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Still having the problems, and here is somewhat of a screenshot as to what happens. If i switch views, the aircraft just goes blank like this. The clouds ghost around and there is nothing I can do. Sometimes I can hit alt and exit the game, other times I just have to end the process. I've tried several different drivers thinking it's the video card drivers, but this effect still happens. I have done a complete re install on FSX and the aircraft. It's just the aircraft and FSX, no other add ons.

First off I would like to say how much I love the visual model of the 777. Secondly I would like to explain my problems and/or solutions to what I have encountered with everything else. I have flown the 777 quite a few times and these have all been random flights that I have found on FlightAware and thought they would be okay to try. I HAVE NOT done the tutorial flight for the aircraft that is given to you after purchase of the airplane. First I will let you all know of my computer specs: Windows 8.1 Intel I7-4770 @3.40 GHZ 8GB of ram (I have no idea of the brand) GeForce GTX 645 This was bought as a stock Dell XPS 8700 and the only upgrade during the options was the video card. Purchased during 2013, so specs should still be the same as of reading during November 2013. To start things off, I decided to fly the 777 on some basic short haul routes to test the aircraft. As soon as I had started, I had crashes. I tried a few times only to realize that something serious was happening. I do realize that during the purchase of this product that WINDOWS 8 is not supported during claims. That's fine because I have a copy of Windows 7 that I can go to just in case. (Which will probably happen because I'm not a fan of 8) But that is a whole other topic... I first searched Google asking about the 777 and Windows 8. I found some things on it in plenty of threads, but it was hit or miss. Some people ran fine, while others did not. I realized that this couldn't be something on my part with Windows 8. Firstly my problem was a graphics issue where as when switching views, a ghosting thing would happen. The screen would be as if nothing was there besides the scenery. The scenery moved without a problem, but when I would use the hat to see different angles, ghosting would happen. The simulator still ran, but obviously I could not continue because there was nothing I could see besides scenery. I could easily hit Escape and exit FSX. Next I ran FSX a few times to have it crash and then ran the application AppCrashView thinking it could tell me something I was not seeing in the process. I saw that the D3D9.dll was the cause of my problems (according the AppCrashView). I had been running the ENB series so I thought that this would have been it. Even thought I hated to lose it, I ditched it so I could at least run the airplane. Once I had removed the ENB add on, I soon found out that my airplane was not crashing as much, but it still crashed. This time only to find that it would crash after running the amazing technology of Auto Cruise. It would happen after running at the 16X max. Again, I was stumped. I soon found that a problem that some people had was with the AI traffic. I can account to this as I did see once the AI module in my AppCrashView. I knew that at 4X speed, the simulator would not have to load and that was okay during a few flights. I read a post and a person had said to turn the AI OFF. This did not include just the aircraft, but boats and road traffic as well, just to be safe. So I did. This did help a lot. I ran the sim a few times from my home airport of KSDF down to Atlanta a few times with no problems. I sat in the cockpit and did spot view a few times and nothing went wrong at all. I was excited, only until today.. I had randomly searched FlightAware to find a short route flight that I could find. Luck would have it, an Omni Air 777 was coming into my home airport of KSDF. We never see 777's here so I took it as a sign. The flight was from KGRK to KSDF http://flightaware.com/live/flight/OAE590/history/20131123/1830Z/KGRK/KSDF A very short flight for a 777. I followed the exact route and times, thinking this would be a good flight, only to realize that halfway through the flight, the unexpected and random ghosting would happen again. As to what is causing this, I have no idea. I understand video drivers and all that, so I am wondering what else is going wrong to cause this. It only happens when I am switching views. I know that it is something of a graphical error, but I have yet to pin point the cause. I have the latest drivers, but who knows. I will continue to test and update my progress so that others may find help during any of these situations. Like I said, I know Windows 8 is not supported and if that is a problem then so be it. I personally do not think that it is, but I will keep an updated post here as to what it may truly be. I have done plenty of testing, as stated above, so I will keep trying. If anyone has any solutions, please let me know. Until then, keep your eyes towards the sky.

Would like to see the the livery Southwest had when they bought Fords aircraft.

I think the OP is getting that the radius to turn is too much. Instead of straight back and a nice tight turn to line up on the taxiway or ramp, you go on tour of the airport. That's one reason why I never use the pushback because of that. Would be nice if it would follow the taxiway line or something.

Eggs N' Bacon :)

I was thinking about bringing this topic up, but didn't think there were too many airlines with this option on their NG's.

I'm rocking a Quad Core 6600 at 2.4, 4 gigs of ram and not much else amazing. I run somewhat high settings and get around 15 FPS in the VC and around 30 ish with outside view. I'm happy with it, but to each their own. My laptop has an i5 and it runs great on it.

Going on how realistic they made the aircraft, I'm sure with the weight capabilities it "could be done" since this and a few other videos show it, BUT I doubt an airline would go through with it. These are the things I like to do with the NGX, provides good times.

I am a fan of the test phase model additions. Small addition yes, but I feel they are appropriate to have on for the initial flights. Love the bird.

Louisville... ahh wrong thread :(

Looks great. Cannot wait to try it out.

Great topic Joel! Heading out now to try these out. Awesome video post up there too.

