CrystalFrontier

Dear all, I have noticed ever since I got FSX that fellow a/c on the taxiways keep a distance to my own plane as if I had the plague. It doesn't matter which aircraft I'm using, be it A320-series, A380 or EMB-190. It's constant stop-and-go for all planes behind me, ahich also cloggs up radio traffic. I know this problem didn't exist in FS9. Any ideas where I can set anything straight (like aircraft radii or sth...)? Or is it a scenery problem (mostly Aerosoft MegaAirports)? Thanks for any help! CF

E190 from EDDS (Stuttgart) to EDDF (Frankfurt) and then on tho Olbia, Italy (LIEO), but aborted that leg (too much work) :(

Dear allHow is it possible to edit Aerosoft EDDF with ADE? I cannot open any of the .bgl. Are we talking about MegaAirport EDDF (which I have and at which I have the same issue)?BestCF

All of you thanks very much for your replies! The APU sounds reasonable, I'll try it out once I get a chance ;)Happy landingsCF

Dear simmers!I've noticed a problem with my EMB-190 jet by WILCO lately: Engine 2 burns more fuel enroute than engine one, leading to a disbalanced flight status on approach (left wing tipping down) and I have no idea where that turns up. All engine and fuel flow readings are identical, whenever I check. Funnily enough, I start enginge 1 first, so it should be the other way around. The difference is always about 150-200 lbs between tanks one and two. Any ideas? I'd be glad to hear them!thanks in advanceCF

Thanks for reading! But forget about it, I found the problem ;) I've backupped WOAI files, but instead of Just backing them up, they were removed, and restore doesn't work, so I have to install them all over again :( So don't ever create WOAI backups!

This is truly odd,after re-installing FSX, AI traffic is clearly visible, the way it should be, gladly. Still, I wanted to make some changes and update flightplans, but I can't find the respective folders anymore! First I thought this was yet another VISTA explorer thingy, but they also don't show up in XP (running both).To my knowledge, ALL AI planes are considered FSX -> SimObjects -> Airplanes with one folder to each model, right? So, how can they happily fly around FSX, but don't have the respective folders where they should be?The problem being, I'd like to make changes in flightplans and also in the fleets, but I can't access the cfg. files if they don't show in the Explorer!Confused and hoping for help.Thanks!CF

Ah, right! Good idea, thanks! It's not that I want to make changes but simply, rather than spending a day flying one long leg, fly a typical pattern of flights on one a/c (like a real flight crew) instead.Thanks again, I'll try TToolsCF

Hello simmers,I'd be interested in finding a resource that shows me the daily routines by aircraft, the daily legs of an LH A321 for instance. Since I can't seem to view them in the WOAI files, maybe there's another resource / means I can get that kind of info?Thanks for any helpCF

Hello Phil,thanks for your quick reply. I'll check it out!CF

Dear all,I couldn't find a thread addressing the problem of increased engine noise switching from cockpit mode to outside camera views.This is especially important since I've arranged camera views in a way to work as passenger cabin views, but everytime I switch to an outside camera, the noise level consequently rises, since you're, well.... "outside"! Since I mostly wear headphones, this can be truely painful at times >:[is there any way to assign specific volume parameters to outside camera views?Thanks in advance for any help!Happy LandingsCF

Thanks to all for helping out! I'll try and go over the settings in due course! there's still other business to attend to :)I thinks simming is more about arranging flights rather than flying them :) Whatever! I love it...CF

hello everybody!I started using the default PANEL for the A321. My guess is that E.Marciano's excellent panel won't work with FSX?Why oh why do I get a "don't sink" alert during a picture perfect ILS approach as of 500 ft AGL? when there SHOULD be a 100 ft increment audio countdown instead! ;PThese are moments when I want FS9 back!Help please? It's needed :)Thanks a lot!CF

...yet I can't seem to find a solution!Hello everybody,the visibility layer discussion has been going on a few months ago, when I thought someone had found the answer it turned out to solve a different problem. I can't find any other threads on the subject though, yet the problem seems to be widespread.Has there been a fix I've missed?The prob is, when diving into a visibility layer, auto-generated weather seems to be resetting every 8 secs, resulting in a short flash of the entire sky, revealing all clouds above the reduced visibility layer. Switching it to "static" solves the problem, yet that's very unsatisfying. Is there any way to enjoy the same conditions?I run an AMD PhenomX4 2.2GHz w/ ATI 4850. I'm installing SP1 as I write this but in other threads it showed that it wouldn't help.Thanks for any help or attempted help.Happy landings,CF

