lightplane

It's a beta - didn't you read the disclaimer before downloading the beta? Uncheck the Beta box and rerun the installer to revert back to the stable release.

The crash on startup is a joystick bug. If you connect a CH product joystick it CTD. The solution so far is to unplug the CH joysticks. I assume Laminar are working on the bug. This is beta people, and that means bugs If you get CTD, then run the installer, un-check the Beta box and it will revert back to 10.05r1 for you.

Hi Troy and welcome. I have the CH products too. I find that I must remember to start the CH manager program and download the joystick map I set up for Xplane, if I don't I don't the joystick doesn't work. I'm in Windows 7 so I use Windows 7 Application Launcher to do this. Once you've created the map in CH Manager and you have saved it - you can then load the map directly - it should be associated with CH Manager and it will then start up CH manager, load the map and then close CH manager. I added this into the Launcher - you could also use a bat file to do the same thing. You don't need to actually assign any commands in CH manager, youj could just leave all the controls as DX - and then assign them in Xplane.

I have Canadian Rockies and Inside Passage and they are excellent. I use them in both XP9 and XP10 - they work well in both simulators. The developer is aware of a few issues in XP10 (mainly due to changed shorelines in XP10 DEM) and will be releasing an update for Version 10 soon (incuding HDR support and ATC support). If you buy them now, the updates will be free. Support is excellent and updates and new features have been added since I bought them. Fantastic product and really worth, especially if you enjoy bush flying.

Those clouds - seriously? What are they - cotton wool balls?

I'd recommend 64 bit OS and go with an i5 processor - hyper-threading is wasted on Xplane - it will take all the cores you can give it. But you won't see any advantage with hyper-threaded cores. The i5 2500 is a good choice as is the older i5 750 (fantastic overclock ability). Really soild processors. Put in as much RAM as you can afford - Xplane won't use more the 4gb (yet, anyway) but your OS can sure use it to run other programs in the background - allowing oyu to easily switch out to them when on a long trans-atlantic flight. Have fun.

I have it - really nice aircraft. BUT, make sure you download the sound patch from the FlyJ website - otherwise, you'll have strange startup behaviour (the props won't appear to spin). The update file solves that problem. It is actually fun and easy to fly - and it is fast. But DON'T let it get close to stall speed - it is unforgiving on approach if you do and it will drop like a stone. And it takes forever for the power to come back up.handles really nice. My only complaint is the transponder controls are driven by a plugin and will not allow any external control, like Goflight module or Air Track, to change the transponder frequency. You have to use the dial in the virtual cockpit, which is not easy when in flight.And read the manual - if you use a throttle quad, the lower 1/4 of it is reverse - just so you don't accidently go into reverse when throttling back on descent.

On SSD - you won't notice much, other than initial load times. I have mine on a 1tb HDD and there is no delay loading scenery. I have an SSD, but I'm saving that for things that cna use the speed, like the OS.I also have Xplane running on 64 bit OS - Xplane will use all 4gb available to it - so yes, the 64 bit OS is a must (if oyu have 32 bit you might run into bad allocation errors when the program runs out of memory addresses. Also, Xplane is expected to go 64bit in the next few beta cycles, so I would recommend a 64 bit OS. Don't expect any performance improvement over 32 bit though.

I'm not sure I understand all of the complaining about MS Flight. Microsoft owes you nothing. They produced a product called FSX and have ended production. They're now developing a new line and time will tell if it is a success or not.Flight isn't for me. But I'm not bothered by that. There are many programs out there that are not for me. I just stay away from them.For flight simmers, there are many options still out there:1. FSX - even though it is not in development, it is still heavily supported by third-party programmers. I expect that will stay that way for a long time. It's not dead. Heck, even FS9 still has new content being produced.2. X-Plane - probably the most underrated on these forums - but Xplane is really and truly a simulator first, second and last. This is for the hard core sim fan who wants to fly planes from GA to heavy metal to jet fighters to space shuttles. It only suffers from lack of third-party add-ons, but it is an open platform. Plus this is optimised for as many cores and processors you can throw at it. This is the future of flight simming.3. Prepard3D - I admit I know nothing of it - but it seems to be FSX code under a new license. Probably quite easy to import FSX models. Good deal if you are a student; expensive if not. Might be worth going back to school just to get the student license and try it. Right now, price point, too high for me.4. Aerofly - another I know nothing about, but seems to have great reviews and decent price point. Seems limited in area, but probably fun for low and slow flying.5. Flight Gear - open source free flight sim with many of the features found in hard core flight sim programs like FSX and Xplane. More like Xplane than the others in its focus on flight and less on eye candy and game play.6. YS Flight - free flight simulator - flying or dog flighting - limited but realistic if you don't want to pay anything. It has a large fan base and lots of add-on planes.7. There's even an open source version of the older Fly! - I just can't find a link for it. But it's there, somewhere.There's probably more. But my point is, why all the crying over MS Flight? If MS is not doing what you want, move on to one of the above - surely you can find a simulator for your needs out of that list. Why does MS have to get into that crowded and rather nich market with another simulator, when the one they have is doing well already thank you very much?Me. I haven't even downloaded Flight. Just. Not. Interested.

how many times did you try? There's a Nvidia bug that ocassioally causes Xplane to hang on start - Laminar are working with Nvida to solve it. it's happened to me twice over the life of XP10 so far.Anyway, update to 10.04 final - and if it hangs - close xplane down and try again. I've never had a hang on consecutive starts.

Yes they are nice - but keep in mind that 32-bit memory address limit. High res, means more memory addresses and you might just run out.

That's not true. You should visit the xplane developer blog and read the mateiral there on the clouds. The close up clouds are 3D and oyu can fly through them - to save graphic power, the distant clouds are 2d smaller. Nothing like Xplane 9's engine.

Well, based on simple math and around $20 for the rest of Hawaii - the rest of the world will cost $250,000

Some comments about using "Runway follows terrain" option1. check the runway - some of the lessor runways and airports may have big dips in them that could cause you to crash2. in some instances, some airport custom scenery will float if this option is checked - to solve it, just uncheck it.3. You can switch between runways being flat or following contours without shutting down the sim, but it will not become active until the scenary tile is reloaded - you can force this if sitting at an airport by selecting another airport then reselecting the airport you want.

Do you have "runways follow contours" turned on?