When I am flying and try to change from day to night or dusk, FSX just dissappears, total blank screen, and I have to use ctl=alt=del to close it. Going from night to day works fine.

There are some bugs in FSX which seem to cause lockups. I have a problem sometimes with the ATC window i.e. cannot close it. Oh well I gues we will get a patch down the road.Ron

this is not a lockup. just wait. the progress dialog is not drawing until you reach seventy-something percent. go fix yasself a nice cup of tea...;-)

>this is not a lockup. just wait. the progress dialog is not>drawing until you reach seventy-something percent. go fix>yasself a nice cup of tea...>>;-)>Tks, Ill try that, or take a nap :-)

I am having similar problems, if I just reset the current flight it takes approx 5 mins to re-load (sticks at roughly 50%) and the whole game becomes completely un-stable with weird sounds. I return to windows and the whole OS is unworkable. I have to re-start the rig and start again.Making any changes within the graphics settings does this. Their is definetely something wrong and surely requires a patch.Keith

Yes, I see exactly what you describe. It's on my bug list.I suppose it's appropriate that the black screen occurs usually when you're selecting night times!Best regards, Chris