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You can also click on 'Edit' and select 'Preferences' and then put a tick in 'User Defined' then select the folder path P3D. cheers Russ

Hi Jeff, After starting FSX, go to the menu to open FSUIPC, in 'Button and switches' put a tick in- Select for FS control, in the box 'Control sent when button pressed' select- Throttle (1,2,...) decr. Put a tick in 'Control to repeat while held' and then in the box 'Control sent when button released' select-Throttle (1,2,...) cut. This works well on my Saitek throttles... regards Russ

Hi there... I have the same Mobo and Cpu and I found some good tutorials on youtube specific to the sabertooth...sorry I can't be of more help than that but it was only a few changes and I have 4.5Ghz...haven't bothered to go any further... Good luck!!!

My CS777 serves its purpose...hand flying circuits...and it looks nice doing it too!!! And i'll hold off for the free upgrade to my 747...yeah right!!!

Yeah...really nice pic... If you hadn't said it was CS's 777 I bet you would have had a thousand praises by now!!! Haha regards Russ

G'day I recently upgraded to a Gigabyte GTX770, great card, but I believe, and I stand corrected by the experts...but to get optimum performance from it you will need to upgrade your cpu as well...the logic being that the 2600k is only PCIe rev 2.0 and therefore will only run the GPU at that speed, which, while being backward compatible, will not run the card to its optimum which is PCIe v3.0 (or double the speed of 2.0). regards, Russ.

Just today I tried to activate FSX online and was told i'd reached the limit of activations...had to phone MS (toll free) to get it activated. Despite the inconveniance there wasn't any issue...not surprisingly it sounded like the call centre was in India...I just wonder if they reset the number of activations or whether this is going to be an issue everytime!!! I think I must have done atleast 20+ activations in the last 5 years... cheers Russ

Don't forget that airliners, and particularly the big jets, are flown 'by the numbers' (boring but true). Expected landing weight, temperature and pressure all play a part and thats where the FMC inputs come into their own. The speed tape and flap indicators on the PFD are a good indicator...select your speed and practice maintaining it until the flare using your power levers and pitch (with yoke). As mentioned before, at 20-30ft close levers and gently pull back...careful not to pitch up! regards, Russ

All we need now is another devastating earthquake...this one will bankrupt the country for sure...and insurance will be unattainable!!!

Hows the nerves now...a little shaken again today I believe (6+)...didn't feel a thing in the winterless north!!! regards Russ.

Might very well work!?! One of the best investments in flying I ever made was the purchase of an active noise cancelling headset. Would this make a difference with a hearing aid? I have no idea!!! But I do know that it transformed my african bush flying experience...if I'd known how good they were, I would have bought one years earlier...they are expensive but worth every dollar!!! regards Russ.

Hi David, thanks for your input...My operating system is vista 64 bit and I have all the permissions I need...I think!!!Ok so I understand that basically the file can be called anything you want...and that fs9 traffic bgl's over-ride the fsx bgls...now that I have removed all my WOIA/MAIW bgl's from 'scenery,world,scenery' it would appear that the stock Ai bgl is now been reactivated...only it is not in 'scenery,world,scenery' and does have the 'traffic' in the file name...so my next move was to deactivate all my addon scenery files and low and behold...no stock Ai...now the long process of narrowing it down to the culprit...thanks again!By the way...yes it is a bit more difficult to update the traffic files...but i'd rather have to do that occasionaly with the few airlines worth updating than wait 3-4 minutes every time I want to start the sim...which is a lot more often than I want to do an up-date...cheers for now,Russ.

