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End of fixer sales

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:07:55 +0000

Fastspring have introduced new charges which make continuing to sell the fixer uneconomic. I therefore intend to remove the product from sale at the end of March (2024).

Out of Memory with new system

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:14:42 +0000

Hi. Im getting ooms with my new setup...I never got these before with my old system...I was able to run 8.5 LOD all the time before...Now Im getting ooms with 4.5...The only thing different that Im aware of is that Im now on a W11 computer, before was W7. Its possible that I may have changed some settings. although I tried no to

Are there settings that address this more than others? (High mem fix is greyed out)

Came back and need it...

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:47:35 +0000

Hey there, so after a long hiatus I pulled my FSX from the attic and decided to get back into it.

Obviously the fact that the fixer is no longer available at all has hit me quite hard. Rumor apparently has it that there's a freeware version of it still floating around somewhere that contains at least some of the features? I've sadly come up entirely empty handed so far, it seems like this piece of engineering has been completely lost to history...

Does anyone know of literally any way to still get my hands on any version of the fixer in 2025? Or alternatively, if there are available tools that do similar things? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

AS16/ASCA

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:35:09 +0000

Hi,

Problem: no rain or snow at all

I use FSX Gold on a networked system. Using AS16+ASCA on the client with bad weather incl. precipitation indicated in AS16, there is never anything like that to see in the sim. But...

Without AS16+ASCA, using the default weather options in FSX, I can see snow or rain. I don´t understand that. I opened ports for AS16 in the firewall, renewed the shaders, went back to DX9, uninstalled the DX10 libaries in the Fixer over and over again, no luck.

Hope somebody has an idea, because I think this problem should have many users.

Thank you for support

Peter

Do cloud shadows use VAS?

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:56:52 +0000

Hello, I've been using DX10 Fixer and always wanted to buy the cloud shadows add-on as well, does adding the cloud shadows use VAS? And if so, is it a significant amount?

I ask because with all scenery and sometimes VAS hungry planes I use, I am often already pretty close to the maximum VAS limit.

P.S. Thank you so much @SteveFx for your awesome DX10 Fixer Tool, it really has made the FSX experience so much better with all of it's great features. I've only been using it for a few years and I know I'm late to the party in saying this but I am so grateful for it because I still use FSX:SE often for various reasons even though I do use modern flight simulators as well and I still plan to keep using it for a long time to come.

Lack of memory Problem - FSX SP 2

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:28:13 +0000

Dear Sirs, hello to the community,

'cause there are no faq - I describe my problem very briefly:

Using the FSX SP 2 with some Landscape-AddOns, Airports and - pretty new - the highliy detailed Aerosoft Airbus A 320 - I bought the DX 10 Controller by Steve.

Nice tool with shadows and so on - until the FSX with the problem listed above. I read, that DX 10 Controller would solve this problem - but unfortunately it does'nt.

The same problem exists on the "ancient" fs 09 - but there is a tool named "4 GB-Patch" - it is working.

Thanks for - helpful - tips.

Andy

gsx pro Error

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:43:25 +0000

After the last update of gsx pro , msfs goes down all the time anyone else have that problem ?there is no sound either

it is in VR and without VR .

[BUG] Cloud Shadows breaks Water FX 2.0 Max in FSX:SE

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 10:54:55 +0000

Hello. My name's Leandro Barreto and I need a fix for Cloud Shadows. Being a modder and programmer myself, this should be easy, I think. Everything so far is working great, except for one thing. I took a dozen of screenshots that clearly explain the problem and my thoughts about a fix. How should I upload them here? Anyway, let me explain first.

