catonthemat

Agreed

If your great offer was the same as mine...well I wish you the best in them actually delivering it. I may be cynical, but I got a refund on mine about a month ago, and as I haven't heard a peep since from them, have given up on expecting anything and have enquired about ordering one directly from PFC in the US.Still waiting to hear back from them about whether they can work something out over the shipping costs. In another couple of days it will be 7 months since I ordered, and it looks like I'm back at square one!!!

Did you get your finally get your yoke?

I'm from the UK, and the delay was...is due to the ordering of the gear. It shouldn't take that long when it actually ships.

My authorised seller quoted a 28 day delivery.

Where are you based? If you live in Europe, I'd go for the Go-Flight,if only for the chance that you might actually get your order delivered. I ordered A Saab PFC Yoke from SimtechDesign of Barcelona 6 months ago today, and am still waiting for it to be delivered!!! Nothing but broken promises all the way. Edit Have received an email from Simtechdesign apologising for the delay, and offering me a discount on the price, so maybe there's hope yet. Don't write them off just yet!

I remember some of Bob's err discussions with someone called RRevedd went on a LOT longer

I've just received an email from UPS stating that my order will be delivered this Friday the 1st of May. So maybe things are starting to move at last!!

I ordered in January and am still waiting!! Though to be fair Xavi has offered a full refund if you I want to wait any longer. I read somebody on here waited 3 months for C2 Console, so that may be about the time they take!

There's one in Barcelona at Simtechdesign.com where the the postage will be around 70 euros or so to a European country.

I'll send them an email and see what they say. Thanks very much for your reply, as I had come to a dead end with finding a UK supplier!

Hello pipeorgan Can you say from where you purchased your PC world terrain dvd, as I cannot find any online store which stocks it in the UK? Thank you

Yes, you can use the Uk2000 configuration tool to disable any airports you don't need!

Yes, but it happens with the default Baron also. I also use FSX but have been fine lately in DX10 mode. In DX9 mode, over the years, I must have had every CTD going!

m my case the last 4 or 5 flights I have made in 64 bit mode, have all resulted in CTD's....kernelbase.dll errors, so I've had to go back to using 32 bit mode. This is with 16Gb of ram and a GTX 680. :(

Everything working great!!! Thanks for your help!

It's now working beautifully!!! Thank you Turbotomato,bradmacos, and 01generation60 for your help!! I had an early version of Tileproxy working when the max resolution was 1.2m,and thought I'd revisit it again to try the higher res modes, but my brain obviously doesn'twork as it once used to! Now for some scenery downloading :lol:

Thank you!!!! That got rid of the black squares, but I've now got a very, very low resolution of green squares! Do you know what settings I should change to get 60cm resolution?

