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  1. I have some musings wondering if this is a move to ease a transition to a subscription model. It's the trend of almost all software. I despise it, but expect this to be somewhere in the future. While confirmed as a new title, I haven't seen anything about pricing and sales model.
  2. Make sure you have throttles mapped to all 4 engines, or a single master throttle axis. I have split throttles on a HOTAS that was mapped to throttles 1 and 2. In the cockpit, it only looks like a 2 engine airplane, but it's programmed as 4 engines. I couldn't get above about mach 3.8. Once I mapped throttles to all 4 throttles, I easily got to mach 10.
  3. I am having an issue with some of my Winwing devices not showing in SimApp. This is apparently related to Windows updating the driver to some version that causes SimApp to not recognize it beyond as a USB game controller. In an FAQ they review uninstalling the driver, clearing the registry with a .bat file, and reinstalling... https://wwsimstore.com/view/help.html?nav=W3siaWQiOjIsInRpdGxlIjoiU2VydmljZSJ9LHsiaWQiOjgsInRpdGxlIjoiU29mdHdhcmUifV0=&id=d3d0NDU= I am on the latest build of Windows 11 and their instructions are not matching with what I'm finding. They direct to Window>Devices. I don't directly have a "Windows" menu option, and if I type devices, all I get is "bluetooth and other devices". The next steps are to open properties, select a driver tab, then uninstall. This seems most like the Windows device manager, but I can't figure out how I could possible identify a specific device. Under human interface device, I get a lot of generic names such as "HID-compliant consumer control device". The game controller menu doesn't give me driver options. Can anyone help me with how to uninstall the drivers a game controller?
  4. I order a new laptop that arrived today, an Asus ROG Strix G16. The laptop comes with a 1 TB NVME drive by default. I had acquired a 4 TB and 2 TB M.2 2280 NVME drive planning to completely ditch the 1 TB drive that came with the laptop. I booted windows, pulled the Windows registry key, then opened the computer up and placed the two new drives in the two M.2 bays, removing the old one. I was able to boot in to the Windows USB install media, but when it came time to select where to install Windows, no HDD partitions were seen. A bit tedious, but replaced the old SSD, keeping one new one. Started windows, and then with disk manager created a GPT drive, and quick formated to a NTFS partition. I then did the same thing with the other drive. With both new hard drives in place, I can see them in BIOS, but when I enter the Windows USB setup, I still can't see anything of either drive. Does anyone have any advice as to what I'm doing wrong?
  5. I just received the Cockpit-Simulator 737 MCP and EFIS (https://www.cockpit-simulator.com/). While I have not had time for a formal flight yet, I am very pleased and they appear very nice. The buttons have a great feel, the feel solid, and are well featured. The autothrottle toggles off when disconnected from teh throttles, the center button on the EFIS is locked out for non-applicable modes, etc. The backlighting is great! Just thought I'd share and perhaps I can share more feedback after hopefully getting a chance for a flight or two this weekend.
  6. I believe FSDreamTeam has stated a remake of PHNL for MSFS is planned and/or in the works, but I got the impression it was a fairly distant future.
  7. Another negative for the Marketplace are limitations placed on developers. The items can not display any weapons and they must run everything "in the sim". So some developers, like for the Maddog X, will likely never be seen in the marketplace since they are running a decent amount outside the sim. And others like India Foxtrot Echo have to modify their models to either not show weapons for the marketplace version (done for the F-35) or not sell certain addons in the marketplace (add-on carriers from them). With that said, and I know this is an unpopular opinion, I like to buy through the marketplace. I have PTSD from FSX and P3D reinstalls with hundreds of add-ons. The time spent searching for serial numbers, manually pasting files, etc, was horrible. So I currently limit my purchases to stuff available through the Marketplace, Orbx, or Contrail barring a few critical exceptions (at the moment, just 3...PMDG 737, Maddog X, and Fenix A320). This makes a pretty simple reinstall. Setup 3 programs, then let them download it all.