Very nice video! Thanks also for the auto focus settings. I have no idea about this until now :(

Currently 1:13 hours until departure for an undisclosed flight to the east. All I can say right now. :)

I know this thread may be somewhat old, but here is how I fixed my problem. I was getting the error of "...cannot find pmdgoptions.dll, pmdgevents.dll... etc." This was after installing the Wilco/Feelthere E-Jets. My MD-11 and 744, both for FSX would not work. Now, this may seem a little stupid, but this helped me. I was checking out this thread on how to fix it and was a little frustrated I may have to reinstall everything. Anyway I opened the main DLL.XML file under notepad that is in the FSX.CFG folder. I was trying to figure out how I could do this when at the very end of the lines I saw that the ending had a random "e" in there. </Launch.Addon></SimBase.Document>eAs you can see after the last line there was this "e" for no reason so I removed it and saved the DLL.XML file and it worked. Even went back and added/removed that random "e" just to make sure it was the culprit, and sure enough it was. This all happened after installing the E-Jets pack from Wilco/Feelthere. As for the other add ons that you say are causing this, I personally do not know because I don't have them, but this could be the same problem. Like I said, I know it sounds stupid just for one letter to cause this, but that was my problem and my fix. :(

I used to work at SDF for UPS and was wondering why they would send the 757 for the A300's cargo. Just curious because the load capacity difference is fairly big.

Dear PMDG,A while back I purchased your 747 for FS9. I am a private pilot, and know about FMC's and the whole 9. You were the first hardcore "add on" that I purchased for flightsim. I thought it was the coolest thing to set my own waypoints (Latitude, Longitude etc.) in the FMC. I saw a flight of a NASA U2 on FlightAware and thought it would be neat to recreate it and so I did, with ease. I have since then bought a new computer that can run FSX well, and have purhased your MD-11 and 747 for FSX. I worked for a major cargo airline, and MD-11's and new 747's were the heavy hitters for the company. I talked to many of the pilots about different flights and have been able to recreate them with prefection with your products. That is how I have grown to love your products. From flights into our airport with heavy rain, snow, etc. they have all been what I have learned from the pilots. I have also flown on the simulators as well, and it is very comforting when they ask "How do you know what this does, or what do they do?" and I reply simply with "PMDG" for flight simulator. Like I said, I am only a private pilot, but it honestly feels "great" when they ask how I know so much. To set an FMC, or to have my buddy as Co-Pilot ( another PMDG'er) to help me with a landing. We are students at Embry-Riddle and sometimes get to pilot the sims. I have only had one problem with the MD-11 and that has been solved. I would also like to state my apolgies for the late response for that thread. PMDG is a great company, and I think that it is a great learning tool. I have seen many threads on "Can you land a real aircraft?" and while I personally can say "NO" unless you may be a real world pilot, you all are a great help. The only thing you all cannot create (due to certain factors, obvisouly) is the "feel" for whats going on. Other than that you all are top notch. Other than that, to sadly say, if I were on an aircraft and a real world emergency took place (which this will probably never happen), and the pilots were out of commision, if someone else said they flew on the sim with PMDG I would gladly share the cockpit with them. Just saying if the circumstances just happened to be that bad :) . You all create the realism of flying aircraft to the nTH degree and I applaud you all for that. For those that may never taste flight in the real world, or for (like me) who may never experience true commerical flight, you all make a great product. To sum up what a lot of people may want to say, I would truly like to thank you for what you do and I am very thankful that you all produce such great aircraft for us (Simmers who like to take it to the most realism). PMDG keep doing what you are doing. Every release is a masterpiece and I cannot wait to give a shot at what you all have coming next. :)

WOW. Now that is some cool stuff.

Sorry for the major delay in getting back to this. I have not been able to get on the sim as much due to other things going on. To add to the fix, I just reinstalled the aircraft and then applied the update and was good to go.

Hi all,Just wondering where I need to go to change the timing of the red beacon light? I used to work for a cargo company and the MD-11's beacons would flash in intervals of almost less than a second apart. In FSX the MD-11 seems to be a flash every 3-4 seconds. Just wondering if I can change that?

My friend I honestly have no idea what the problem could be. I do remember that we are using Flight Simulator, so if you wanted to trek across the poles then do it. Also, I think when he said "collapse" he meant it fails.

Excellent. Thanks a lot for the help. That did indeed work. :) :)

Hi all, just wondering if anyone knows a fix to this. It seems as though the landing lights have an odd light below it. The picture below shows what I am talking about. It is the little oval light under the main lights. I know the picture may be hard to see, but from different angles it tends to be more noticable. Any help/fix would be great.

Hi all, Long time fan of PMDG, and dedicated customer. Been flying PMDG for about 4 years now, superb products, and have never once had a problem; until now. Not a big problem and I'm sure it can be fixed easily, and I have looked on the forums but could not find anything. Anyway to my post, the altitude font is a little funky and I was just curious how I could fix this. It happened once I installed the 1.2 update.

FSX all the way for me. I have a good machine that runs FSX very well. Sliders not all the way max'd, but definitely very good looking. I have installed FS9 back on this computer a few times and it runs amazing. While FSX doesnt run "as" good as FS9 on my machine, I am going to stick with FSX.