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It seems to me as I fly more and more with Prepar3D (and FSX) I use the 2D cockpit less and less in its traditional state (well hardly at all), and use the VC more and more. But the trend I believe I am seeing as PC's have become more powerful to run more displays while flying, simmers are taking advantage of this by moving the gauges to a dedicated display, or in my case using a 2nd PC solely for a dedicated panel. So I was curious, from a simmer's point of view, if aircraft developers stopped making the traditional 2D panel but instead made 2D panels for external displays and included these to operate as a client on a 2nd PC, would you find this appealing? Thou…

As you may be aware, Dino has released a beta of his new F-14. It is the same name as the old F-14, so how can I keep both in FSX w/o a conflict? tks

So, for major airports, what are your favourite freeware addons? So far I've been very pleased with: * Lebor Simulation OLBA * SunSkyJet KPHL * Bleedair Mogadishu X3 * Ant's Brisbane

I Believe I successfully moved my FSX folder from C:\ FSX hdd to my new G:\FSX with little trouble and it seemed to work ok, I think. However when looking at my old C: hdd drive I still see my FSX folder and it seems that every thing I change in my G:\ FSX folder is duplicated in my C:\ FSX. Is this normal when using the mklink /j command? Or am I actually running two FSX's ? I used the "mklink" command as follows" mklink /j "C:\FSX" "G:\FSX" from Jan Vanne's tutorial on moving FSX to SSD. It seems to have worked accept the duplication's. I tried to delete the C\FSX but noticed I was also deleting the same files in the G:\FSX (SSD). The C: drive actuall…

Hi Would anyone please be kind enough to tell me away of getting rid of AI traffic sounds, I know that via FSX settings you can remove environment sounds, but this removes the wind sounds etc. When I am parked at the gate even with engine running I can hear the loud aircrafts taxi past, is there maybe a way of adjusting their volume? Really appreciate any help and thank you in advance. Regards Skybus

Hi AVsim Community! I am new here to this forum, and am looking forward to my stay. The first topic i wanted to post was a question regarding the distance of flights on FSX. By distance, i understand that the distance between locations is real, what i really mean to ask is the following question/scenario; - Last year (2012), in March, i left Sydney, Australia to head over seas for the first time in my life. I was off to Wrestlemania in Miami, but obviously you can't travel from Sydney straight to Miami, you MUST stop first, and we stopped in Los Angeles, and then we had to stop again, in Detroit. Does this occur on FSX? If i choose the route: Sydney to Miami …

I was watching a video online of a 737 takeoff. It was snowing like crazy, and there was a dense fog in the air. It was night, and I noticed when the plane took-off the strobe lights reflected on the fog. You know, illuminated it up for a split second? Here's the video I am referring to: Skip to about 1:33 and you will know what I am talking about! Just wondering if something like this is possible for an aircraft like the NGX. I would think if it can illuminate the ground, it can do the same for fog in the air? It would add so much realism to flying in weather!

hello i noticed a problem with the AXE and AES i tested many parameters with aes configuration but the watershield piece the VC and it's not realistic however in exterior view all seems ok any idea to resolve this ? (apart move away the jetway of course) best regards

Good morning folks, I thought I would come here and ask what may be a very simple question concerning ILS approaches but for me being engaged in rather extensive ILS training lately, this issue puzzles me.So I set up a rather quick flight from John Wayne Airport to LAX in a B737-800 to test out a tutorial i found elsewhere on how to tune into the ILS approach at an airport and how to get the autopilot to navigate me in. Well, the tutorial seemed straight forward and I started my flight. While I was communicating with ATC at LAX, I glanced occasionally at my map to check my postion and such and when it came to time tune into the runways ILS freq., I did so and got the jo…

After a long hiatus from FSX, I'm getting back into it. I just re-installed the base program on my computer. (I don't have the FSX Acceleration pack). I next intended to download and install SP1 and SP2. However, the Microsoft support site no longer contains FSX-SP1 (I can't locate it anywhere on the site) but FSX-SP2 is available. If I recall correctly, SP1 needed to be installed prior to installing SP2. Is this still correct? I'm thinking they may have modified SP2 so you can install it without, as was the previous requirement, needing SP1 first. Can anyone enlighten me on this? Thank you.

Since FSX is a civil oriented flight simulator I wonder why buy (or develop) a military plane ? I mean you can't shot other planes down or bomb targets in FSX. So how do you fly them in FSX ? Do you fly them as ordinary GA plane like take off at one airport and land at another ? Or do you fly for example a bomber from England to over Germany and then return to the same airport in order to simulate what the plane did for real ? What do the military plane in FSX offer you that you don't get with a civil plane ? Why didn't you spend your money on a more dedicated combat flight simulator if your are interested in flying military planes ?

I saw this in the library today, tried it, and was very impressed. OLBA - http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=175028&CatID=fsxscen Terrain - http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=174989&CatID=fsxscen

Guys, evening! It really takes lots of time on finding them. :blink: Is there?

I recently installed the latest version of Plan-G on a new laptop and I am unable to see which traffic centers are online. I can see towers, ground, and ATIS with no problem. I tried installing Plan-G on a separate computer and have the same problem. All other features seem to work fine. I posted on the Plan-G forum but is been almost 2 weeks since the last response asking for my log file. Any help would be appreciated.

