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As after installing FS9 I could see some performance problem looming in the future, also I decided to order 500MG (2 x 250 as it is a dual channel 400Mhz DDR) for my PC.If any of you guys have increased the PC memory could you give me a tip or two of what must be done?I believe that I need to increase the cache memory (1.5 times the memory I think). Is there anything else to do? Will the PC realize that there is more memory available now? Or shold something be done in the BIOS (I hope not).Roger

Is there a way to tone down the dynamic shine on planes? Or is that something the maker of the plane has to do? I have two aircraft (the POSKY CRJ and the CSI A319) that have the dynamic shine way to bright. It's like you need sunglasses to look at these planes when the sun hits them.

Has anybody here dealt with www.simmarket.com?I purchased FSNavigator there earlier today (11:00 AM CDT - 11/03/2003) and the page said that I would be sent a registration key via e-mail, but so far, nothing.How did your transaction go, if you've dealt with them, for any sim stuff?Thanks,DonaldS

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Hey everybody.Sorry but I had to let off steam. I have been simming since FS95 and the same thing always happens in crosswind landings. I have hoped with each version the problem would be fixed but it is always the same.The problem is that every runway in the virtual FS world is ice coated, or seems that way. Have you ever noticed that you can land with a 20-30 degree crab off the center line and the plane will continue to crab down the runway even though the wheels are angled to the left or right! Thats right, your plane will slide as if the wheels are on ice.OK, whatever. Kick out the crab and land as if you are worried that your tires will be torn off their rims (…

I understand that AFCAD files will add parking spaces, etc. but without adding traffic via Ttools, which seems very involved, does installing an AFCAD file make any difference in an airport visually or traffick-wise?Greyspider

Today while being kept inside by all the rain we have been experiencing here in Chicago and NFL Sunday, I decided to do some tinkering with FS2004 to try to make it run a little smoother. One of the things I noticed after about 20 minutes was that on my fairly low-end machine the wing textures on most add-on aircraft kill my frame rates. I had a number of aircraft stored on my machine that where useless to me because I could not fly them. Whenever I would try to fly these aircraft my FS2004 would turn into a slide show. One of the aircraft was a beautifully done iFDG 767-300 done in the Ansett Australia livery. This is the Aircraft I used in my so-called experiment. The f…

I currently run the following system:AMD 2000XP, GeForce2 GTS Ultra - 64mb, 768mb PC2700 DDR RAM.The dilemma I find myself in is whether to upgrade the Video card or to upgrade the Processor/Mobo combination.For the same amount of money (roughly) I can get an FX5900 - bottom end if there is such a thing - or a P4 2.8ghz FSB 800 hyper threading processor and compatible mobo.Which upgrade will give me the best performance increase?BTW, I am currently running FS2002 with F/R pegged at 20 and get occasional pauses when the scenery and/or AI is intense. I have tried a friends FS9, also pegged at 20, on my system and it seems to run OK - only a few more pauses.Also, I haven't r…

I've been waiting to buy a new computer until I can understand what is going on with FS9 and ATI video cards. I've pretty much decided to go with a ATI 9800, but the problem of flashing screens has kept me waiting. I'm not too sure I understand exactly what the flashing trouble is (do you have to run FS9 in a window?}, but I really don't want anythoing to be flashing for any length of time. I thought the 3.8 drivers had it fixed, Then I started reading that it didn't fix the issue for a number of people, and some were going back to the 3.7 drivers. The Omega drivers seemed to work for some, so I was thinking that if I got the card they would most likely work for me. Then …

When you start the engine in MSFS, and the instruments spin up, the heading indicator always spins up aligned with the whisky compass.Any way to make a more realistic start for this?Richard

Anyone know his email address?? or some way i could contact him?

Does anyone know if there are Aircraft Carriers that Microsoft already has on FS2004 ACOF or if there are any good downloads that work for FS2004 ACOF??

I read the reviews, but I always like to know what my fellow simmers think of it? What are some strong points, I had a friend witha gullwing, I'm really looking into it, but wondering if it's worth the money. Thanks, Ty89m

Ulimate Traffic update for FS9 is now available at their site.Go get yours.