  8. Can anyone elaborate on what ProSim has that PMDG doesn't have? I think they have some ACARS and CPDLC functionality, although perhaps we will see that from PMDG GFO comes out. And a bit more accurate VNAV/LNAV performance? Engines numbers may match real life a little better? Those are the things I've heard lurking around home cockpit threads (never quite building one myself). Those things alone wouldn't sway me to buy in addition to PMDG. Perhaps there's more. And if I ever really did buy a home cockpit, I'd be there. But perhaps I'm missing something.
  9. I am flying using live weather and have noticed at PAJN there is always snow regardless of the METAR. I found a couple posts about this, as well as at other airports, but no resolution. The most recent of these were from Dec. 2021 though. Am I missing anything anywhere? I'd like to continue to use live weather for variety, but the constant snow kills the reaslism.
  10. While I hope so, I highly doubt it. Virtual Avionics has basically dropped out of communication for about the last 3 years. I think our VA stuff is basically frozen in time now Spad.next works as a decent replacement for their software, but doesn’t fully address the EFIS, and at the moment the displays and input are a bit laggy on large adjustments on the MCP
  11. I would argue the extra memory on the 3090 can be worth it if you use 4K. If you’re not in 4K, there is probably very little to no benefit of the 3090 over a 3080 Ti.
  12. My desk is fairly full already, so I've been looking for a simple way to add a steering tiller. I don't have a true to scale home cockpit, so have just been looking for a simple knob to use. I've found a number of volume controllers for PC, some of which look appealing in foot print such as this one: https://www.amazon.com/LITROK-Controller-Computer-Multimedia-Adjuster/dp/B07GR78PCK/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=usb%2Bvolume%2Bcontrol&qid=1652547013&sprefix=usb%2Bvolume%2Bcont%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-4&th=1 The problem is that these are going to come preset with firmware to manage Windows volume, where as we need it to show up as an HID to assign it in MSFS. Does anyone know of anything similar to this that would work? Or any other solutions?
  13. Something seems to have worked!...although with these bugs, they can be elusive and pop back up unexpectedly. Unfortunately, I have to say I was a bad boy and did not change one thing at a time to know for sure what was the cause. However, I was able to complete a full flight in the Maddog X without any problems. Some combination of the following: 1. Changed the PSU. On an interesting note, these EVGA PSU's have an "eco mode" where they will not run the fan if it's cool enough. I wasn't really aware of this until the new PSU was in place. On paper it shouldn't cause an issue, but there are reports of people solving random restarts by turning the switch off. The old PSU was "on", leaving the new one off. 2. New RAM. I had some new low profile RAM available, but not yet installed. I've been wanting to fit a 280 mm radiator in my case instead of 240 mm, but this needs low profile RAM sticks. I also put them in new slots (A1/A2 vs B1/B2). 3. Removed some LED light strips from my case. It seemed fun at the time, but I've been less than impressed and decided to get rid of them. 4. Unplugged my Reverb G2 head set USB. There were a few reports on the MSFS forums of people seemingly having restart issues when using MSFS on a screen, but still having the head set plugged in. 5. New flight/scenery. This really shouldn't cause anything more than a lockup or CTD, but moved from KSAN-KLAS to KSTL-KORD. Ideally it would have been best to do one at a time, but at 20-30 minutes to load a flight, setup at the gate, and take to "line up and wait", it would have taken me 2 weeks to test all these variables. I will not claim to be an expert here, but I have XMP set to disabled and my CPU reports 3.2 GHz at no/light load, and doesn't top 5.2 GHz on any core. This matches the advertised specs from Intel, so it seemed fair to think there wasn't an overclock. And my PNY 3090 is basically an FE edition and has not overclock. I've been eyeing a Asus ROG 3090 for the OC, but also it probably won't make much difference (I do at least use 4K, which is becomes GPU limited).
  14. Under stress testing through OCCT or MSI Kombuster, the chip tops out about 78C and the memory junction 86-88C. In games, I’ve seen 6-8C higher for both, but not for very long. I know these temps shouldn’t be causing a reset. The card itself is older than system. I got it fairly early after they came out before the scalpers shot the prices sky high, so maybe around 2 years old. I don’t recall it running at those temps early, but once a system is stable, I don’t watch temps a lot.
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