Updated Fenix A320 - Your Top 10 Questions Answered | Bugs, Performance, Fixes & Help 

In the Livery Manager you can select 4K liveries by default, but once installed the banner will say 8K is installed. If you look in the bottom right corner of the livery, you will see a faint 4K icon. This means you have 4K installed. The faulty 8K banner is a known issue by support, so it should get fixed.

On the strength of the version 2 release I’ve just purchased today the Fenix A320 after using the FBW version for the last year. Spent the afternoon tweaking everything and finding my way around. I’m sure once I’m good to go I’m going to really enjoy this aircraft. Keep up the good work Gavin, I’ll watching your videos even more closely now for the latest fixes and tips!

My FPS made a Jump up by 10 and more after the Fenix FPS. Nice work From Fenix. And as usual, nice job on your side for that video.👍👍👍

Just did EGGP-LEPA and back with no issues other than a drop in fps on external views whilst parked! Excellent update

If people are struggling with FPS I highly recommend the Frame Gen and MSFS AutoFPS Mods, I also use the Map Enhancement Mod which now also caches your photogrammetry and allows it to be flushed after every flight. Depending on where I'm flying to/from I'm getting between 40 to 70 fps and that's on an Nvidia 3060 with everything set to Ultra. Oh, and I never experienced a single bug during my first flight everything worked as promised.

Really helpful Gavin, Thanks for doing this!!!

Fantastic video. Very needed. Thank you!

Great and helpful video as always!

Very helpful thanks! Not sure if the following was in the last release. If you load your flight plan into the MCDU manually, you will need to ensure you put the end point in on each airway manually. For example if FP shows RUD Z30 MAN UL253 DEP L809 SUG, do not enter the airway numbers alone as the route will be extended. So you load Z30 then input MAN, not UL253. Hope that makes sense.

With the new release I'm finding tiller and rudder control much smoother - I have selected SDS and Rudder damping.

Many thanks For What you do Sir!! Very Impressive indeed.

Very very useful thank you. I might get in the air tomorrow 🤗

Thank you so much for this helpful video😊

Very Helpful !

Thanks for confirming! I set my livery options to 4K and I guess there aren't any. Hopefully soon...

Personally my camera.cfg file was still there in the A320 folder, I even copied it into the IAE folder and it works flawlessly. The cockpit dimensions have changed a bit so I had to do minor adjustments but that was it.

Thanks for the video! Strangely, but none of the listed questions were on my plate while putting my hands on the controls of this new bird… :) But the issues I faced were next: 1. First noticeable thing was that the default instrument views have changed - the ones toggled by Cyril+1/2/3… putting the camera into position where several controls were not reachable or hardly usable… and the full cleanup and reinstall didn’t fix the thing so I was literally forced to replace everything with the custom views which is not that bad except for the fact that it’s an annoying waste of time :) but it’s Ok… 2. Second thing confused me a bit more and it’s a fear that Fenix might change the way they handle the LVARs… Thankfully almost everything works. So far I’ve faced only one thing which confused me and it’s a QNH input… I use Logitech/Saitek radio panel in combination with SpadNext for that and the previous increment step by 1 actually increments the value by 2… which means You can set 1013, 1011, 1009, 1007 and so on… Same for the Standby. I changed the incremental step to 0.25 instead and somehow it started working but I’d appreciate much if Fenix could provide a proper increment setting for that input instead of searching for it myself. 3. And third thing I noticed so far is that the thrust reverse deployment has changed so once again I need to find a proper things to assign the commands from my Honeycomb Bravo… would be nice to also have an advise on that… Other than that - the bird is perfect as it can only be… GSX sync saves a lot of time and adds more fun! I finally feel the controls the way I understand them and the aircraft became much more predictable! That’s the biggest achievement for me personally! It’s not “draggy” that much anymore and really feels like “flying”! Still need to adapt to the new brakes and acceleration on the ground. Performance wise - I haven’t really seen any significant difference since 4090 eats everything i9 13900k is able to put into that muzzle… seems pretty the same as before… And of course several visual improvements are very tasty 😋

That will be nice to see some animated passengers in the airplane. Looks sad empty with those beautiful seats! Any idea when GSX will release that..?!

Two observations: 1. The serious drop in FPS in outside view is also true for 4K textures 2. Did anybody else notice the FPS drop when in cockpit on the ground and you switch on the landing and taxi lights?

This update made the best plane in MSFS even better. I got a huge performance increase in the flightdeck. There are some bugs like the "100 above" callout or the continuous "retard" callout (you have to switch to outside view and go back again. But all callout will be silenced out until you load the Fenix again). It’s amazing how the Fenix team put effort to this wonderful update. They made a wonderful EFB within a half of a year, while PMDG needs 1,5 years for their disappointing "UFB".

