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i currently have ASE running and would like to upgrade it to AS2012. Can i simply run the downloaded upgrade exe file over the existing ASE or do I need to uninstall the ASE first? Will my existing options be preserved? thanks for any help.

has anyone been able to install eric marciano's radar 2.0 in fsx acceleration. i previously had it running in fsx without acceleration on a win xp computer. when i tried installing the radar program into fsx acceleration on a new computer running win 7, the radar window opens as it did on win xp but remains completely black?i have tried several times to reach eric marciano by email but have had no responses at all from him. any suggestions would be welcome.steve chavin

can anyone tell me how to alter the color of the information messages ( such as the frame rate, indicated air speed, location, etc) shown in the top left corner of the screen in fsx?

thanks for the helpful replies.steve chavin

i have win xp professional with sp3 installed, plus (among other things) all of the dot net frameworks out to dot net framework 3.5 sp1. apparently everything was working well, but today i was running fsx/sp2 along with rex and the sim suddenly froze. a typical microsoft error message appeared and i had trouble following it. it said asomething about a fatal exception, also mentioned rex, and dot net framework 3.5 sp1. i am not sure whether it actualy told me what was wrong and exactly where the error is. i chose the option to ignore the mesage and then the sim crashed todesktop.my questions are:are each of the numbered dot net frameworks separate and independent from each other, or do they function as a single piece of software? if i need to repair or replace 3.5 sp1, can i just do so with the current version of this softwaare or do i need to somehow fix any or all of the other dot net frameworks?can one use control panel/add-remove software to repair dot net versions, or does the faulty version need to be uninstalled first?any guidance will be greatly appreciated.

ulf and snave:thanks for the suggestions. i have never paid attention to pitot or carb controls. i tried 1 flight with the beech baron and pitot heat switched on and the flight was flawless. i could not find any carb heater controls on the several ga planes i looked at (including the baron). do most of the fsx aircraft have carb heaters and panel switches for them?i will do some more experimenting when i return from a short holiday. any further suggestions would be most welcome.steve chavin

new or worsening problem(s). while flying an fsx default twin, there will be a sudden loss of power and manifold pressure aand fuel flow drop to close to zero. can happen early in flight or after 1-2 hours. then indicated air speed drops to zero and panel gauge and in readout with shift/z. have tried to fix when it occurs but nothing has worked: playing with fuel mix, jockying throttles, cutting fule and then restarting engine. have tried switching to other default aircraft or occasionally a 3rd party twinlllll; sometimes the problem is present in the new aircraft but i am not sure whether the problem always carries over to the new aircraft. occasionally, only the indicated airspeed stops registering, without the other engine issues; in such a case the flight appears unaffected (gps still show correct ground speed) and other times the airspped indication returns spontaneously.if i shut the sim down and reopen a new flight, the problem is no longer present (at least at the start of the new flight).i checked the realism settings, and no failures are checked off. i have not yet checked all possibilities yet. the sim appears to be otherwise functioning very nicely.i wonder whether the issue is with one or more of the gauges, or rather in some mysterious occult portion off fsx.any suggesions would be greatly appreciated.steve chavin

i am flying the flight 1 441 conquest with the fsx compatibility patch. operating system is windows xp with all service packs installed. plane looks and flies very well except that propeller disappears hidden behind clouds when plane flies through or is viewed against clouds in foreground. i have come across a number of fs9 airplanes with this issue after they have been patched for fsx. there are fixes for this problem for xome planes, but none of these works for the conquestif the modified .bgl file is simply substituited for the original one. from what i have read, it may have something to do with the alpha channel in the propeller.bmp file. does anyone know of a modified .bmp file which will fix this problem for the 441 conquest.thanks kindly for any help.steve chavin

chuck:thanks for the clarification. i thought i did say that spay effect is missing from the default float planes as well as from several free ware aircraft, all of which previously showed the effect. i am including copies of 2 effects entries in the aircraft cfg, one for microsoft default plane and another for a premier air design plane. all of the float planes have similar entries. none of them show the entry on your plane, fx_bobspray0. i have checked and there are files for each of the fx files , but i cannot tell whether they are corrupted or otherwise not functioning.[EFFECTS] - microsoft defaultwake=fx_wakewater=fx_spraydirt=fx_tchdrtconcrete=fx_sparkstouchdown=fx_tchdwn_s, 1----------------------------------[effects] PAD dhc3 wardair wake = fx_wake_sswater = fx_spraywaterspeed = fx_wtrspray_sdirt = fx_tchdrtconcrete = fx_sparkstouchdown = fx_tchdwn_s, 1can you provide me with working a copy of each of the necessary files, so that i can test them on my setup?any other suggestions will be most welcome.steve chavin

hello all. no more thoughts or suggestions for my problem? does anyone know which effect file or files are responsible for the water spray effect, and how to retrieve a replacement for the original file from the installation discs? this the only simple fix i can think of.steve chavin

chuck:thanks for the suggestion. i forgot that the aircraft.cfgs have an effects section. unfortunately, i have not found any aircraft (including 2 of the microsoft default planes) which show the spray effect. i did check several of the float planes and they all have the same effects section with an entry for the water_spray effect (as well as several other effects entries).steve chavin

jeff:thanks for the reply. 'advanced animation' is checked on graphics menu.

