Should the course line be green on an ILS?

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   I have a question about the trainer software.
I set the origin to KSET and the destination to KSUS, activated the flight plan, and selected the ILS 29L approach with vectors.

The plane intercepted the final approach, with GPS->VLOC visible in the upper right corner. Then, as it passed the FAF fix the upper right corner changed to GPS and the course line from the FAF to the runway changed to solid magenta.

Is this correct? Shouldn’t it have changed to VLOC with a green course line? The GPS->VLOC Capture setting is set to Auto.

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bcool Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Nov 2015 Location: St. Charles, MO Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote bcool Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Should the course line be green on an ILS? Posted: 25 May 2019 at 10:37pm
	I have a question about the trainer software. I set the origin to KSET and the destination to KSUS, activated the flight plan, and selected the ILS 29L approach with vectors. The plane intercepted the final approach, with GPS->VLOC visible in the upper right corner. Then, as it passed the FAF fix the upper right corner changed to GPS and the course line from the FAF to the runway changed to solid magenta. Is this correct? Shouldn’t it have changed to VLOC with a green course line? The GPS->VLOC Capture setting is set to Auto.

AZ Flyer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 Feb 2018 Location: Tucson, AZ Status: Offline Points: 164	Post Options Post Reply Quote AZ Flyer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2019 at 2:24am
	The simulator doesn't generate VOR or localizer signals, so it is only ever following the GPS track.

bcool Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 30 Nov 2015 Location: St. Charles, MO Status: Offline Points: 35	Post Options Post Reply Quote bcool Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2019 at 8:29am
	And, after reading the manual this morning (go figure!), I found that you have to manually change to VLOC mode if the localizer hasn't been auto-IDd (which in this case it wasn't).