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The entire suite of Navigraph products is fantastic. The only thing missing in SimBrief is an aircraft profile of the Concorde and the possibility to plan "Concorde-style" routes. A much more complicated untertaking I suppose, but that would really be great for flying the FSL Concorde. Right now I plan the route more or less manually, then create the route using another profile (an A350 for instance), and then let the FSL Concorde board computer do the rest of the job. It works, but it's not great.

I am currently doing a flight from Alert (CYLT) on the Northern end of Ellismere Island in Canada, the world's Northernmost airport, to Lonyearbyen in Spitsbergen. The route goes over the Northern tip of Greenland, the most Northern longitude I reach is 83 degrees North, and only towards the end do I descend South of 80 degrees North. I have winter season set (February), and indeed I have a Polar night with only a bit of sun peaking over the horizon very far away. In the real world most - and usually - all of that part of the world is covered by ice. However, in FSX, the Arctic Ocean shows as water. Very unrealistic. Is there anything that can be done about that? Thanks

THe title says it all. The Aeromexico 77L repaint has a Star Alliance sticker on the fuselage. It should be a Skyteam sticker. Maybe that could be corrected and updated. Thansk for an otherwise absolutely wonderful plane. Chris

THe title says it all. The Aeromexico 77L repaint has a Star Alliance sticker on the fuselage. It should be a Skyteam sticker. Maybe that could be corrected and updated. Thansk for an otherwise absolutely wonderful plane. Chris

I need some guidance and orientation on how to procede here. In my newly set up FSX (just moved from FS9) I want to have the following: -. improved ground textures - correct coast lines, lakes, etc - fantastic mesh especially for mountain regions (Alps, Rockies, Andes, Himalaya) - adding "landmarks" like harbours, famous buildings, etc. I have looked through several webpages by FTX, Pilots!, Flight 1. And I am confused about which one to buy. Is the following correct: - FTX Global for ground textures? - FTX Vector for coast lines, etc? - FS Global Ultimate for mesh? - Flight 1 Ultimate Terrain for landmarks? But then what do the following products add: - FTX Open LC Europe? - FTX Terrain Regions? Thank you for any help in chosing the right products and indicating if they are compatible. Thanks!

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In FS9 I had a neat setup that showed for every AI plane the following: 1. ui_manufacturer, ui_aircraft type ("Boeing 747-400") 2. Callsign, flightnumber ("LUFTHANSA 400") 3. Departure, destination ("EDDF-KJFK") Now that I have FSX I get things like the aircraft type ("Aardvark"). How can I change that and show what I had in FS9? Thanks Chris

So I tried what was suggested by posters - thanks everybody for all the hints! However so far it's been somewhat frustrating. The Justflight/PSS product does not work for me in FSX, maybe that is because I am running Windows 8.1. The Majestic 8-300 is sold only in the TRAINING version, but still I bought it for USD 159 (!!). A nice plane, but I can't find any repaints for it. Also, I wouldn't know how to merge that panel with the Dreamwings Dash 8-100 and -200. There seems to have been some freeware panel by the same chap that developed the Majestic payware (Fanda?), but I haven't really figured out where to find the latest version and if that will work with the Dreamwings -100 and -200. Any thoughts or hints?

Precisely that is the problem that I have. ATC just disappears in the middle of the flight. Never the ground, tower, or departure controller, always the centre. And for me, it happens on *every* flight. Any way to address that issue?

I've had this on all my recent flights: ATC works normally for clearance, taxiing, during departure, handover to the centre, but then some moment during climb or cruise ATC "disappears". The ATC window only gives the choice of "Airports in proximity", but my own flight's following by ATC has been lost. I tried re-loading the flightplan into FSX but that still won't make a difference. Only once on the ground do I get the possibility to select ground control frequency, and all is back to normal again. What to do?

Ah, I didn't know that! That's a good surprise because I already own the PSS product. So I'll try it out in FSX tonight. Thanks for the help! Ah, I didn't know that! That's a good surprise because I already own the PSS product. So I'll try it out in FSX tonight. Thanks for the help!

Dreamwings seems indeed the way to go. I am looking for a -100 or -200 version as well (I think the fuselage is the same, otherwise not sure what the difference is). There are plenty of repaints, all you need to do is look in the AVSIM library in the FS9 category. The Dreamwings plane is an FS9 plane. What bugs me though is: which panel to use? I haven't tried it out, but I would assume that the one from PSS does not work in FSX. Which panel are you using? Chris

I am looking to fly the Dash 8-300 and especially the Dash 8-200 to a couple of fields where the -400 is too large. What is the best Dash 8-300 and -200 for FSX? In FS9 I used a merge of the PSS panel with the Dreamwings exterior model. What's the best solution for FSX? No payware that I am aware of? Dreamwings will probably work in FSX, but what panel to use? Thanks! Chris

Just made a big leap of faith and moved from FS9 to FSX. I am not a happy camper yet as I have OOM problems, whcih I am educating myself on in the various forums. One thing I came across was "DX10". I have absolutely no clue about how computers work and what is under the hood of FSX, I just understand that there are settings menus and that moving the sliders to the left will improve performance. So: what is DX10? I have read that it may solve OOM problems, but also that it causes other problems. If someone could give me a layman's answer to what DX10 is and what the pros and cons are of running it. My setup: FSX with SP2 Lots of add-on airports (FlyTampa, Aerosoft, FSDT, etc= Add-on planes (PMDG, Level D, etc) ORBX FTX Global Not yet installed, but soon: FSGlobal mesh Not yet ported over from FS9: plenty of AI, more than 1,000 bgls Windows 8.1 4th Generation i7 32GB RAM GEFprce GTX 880M 4GB (And by the way, if someone can point me to the ultimate FSX tweak and seetings guide, I'd appreciate. Like that I don't have to puzzle together everything from different threads and forums) Thanks Chris

After many years of hesitation I now moved from FS9 to FSX. One thing I haven't figured out yet is how to avoid the "swivel" when changing the angle of view in the outside view. FOr instance I am looking at my plane from the side and then move the point of view behind the plane. Instead of just fixing the point of view behind the plane the view first "overshoots" to the other side and then centers back on the angle of view that I want to have. Quite annoying, it is as if the outside camera was drunk or on a floating carpet. In FS9 one could tick a box to "fix" outside views. How can I do that in FSX? Second, for some reason the keyboard shortcuts for "move view right", "left", etc. don't seem to work. To fix the problem I have assigned other keystrokes, but to no avail. Any known fix for that? Thanks Chris