i have recently lost the spray effect when taxiing float planes. the effect was previously present. i have not added any relevant scenery or effects prior to the disappearance. the sim appears to be working in all other respects. i have been using water effects low 2x for some time. my set up is fsx and runs in win xp with sp2 installed. the spray effects were present for many months following the sp2 installation. i am not sure which effect file(s) are relevant here but the file fx_spray.fx is present.helicopter backwash over water is also working.can anyone help me with an explanation and a fix?thanks.steve chavin

throttleup:thanks very, very much for the link. i shall begin to tackle this little task very shortly.steve chavin

about a month ago, there was a short thread about using the posky 777 in fsx and vista. a couple of participants mentioned that they had succeeded, but no details were provided. i would be extremely grateful if someone can provide a complete list of all the modifications or additions needed in the aircraft. and panel. cfg files, as well as other files, such as the fs9 777.gau and the posky vc textures, which are needed for a working 777 vc in winxp and fsx with sp2?thanks very much.steve chavin

here is a web site and a the name of a file (altiportes pack sp2) which may interest you. i have installed and tested it. it contzins courchevel as well as several other french altiportes. it appears to work very nicely in my fsx with sp2, utx, fs genesis mesh and a number of other add-ons. the web site also contains a number of other freeware french sceneries, many of which appear to have been tested with sp2.web site url http://www.vf-air.com/FSX2.htmFRANCEALTIPORTS pack SP2 des 4 altiports regroup

nigel:would you be so kind as to provide copies of the modified .cfg files or at least the changes you made in panel.cfg and aircraft.cfg to accomodate the vc and fs9 gauge? thanks very much.steve chavin

bill:thanks for the direct reply and your suggestions. i am embarrassed to say that i have not generally (or perhaps never) requested clearance to taxi. i usually start a flight from the runway, even when filing an ifr flight plan. i confess i have occasionally taken off without permission from atc, especially when some ai aircraft overfly me. i also have never chosen to open a new flight plan, as atc sometimes suggests, because i did not know why this was necessary. i shall henceforth obey basic flight etiquette and do some basoc bookwork on ifr rules. steve chavin

thanks for the quick reply. i do not wish to appear obtuse, but i thought that all one needed to do was to load an ifr flight plan when setting up a flight. are there additional steps required to open or file an ifr flight plan? also, is there a specific step to request vectors, other than opening an atc window towards the end of the flight plan?steve chavin

can someone explain to me how to persuade fsx atc to consistently provide me with vectors and approach instructions? although these are occasionalloy given, even when i am flying with a flight plan, atc apparently ignores me.steve chavin

alan:can you provide a copy of the simhouse instructions for us latecomers?steve chavin

geoffa:thanks very much for the 2 links. i seriously doubt i would have stumbled across them on my own.i had a quick look through the acronym list and did not see one particular word which i think keeps recurring in the atis transmissions. it sounds to me like "india". do you happen to know what this term is referring to?again, many thanks for your help.steve chavin

can anyone recommend some kind of dictionary or list of the terms, and their definitions, used in fsx by atc and atis.thanks.steve chavin

thanks to everyone for the various suggestion. my problem has not yetbeen solved.here is some further information. i do not recall whether i flew into limc in fsx, so i do not know if the absence of aircraft is new. i have used aifpc.zip to convert all of my woai traffic bgls to fsx format; i rechecked and confirmed that every one of the woai bgls has .fsx appended to its name, although i have not attempted to verify that the decompiled flight plans are in fact fsx plans. i have never installed woai military planes or flights; but, just in case, i looked in my addon scenery/scenery folder to ensure that there were no woai afcads.according to woai, limc is served by a huge number of italian and non-italian airlines. inasmuch as the several italian ( venice tessera, rome lirf, and torino casale) and numerous non-italian (le bourget, nice, heatrow, eglc) airports i have checked all have adequate amounts of ai planes and traffic, it appears that the problem is either limited to, or very much worse at, malpensa.any further suggestions or advice will be welcomed.

cannot see any ai traffic at this fairly busy airport. not sure when problem began. running win xp (sp 3), fsx (sp2) and world of ai with all flight plans converted to fsx format. same result with default limc scenery or a new ray smith afcad for limc. fsx running well. plenty of ai activity at other italian airports, as well as other countries.any suggestions? thanks.steve chavin