DX-10 Discussions, Hints and Help

Hi there fellow Dx10'ers, Just downloaded the latest inspector and it has quite a few new settings on it...went through with a few best guesses but am wondering if some dx10 guru...(cough...? Paul...cough) might be kind enough to check it out with any advice on the settings and/or so we can eventually have the updated "How-To" : ) Thanks!! Alex M.

I've been following the DX10 progress and plan to try it once Paul's program is out. So, what DX10 issues/incompatibilities will remain after that? It's been so long since I tried DX10, I can't recall the problems.

Up until now I never bothered to try DX10 since I have always read about all different kinds of issues using it both with scenery and aircraft but today someone commented on a FSX video I did and one of his comment was he almost forgot all the stuttering using DX9... I'm pretty happy with DX9 to be honest but maybe it's because I got used to it and/or don't really have anything else to compare it to and after reading this comment and also because I've seen lots of things have happened to the ability to use DX10 in FSX lately I thought I should at least give it a fair try. So...I started by reading through the How-To doc pinned at the top of this forum and one of t…

Hi there! Can someone help me? I have no water waves in dx10 mode.. Need the correct waterconstans file i think. Use latest dx10 mod with shader3 Thanks!

I was thinking about giving DX10 another try. When reading through the pdf with instructions it occured to me to simply test if DX10 will be smoother on my PC, I do not really need to install the new shaders etc., right...? I mean, the fixes are all FIXES and don't have anything to do with PERFORMANCE, so it seems to me! So before I install a new shader folder I was wondering if testing DX10 just by turning it on (and applying a few tweaks for FSAA) would be good enough to tell me if installing the new shaders is worth it...? Never mind: I installed the fixes anyway, just to be sure: it wasn't too much work. Luckily I decided to first make a copy of all the folders (i…

Hi folks, Recently I'm trying out the DX-10 preview mode. However, FSX just does not look right. It looks very dark and somewhat too crispy. My specs are: i7 [email protected], GTX 660 with 16GB ram, running Windows 7 x64. Please see the screenshots below, any ideas are welcome. Thanks, Zicheng Screenshots:

I have tried DX10 following your settings and instructions several times but have always come across some problem which has caused me to go back to DX9. Last time I tried was with version 3.2.1 so I decided to have a go with version 3.2.2 to see if things have improved. I really like the VC shadow effect, the water and the general lighting effects in DX10 so I would really like to use it. I followed your instructions and settings very carefully and all was well until I tried one of my favourite airports – ES St Mary’s on the Scilly Isles. As soon as I try to take off, a short way up the runway, I get a message box saying that there had been a fatal error and FSX …

Hey folks, I'm interested to find a good airport for conducting some training flights ( touch/go). Here are the preferences: 1. single runway, long enough to accomodate jet traffic 2. decent level of detail and performance 3. (of course!) fully dx10 compatible. I really like the look of KJAC by orbx but sadly it doesn't seem dx10 compatible for dusk/night. Thinking about Ketchikan (PAKT) by orbx but wondered about others. I have aerosoft friedrichshafen x but not dx10 compatible. Since I have all the PNW CRM NRM scenery, somewhere in there would be great, but frankly it could be anywhere in the world, especially with ORBX Global coming out. Any r…

The latest setup.bat works as follows. It First tries to use the registry to find fsx. If it finds a registry entry for fsx and there looks to be a valid fsx system there ( correct directory structure) it installs itself there. If it cannot find it that way (eg you moved it after install ) it then searches the disks looking for fsx.exe. If it finds it will ask you if it's the correct location. If you say no it continues to search. This should work if people have multiple backup copies. It also now supports run as administrator. Very few people should ever need this and I strongly suggest just running it normally, but for those few it should now work. …

This is probably not a DX-10 issue, but the folks in this forum are pretty 'on the ball' so I thought I might ask you for help. I normally use a 40" Sony Bravia HDTV in 1920X1080X32 resolution for FSX, connected via HDMI to my PC. I took that monitor up to the cottage, so I temporarily put a 1280X1024 computer monitor on the PC to do some maintenance. I fired up FSX once to check some scenery and changed the screen resolution to match. Today, feeling the need to do some flying, I decided to try FSX on a larger 60" Sony Bravia that I have for home theater. I hooked it up with HDMI set up the same as I had my 40" Sony and set the resolution on FSX settings back to 1920X…

I started up my new computer and try to install sweet fx but i have forgotten how to do it. I downloaded the file and unzipped it and put it into a new folder within fsx what now? any help would be appreciated I also saw somewhere that there is a new version above 1.3.3 is that right? and do i have to remove or overwrite?

Hi Paul, I'm slowly re-installing FSX etc., etc. After installing UT2, I have a txt file titled, "what you need", with instructions for mip mapping UT2 textures. It appears to need a "ut2 MIpMap.bat file" which I don't have. Is this your work? It seems familiar to me. I'd really like the bat file if I could possibly have it, as it would save wading through all the individual folders. Regards, Jim

I've been looking at this forum with interest and you've got me seriously interested in taking the plunge. A more stable, better performing FSX? Where do I sign? But there's just one thing holding me back. Somewhere in one of the various discussion threads on the subject, someone made a throwaway comment to the effect that... "DX10 doesn't work at night" (not exact words). Is that true? And to what extent does "not working" mean? If it's simply that the visuals are no better than DX9, but otherwise it's business as normal, I could live with that. But if it's serious enough that you're effectively limited to daylight flying, that's a dealbreaker for me. M…

Let me explain. I start FSX, it's tweaked with the basics i.e. HIMEMFIX, BUFFERPOOLS and I'm using FS Assist to great advantage. I am also running in DX10. Okay, when I start FSX I'm getting maybe 6/7 FPS, but if I let it rest for a while my framerate creeps up to 17FPS and stays there!

