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I'm gonna post this here, as I cannot seem to figure out how to post images on Dreamwing's forums. I took the turbofan animation from the default house livery and tested a re-paste in the AA repaint that came out not too long ago. I 'think' I did a good job not butchering the original AA external colors of the engines.I just need to go back in and re-alpha the .bmp. Any opinions? I wanted to run a test on just one livery before I go and do the 4 others that where missing that part.Scotthttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/75893.jpg

Flying VOR Navigation lesson enroute to Paine Field 6 NM. I follow the 360 radial making 2 left turns (West and South) with no problem. Once past the VOR station the instructor wants me to track the VOR station FROM 2 miles out and 4000'. So I turn to heading 090 when the needles begins moving. After 5 NM FROM VOR station instructor ends lesson.I tried multiple times but the VOR station could not be received on the 090 radial outbound. I tried complete 360 turns but the radial was not received.Any ideas would be appreciated?

I would like to contribute to the community in some way, though I am not a painter or a programmer. I have recently learned how to remove MipMaps from my aircraft to remove the blurries from the interior, exterior, etc. I have modified the Flight1 C441 interior textures to DXT3 format with no Mips which takes all the blurriness out of the interior textures, and smooths performance a bit. Would it be worth my time to upload these, or has everyone else already done this themselves? I'd just like to author at least one upload in my life. Any takers?If so, could someone tell me how to turn these into a Zip file?cheers!

HII tried out a Radeon ATI 9800 pro after hearing so many good things about it.But I could not get it to play FS9 nicely so I brought it back.It was also a quation of willing to fork out that much cash for what I was getting.Not that much an improvement from my NVidia FXProblem: I uninstalled everything, now my graphics are messed up inasmuch as FS9 is concerned. Very often crahes my puter total.I tried deleting by hand anything with ati prefecx but they seem to re-install themselves anyway after I empty the trashAny one else find this and resolve itI suppose all those that got the ATI 9800 pro kept it...ALlen

If you are listening Chris, do you plan to release a version of FSSkyWorld for FS9 and if so how is development progressing?RgdsAndy b

Hi you experts, I have just upgraded my computer to a Athlon 3.0,512DDR ram, NVIDIA G Force Ti200 Graphics and whilst the FPSis excellent, I have a stuttering that occurs near the ground andhigh up at times which is quite severe. This also affects the ATC sound as well. Any ideas of what might be causing this andwhat could be done to alleviate it???Would appreciate any assistance givenJohnPS: I also have FS9 installed and it occurs in that too.

I would like to attempt an ILS to the old Hong Kong airport Kai Tak. Does anyone know where I can download a free ILS approach plate please. I have tried the website FS Charts but they don't appear to have one for the old airport.I'm using FS2004.Thanks Glen

After a couple of month with FS9, I am already getting tired of only seeing generic airliners like "Soar" and "American Pacific" who don't exist in real life.I am looking for the best AI traffic add-on for FS9, one that will replace the generic American Pacific and Soar aircraft with nice looking American Airlines, Delta, Continental, Speed Birds, etc.Also, I want to make sure that the traffic add-on I get is easy to install, and it doesn't introduce any problems such as unacceptably low framerated or FS9 crashes.Can you recommend one?Thank you in advance.

I see Apollo software are front page news again.Some time back there was much hype about their Airbus but I can't remember if there was any review or users comments.Can anyone help?TIA

I just found out my company is going to do onsight training at MS in Redmond! Although my companies owner is probably going to do the training (I wouldn't want to blow that one!) I told him I wanted to come out for at least a few days to check it out, so he's going to fly me out and I can spend a few days at the campus.My main goal- weasel my way into the FS design team's studio. Anybody have any leads or know anybody there that I could talk to? I'd love to take a tour (if they let people). I don't think the people we're working with will have any connections whatsoever, but I will explore them. Even with my game dev. background, the only connection I have is to Bill…

Not too big I suspect, as LAGO never states what area sizethis scenery package covers.Also...whats it like?

...for my setup. It may apply to your setup as well.I was not pleased since day 1 about the "too bright" ground, especially taxyways, and too white clouds (visible) when flying at night.During day time, I always found the outside view was "dull", not as contrasted and varied as what you often get from a real photo from above.I then started to tweak a little the color calibration from the ATI control panel (on a 9600PRO) and the result were very nice and an overall change in the experience to me: dark nights, with bright illumnitation where present (night texture spots and rwy/taxi spots), as well as a more profound dark and bright during day time. Just noticeable clouds a…

The aircraft landing and taxi lights only work in the VC cockpit mode.In the 2D cockpit mode the runway in front of the aircraft remains dark. This applies to all aircraft.I installed a freeware software that changed the way navigation lights blinked, and I also installed freeware software that changed the intensity of the landing lights. However,everything worked will after these installations. It was only recently that I ran into this problem. Does anyone have any ideas?Is there anything in the CF9 cfg file that I need to look at?Thanks,Stanner

