Regarding Alastair’s suggestions that this is a FS2004 model, I have problems with it in that sim, insofar as the digits on the major instruments do not appear
I have a dark & cold cockpit situation, which also sets avionics to off. Now when I power up the plane, it seems as if the avionics are not properly turned on by the VC avionics master switch: the HSI won't properly align. Only when I use a keyboard shortcut for avionics, and hit it twice, the HSI aligns properly. Maybe this is the reason for your problem too?
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I have a dark & cold cockpit situation, which also sets avionics to off. Now when I power up the plane, it seems as if the avionics are not properly turned on by the VC avionics master switch: the HSI won't properly align. Only when I use a keyboard shortcut for avionics, and hit it twice, the HSI aligns properly. Maybe this is the reason for your problem too?
Regards,
Juergen