DX-10 Discussions, Hints and Help

So I've really been enjoying the tweaks made to DX10 and now that it is finally in a more usable state, I haven't taken another look back at DX9! However, I wanted to compare the performance between the two a bit more precisely and decided to switch temporarily back to the old version, but to my surprise, discovered that FSX is apparently too in love with DX10 to go back! Every time I try to launch in DX9 mode, it pulls up the splash screen then within about 10 seconds, I get the dreaded fatal error. But when I switched it back to DX10 mode via the fsx.cfg, it worked just fine. No crashes, no errors, or anything. Rock solid. So I assume the problem lies somewhere with the…

Greetings, I've been following this forum specially after the dx10 shader fix. Seeing how helpful everybody is I thought I'd consult you as experts right now as I struggle to spend time flying rather than tweaking. Right now tweaking/testing is at 60% while actual flying is 40%. I have consulted NickNs tweaks, read kostas guide and many others on tweaking fsx for smooth flying however I cannot seem to find relevant guides for laptops. I do know laptops are not the best way to enjoying smooth flights in fsx, but bare with me as I am working abroad and traveling a lot, not having a fixed location yet = no desktop pc. I got the ASUS N56VZ with the ivy bridge i7 3…

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I know this is not the right place but here I go. Flight 10/12/12 from KLAX to MMUN, fictional UPS flight in the PMDG MD11. Push at 0845 CST (1345z) for anyone that would like to join me. This is a freelance flight but also a DX10 test flight. If anyone is interested, fly what you want, just PM me so I know that their could be another pilot tagging along and will wait if need to!! I have all charts and route needed. Blue skies Brett

Hi, I'm having god results running DX-10 on my rig. One thing that bothers me a little is the lack of V-sync in DX-10 preview mode. A definitive answer whether v-sync does or doesn't work in DX-10 didn't show up in a search on this forum. So my question si if anybody has it working? If so, how? My NI settings: - Vertical Sync Tear Control: Standard - Vertical Sync: 1/2 refresh rate - 8x Sparse Grid SS - Transparency Multi Sampling: Enabled fsx.cfg: - 30 frames locked in sim - //ForceFullScreenVSync=1 (tried enabling too) - MultiSamplesPerPixel=4 (just to be sure) - MultiSampleQuality=8 (just to be sure) - FIBER_FRAME_TIME_FRACTION=0.1 - TEXTURE_BAND…

I just followed the excellent instructions on doing the DX-10 upgrade and also purchased the Add-on converter X package per the recommendation. I feel like I have a new version of Flight Simulator and love the great graphics quality. One thing I have noticed is that I seem to have lost costline masking. I'm pretty sure this has to do with stock FSX scenery since I noticed a correct coastline when I flew over Northern France which has custom "France VFR" textures. Anyway, I'm wondering how to get the coastlines back?

Just wondered if anyone else had seen this or not This only happens in dx10 mode and never in dx9 but when you change views ie from external view then back to the vc all the paneling flickers blue and shows the fsx logo very briefly (under a second or two) then the paneling returns to normal. This has happened in both default and pmdg a/c,while this is no great problem I just wondered if anyone else has or had this? I've been looking around but can't find it but was there a post that show how to stop the glow that bloom causes on external views of aircraft or is it simply turn bloom off? thanks all

Big thanks to Paul, Tom and Steve for making the shader's 3.1.1 bat file. If I left anybody out, Im very sorry. My sim has not looked so good or preformed so good prior to DX10. Anybody not running it is missing out...... The only problem I was having was the runway lights, (landing lights were good) We all know what they looked like, mine were funky strips. I had approach lights, but no runway lights. So last night I was going through many of the posts and came across one very important one. If you install Michael Swannick fsx_lights.zip, its the Halo bitmap that will fix the runway lights.The trick is, if you use REX or Active Sky 2012, you need to UNCHECK…

Have spent the past couple of days experimenting with the DX10 shader fix. I'm really impressed - textures seem much improved, framerates are better in at least some settings, there's an increase in smoothness, and the VC shadows alone are worth the price of admission. The only thing holding me back from a full commitment to DX10 are the stutters, both micro and macro (sometimes a half-second to a second, and one instance two seconds, often but not always on airport grounds). I never had microstutter problems running DX9 except when using EZDok in some ORBX sceneries (the cure was to retire EZDok). So I'm not familiar with the workarounds. A question for those of …

Hello! I try to explain my problem with my poor english so sorry for that. But first - I want to thank You everybody who are to help us sim pilot to get much more out from FSX. I have ORBX NA regions (AU too) and many airports installed, TongassX and RTMM sceneries are installed, too and after DX10 fix I was very suppraised what I found these sceneries - they seems out very beatyfull and FSX run very smooth. Over CYVR and Vancouver City my FPS are 25-30. Usually I don't care about FPS but smooth fly thati s my prioritety number one. Ok - everyting is almost perfect but: If I push P button to pause sim and come back and push P again onto Keyboard a flaps extend…