Maybe this is a simple problem...I have removed all 'Traffic_' bgl's... including FSX's standard traffic bgl, except the boat traffic bgl from the 'Scenery,World, scenery' folder...thats fine except I am still getting stock Ai traffic showing up in the Sim.I do not have any other traffic bgls in any other folder and have done a file search for all files with the word 'traffic' in them and still I have stock Ai showing up in the sim...is it possible for traffic to show up even if it is not prefixed with the name 'traffic' in the filename and if so what could it be named and what size could it be (assuming its the stock Ai traffic file)...so that I could search by file size...And finally if a traffic bgl is compiled using ttools, can aircraft not listed in the 'aircraft_' file still show up the sim? or do you need to delete all the flightplans with an aircraft number even if that aircraft is not in the aircraft list???Would appreciate any help as this is getting rather frustrating...By the way I have used AIFP to open the traffic bgls I have removed to see if the stock Ai aircraft appear in any of the aircraft lists...none of them do!!! (I have consolidated all the WOAI, MAIW traffic files into 11 bgl's...this has halved the time it takes FSX to load)regards, Russ

I don't have much more to add to this thread except to say that I have been having this problem for months and am following this with great interest to see if anyone can come up with a solution thats workable!While my problem is the same, for me it mostly occurrs straight after I do a 'save' of my flight, therefore I have been relatively lucky in that after restarting the sim I have not lost hours of spent time... thank god the fuels free!Here are my specs if anyone can correlate that with the problem,64 bit windows Vista running on Quad core Q9300 @ 2.5 Ghz4 Gig ramNvidia 9800 GTX 512 - latest driver(having tried earlier ones, none have made any difference)FSX sp2 using Dx9UTX, FEX, GEX747X, MD11 and LD767Fingers crossed someone can work this one out!cheers Russ.

Hi Konrad,Yeah like I said to Tim, all the BIOS stuff is way to technical for me, can you read that post and I ask you the same question about the problem I have occasionally with ATC in the sim when flying the 747.For some reason my flight from NZAA to YSSY is not going to happen...when I start the flight from my last save, within minutes it freezes up the Sim. But if I load the default flight but start with the MD11, day time with building thunderstorms (with the high res clouds from FEX looks amazing), it works perfectly, maybe somehow there is a corruption of the saved flight???Any ideas!!!cheers Russ.

Hi Tim,Thanks for that but it all sounds a bit technical for me!Some other strange behaviour I have noticed, and I vaguely remember reading of it somewhere else, is that while flying the 747, at any phase of flight, ATC will call me but no dialogue comes up that I can answer them with, until they cancel the flight plan and then it seems to start working normally again...though having to re-activate the flight plan again. Have you heard of this happening and if so do you know if it was ever resolved. A similar thing has happened with the MD11 whereby I couldn't get any window when pressing the ~ key.Like I said in my first thread I have not had any OOM problems just the disappearing textures, anyway I'll keep at it...my settings are reasonably high I guess but I don't mind a little slow down for a bit of eye candy when doing a circling approach...if you make any further progress in sorting your problem I would be keen to learn how!cheers Russ.

Hi Konrad,Again thanks for the info...I am running Vista x64 + 4GB, I have checked that fsx.exe is capable of using greater than 2 GB and so when the sim freezes and I check the processes in Task Manager it is only about 1.6 GB of memory...I have recently installed SHD clouds for FEX but my problem was happening before that!'tfm' mentions- quote 'I've relaxed the "Performance" level of my RAM from 7 to 10.'- what does this mean and if you read this tmf please tell me how to go about this...I'll try anything!!!I don't fly the stock fsx aircraft but don't expect that would be an issue, I'm still working with it being an UTX problem...will keep trying...cheers Russ.

Hi KonradThanks for the info, I will try diabling night lights and 3d traffic as you suggest. My problem seems to occur at any time, anywhere... at the moment I am flying out of NZAA in the day with the MD11 so does what your suggesting still apply.I have UTX Europe 1.1c and USA 1.3.0a which don't appear to be the most upto date so can you confirm whether these versions are okay. On occassion, which seems to be happening with more regularity, the whole sim is freezing up (no anti V running etc) could there be a conflict going on somewhere? My system is a reasonably new and fast and I have just updated the Video Driver on the GeForce 9800GTX to V178.13.Regards Russ

