MickBz

HI,I just used panel studio and edited the minipanel= put the autopilot simicons (and altitude alerter) next to the guages.Just press 'W' anytime to change window to adjust AP settings. Handywhen on Glidescope too.H.A.N.D.

>Hi Mick>> Where do you live I owe you a pint mate, I was just on the>verge of a Windows re-install I had the disks in my hand and>thought I would have a last look on the Forum. If you are in>the UK and coming past Daventry I'll buy all the drinks you>want.>> Jeff thanks for your input too it was much appreciated.H.A.N.D.Hi,Yes I'm near Peterborough - We've never met - so how did you knowI like a little beer - (Real Ale).Only too glad too help out - I know how frustrating itcan be (thats probably what makes me drink a pint or three).

Hi,Try deleting the weather.bin file in the folder whereyour fs9.cfg resides.I had the same (I think weather server was corrupted last week).H.A.N.D.

Hi,Just a 'Penny' worth.If its freeware then all the best, there's goodcompetition tho; but if you want to go paywareand WIN, then inside FSX will be the killer. No-bodyelse has cracked it as yet?? H.A.N.D.

Hi,Check you Global Textures setting in displayoptions. It should be at the highest setting.H.A.N.D.

Hi Ray,The really biggy for me would to be able to look at themap "on the fly". At the moment its like switching the sim off - observing where you are/finding out what frequenciesare required - then switching the sim on again !!!!!Thats why we are waiting for FSnavigator isn't it????H.A.N.D.

Hi Ray,I'm 1/4" from P'Boro'RegardsMick>Hi John,>>I tried FSM MM when Rana was active a couple of years ago but>it didn't suit my needs.>>I was something with no aeronautical information at all. Just>a normal map like this taken from MS Encarta.>>http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/174876.jpg>>I'll take a look at that new MM program. Hopefully it will>suit.>>Cheers,

Hi,Am I right in saying you really want a moving map/planner andnav system that can be used on the same PC in the same 3D window?If so - then NOTHING can compare with FSNav!!!!!

HI,I'm the proud owner of FSNavigator, and canchange FS9 routes inflight???Why mix it???H.A.N.D.

Hi,Yes I think Mick Soft has done a car sales act again,tell you it the fastest Ferrari on wheels, then afteryou buy it they tell you - but for downhills only - we are just waiting for the designers to make allroads downhill!!!!!! never happen will it?????H.A.N.D.

>Not if you have had too many adult beverages! It is white on>my screen!!>>Jim>>http://www.hifisim.com/>Active Sky V6 Development Team >Active Sky V6 Proud Supporter>HiFi Beta Team>Radar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/>AirSource Member: http://www.air-source.us/>FSEconomy Member:http://www.fseconomy.com/Yoh Man,You must ** know me well(**insert slight hiccup here)Happy flying!!H.A.N.D.

Hi,Some interesting "theories" here.All I can say that If I do run FS9 on its own(Taking into account I use FSAuto to stopunrequired processes including antivrus)then yes - CPU1 is taking nearly all theload. If I run (via FSAutostart again) FS9AND ASV6 etc. I see a shared load?I've tried the affinity trick but the resultwas worse than leaving it upto XP to manage.So no conclusive arguments here apart fromthe fact the latest Intel duos take the lead - but for how long?H.A.N.D.

>Hi There Guys,>>You're welcome, all of you. :-smile12 And thanks for the great>kudos you have given me! I am very very happy to hear that>this is helping out because I actually spent a fair amount of>time making this doc up.>>And take heed of what JimmiG says, backup your changes, or at>least try to keep track of them so you can go back to the>original setting if something doesn't work out right or as>expected.>>>- A little story/info ->>Quite a while back I tried the 'System Cache' tweak I found as>a tip for MS Flight Simulator on another forum. It wasn't>pretty. I rebooted and and essentially received a message that>WinXP could not read the MFT, Master File Table. Yuck! In such>a situation even if you use the System Restore option you>can't get back into Windows to do a restore! Even people who>have not had a problem with Windows itself using this have>stated they had texture/image rendering problems when running>FS2004.>>I hope you all are having spectacular flights!>>JimHi,There used to be a problem with "system cache" with ATIVid Cards, but that was overcome. As FS9 uses a lotof files whilst running - I set mine to Cache yrs agoand haven't had any shocks yet! (usual ctd's accepted). H.A.N.D.

>:-lol>>I Found one.... But can't tell where...>>http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/167556.jpg>>This has gotta be a bug is FSX?>>Lee>>>>Hi,Shouldn't that eeliaphant be WHITE???H.A.N.D.

Hi,Yes you are correct, as I state, its FS9 PLUS the 3rd parties,being mainly ASV6 and MyTraffic. If I am on the ramp doingnothing, both threads are active the same amount - I take itthat this is the AI planes and weather on most of 1 CPU andFS9 utilising the other (handshaking between the 2 accepted).Having said that - I think the P4 3.4/3.6 era was where thelimits were reached (I have 4 cooling fans in my rig). Dual coreswhere then appearing (1+1=2)?H.A.N.D.

