Sorry to change the flow here but I have a question. When setting weather, you have negative and postive numbers. Can someone explain this. I have an assumption but want to make sure I complete understand.I would assume the negative values means greater severity. I have been know to be wrong once in awhile though :( RegardsBob

positive = more wind rain thunder overcast.negative = less wind raiin thunder overcast.:(

As far as setting up the aircraft performance for fuel calculations, is there anywhere on the net that has the kind of data required? I can find plenty of sites which have weight/length/ceiling etc., but nothing more to help me fill out those fields in IF. Thanks,David

It's different you don't have to know ANYTHING. The computations will teach you EXACTLY what you want to know when you use it.You don't just get some fuel value, you will compute how fast you can climb and everything. I suggest you set off and follow the help on the suject.Thanks;Stevealso i suggest getting this version:[/url]http://download.codelegend.com/idealflight/Ideal_Flight_Setup_10_010jp.zipThanks again;SteveHow to set up the fuel calculation on FSN:http://www.flightsimulatornetwork.com/group/idealflightforfsx/forum/topics/ideal-flight-fuel-calculation

The data you want comes with the planes in FSX so you can access the aircraft instructions with the buttons on the aircraft page, or when you are in FSX.So you do a route and think:I can climb a bit faster next time; set the climb rate a bit faster.I can cruise a bit higher: set cruise a bit higher.I can cruise a bit faster: set cruise a bit faster;I need less fuel next time: SET YOUR RANGE LONGERI need more fuel next time: set your range shorter;Then after two or three flights you will be the expert on EXACTLY what the aircraft can do, and that data is available nowhere else but from Ideal Flight.:( So you are actually doing real live simulations on fuel burn and so on. Then take it online or on Air Hauler routes. and make more money. :( So to answer your first question: The data you want is actully shown in the fields of the aircraft parameters page as a result of you flying a few routes. You won't find it anywhere else, or more easily calculated. :( Thank you!

I see more clearly now, thanks for taking the time to explain Steve. :)

Hi Steve,I was very impressed and purchased IF. Works fine until now. Just a small remark about the weather report that for ex. anncounces snow while temp=14C°. That seems not very realistic :( THanks for this great addon!JosEBBR

Hi Steve,I was very impressed and purchased IF. Works fine until now. Just a small remark about the weather report that for ex. anncounces snow while temp=14C°. That seems not very realistic THanks for this great addon!JosEBBR

There was snow here and it was 14C. Mind you; it was melting...Steve We had this with overcast earlier, it just happened the overcast sky started about two miles from the airport.Let me have the date/time/departure/destination/plane and I will check out the weather with regards to the report and see how realistic it is! Cheers.

Hi Steve,I was very impressed and purchased IF. Works fine until now. Just a small remark about the weather report that for ex. anncounces snow while temp=14C°. That seems not very realistic THanks for this great addon!JosEBBR

OK now I've had play, I find a combination bug that is from the recent weather information additions to the briefing. Also a negative value results in no weather report. That's all fixed now, available later. Thanks Jos, well spotted!Steve

Do you have to fly FSX full screen? It looks like IF attempts to open FSX full screen - I see the Briefing Box but when I close that my FSX icon stays stuck on the task bar. No amount of clicking restores it. I've tried using Task Manager to switch but no luck.

Do you have to fly FSX full screen? It looks like IF attempts to open FSX full screen - I see the Briefing Box but when I close that my FSX icon stays stuck on the task bar. No amount of clicking restores it. I've tried using Task Manager to switch but no luck.

IF simply adds this to a command promt"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\FSX.exe" "C:\Users\Steve\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\IFlight.FLT"and enter.If you right click on any .FLT and choose "Open With..." FSX; you would get the same result.The way FSX is launching appears to be down to something in your system setup.Backup fsx.cfg and delete it so FSX builds a new one and test that.Then restore your backup fsx.cfg. May show something. Also multiple monitor setups Can play this trick, the FSX window is there, but off the desktop.SteveThere is a slight difference in that IF makes the desktop the window with focus first. I will look into any possibilities and get back to you.In the meantime set up FSX as you like it. Close it down, then Run from IF.One other thing: IF starts your views from the defaults of the plane (well FSX does) like you just installed it. You probably noticed the way the aircraft views start fresh in IF. Arrange them and choose the "Save settings" from the IF pulldown menu in FSX Addons. Arrange the 2D panels and save those settings too. Then every time you start in that type of plane you get that setup.

Do you have to fly FSX full screen? It looks like IF attempts to open FSX full screen - I see the Briefing Box but when I close that my FSX icon stays stuck on the task bar. No amount of clicking restores it. I've tried using Task Manager to switch but no luck.

For some reason IF does open in full screen sometimes. I thought it was just my setup, but I noticed it too. Wneh it does select the FSX in your taskbar and press Alt-Enter then go into general settings and change back to your orignal settings. I run a multimontor setup and never run full screen.

For some reason IF does open in full screen sometimes. I thought it was just my setup, but I noticed it too. Wneh it does select the FSX in your taskbar and press Alt-Enter then go into general settings and change back to your orignal settings. I run a multimontor setup and never run full screen.

This sounds like you mean the show opening screen option - general settings?That's been cured recently. After running FSX+IF; when you next run FSX on it's own, it started in the sim rather than the menu?Steve

There's another problem going round. When not using IF at all, just FSX, with a muti-monitor setup; at some stage FSX goes to the task bar and will not reappear. Something takes over focus, drops FSX to the taskbar and whatever it was is unseen. This is a report I have from someone that uses IF. They have been testing without IF.

There's another problem going round. When not using IF at all, just FSX, with a muti-monitor setup; at some stage FSX goes to the task bar and will not reappear. Something takes over focus, drops FSX to the taskbar and whatever it was is unseen. This is a report I have from someone that uses IF. They have been testing without IF.

I have a dual-monitor setup Steve, and I haven't seen that behavior - either running or not running IF. Just for reference.

I have a dual-monitor setup Steve, and I haven't seen that behavior - either running or not running IF. Just for reference.

Thanks Bill, I'm sure most people with multiple monitor setups have no trouble at all with or without IF.Best regards; Steve