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Just wondering when the big guys going to get serious about GA aircraft for XP? I am sure so many of us would jump just like we did with the other Sims we were in so deeply. They are sure doing it for FSX/P3D. Anyone know why this has not happened yet? Bob

Can someone explain how to slew up down and around an airport without falling back to the ground. It's easily done in FSX but I can't figure it out in Xplane 11.

I'm a newbie to Xplane. So when a flock of seagulls snuffs your left engine out a few seconds after rotation I was dumb founded unlike Sully who lit the APU within short time. I was struggling to keep the bank angle alarm form talking to me. I was departing from the new Xplane KBWI off of RW28. I eventually turned around after trying to restart the engine a few times to no avail and landed on 15R. Clapping from the passengers was heard thanks to the fmod soundpack on the ZIBO mod 737800. I'm blown away by this SIM. The lighting and reflection on the the AC at dusk is very realistic. I plan on getting Prepar3D v4 as soon as funds our there. Have the Nvidia 1070 already, pl…

Hey all, Quick question. Does XP11 have accurate Navdata? Does it get updated periodically?

I've been filling hard drives with photo scenery using Ortho4XP...works great. But I want to go back and quickly add overlays to a large number of tiles. I have a python script to do just that specific task (which apparently runs a lot faster). Could someone help me get this going? I can't get the gui window to open. Here is the script: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/37102-overlays-batch-builder-for-ortho4xp/ "Requirements notes: you need a fully working python environment with all the Ortho4XP dependencies installed. If you are just running the Ortho4XP executable, you may need to install these dependencies. Installation: Drop th…

I just turned on under vSync (to FAST), and turned back on Optimize Threads, also back to ON. Fired up for this flight and pushback, and picked up 7 FPS on average. At CYYZ, (custom), Ortho4XP zl17/19/2, xEnviro (always as engaged), am getting on average (on the deck...) 42 FPS outside view, and in-cockpit, 35 FPS. In otherwords, fantastic system performance. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long live, XP11, now running solo on my system...

Ive been using xp10/11 now for over a year and really love it but I wanted to give p3d one more chance because I used to use it since day 1 and fsx before that since FS95. I also wanted to fly the pmdg again and compare w the ixeg. I installed FTX global and the LC on top fired it up and wow, its just so outdated feeling after using xp11. Honestly I couldnt even stand it for more than 10 minutes and realized it was a huge mistake to spend $60. It really does look outdated and the flight dynamics are like being on training wheels....Im really not trying to bash p3d, V4 improved alot from when i left v3 (smoother, no need to tweak cfg, etc) but after xp11 and its incredi…

Any opinions? Does it cover the whole island?

I have posted this on the XP forum, but haven't found a fix. Anyone here know of this? Seen this before but never a fix;-( I can't add or remove scenery. XP11 scans until file 99104 then locks and freezes. Anyone know how to solve this?

Hi Does anyone have knowledge about a developing ARN(ESSA) airport scenery? I know about the SWEDFLIGHT Pro, but I think its a bit out of date, in regards of the graphics etc. Second question. Does someone know if converting the ESSA scenery "*RBX" works good, and if so, does it need a lot of fixes? / Sebastian

This is the error message that I get each time I try to update.i I tells me that I have an update available . Please help. ABOUT THIS COPY OF X-PLANE "X-Plane 11.01r2 (build 11012 64 bit)". ERROR UPDATING X-PLANE There was an error launching the installer: Error 3-1 (-1)

The VSKYLABS DC-3 is out now for $19.95: http://www.vskylabs.com/2017/06/the-vskylabs-douglas-dc-3-project.html Looks like just the Buffalo livery for now, with more liveries and paint kit next week.

I recently decided to jump in to X-Plane 11. Perhaps this is valuable, perhaps not, but I thought I'd share some of my experiences and impression. In part to help others who might be thinking about trying it, in part to hear any feedback on what I can do to make it better, and in part to highlight to developers what might be missing from each sim to add appeal. To set the groundwork, I am not much of a GA simmer. In FSX/P3D (soley P3D v3 now), I am primarily a tubeliner pilot with some military (usually DCS for this). Simple version, I like big complicated toys with lots of buttons more than a low and slow "feel of flight" picture. I haven't flown a default airc…

.....happy flights!

