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Any further development on support for these products for the OSX platforms? -Brian

Playing with Flight fo a couple of days and reading this forum, I'm still not sure: Are there ANY navigation controls in Flight? I bought the Maule to get the Autopilot but it doesn't function. How do you do ILS approaches, set headings, etc.?? Is there some sort of manual?ThanksBrian

I thought I had seen an X-Plane forum here but I cannot see one listed. What's the scoop?bdenley

I see nothing at all insulting or untoward in his comments. Maybe we just don't take criticism of MS well?Brian

Geofa:Why do you say that? Aces has stated that they are done with FSX. Vista is (so far) an unmitigated disaster; PC Magazine has an article on the Vista 'death watch' in the latest issue. It doesn't seem that there are any fixes on the horizon for Vista or FSXBrian

Sorry Phil but if you go back and read that blog, it's all in code-speak. I couldn't decipher it then and I can't after re-reading it. I am quite computer literate (and MSFS experienced) but that discussion still baffles me.Is FSX-SP2 DX10 if I have Vista and a 8800 GTX? All that talk about magic screenies didn't answer my question at all. I did finally find the DX10 Preview button but the game still sets Vista graphics back to Vista Basic when it starts. I thought you stated that that was going to be fixed. Did I misunderstand?Why is it called DX10 'preview'? What the heck does that mean (in English please)? I am not complaining - just trying very hard to understand. Could you perhaps take the time to clarify this without the codespeak?Thanks in advance!Brian

What is this DX10 preview stuff? I have a DX10 graphics card (8800GTX). Is Acceleration DX10 or not? I haven't seen any DX10 preview button. Where is that? Why is it a "preview"? Phil?Brian

Yeah..at the first hint of anyone voicing the slightest criticism.....out come the standard cheerleaders assuring us that we are the only ones having any issues. THEY have great frame rates and, in any case, the sim is smooth a silk even at 7 fps and..blah, blah, blah.

I am encouraged! Maybe this 4 Gb quad Vista box (and 8800GTX) will let me run FXS with reasonable performnace after all! I have be pretty glum about it lately but Aces has me excited again. Thanks to Phil and the Aces team for their hard work. I am looking forward to the Oct 27th releasw.

Sadly for some of us, that new 'monster' Vista system is still reduced to a slug by (even the SP1) FSX. I can't tell you how discouraging that has been. I spent $6K+ for one reason: to be able to play FSX is style! It's tough to face the fact that this system never will allow that.You might want to wait a year or two until a much faster system comes out. Vista and DX10 won't help much as yet.

Why hurry? It's only been there about a year now.

Talk about hype! I especially loved the part where they brag about the great frame rates on older computers. Yeah right.

What is a 'patch EXE' ?

Phil:What full screen patch for Vista? You mentioned some Vista patch (though you didn't say what it was for) on your blog but I can't find any patch that my Vista (Home premium) will accept.Are there specific MSFS Vista patches?Brian

I cannot believe there was ANYONE who seriously believed DX10 would look anything like that (obviously faked)half- photo / half graphic.How many times do we have to debunk that fake screenshot?

I am encountering game freezes with several missions (most I try). It looks my quad processor core 1 hits 100% and 'that all she wrote'. I have to ctrl-alt-del to get out. Memory seems locked at 2 GB. Any ideas?BTW: Phil's Blog refers to a Vista Upgrade but my it will not install: says not for my system. I still get the message that the color sheme had to be changed, etc. when starting FSX.Dell XPS 710QX6700 quad4 GB ramnVidia 8800 GTXVista 32 Home Premium

Yeah but that gain is very modest. My FPS went from 10 to 12 FPS. I know that's a 20% increase but...120% of crap is still pretty much crap. I guess I really did expect better performance on a $6K+ system. I have reduced my sliders significantly (1X water, etc.) to get up to 20 FPS near Boston but the stuttering is still awful.Dell XPS 710QX6700 quad core4GB Ram

Frame rates!Got 50-60 in FS9, getting 10-12 in FSX

Virgin configuration, NO tweaks, no overclocking, sliders about 2/3 to the right. I was able to get somewhat reasonable frame rates by setting water to 1X but the stuttering near Boston's Logan Airport (or any other city) is brutal. I am trying to shut down all other apps to see if that helps but, again, the stuttering was not there before SP1.Brian

Phil:Please don't just concentrate on blurries. SP1 stutters so badly on my new system that I literally struggle to land the (default) aircraft (2-5 second freeze/lurches)near the ground. RTM did not stutter.Thanks for your efforts.Brian DenleyDell XPS 710QX6700 quadnVidia 8800GTX (latest nVidia drivers)4GB Ram

OK making progress here! I downloaded the newest DX9 files, downloaded the newest Nvidia drivers and threw away my FSX.CFG file, all to no avail. BUT...I shut off all water effects and my FPS went from 9 to 27 (!!) with everything else pretty high. I was amazed so I began to up the water until it fell off. In the end ANY water setting that started with a 2 killed my frame rates (I was using the lowest 2.X), while even the highest 1.X water setting gave me excellent results.I still have serious stuttering so I will keep looking for a way to cure that. Thanks to anyone who gave me advice.BrianDell XPS 710QX6700 @ 2.66 GHzNvidia 8800 GTX4 GB ram1TB sata drive

Brian:Thanks for the comments! I had never seen the popping before SP1. The stuttering is really bad here on a very high end system. I will try a number of things to attempt to eliminate it but I had not seen stuttering prior to SP1.Brian

Thanks for the advice but I am running XP SP2 not Vista (yet)Brian

I have the same processor and same graphics card and I get about 9 FPS out of Seattle with slider at about 2/3 the way up. Even flying out of Boston stutters badly with low FPS.I am completely at a loss. I spent about $6000.Brian

Thanks for the non-answers guys!Brian