After downloading about a million updates for WinXP (Long time since last used), I installed Tileproxy, but got the exact same results as before... ie a massive black square where the scenery should be. So unless somebody can see any obvious error in my ini file, I'll have to call it a day on this software! I'll post my ini file for any kind soul who may wish to have a look! # # Start a line with # to comment it out. # Turn your text editor's Word Wrapping OFF for editing this document. # # Read the manual for help with configuration. Do not contact the # author about the configuration for particular services. Thank you. # [TileProxy] # Enable or disable worldwide photographic scenery coverage (Yes/True/On to enable) master_enable=On # Write a logfile to disk. In recommend to only turn this on for debugging purposes. # When using FSX RTM or FS 2004, the logfile may grow VERY fast and affect performance. #logfile="C:\logfile.txt" # If you have concerns about possible copyright violations by caching JPEG and BMP tiles # on your hard drive, this switch is the solution. By enabling diskless mode, Tileproxy # will not store a single tile on your hard drive. Expect higher network usage though. # Note that offline mode will depend on tiles being available in the cache. diskless_mode=Off # Offline Mode - No network access will occur (Yes/True/On to enable) offline_mode=No # Resolution limiter: 17 = 30cm/pixel, 16 = 60cm/pixel, 15 = 1.1m/pixel, 14 = 2.3m/pixel, 13 = 4.75m/pixel # Lower resolutions load faster, but are visually less appealing. The 30cm resolution may only be feasible # if you have at least 2GB of system memory. max_lod=17 # The following two settings allow you to tune Tileproxy to not preload specific LOD levels. This can # be used in conjunction with third party scenery products like "FS Altitude" that provides data only # up to a specific resolution. If you place this scenery higher than Tileproxy's world folders in the # scenery library then it will have precedence over Tileproxy for the specific LOD levels that it # contains. You can then instruct Tileproxy to not preload these low resolution LOD circles because # they are not needed anyway. # Lowest LOD ring to automatically preload tiles for. Must not be lower than 8. preload_min_lod=9 # Lowest LOD ring to automatically preload tiles for. Must not be higher than 17. preload_max_lod=15 # The maximum number of tile contexts that Tileproxy will send to the filter driver. A context # is essentially a very fast buffer for graphics data sitting in kernel memory that delivers # data right into FSX. Each tile context can hold an entire LOD 8...15 tile. Higher values # mean more use of your precious kernel memory though. The maximum number is 512. Lower if # you run out of RAM during flight and the PC starts to use the paging file a lot. max_contexts=512 # Generate Water Mask. This brings back shader-rendered water and allows # for the use of planes with floats (Goose, Beaver, etc...). If you turn this # option off, you get the Tileproxy behavior of Beta 5 and earlier versions. water_mask=On # Recommendation: FSX users: Use water_blending=on, water_smoothing=off # to get soft land/water transitions # # FS9 users: Use water_blending=off, water_smoothing=on # to get hard land/water transitions which # Tileproxy tries to match pixel-exact against coast-lines # # Combining water_smoothing and water_blending is discouraged. # It's slow and gives weird results. # Use blending techniques to create a soft land/water transition with some # transparency effect near the shoreline. Compatible with FSX only. water_blending=On # The distance in meters that you want land/water blending to extend from the # shore line. Larger values require more processing. Large values are now possible, # useful values are up to 2000 meters. Very high values may be detrimental to water # mask resolution. Loading speed however remains mostly unaffected by this setting. blend_distance=500.0 # The rate at which terrain is blended into the water color. 1.0 means a linear # blending, values > 1.0 blend faster. Values < 1.0 blend slower. This works # similarly to a Gamma Curve. An exponent of 2 gives a quadratic blend function, # an exponent of 0.5 results in a square root behavior. blend_exponent=1.0 # The minimal and maximal transparency of the water. The lower you choose the min value, # the more reflective the deep water will be. The higher the max value is chosen, the less # reflective the water will be directly at the shore line. The reflectiveness transitions # linearly from max to min throughout the distance given by blend_distance from the shore. # Allowed values are between 0 and 1, and alpha_min should be smaller than alpha_max or # things may look weird. # The following alpha_min values will not give you any dithering artifacts on all-water tiles, # so the use of these is recommended. It is multiples of 16/239 (rounded up slighty) # 0.0700, 0.1339, 0.2009, 0.2678, 0.3348, 0.4017, 0.4687 # 0.5356, 0.6026, 0.6695, 0.7365, 0.8034, 0.8703, 0.9373 alpha_min=0.2678 alpha_max=0.7 # The water color in hexadecimal RGB notation. Prefix with #. This should be blue # or greenish blue or some shades of brown, depending on your preference. # Values of #000000 are discouraged when using water blending - it will result # in weird behavior at the shorelines. water_rgb=#000D1A # Try to smooth land/water boundaries by trying to match the water mask to the image content. # This is a a somewhat experimental algorithm. water_smoothing=Off # The decision threshold for water/land when water_smoothing is enabled. 