May 20, 20215 yr Yesterday I uninstalled my old FSX tools, like SBuilder and Panel Studio. Everything but FSDS, which I've been using for 20+ years and just couldn't quite do it. Haven't used FSX since MSFS came out, so I guess there's no going back (not that I would've.)
May 20, 20215 yr 15 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said: Yesterday I uninstalled my old FSX tools, like SBuilder and Panel Studio. Everything but FSDS, which I've been using for 20+ years and just couldn't quite do it. Haven't used FSX since MSFS came out, so I guess there's no going back (not that I would've.) Can be tough to let FSDS go, because it's a fun program with a quite nice GUI, but if you download Blender and watch a couple of tutorials, you'll soon forget FSDS. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
May 20, 20215 yr Nah, it's not. You can figure it out. It's actually easier to use than FSDS once you give it a go. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
May 20, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, andyjohnston.net said: I have Blender, haven't gotten used to it. To complex for my little brain. Search youtube/google for the Donut Tutorial on Blender. That one was pretty well done. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
May 20, 20215 yr 4 hours ago, ryanbatcund said: Search youtube/google for the Donut Tutorial on Blender. That one was pretty well done. Mmmm!.. Donuts! Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
May 20, 20215 yr Author I've done that donut tut, and while it taught me a few things, I'll have to look more in depth.
May 20, 20215 yr 11 hours ago, andyjohnston.net said: Haven't used FSX since MSFS came out, so I guess there's no going back (not that I would've.) Interesting. Yesterday I spent about four hours bringing (5) additional aircraft models into FSX SE from my FSX installation on my old system, then updating them with my previous avionics installation and customization. I started with MSFS only with the new system back in August. By October I had grown so frustrated that I installed FSX SE (FSX no longer authenticates) and a small handful of aircraft (RA TDv2, Milviz Baron and C310, A2A 172) and my addon sceneries (200+ airports and 46 states of MSE3). 75% of my hours logged are currently with FSX SE for a variety of disappointment-driven reasons. I am spending more time finding and installing MSFS mods, hopeful for the slowly emerging future, than I am flying MSFS. I have over 100 MSFS GA airport mods in place, plus quite a number of visual cues like stadiums, cityscapes, and landmarks, and three payware aircraft addons. And yes, I have the avionics mods. Among the aircraft I reinstalled and configured into FSX SE yesterday were the Carenado models of: Beech C90 King Air, 208B Grand Caravan, 337 Skymaster, P46T Malibu Jetprop, and the Centurion T210. I spent some re-familiarization time in each as I brought back in and tweaked my previous Reality XP GNS and GTN panels and popups. Honestly, I was amazed at the overall imersion/experience provided by those Carenado models compared to what is available at this time in with GA prop aircraft in MSFS. And of course they each fall short of the RealAir, A2A, and Milviz models I had repositioned back in October. I use use Active Sky 2016, and REX textures in FSX SE. I am nowhere near removing any of that at this time and looking at the Asobo MSFS timelines for bug fixes, enhancements, and still-trailing new implementations I am not even near consideration to remove what in essence is a 16 year old simulator. Edited May 20, 20215 yr by fppilot Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
May 20, 20215 yr Author I do miss a few things, like the failures (I know there are a couple you can set in advance in MSS, not the same.) Also customizing weather was nice.
May 20, 20215 yr Commercial Member 15 hours ago, ryanbatcund said: Search youtube/google for the Donut Tutorial on Blender. That one was pretty well done. the infamous Blender Guru's Donut!
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