MaverickM11 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 15722 posts, RR: 47 Posted (8 years 11 months 21 hours ago) and read 6618 times:
Lately FS2004 has not allowed me to control 2 or more engines occasionally; no matter what I do I can only control the #1 engine from the keyboard. If I open up the throttle panel I can use the mouse to advance all engines but that's annoying. Anybody else have this problem? Any solutions?
Dinker225 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1049 posts, RR: 20 Reply 1, posted (8 years 11 months 21 hours ago) and read 6606 times:
Try pressing E then 1,2,3,4. E is the engine select and 1,2,3,4 is the engine number you are selecting. If you hit E then 1,2,3,4 all at once it should reselect all the enges. Only needs to be done 1 and 2 if there are only 2 engines on the plane. Hope that makes sense.
Dinker
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NWADC9 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 4857 posts, RR: 10 Reply 3, posted (8 years 11 months 20 hours ago) and read 6580 times:
You have to do it quickly. When I start my engines on a 2+ engine airplane, I can only control #1. But when I press "E, 1+2..." I can control all engines.
Flying an aeroplane with only a single propeller to keep you in the air. Can you imagine that? -Capt. Picard
PlaneMad From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2003, 533 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (8 years 11 months 13 hours ago) and read 6573 times:
I use E 1+2 etc but sometimes it doesn't work and only 1 engine can be controlled so I just go to select aircraft and press enter to you go into the same aircraft that you left but controlling both engines.
EclipseFlight7 From Somalia, joined Apr 2004, 516 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (8 years 11 months 7 hours ago) and read 6557 times:
It's because of autostart. When you press ctrl-e then it only selects the first engine. What might fix it is going into the assignments screen and changing the select engine to a key that won't get in the way.
LHcapt2007 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 235 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (8 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 6506 times:
My key sequence is: (4 engines) E+1+2, then within 1 sec, E+3+4 and it works everytime. Make sure that E,1,2 are held down together, then, release the 1+2 buttons while holding the E button, then hit 3 & 4 at the same time. Remember, hold E the whole time.
Quick way to start 747 if all are off, click all 4 starter buttons on the upper panel then manually open the fuel valves(below the throttles) when they hit their proper Nspeed. CTRL+E takes way too long sometimes and manual control feels more real.
NWADC9 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 4857 posts, RR: 10 Reply 8, posted (8 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 6495 times:
I just press ctrl+e, repeatedly pressing it untill I hear all engines going. Works every time
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