0 means everything # will be turned to land, 1 means everything turns to water. Chose some value inbetween. water_threshold=0.33 # Maximum number of bytes allocated to BMP graphics tiles in RAM at any time (0 for unlimited) # The value below states 100 MB. cache_bytes_limit=100000000 # Maximum number of BMP tiles to cache in RAM at any time (0 for no limit). cache_tiles_limit=100000 # The currently active service is configured here. Only ONE active source please. # The other source statements should be commented out. #source=Acme Globe Service #source=Service Example 1 source=Service Example 3 #source=Service Example 4 # The sources you want to be able to switch from the GUI menu. # Separate the list entries with | and enclose in quotes. Make sure the # names specified here are valid services which are defined below. # You may want to rename the services according to your preference, # but make sure you replace all occurences of the strings. menu_sources="Service Example 1|Service Example 3|Service Example 4" # Experimental API Hooking section. Disable if you see strange crashes and effects. # Currently we only have the DirectX 9 hook. More hooks are planned. enable_hooking=No # The DirectX 9 hook enables the moving map overlay. More features are planned. enable_dx9hook=No # A flag whether to show the moving map overlay initially or not. enable_movingmap=No # Dimensions and overlay colors of the moving map. Positions are percentages of the screen. # Width and Height refer to the full 512x512 pixel texture used for the map. To get a round # map circle, the ratio of width and height should match your screen's aspect ratio (e.g. 4:3) # Radius is given in the map texture's pixels where one pixel represents a LOD 15 tile. A # radius of 0 disables the round stencil and shows the entire 512x512 texture. Color is given # in a hexadecimal ARGB notation. movingmap_alpha=255 movingmap_color=#ff000000 movingmap_xpos=88 movingmap_ypos=15 movingmap_width=60 movingmap_height=80 movingmap_radius=60 # # Here begin the service specific configurations # # This is new when you specify captcha_module # # On encountering HTTP 302 redirects the captcha module will send Internet Explorer's cookies # stored for the specified service domain to the web server. It will also display whatever web # page the service redirects you to. This could be a page requiring you to enter a so-called # captcha. After entering the captcha correctly, the resulting session cookie will be stored as # a permanent cookie (expiration 1 day) in your IE Cookies folder and sent to the service on # subsequent requests. You will then be able to use the service as long as you wish, given that # you correctly enter the captcha dialog which may nag you once every 20 minutes or so. # # Explaining the captcha_config arguments: # # cookiedomain from captcha_config specifies the domain name for which cookies are stored. # This might be the service name plus a top level domain like ".com" # # cookieurl specifies a HTTP url from which an identifying cookie will be retrieved first, if # no existing identifying cookie is found. This may be required sometimes to make the captcha # dialog appear in the first place. This could be the service's front page URL (e.g. a search # engine) #Acme Globe Service] #cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy.Cache\cache.acme #network_module=libnettile #module_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://server*.acmeglobe.com|path=/terraintile?pos=%s&v=%v|quad=ABCD|balance=0123|agent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; The TileProxy Project)" #captcha_module=captchaform #captcha_config="cookiedomain=acmeglobe.com|cookieurl=http://www.acmeglobe.com" #min_level=9 #max_level=17 #map_version=1 #color_hack=No #color_level=0 #bulk_extend=25 #[Nearmap] NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE, AUSTRALIA ONLY BUT GREAT PICS!!!!! #cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy.Cache\cache.NearMap #network_module=libnettile #module_config="conn=30|rate=6.0|verbose=0|server=http://bradmacoz:Rachel11@web*.nearmap.com|path=/maps?t=t%s&n=404&v=%v|quad=qrts|balance=0123|useragent=MSIE/9.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" #min_level=5 #max_level=19 #color_hack=No #color_level=0 #bulk_extend=50 [bing] cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy.Cache\cache.Bing network_module=libnettile module_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://a*.ortho.tiles.virtualearth.net|path=/tiles/a%s.jpeg?g=%v|quad=0123|balance=0123|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" min_level=9 max_level=10 map_version=1135 level_mapping=9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 #level_mapping=9,10,11,12,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 more radius HQ (13->14) #level_mapping=9,10,11,14,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 even more radius in HQ (12,13->14) color_hack=Yes color_level=13 bulk_extend=50 #[Yahoo] #cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy.Cache\cache.Yahoo #network_module=libnettile #module_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://us.maps3.yimg.com|path=/aerial.maps.yimg.com/img?x=%x&y=%y&z=%z&v=%v&t=a|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" #min_level=5 #max_level=19 #map_version=1.9 #level_mapping=5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 #color_hack=No #color_level=0 #bulk_extend=50