If I create a tile with default ZL19 but set the cover_zl variable to 18 and cover_extent to 3, would Ortho actually downgrade the zoom level to ZL18 near the airport? Or is it smart enough to figure out that the default level is higher than the cover_zl so it should use ZL19 for the airport area as well?

I tried to run the plane..but get a cannot load GUILD guides...and then XP crashes. Does anybody have a link to the most current version? Thanks..

When ORBX decided they would develop for X-Plane there was a lot of excitement in the XP world and then when they suddenly changed their minds I spent some time researching how they could have brought across their landclass sceneries to X-Plane in a way that would work in the X-Plane world. Early last year I tried to mimic the FSX landclass system into X-Plane, but found it had the same problems as FSX (well ermmm! of course) http://www.avsim.com/topic/482409-bringing-fsxorbx-landclass-to-x-plane/, e.g. Roads going through houses, stretched textures etc. So I decided that what could be done is to take the best of both scenery systems and make a hybrid. So basically X-P…

I'm all new to this so might be my own mistake somewhere but I've been building ZL17 tiles for the southern part of Sweden and now on a maiden flight from EKCH-ESSA I noticed what is seen below. Is this because of bad map data or could it be something else? I was using BI as the provider when I built the tiles and I used the same settings and zoom levels for all tiles.

I'm new to xp11 and trying to track down a problem I've been having. I hope someone else has come across it and might know what's causing it. I have the latest XP11, latest windows 10, Nvidia 780 TI and Intel 6600K with 16mg memory. All up to date drivers. My problem is everything works fine in XP11 but I installed X-Life demo to see if I could use it but when I installed the Bluebell models I only got grey models with no skins (liveries). I uninstalled it and just figured that x-life wasn't ready for xp11 just yet. But now I've added the New plugin (beta) BetterPushBack and again I'm getting a grey pushback tow. Something is interfering with the skins files and I don't k…

I'm passionate simmer who fell in love with flightsims in early 90th. I'm also real world pilot and airplane owner. Lately I've been reading a lot of impressions about XP11 from people who claim to be real world pilots. Being a real world pilot myself I often find opinions of other pilots vary on many different subjects - whether it is about flying a real world airplane or a flight simulator. But before I start ranting about this subject I want briefly introduce my real world experience. I started to work on my private pilot certificate in 2002. So that what I consider my RW flying starting point. At the moment I hold FAA issued commercial pilot certificate in …

Spain and Portugal are now in the bag, Just started generating the South and North island at ARC zl18/19/2. This should be fun! Post Edit: "By the way, if you want to catch both islands, it needs 64 tiles to do it."...

Here you go...took off, and did some landscape shots below the wing. Tell me if you recognize any views. That would be fun. BTW, is that a castle ruin, on top of that hill mount, near that town? It sure looks like it to me. I found it...and it IS a castle, or manor house! Here is a real-life pic folks of the mount. Cool that Ortho4XP caught it! :))))) Just edited with the proper link, as suggested by JComm: https://www.google.ca/search?q=Montemor-o-Novo+castle&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:{referrer:source?}&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAj_GknIfVAhUj34MKHXT9AVsQsAQINg&biw=2293&bih=873&safe=vss So, th…

Download DataRefEditor http://developer.x-plane.com/tools/datarefeditor/ Start X-plane11, go to plugin menù, select "Show art control". Change this value for haze reduction: Fog/std_deviation_cutoff=0.3000000 Change this value for clouds (more white): Clouds/ambient_gain=5.00000 Skyc/whiteout_in_clouds=0.000000 Optional settings. You want increase rayleigh effect? Change this value: Atmo/atmo_scale_raleigh=30.00000 Atmo/inscatter_gain_mie=0.000000 Atmo/inscatter_gain_raleigh=17.000000 Atmo/inscatter_raleigh_b=52.000000 Hdr/gain_min=2.000000 Hdr/sky_gain=5.000000 Hdr/white_point=2.200000 Enjoy! :wink: This is the result.

One frequent questions by new XP 11 users, regardless if they intend to stay with XP or if they just want to try XP, is about must-have scenery. Besides the evergrowing payware market, X-Plane is well-known for its freeware community, which not only produces a LOT of scenery, but sometimes also really high-quality scenery. The problem is that there's no easy way to find that for a newcomer. While XP veterans know the important names (such as MisterX6, ISDG, RDesign and others) and where to look, new users need to browse through download sites and dig through forum posts. That's fine if you are searching for a particular airport, but what if you prefer some visual inspirat…