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I have P3D working great on 1 of my PC's and would like to know if I can also install FSX on the same PC.

Just thought you all might like to know that everything NickN is saying in his now famous post about how Orbx ruins your FSX install because Orbx edits and alters files and doesn't back them up... is wrong. Or 'false', to use his own words. Correct: the backup option you get when you install FTXG only makes a backup of the texture folder. But... I just found out that Orbx has had the habit of backing up all core files with every FTX install for years already. Let's the take terrain.cfg NickN is going on about, which has been lost forever without a possibility to restore it. Well, go to your FSX folder and then to ORBX/Scripts/FTXCentral/InstallBackup and what do y…

Now that we have Global from ORBX, I think the next step is to slap on some fantastic mesh on top. I was wondering what the community thinks about putting FTX Global with FSGenesis NEXTMap (9.6 m mesh) terrain mesh. Right now NEXTMap does not cover the whole world but I'm quite sure Justin is going to see about what is left. So, what do you think? Is this the way to go? Frank

Hi I was flying down by Monterey Ca with Ftx Global Hybrid checked & the ocean never appeared, just land where the ocean was supposed to be, I then went in & changed the Ftx Central to North America & the problem was resolved with the same great scenery. Is this the correct way to select global vs N/A or any other areas? I could not determine if this was the right way after reading the Ftx user guide. Thanks Ron

So today, I tried something with FTX global in FSX that I haven't done for 7 years. I did a flight with autogen on EXTREMELY DENSE. WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT! Yes, EXtremely Dense!! Usually before If I even mentioned this word, by FSX would OOM! I couldn't believe my eyes... Not only that, but I did a flight with: The PMDG 737NGX, at FSDT CYVR, with ORBX PNW, and Cloudy rainy weather. No OOM! AND in DX9!!! I am soo stunned. Try this out you guys, serously. I am so glad I bought this addon!!! Best addon ever. Incredible. That is all.

Posting this here because...well I'm using P3d I cannot see other traffic online on P3d,and well...um.. I do not remember when the problem started :huh: I have searched and troubleshooted for hours, and still I cannot see traffic. I have the VIP model set, and the required things in the Simobjects/Airplanes folder. I have even tried a reinstall with the Estonia Migration tool, no luck. I have read that anti-virus can cause problems? Usually for FS9 but it has been known to cause problems with FSX too, I haven't changed my anti-virus since I built the computer, Microsoft Security Essentials Any ideas? Again as this is in P3d I am posting it here …

What options do you shut off in UTX so FS global runs correctly. Thank You Anthony Besides lights

I tweaked my NI settings and installed latest Nvidia driver and I am getting amazing performance on a PC equipped with a 660 :Shocked: :dance: All settings maxed except for water and LOD is at 4.5 see below: here are my .cfg settings: [bufferPools] RejectThreshold=131072 [VirtualCopilot] VirtualCopilotActive=0 [sOUND] PrimaryPlaybackDevice={DEF00000-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} SOUND=1 SOUND_FADER1=1.000000 SOUND_FADER2=1.000000 SOUND_FADER3=1.000000 SOUND_FADER4=1.000000 SOUND_LOD=1 SOUND_QUALITY=2 UISound=1 VoiceCaptureDevice={DEF00003-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} VoicePlaybackDevice={DEF00002-9C6D-47ED-AAF1-4DDA8F2B5C03} [slewTextInfo.1] Air…

I just can't stop flying over all these gorgeous textures, it's going to take me a very long time to re-fly the whole planet to see all of FTXG. My poor little XP10 is in the corner on a time-out :lol: I also played around with my AS2012 cloud settings and WOW! now I have beautiful full 3D looking Clouds that look awesometacular! my apologies for bashing P3D clouds in an earlier post last week :sorry: :good:

I just bought these and installed them in P3D....they work flawlessly and are truly amazing works of art, 100% Study Sims, every single knob and button in the VC works. Added McPhat Textures and TSS Sound Packs also :drinks: Startup procedure from Cold/Dark takes 40mins approx. or you can Auto it with the co-pilot flight center......awesome! over 300 page manual http://youtu.be/83uUUfC0KYM

Downloading :blush: Will it work in X-Plane 10 too ? Oh my oh my!!!! P3D will look Gorgeous!!!!

Has there been any movement on the Orbx FTX global uninstaller yet? Any information about expected release at all?

