I just installed fsx gold. I ran the game and all seemed fine until I tried any Bell Helicopter. In free flight and all missions, the bells have no color or details to them. It's just a black box with a pilot inside. The rest of the game seems ok. Any thoughts on what's going on? Ps, I have a clean machine with windows 7. It has more than adequate graphics card and speed. It ran 2004 without any problems.

Ps, I have a clean machine with windows 7. It has more than adequate graphics card and speed. It ran 2004 without any problems.

Muwhahah! Welcome to FSX. A PC that ran "FS2004 without any problem" will probably have problems with FSX... What are your specs? Have you checked advanced animations? Made any shader mods?

I have a I7 3.4ghz, amd 6700,8gb, 1tb hard..windows 7 64bit.....Not sure what shader mods are.....

That sounds more like an install glitch than a problem with the capability of the computer to run FSX. Al

There is no FSX Gold version! "FSX Gold" is just a title printed on a plastic DVD case that contains two FSX versions: 1. FSX Deluxe, and2. FSX Acceleration. To properly install "FSX Gold" you need to: a. Install FSX Deluxe (obvious)b. Start FSX Deluxe,c. Fly (so FSX creates certain start-up files that FSX Acceleration needs to properly install),c. Exit FSX Deluxe,d. Install FSX Acceleration. Cheers, - jahman.

It ran 2004 without any problems.

Okie-Dokie, Smokie. FS2004 is to FSX as a Cessna 152 is to a Cessna Citation X. Jus' sayin'...

That sounds more like an install glitch than a problem with the capability of the computer to run FSX. Al

I wasn't saying his helo issue was due to old hardware, only a separate point that FS2004-capable PC probably won't be FSX-capable (or enjoyable). I re-read it now and it did sound like that (or read like that ehehe), but by problems I meant performance related, not oddball things like this issue.

Thanks all...Reloaded and problem solved....

Super.