Very helpful thank you

You can change the livery Resolution in the Felix livery managers settings.

Performance wise, slightly worse and a bit stuttery on the ground, so turned on frame gen and its better. Could also need some tweaking in NVIDIA Control Panel. I definitely find V2 easier to land, the flare is modelled way better, albeit it is a bit floaty. Cockpit announcements are great, and a decent selection of liveries. 4K ones can be installed you need to hit settings in the Livery manager. EFB way better, and like you can send departure calc to MCDU if short on time. Overall a very good update with many welcome enhancements.

For 4k go into settings on livery installer, you can choose 4k or 8k

My performance has inproved a bit .50/65

About the performance drop due to the 8k liveries, I have the same issue. Even though I have selected on my Livery Manager that all the liveries should be in 4k, it is shown that the 8k version had been downloaded. BUT, if you check the size of the textures and their resolution, their are really in 4k, so I guess that the performance loss must be bad for another reason. Maybe the new outside model is not quite as optimized as the old one.

Should the MiniFCU now work without the need of any other software or does it still require mobi etc?

Thanks!

I have a 4080super and 5800x3d. Turned on FG and stopped looking at the fps counter. Runs great!

Anyone else having issues with reverse thrust settings on the Honeycomb bravo? Flicking up the reverse switches no longer puts it into reverse idle. It still works when flicking the switches up and pulling the levers past the detent to go full reverse but, the switches themselves are no longer functioning in isolation. Thanks for the upload Gav.

There are 4K liveries. Look at the livery apps settings (bottom left). Enjoy! (:

just another quirky thing for me is when sat in cockpit and i press ESC to get the MS menu and then press RESUME the A/THR disconnects. Have to move throttles up and down and then press A/THR for it to work again...happens every time. Thoughts, advice?

@Easyjetsimpilot For the AP bug: it seems like the aircraft triggers AoA protection and it disconects the AP. To deactivate the angle of attack protection, the pilot must push the sidestick: Greater than 8° forward, or, Greater than 0.5 °for at least 0.5 s when a < a MAX. then engage AP again and it should be all good

I’m astonished by the number of bugs in this release, both old and new. It’s not as if they haven’t had an abundance of testing time considering the monumental delays.

It seems like the product was rushed to market before it was fully ready, leading to issues with functionality. The testing phase appears to have been inadequate, and the communication about the product's readiness could have been better managed. For now, it might be best to wait for the developers to release a fix or update to address these issues.

Issue: Aircraft parked at gate in "turn around state" ( engines off, APU running). When selecting GSX to load, I get the error..." you must shut down engines to request ground services". GSX has been updated, but not working. Any ideas?

After a four hour flight did not have any auto pilot issues, GSX was a bit funny on pushback but was happening before the update and other aircraft so not related to this.

Users like me running on a weaker system or laptop, need those 4k textures back!

A brilliant update, but my only qualm is the way it handles GSX - it would be better if they had a separate load fuel and load passengers button - I prefer to load the fuel at the start of the setup, then get the APU up so the packs are running and then load the pax. I find with the new GSX integration there’s barely a few seconds between the fuelling ending and the pax loading, it’s very unrealistic. Using Fenix2GSX doesn’t send the load sheet with this update either, so am stuck using the new GSX handling.

Does someone have an issue that when you try to pop out any screen (Im using ipad), the game just crashes? Was hoping v2 will fix that, but im still having this issue:/ no such issue on FBW though

Hi Gavin. Thanks a lot for this video. I tried to follow the path you gave for the new location of the camera views but I don't have a FNX_320_IAE or FNX_320_CFM files. I only have a fnx320 file which I find odd.

A couple of things I've noticed are that the IAE engines seem very quiet. Noticed this at cruise. And also no wake/turbulence coming out of the back of the jets. Dunno if the same is with CFM as I've not tried it.

you can still download 4k liveries, but the livery manager always sais 8k, you can absolutely ignore that

I have an issue with the rudder pedals, they are impossible to taxi with. If I go to the left they go left but going right after that takes too much time and the next thing I know I’m out of control. Also when I go to hit the brakes, it feels like there either on or off there is no smooth operation. Is there any help for me?