Just installed FS2004. The sim runs okay but when I start it up and during menu accesing and accessing the kneeboard the screen flashes on and off many times. This happens all the time. I know Microsoft give a warning in their documentation about epilepsy and games playing but this is not helping!Got the latest viseo driversFS2002 has no problems on my systemAnyone else have this problem?AlanSYSTEM:P4 2.66GhzRadeon 9500Pro using the 3.8 driversAsus P4G8X mobo1Ghz matched Corsair XMS3200 ram

Hi Folks,Once again we are offered some excellent scenery to add to the many other wonderful addons we have for Switzerland.This time Bruno Zurmuehle has produced some excellent photoreal scenery of Langenthal. It really gives a very realistic feeling and is located in a scenic area.Switzerland is a beautiful country and it's fortunate that we are continually blessed with fantastic work by very talented scenery designers.Enjoy this good looking freeware!Many thanks to Bruno Zurmuehle.Howard

Does anyone know why they called it BASE PACK A? Are we to assume that there will be a BASE PACK B, C, D, E, etc.?Just curious. Sorry if this is a silly question.BASE PACK A is quite a fantastic model. Thanks AFG!

On several of my FS add-ons, the labels don't seem to fit properly and are cut off. I use this example from FS Scenery Manager but have seen the same on other programs. Other programs work fine, such as FS2004 itself, so I can't figure out the difference. Any ideas? I run an IBM ThinkPad X30 with Windows XP. http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/46285.gif

Can someone help me get the CSI A319 lights to work? I only have landing lights and taxi lights working.Here is what the lights section of the cfg file looks like[LIGHTS] //Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landinglight.0=1, 2.847, 0.00, -4.35light.1=1, 0.253, 0.00, 10.1light.2=3, -66.5, 0.00, 6.07, fx_navwhihlight.3=2, -17.19, -53.95, 4.03light.4=2, -17.19, 53.95, 4.03light.5=3, -16.90, -53.74, 4.03light.6=3, -16.90, 53.74, 4.03light.7=2, -66.5, 0.00, 6.07

Is it me, or is the ATC sometimes smoking something.....??!!I often find that flying into German airports, and also Hong Kong VHHH, everything is fine, ATC lines you up brilliantly, yet if I try a return flight Heathrow, ATC will have me flying out miles away from the airport, telling me to "fly straight in runway xx". Earlier today at Charles De Gaulle (Paris), it kept dropping me for no reason; IFR was terminated, yet I'd been following their instructions to the LETTER!! When I then decided to replay that flight, but change IFR destination to Frankfurt, ATC took care of me no problem all the way past the airport, but then forgot to get back to me.....I was half way ac…

just wondering if the new water textures do the same thing for everyone else.... mine seem to work fine, my sliders are maxxed and i get the shimmering textures...BUT...my textures seem to be in constant motion, almost looking as if they "ball up" then disperse over and over again. when the textures are "dispersed" they look great, but when they are all bunched up they look like smaller white balls, or stars on the water.i notice this more so when flying open larger areas of water. rivers don't tend to show as much of the shimmering so i dont see much of this effect there.thanks for any advicechris

I was wondering if someone can tell me why my water texture slider won't stay to the right?I have a Radeon 7000 64 VE with the 3.8 drivers.Thanks

Hi guys, i am gonna try to explain this with my very bad english grammer :-) have merci....i had the problem that my Anti-Aliasing (4X) always disappeard when i Alt-Tabed or used the FSNavigator Add-on (F9), the strange thing was that when i was in windowed mode the AA was working but soon i changed in fullscreenmode the AA was gone, very annoying!!!!So i started to try some "scenarios":I found out, that with some Aircraft (FS2004 standard Boeing737) the problem dont exist, but with most my loved ones (Ifdg MD-11, FSD Porter etc....) it was back. strange....so i found out, when i use a plane with DTX3 textures my AA dont disappear!!!! i changed the txtures form MD-11 - Po…

Anyone have insight as to when the plane will be FS9 compatible? Can't seem to pull up info from the flight1.com sight. Also, looking for recommendation for an excellent twin should 421 not be available for sometime, pay or free. Thanks!Erv KSDF

Hi all,Does anybody know of a way to replace the default Lear 45 avionics with the JetLine 2 avionics by Reality XP? I know absolutely nothing about editing panel cfg files, so I need an easy way to accomplish this.Thanks a lot,MarcMarc Gibson