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Hi, Badweather.com but did you know that Active Sky has a even better "search" function on your top right ? Here you can enter any real-time weather to your liking and get a fast METAR and a happy christmas location. Merry Christmas every one🙂 Thanks Michael Moe

I am using Firefox and I could access the Maddog x website yesterday, but today I get an error message to the effect: Your Connection Is Not Secure "The owner of www.flythemaddogx.com has configured their website improperly." Is anyone else having problems connecting to this website? I also signed up for the Forums and clicked on the validation email and when I attempt to sign in it tells me that my user name does not exist. If they are doing maintenance on their site that would explain the problem. Can anyone confirm that? Regards, Tom

Hi i need some help with blurry textures. So, i have supersmooth experience with 4k@30hz using unlimited /vsync with triplebuffering. This combo is zero stutter for me, but unfortunatly i have blurry textures very often. I tried locking fps to 30,31,32,33 internally and by msiafterburner, with and without vsync/tb - all these settings provide stutter for me and just a little change for textures (more crisp). Its very strange that my cpu/gpu/vram/ramm usage at vsync/unlimited oscilating 50-70% max and still there are blurry textures. How to play supersmooth like this with crips textures ?:) My config: i5 [email protected] g.skill16gb ddr3 2400mhz Gigabyte G1 Gami…

When v4.4 was released I decided to start fresh and now I cannot get any of my purchased addon aircraft to install using their included installers. At 82, I just can't seem to get a handle on the new process. I have been trying to use the Lorby tool without success. Will somebody out there take pity on a thick-headed old man, end his confusion, and walk me through the process of using the Lorby tool. Step 1. I have downloaded and expanded the file. Step 2. What do I do next? Step3. After step 2 then what? And so on, and so on, and so on ---------------- What folders do I need to create and point to? This would be an excellent c…

Hello, Would you please tell me if you have a good afcad for this wonderfull airport? the one provided in version 1.1 seems to have a huge problem with ai traffic.(planes doesn't stop at hold short (both rwys) and are stuck in the middle of it ,waiting until they disappear. Do you know how to remove the static parked 737 (witch BGL file to be turned Off? I have try to contact support but no answers. Thank you Regards thierry

Well the title says it all, is it compatible?

Folks, Just wondering whether these "intermediary" patches work in 4.4 without issue OR I should wait for the official V4.4 installers. Thanks

Hi I have been trying to update the default navdata via aero.sors installer, done everything as usual but getting CTD when I operate the std GPS, well the GPS works until I select FLP then PROC as soon as I press PROC I get CTD, so uninstalled using the same installer and everything works again, never had this problem before, anyone know what could be the problem? Thanks in advance

The website flythemaddogx.com doesnt work...

I was trying to setup a new Forum account and it keeps telling me my display name does not belong to any account, but when I attempt to setup a new account it says my email address already exists in the data base. Is it possible to delete that email address to allow me to re-sign up for a Forum account? I cannot get a hold of anyone from Leonardo, to sort this out, so I am basically between a rock and a hard place at this point, as far as support goes for the MaddogX. Regards

Hi: I'm using Traffic Global along with several add on airports. However, frequently GSX picks/uses the AFCAD from Traffic Global to map an airport. How do I prioritize my AFCAD files so GSX uses the add on mapping and "ignores" Traffic Global. I have tried changing the priority in the sims scenery file but that doesn't seem to work. I do turn the AFCAD file off in Traffic Global, but than I get no AI traffic. Thanks.

Hi: Can someone please explain how I load a scenario in the sim w/ a default airplane's engine(s) already running? As of now, when I start the sim, the airplane is shut down. Thanks.