I purchased both DX10 Fixer and Cloud Shadows this week to use in a clean installation of FSX Steam Edition in a Windows 11 machine. I'm not using the new FSX beta version. But I got a couple of DLCs from Steam as well, so I can't tell if my installation is pure vanilla. Most of them are only missions and aircrafts. I think the only DLCs that change something "deeper" are the HD Airport Graphics, FTX Trees HD (both of which seem to just replace textures) and Accu-Feel (which probably wasn't even installed when I first noticed the problem since DLCs for FSX:SE in general are usually broken on installation). Only then I fixed Accu-Feel and purchased some more DLCs hoping to fix the bug, like REX Soft Clouds and Ultimate Water FX. I made them all work fine and with no conflict to DX10 Fixer, apparently, but the bug persists.

The problem happens only when I enable the scenary setting for Water FX 2.0 Max and Cloud Shadows at same time. Then some buildings cast shadows that keep floating over my screen - but only where there is ground or water. And those "shadows" change position whenever I move the camera on its Y (vertical) axis (both VC or external). Moving a bit my camera, I can overlap each shadow beneath its respective building. Strangely enough, the shadows were not even aligned to the sun, nor to the right or to the left - but always below or above its counterpart building.

At first I thought this was some weird bug on Ground Shadows that people talk about. I've read the entire manual before installation. But disabling Ground Shadows or Volume Shadows won't fix it. Tried some shadow settings on DX10 Fixer too, with no success. Disabling all options under Cloud Shadows (except METAR shading) didn't fix it either. The only fix so far is disabling Cloud Shadows or setting Water FX 2.0 slider below Max (i.e: high). The latter is a setting to cast reflections of buildings over water surface - hence the strange alignment they were presenting, always facing my camera. But it works wonderful if Cloud Shadows are disabled, so it's not a bug in FSX. And I don't wanna disable this setting because that's the only thing making my DX10 water really feel alive at the moment.

Then I thought those shadows were being created by Cloud Shadows to darken buildings beneath clouds. But there were no clouds over those buldings either. So now I have a better theory based on my own experience with hacking/injecting code. I think when Cloud Shadows is injecting itself into the Water FX (like the manual says), it is accidentally preventing the normal FX behaviour of discarding reflections for buildings that are far away from water. So I suppose "all" you gotta do for a fix is to wire up this behaviour again after Cloud Shadows finishes its job. My screenshots will show this clearly, when I figure out where to upload them.

FSX SE Full screen mode issue on second monitor

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:53:39 +0000

Hi all

Running fsx se, I have a helicopter cockpit set up with my main display a 65 inch and a second display a 19 inch for my instrument panel. When I go to full screen mode the instrument panel is black. I tried borderless gaming program but that did work.

Cheers

Rhys

Updating DX10 Fixer from Flight Sim Store

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:32:08 +0000

Hi Steve:

After some years, I'm reinstalling my FSX. Your DX10 fixer it's a must have in my system, but my copy was bought in Flight Sim Store, so I can not to install it because the problem with the identification on their closed servers.

After read some posts in this forum, if I've understood correctly, buying a copy of your DX10 Cloud Shadows I would get a new serial for the DX10 fixer too. Is it correct?

Regards

No discount.

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:28:42 +0000

No discount appears after choosing DX + Cloud Shadows.

Black dots along the roads using DX10 Fixer

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 22:54:36 +0000

Have been using the DX10Fixer in FSXSE for years and no problem. All of a sudden there are black dots along the roads. See attached. I went on AVSIM and was told it was a DX10 problem. I turned off DX10 Preview and sure enough the black dots went away. What to do to get the fixer back on track?

https://imgur.com/XhmwP6J

VC glass windows blue, can't see out, not clear when raining

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 02:27:51 +0000

On to the next problem, I've tried tons of DX10Controller settings to no avail.

I've even converted all the textures to DXT5 to no avail.

I'm finding it very hard to tell what this plane uses for a texture for the cockpit windows.

Btw, I've installed the default rain40 file so the Rain button is no longer greyed out.

Suggestions?

Creating 'new view' window causes VC shadow issues?

