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Frank I had trouble with shimmering, especially in the distance. Tried the setting outlined in post 2 above, and hey presto they have gone! Hopefully forever! Pete

Hi Outstanding shots, and nice to see you are using good old FSX. Do you use any graphical enhancement eg Shade etc, as my scenery always seems a little washed out? Best wishes Pete

Hi Pete Any chance you could send me the link too? Sounds very interesting. Many thanks Pete

Stunning shots Michael. Virtually photographic quality. So pleased to see that good old FSX can still do the job! Pete

I was running Windows 7 on a conventional 7200 rpm WD HD, and FSX on a Samsung 250Gb SSD. Purely for devilment, I transferred FSX to a spare 300Gb velociraptor (almost no difference in loading times), and migrated my OS to the SSD. After a nerve wracking 40 minutes I restarted my pc, and wow what a difference. It loads and operates so quickly now. Eventually I will get another SSD for flightsim, but at the moment I'm dead chuffed.

Yep. Down for me too. Pete

Hi Tim Many thanks, it all works fine now and I have submitted info for verification. Nice to know I'm not going mad!! Really love the effect soft clouds is giving. Pete

Pete Ok so I'm now at home. I used the link you gave me, but i'm not really sure what you mean by click on the last page number. Why isn't there a simple response box like I'm using now on this site? I can't use the REX forums to ask for help because I can't gain access??!! I must be so stupid! I can see a box that says "You cannot reply to this topic". Is that a clue? Pete

Many thanks Pete Told you I would kick myself!! At work now, but will sort it out when I get home. Best wishes Pete

Hi Pete Yes I have looked there, and this the crux of the matter. I can't see how I enter my details into the forum topic. I'm beginning to think that senility is catching up with me!!!! Can you guide me please? I know I'm going to kick myself when I find out. Thanks in advance. Pete

Tim/Reed Sorry to hijack forum slightly. I have recently purchased REX soft clouds (already own REX Essentials). I want to verify the product but seem to be blocked from the REX forums. Could you check on this please. By the way I have been using FEX for some time, but now REX SC is defo my favourite! Pete

Hi folks I have an (antiquated ?) i7 920 running at just over 4GHz together with a GTX 480. I can't afford to change the processor/motherboard, but I am looking at upgrading the GTX 480. I run DX10 and I wish to try P3D. There are many (nearly new) 770's out there at the moment at reasonable prices, although I could afford a GTX 970.. Do you think the latter would be a good move for me, or would the present processor throttle any advantages? Any suggestions gratefully received. Pete

Hi Enrico toriu beat me to it !! Pete

Enrico I too had a lot of shimmering when I first went to DX10 (and I came from P3D v1.4). However, I looked at other people's settings and followed Paul J's manual to the letter, played a little with Nvidia Inspector and solved the problem. Ok it isn't 100% perfect but you have to look really hard to detect any slight shimmering. But the advantages of DX10 outweigh this. Hope you can get it sorted. Best wishes pete

Hi I originally moved from P3D v1.4 to FSX DX10. I love DX10 at the moment. It suits my system, I have no problems with add ons and the cockpit shadows instill another layer of immersion. Plus I can now use ASN (not available for P3D v1.4) . I have tried P3D v2.2 and agree it is the future, but my system can't really handle all the eye candy, and with the wait for compatible add-ons, I asked for a refund. LM were great and there was no problem. When I eventually upgrade, I will almost certainly go back to P3D, but at this moment in time I'm very happy with DX10. Pete

Howard. I sympathise. I went from Fsx to P3D v1.4 then tried P3D v2.2. Admittedly my system is now quite lowly (i7 o/c to 4.2 and GTX480) but I couldn't fly with any of the goodies turned up so I'm going to ask for a refund. At the moment I'm having pleasing success with FSX DX10. It's smooth and I love the cabin shadows AND I can still use my FSX planes and scenery! I'm sure P3D is the future, but need to upgrade hardware first. Best wishes in finding a solution. Pete

Hi folks I'm using P3Dv1.4 at the moment. Was given an X52 pro by my son who had migrated to a yoke. MFD screen worked fine with the radiostack. Then I made the mistake of upgrading the drivers (silly me) to the v7 type. MFD stopped working. Investigations showed that v7 drivers are not good with the X52 pro. Used WhiteKnuckle's method above to get rid of everybit of Saitek software and then reloaded old v6 driver (not SST). Guess what, it all works again (yes, including radiostack). I now control things (flaps, gear etc) using a combination of FSUIPC and LINDA and the buttons/switches on the X52 pro. There is hope after all ! Pete

Hi If you have FSUIPC, then go to the "Miscellaneous" tab. There is a check box there which will operate the "Mouse Look" function. I got mine working this morning. Pete

Computers are weird animals! I used to run my i7 920 o/c to 4.2 with HT turned off. After a fatal FSX crash, I then started using P3D. Now I'm running P3D at 3.8 with HT turned ON and with no use of the Jobscheduler tweak, and it's smooth! Can't explain it, but it's working lol. Pete

Ported over 5.4b using estonia migrator. Everything working as per FSX including aircraft on the ground. Next big test is Pro Flight Emulator! pete

Hi My experience with P3D is interesting. Up until a fatal crash of FSX about two months ago, I didn't bother with P3D although I had purchased the academic version. Then I decided to run P3D and FSX side by side just for interest. I tweaked both minimally and with the same tweaks. I installed several ORBX regions and airports and some UK2000 stuff. I used the simlauncher GUI mentioned above (great program) and also used Opusfsx for the weather (another great program), and have ported stuff over using the Estonia migrator where a dual installer isn't available. Now, I'm a low and slow guy, but for me, I can see a difference between the two. P3D is smoother (with minimum tweaking), and the graphics seem sharper (I use Nvidia inspector for both). Very strangely, I have turned on HT (using an i7 920) with no use of the Jobscheduler tweak. In FSX I get microstutters (not surprising) but in P3D it was smooth (!) This isn't a scientific comparison, but my gut feeling was that P3D was the better bet. I have now got rid of FSX and I'm perfectly happy with P3D. I have got a lot more testing to do and aircraft and scenery to add on, so in a couple of months I may have changed my mind! Just thought I'd add this for information. Pete

I own REX , AS2012 and Opusfsx. Although the two former progs are great in their own right, the most realistic weather I have ever experienced comes from Opusfsx in combination with FEX clouds. This whole RW weather question is very subjective and is down to personal taste. Other than the REX sparkling wave animations (which I like very much) I personally wouldn't rush out to get REX taking into account what you already have at your disposal. As stated above, if you were starting anew, then yes consider REX, although I would recommend Opusfsx in preference. Probably no help at all, but just some personal thoughts! Pete

Mario, I too have REX and AS2012. Both very good pieces of software, but I have found OPUS to give me the most realistic representation of Real World weather so far. It is also very simple to set up and use.I also have used EZDOK and yes it is very good although can be fiddly to set up. I now use OPUS cameras because they work straight away in P3D which (for me) wasn't the case with EZDOK. They are quite easy to set up and work well. The only disadvantage is that you can't adjust them whilst actually flying - which you can do with EZDOK. However, Stephen and Cheryl are, I believe , working on that one and I find I can cope without that facility quite readily. I highly recommend OPUS to you. Best wishes Pete

+1. This is an amazing program. So good that although at the moment I'm running FSX and P3D side by side (coward that I am !), I'm seriously considering getting rid of FSX altogether. Well done Maarten

Hi Problem solved - I wasn't parked in an official parking bay. Once I had corrected that, everything worked fine. Pete