Has been much worse since AAU3/lastest graphics driver/AutoFPS update. I'm not sure if it's one of those three but my last two flights have gotten completely soft locked and I had to end task in task manager. It's a bastard of a program, most PC games don't require nearly as much tweaking.

[@Jason8314]

Speed Bird , 777 .Love it

[@FatherTime1958]

I even loaded up a British FO for the comms!

[@rob0085]

You can only see the GSX people in the cabin if the flight deck door is open in the PMDG B77W.

[@FatherTime1958]

Thank you!!!!! I’ll pass that off as an original thought😂

[@pulitzarl5697]

Dear Captain Father Time, Have you ever flown into Hong Kong Kai Tak (香港啟德) in 1980s and 1990s? It is really challenging. I wonder if this can be resurrected with an ATC talk.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@pulitzarl5697 I know that MSFS “re-opened” Kai Tak. I have never flown there for IRL. I have flown in there in MSFS recently.

[@stretchedits]

Hi Father Time, how are you doing? So I missed a few recent videos due to being on vacation..............Your ATC program is very realistic, though I think your finding out the limitations of PC flying as you add more and more programs to your sim and start to see some buffering in the sim. Does this program inject the plane traffic as well as the radio traffic, very slick. Amazing what they can do with AI voice creation now.............There was something in FSX called Radar Vector which tried to do something very similar, but years back it wasn't up to this...............Brilliant new video Jeff, thanks and hope your keeping well and still enjoying your sim flying..............All the very best Dave.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@stretchedits hello my friend. I’m getting many comments suggesting that I get a new system to stop the stuttering. It’s hard for me to believe that it’s just not my settings. I need a knowledgeable neighbor who I can give flying lesson to in exchange for improving my videos! Jeff

[@stretchedits]

@@FatherTime1958 Well when I bought a new PC 15 years ago, yes I believe in getting my moneys worth! I moved from FS9 to FSX, wow what an improvement............but just like when MSFS took over from FSX........Anyway after a while people in the community came up with the best settings to get the most out of your system. FSX is all about CPU unlike MSFS which is all about GPU. So you add airports, AI traffic, new clouds and weather, GSX and a whole host of other stuff which is wonderful, but all has a slight negative effect on performance. I am sure the same is true with MSFS too. There comes a point when you have to decide if your happy with what you can do with what you have or need to constantly upgrade to have everything running all the time..............which comes at a cost of course, it isn't cheap to upgrade constantly. I have a program called AI Traffic I think, it's a FS9 program, but runs in FSX, that gives you real airline traffic and their routes and schedules............It really populates your airports but it slows my system down so much unless I stay at regional airports not Heathrow etc I have turned it off at the minute as I have been flying alot of GA stuff setting up my new throttles, made a huge difference in FPS. Anyway.............it's always a give and take situation with flight simming...............Amazing you can get the whole world of aviation in that tiny PC box isn't it! Nice to hear from you Jeff, all the best Dave.

[@chrisgermann6658]

Good lord that English ATC woman sounds terrifying. lol, thanks for another insightful upload might jump into discord with you all.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@chrisgermann6658 please do. We have a great group over there, and we need knowledge people.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@chrisgermann6658 😂

[@FSXpilotman]

Could you turn the software audio down yourself up

[@FatherTime1958]

I definitely messed that up😮

[@guiduz3469]

Radio chat volume is definetly killing this vid... and my eardrums

[@whartsell74]

Recently discovered your channel, I really enjoy the content with Beyond and say intentions. One suggestion, can you balance your voice audio and ATC's audio?. If i have the volume loud enough to hear you, ATC's volume is almost ear bleeding loud.

[@FatherTime1958]

I definitely needed to correct that!!! Thank you!!!

[@Jason8314]

Captain, have you heard of Syd Squad, they do live Streams from Sydney , Supporting Little Wings , transporting Sick Children to Sydney and other locations for Surgury.. Always seeing the American Airlines Flight, landing n Departing.... Thank you for your Videos Sir ....

