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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?

no difference. Aerosoft is publishing Xplane and adding some airports. These will be incuded in the original at some point - so there will be no differences between them.

Start Track IR software firstStart XplaneAlt-Tab out (or press Windows key if in Windows) and check that the name "Xplane" appears in your TrackIR software windowIn xplane - use mouse-view 3DAt present, PilotView is not compatible with XP10 - so don't use it until it has been updated.Xplane supports 5DOF (it does not support roll)You can adjust how much you move in the game by editing the profile in TrackIR software.

Nope. It's a bug or a limitation of the current ATC. If you filed direct, then you need to turn torwards your destination and fly centre of one airport to the centre of the other to be on course. (set your GPS then fly until your GPS shows on-course, then turn on course). I just ignore ATC when it yells on climb out that I'm off course - usually because I know that and I'm in the process of turning onto course.

Not quiteUse Local Map to get frequenciesYou need to dial in Clearance Delivery (CD) frequency to get your clearance, then dial in ground to request taxi. If no clearance delivery frequency at your airport, use ground and if no ground use the tower.Like real world, you need to know the frequencies.Please read the manual.

For night lighting, ensure you have HDR turned on. Night lighting is darker than FSX, but it is actually more realistic.To help at night taxiing, use the Night Vision option under "view" - I've set a key to toggle this on and off and useful to see taxiways at night that are not very well lit.I doubt REX will work with X-plane 10 as it was written for X-plane 9 and the weather system is totally different.X-plane will evolve. Over the run of it, Austin will release updates - for Version 9 there were around 69 updates. So expect a lot of improvements to come to the sim.To help, report bugs to Laminar via the bug report (just google xplane bug reporter) or email Austin at the address on the startup screen. Austin does read them and will respond if he needs more information to help sort the problem.EDIT - HDR is Xplane 10 only. Night vision works on both. Night lighting on 10 is much much better than 9 - but you must have HDR on for it to work.

10.03 Beta 8 was DOA so it was pulled.Also note that betas are being pushed to everybody until 10.03 is locked - then they'll go back to the normal process where you opt into the beta downloads by checking the "download beta" box. So at present with 10.03, checking this box makes no difference.See Ben's blog here for details:http://www.x-plane.com/blog/Beta 9 will be out later today.

I have one and it is excellent. It is an endless turn wheel, but is designed so that around 9 full turns goes the full range.You MUST calibrate it when you first connect it and use it in Xplane. To calibrate properly, open the joystick assignments, axis and click on claibrate - then turn the wheel in one direction around 9-12 times (keep going even if the green line reaches the end) - then do it in the opposite direction and you'll see that it has "learned" the range so the next time you do it, it will take 9 turns for the green part to go all the way across.Another MUST (in windows anyway) is to move the trim wheel before flying to force windows to recogise it - for some reason the system does not recogise the trim wheel until you do this - if you don't do this, the first time you try to trim will cause all of your mixture, throttle and prop axis to momentarily go to zero - on take-off this can be fatal.It is well worth the money - the feel of it is really good and so nice to have such fine trim control.

Opinion is one thing and I have no problem with it. But slander and negative statements about the developer based on nothing - is totally inappropriate. I'm surprised the moderators have put up with it.

Colts - grow up. If you don't like it, then don't fly it.

You need to calibrate it.The wheel is designed to accommodate 9 full turns - but you'll notice that it has no stop on it, so you can turn it as many times as you want in either direction.To calibrate - in X-plane 9 or X-plane 10 go to the screen where you assign joysticks and click on Calibrate. Now, move the wheel in one direction and keep going even if the green bar stops at the end. Turn the wheel nine to 12 times, then do it in the opposite direction for 9 or 12 turns again, then back. It should learn the range and you'll see the increments are much less. Now turn the wheel to centre it and it will work perfectly.I absolutely love my trim wheel as it allows very fine trim adjustments - really nice.One thing on my system is the wheel is not recognised until I turn it a few times. So get in the habit of doing that before you go and fly.You should calibrate all your axis at least once so that x-plane know the full range of the axis. Calibrating is a matter of just running the lever along its full range in both directions at least once.