The X-Plane General Discussions Forum

Watching some of the videos during development of XP10 and reading on this and other forums about custom scenery..Think about it, you could make a variety of different types of interstate lights.. If you can remove the auto generated lights in interchanges and put the larger lights that would shine down and brighten a larger area..Model fast food restaurant chain buildings.. Maybe one or two varieties for four or five resteraunts and put them in their locations around a city..Model large home improvement stores, or Wally-Worlds.. It would be a single building (cause they are almost all alike) and then just put them in their locations..Just ideas, on how to make cities mor…

Ok, Im totally new to Xplane. I tried the demo and didnt like it at first but after following some of the tips and setting of others here, I have to say im starting to become impressed. Im seriously thinking of ordering it now, but wondered if the planes for Xplane 9 will work in 10. I suppose its too soon to tell since we are just playing with the demo right now. If ver 9 planes do work in 10, which planes would a veteren xplaner recommed? I like regional aircraft and heavy stuff, but im open to any sugestions.Rob

How am I supposed to get hold of support regarding my order for XP10. I've written emails to the info@ and xplaneorders@ email addresses but I still cannot get a reply out of them. I've been trying to cancel my order now for 6 days without any response whatsoever. If they don't reply to me in the next 24 hours I will be forced into making a chargeback/dispute through PayPal, I think 6 days is plenty of time to reply to an email.And no I am not ringing them internationally from my mobile.

OK, I have been putting quite a bit of time in to xp 10 to see if it will work for me. Most of the time spent so far has been playing with graphics to ensure I get ok performance with eyefinity and I think it will be ok in that respect. The next part that is important to me ( maybe I am spoilt..) is the switches/instruments. I am a bit of a pit builder and in the past I have made all sorts of pits with extra displays and real switches etc. A while ago I owned about 9/10 go flight modules which I used in FSX and one of my pits but as I started to fly more time in other sims they were not paying for themselves as I could only use them in FSX. So at one point I ma…

AA is not working for me at all... I just realized that's one of my largest visual issues. Non vs 16x - zero difference. The only difference I get is when I use HDR FXAA or the second option. And I get AA if I force a nvidia inspector profile.

Just updated to this latest beta 10.02b2 and my trackir quit working. I have it checked in the equipment section of the xplane menu, but nothing...And yes, it worked in the original xplane 10 demo and also in the first update. Anyone else have this problem?I also have the texture rendering problem with purple/blue highways and light green areas on the hilsides like others have with nVidia GC's...(only with HDR unchecked in rendering options).

I can't post this anymore in a closed thread about X-Plane in the FLIGHT forums, however I'd like to share this with new users. It is a common question that also arises on other occasions, like for example in FSEconomy, where the client will only log your flight with full brakes on:X-Plane has two Keys for the brakes:"B": brakes "regular effort""V": brakes "max effort"In short: "B" only gives you half the power on the brakes. You need to use "V" for what MSFS users are used to as "the brakes".Still, X-plane 10 seems to "brake not that much" like X-Plane 9 did. (I hope you understand what I want to say in my non-native english).

Hi all, I can't find any kind of command to bind so that when I start at night I can turn on the instrument lights. Of course being dark I cant see any switches to do it in the VC. Any ideas? I have just been flying the default baron 58 for demo purposes.Thanks!

I tried the "Let AI control plane" option in XP10 a few times and couldn't get it to do anything meaningful. Turning it on while sitting on the runway does nothing. If you go full-throttle and turn off the brakes and start rolling forward and turn it off, it just cuts the throttle but doesn't steer. I tried it in the air a few times and it would cut the throttle and fly into the ground. Is this a feature that isn't finished yet? Just curious. :)

Anybody know if this program will work for xp-10 ?http://ntcore.com/4gb_patch.phpCurrent Version: 1.0.0.1 Download the 4GB PatchI originally wrote this tool for a friend of mine who needed it. This very little tool patches x86 executables in order to let them have 4GB (instead of only 2) of virtual memory on x64 platforms. This tool comes very handy for applications which need a great amount of virtual memory like games, 3D renderization, multimedia etc. To gain these 2GB, you just have to use this tool to patch the executable (*.exe file) of the software you want to have these additional GBs of virtual memory. It can be used by clicking on it and choosing the file or thr…

Anyone know where you can pre-order X10 in UK? Have googled but only come up with x-plane site pre-order option.Thanks in advance.Denis

I've been PMing user Goran over the last two days.. he's clarified a few things for me (thanks!)Still I've got some concerns, or, things that will stop me from buying the XP10 game:1) Graphics. I can't for the life of me get a crisp, nicely AA XP10 scene without video artifacts (see the render thread started by Geof). If I use my nvidia profile I don't get artifacts but then I have tons of shimmering. Argh.2) Performance. It's not too shabby, but using the HDR AA really drops frames down to around 15 at KSEA with that King Air's VC. I'm used to FSX (yes you XPers can lol now) so 15 is alright, but I can get more in FSX with Orbx and it looks excellent. Without HDR …