I don’t have that issue with GSX I board the plane with EFB in mass and weight. Then I press board then refuel then etc… it’s work perfectly,

I’m sure I didn’t have this issue during my first couple of flights but when switching between headphones and speakers the cabin announcement sounds don’t transfer and continue to play out on whatever device was being used when I first load into the aircraft despite the engines sounds etc transferring with no issues. Any ideas? Thanks

Unthick display and render options from fénix console and you will have back your FPS, also don’t forget to delete shader cache from nvidia folder

I love the Fenix but why: 1. no Thrust with Idle ? The aircraft doesn’t taxi 2. The Door page not correct because no ,,Slide‘‘ 3. Speed Limit Point climb is away … 4. edit the Des Speed limit point and the MCDU crash. Nice announcement etc thank you, but this points have to be standard….

I applied the new flight control sensitivity settings and I find the flight controls insanely sensitive compared to the V1 model.. should it be like that?

there is an option inside the livery manager that let you choose 4k or 8k.

Everytime i try to run the fenix (after the update) i get an error after around 5 mins or so "dxgi error device hung" i've tried absolutley everything from using no mods, to stopping the overclock on my gpu, i never had this problem until this update. I also did a flight with the FBW a320 and that was fine so i know the issue is the Fenix, any suggestions?

I need those 4K liveries back asap

In your previous video, cabin crew called the flight deck and you answered it... How do you do that? I pressed the button and it lit up green but what else did you press to talk?

Could you upload your custom views? They look really nice :)

Raised an issue with Fenix earlier as the IAE engine version loads buried in the tarmac, even with gear lever down. No failures, no reasons?

Hey Gavin, one thing I noticed is that if you must initially launch the Fenix CFM and IAE aircraft before each directory for the camera views are generated.

Not loving how the default EFB view from the camera menu has changed. Had to save a new preset for that. Also having issues with the Nav light click spot. When it gets flipped all the way up to the #2 position, I can’t click it back down from the default “overhead” view and have to readjust the camera position to hit it. Also still wondering why my 320 keeps loading in with gear missing, falls to the tarmac and I have to restart the flight, but I guess not a lot of other people are having this problem.

Sadly even with 4K I am struggling, someone said in the discord that it is because the cabin being rendered in outside view regardless of being off or on. I am too old in this I should've known better that I had to wait at least for couple of updates before doing a flight.

ciao ,ho installato la v2 fenix ,ma mi sta dando un problema con il caricamento del volo simbrief sul tablet ,mi spiego,quando schiaccio,mi carica un volo che non ho mai pianificato CON ICAO CYUL EGLL,davvero non capisco,ho inserito il mio username sulle impostazioni tablet,ma continua a non caricare i voli che pianifico su simbrief,mi puoi aiutare?

I've been having trouble landing this thing since the update. It floats a lot and the nose doesn't want to come down easily after touchdown. I don't know, perhaps I just need to practice this new model.

hello dear, I have fs2020 xbox version but on PC Win 11, can I buy and use this a320, the reason I am asking is fenix says its not compatible with xbox console, I am not using fs2020on console but own windows version. I am not sure if I buy fenix320 or not.

Couldn’t believe the American Airlines version didn’t apply to IAE in the livery manager

Since updating to version 2 I now have audible ATC and writing appearing on the screen. I can’t work out if this is to do with the Fenix or MSFS2020 and how to turn it off. Are you able to advise me on this? Thank-you

Thanks for this video! I have problems with the flaps of the thrustmaster throttle quadrant. They won't working anymore and i can´t find out how i can activate the needed axis again... Is there anyone else with this problem?

I'm getting a repeated "Retard" audio message after landing. I've managed to stop it by coming to a stop on the taxiway, putting the parking brake on and going to an outside view. When I return to the cockpit the message has stopped. Throttle seems to be set correctly too. Great video and very useful, thanks for posting.

I'm getting a lot of sound stutters not sure its related to the update but a bit of advice would be more than welcome.

I don't manage to toggle between managed or selected neither with speed, neither with altitude nor with vertical speed ...

I purchased fenix just other night to get to the point I open all the doors and as I was ready to leave the gate of course I closed the problem is that on the test panel where it show all the problem the flight may have it showed that I had the slider open I could not find any doors open what might I have done for through the flight it kept warning me that the emergency slider was open .

I had the same issue with the autopilot disconnecting and not wanting to reactivate

Hi. How do i add custom pics to the EFB? Thanks.

My Fpl is lost wright before takoff- only got destination on fmc. And I also cannot hold runway heading on takeoff with my rudder pedals (Thrustmaster)after normal taxiing. Am I doing something wrong? Anyway, very dissapoiting and buggy update for me. I hope they will fix soon...

same for me.. outside i lose 10 fps compared to the old fenix

I'd like to know if it's possible to adjust the thrust lever detents/ sensitivity - I'm finding it difficult to find and keep it in the CLB detent

would you be able to make a video on how you record/stream your videos to help out new youtubers/streamers please? I'd appreciate it please.

