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DTG Just wasted 3 hours completeing survey plus populating text boxes with extensive data. Clicked SUBMIT, only to have esurv wipe all contents irrecoverably Warning: Javascript or cookies are not enabled! You must enable Javascript and Cookies else your response will NOT be saved.

Hi Folks I've uploaded a minor revision. 20160716 - - Revised Version (v 1.0.0.43) - Tidied up various 'Tips'. - Separated various similar topic 'Tips'. Download from FS-Shipyards.com - MS FLIGHT - CORE - UI - Upgrade - MissionLoadScene - Tips - 20160716 Andreas - Thankyou & yes please, though it may be a while. HTH ATB Paul

Hi Folks ROTFL I read the initial sentences, and thought, how apposite. The last one threw me somewhat. Brain, ticking over, he's obviously either forward thinking or a time-traveller. Whichever, he's taking an extremely long view. Except, I'd read that 'laughable pile of garbage' with my eyesight, as being Windows 10. Which in that context, still applies. :smile: ATB Paul

Admins - If you delete posts at least have the courtesy to post saying that you'd done so.

Hi Folks AIUI - Whilst Flight-School's lessons utilise pre-recorded audio dialogs, as heard in DTG's own 'Approach & Landing Lesson' video, ATC's audio utilises a "Text-To-Speech" engine. Mission dialogs can also utilise TTS. From what I've heard so far in 8 off, 3rd party reviewer's videos, all 'voices' appear to be, those available for Microsoft's OS's built-in TTS, SAPI-5 engine. Whether the final-release product utilises a 3rd party TTS engine, or, Microsoft's OS's built-in TTS, hopefully it might include additional 'voices'. Side note - The audio heard in both video sources - - DTG's - Lagging by up to 4 seconds. - 3rd party's - Disjointed / slow output. being symptomatic of cfg's slider settings being set too high, for their PC's currently available resources. HTH ATB Paul

Hi Martin Please see your PMs. HTH ATB Paul

Hi Folks Glad that you all can now more appreciate your own career progressions, to date. My own, overly lofty level-73 rating, being solely due to beta-testing the, as yet to be released, "Cargo Series" jobs board missions. HTH ATB Paul

Hi Folks Download from FS-Shipyards.com - CORE - MISC - Upgrade - CareerTrackDefinitions - Version 2 Oooops. Sorry about that. ATB Paul

MS FLIGHT - ADDON - CORE - MISC - Upgrade - CareerTrackDefinitions - Version 2 For 'XP Grinders', and any aspirants. This addon upgrades FLIGHT's Core\Misc\CareerTrackDefinitions file, and when installed, supercedes all previously released versions. Flight's 'User Profile' displays a maximum of - - As Released - 'Level' 20, equating to 500,000 'XP'. - As Upgraded - 'Level' 100, equating to 128,000,000 'XP'. Hopefully more than sufficient, for most of your flying careers. These XP-Level definitions are based on the same numerical-progression as FLIGHT's original. Pre-Installation - Anyone who'd installed the previous CareerTrackDefinitions addon, should fully remove that CareerTrackDefinitions.addon. To remove - - START 'FTK Addon Manager' - SELECT the 'CORE - UI - Upgrade - CareerTrackDefinitions' - RIGHT-CLICK & DELETE the original 'CORE - UI - Upgrade - CareerTrackDefinitions' Installation - Due to changes implemented in FTK addon's loading-sequence, introduced in support of the 'FSX World' conversion addon, this CareerTrackDefinitions v2 now requires manual installation. Installation actions may require Administrator-level privelege. UnZip into a temporary location. The Zip contains 2 files - - Core_Misc_CareerTrackDefinitions.pak - README_INSTALL_Core_Misc_CareerTrackDefinitions.txt, (this file). Ensure FLIGHT is not running. Locate your folder containing "Flight.exe". Copy the 'Core_Misc_CareerTrackDefinitions.pak' file, into that folder. Using Notepad.exe, or another TEXT editor, (not WordPad, or Word), open 'FileLocator.config' from that folder. SELECT and COPY the XML MappingEntry line below. <MappingEntry LocationType="Zip" PhysicalLocation="Core_Misc_CareerTrackDefinitions.pak" VirtualPath="Core" /> Scroll to the end of 'FileLocator.config'. Find the closing tag </FileLocator>. PASTE the above COPIED line of XML into FLIGHT's default 'FileLocator.config' file, immediately prior to the closing tag </FileLocator>. Save your edited 'FileLocator.config'. Post Installation - Start FLIGHT.exe. Click PLAY. On FLIGHT's in-game menu, click 'PILOT PROFILE'. Your 'CAREER' profile page will be displayed, showing your 'XP' earned, matching 'Career Level', plus detailed performance data. If your currently active profile has earned more than 539,375 'XP', ('Career Level' 21), that profile should now display your appropriate upgraded 'Career Level'. Any problems - Post here in this thread. Author - Microsoft - Tweaked and extrapolated by Paul Donnelly, (BASys). Credits - Microsoft Games Studios HTH ATB Paul Donnelly (BASys)

