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Hi, I'm using PlaneMaker to recreate my B55 Baron. My question is, I see some of the other planes that come with X-Plane seem to use a different way to map textures. I'm using the "Export texture map starting points" from PlaneMaker. The default B58 however, looks like it was modeled using a different program and the textures have a B58_fuselage_NML file that seems to determine how the maps are applied. Can anyone point me in the right direction for how I would do this? Do I need to model my plane in another package?

This thread seems to have got the P3Ders excited. Anybody tried it, or even know if it's possible in XPlane? http://forum.avsim.net/topic/453097-dsr-wow-must-see/

I never see any rain even if ATIS is reporting rain? Does anybody else experience the same thing? I just did a small test where i set the Stormy weather theme and I did see some rain... Not much though. I know the weather engine in XPX is not the best, but I don't recall it being this bad. It's been raining almost non-stop for a week where I live, but not a drop in XPX... Really killing the immersion. BTW I'm using SkyMaxx Pro 2.0.

Using XP10 for my PSX visuals I came across an irritating limitation when trying to set the XP10 window to occupy half screen. I run at 1920 X 1080, but I can never get XP10 to show up in anything like 1920 X 540. It always occupies around 2/3rds of the monitor in height :-( Well, Gerd, from the Aerowinx PSX forums, suggested using two interesting tools to run PSX and FSX, with FSX in windowed mode, and it works beautifully, but, I then tried one of them with XP10 and Voilà!!!! I am now able to set my XP10 window to whichever height I want :-) Here are the links for both tools: - Windows borderless gaming - Always On Top ( funny name :-) )

Howdy All I would appreciate the benefit of the wisdom and experience, particularly those of you who are across various sim platforms - FSX, P3D, XP10 etc with 777 configurations. My background is extensive 777 experience with Emirates and Virgin Australia. I train in the aircraft, develop training and standards manuals and other content for my airline. Behind this I have a degree in Computer Science and 35 years of building and tinkering with computers. I ran MS Flt Sim when it was first released and it was the definitive test of a new PC. However I really haven't sim'd on my PC for 15 years or more (I get to play with bigger simulators these days) but recent eve…

Hello all. I seen this pop up in another thread but did not want to hijack it with X-plane stuff so i thought i would start my own thread. Problem 1, not a big problem but still it annoys me, Every time i start X-Plane and its loading it goes into the "Not Responding" mode with a white screen stays like that a min but always starts then no probs, is it something small im missing? I have Aero enabled but still the same, Not a big deal but would be interesting to see if theres something im missing Problem 2 is an absolute head wrecker so much its taken the good out of the game. Aircraft Activation problems, i purchased the Boeing 747i and the 777 both by VMAX …

When they do stop, and 11 is released, what will you be looking for before you buy it? Would there need to be some major changes between the last release of 10 before you buy? Bob

So X-plane has this feature to create a little camera shaking in external view. I think most flight sims have this nowadays. Some people don't care for it and some even say it makes them sick looking at it. I happen to like it a lot, but in X-plane, its hardly noticable. Is there any way to increase the effect by editing something in a CFG file? Rob

Hello there guys Whats the most settings that could run x plane 10 and giving the stunning realistic appearance without or with a very slightly performance hit. My specs is : i7 2600K at 4:9Ghz, ASUS GTX680 DCU2T 2GB , Corsair platinum 8GB 2133MHz. Hope to obtain a lot of activities to reaching the target as possible. This is my first using to the x plane 10 & I am very interested to. Thx

Hi all. I'm using Prepar3D now. But it still has problems like fsx, especially not 64 bit. So I'm thinking about change from p3d to xplane10. I'm getting around 20 fps on my current rig in p3d My specs are: AMD FX X6 3.5 Ghz ( I will overclock it ) 8 GB 1600 mhz ram GTX 660 Ti 2GB With this system, will I get an acceptable fps? Or same as P3D? And I have two other questions, is installing the xplane to a drive different from windows make any difference? And what about xplane's add ons? Thanks and regards.

10.31r1 is out and is a relatively small package. I haven't noticed any changes - good or bad, but there is some background stuff going on. Release notes here: http://www.x-plane.com/?article=x-plane-10-31-release-notes John

" FS Global Real Weather is a fast loading, easy to use, weather engine for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Flight Simulator 2004 (from V1.7) and Lockheed Martins Prepar3D. We are planning to support X-Plane in the near future." :Party: :Love: :yahoo: :clapping: http://www.fly2pilots.com/Cms/Ui/Pages/Products/MainPage.aspx?id=253b8b5c-0a91-4935-8d01-b3c70aee6034 OVERVIEW FS Global Real Weather is a fast loading, easy to use, weather engine for Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Flight Simulator 2004 (from V1.7) and Lockheed Martins Prepar3D. We are planning to support X-Plane in the near future. FS Global Real Weather not only delivers weather data calculated out o…