I've been trying to follow the thread about OOM problems, well lucky for me this has not happened, but there was a post of a similar problem to mine in the thread whereby at various times the cockpit or aircraft textures would disappear until eventually all I had was a black screen but with the sim still functioning in the back ground.No amount of changing between full screen and windowed mode makes any difference but it appears to happen most frequently when I try to save a flight. Restarting the sim reverts back to normal untill I go to save the flight again.This is happening with the 747 and MD11 and if I'm not mistaken begun after installing UTX USA and/or Europe...has anyone been able to confirm if this is the case and if so come up with a solution that doesn't involve un-installing these programs.Both aircraft seem to be functioning normally otherwise!Looking forward to any comments or advice!!!Regards Russ

Thanks for your in-put Yufeng...Q1. is a no brainer, I was interested to hear if the fps I am getting is comparable to other users of pmdg's 747 and if so then I can always reduce my settings to increase fps...if I want to!Q2...I had to have a laugh...having spent the last 10 years flying around Africa and the itcz I am well aware what the risks of flying in bad weather is. My FSX experience is some what different as it seems that clear skies and 50 miles viz shouldn't be up-setting the 747's AP. Sorry I'm not familiar with ASX, what is it and where can I get it...my search was futile! Q3...thanks at least I'm not alone!!!cheers,Russ.

Hello anyone and everyone,I have three questions/inquiries for those in the know!And who might be using a similar set-up to mine. 1. FSX performance and the 747In a non-specific way with the following system and add-ons what would be considered acceptable frame rates for the 747- 2.5 GHz Q4 with 4G ram and GTX9800-512mb, GEX & UTX USA! Currently I am getting 6-7fps at LA at night with 100% AI, shortly after t/o 10-11fps and enroute FL350, 15-16fps...2. 747 and real world weatherIt seems real world weather plays havoc with the auto-pilot on the 747 ie auto throttle jumping around like a blue arsed fly trying to maintain speed, A/P disconnecting.I have a reg. copy of fsuipc which is supposed, I believe, to be able to smooth out the FS weather, can anyone give me a set of tried and trusted settings that will, if possible, help sort this problem out...or is it just a myth that fsuipc can do this!And 3.In the Virtual cockpit of my 747 the textures around the top edge of the windows are constant flashing much like when there are two textures bleeding through each other, like you get with some scenery. Is this a common problem and should I just get used to it???Thanks and looking forward to any comments,Russ.

Hi Guys,Disregard my question, I had to scrol a little further to see that the problem is not unique to me...anyway I look fwd to a solution...Russ.

Hello simmers,One small headache which requires some expert advise from the experts. I contacted support for help and Paul kindly gave me a link to download v2.1, the full version, only after un-installing my old aircraft which took hours to repair and installing the new one the problem persists. Basically the ASI is not working which obviously has the flow on effect that all it's associated systems are inoperative ie auto-throttle to name one!Besides the obvious and going backwards, has anyone come across this problem and how have they fixed it...I am still waiting for help from support but in the meantime...A hopeful thanks,Russ.

G'day Brian,After alot of mind bending frustration in trying to get to the bottom of my problem it seems the solution was just a few clicks away!By turning off the (DEP) Data Execution Prevention for Microsoft Flight Simulator all appears to be working again!So simple yet I haven't seen anybody mention this in ANY forum that I have read, so this might be step one(1)to resolve alot of problems.Hopefully now I can start re-learning how to use it to it's best!cheers,Russell.

When ever I try to start a flight with PMDG's 747 and the FS2Crew panel config file and key assignments file active my fs9 crashes immediately.I have tried re-installing FS2crew and update 1.2 and the problem still occurs even though when I first installed many months ago it was working perfectly! I had not used the aircraft for 3-4 months before finding this problem.the following windows message is received every time fs9 crashes:The instruction at"0x0ba5000" referenced memory at "0x00000000" The memory could not be written.Has anyone come accross this problem before or can suggest a method of attack as I don't won't to have to start un/re-installing things if it's not neccessary.regards,Russ.