Hi Folks My apologies, to Kavinda, and anyone else who'd already downloaded. :wub: Just checking in-game and observed the final tip in the series, which had unexpectedly wrapped its text, thus hiding the last line, (5 line limit). I've uploaded a corrected version, (1.0.0.31), to the same link in my original post. Apologies HTH Paul

MS FLIGHT - CORE - UI - Upgrade - MissionLoadScene - Tips When you load flights, missions, jobs, etc. are you bored with reading the same tips ? This addon package contains - - 112 new additional tips, quotes, & factoids for the 'scenery-loading' screen. - Plus 88 of FLIGHT's original 98. I've removed FLIGHT's website, survey, and GFWL related tips. The tips, quotes, & factoids, alternate between originals and new. All formatted for improved readability, (within 5 row limitation). When installed, and once in-game, tips will continue loading from whichever one you'd seen previously. i.e. They won't restart from tip zero. Please note - Currently this package will work on any FLIGHT language installation, however, the tips will be displayed in ENGLISH only. A future multi-language upgrade may become available if persons are willing to assist with translations. I'll supply the nescessary files, or raw text. Author - Microsoft - Tweaked and supplemented by Paul Donnelly, (BASys). Download from FS-Shipyards.com - MS FLIGHT - CORE - UI - Upgrade - MissionLoadScene - Tips Have fun ATB Paul Donnelly (BASys)

Hi Folks Jim - AIUI FLIGHT is a GFWL game. GFWL controls the location of installation. FLIGHT is being installed correctly into your previously chosen location, (or default) as defined in your GFWL 'Settings'. Can't confirm exact instructions, as my GFWL client keeps crashing, and won't update. Launch GFWL Client, open 'Settings', change the 'Game' folder to point at your SSD. Note - Only guessing here - GFWL only supports one 'Games' folder. Any other GFWL games you have already installed will probably have to be re-downloaded and installed to that new location. HTH ATB Paul

Hi Folks Chris - No. The 'mesh-clinging water polys' coverage will extend to the entire photoscenery extents. Everyone - DO NOT bother attempting to install the above patch, it will fail, (unless you're still running FSX RTM), and wouldn't fix your 'blue squares'. That patch's terrain.dll is v10.0.61023 and is itself an extremely outdated version, extracted from MS's discontinued SP1. SP1A's terrain.dll v10.0.61355, superceded MS's withdrawn SP1. You should be running at least SP2 or Acceleration whose terrain.dll's are v10.0.61472 and 61637 respectively. HTH ATB Paul

Hi Folks Those aren't 'white squares' they're actually 'blue squares', i.e. water polys. They're an artifact displayed when your sliders are set too high for your PC's currently available resources, and the photoscenery tiles subsequently failed to load. That photo-scenery has been constructed using an underlying 'mesh-clinging water poly' which allows their creator to just use a 'blend-mask' to create water surfaces, e.g. lakes & rivers. without creating a vector file to map the water areas. HTH ATB Paul

Hi Folks Ooops, My apologies - The above only applies to FSX versions, and not to FSX-SE. FSX-SE always launches to the "Home" page. Sorry about that. ATB Paul