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+1 about being too bad that UT2 has been abandoned by the developer.

I experienced the same rejection and alert from Norton Internet Security. I simply configured Norton to exclude this program from its future scans and auto protect. I've also done this with most of my FSX files from vendors with whom I've had a lot of experience with and FS2Crew is certainly one of those. No worries fred

Thanks for your patience, Paul! Moving the legacy shader in Steve's DX10 Fixer left towards the scenery has definitely improved my runway lighting issue.

I'm certainly willing to try moving the General slider to the Left towards the scenery, but I don't understand the instruction. What/Where is the "General slider"? In the DX10 Fixer program there is the possibility to configure the "General Shader" but I don't see a slider per se' to move left towards the scenery and there is no "general" slider in the FSX settings. Sorry to be so dense, but this newbie needs more detailed direction. thanks! f

Just getting starting with DX10 in FSX using Steve's fixer and trying very hard to follow all of the recommendations for settings. Not surprisingly I've encountered some issues with the add on airport Chicago O'Hare from FS Dreamteam which is not currently DX10 compatible. I'm seeing four black objects surrounding each green taxiway light but don't know what to call this problem and some issues with what I think is called a halo effect around the area lighting. I have attached a screenshot of these two issues which may or may not come through but would like to know two things: For my education, what are these two DX10 anomalies called and is there anything I can do to improve the visuals? Overall I'm very happy I've made the switch to DX10 and can certainly live with the minor problems I've encountered but I'm enjoying the challenge of getting DX10 to work in FSX. Fred Z

I don't know what else to try. My freezes are occurring on pretty much every flight after about an hour of flight. Mostly occur at cruise altitude or on approach. Now they're occurring on both the 737NGX and the T7. It doesn't matter whether I after scenery activated via Scenery Config Mgr or not. It doesn't matter if I have Opus activated, TrackIR or ProATC/X or none of them; still get a freeze that never ends except via Ctrl/Alt/Del. The sound keeps going along with ATC chatter if I have it turned on. I've tried deleting the fsx.cfg file to no avail. I don't see that I have a simconnect.ini file anywhere. I found a log associated with the install of FSUIPC 4.92 that said it couldn't find the "ESP" file whatever that is. But all my addons are working well and the visuals are smooth and the T7 is a joy to fly until it freezes. Like others, the tutorial worked fine the first time but now I can't even get it to complete with no weather. I'm so frustrated! I don't want to have to reinstall FSX from scratch but I've run out of things to try. Any other suggestions or comments? Thanks! Fred Ziker

Thanks to all for your interest and inputs! I have made a couple of changes and haven't had a CTD since: I made the changes described in the thread related to UIAutomationCore.dll, and I applied patch 5 to Orbx PNW. I even flew into the "Bermuda triangle" (KSEA) without incident. As many of you speculated, my issue was more of a software incompatibility rather than a CPU limitation (although more horsepower would probably help!). I now suspect the primary culprit of my FSX pause and CTD issues are related to REX 2.0 trying to perform a weather update at or near TOD or approach which in my case caused more than a loss of FPS or stuttering problem. Thanks again fred ziker

Peter, thanks for your input on my issue and the potential of it being related to Orbx scenery files. I have checked and do not have either of the files you mentioned (cvx_300_FTX_NRM_LCpoly_1712_Edmonton_cutblocks.BGL, cvx_300_FTX_NRM_LCpoly_1613_Jasper_cutblocks.BGL). I currently have PNW and CRM from Orbx. I found a thread related to replacing a UIAutomationCore.dll file in the FSX core and have tried this. I tried the flight again and FSX went into an involuntary pause just before TOD but I was able to press P and continue through landing and shutdown (no CTD). I'll keep playing with this as I suspect everyone is right in that it is not the CPU. fred ziker

Thanks to all for your replies! I've learned a lot already! I didn't know about Ivy and I didn't know what a CTDS was but now I do! Also didn't know about the compatibility issue with FS2 Crew and Orbx but that isn't the cause of my CTD. I was doing a Gulf Coast US shuttle from KIAH to KMSY. I know this sounds bizarre but it most often occurs just before TD on no particular route; sometimes FSX just goes into pause mode and I can continue the flight, then sometimes CTDS. I'm not sure if I can determine whether it's a software incompatibility or my CPU is just out of gas but I think I'll disable one software at a time and fly the route and try to sleuth it out that way. In the meantime, I've started shopping custom PC builders and exploring perhaps building one on my own thanks to you all. f

I'm a novice at all of this but enjoy it thoroughly especially with the new PMDG NGX. I'm not experiencing obvious frame rate issues but I am having FSX freeze up during flight and Windows forcing the program to close down. I have a relatively old CPU (Intel Core 2 2.4 Ghz with 6GB DDR, NVidea 8800GTS, Windows7 64 bit). I'm trying to run the NGX with REX, UT2, FS2 Crew, Radar Contact, Accu-Feel and some Orbx and Extreme scenery. So my questions are: I assume the FSX freeze ups are due to high CPU usage rather than any software compatibility issues? If I need to upgrade my CPU, what would be your recommendations regarding configuration? I'd rather not go the gaming PC route due to the expense, but I DO want to enjoy the best flight simulator experience that I can with a "conventional" CPU that will also be used for email, MS Office and the usual mundane tasks at home. I don't see myself getting into overclocking but would certainly go the i7 route just in case. Any input on the subject would be appreciated! Thanks in advance for you advice!!

Same message about unable to connect but am also receiving another error message that says my activation code is invalid. . Presume my activation code is my license number? (24 character)

I'm having difficulty installing the recommended FPS Limiter. Keep getting the error msg that the hookhelper.dll file is missing from my computer. I've tried to copy that file to my computer but the program still can't find it. The FPS Limiter program readme txt didn't answer the question. Any suggestions?

Thanks very much Soundman! That was exactly what was wrong; somehow I uncheck the Play pilot wavs under the general tabSorry to have taken up y'alls' time but I appeciate the responses.

Thanks for your prompt reply JD, but nothing has changed to the best of my knowledge. I was hoping there would be something I could do to trouble shoot my problem short of reloading the program and all the updates all over again. All the Winwood files seem to be fine and I can manually play the different voices there but only silence under the Pilot tab inside the program. Tnx

I'm running RC version 4.3.3845 with FSX. Have not had any issues until now: I've somehow lost the pilot and copilot voices. Controller and Chatter pilots work fine. When I go to Voices none of them work when I click on each name. Likewise for copilot; but Controller and Chatter are fine. Anyone have any ideas?