Im still learning with the PMDG, and I was wondering what the correct way to make an approach is. Here are the two ways I have been using.. 1. Ignore ATC only use it to get the runway info, then use the ILS 16L STAR (example) to guide me in using LNAV 2. The other way I use it is use the ATC the whole time and follow the LNAV route until ordered to turn to heading 345' (example) which guides me away from my FMC route, then I follow the ATC that will guide me in to the runway Which way is the correct way? Using LNAV/STAR for approach, or use ATC and turn on headings, and listen for descent and alititude orders? Is there some way i am supposed to be usin…

Hey Folks, Basically I had a stutter a few weeks back when turning the aircraft (really noticable when taxiing), was smooth as butter every other time and no fps change during the turns always stuck between 29-30 (Frames locked at 30) in the NGX and payware scenery, orbx etc. The stutter was also present when I rebuild fsx.cfg. I managed to get rid of it by raising bufferpools after googling a bit but last week its re-appeared out the blue... after re-building the fsx.cfg with no tweaks I still haven't managed to get rid of this really noticable stutter during turns... Have tried - what feels like a hundred - combinations of Buferpools and other tweaks as …

Does anyone have any experience/opinions on this? The area around my house in Nova Scotia is pretty inaccurate as far as the lakes and location of towns and I'm hoping this will "fix" it. I have FS Genesis mesh installed and their USA Landclass Project. Is this comparable?

Hey if you're a fan of the NYS capitol region (my nephew and I make an annual trip to the track at Saratoga each August). Then you have to check out EdGenner Cox's (not the same guy as our Cpt Picasso) KGFL in the library here ( kgfl_v30.zip ). As well Ed has done 5B2 Saratoga too. Makes for some great G/A departures/destinations for to/from FT Buffalo. Its payware quality stuff and Ed outdid himself with this most recent version of KGFL (the hand placement of the AG trees around the scenery is amazing). Big thanks to Ed!

I've beed searching for an answer to this one, but no solution. I always was able tose the parking brakes, now I can't. I have Saitek pedals, and current FSUIPC. On both the LD767 and PMDG737NGX the brakes won't set. Normal brakes work fine. On the LD767,when I click on the parking brake - nothing happens, on the 737NGX I get the sound of the brake lever clicking, the brake lights turns for a milisecond and goes off - without setting brakes. I am not sure if it is an FSX or FSUIPC. Any advice? (BTW added UT2 - really kills frame rates at airport with traffic set to 100%) Paul

Found a tip using a rain fix in this -> http://forum.avsim.net/page/index.html/_/pri-news/avsim-software-and-hardware-guide-for-fsx-r1032 great guide but the instructions says I should delete the Shaders10 folder after replacing the original rain.fx file but I don't have Shaders10 folder and I guess that's because I'm not using DX10. Does this mean the fix will only work if you're running FSX in DX10 preview mode and if yes, is there a similar rain fix that will work for DX9? Would be very happy if so because the "tunnel effect" both for rain and snow in FSX is really ugly! TIA,

Anyone here using an xbox 360 controller to fly with? For the most part I have gotten it to work well. I followed this guide to set it up: http://www.flyingscool.com/XBox360_ControllerFSX.htm However I have one problem that's been bugging me and thats when using my right analog stick to pan around while in certain views. For example when panning around in the virtual cockpit, I'll move the stick towards the left and hold it there in order to keep my view in sight but after a second or so the view will reset back as though I let my finger off the stick. Does anyone know how to fix this and prevent that from happening. Sucks when I'm in middle of a flight and pannin…

I don't think this is the "stutters" that I have read about in other threads, so thats not the problem. What I am experiancing is a 3 to 5 degree kick of the nose to one side every second or 2 while in flight. The air speed also kicks up about 3 to 5 KIAS at the same time. It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen with every type of aircraft...stock or add-on. I can't seem to figure out what may be causing this problem. I thought it might be a weather/wind issue, because I can take off just fine, then as I settle into different winds aloft it starts to do this occasionally right until I land again. Any thoughts or knowledge about this would be appreciated…

I’ve been using FSX for a couple of years now ever since I updated to my current system: nvidia 560ti i5 2500k overclocked to 4.5. My RAM specs have escaped me at the moment. Admittedly, I had been one of those people who spent the same amount of time - if not more – tweaking, as I did actual flying. In that time I experimented with dozens of settings, configurations, tweaks and combinations; everything from *******, Nick N, Word Not Allowed and many other helpful contributors here on Avsim in an attempt to minimize stutters and maximize performance. I always tried one thing at a time or started with a fresh fsx.cfg before making any changes, and I only have fsx running o…

Hi guys As I am a frequent flyer of FSX, I have experienced a problem yesterday and I can't find any soloution to it.... I 've installed FSX on my external HD(1TB), but I had to format this HD yesterday, conclusion, all my files and the game is gone... I wanted to reinstall FSX today, so I iserted disk1, as normal and the install help pop-up, but it could only choose between repair or uninstal. When I choosed Repair, I got the Error 1303, and a error that he couldn't find the original installed filles of FSX(They are gone after the format of my extern HDD) When I choosed Unistal, it said that it has not enough space to unistal and that it couldn't find the…