[@FatherTime1958]

No, I haven’t heard of Syd Squad. There are so many people doing so much to help. I really need to volunteer more!

[@Jason8314]

@@FatherTime1958 They do Live Streams regularly .. Worth a Look , Loving your Videos , with ATC ...

[@Jason8314]

So much Chatter on ATC ,

[@Jason8314]

Sydney Tower reguarly Shouts out to the the Guys doing there Live Streams ...

[@MaxRank]

Landing and departing runways would not be 27L and 27R. Heathrow uses segregation for its runways meaning they use one for inbound and one for outbound switching at 3pm typically on a 2 week rotation. I know it’s a little thing, but my OCD can’t un hear it. lol

[@FatherTime1958]

@@MaxRank that’s true. There are a lot of LHR procedures that I ignored and did not employ. I still really appreciate the overall realism, especially with the premium on.

[@MaxRank]

@@FatherTime1958 I’m watching your videos intently. BATC is not quite there yet for me, but great content. Thank you for taking the time to produce it. As a former KZbin creator I fully understand the effort required to produce great content.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@MaxRank thanks Max. Understood. I am just so impressed when these app creators artificially create great training aids however imperfect and sometimes even flawed. Thanks again.

[@MaxRank]

@@FatherTime1958 quick question unrelated to BATC, can you explain on here or a video perhaps how to draw an extended center line in the 777. I have around 20,000 hrs on Airbus and am attempting to learn the big Boeing. I use the fix info page religiously in the bus, especially for awareness with visual approaches, but I’m a little confused by the Boeing method. Thanks again for the content.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@MaxRank I’m on the road, otherwise I’d make a little video for you, but here’s the Cliff Notes. 6R! On the TO/APP page, click 6R Abe the extended centerline course should already be there, if not then type in the final app course at 6R and execute. That’s it! I’ve noticed that the final course isn’t always there as it should be in the PMDG 777.

[@AndrewSanderson152]

BATC not for me. Voices way too synthetic. I’m sure others will find it useful.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@AndrewSanderson152 I understand. I use the premium voices, so it’s great, but I definitely understand if you’re using the basic version.

[@weizhongxue]

i don t think so you are a really B777 pilot

[@FatherTime1958]

@@weizhongxue I’ve retired, so maybe you’re right.

[@FatherTime1958]

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[@FatherTime1958]

This isn’t the first time you’ve said that to me. Just curious, is it my horrendous flying?

[@jrod_pilot_miami]

Wow, that's the worst ATC vectoring I've ever seen. I know it's England, but c'mon that was bad lol.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@jrod_pilot_miami the ILS failed to capture. I transitioned to an lnav/VNAV NON-ILS. I think that the 130 heading should have worked. It’s been an issue on the PMDG 777 at times.

[@jrod_pilot_miami]

@@FatherTime1958 yes, I did see that. Apologies, I meant on departure. None of those vectors made sense. Turn right, then turn left. Then keep turning left passed your next closest waypoint even though the SID was on right courses at that point. Probably the density of traffic caused your vectoring to "back up" in all the other vectoring it was doing.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@jrod_pilot_miami you’re right, but I still think that the program is awesome for training and immersion. I only wish that MSFS 2024 was projected to have a program similar or better.

[@jrod_pilot_miami]

@@FatherTime1958 I agree. For someone starting out, this is a good way to start familiarizing yourself with ATC phraseology and procedure. Although personally, VATSIM was a great resource when I was doing my PPL training. Helped me get over comm shyness and later when doing instrument training helped me practice SIDs, approaches, MAs, holds. But I'd say VATSIM is definitely not for novices.

[@FatherTime1958]

@@jrod_pilot_miami VATSIM is the best training aid for Comms, but as you said, it’s intense. This would be a way to train up to VATSIM.