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I get black screens as well using the pmdg 747, sometimes I get it when I use menu bar for instant replay and when replay ends I end up on a black screen.Sometimes when going into the pmdg options tab, then coming back out ends up with black screens, i'm running latest nvidia drivers on a 9800gt 1gb, on a asus pk5c mobo and vista64.I have not tried any of the sound suggestions yet, as Ive just come across this threat, also got my first corruption yesterday on instant replay, textures all over the place, I suspect this is because I have installed the latest nvidia drivers.What I have noticed is that the on normal pmdg flights the engines sound distorted, and stay distorted whilst flying which ties in with the sound card findings.On black screens the sim seems to be still running, sometimes I can get the video back by doing a crtl/alt/del to taskmanager look for fsx.exe and right click on the process and select bring process to front, this I may have to do more than once but many times I have been able to get back into the sim.John

Well done Terry, looking REAL good, I've been waiting years for a good Dublin rendition, surprised others haven't done more for the area! considering the amount of flights from the UK and further afield to Dublin, EIDW has not really been done any justice.This looks like it will now be addressed. :)John

Woohoo, just reinstalled FSX, and now have Ezdok working, obviously something was screwed with my FSX installation!Ezdok what a cool little application, can't wait to try/buy the new release that is been worked on now.John

Thanks Etienne for the reply, yes I was indeed using ver 1.22, but still no difference, the num pad del key, when pressed took me over the sea with no land in sight, seems its only me that has the problem.As I have just received my 9800gt 1gb video card today, I have decided to totally uninstall FSX and go for a fresh install.I will then try Ezdok, once the basic FSX build is done and report back.John

Wow! No one????

Bump, any ideas where I'm going wrong...Cheers John

Hi all, I cannot seem to get ezdok to work at all, I have installed on Vista i run ezdok and start FSX I then click the ezdok executable, I click on camera placement, (ezdok says connected) ezdok asks to restart FSX, I restart FSX and pick an aircraft and location ezdok is still running behind FSX. when FSX finishes loading and i'm in the aircraft on a runway, i assumed ezdok controls should now be available.I right click on my mouse to enable ezdok walk, and end up in the sky but when I click on my arrow keys (not the numeric keys) nothing happens I have no movement control, I click on 0 or "." i end back in the aircraft in 2d cockpit mode, but still don't have any movement control.I have deleted the key assignments as mentioned above controls/mouse yoke/control surfaces NUM2/NUM4/NUM6/NUM8, I also deleted the page up/down assignments under engines. But still no success.I do have trackir, but at this time it is not even connected to my pc, Should i be assigning these arrow and page up/down keys to ezdok somewhere?Thoughts please :)John

IF FS was to come back, it seems to me it would be as payable down-loadable content, ie an FS base system basic and more for casual gaming.For more serious simmers, I would imagine that MS would use a highly detailed version of (tileproxy) MS Live Earth, where you would pay to download the area's your flying over or geographic regions.Probably the area's you pay to download would only work for a specific period, before you needed more credits, more down-loadable content would be available via the live system to download third party add-ons (planes weather scenery).Shame though as I was counting the days for fsnext to arrive :(John

BBC news have a report with an FSX reenactment done by 'Just planes' looks very good. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7834499.stmJohn

I have the same problem with ALT Tabbing, sometimes can't get back to FSX full screen.I usually hit CTRL ALT DEL and right click on the fsx application tab, which offers either "switch to" or "bring to front" options, if I remember correctly the "bring to front" works.John

Thanks Robert,Tried a quick flight speed tape/autopilot all ok.I guess the problem was not antivirus based?I'm still having a problem flying though, I need loads more serious PMDG training lessons but I'll get there in the end :)

Thanks for the update RobertI'll try what you have suggested tomorrow, bedtime is calling!One thing which I forgot to add; after the update had being installed. Started fsx selected 744x during the load sequence a hidden microsoft popup/under was presented asking to allow FSUIP to be trusted, this I did on a permanent basis.Maybe nothing.JohnAsus pk5cYes, I know

Same here, just installed the 744 fsx update, prior to install all was okay, tried to do a previous fmc co/route toga, plane didn't respond to joystick throttles, no call out speeds tape reads zero, plane lifted off by itself I clicked autopilot panel,pmdg immediately goes into superfast looping backflips, can be seen doing this in spot view.SystemAsus pk5c,Vista 64,cpu e6300 clocked to 3ghz (yea,I know)geoforce 7300gt (yea, I know)4gig ddr2 ram Microsoft fully updated, AVG7.5 disabled while pmdg update installed runas administrator..fsx acceleration sp2.Running trackir 4pro, which was installed the day previous, (this works fine)John

I don't have track-ir product(yet), having read the above posts it seems like you're running out of standard solutions.You know track-ir used to work and it works with other products,when I end up in these similar situations one trick that can work, which is quick and easy and won't generally screw with your system is to use Microsoft's restore facility.IE restore your pc to a date when Track-IR & FSX were happy.This assumes you have system restore monitoring and have a restore point when your system worked.No guarantees and your mileage may vary but maybe worth a shot.John

I guess this could also be posted in other areas of the forum, but the PMDG bit thinks it should be here.Hi, I'm a learner to fmc programming, have just finished part2 of PMDG training. I'm eager to try and replicate a flight from Heathrow EGLL to Dublin EIDW using pmdg 744x for fsx.The route I know is not realistic for a 744, as it does not make such a short journey, i'm really looking for the principles of the flightplan from fsbuild or an online flightplanner.I get routes like EGLL-CPT3G.CPT-UG1-STU-UR14-VATRY-R14-KLY-EIDW. which I believe have the SID & STAR added.If I add this co-route to FMC will it follow this flighplan from take-off I'll manually engage autopilot at 500agl with lnav & vnav on then hope it follows the route all the way to runway 28 at Dublin?so far it doesn't seem to get me to the runway at Dublin.Do i have to add the ILS & runway to EIDW 28 somewhere en-route?What I guess I'm looking for is a totally complete flightplan, that i can input via co-route that will do the whole flight including getting right onto the runway at Dub, including all the altitudes/speeds.An actual airline BA or Aer Lingus route would be fantasticI could then examine & disseminate the route to fill in the obvious gaps I have flying.Regards John