The X-Plane General Discussions Forum

It's been a good month for X-Plane, especially alpilotx's mesh and Skymaxx Pro. I've uploaded some screenshots below showing what X-Plane is capable of, even on my average-powered laptop, I'm averaging between 20-30fps (which is more than enough for me). This is a flight I did from the Isle of Man to Liverpool. The detail in the OSM/Photo scenery/Mesh v2 is stunning, and combined with the sky from Skymaxx Pro, it also looks very realistic. This shot shows that finally flying into clouds doesn't cause a grey wall of death, and performs great as well. It can make for some very scenic instrument approaches As above using Skymaxx Pro for clouds Th…

Does anyone know of a way to lock CAVOK visibility at a number around 90 or so? Mine keeps reverting to around 25 and this creates a bright white line around the horizon at dusk. It appears to be a fog line, but it is not because of my framerates as they are around 80 or so. When I manually adjust the slider (under weather), there is no hit on framerates and it looks much better. Thanks, John

I installed the MU-2 and the DC-3 after Sky MAXX Pro. When I start the MU-2, no problem, but if I try to load the DC-3 I get this weird error message... Any ideas? debug:gizmo.dofile(LES_DC3.lua.aes) error:[string "LES_DC3.lua.aes"]:94: dref.newInt: Caught duplicate request: 'LES/DC3/ignition_switch_output'. Returning existing handle. debug:Undefined function: OnBoot debug:Undefined function: OnUpdate warng:sound.say(OnError stalled because Console was not ready. Requested Console.auto_show) warng: debug:Undefined function: XA_Activation_OnCreate debug:ToyBox v13.07.17.2314 debug:Undefined function: OnDraw_BeforeGauges debug:Undefined function: OnDraw_Gauges debug…

I've recently started to get back into XPX rediscovering the marvelous FlyJSim 727 with SkyMAXX Pro and would like to know what the optimal settings be for anyone out there who has a GTX 560ti 2GB graphics card or similar as I do. I can't post a screenshot of my settings at the moment but will be able to later after I get home but have some of the following set. -Currently have HDR on and would prefer to have leave it on as it dramatically improves overall lighting particularly in the cockpit, but feel I have to sacrifice other settings like texture res (which I have now turned down from 'extreme' to 'very high') and turn down to just FXAA (would like to increase …

Hello! I've been testing with XP10 for an hour and exploring it, with the Dreamfoil 206 and CRJ. Various questions: 1) I think it doesn't have the performance that it should have with my PC. I7 2600k 4,6Ghz and GTX770 2GB. 8Gb ram and on SSD. It is good but not so smooth with sliders maxed. 2) I don't like the view system. For me is difficult to pan around the VC like FSX, with my joystick. I have a Logitech G940 and I use the 4 axis button in the joystick, but in XP I can't setup it. Help? 3) How I can change between the aircraft panels? For example OH, etc... Enviado desde mi iPhone 5S con Tapatalk Pro

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so just got xplane installed. i wanted to update it but i can not. when i lunch it says it could not do an update. when i go to the website to download updates it doesnt work either. is it just me or is this for everyone?

Did something change in 10.25 that would prevent custom scenery that was previously installed from displaying? I have a number of airport add ons installed and when I go to their locations what use to be populated with buildings etc is now back to being empty. :Thinking: The folders are still present in the custom scenery file and the entry is included in the scenery .ini file but nothing is being displayed in the sim. Changes recently made to my system include resetting my rendering options for max performance and building back up to take into account XP Mesh V2 and SkyMax pro. I also deleted my scenery.ini file and allowed it to rebuild after installing v2 mesh fo…

Is there any way to make a home cockpit with Xplane? I cant find any add-ons like Sim Avionics, Project Magenta etc.

X-Plane 10 HD Mesh Scenery v2 released! The free (donationware!) X-Plane 10 HD Scenery Mesh v2 has been released after almost a year of work. It covers many of the "interesting" regions of the planet (over 55 Gbytes of data), covering: Europe (Iceland and Canaries included) USA (Hawaii included) Canada (most parts of it) Alaska A coverage map can be found here: It is an update to the older v1 HD Mesh (and a replacement of the default Global Scenery) and brings a lot of improvements to the simulator: It is a much higher resolution base mesh (more, smaller triangles) compared to the default Global Scenery which ships with X-Plane 10 (one could say: approximately 2-…

Friend of mine just move up from three 60" TV's to five in his cockpit. Pretty awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YXry4oG5L8E And part #2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=myMZi8SE1Ec

I'm looking for a good general aviation aircraft with the above requirements. When I mean good in xwind, I mean handles and can land/takeoff in crosswinds. Most of my planes are so twitchy they're yawing about on the runway (more like a dance). The Carenado A36 is pretty nice, except the xwind performance is bad. Unless it's something I'm doing I have poor success with it. Also the Aspen is a PITA to manipulate in the VC. I was considering their C340 but worried about the xwind performance again. At least the mouse manipulators would be easy because of the no glass. Any suggestions? I've already got the ever popular freeware planes, Piaggio, Eclipse, widepa…

Okay, as there is a topic entitled "PMDG going P3D" here ... just in case it's overseen and as it might be interesting for those interested in XPlane and PMDG: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/426981-pmdgs-xplane-10-development-fact-thread-updated-25nov13/#entry2859157 Cheers, Christoph

