OldMaintChief

You dial in the freq in the right window and you must switch it to the left window to make it active. Dave

Lock frames internally to 30 for TBM and TML to work. [GRAPHICS] HIGHMEMFIX=1 //Added TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=2048 //1024,2048,4096 [Display] TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=120 //40,80 TextureMaxLoad=6 //6, 9 Dave

Here is a test flight I use to check the limits and proper operation of ILS/AP systems. Any aircraft can be used. ILS Procedure for FSX (practice) at KSEA (B738 <39% fuel): Set COM1 to Tower 119.9. Set NAV1 to ILS RWY 34 RT 110.3. (Left Window - Active on Comm and Nav radios) Set NAV2 to ILS RWY 34 LT 117.1. (Both DMEs the same) Set GPS/NAV switch to NAV. 1. Taxi to position and hold Rwy 34 RT. 2. Don't call the tower and they will ignore you. ATC/Tower procedures come later. 3. Set AP HDG to 343, ALT to 5000, and AT AS to 250.Turn HSI CRS to 343 just for correct card situation. 4. Takeoff. Set AP/HDG/ALT/AT to ON. 5. Turn HDG to 168. Aircraft will turn to 168 and level off at 5000. 6. At 23 miles DME, turn HDG to 010 and AT AS to 190. (The LOC needle will stay active to about 25 Miles. When the DME reads about 20 miles the Glideslope (GS) needle will go active and peg to the top of the guage and the BELOW G/S light will come ON). 7. When the LOC needle comes off the right peg, set APP to ON. The aircraft will turn to center the LOC needle and HDG will dis-engage. The GS needle will slowly come down and center (~18 NM). The ALT will dis-engage. 8. Drop 3 clicks of flaps, Set AT AS to 160. Drop gear. The aircraft will fly 2.5 degree slope. 9. Drop gear and set AT AS to 150. Add flaps slowly to Full DN. 10. At 100 feet, dis-engage AT and AP, close power levers. 11. Flare/land. Do a touch and go to try it again until you can get the hang of it. Now call the tower to get them involved. Make a IFR flight plan to Vancouver, Have fun Dave

Gold is 3 disks. FSX Deluxe on 2, with no SPs. Install, activate. The third disk is Acceleration, with it's own version of the SPs. Install, activate. No need for any more SPs. Dave

Are you sure you don't have AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE HOLD on? If not, delete your FSX.CFG and let it re-build a new one. Dave

Did you first make a directory on E, such as E:\FSX or E:\GAMES? After you do, install FSX to that directory. Dave

At the bottom of the 172 panel there is a trim wheel. Can you run it up and down with the mouse pointer? Does it change your trim? Turn numlock on. Does 1 and 7 work now? Dave

Yes. Dave

Did you delete the shaders and ensure HIGHMEMFIX is in the FSX.CFG? Dave

Maybe this is what you were referring to: AM Summary With no AM entry, all main cores are used, and no HT cores (same as AM=15). The purpose of the tweek is to tell FSX to ignore core 0 and move to core 1 and put the Terrain and Textures on cores 2 and 3. Windows will still use core 0. If HT is on, AM=254 will cause FSX to also use the 4 HT virtual cores for T/T. This setting will cause the cpu temp to rise. Mine goes from 62C to 75C. The tweek should make FSX smoother without affecting fps very much. Any other numbers turn off cores for no reason. Quad core without HT, First core free and last 3 on would be: = 14. All four on = 15. HT off = 14 (4 main cores on minus core 0) Code: 0000 1110 Quad core with HT, First core free and last 3 on (no virtual cores) would be: = 84. All eight on = 255. HT on = 84 (4 main cores on minus core 0) Code: 0101 0100 HT on = 252 (all 8 cores on minus core 0) (higher cpu temp) Code: 1111 1100 Hex core without HT, First core free and last 5 on would be: = 62. All six on = 63. HT OFF = 62 (6 main cores on minus core 0) Code: 0011 1110 Hex core with HT, First core free and last 5 on (no virtual cores) would be: = 1364. All twelve on = 4095. HT on = 1364 (6 main cores on minus core 0) Code: 0101 0101 0100 HT on = 4092 (all 12 cores on minus core 0) (higher cpu temp) Code: 1111 1111 1100 Dave

BP=0 is good culprit, esp. with the flashes. Lock frames at 30. Taxi, go to ext. view, rotate view 360 3 times. Does it still stutter? A video driver change might have started this. Dave

I made a 100gb partition on my 1TB drive. I used the image backup that comes with Win7. It has saved me twice when bad programs trashed my OS. Works like a charm and it's free. Be careful of any drive system changes. I don't trust Restore to be 100%, but I know image works. Good luck Dave

I do a "image backup" of my Win7 drive before making any changes to the OS. Make a copy of any file changes in FSX. I use Nick's suggestions on 3 computer installs all had better performance. What is exactly the problem? Dave

I think you have to install FSX, not just copy it over and use FSX.EXE. You can replace the new install with the old folder/files. Dave

The X-52 throttle is the collective in FSX, except it is backwards. When you pull collective you should increase lift. Engine RPM should stay at 100%. Dave