Hello everyone!I have just recently heard about FSBoarding and got intrigued - downloaded and istalled it. The version is 2.2.1a and FSUIPC is 3.2.0.2.Once I try to load FSBoarding in connection w/FS I get the annuouncement that FSBoarding would only work w/ registered versions of FSUIPC.Whereas it appears reasonable, it still seems quite odd to me, since all other and LARGER applications run with FSUIPC just fine. Furthermore, FSBoarding was originally designed for FS2002 and hasn't been updated since (or has it?).Do I just a) have to live with it :( get the full version of FSUIPC or c) change any settings I don't know about and get it running?Thanks for any help....CF

Hey Coorby,I've had the same problem, whereas it's not really a major one as you say, as long as FS9 keeps running the way it should.I noticed it after I've put FS in 2d mode and linked it with the AFCAD program. When editing in AFCAD I always moved the minimized FS window to the left and worked on AFCAD on the right side of the screen. After that I've noticed the splashscreen being moved as far to the left as I've moved FS in the previuos 2d mode.So, put FS in 2d mode and move the window around a little to the right. That should do the trick ;)Happy landings...CF...

Hey Nick,thanks alot for your advice. It did go into the right direction as I think I've isolated the problem. After re-installing FS9 twice (worked after first time in empty partition!) and failing me again after the splashscreen, there was one coincidence in both cases: I've installed CoursePlaner (unreg. demo version) into the FS9 root dir. So I once again uninstalled FS and instead of removing all remaining dirs sweeped the root dir clear of all the crappy .dlls and other weird-loking files left behind by Courseplaner. FS9 runs smoothly ever since. I sure hope that was the true reason, but I've added all the extra details to FS9 step by step when I noticed the probblem. I have CoursePlaner running flawlessly on a seperate partition and FS9 makes me happy again :DLotsa thanks to all others for their input.Happy landings (once again ;))...CF...

Hello everybody...First of all thanks for all the suggestions. I've tried them all out (re-installing graphics driver, re-installing driectX, booting w/o joystick) but there was no effect, unfortunately :(Next thing I'll try is to uninstall FS, move the remaining folders to another partition and re-install FS9 onto a freshly cleaned-up partition.If that doesn't work, I'll just wait for my next computer and FS10 ;P ;POnce again thanks for your help. I really appreciate it!sigh......CF...

gotcha.. ok, well I did rename it to FS10, for instance, and it did create a new .cfg file, but it didn't help.It's too weird... it's just before the monitor "snaps" into 3D mode that the program stops booting entirely and the system keeps running as if nothing had happened.thanks a lot for the advice, thoughCF :)

Many thanks, Doug. I'll download that huuge file tomorrow at work. I sure hope this'll work. If it does, I.U.O.Happy landingsCF

Hi everyone! Let's see if you can help me out of this....I'd really appreciate it!!!I don't know what's been happening. I got me a new plain cheapo joystick (USB) which didn't even come w/ drivers and stuff. Nice w/ throttle, cooliehat, 4 buttons. Good deal. Computer detects it, I personalize it, FS9 accepts it, I take off, land, am happy, things are great. During the same computer session, I'm eagerly doing flight preparations, downloading charts, plotting course in FlightPlanner, boot FS9, but..well, it DOESN'T boot. wh..? So, I try again, I see the splashscreen, the menu bar below opens, I see the sandclock, sandclock disappears, arrow appears, splashscreen disappears - no FS9.I even uninstall and re-install the thing. Still no boot, no FS9, but still the splashscreen.So, FS9 just STOPPED WORKING!! I can't explain it! Surely it can't be the joystick, since it DID work!Okay, don't hyperventilate. AVSIM forum guys always know what to do. They can help. People with similar problem have re-installed DirectX 9.x, whereas my copy of FS9 only came w/9.0 (bad?) and it obviously helped, but not me. Any ideas out there? So far, I've received great support from this site. Please don't fail me!!!!!! All I can give you is my sincerest gratitude in case of success. Please help me out of the dark, and out of DFW, where my plane is waiting for me ;PThanks in advance, CF.....

Hello everyone! Why is it that with certain aircraft from specific designers one can't see the wings when looking outside, i.e. back/left or right? Example: POSKY-a/c's. Is there any way one can configure the model/cfg in a way that this is so? Thanks for any help ...CF

aha! That makes sense, too. :) So all the world switches to DST, except for GMT itself?

Thanks for the quick reply, but it didn't do the trick. I've saved new default flights several times since then. The two clocks are still 2 hours apart. FS Real Time gives me the wrong system UTC. Isn't that where FS gets its GMT time from?

Hi everybody! I have a problem with my FS clock. The area of my residence in Germany is GMT+1, as it is set in my PC system calendar and clock. But the two FS clocks are 2 hours apart, in EDDF for example the GMT is always +2h. I've tried FS RealTime, but