Hi Navigraph team, Working Title are about to launch a “CJ4 Refresh” at some point, which will be funded/supported directly by Microsoft/Asobo.
While the current WT CJ4 has Navigraph charts support aboard, WT have stated on their Discord that the official “CJ4 Refresh” is not going to have a native Navigraph charts implementation anymore. This is a huge downgrade for most simmers I would say, including myself (I actually use my Navigraph subscription only because of the WT CJ4).
Are you aware of this development? WT have stated that this is due to legal/licensing issues and their close ties with Microsoft. Is there a chance to bring charts back into the WT CJ4, maybe through a Navigraph mod, just like you are providing the in-game panel. For maximum realism, I’d still love to continue using the CJ4 virtual cockpit charts instead of using the Navigraph panel.
Thank you for your comments and support. Let me just say that yes, we are aware of these developments. We’ll need to get back to you later on the future possibilities for Navigraph charts in the CJ4.
Hi stephen,
just wondering wether any deals have already been worked out on this front with the guys at microsoft. I understand that there is a competition issue with navblue, since both navigraph and navblue offer navdata… I really hope a deal can be made between all parties, as that might see a charts integration into the other upcoming planes aswell, such as the working title Longitue update and maybe even the Asobo ATR…
Yes thank you for raising this concern, to the OP. Myself included look forward to having these charts integrated with the new WT platform.
@stephen Really hope you folks at Navigraph can come to an agreement with all parties involved for chart integration. I know there are a lot of other people concerned about this too. Sounds like you folks are taking this serious and I thank you for that!
Could you give us some sort of update please? With AAU1 coming in a few weeks there will be no integration at all anymore with the G3/5000 anymore either. It really feels like a downgrade in this regard. Having charts in the NXi and the G3000 suite was really nice.
We are monitoring and researching. Will will do our best to create mods for default avionics, G3/5000 primarily but possibly also CJ4. Right now we awaiting feedback from partners to be able to progress in a controlled way. As soon as we have what we need we’ll move forward with development. I can’t say if it will be to AAU1 release or not as it depends on factors we don’t control, and we don’t know when AAU1 will actually exit beta. But rest assured we are tracking this daily.
Is adding Navigraph charts back to the default G3/5000 a possibility confirmed? Meaning: have you ran into any roadblocks in terms of Asobo licensing or other restrictions to getting the charts back? I really appreciate the AAU1, but to be honest losing Navigraph charts it’s like two steps fowards and then taking 3 steps back. I love having the integrated charts as it is in real life in the G3/5000. Don’t mean to waste your time…but would like further clarification if it’s realy possible.
We have not run in to any roadblocks, but we also did not start development as there is no documentation available yet. But we have been told this will be available to us shortly. Again, we are tracking this daily.
TBH it all sounds like you are very passive here, “tracking” things and “waiting” for documentation. I hope I am wrong here, but now that the TBM and Longitude are top notch planes it would really be great to have charts back.
We can’t do more at the moment. We can’t develop in the dark with no documentation, and we prefer not to build hacks based on some reverse engineering and guesswork.
But we are in close contact with Working Title and they will provide what we need soon. We are very eager to start working on this, and have developers ready to go, as soon as technically possible.
This is a highly anticipated product for sure. Losing that functionality in our planes was a bit of a letdown. I think most people understand why, and it’s a valid reason. But that doesn’t change that fact it was disappointing to lose real world functionality that we had previously.
Seriously, you guys are going to be heroes when when comes back.
PS: Please add charts to the G1000NXi as well as the G3000 and CJ4.
