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I have picked up some stutters also the last few weeks. Never thought about simlink but will test a bit. Dave

Jcmmg Thanks for the write up.... I have been trying to figure out the FMC for a day... 2.1 and 8 were driving me nuts. Carenado has some work to do here. I can care less about the price and the so called "update" to the 550, just make it work right. Dave

Jeff,I see your point of view as far as PC as the superior gaming machine. The 360 is to me not the console to run a Flight sim, but the PS3 has the ability to do it. In fact just hook up a USB keyboard and mouse and the basically have a PC. Some have even loaded Windows on the PS3. Microsoft trying the flightsim world on a 360 would not surprise me at all. In fact I am shocked it has not happened yet.Back to the original point topic, chasing the PC Hardware world gets old and expensive. And like I said it seems that developers would be more inclined to create add-ons due to the simple fact of one machine they have to work with, not multiple types of PC's with multiple configs.No offense taken either Jeff, I am still there in the PC world. But the console world seems to be coming on strong.

Jeff,Why is the console market a "dreaded" market in your opinion. Now, I am by no means an expert between console's and PC's. But I own a PS3 and a 360 and I am amazed and what they can do.To me ( again to me ) developers have one machine to gear products too and not multiple PC machines with who knows what kind of owner / owners behind it. The only problem might me the add-on market, but both Sony and Microsoft have marketplaces for add-ons already, so that might not be a problem, I don't know.I know it's a bit off topic. But I am curious so sorry mod's I am going off topic.

My opinion,I consider myself a somewhat avid simmer. I am tired of chasing FS products, meaning I am tired of building new machines, upgrading and so on. It used to be fun, now it's more of a pain in the rear end more than anything. Of course Jim is right, come fall into winter I might think again with being stuck inside all the time, but I am not sure this year. Flight simmming for me is to the point of "What can be better?" And if it is better am I going to spend the money to get the most out of it. I am just not sure anymore.

I'll chime in here also. I had not flown for awhile I am on my third flight of the day. First flight no SP3, did not realize there was a service pack. After the first flight I updated and I too have picked up this haze layer above 3000ft. No blue skys at all and it makes this haze layer makes clouds look a bit funky.Every thing good though with SP3 except for that.

Good, I am not alone.

Uugh, so simple. That will work fine, thanks Jim.Edit: since I double posted, one other question. With future updates is it possible to give a final ZFW weight? You can go into FSX "Fuel and Payload" section and just add the #'s. But it would be nice to see that somewhere in Xpax. Just a suggestion, take it or leave it.

Uugh, so simple. That will work fine, thanks Jim.

Hey Jim, DamianFor the Feelthere 737's is there a way to set max seating? I have gone through the config files and don't see a way to do it. All other planes seem to be right.Enjoying Xpax - Good job guys!! :)

Yep, played with a bit this morning. Pretty cool!! :)

I just bought the Columbia this past weekend. I lock my system @ 20 and I got a very minimal FPS hit in FSX. I am running UT for FSX and I also run autogen on sparse ( which is plenty for me ). System specs down below. I too was a bit worried on how it would run on my older machine but it has done fine.

>Two thumbs up here for Active Sky X :-)>>BryanAgreed, It's a must have!! :)

You might just start over and delete the CFG file and let FSX build a new one and go from there. You have done some tweaking though looking throught your CFG file.

Rhett and Victor,Never thought about that, I will give that a try.Thanks Guys!!

Here is my CFG file. And I do not get blurries like that and never have. Move your Texture Bandwidth up to 55 or 60 and see what happens. Don't test it in NYC or LA or something, use Orlando or Phoenix. Edit: I forgot to mention that I have FSX controlling the Anisotropic Filtering and the card handling the AA. It might help.

Not sure why your having those problems. I am running FSX SP1 on the machine down below and running locked @ 20 and keeping steady at 20 except it those big cities. The LA area brings it down 13-15 but it is still very smooth. I run all the sliders 3/4's of the way to the right except for autogen which is at normal. All traffic is at 20%, and that is plenty of traffic. (Using My traffic X for AI) The only change to the .CFG I have done is adjusted Texture Bandwidth which is currently at 55.So, I don't understand why folks are having problems. The only problem I have is blurries. But it's not as bad as some of the screen shots I've seen in this forum. And it only happens in the LA, Chicago an NY areas. All of the rest of the metropolitan areas seem to be fine. I assume there is just too much data for my machine to keep up with. I'm not going to build another machine right now, don't need to. I am more than happy with FSX SP1 and the LDS 763 and the FLight 1 ATR to keep me happy. And I can still fly FS9 anytime I feel the need. But I have not fired up FS9 in at least a month now.

Hey Chris,Yeah if you get a chance just head ouf Auckland to the Southwest maybe 10 miles or so and get a screen shot. I played around last night after I posted. I move all the sliders to the right and still had alot of brown earth. So I don't know what to think.

Hey Guys,I've searched this out a bit without any really good answer. Since I now got an ATR for FSX I decided to do some Air New Zealand link flight. Out of Auckland today I mostly got for lack of a better term "Sand Dunes" with little green vegetation spots. I think it needs to be a bit greener, but I could be wrong. Any fix for this?? I got sliders 3/4 of the way to the right except for traffic and Autogen. FSG mesh if that matters. Thanks in Advance!!

Sweet, I know what I am doing this weekend.!! :)

>It has been notedthat letting FSX handle both AA and>Anisotropic filtering will supposedly let the GPU have more>cycles to handle the scenery. I have it set that way and it>seems to function better overall.>>Just MHO,>>Vic>>I've tried this tonight, I agree that AA and AF in FSX seems to run the sim a tad better. The only thing I see is I got a few jaggies on the ground at Seattle but once airborne it all went away.

fscharts.comI've been using them since I don't have FSnavigator for FSX. Not the best but it works.

There are a few threads on this, here is one. Your not the only one having this problem.http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...01559&mode=full

Yes, you can install both on a client machine (Second Machine). ASX will send the textures via the netowrk to the server machine. You will need FSX deluxe edition to set up Simconnect so this will all happen of course.Actually, I guess you could set up X graphics on the second machine and send the textures without SimConnect manually.

UKBB 031630Z 09004MPS 6000 -SHRA SCT030CB BKN040 14/11 Q1023 88290050 TEMPO 2000 TSRA I went into the visibilty change @ 3000ft today, and it was instant. I will say this, the lighting was incredible. I had a few right off the nose that just about blinding me. So, ASX and lighting is mind blowing. The only thing, and I mean the only thing about ASX right now that is bothersome is the quick visibilty changes.Not complaining though, ASX is a fine piece of work. Just one minor problem that I can see.