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G'day mate,Luckily for us, there are quite a few good models of CPU cooling kits available these days. Personally, I use CoolIT Systems' Domino A.L.C. - A pre-assembled liquid cooling kit. It was reasonably easy to install and it cools my CPU adequately for my OC needs. Although, if I were to buy a new one now, I'd propbaby go for one of their newer models. Corsair also have a model or two that have had some good reviews.Most good models will suit your needs, but do a little homework before you buy. (Maybe you would be better off with a "traditional" aftermarket fan based air-cooling system, like those from Noctua.) Just don't buy the most expensive - they rarely perform in proportion to their price.Cheers,

Heheh. Yeah, mate. I have to agree. I've just upgraded last weekend from a GTX 275 896MB OC to a 2GB Golden Sample GTX460 and I'm happy as a pig in mud! I've moved my sliders up as far as I dare for now and I'm still hitting averages of 40fps flying low over forested terrain. Blinking awesome!! Happy but I'm still going to push the boundaries a little more, as we should.

Yup, that is a good book. Very well written. For any of you who also learning to fly for real, I can recommend Bruce Williams' "MS Flight Simulator as a Training Aid". It helps merge the two worlds together to complement each other. Essentially, becoming better at one makes you better in the other (virtual / real).Happy reading.

G'day mate,Sounds like you haven't assigned the right pedal to any actions in FSX.To do this, go to Settings - Controls ... then select the Control Axes tab. In the Controller type drop down, make sure the Saitek Rudder is selected, then in the Assignment list double-click the Brake (right axis) item and press the right pedal. FSX should then recognise that you want to (differential) brake when you press the right pedal. Make sure the left one is also done similarly. Then you may click okay all the way out and test it.Good luck.

G'day mate,I've had a problem similar to this. For me it happens when I minimise FSX to start another app from the start menu and when I try to return to FSX it's all blacked out yet I can still hear the sounds. I think the problem is actually driver related but there is a workaround. I discovered this quite by accident and it may work for you.If, after doing your FSRecorder thing, the FSX screen is blacked out - press "Alt+Enter" to "restore" FSX to a windowed mode. Then the visuals should return. If it is and you want to go back to fullscreen mode, press "Alt+Enter" again. The visuals should again be good.Hope that works for you.Cheers,

It doesn't list FSX, so I don't know if it'll change anything for us FSX-ers. :(

G'day, mate.Crikey, that's a weird one, but I think the problem is with your PC's sound setup. Does your system have a surround sound setup such as 7.1 or 5.1 ?If so, you may need to go into the sound utilities on your PC (eg. RealTek Mixer) and try changing the setup from a surround sound arrangement to one of plain old stereo. Once you've established that as the problem (if it is) then you can proceed to try different combinations of connections (physical and software set) until all your sounds appear.That's all I can think of.Good luck.

G'day mate,Nope, no such worries here. Please post system specs and some of your basic FS settings. Then we can work out whether your running Flying School (in addition) is what's tipping the bucket.Cheers,EDIT: Oh - you're running 2010? I have 2009, so I can't say for sure whether you have a 2010 issue. Have you looked at the FS Flying School Forum?

:( :( Well I'll be darned! It was enabled.I was almost certain that it wasn't before posting and immediately after reading your reply but checked anyways. Funny/weird/stupid thing is, even if you select "Hard" from the realism preset list, "Autorudder" remains enabled. Deselected it and wahey! - I can now do sideslips and apply my own turn balancing again.Thanks very much, trisager, mate.

G'day all,I've been having a problem for a while now in that I've noticed that the Balance Ball in the Turn Coordinator does not move. I'm sure it used to. I don't know at what point it stopped working.I also thought perhaps it was just the aircraft I was flying but I've now flown at least four different types (add-on and default) with the same problem. I fly mainly GA airplanes and a Twotter.There doesn't seem to be any reference to this in the searches I've done, so I have to ask if anybody else is having this problem and if you know how it's fixed?Cheers,

Oh, jolly good! May the Force (feedback) be with you. :( Thanks for reporting back.

Hey David,I just plugged it in, let Windows do it's driver installation and then proceeded into Windows' configuration/setup utility - found in Control Panel under "Game Controllers" - and calibrated it. Finally, I checked the controller's assignments in FSX. No worries.Have you checked that UAC is not interfering with it? Are you logged in as an Administrator?Maybe your Windows had an error while trying to install it (you did have the AC power plugged in first, right?). What I'd do is try it in another USB port. Failing that, I'd remove the device/driver using Device Manager while it's still connected; then reconnect it and let it try again.Good luck.

Hey again, Mark.I checked my Traffic Controller pages and, yes, there it is (going blind I reckon :( ). Set to 100% just like yours. I hadn't noticed (or paid attention to) that before, so it must be a default level. What I did do, though, is go over the aircraft list and check those that I wanted to appear while I'm flying. I have a fairly large and varied selection. more than the default selection I think, but it could also depend on the types that you choose (you don't see too many 747's landing at the local GA airport, eh?) :( Cheers,

G'day David,Ah, the good old MS Sidewinder ForceFeedback 2. Apparently they are still legendary in the world of joysticks! (Have a look on some FS forums / hardware reviews and they'll tell you.) I use mine on my Win 7 x64. I fly helicopters and stick-based fixed wings with it.I'm confused by your statement so I have to ask: was it working properly before you tried it on your Win 7 system? Try it on another system, such as one with Vista on (no external drivers needed - it's natively supported by Vista and Win7).Hope you don't have to go about the expense of a new one. But if you do, I support bigcav's recommendation of the Saitek X52 Pro.As for the recommended tweaks, I don't think they can be pinned, since there are so many variations and no hard and fast ones that everybody can agree on. But, Nick N's FSX Tweaking Guide has the support of an awful lot of us. :( Cheers,

Hey Mark,I vary my FSX traffic sliders between 60 and 100%, and I don't recall what I have it set to in TrafficX. In fact, I don't recall a traffic density setting there at all. :( I'll have to check and get back to you.What I do know is that I fly primarily in Australia because of the great scenery from ORBX/FTX and I use their freeware AI Traffic for Aus too. Because of potential conflict with Traffic-X AI, I have deselected Traffic-X from flying in Aus. That said, I have flown elsewhere in the world, at 60 or 100%, and I haven't seen any problems.I don't always make flight plans, so no I don't think you have to. You have the last comment right. The aircraft should be where you've asked them to be. Because I've noticed that they do tend to stick to the airports schedule pretty accurately, try loading a flight at a really busy airport at peak time to see if they are there.Cheers,