HI,Interesting to read the FSX excuses about dual core/hyperthreadingnot being utilised to the full. SD's (ACES?) say they didn'tknow which way events would go???I'm puzzled? Take my sit. for eg. Running (I won't say "playing")my FS9 and associated addons that I think essential forthe "immersion factor", If I monitor my system, it shows BOTHCPUs being used equally. Maybe at start-up CPU1 is 100%, but fromflight start to end both CPUs are running 60/80% each.So why am I still seeing comments about FSX (and FS9 for that matter)not utilising threads/CPUs??Did the developers never try running 3rd party addons just tohave a peek??Long Live FS9, I too tried FSX but failed to be impressed(In fact I was dismally let down).And thanks to hyperthreading for keeping my fps reasonable.Any one else seen BOTH processors/threads at full bore?H.A.N.D.Intel P4 3.4Ghz Hyper1Gb Cheap RAMATI X850XT AGPCheapest sound card I could BuyCheapest Motherboard I could BuyRuns FS9 boootiful

Heck,If I was to run with 1 moving AC, no moving ground, vehicles, no moving AI, no weather etc. etc. etc. in FS9 on my singlechip - at any airport I'd be hitting 50/100 fps.What are the white blotches in background?? low textureres been chosen???H.A.N.D.

>Yeah, the DRM in Vista has issues. >>BTW, I can confirm that Windows Me is nothing like XP. Me was>built off the Windows 95/98 codebase. XP was built off the>2000 codebase, which came from NT. NT was a brand new>operating system that totally diverged from Win 95/98. >>This caused compatibiliy issues, but had a lot of advantages>because they could start from a clean slate.>Pass this by me again!! As I clearly stated, WinME is based onthe "old" FAT system (Win 98), and XP on the NTFS system (OK then theNT(FS) system (Win2000). That makes us BOTH correct - BUT,What can XP do that WinME can't for FSimmers???I'ved had PC crashes with WinME, just reload the floppyand recovery disks and away U go. I've had crashes with XP - can I justload a floppy and away U go? Not in ANY of my XP crasheshave I been able to recover with the "recovery" diskssupplied by ANY supplier.(I've had XP crashes at work also).I've had to resort to hunting around t'web for answers - oddly enough on my still working winME PC's.Having said that, maybe if I went out and bought a completeXP install package ONTOP of what I've already paid for -Naaaa I don't mind wasting a bit of TIME but not MONEY!!RegardsMickPS I'm NOT from Scotland!

Hi,Three out of four PC's In my household still havewindows ME running. ME is really a FAT version ofWinXP (NTFS). They are as reliable as My XP one - AND - we still receive Microsoft's automatic updates regularly.Hows that for "not supported" H.A.N.D.

Hi,You can't do either until you've decided on a motherboard - then CPU - then Graphics - then sound,in that order of priority.Mick H.A.N.D.

Hi,I just doubled the numbers in the aitcraft.cfg fileworks fine for me and its FREEeeeee!!!MickH.A.N.D.

Hi,I've read that the USB converters DON'T work for FF joysticks. Normal ones should be OK.!!!MickH.A.N.D.

>Cheap trick? No better performance with HT? Ok, I'm with you.>>>But the question is: is the FS actually performing BETTER>without HT?>>If there's absolutely no difference, I don't need to>completely set up my new system again (without HT).>>Someone with more information...?>>>Best regards,>>RogerHi,FS wasn't designed with HT in mind, but watch this space,the NEW weather prog - AS6 - has been written to take advantageof it. So some improvements should be seen!!!MickH.A.N.D.

>Sadly, I disconnected my Microsoft FF2 Joystick last night>just to check whether what I had been reading on the various>forums was true. Well....after suffering with disgustingly low>frame rates on a high end machine, and trying everything from>Config tweaks to lowering my quality in the sim, I still was>getting 20fps and below most of the time with wicked>stuttering and pauses. This occurred no matter what I tried.>It was not as enjoyable as I remember the sim to be. >Long story short....I connected a Cyborg 3D stick and Voila!>Frames on runway shot up to over 45fps and continued>throughout flight in the 20's, 30's, and 40's. I even flew>into LaGuardia and stayed in the 20's. UNBELIEVABLE!>I'm concluding that this joystick served me well over the>years because I never had as many addons as I do today. I have>all the scenery enhancements such as FSGenesis, Mesh, Bev,>etc., and I keep my Autogen very dense. >I will start, I'm sure, to enjoy the sim WITHOUT force>feedback, but I've definitely concluded that it was hurting my>performance tremendously.>If you have a FF joystick, I would ask you to try this. I>can't believe what it did for me.>Hi,Its a well known fact that with MS FF joystick, going thronormal joystick port that you MUST turn "ground bumps" OFFto give improved framerates. Other FF settings should beOK. Of course if you buy a USB FF joystick alls OKanyway!!!!

There's only ONE benchmark test that is reliablefor simmers..... RUN FS9 ....... This brings downthe best PC's.Most benchmark tests going at the moment DO NOT taxthe PC components as much as FS9 does, hence whyit isn't used much for tests/reviews.H.A.N.D.