Since the P3D have filed for me in terms of performance, not being to far from FSX I've decided to go XP10, I was amazed about the graphics on my PC and how fluent it is with sliders almost to the right, I'm so pleased, no tweaking, just fire up the sim and enjoy the ride. X-plane you've just one a new suporter!! My questions, what 3'rd party addons for XP10 and what good free addons that could change the look and functionality, weather programs, like active sky, clouds, what planes exist with FMC only (I'm aware of 777 and 757), any freeware airports (EU)? Thank you, I ask this question because I never touched XP in my life, this is the first time, I have to get…

First 2 pinned topics: http://forum.avsim.net/forum/351-pmdg-general-forum/ Since PMDG and basically any other FSX developer embraced P3D, it's going to be the de-facto successor of FSX. PMDG says will continue its development of their first X-Plane product to evaluate its market demand and then decide if keeping on developing for X-Plane. Well, some personal thoughts... I think Laminar Research failed to capitalize a great part of the opportunity they had. Seven years passed in which the development of FSX/P3D has been effectively freezed. With regard to features and visuals, P3D 1.0-1.4 had not introduced significant novelties beyond FSX. Ok, ther…

In the geography cloud department Xplane is finally showing its' stuff and has gone to new heights for any sim. I always only have one criteria in a sim-how well does it duplicate every aspect rw. In these departments we have reached a new high. Two compare shots below-both taken today at 10am. This has been an extremely exciting week for simmers. Congrats to the developers and thank you for your incredible work!

I've been using X-plane for almost 2 years now and I have collected a lot of freeware, payware, converted some of my FSX scenery and dabbled in G2XP. I've noticed my X-plane install is now a whopping 510GB. I needx to clean out some stuff I don't use, but Its running well and I am afraid to mess with it. Is there a limit to how much scenery and planes you can have? or is it just limited to your hard drive size. Everything is running well and my FPS are very good. I am just wondering what everyone's X-Plane directory size is. Not that size matters (lol). I'm just worried I'm about to hit a wall at some point for number of planes or scenery addons, if there is such a…

Hi with the photoscenery from simheaven I have regions with darker stripes: Would that be the same if I manually convert with g2xpl? I remember that it was better in xp 8 but couldn't use that in xp10 anymore. Also Milano Malpensa seems to be wrong? Thanks

Is there a way to see current zoom level (FOV) like you can monitor fps and other elements using the data input and output menu? I just assigned the + and - key to a rocker switch on my yoke but want to be able to measure the effect in game until I set up all my views. Thanks

Is there any way to "uncover" roads which are covered by terrain? Here, if you go just off the 6/24 runway at KROA, you will see the road (interstate/freeway) covered as if there is a tunnel. There is, in fact, a cut just off the west end of the runway through which the road runs. In this area, with it's "old" mountains, there are many instances of this. Has Laminar considered having roadways "follow the terrain contour" as they offer for runways? I know, it doesn't have anything to do with the actual flying, but as a "low and slow" flyer, I like to see stuff. John

http://developer.x-plane.com/2013/11/add-new-hd-base-meshes-to-10-25/ Ben Supnik says: "Hi, We have new data for _everywhere_ – the question is what regions we will recut and how we will do it. I don’t know the answer, except to say that I think Rio will be on the list of ‘auto-fixes’ – basically anywhere that’s really screwed up and notable should be on the short list. This would include Sydney, Rio, Edwards AFB, etc. I’ll post something more complete when we’re closer to pulling the trigger."

First of all the clouds are beautiful ! But I notice there are no clouds in the horizon when approaching a line of clouds. They are visible in the weather menu and in the local map/sectional. It would be nice if the clouds would gradually appear on the horizon instead of popping on all of a sudden. One minute you are flying VFR and the next minute you are in IMC conditions. This is a buzz kill for me ;( Second the transition from day to night is like turning off a light switch. I hope these issues get addressed at some point.

Hey guys, I keep seeing videos of scenery where the freeways have more details like the green freeway offramp signs and lights etc.. But I have not found any areas that have that. I am usually flying around souther california, KLAX to KSAN for example and the 5 freeway/405 are just plain roads. I have downloaded some scenery but it only has airports and nearby buildings. Does any of the included areas of northern california have freeways with this much detail? How can I find some? Thanks. -Tavis

One of the best weeks of my simmer life! - IL2 Sturmovik BOS open Alpha was released! I am not one of the lucky guys with access to it, but mine will arrive in December! My great friend Tercio ( with a very interesting reviews page about to be made public!!!) already had the chance to try it and confirmed the expected - we have a new winner in the Flight Dynamics Arena, apparently even superior to DCS as confirmed by a few taildragger RW pilots who use both!!! - Lockheed Martin about to release P3D v2, which was great news for most of my friends with lot's of FSX stuff, and long looking forward for the successor of the FS franchise. Here it is for all of them, and…

I've used XP10 now for awhile now and I have never gotten comfortable with the view system. So I sat down this morning with the intention of getting this sorted and has just led to more frustration. I'm pretty sure it's end-user induced frustration so I am turning to the board for help. I use track IR and have Sandy B's pilot view plug in. I can get these to work together most of the time but there is something amiss with the axis when I make different presets. Here is an example... I've tried to set PV presets 7&8 to allow me to view the engineer station on the Flying J Sim B727. I have no problem shifting the default PV Preset backward and then rotating it 90 degre…