Appologies all especially moderators but I can't seem to post 2 attatched files to a pm or a topic

well this is embarressing lost my cfg files for dx 10 Can you help Paul thanks Pete

I don't know if this can help anyone that is trying to fix this or it has been observed before, but I was passing over KMDW with flytampa scenery installed while coming into KORD. KMDW was its usual pitch black hole at night in DX10 mode, but for a split second all the runway lights appeared in all their glory. The only reason I am reporting this if it hasn't been observed before is that it reminded me of how you can't see beacon lights at certain angles on aircraft and if a fix for this is made it may fix flytampa scenery at night as well.

Just had a heads up at SOH that Steve's latest Dx10 shaders are uploaded here in the Avsim library. Have downloaded and will install later.

Is this because it is a FS9 port? If so, does anyone have the Quality Wings Bae 146 working in FSX DX10? Also, Coolsky DC-9 Classic, night cockpit lighting is all out of whack. Everything else seems ok. If I turn off the lights the panel loooks ok (Except for the mentioned elsewhere resolution vc cockpit problems )

Very interesting thread... http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/48908-dx9-bloom-causes-flashing-lights-in-pnw/

I usually have cockpit tool tips turned on so I can use it to properly set takeoff pitch and the HSI target degrees on ConcordeX. I notice with DX10 enabled that tool tips are now gone. Anyone have this issue and is there a resolution to it?

Haven't seen this posted about yet, but found it looking for DX10 Tweeks:

Hi, all!!! I installed Steve's latest dx10 fix package but when i run my fsx in dx10 preview (gtx680 here) the fsx splashscreen loading takes place and it shuts down back to desktop after a minute or so. Does someone know what the cause might be? I tried rebuilding my fsx.cfg, but that didn't solve anything. Many thanks in advance. Best Regards Victor

I have two monitors... one a 30 inch Dell (60Hz) and the other a 22 inch Alienware (120Hz). FSX starts up on the main monitor (30" Dell) but when I load FSX, it opens on the secondary monitor and my main monitor goes black. The opening screen on the 22" monitor is like it was opening on a 30" monitor but on the smaller 22" monitor so everything is huge when FSX first starts up and I definitely can't see the scenery in front of the aircraft until I click on the monitor and reset the size. I then have to go to windowed mode on the secondary monitor then drag the screen over to the main monitor then Alt-Enter to go to full screen and all is well. Has anyone else experience…

Hello everyone I'm having a great time trying out the DX10 shader mod/fix/magic and overall I'm thrilled with the result. I recently purchased the Waco YMF-5 from Alabeo and besides the fact that this is a beautifully crafted model I have noticed a couple of things that seem relevant to using DX10. I know that some of you (Paul :lol:) have this plane and wanted to know if you're seeing the same thing I am. First, I'm not seeing any of the external lights except landing and taxi lights; in particular the strobes, beacon, and nav lights...no square lights - just nothing. I have tested in DX9 and they seem ok. The other thing I noticed was that using EZCA cam…

Hi all looking for a bit of help here after reading through the threads on using dx10 . Since I got my new spec pc and running dx9 very happily for the last few months I thought I had got the best it was going to get as I had all my sliders over to the right hand side for pretty much eveyrthing. and I was getting 20-30 fps at EGLLusing uk2000 extreme, ngx and rex essentials. no stuttering etc.Having read whats been written here on dx 10 I thought this is for me So I have followed Paul J's excellent dx10 doc and have installed dx10 as per document but now I have a fair number of questions due to the fact I've no idea about tweaking beyond changing the setting in the va…

Hello i utilise DX10optimised S.J.P at the first time all thing right and work fine since 2 days ago lignt plane strobe en navigation light are a square Green, Red, Blue.. the taxi ways are blue stripes and black the landing light and taxi light switch off / on ... with strobes plane switch /on some one have an idea to rectified ?? i have a screen but i can't place here ? ...it's.exact ? or where i can upload for seeing ? Patrick

I have just purchased and installed Addon Converter X. Unfortunately, I am now getting a fatal error whenever I try to load FSX. Does anyone know how to solve this?

If this is covered in another thread, then just advise me. I looked through the first page and did not find anything that appeared to match my questions by title. There are three basic issues I have found over the years when using the Dx10 Preview in FSX and these are the reasons why I stopped using it. 1. Airport lights disappear -- this is a constant that whenever I have used Dx10 Preview the taxiway, apron, and runway lights (except sometimes for the approach lights) disappear. So, do these Dx10 tricks recently discovered solve that problem? 2. Older airplane skins turn solid light grey -- this happens with many aircraft originally released for FS9 in t…