Hi guys, I am a new convert to DX10...thus far all is well... seems i followed the install instructions properly for once! I have a question... when i change views from outside to back in the cockpit, the windows momntarily have this wierd texture then disappear... that is they have the Microsoft FSX opening screen texure for a moment then it goes and all is clear again... There must eb an explanation to this i ma sure? Also, i just installed the shaders 3.2.2 .bat which modofied the shaders (i beleive thats what it does) whilst backing up my orginals... I modified my NI settinsg to the suggested ones and backed that up too... modified the CFG and backed u…

Greetings, A while back I posted a thread about SweetFX being an astounding addon for DX10, but having flown more I have found some flies in the ointment. However, I did want to highlight a suggestion from another "junior" member, Tiberiusrr. To wit: --- I'm using Steve's shader fixes and just the following settings to get very good AA in DX10: FSX: AA = enable in fsx.cfg: MultiSamplesPerPixel=8 and MultiSampleQuality=8 Nvidia Inspector: 8*Sparse Grid Supersampling (nothing else neccessary!) Really smooth and stable 30 fps (unlimited in fsx and 30fps-limited in Nvidia Inspector) everywhere i tested so f…

I've been using Alacrity for some time, in a previous life of Windows and FSX. I'm nearly finished reinstalling enough of my addons for now. I decided to configure Alacrity. I started by copying Paul's settings from the How-To, and then added all the obvious ones of my own. I set Stop then Restart to 10 programs, and ditto to 35 Services. I'd post a couple of pictures if I knew how. The result this time is that Alacrity takes 2mins 15secs to process, and FSX then takes 5 mins 30secs. This is far longer than I was used to before. While I've been installing addons and checking FSX, I've started FSX direct. I've got Corsair Dataplex, and without Alacrity …

I have been running DX10 for a while now (following the advice in the indispensible Guide) & am perfectly happy with the look & performance. However, when I try to bring some of my freeware FSX aircraft in, they are showing without any textures. I have tried converting all of the files from .BMP to .DDS & modifying the config files accordingly, but to no avail. I am using WIN 7 / 64 with an Nvidia Geforce 560ti, running 320.18 drivers. Am I missing something obvious here, or do I simply have to accept the fact that using DX10 means that I have to sacrifice some older aircraft? TIA for any help & guidance!! :Praying:

Hi all! Is there a solution to turn on the vc shadows with addon aircrafts. (pmdg ngx ect) Have only with the default planes the vc shadows. Thanks!

First...the knee board would not scroll through pages. Then it started blinking Then IYP failed Shortly after that EZDOK views froze. I could still change planes, locations or reset a flight but still the above Hours later I restored to a point BEFORE going to DX10: Tried to start FSX. The start screen appeared for about 15 secs then closed. I had already replaced all my pre-DX10 cfgs and Nvidia Inspecter settings Also replaced the Shaders Folder First error message was about EZDOK, I reinstalled it. Still no FSX Checked all logs (FSUIPC, LINDA, etc ) all were good. Finally checked log.log in FSX and got the following: full path: D:\Flight Simulator X\ redire…

Yes, it's true. Lo and behold... Here is how you do it: 1) Download the injectSMAA package: http://mrhaandi.blog...injectsmaa.html 2) Extract the appropriate DX10 files and place them in your main FSX directory... C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X 3) Load FSX in DX10 Preview Mode and make sure AA is NOT checked (it doesn't work anyway). You should no longer have unsightly "jaggies" marring your DX10 flight experience :lol: If you combine this with the DX10 shader fixes for flickering runway textures, night lighting, etc., you should have an almost perfect DX10 experience MS and Aces Stu…

During a flight right now from London to Copenhagen i was testing some clouds distance settings in FL390 and found out that my PC does not like Clouds in DX10. When i set the draw distance to MAX the FPS dropped to 8 frome 22. This was not so dramatic in DX9. Any ideer´s? this is with medium covering btw Michael Moe PS! Normally i would leave it at 60nm draw distance but found it weird to this DX10 huge drop. I7-950@4,2 ATI HD5870 1GB OC SSD128GB W7 64 RAPTOR 300GB 10000RPM FSX

If I put the mouse on a gauge or button or switch in the cockpit, normally you can see the text what it is, but in dx10 it does not work is there a fix fore?

What's the best working* texture format for DX10? DXT5? DXT in general? In .bmp form? In .dds form? I've played a bit with DX10 and found it slightly smoother and faster than DX9, which is good. Some AI aircraft, however, do not have textures (which might or might not be DX10's fault) and massed transparent textures (like clouds or smoke sprites) cause quite a framerate drop. So yeah, what format should I have ImageTool convert my textures (AI aircraft, sky, cloud textures) to? *Most compatible and fastest.

I was working on a dx10 sweet-fx preset today using 'sweet-fx configurator' to make quick changes on-the-fly (I hit the 'pause;break' button to refresh changes while playing). After getting a weird CTD (terrain.dll) (I was constantly changing planes which could cause the ctd) fsx failed to start anymore... throwing an 'api.dll' appcrash. This already happened to me in the past, but since it didn't occur that much I couldn't recall how I fixed this issue. Well, straight to the point.. what happens is, when you configure sweet-fx and fsx suddenly ctds.. the file: SweetFX_settings.txt gets corrupted! Replacing it with a new one, fixes the problem immediately! There's no nee…