Anyone using this combo? There were some pics about that showed what looked to be the major roads from UT were blue in color. Can anyone confirm this? I posted on the FTX forum but no answer but that may be because of EULA, I have no idea. Bob

In a thinly disguised attempt to help users uninstall FTXGlobal, NickN has launched another diatribe against OrbX. This time stating it is bordering on malware. http://www.simforums.com/forums/ftx-global-and-how-to-restore-or-switch-on-off_topic46718.html IMO he is crossing several lines. Read for yourself and decide. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

First off, I am an Orbx fanboi. There, I said it. When I installed FTXGlobal at lot of really good things happened. Most of them have been documented elsewhere. However, when I set FTX Central to "hybrid" a wondrous and mysterious thing happened - it improved my installation of NA PNW!!! Two screenshots, first one hybrid, the second NA PNW. They both taken at high-noon, clear weather, at my reference airport of KTTD (Portland-Troutdale) Notice the decreased number of trees and objects in hybrid mode, and the radically different building. Gone is the weird building with the skewed perspective. There is a new escarpment on the small bluff. These small change…

Well, I will try to explain my problem the best possible. I purchased ftx global approx. one week ago and installed it as written on the pdf provided. But I had the folloving result: And this at every airport that I tried. With some difficulty I signed up to ftx forums and asked for help. Someone suggested that it is because a corrupt terrain.cfg and advised me to use the backup one in orbx directory. My answer was "aah it did not work. Do I need to send more screenshots in order for you to understand better what happened?" And I got banned from the forum. I tried to view the pages for those who are banned and I get the same response: You are not all…

When I try to "Activate it" in the FTX central.exe it says I need FrameWorks.4.1 or w/e. But when ever I go to try to update it, it tells me I can't because I don't have windows update serviec and BTS or something like that. I've searched all over the internet and tried all of the different ways to fix this. I'm running Windows 7 64Bit.

Well, as happy as I am about FTX Global and the promised openLC packs, I'm once again astonished at the level of arrogance and almost thug-like behavior displayed by John Venema over at ORBX. This guy Noel posted a criticism regarding the overly green "desert" textures in the US southwest and elsewhere over on the ORBX forums. Although I agree that his post is a bit too harsh, it does indeed have some merit. Well, after being criticised himself by multiple ORBX fans for his criticism, JV essentially tells him that there's nothing wrong with FTX Global and he'll just have to wait for the openLC products to correct the problem (I thought there was nothing worng wit…

Hi can anyone post some shots of ftx around Miami and south FL area. That would be helpful since I'm on the fence on this one.

Just started this last week - speed brake just comes up no matter which plane I fly, have disabled all keyboard buttons and have nothing working the speed brake except my mouse in virtuall cockpit. I have FSX on a separate drive to P3D and that is OK, had P3D since 1.3 and never had fault. Anyone any ideas? Denis B

On my last P3D install ( still up :-) ) I was up to testing the new friction coeficients as set through FSUIPC and a very handy LUA script, but I couldn't resist installing, again, some of my best / historical add-ons for this simulator... Problem is, I no longer have FSX installed. I also didn't have the Estonian Migration Tool with me, and that great tool is particularly useful if you want to run both sims on the same Windows install. Not my case, so, I decided to make use of the suggestions made by this LM Prepar3d Document about installing FSX add-ons in P3D. What we need, if we do not have / want FSX installed in parallel, is to at least have a backup of it…

Side by side of OrbX FTX Global and default scenery of Prepar3D. I though it would be interesting for people who are trying to decide if FTX global is for them, and those of us who already bought it to see what this product changes. The default textures are vanila Prepar3d and should be similar to FSX. 00:00 New York City, USA 02:24 Grand Canyon, USA 04:40 London, England (w/ FTX England, global hybrid inactive) 07:32 Sydney, Australia (w/ FTX Australia, global hybrid active) 08:06 Swiss Alps, Switzerland (FSGenesis active with FTX Global) 10:33 Dusseldorf, Germany 12:36 Iquita, Peru 14:38 Las Vegas, USA 15:42 Los Angeles, USA 17:04 Hong Kong, China 18:57 Hymalaya…

Well, this was the first time I used FSUIPC with P3D, and it certainly was more than worth the use! The Dynamic Friction LUA file (there is another one, but the dynamic version does it the best way, IMO...) makes your ground handling experience much better in FSX / P3D. I can only suggest that you use it. Editing the LUA script allows you to experiment with different sliding and rolling friction scalars, but I found the default ones used in the script perfectly adequate! Don't miss this mod!!! Taking off, taxiing and landing with this modified friction coefs, taking into account rw contamination and type, would be a great thing to have in X-Plane 10 wh…

Yikes! I did a stupid thing. I forgot to uninstall GEX before installing FTX Global. After the FTX Global install, I then uninstalled GEX. Should I reinstall FTX Global now?