Hi I have recently moved from FSX to XPlane, but am having real problems getting any 3rd party scenery to work in it. I have bought the NW England scenery pack, but no matter where it appears in the scenery CFG file, I do not see it. I am using EGNH as a test airport. I have 3rd party EGNH scenery that I HAVE SEEN WORK, but only rarely. Can anyone tell me what sequence I should have the standard scenery files and also where the add on scenery should be. So far almost every combination I have tried results in EGNH buildings just disappearing, and my high quality NW england is nowhere to be seen. It is driving me nuts trying to get this to work correctly. Che…

I am working my way into the LES Saab - ironing out problems as I go. I had problems with engine start, I seem to have resolved that by not assigning my GF-TQ6 to work the condition levers, just using the mouse. With that sorted, I got to the end of the runway and went thro all the checklists. Following the published tutorial I advanced throttles to 64% trq. The torque continued to rise, but stopped about 90% instead of the 108% in the manual. The conditions levers were fully max, and the CTOT switches armed. With most of the runway gone (acceleration was very slow) I firewalled the throttles. Power advanced a bit, but then torque came back to about 65%. We s…

New shots at fb. Hope they will port it over to XP.

Awesome yes!

Hello everyone i want to ask question please after a long time of searching i would like to know the XPUIPC for XP10 it's actually a replacment of FSUIPC if i understend correctly i am long time trying to setting the switches of the A320 NEO panel to my jostick buttons (saitk yoke and BU0826X card) like landing light or anything else.. i was doing it in FSX only with FSUIPC. my question is it possible ? and i will be so happy if i get help with this Thank you all !!!!!!!!!!!!! :smile:

I used WED to add a little area for my plane at KOLM, Olympia, Washington. However, right in the middle of the ramp, I encounter a huge bump, which when I'm flying the Skymaster causes the loss of the rear engine. Any idea what could be causing this? I would guess it's something in the terrain, but Im not sure how to fix it. I guess I could just move the airport, what being an airport god and all.

I have been a heavy user of Xplane for a while, but the last year or so, I got a little bored with siming in general and took a break, got into other outdoor type hobbies. Now, that winter is just around the corner, Im getting my favorite indoor hobby set up (well maybe my second favorite indoor hobby LOL). Anyhow, some things have changed since last flying XP10 and I have updated my install to the latest. But I feel out of the loop on certain things that have developed since then. What is this Airport Gateway? Are these lego brick airports automatically installed into X-plane or do I need to download each one that I want, and put them in? How do thes airports inter…

Flight Factor 777 Professional/Extended Updated Flight Factor is pleased to announce the release of the updated Boeing 777-200 and -300 series. It’s not just a new model with Rolls Royce engines fitted under the wing, many other features and fixes are included and above all, this model is exclusively for X-Plane 10.30. Update version 1.7 can be slit into updated only applicable for the extended version and for all models. These are: Extended pack only: - Added additional engine variant Rolls-Royce Trent 892-17 to the 777-200ER model, - EICAS differences for the three-spool Rolls-Royce Trent, - Added a wonderful new sound set for the Rolls-Royce Trent, - Fixed…

hello. An issue I have noticed whilst trying to cure stuttering around cities during daylight hours (it does NOT happen at night!) The only way I can eliminate screen tearing is by setting in nvidia inspector to 1/2 refresh rate standard with triple buffering on. Any other setting results in screen tearing. However this for some reason causes stuttering during daylight hours only (even with shadows off). If I leave the screen tearing, the sim does NOT stutter. So it's like a now win situation? has anyone got any advice? I either have to a.) put up with stutters and no tearing or b.) put up with tearing but no stutters! i am by no means 'maxed out' …

http://www.carenado.com/CarSite/Portal/index.php?accion=product&correl=129 Special Features Only for X-Plane 10.30 or higher. X-Plane 64 bits compatible. New mouse scroll wheel support for knobs and handles. Volumetric side view prop effect Default GNS530 of X-Plane 10.30 (or higher).

Has anyone successfully managed to inject weather elements: - cloud layers - winds - turbulence - visibility - precipitation - temperature (I doubt...) into X-Plane10 using a pluggin?

I just bought the gulfstream g650. I have been using the Cessna 172 and its going well. I downloaded plane and read help me and some other things but I don't understand when to use the flight management system vs Auto pilot. Also I can't find a tuitorial on trying to program a flight management system route or using the ILS systmen. The 172 I never used the autopilot and not sure it even had one. Any help is great thank you

Question for the XPX guru's: I am slowing getting into XPX but for the life of me I cannot seem to quite understand how I am getting better performance out of the sim with the 32 bit application vs the 64bit application? Is this normal? Is there something I am not doing which is causing this? If I understand correctly, 64 bit allows for larger memory usage by the app which would be required as the 3rd party apps pile on.