Thanks gen60 and brad for your help, but still no joy. I'm testing your proxi.ini file brad, with service 3 (bing). It's downloading files OK but not displaying them. I'm still getting a massive black square all around the aircraft. So what I'm doing now is digging out an old PC, which I know worked with Tileproxy many years ago, and seeing if I can install the latest version of Tileproxy on it. If it works then I know that it's something to do with this computer, and not the program itself. Trouble is, it's a really SLOW dual core, so might take some time!

Hi Gen60 I think my cache folder is correct, as I manually made a folder called Tileproxy Cache on my E Drive so I would know where the files were getting downloaded. Problem is, there is nothing there!!

Service 3 and No file found in search box I'm afraid!

Hi Gen60, Thanks for your reply! I have remarked everything out as you said, and at the moment am sitting on the runway waiting for it to complete it's download. It's at 260,000+ individual tile accesses preloaded 140,000+ hit 800,000+ and still downloading! but the ground is STILL black, and wherever the files are being downloaded to, it's NOT my Cache folder! Does all this sound right?

removed post!

Here you are! Thanks for looking # # Start a line with # to comment it out. # Turn your text editor's Word Wrapping OFF for editing this document. # # Read the manual for help with configuration. Do not contact the # author about the configuration for particular services. Thank you. # [TileProxy] # Enable or disable worldwide photographic scenery coverage (Yes/True/On to enable) master_enable=On # Write a logfile to disk. In recommend to only turn this on for debugging purposes. # When using FSX RTM or FS 2004, the logfile may grow VERY fast and affect performance. #logfile="C:\logfile.txt" # If you have concerns about possible copyright violations by caching JPEG and BMP tiles # on your hard drive, this switch is the solution. By enabling diskless mode, Tileproxy # will not store a single tile on your hard drive. Expect higher network usage though. # Note that offline mode will depend on tiles being available in the cache. diskless_mode=Off # Offline Mode - No network access will occur (Yes/True/On to enable) offline_mode=No # Resolution limiter: 17 = 30cm/pixel, 16 = 60cm/pixel, 15 = 1.1m/pixel, 14 = 2.3m/pixel, 13 = 4.75m/pixel # Lower resolutions load faster, but are visually less appealing. The 30cm resolution may only be feasible # if you have at least 2GB of system memory. max_lod=16 # The following two settings allow you to tune Tileproxy to not preload specific LOD levels. This can # be used in conjunction with third party scenery products like "FS Altitude" that provides data only # up to a specific resolution. If you place this scenery higher than Tileproxy's world folders in the # scenery library then it will have precedence over Tileproxy for the specific LOD levels that it # contains. You can then instruct Tileproxy to not preload these low resolution LOD circles because # they are not needed anyway. # Lowest LOD ring to automatically preload tiles for. Must not be lower than 8. preload_min_lod=9 # Lowest LOD ring to automatically preload tiles for. Must not be higher than 17. preload_max_lod=16 # The maximum number of tile contexts that Tileproxy will send to the filter driver. A context # is essentially a very fast buffer for graphics data sitting in kernel memory that delivers # data right into FSX. Each tile context can hold an entire LOD 8...15 tile. Higher values # mean more use of your precious kernel memory though. The maximum number is 512. Lower if # you run out of RAM during flight and the PC starts to use the paging file a lot. max_contexts=512 # Generate Water Mask. This brings back shader-rendered water and allows # for the use of planes with floats (Goose, Beaver, etc...). If you turn this # option off, you get the Tileproxy behavior of Beta 5 and earlier versions. water_mask=On # Recommendation: FSX users: Use water_blending=on, water_smoothing=off # to get soft land/water transitions # # FS9 users: Use water_blending=off, water_smoothing=on # to get hard land/water transitions which # Tileproxy tries to match pixel-exact against coast-lines # # Combining water_smoothing and water_blending is discouraged. # It's slow and gives weird results. # Use blending techniques to create a soft land/water transition with some # transparency effect near the shoreline. Compatible with FSX only. water_blending=On # The distance in meters that you want land/water blending to extend from the # shore line. Larger values require more processing. Large values are now possible, # useful values are up to 2000 meters. Very high values may be detrimental to water # mask resolution. Loading speed however remains mostly unaffected by this setting. blend_distance=500.0 # The rate at which terrain is blended into the water color. 1.0 means a linear # blending, values > 1.0 blend faster. Values < 1.0 blend slower. This works # similarly to a Gamma Curve. An exponent of 2 gives a quadratic blend function, # an exponent of 0.5 results in a square root behavior. blend_exponent=1.0 # The minimal and maximal transparency of the water. The lower you choose the min value, # the more reflective the deep water will be. The higher the max value is chosen, the less # reflective the water will be directly at the shore line. The reflectiveness transitions # linearly from max to min throughout the distance given by blend_distance from the shore. # Allowed values are between 0 and 1, and alpha_min should be smaller than alpha_max or # things may look weird. # The following alpha_min values will not give you any dithering artifacts on all-water tiles, # so the use of these is recommended. It is multiples of 16/239 (rounded up slighty) # 0.0700, 0.1339, 0.2009, 0.2678, 0.3348, 0.4017, 0.4687 # 0.5356, 0.6026, 0.6695, 0.7365, 0.8034, 0.8703, 0.9373 alpha_min=0.2678 alpha_max=0.7 # The water color in hexadecimal RGB notation. Prefix with #. This should be blue # or greenish blue or some shades of brown, depending on your preference. # Values of #000000 are discouraged when using water blending - it will result # in weird behavior at the shorelines. water_rgb=#000D1A # Try to smooth land/water boundaries by trying to match the water mask to the image content. # This is a a somewhat experimental algorithm. water_smoothing=Off # The decision threshold for water/land when water_smoothing is enabled. 