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 01:31:57 +0000

I didn't find any mention here or in the manual of VC shadow glitches or disappearing VC shadows in the main window if new view windows are created but that is what I'm getting.

If I undock it and put the new view onto my 2nd monitor, the main screen VC shadows correct themselves once I change to a new Ezdok VC position.

I'm guess this is just a matter of nothing is perfect nature of the beast?

I need to ask in case there is a setting that could alleviate this as I often fly with a 2nd viewport in the corner of the main 4k screen.

Enable greyed out feature - rain button inop

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:13:18 +0000

On install, I had the umbrella rain40.fx fixed file already installed.

I replaced it with the original file. Is there now a way to enable the rain/snow functions within the Fixer?

Thanks.

Edit: Also, is there a way to remove the special install 'reflective' texture. Its causing wings to look rainbow/oily and I think I'd prefer an unshiny texture.

Thanks again.

Some cockpit and pax floor/wall textures transparent

Sun, 21 Aug 2022 04:38:39 +0000

Just purchased both products, great overall.

Using the latest Ready for Pushback plane it has nice shadows and outside textures now but is missing the floor (and some wall) textures in both the cockpit and pax areas. ie I can see the tarmac surface and airport vehicles from different interior cameras.

Floor textures showed up properly without DX10 Fixer. The Fixer added shadows and outside plane texture but I lost interior floor texture.

Yes, I have most settings On as that is why I bought this Fixer for more and better graphics. Turning Off the various FSX menu shadow options did not resolve the issue.

Suggestions?

Darker VC Shadows?

Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:18:16 +0000

Hello,

probably I missed something in the manual, but I'm unsure how to get darker VC shadows?

I do not use any ENB Mod etc. and have really slight VC shadows - barely noticeable,especially in comparison to P3D v2 shadows.

Is there a way to get them darker??

Many thanks

Günter

SweetFX and DX10 Fixer compatible?

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 20:54:27 +0000

Pretty much topic, Reshade is mentioned to not work but what about SweetFX with Fixer and Clouds? Thanks.

Help needed

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:13:26 +0000

Steve----pm sent.

Mike

Dumb question maybe

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:37:09 +0000

I've recently bought Steve's DX10 Fixer (v5.4 Build 156) for FSX (disc version with SP2).

I'm just wondering if it automatically runs in the background without any prompt from me at FSX startup? Anything I need to do?

Secondly, I'm a bit confused about the User Preferences box "Check for FSX running on Startup". Do I need that to be ticked or not? I know it's in the manual but it's not clear.

Thanks!!

FSX Ain't Dead Yet, and Neither am I !!

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:12 +0000

i guess this is the best way to contact StevesDX10 Fixer, and as such, I'm also going to give a few extra comments.

First, for Steve: Flight Sim Customer, purchase date 20Sep2013. email: redacted $33.91 USD, I need an upgrade link from build 3.2.3

I was one of the "lucky" customers who bought your product through The Flight Sim Store (purchase date: 20Sep2013) It must have been a birthday present for myself. Anyhow, I remember spending a lot of time reading, tweaking and learning about a subject I knew nothing. (Still don't) But I eventually got it right, and oh Lord, what a difference. I continued to enjoy FSX for a few years, but eventually, personal medical circumstances kept me away, and I removed everything FSX from my computer. Fortunately, when I began my FSX journey I kept a database with every single purchase I ever made for FSX. and kept the original files in a separate data drive. A word to the wise, youngsters.

Fast forward a few (6) years and I have decided to get back into Flight Sim. Unfortunately, I don't have the available disposable income, as before. I am officially retired. One of the very first personal decisions I made is that I will not spend one single dime on getting my beloved FSX back to its former glory. Having made 338 former purchases for FSX, I am willing to make this one exception.

