The Flight Unlimited Series

Got the glider packs installed, and everything is rosey in that respect, but FU3 seems to slow down to about 16 or 17 FPS when there's a few other gliders in the sky. I'm running an AMD xp1700 with a geforce3 and 512 DDR. I would have thought this was plenty to run such an old sim. I have got stuff turned up, but again, thought the sim would cope well. Can anyone tell me if there's anyways of speeding things up (I bet turning the clouds down is one, isn't it - though I seem to remember the skies empty when I was gliding).How about distant mountains and haze?Can anyone tell me what's best to limit to get some better speed out of the sim?

Sorry if this appears as a double post, but I thought I'd posted a few hours ago, but now I come to look, can't see the post anywhere.Basically, I've got back into FU3, esp the glider. I've never really flown it before, and after a flight yesterday, really enjoyed it. I know very little about the principles, though, except you have to catch thermals. Can someone help me with a few points. What's the best altitude to get upto before switching off the engine, and where should I look for thermals. I kind of figured on valley bottoms, but I'm damned if I can find them.BTW, was there a glider in FU2, and if so, was it towed? Or was it FU1 (with the little red thermal indicator…

You may hav thought the (GLIDING ADVICE) thread was done, but its not.It takes time to chek and compile the verius file nams.Jim B, and I hav given you sum mor advice.So for the therd time of asking, will you plees go back and read the(GLIDING ADVICE) thread ? glidernut.:-wave

Jon wanted a pinned wish list where we could all list our personal favorites. We will give it a try. My only concern is if it grows too big... I don't want a single thread taking up half the first page.I vote for a PBY Catalina or a F-86. :)

OK, I see a lot of posts on graphics cards and drivers and this begs me to ask some questions. I too see "steps" on the horizon, and "shimmering" to the extent that some of the areas, particularly towns, dont complete drawing until I have flown over them.I have a Nvidia TNT2 graphics card with 32mb of onboard mem. I have loaded 43.51 drivers and tried to tune using the latest atune from the 3dguru site. I set the recommended overclocking option but it doesn't seem to make any difference.I can only set filtering on and dont get x4 or x4s only x2.Not being a PC guru, but I suspect that I am in serious need of an upgrade to enable me to improve the filtering options and ther…

Hi all, and time for some more help please.Well, I am finally happy with my layout for Lydd airport and have all runways, taxiways, apron and of course, Glidernuts hanger in place and ready to go. I did have some problems with "Taxigraph", but so has someone else and there is a post which will help, but.........When I leave my parking spot and head down the first taxiway, I sink.My plan, all but the tail, disappears for about 20 metres and the slowly re-emerges. I guess this must be something to do with elevation of the map??? but can someone help be to get it level.And finally, how do you "label" a taxiway so that Ground gives you "Taxi to park via Alpha, November, Charl…

Came across this ste today. Thought it might interest you fellas in the new hi-res regions.http://www.eurimage.com/Jim B.

Does FU3 support force feedback? Is it worth a darn? Apparently, FS2k2 isn't too good with it. Doesn't mock real forces very well. Is FU3 any better?ThanksPieter

Jon,Okay, it appears when the plane.txt file is generated by planeunlimited, a .seg file is also created, which is nothing but the flight model file sans comments. After many failures and variations of failures, I edited the .seg file and used restool, successfully! But, only once, I could not replicate my success with another .seg file, even starting over and seemingly performing the routine identically to the first.Small note: I had edited the "boost," but that was only what the guage displays in manifold pressure, and not the correct value.Here's what I do:Copy bravo.res to desktop. Use Resviewer to extract the flight model files into a folder named Mooney.Use planeu…

I'm working on the London City airport, adding models made by our talented Australians. I was just going to test fly a Dash 8 by one of the talented Australians and the buildings in the background are by courtesy of the other one :-)Anyway, the purpose of this post is to focus on the AI planes. They taxi out on the runway and just sit there. Finally I got bored and overtook them to take off and that was when the first one started moving. Yes, I can taxi into position and hold / line up and wait but I can't sit there waiting forever. It may seem that the AI planes get stuck whenever there's a (player's) plane approaching it from behind. I know a little about FLED by now bu…

Hello all,I intend to try to assemble Cardiff International Airport.If one among you already connected on the subject, that he wants me of to inform well so that I change project.On the other hand, if there are no objections, I seek a associate for modeliser the buildings starting from photographs which I will be able to communicate to him. Is there a volunteer?In a friendly wayLucBonjour tous,J'ai l'intention d'essayer de monter Cardiff International Airport.Si l'un d'entre vous s'est d

I loaded it up, just to compare gliding, and get a tow, which is excellent fun. And I was thinking, now if only there was a 3D patch, like some of those old games have, that would make it all a lot more bearable. I donlt suppose anyone knows if there is one out there. I did a web search but didn;t come up with anything.