Thanks for all your help. I watched a previous video you made where you mention that the MiniFCU is now working. My MiniFCU will be shipped to me in April. Is it FULLY operational? As in...Do the numbers now appear on the MiniFCU?

I have had issues with the AP disc on Bk2, it never happened once in block 1 with same controls etc. Would be nice to know why the problem happening ? i will try playing with sensitivities but i carnt fly certain SIDs or STARs anymore especially if they have a tight turn the AP just DISC. Never happened before hopefully Fenix can find the cause, thx for the video

I have a big problem with the fenix app. When i start a flight, the app crash at the loading and in can't use the plane because he can't connect with the sim

Hello! Love the video. How do you start a flight with the fenix in cold start? Every time I start a new flight at a gate parking at the airport everything's already on I would like to know how to start a new flight with a cold and dark. Is it a glitch

Is it me, or have the cabin call ding dong bells disappeared?

Unfortunately for me, the performance has tanked significantly with this new update, almost half of my FPS was thrown out the window, from 50+ to 25- (only in external view), it’s the only thing keeping me from enjoying the new update … I’m not too sure whether it’s the liveries or not since my old Fenix used to have 8K liveries and had no performance issues whatsoever.

after update livery manager doesn’t work ;(

Hi, Gavin. Can you tell me if Mini Cockpit FCU works with this new version of Fenix A320?

Love the release but I can barely fly it due to performance. It’s worse for me than the last build and this is the only plane I have issues with in that regard. Unfortunately I’m pretty much unable to fly it at this point

The only issue I have is when I am hovering over any control surface in the cockpit, it lights/highlights up bright blue.. I don't know if this is FS or Fenix but I've not had it before?

But regarding fps, inside cockpit there is no 4k or 8k but i have 5 fps less, why this happen?

How to turn off the blue illuminated buttons with the cursor?

Last night I landed in EDDM and the RETARD RETARD message got stuck non stop. No matter what I did. In fact even after parking, I turned the airplane COLD and DaRK and the thing kept screaming the same... As for the miniFCU, I know it should work but the digits aren't displayed for me, not sure if there's something special that needs to be done. And another one: while on profile descent, I put it in Open Descent, then back to managed and it went to almost -7.5k V/S descent (managed). I had to manually put V/S and reduce it... After it got closer to the VNAV Path, it kinda "chilled" a bit, but it was vertigo induced descent mode VIDM. :)

As a vr user l cant select any navigraph plates in the efb anymore

Anyone have a workaround to get the logitech multi and switch panels to work with Fenix. Not using spad I do have fsuipc tho

Every time I load up a flight and complete my pushback I can't get my aircraft to move, someone please help me, I don't know what else to do

I haven't had any of these issues but I have had issues with it following speed constraints.My very first flight today into LEIB it would not comply with any spoed restraints and I could not reduce speed manually no matter what I tried so could not land.

After updating to block 2 version 2 i’ve got two additional bugs: 1. When loading the aircraft at the airport it stucks half in ground or drops down to the ground. Also the landing gear lever is in the upper position. 2. When retracting the landing gear after take off an failure called L/G gear not down and the master caution appears. Does anybody else have these bugs?

Is there a paint kit for this version yet? Also, I had the autopilot issue on my live stream and had to return to Venice.

I can't even install the update 😢. I keep getting errors like the following: An error occurred while trying to rename a file in the destination directory: "MoveFile failed; code 3. The system cannot find the path specified". Is anyone encountering this problem? Doesn't affect V1 btw. And I also changed the file path and then moved the download to the community folder. This only caused another problem which is the plane doesn't display in the FS aircraft selection menu. I'm so lost. Please help! 🙏🏻 😭

Fenix launching the best update for the best aircraft ever made on MSFS while PMDG can’t even make an update to fix the awful wingflex for an aircraft that coast almost the double of the price 😂😂😂

No mention of the raised/missing landing gear when spawning in or actual gear up when restarting a flight at the stand? Must just be me. BTW on the approch performance page I still have to re-input the wind value even though it's already there, can we now confidently say that that isn't a bug?

does it go faster than x2 now?

Geeez scrolling through the comments looks like early days of V1 !!

You say that your custom camera views can be found in 'our discord'. Where is the access to 'discord'? Thanks.

When i am in the cockpit the blue light shivers over stuff even if i hsve turned it off also are you gonna do a tutorial on custom announcements?