My current version of "The Fixer" is 3.2.3. Another objective in getting my FSX back to snuff is re-downloading the latest version of the original software. After perusing your blog (a great source of technical information, BTW) I realized that to get the latest version I would have to contact you for an upgrade license. I couldn't figure out a way to contact you through the blog. (I concede I'm old and can't see well, and can't ... blah, blah, blah). But AVSIM has always been my "home" forum and luckily, here you are!! Apparently, your current build is 5.4, but in order to update that, you must have build 3.4. And you can't upgrade if you purchased through the aforementioned Flight Sim Store. (Don't feel bad folks, I bought a LOT of stuff through The Flight Sim Store, and each re-load will be a challenge.) Someday, when I have a little spare time (hahaha) I am going to learn what happened with The Flight Sim Store.

Since your amazing program was probably the single most impressive purchase for my FSX (with the possible tying exceptions of ORBX Global and PMDG), I am willing to do whatever it takes to have the latest version of the "Fixer". I'm willing to buy "Clouds" but only if there's a way forward to upgrade the "Fixer". Let me know what you can do for me, as I'm stuck.

Additional "Old Man" Rants:

First, what the heck happened to the visuals on Windows 10? There's no contrast to the words I'm typing. Causes severe eye strain and headaches. But the spelling and grammar correction utility is cool. (I've been using commas wrong for 50 years!) I know there's a "fix", but that interferes with the ability to see other things, like the PMDG Ops Center 2.0. Does Microsoft create problems purposely to wield their immense power?

For Developers and other Authorities within our hobby: We are all going to get older. Eventually, physically, financially, etc. we might be stuck with the sim we have, unable to "upgrade" to the latest and best iteration of this wonderful hobby. It's not a game to many of us, it's a legitimate simulation of a real world in which most of us wish we could live. Ironically, it's us old people that have the time to really dive into this hobby. Youth truly is wasted on the young. Please continue to make your software forever obtainable for your former customers, so that when that day comes, and we're no longer able to keep up, we can still enjoy the hobby we bought, even if our computer is completely consumed in a house fire. The verification and security protocols you have put into place to protect you from software pirates, can also be used to verify former customers. MOST, developers have done a great job at this. (Even Flight1 lol). If you decide to go out of business and refuse to offer support for the software we purchased, then you should offer the software for free, with the latest updates. Some people were raised right, and have done exactly that. (I'm talking about YOU, Real Air Simulations). All in all, my re-integration has been very successful. I only use about a third of the software that I have purchased. Most of the rest of it is junk. Even without the upgrade from "The Fixer", my sim looks as good as it ever has, and I'm flying SIDS, STARS, Hi and Low level routes, approaches, IFR, VFR, like I know what I'm doing.

Long Enough ... thanks for your consideration

Dennis Trawick, IFR7700, redacted Former AVSIM Screen Shots Forum Big Boss, Real-world pilot in the late '70s and '80s, with a new great grandchild on the way. (That's what did it, now I really feel old)

DX10 Cloud Shadows Problems

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 20:54:08 +0000

ciao ho pagare STEVEFX DX10 Cloud Shadows v3.2 how can i make it work once installed how to proceed?

Cloud Shadows and VAS

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 22:03:57 +0000

Dear Steve,

Can you asses the impact of Cloud Shadows on VAS? I am still on FSX, and VAS is a problem.

Best regards,

Holger

CFAS on and NoAA option

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 21:32:38 +0000

Hi, I have FSX sp2 and DX10 fixer last version. I have found no apparent differences in graphic between CFAS On and either "2X" or "NoAA" selected (CFAS turns gray but on on state). Except several FPS increments between the two options. So in what situation i can see a difference?

Wanting to upgrade to newest version

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 04:07:54 +0000

Hi Steve,

I purchased DX10ScenerFixer_3_3_103 and DX10CloudShadows_1_6_0_revised in May of 2017,

I tried it but my old video card was too slow for it to work.

I just bought a new faster card so I would like to upgrade to the newest version and try it again.

I lost all my emails from that time period so I don't know my account info.

Can you help?

Thanks,

Steve Canham