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http://youtu.be/r6111aczdd8 :dance: :Party: :yahoo: :clapping:

A very interesting article about an upcoming BBC radio program on the Patent Trolling problem in the US. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23673383

I've been playing round with the vector Ordnance Survey data for the UK to see if it can be used for X-Plane scenery generation. Initially, I've had some quite good but basic results, if you see the screenshots below (Click to Enlarge): At the moment, the application I've written simply takes the OS vector data, and pulls out trees and buildings. It then generates a fake OSM file which can then be used with OSM2XP (I intend to bypass this stage and just produce a straight scenery package). Firstly the good points: The entire UK, and every nook and cranny is covered. Anyone who has ever used ordnance survey maps will know how good they are. Just a 1x1 de…

http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?s=36f5bbad7bb9ee3fc5bb2a4bd78f80c1&showtopic=69706#entry757221 Mentioned in the Centurion thread....

then it cleared up a few seconds later I guess this is a well known issue that will be fixed soon.

I have the excellent Ramzess (sp?) 777 for XPX/64. I am reading a review and see a pic of a wing view in it, although there bis no mention in the review how it was done, and I have looked both here and in the docs for the product and cannot find any reference to this. Is it possible to get a wing view in the 777, and if so, how do I do it? Thanks, Bruce.

http://youtu.be/Yb1-k2uE9pM "Published on Aug 13, 2013 video by RedPiper1 This is an amazing future release Cloud Engine addon for X-Plane10. Please stay tuned for future announcements,videos,information etc. Follow the development even further at: http:/skymaxx-extreme.com" CLOUDS WILL FINALLY MOVE

This is a plee for anyone using OSM scenery inside X-Plane. Please spend some time updating your local area (if it hasn't been mapped), by adding some forests and buildings. It's really easy to do, and it not only will it look good inside X-Plane in future scenery packs, but will also help expand the maps for OSM. Additionally, it will also probably appear in products for FSX as well. I normally spend about 30 mins a day updating my local area, and I've tried converting it into X-Plane and the effect it gives is very much worth it. It's an easy way to author scenery and share it with others :-)

Seeing an XP10 Dev at an FSX Live Stream felt alittle weird for me. I would have picked an anonymous login name. Why is he interested in the PMDG 777 when he has his own very expensive product on the market. Does he fly his payware or is he more interested in the FSX 777? :Thinking: http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/x-planestore/Detail?no=452

Two great friends after all :-) Yesterday I SASL'ed a GIZMO'ed aircraft, to apply that mighty TorqueFix, and they played together like really good friends!!! SASL & GIZMO love each other after all !!!!

As you've probably noticed it's a bit quiet here in the X-plane section of Avsim today. This is mainly because jcomm is having one of his FSX/P3D periods. This is completely normal and happens from time to time. So don't panic people and carry on as normal. Soon enough he'll be back with his contagious enthusiasm :smile:

and the sky colours at dusk /dawn - too dark. I edited the files, but I'm not an artist... Accurate Moon phases in the right place would also be just great!

The Fabulous LES DC-3 has been updated to 64 bit along with other improvements ,head over to X-Aviation to update your copy http://www.x-aviation.com/catalog/

Hi, Perhaps you already saw it somewhere else, but in case anobody don't, please take a look at http://www.simbrief.com It seems something like the upcoming PFPX, but now, and free.

Finally :Party: :yahoo: :clapping: :dance: CARENADO B58 Baron X-PLANE 10 UPDATE. August 14th, 2013 Carenado is pleased to announce the free update of the B58 Baron to version 2.0, including an update to the SASL plugin system to v2.0.1. ... This version is compatible with X-Plane 9.7, X-Plane 10.21 32-bit, and X-Plane 10.21 64-bit on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. Overhauled plugin-enhanced sound and lighting, X-Plane 10 optimizations, and many further improvements. These packages run on either X-Plane 9 or X-Plane 10, so customers who bought them for X-Plane 9 could run them in X-Plane 10 without any problem. Existing customers can simply re-download the c…

Here are a few very interesting tutorials I found. They're produced by Dan Klaue, the author of the excellent Carenados for X-Plane 9 and 10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os7O-uPhIHk&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL83BC4217746786FF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoAFQ4XG_Y8&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL83BC4217746786FF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQRIL_-bdQ&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL83BC4217746786FF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1uKzJbctfg&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL83BC4217746786FF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIWXJQR_Oc&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL83BC4217746786FF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V…

:Waiting: :Thinking: the XP10 forums and Ben's Blog have been quiet lately, I wonder what's cooking in Austin's oven?

This... and I am not referring to the completely wrong Moon phase...

http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/x-planestore/Detail?no=360 But my account still has the old model??? It is actually v2 :yahoo:

If you like mountain flying then this may be for you. 5/6 of Japan is mountainous (which may not be surprising considering how many earthquakes we get). Unfortunately Fuji still looks like crap and although the OSM data is suprisingly good (well, not simply non-existent like I thought it would be for Japan), the rolling green plains of Tokyo may confuse some... The smaller files may download as a simple .dsf, not a folder in which case you need to make the folder with the coordinates as the title. As usual all put inside a folder titled something like 'Japan HD Mesh' in the custom scenery folder of XP. http://moriarty.watson.jp/dsf.html

Recently, xplane 10.22 (It was doing it on the previous version as well) has started making weird sounds. When I am at the splash/setup screen, it makes a high pitched whine and when it gets into the actual aircraft, with no engines or avionics started, there is a strange chattering noise. I have the volume levels adjusted pretty low, around 30%, both within xp and on the settings from within the realtek control panel. I don't experience this with any other games or applications. I have tried relocating the speakers, wiring, turned off everything else, reset default sound profiles in realtek and it's still there and only in xplane. It also can be heard through headphones…

Posted by Cameron @ X-Aviation ... Saab 340A Enters Beta Testing!This is brilliant news!

Does any X-Plane guru out there know how to make the roads transparent in X-Plane. This is for compatibility with photo-scenery. I have seen it done before, e.g. in the Hawaii scenery, and it looked excellent, but would like to do this myself for the excellent scenery available from simheaven.com The only thing ruining the photoscenery for me at the moment is the road textures. I still want to keep the cars and road signs.

Guys, as far as I'm concerned, there is nothing now that can keep me away from starting XP10 and pick a good GA for a morning flight :-) There was that problem, until yesterday, and I confess that most of the time, although the rest of the feel was good, the looks were great too, and some models are really a charm to see and operate in XP10, kept me away from it. After aplying that "TorqueFix" to all of my prop models ( non counter rotating) and observing the thrust and power figures with and without the fix applied, after making all sorts of tests that came to my mind, the truth is - just as much as some say FTX Global turned FSX / P3D into a new sim (and I …