Jon, This may not be for me...Okay, I put all the files with all the tools, and still I get "0 files written."I look at the .seg file...it has stuff in it.But, even if I had all 9 files written, Resviewer wants to import a flight model with the extension .res, not .seg...What step(s) am I missing?Frustrated, being so close but so far,Dan

1. In the following image of the UK region, there are some cone shaped trees very close to Southampton which appear to be untextured. Do I have something missing from my UK South installation or are they displayed correctly ?http://website.lineone.net/~flightsimuk/Pr...emp/flt3001.jpg2. In the next image, I have a strange nasty looking cloud intersecting another cloud layer, and the result is not nice. Is it an FU3 issue or a video driver issue ?http://website.lineone.net/~flightsimuk/Pr...emp/flt3000.jpgCast your votes now!!Many ThanksChris E, ENGLANDhttp://www.circle-software.co.ukAvoid AGP texturing = Better Performance ;)

Hello all,Will somebody be able to explain me the difference enters connected and disconnected for the lines from taxiways and as obviously one needs that they are connected, with which and how? All this under FLED naturally.Thank you in advance.Luc Bonjour tous,Quelqu'un pourra-t-il m'expliquer la diff

Hi Fellas,How are un-wanted needles, knobs etc deleted from an instrument panel?Example: Say I add a new instrument, an analog clock, originally the panel has a digital clock. How is the digital clock deleted from the panel?Thanks, Jim B.

:-) Greetings allCan anyone help please.Is it still possible to obtain FU3?I live in Australia and am quite happy to buy a copy if anyone has one available or if anyone can advise where I can get one.:-wave Frank

Will somebody be able to say to me where one gets the small amusing icons of which you for the majority, you decorate your messages?New Thank by advance.Luc Quelqu'un pourra-t-il me dire o

I can't seem to use any of them. I limit it to one on the map, and the fields load, but then, after a few seconds, the thing locks up and I have to esc. This lands me back on the desktop. I've not got too many on the map, I'm trying them individually.Any ideas as to why this would happen?

Can anyone here provide a list of the best flyable planes to be found in the AVSIM FU3 file library ? I know that this is highly subjective, but maybe I could get some idea from the number of "votes" that each plane gets.Chris Low,ENGLAND.

I installed the Nvidia Detonator 44.03 drivers a week ago, and used RivaTuner to set the anti-aliasing to 4xS, and the anisotropic filtering to 8x. However, when I started up FU3, I noticed that these features were not working properly. The distant mountains had that annoying "stepping", and some of the terrain textures were shimmering a bit. I am pretty sure that some level of FSAA and aniso was being done, but nowhere near as good as it should have been.Anyway, I decided to uninstall these drivers (with the help of a little utility called Detonator R.I.P.), and install the Detonator 43.51 drivers (which Jon had mentioned were good, and also my version of RivaTuner appar…

I've currently got DirectX 8.1Anyone using DirectX 9.x with Flight Unlimited III? The reason I ask is that "9" is required for some FS2002 multiplayer sessions. However, if it does in way interfere with FU III I'll pass.Hans Petter

I would like to know who has had problems with FU3 and Windows XP. This could be unexpected crashes during the install process (that includes me), crashes to desktop when running the game, or any other annoying problems.Even more important.......how did you solve these problems ?Chris Low,ENGLAND.

Hi all,Today I was thinking to all the new addons for the UK, and to all the developers who made them... And I thought that is could be intresting to change the background image of the "credits" page, to add it in the future update disc (or to place it in the library for download). I thought it would be nice to make a collage with all the photos of the contributors... Just the photos, no names (or maybe just the initials).Then I thought that every user in this forum, from our moderators to the occasional posters, all contributed in some ways, with comments, motivation, hints, and so on. So I would like to make a collage with all the photos of the users of this forum (of …

The following three files can be found in the FU3 file library:-arrow sch v11.zipbeaver sch 2.zipcessna_182_16.zipDo these three files upgrade only the panels of these aircraft, or are there modifications to the cockpit graphics, 3D model etc ?Chris Low,ENGLAND.