I have downloaded the "Hopping round the World" series Number 1.When I load each flight, the Sim tries to connect me to the Net to download real weather -- and sometimes , for a reason unknown to me , this causes the Sim to lockup. Under normal conditions of setting up my own flight, I can connect to real weather without any problems.Anyway, is there any way I can manually go into the WX file and turn off the requirement to use real weather in this series of flights??Thanks Barry

Hello everybody,Could you share your experiences about the fps settings you have set.Some forums advide 18-25 fps for the most smooth and best looking scenery, while others advicee sttings the framerate slider to unlimited.Thanks for sharing,

I am interested in reducing the size of some of my aircraft textures. Mainly the AA IFDG MD-11, and which I love but becomes a pain in the neck every time I try to spot view the plane.I got DTXbmp, but I don't find any tutorial, and all the information I see in their web is too technical for my poor knowledge. So far the only thing I have been able to do is to open a texture with this program.Can anyone tell me if there's a tutorial for dummies? or at least if you feel like doing it and have a couple of minutes can you give a couple of hints on how to use it?Thanks a lotLeo

Don't get me wrong - I love FS9 and still marvel at what has been accomplished in this hobby in just 15 years or so. Still, I was recalling a few things the other day that were in the very first versions of MSFS but have fallen by the wayside for no reasons I can imagine besides oversight.I recall the very first version of MSFS required you to turn off the strobes when going through a cloud. Otherwise you were "blinded" by the flashing light, just like in the real world. Cool effect but gone!Also, in some of the adolescent versions of MSFS distant ATIS recordings were dim and static-filled until you got closer. That was very realistic, compared to FS9 where the recording …

With the release of the CS 707 nearing, this would be a perfect supplement. Makes me wish I had some experience in designing scenery.Any takers?John Travolta's Airport Home - Imagine parking your Gulfstream and 707 in your driveway.

My problem hasn't occured for a while untill last night when I was doing a flight on VATSIM with a friend. The flight lasted for 2 hours and on my approach into Chicago (from Boston) the sim got really choppy and I began to notice some weird graphical bugs. Specifically, the multiplayer chat text (the green bar at the top) would only show a solid green bar with no text and when I tried to see my frame rates I would only see a solid red bar at the top of my screen. My friend also had the same problem before we departed Boston and I asked him about the symptoms he was having. He told me that he also had these similiar solid green/red bars on the screen and was unable to acc…

Hi all, does anyone else notice that the engine blades turn to a purple color when viewed from far, then when zooming in, they are the normal grayish colors? This happens only to the A321s, not the A320s.Thanks,Bill

When flying on-line (IVAO or VATSIM) to any destination in France, you will be instructed by ATC in french as soon as you enter one of the French FIR's.They reluctantly switch over to english, when you insist upon it.I should like to know if the same goes for the french speaking part of Canada.Thanks for a clarifying answer!Regards,Paddy

There has been allot of great mesh designed for FS2k2 and 2k4. Most notably the mesh for the Glen Canyon area and Washington state... I say this only because we have two great landmarks there, The Grand Coulee Dam and The Glen Canyon Dam. I have yet to see Microsoft and/or any mesh designer address the problems there. Why create mesh and leave out elevation points around the greatest landmarks in the area. How many of you fly around Las Vegas without visiting the Hoover Dam, no one... I would think everyone loves flying east from Vegas to see the Hoover Dam in all it

If you apply full rudder on the ground with the Kittyhawk 737 models, the nose wheel turns almost 90 degrees and all steering is lost.Is this a real reflection of the 737? I royally screwed a landing yesterday (having only partly screwed it up to that point!!) and am curious to know if this is a real reflection of the aircraft.Fantastic models anyway, just need to get used to the FDE!!

Hello !!I am thinking about purchasing an add-on product to increase the AI traffic provided in FS2004. I know several products exist, and I don't know which one to buy. As far as I know, I will have to choose between Ultimate Traffic and MyTraffic 2004.If some of you have one of these products, I'd like to know your opinion about them so that I can make my decision. I think this can be interesting for many people around here...The most important question for me is the following:If you add so many aircrafts to the AI traffic, does it impact your frame rate significantly?I guess the answer is yes... In that case, which product is the most optimized to reduce the FPS impact…

I wonder if this allmighty softwarehouse, coming up with enhanced versions of FS almost every 2 till 4 years, is aware of the different problems, tips and trics which are laid down in the various aviation forums all over the world.Would it not be a great gestion of Mr.Gate's company, to install a service-department, that follows the various remarks and questions about the release of a new FS-version in the various aviation forumsand opens a site on some wellknown aviation forums to give explanations and solutions for the most currently placed questions, remarks and complaints in those forums(?)This was just a thought crossing my mind while clicking through the enormous st…