If you go to the last bathroom in the back of the 747, better knock before entering or else you see this!Rob

good evening everyone,Tonight I (finally) bit the bullet and I installed X-plane 9.I got the simulation more than two years ago for a birthday present but I never came around to try it out.Last weekend however I found a few movies for the upcoming version 10 ans so I gave it a try with version 9.Installation is quite long (8 DVD's take some time to get transferred to my HD) but it is up and running.First impression... I hate it...No, that is not true but I can't deny that it is 'different' after almost 15 years of >Flightsimulator...Second impression.... it runs smooth, even on the highest settings.But, and that's my main problem now, I have some difficulties to get my…

Howdy -In an effort to give the XP10 demo a fair shake, I'm working through a rather fatal bug. I am given to understand that this is supposedly a "beta" release, although the website, release docs, and documentation in the download state nothing to the effect. (The full product is to release on December 7th? Ten days? Ouch.)Relevant Stats: Win7 x64 / 8 GB RAM / nVidia / CH Products FlightSim Yoke (USB)Once launched into the demo, I move to the joystick setup area. If I move the yoke around on its axis', it seems to respond fine. After several seconds on this screen, the program simply crashes with this message.....followed by an immediate crash-to-desktop, with the XP10 …

New beta update is out. I dont really have time to mess with it now. Has anyone noticed changes (visually, performance wise, anything)?http://www.x-plane.com/x-plane-10-alternative-downloads/

I've devoted quite a few hours to the XP10 demo (beta?) this weekend, trying to find the "sweet spot" of config settings that give me acceptable frame rates and a good amount of detail in a wide variety of weather conditions.My PC seems to be too underpowered to use the the HDR lighting and advanced shadow settings, but after much tweaking of the other settings I get around 17-20fps rain or shine with "tonnes" of autogen. However, it was pretty painful to get to this point because of the extremely long loading times - does anyone else have to sit and wait a good five full minutes after tweaking certain options? thankfully loading doesn't seem to count towards the demo ten…

I have experimented within the short demo to find the way I like xplane setup. This gives me great visuals, and reasonable performance which I can tweak for better by just lowering visibilty settings ..Just wondering what you all may have come up with.IntelCore i7 [email protected] ghz, 12gb ram, win 64 nvidia geforce gtx 460

Win 7 64 bitWhenever I use the Updater utility and exit the program or XPlane itselt, i get an error box:UAC disabled, running as administrator doesn't fix this.Anyone else seeing?

Hey all,Just curious if anyone has tried this on a Mac & what setup you have... and how it runs ;)cheersAndrew

I like either flying high altitude, long range commercial flights, or low altitude and slow small single engine plane flights.. I know, what other kinds are there really.. Since the demo has a very limited range, i have been doing the second choice.. In doing this i noticed just a few small flukes.. I am sure these will be corrected in a future update..Has anyone noticed:1. The large transmission towers just lined up on top of each other..2. The trains sitting on the tracks are at odd angles going around the sides of the hills.. (near Boeing field)3. Highway traffic need improved spacing so they aren't partially inside each other..Again, these are small details that i'm s…

Maybe I missed it somewhere, but on Windows7 64 with XP10 Demo, using default aircraft Baron and C90, can't seem to get rid of the bloody VC with any view. Forward view should be VC, forward with nothing should be NOTHING and forward with HUD only should be nothing of aircraft visible with a HUD overlaid. I get VC normal, VC with HUD and VC with no movability (static forward view slightly raised).W (Normal Forward View)Shift+W (Forward Nothing View with HUD)Ctrl+W (Forward Nothing View)I looked through the options for a way to hide the aircraft visibility (thus hiding the VC) with no luck. Anyone else seeing this or am I daft?P.S. The reason I'm trying to get rid of t…

OK, so after a bit of mucking about downloading xp10 I have it on the computer running. I am not very interested in the heavy stuff so I am looking for a good _free_ (I dont want to pay money to try the demo) aircraft, single or twin engine. The default planes I have tried either consume too much screen space or dont have a real 3d cockpit when panning around with track ir. I kind of got the idea they wouldn't be suitable but not sure where to start for a good one. When I flick to eyefinity mode they are absolutely huge and the zoom and translate keys dont fix it. Strange thing, when I first went full screen in eyefinity I was getting around 19 fps then it …

Hey GuysI went ahead and downloaded the XP10 demo today to try it out and see how it would do on my rig, (Specs in Sig). And like most people I was pretty crestfallen with it's looks and performance, but I started tweaking some stuff around, first with the rendering options and then going into driver optimizations, and my whole experience changed.I have an SLI setup, which as I recall Ben Supnik said would NOT be helpful for Xplane, BUT SLI can also be used on non-SLI applications to increase visual fidelity in regards to AA and AF.Basically you have to set the driver to do "SLI antialiasing", meaning the second card is just assisting with AA and AF, I was able to put my…

Evening all,Been experimenting some more.The attached picture illustrates the problem I have.There's no terrain details beyond 25 miles. Just like X-Plane 9.Despite that, I've set visibility in the weather settings to 100 miles. Under rendering settings, I find that adjusting world detail draw distance makes no difference.Any suggestions? I've heard suggestions that 100miles visibility should be possible now, but how to achieve this?-----------------------Experiments coming along nicely:I can set roads and objects upto their highest setting, whilst sacrificing HDR, per pixel lighting and volumetric fog. Frame rates improve considerably! Apart from loosing some fanta…