X-Plane 11 - Tips & Tricks - Programming the Zibo 737 FMC 

What you need to do to make the ZFW match exactly is goto simbrief and edit your 737 airframe. Load up Zibo module and choose the options you prefer (as some impact weights). Once this is done you can find the empty weights and enter it into simbrief. Additionally you might need to customise PAX weight as different modules count differently. Once all that is done, the weights will always match exactly. I have done as couple 90-120 minute flights that were predicted so well by simbrief, not only was the timings to within a minute either way, but pulling into the gate and shutdown has been within 10lbs of the predicted fuel use... Finally I might suggest try using the avitab on the left to view the PDFs spat out by simbrief. If you use simbrief downloader and setup to download the PDFs to your XP11/pluggins/avitab/charts folder, it will appear there by itself with no effort on your part, once you've create a new route online.

thank you sm this was really helpful

You are helping me alot! Thank you!

Any suggestions as to which checklist to use? I've been searching for one but I would like some experienced suggestions. :)

That is NOT how you program the FMC you need to learn how to program DCT routes and how to land and RNAV approach. To say you prefer an ILS landing here is ridiculous. Your AI will be landing from the opposite direction to start with. And 08R and 08L at LV maybe in direct collision course with you landing on 26L.

How come the sids that show up on my Sim Brief don't show up on the FMC?