New to FSX I am in the process of moving away from FS9 (Finally) I am looking to see what the must have programs for FSX (I fly commercial aircraft 100% of the time).So far I have added all of my FS Dreamteam Scenery over to FSX, Quality Wings 757, and Level D 767 are now installed in FSX and running. What other programs do you feel are a must have for FSX?Thanks in advanceJohn

You might like Radar Contact, it improves ATC quite a bit and enables you to fly complete procedures if you like. :)However, for it to work you need to create a .pln file with your flightplan too.

You might like Radar Contact, it improves ATC quite a bit and enables you to fly complete procedures if you like. :)However, for it to work you need to create a .pln file with your flightplan too.

Thanks I had it for FS9 it was good but I prefer to fly online with SB.Thanks

Big Iron guy...Let's see...PMDG's stuffhttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/md11.htmlWilco ERJ's (I've heard I don't know from experience)http://www.feelthere.com/2010/22_embraer-e-jets-v-2-embraer-175-and-195.html?product_id=22Personally I love Eaglesoft's C750 Citation Xhttp://www.eaglesoftdg.com/CitationX_20.htmwww.skyvector.com for en route chartshttp://aeronav.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=aeronav/applications/d_tpp for terminal chartsNavigraph updates for all your planes:http://www.navigraph.com/www/fmsdata.aspAnd you're set!

You want general add-ons like REX, EZDOK, Plan-G (freeware), ENBseries HDR mod (freeware), FS water configurator (freeware), FSRecorder (freeware).Set-up your system for FSX with Nick Needham's guide.http://www.simforums.com/Forums/topic34141_post198187.html#198187And you want to tweak your fsx.cfg with Bjote's website for maximum frames:http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.htmlIf you want to tweak further by setting up individual profiles for different scenery or planes then get FSXgo from FTX.Cheers,Noel.

New to FSX I am in the process of moving away from FS9 (Finally) I am looking to see what the must have programs for FSX (I fly commercial aircraft 100% of the time).So far I have added all of my FS Dreamteam Scenery over to FSX, Quality Wings 757, and Level D 767 are now installed in FSX and running. What other programs do you feel are a must have for FSX?Thanks in advanceJohn

Ha ha!What you need is just a VERY DEEP WALLET :(

Use Bojote's configuration tool. That's the very first step I'd take if I were you. It improved my FPS a lot. After you have done that, go into FSX settings, and save the graphics settings. Call it something like " Bojote modified settings" , just in case some other program changes your settings.You mention the FSDT sceneries - all very good. I found the LDS767 and QW757 also very nice in FSX. I have read good things about the EZDOK camera addon, but I don't use it myself. Stuff like REX is highly recommended (and if you use the lowest resolution textures, you get quite a big FPS bonus, too!). GEX and UTX are of course also nice, although I didn't reinstall UTX with my last FSX reinstall. I don't really have a use for it. I do low and slow VFR flying in OrbX sceneries anyway (these are also highly recommended, both the area sceneries and the airports), and the only thing I got UTX for is for the lights. However, these give such a huge FPS hit, that I can't turn them on so it ends up not being useful for me. If you like the MD-80, I can highly recommend the Leonardo Maddog. The model isn't pure FSX (it's a FS9 port), but to me that's not important. It gives me roughly the sam e FPS as the LDS767 and slightly worse than the QW757.

Thanks for the info guys so far I am rather impressed with the fps not much different than FS9 I just feel it's time to move away from the good ol FS9 and see what FSX has to offer.Thanks John