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I am about to upload a different set of VC textures. Should go nicely with any civilian Dakota : Cheers, Jan

Would you believe that in my quarter of a century flightsimming ( started with FSII on a Commodore64 back in the 80's...) i have never used a GPS... ? I have learned about flying and navigating thru the booklets that came with FSII which was an absolute joy because i didn't know anything about it. Later on i could get my dirty hands on original but outdated Jeppesen en route charts and terminal charts of just about the whole of Europe and US. Using these charts and using only VOR to VOR and NDB navigation has been the most interesting and rewarding virtual flight time for me, no matter if i'd be flying GA, a propliner or a jetliner. Certainly i learned how to use a GPS when it became available in FS and learned to program an FMC later on (several times even) just because i found it very interesting but i never liked using them for my virtual flights. I, for one, really don't see the fun in having computers take over the things i love to do and take care of myself during a virtual flight. Nothing as exiting as to watch those VOR and/or NDB needles come in to where you expect them when you're up there all alone in the murk... I do fly the wonderful PMDG 747 and 737 occasionally using only the absolute necessary FMC entries ( although very limited i still like to fly with default FSX ATC and flightplans ), no LNAV/VNAV for me, VOR/NDB is still my motto. Can you tell i have been waiting all these 3 years with baited breath for any news about the PMDG DC-6 ? Sure's a bummer that all of a sudden X-Plane is the word but i'm willing to buy it just to fly DC-6. ( i tried XP a couple times but never could get into it, rushed back to FS9/FSX before i could manage to dial in the VOR frequency because i couldn't find the keys to do it... :smile: ) XP, FSX, P3D or whatever, i'm ready ! :Praying: cheers, jan

You wish!! (me too!!) Let's all buy 10 copies of the 6 ! :rolleyes:

I just want the DC-6. Is that too much to ask for ?.. :rolleyes:

Well, basically, DTG did the exact opposite with MSTS(Kuju).... With their Railworks/Train Simulator franchise they seem to pretty much know what the're doing... Why not with MSFlight ?... Will they fall into the same trap that made a laughing stock out of MSFlight ? As we say here in Holland " a donkey never hurts itself on the same stone "... For me, being a pixel pilot for more than a quarter of century, the most wonderful and immersive virtual flying experience did not happen in FSX or FS9, nore in any FS itterations before that. It happend in MSFlight ! I, for one, can't wait to see what DTG will surprise us with regarding a second take-off of MSFlight. Knowing what they did with the Kuju TS i'd say we might have something to look forward too. ( basically Boeings and Airbuses are nothing but trains with wings, aren't they... ) cheers, jan

It's cold and lonely out here... no one can hear you scream..

I notice the topic here beneath, "Elite Dangerous" , didn't accumulate much replies so i don't have much hope for this one neither but one never knows what lurks outthere in space, isn't it.. @ rene_1st: thanks for givin it a try. B) I have tremendously enjoyed Elite on my Atari1024 stfm back then and i'm certainly thinking about buying this new generation. Love the videos and the fact that the developer seems to have kept the original feel of the game. I think with some practise i can get right back into it again. But now there's 'Star Citizen' too.... While 60 Euros for Elite Dangerous Beta is already not for the weak of portemonnee i really don't know what to think of the amount of money one seems to have to spend on Star Citizen. Holy Moly! I see prices there for a single spacecraft alone from $30 up to $325 ! 'Combo' packages from $1150 up to $15000 ! That's total outrageous madness, is it not ??.... When it comes to that the best choice seems to be to buy Elite Dangerous but it's also true that, from what i've seen in the abundage of available videos, Star Citizen looks absolutely amazing. Any active star citizens around here by any chance ?..... If affirm could you please give me some advice what package to buy for starters ? I'd be most interested in exploring stuff, not so much shoot things up. In all the videos i have seen i didn't actually see much exploring going on..... Is that not part of the beta gameplay just yet ? Thanks for any info!

You do know how to whistle, don't you ?... R.I.P

FTXGlobal OpenLC/FSGenesis Alps. Cheers, Jan

OpenLC is a Global add-on and works only with Global selected That's what it says, Bert, so if you have installed OpenLC and have FTX Europe and make that the active region in FTX Central you're going to see anomalies in textures placement. Would've been better if Orbx would've left out the 'Global' part with their OpenLC product. FTX Europe with FTX Europe OpenLC sounds a lot more viable. Btw, it IS rather hot here, isn't it... :Whew: Groeten, Jan

I'd certainly prefer that too ! But what exactly are we looking at here ? Thanks!

Hoi Bert, Have you actually read mine ? :rolleyes: ( particularly the red parts ? )

That's right, Carlito, but the 'complication' starts once you have installed Global OpenLC Europe. And that's what it's all about, isn't it.. From the Global OLC Europe manual, page 13 : Scenario 3: If you intend to spend some time in an Orbx FTX Region without leaving If you intend to spend some time flying within the boundaries of an Orbx FTX Region, for example Europe (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, etc.), then you can select to use Region Exclusive Mode To use Region Exclusive Mode, simply select the FTX Region (in this example, Europe), then press Apply. Note that openLC Europe is not the FTX Europe region and selecting it will cause anomalies in the scenery. openLC is a Global addon and works only with Global selected. Scenario 1, Scenario 2 or Scenario 4 are applicable where openLC is concerned. _________________________________________ Aka forget about Scenario 3.... Atleast that's what i'm reading... cheers,

Yup, that's what i said, " with FTX Europe selected " ... ( not FTX Global )

Aha,Ok. So you did buy OpenLC Europe and tried it with FTX/England/Wales/Scotland/N-Ireland with FTX Europe selected in your FTX Central, right ?.... Actually i don't think so because then you would've seen misplaced textures and other anomalies all over the place.... It is not called Global OpenLC Europe for nothing, you see. It will work with FTX Global only, not with FTX Europe. And frustrated i am not, my young padawan.