0 means everything # will be turned to land, 1 means everything turns to water. Chose some value inbetween. water_threshold=0.33 # Maximum number of bytes allocated to BMP graphics tiles in RAM at any time (0 for unlimited) # The value below states 100 MB. cache_bytes_limit=100000000 # Maximum number of BMP tiles to cache in RAM at any time (0 for no limit). cache_tiles_limit=100000 # The currently active service is configured here. Only ONE active source please. # The other source statements should be commented out. source=Acme Globe Service #source=Service Example 1 #source=Service Example 3 #source=Service Example 4 # The sources you want to be able to switch from the GUI menu. # Separate the list entries with | and enclose in quotes. Make sure the # names specified here are valid services which are defined below. # You may want to rename the services according to your preference, # but make sure you replace all occurences of the strings. menu_sources="Service Example 1|Service Example 3|Service Example 4" # Experimental API Hooking section. Disable if you see strange crashes and effects. # Currently we only have the DirectX 9 hook. More hooks are planned. enable_hooking=No # The DirectX 9 hook enables the moving map overlay. More features are planned. enable_dx9hook=No # A flag whether to show the moving map overlay initially or not. enable_movingmap=No # Dimensions and overlay colors of the moving map. Positions are percentages of the screen. # Width and Height refer to the full 512x512 pixel texture used for the map. To get a round # map circle, the ratio of width and height should match your screen's aspect ratio (e.g. 4:3) # Radius is given in the map texture's pixels where one pixel represents a LOD 15 tile. A # radius of 0 disables the round stencil and shows the entire 512x512 texture. Color is given # in a hexadecimal ARGB notation. movingmap_alpha=255 movingmap_color=#ff000000 movingmap_xpos=88 movingmap_ypos=15 movingmap_width=60 movingmap_height=80 movingmap_radius=60 # # Here begin the service specific configurations # # This is new when you specify captcha_module # # On encountering HTTP 302 redirects the captcha module will send Internet Explorer's cookies # stored for the specified service domain to the web server. It will also display whatever web # page the service redirects you to. This could be a page requiring you to enter a so-called # captcha. After entering the captcha correctly, the resulting session cookie will be stored as # a permanent cookie (expiration 1 day) in your IE Cookies folder and sent to the service on # subsequent requests. You will then be able to use the service as long as you wish, given that # you correctly enter the captcha dialog which may nag you once every 20 minutes or so. # # Explaining the captcha_config arguments: # # cookiedomain from captcha_config specifies the domain name for which cookies are stored. # This might be the service name plus a top level domain like ".com" # # cookieurl specifies a HTTP url from which an identifying cookie will be retrieved first, if # no existing identifying cookie is found. This may be required sometimes to make the captcha # dialog appear in the first place. This could be the service's front page URL (e.g. a search # engine) #[Acme Globe Service] cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy Cache\cache.acme network_module=libnettile module_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://server*.acmeglobe.com|path=/terraintile?pos=%s&v=%v|quad=ABCD|balance=0123|agent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; The TileProxy Project)" captcha_module=captchaform captcha_config="cookiedomain=acmeglobe.com|cookieurl=http://www.acmeglobe.com" min_level=9 max_level=17 map_version=1 color_hack=No color_level=0 bulk_extend=25 [Virtualearth] #cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy Cache\cache.service1 network_module=libnettile module_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://a*.ortho.tiles.virtualearth.net|path=/tiles/a%s.jpeg?g=%v|quad=0123|balance=0123|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" min_level=10 max_level=19 map_version=1135 level_mapping=9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 #level_mapping=9,10,11,12,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 more radius HQ (13->14) #level_mapping=9,10,11,14,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 even more radius in HQ (12,13->14) color_hack=Yes color_level=13 bulk_extend=50 Service Example 3] cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy Cache\cache.service3 network_module=libnettile module_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://us.maps3.yimg.com|path=/aerial.maps.yimg.com/img?x=%x&y=%y&z=%z&v=%v&t=a|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" min_level=5 max_level=19 map_version=1.9 level_mapping=5,6,7,8,9,10,11,14,14,14,15,16,17,18,19 color_hack=No color_level=0 bulk_extend=50 #[service Example 4] cache_folder=E:\Tileproxy Cache\cache.service4 network_module=libnettile module_config="conn=20|rate=2.0|verbose=0|server=http://mapcache*.figurethisoutyourself|path=/sat/%Z/%X/%Y?partner=|balance=1234|useragent=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" min_level=5 max_level=19 map_version=1 color_hack=Yes color_level=12 bulk_extend=50