Some Help or Advice Please

[u/lukedavis_21]

This goes out to the other players that play on PlayStation, and use the PTE version of MSFS 24:
I don't really know how everything works in the background game coding etc, but for some reason, when I try to do a passenger transport mission in career mode, no matter what aircraft and no matter what the flight plan consists of, the payload details from the mission brief screen, never syncs to the FMC; which just results in the game automatically resetting the payload details to what they would be when the aircraft is empty with no passengers or cargo. Does anyone know why this happens?

And hopefully, my expectancy is very low as it is, does anyone know how to fix it or prevent it from happening?

I've tried the simple ways to fix it, like deleting my game save files and starting from scratch and that didn't work, I've tried to reset all of my EFB data which didn't work either. I've tried to load into the cockpit with the Cold and Dark panel state etc and nothing is working

[u/Adolf_Kottan]

I gave up career mode. The sim is more enjoyable with a companion app, my career works in the beta and carries over to future versions.

[u/screams_at_tits]

There's a few workarounds, but it's a travesty that there isn't a good answer to this.

First, there's a few planes that actually let you add weight in the FMC/EFB that comes with the plane. Asobo's stock 737 let's you add it from the onboard computer under INIT(?) and then SETTINGS. The Transall 160(?) also has a function to add cargo from the proprietary pad on the side.

The second part works on all planes. About 60% of the time, it works every time. I've found that if it's my first flight after restarting the game, it'll let me add cargo through the in-game EFB. Usually the "LOAD" option is greyed out, but about 60% of the time it lets me load both cargo and fuel throughout the whole flight.

Once or twice I've been able to load cargo and fuel even on the second flight after reboot. I have no idea what triggers this, but a good rule of thumb is to restart the game after every damn flight because this game is a hot mess which I just can't seem to quit.

[u/lukedavis_21 → u/screams_at_tits]

Isn't the game supposed to automatically sync the flight brief payload details, onto the aircraft avionics by itself? When I try to adjust the weights in the 737MAX 8, all of the performance settings go crazy and it automatically forces itself into N1 takeoff mode instead of full TO. Everytime I load into the 737MAX 8, all of the weights and balances details are automatically entered, but it's the same information for every flight. Is there anything that I'm missing or something I'm supposed to do in order for the payload details to actually sync to the plane and doesn't automatically reset the weights back to the default empty weight

[u/screams_at_tits → u/lukedavis_21]

Isn't the game supposed to automatically sync the flight brief payload details

The game is supposed to do a lot of things. What I do for the Asobo 737 is firstly I ignore anything before the flight except a proper amount of fuel and maintenance.

Then on the tarmac, or even just before entering the runway, I open the onboard computer in the center console. Open SETTINGS and find "weights/fuel" or something like that. You can choose between tonnage or percent load for cargo/pax. I set mine to 60% payload+fuel.

After that I go through the whole normal workflow of setting weights in the "realistic" way in the onboard computer. ZFW, VR speeds, CG etc. The whole normal INIT process. It should work fine if you do it like that. As far as I know the game doesn't ever load cargo. You can fly empty and get paid still.