No words can describe the effect of PBR on metal....see for yourself. This is early work Brian Thibodeaux and I have been doing with the Leonardo Maddog recently based on my metal textures from the AA and Eastern paints...they will have what I believe will be the 1st PBR aircraft model to be released (soon according to their FB page). The reflections you see are real...they are dynamic, and they represent something you have never seen in FSX/P3D until now. Below you can see the yellow lines in the reflections, as well as the taxi sign near the front, the sun glint is dynamic and real. These pics are at 4k and very large to capture what I see on my 55" 4k moni…

Just like the title says! v4.3. Worked fine last night. The only change today is that I bought and installed the Vertx DA-62. I've done some basic troubleshooting. I deleted dll.xml & exe.xml, and also changed the name of the folder the DA-62 is in so the sim wouldn't be able to find it, but no joy. I get the splash screen, then the loading progress bar (scenery/etc), and after that disappears, nothing. No icon on the taskbar, but prepar3d.exe and SimObject Display Engine for FSX/P3D (32 bit) show up in the task manager. Prepar3d.exe shows activity, that changes - the processor use bounces between 0.3 and 0.7%, so it looks like it's trying to do something, but e…

I am a bit confused about these assignments as described in the guide. Is it saying that I must not use the "normal" way to control Mixture/Prop Pitch? How does one control these accurately in a twin engine aircraft with buttons? No problem with trims and buttons . Surely I am not understanding this portion of the control setup. Will truly appreciate it if someone will help. Even better: show a control setup for the DA 62. I use Saitek pro yoke, 2 quadrants . Thanks for some clarification Neal H

Hello! Maybe someone can help me here. I have a problem with my Airport Scenery, which are installed as an addon (Aerosoft EDDK as an example). It looks like the airport has its own atmosphere... Does anyone have an idea here or have you ever seen this? I would be very thankful for help. Matthias

I recently restored my computer, when reinstalling PFPX i've found some problems in it. First, i doesn't show the map, and the software crashes every time. does someone had the same problem or know the solution? thanks

Everytime I launch Active Sky, it automatically launches ASCA. How can I prevent that from happening. And is there a way I can load P3D along with all my 3rd party apps simultaneously instead of having to load each app one by one. I heard you can add entries into FSUIPC to do this, but I'm not really sure how to do that. Could somebody help me please.

Hi guys, I have a couple of issues with gates, taxiways, jetways etc.. don't know where the problem is.. Whenever I land or want to take off, the gate in game of the addon airport isn't similar to that of the EFB 2 that I use. Neither is the taxiways. Sometimes the single or dual jetways won't work. When using the GSX's warp me there feature, it warps inside the terminal way off the gate's position. This doesn't happen when I choose the gate in P3D's own menu though.. Also, sometimes when typing in my flightplan, I get the fmc message of 'not in database'.. When I have these issues, I don't know where the problem is. Is it the scenery, game, g…

I was trying to figure out if the esp has been modeled yet.(It should be in aux-system setup 2) but I can't find it.Am I missing something ? Thanks

Pilot`s software have released LEAL Alicante today Airport today for P3Dv4.

This is a strange one to me. This only shows up at night. During the day, the terrain looks perfectly normal. I run GEP3D, UTX and Orbx areas - no Global or vector. I've remigrated, reset orbxlibs, checked scenery order and tried disabling various areas - can't seem to pin it down. Anyone run into this before? Thanx, Vic

Yesterday, not only did I install Nvidia Shadowplay to start recording some flights, I also installed the Vertx Diamond DA-62. I thought I'd post my very first flight in the aircraft. This was literally just a taster, so procedures out of the window!

My entry into the 4.4 space has been somewhat frustrating. After a number of issues with the P3D modular upgrades, I decided to wipe everything and start from scratch. I have installed Orbx Global Textures, LC and Vector, FTX Lights and Orbx Libs., PTA, FT Amsterdam, FT Boston and Drzewiecki Design's JFK and NY City scenery - so far. The scenery layering is logical in my scenery library - and also as per the recommended method using Poppet's tutorials - (Airports/FTX layers/ OpenLC layers. Everything followed the Orbx tutorials. The strange issue I have is that the ground texture I'm seeing at airports (DD NYC, Boston) and surrounding Orbx scenery (using…

I am a student pilot who flies out of Essendon YMEN into Bacchus Marsh YBSS. I bought the orbx YMEN and downloaded a freeware of YBSS. I cannot figure out how to add the airport into p3d. There are no 'texture' and 'scenery' folders, only many .BGL files. What to do?