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Yeah it really was a great flight and I equally enjoyed it very much, despite flying "semi" alone (as I did have a virtual co-pilot haha). Anyways I'm looking forward for more fun with you folks up there and hopefully some more interested flight simmers out there. Take care everyone and fly safe Cheers, Amadeo

I have to agree there. The first time I did connectee flight deck I was thrilled and couldn't stop thinking about it for days. Shared Cockpit + plus VATSIM really is only topped by the real thing. I, too hope PMDG will add this feature. I think nowadays it should be as crucial as an FMC for a payware product

I will join in, too later on. I've sent you a message captain420

FSX, FSX, FSX!! Alright that was a 'desperate' attemp to dump the P3D price a little ;-). Can't wait to fly her in and out of EDDF.

Hey there, To be honest I have no idea what to search for, for this issue. So I've installed and flown all the 737 variants (including expansion) and the same goes for the 777-200LR/F. I haven't realized that I haven't used the 77W yet after installing it into P3D, because when I wanted to fire it up today it asks me for the activation. Ok no problem. Did that, activation accepted, but when the aircraft loads nothing happens, everything dark and no (18?) seconds initialization. So I thought Ok restart the Sim and that should probably do it. Nope, it again asks for activation, which it accepts, but the same problem with everything dark, no initialization. I want that I get a "forced program exit", although I myself am quitting P3D. Maybe entering the code during the loading process is too much to handle for P3D, so is there anyway I can enter the code before loading the scenario?? Although I can't remember doing it anyway different for all the other products and it worked without issue. Thanks, Amadeo UPDATE: Ok I know what went wrong. I was using my FSX key. Problem solved.

Sounds good. Looking forward to read from you. Cheers,

Haha with all those A380 piled next to each other on the real shot you might think THAT's the Sim shot, because FS/P3D tends to overuse AI aircraft. Very nice :-)

Hey there, As the title suggests I'm looking for a flying companion/some flying companions to have fun flying together (preferably on online networks like VATSIM or IVAO) and also just sharing experiences, etc... on flightsim generally. Perhaps even do some Shared Cockpit together. Anyway first of all some information about me. I'm 31 years old, from Austria and have been flight simming since FS4 in 1995. I also have real flying experience with real GA aircraft (C172), but in the simulator I mainly do Airline flights. Thanks to my new hardware I recently started to "tune up" my Flightsim, including the switch to P3D v3, with aircraft from PMDG (737,777), Aerosoft (A32X) and Majestic (Q400) and many scenery like FTX Global/Vector and some regions, a number of airports from FlyTampa, Aerosoft, FSDT, Flightbeam, etc... and additional software like ASN, PFPX, Navigraph Charts, ....!! First of all I'm looking the main thing I'm looking for is fellow flight simmers to have fun with. It's perfectly fine if you're not that experienced. I'm happy to share my experience and also learn from yours. Yet the goal should still be "As real as it gets" and if we fail trying . So if you're interested just let me know and I'm happy to share some of my contact details. Looking forward for some answers. Here are also some software information * = highly recommended you have this or at least a good alternative ** = Shared Cockpit flights possible *** = Shared Cockpit flights possible with "Desk pilot", although I haven't got it yet Prepar3d v3.2 Navigraph Charts PFPX + Topcat Active Sky Next* FTX Global/Vector + openLC EU/NA + all regions from NA and Oceania PMDG (737,777)*** Aerosoft A32X** Majestic Dash 8-400** Various 3rd party Airports Cheers,

Hey there. I mainly fly on VATSIM, too. And have planes like the PMDG 737/777, Aerosoft Airbus and Majestic Q400 in the hanger. Although I still need to get Desk pilot for shared cockpit functionality for the PMDG birds. I'm using P3D v3. Anyway let me know if you're still interested. Cheers,

FSX barely got above 60°C accoring to RealTemp and it idles at 30°C (the number showing in the traybar). And it's running at 1,212 V with the settings I currently got for 4,5 GHz. So I guess I can keep it this way and finally quit starring at the temps and stats. Eventually (perhaps when summer kicks in) I will get a high-end cooler, but since I just bought this one and when the temps seem ok I'll stick with this one for the time being. So to sum it up 60-70°C won't give me problems in the long run (even when running for several hours as I do look forward for some long-hauls on PMDG 777 when I get it)

I'm using BeQuiet pure rock air cooler. I'm using the ASRock Z97 Extreme4 mainboard. With the Auto 4,5 GHz setting it sets it to 1,232 V. I'm using HWMonitor from CPUID to measure the Temps. But I just downloaded RealBench and see what it says. RealBench results: Ok so I ran stressed via RealBench for abour 4 minutes just to see where the temps are going. It was around 65-70°C and peaked at 72°C so says HWMonitor. But I also have to consider the fact that it's the cold season. I can't obviously tell what the temps will read during the hot season.

Hey there, So I finalized my PC upgrade and with the new cooler I thought I might try a bit of overclocking (i7-4790k). I used the standard 4,5 GHz settings from the ASRock Z97 BIOS and when running FSX-SE with some premium Add-Ons --> Aerosoft A320, FTX Global, ASN, EZdok, 50% Ultimate Traffic 2 settings (I'm using 50% UT2 just for testing since I switched to flying online, which would obviously give much less traffic). Anyway to the actualy question.... my CPU stays steady between 60-70°C when running FSX. Are those temperatures safe considering FSX (or other software) might run for several hours?? Or do I have to tune down the overclock? PS: IntelBurnTest went up to 80-90°C

Hey folks, I mainly use Overland/SMS models. I keep my FSX rather simple.... I only use AFCADs (as long as available) with default airports and try to get enhancements that keep it global (I wouldn't use Ultimate Terrain e.g., because it's just locally). This way I can fly where and with what I want without anything standing out because of a huge quality gap (imagine a flight from flytampa KSFO to default KABQ or flying with a PMDG 737 and the next flight with a PAD CRJ-200). Aircraft in the level of Overland blends in quite well with this setup and VirtualCol complements Overlands fleet on the regional side quite good as far as I could tell. I'd like to add that Virtual Interior (no cabin is ok, but no cockpit is a no-go for me) is a must which unfortunately keeps me away from many great freeware aircraft like Project Airbus A32X. I got the E170 and E190 and so far I'm quite pleased to see that I more or less got what I expected. But I noticed a significant difference between the 170 and 190 from the little testing I've done. I tested take-off on both with 100% fuel and the E170 seemed to skyrocket, while the E190 was more what I've expected. Is this normal and if not perhaps some suggested tweaks to this? Thanks and regards, Chris

Hey folks, Finally got my new system up and running and it seems everything is good and working well. I'm totally new to Windows 7 (64-Bit) so maybe someone can help me out. I'm using a USB modem for my internet connection. It's not much but it does the job and for me it's enough for the time being. On my old system (Windows XP 32) it appeared to be faster than on my new system. There also appears to be large traffic in the background on my new system (Mobile Partner shows 1 MB/sec downloading), but the only download I'm aware of is Steam downloading at 120 kb/sec (Peak). Did Windows 7 install something that is causing this huge traffic transfer, which is extremely reducing my download transfer?? It's getting a little frustrating and I'm looking forward for some potential solutions. Thanks in advance and best regards, Chris

Ok the situation has changed a bit and I have a little extra available to spend, but I'm still a facing a little decision problem here. I was able to obtain a MSI GTX 750 (2GB) from a friend to get the last juice out of my current PC to soften the wait for the new one. It did give me some improvements, but of course the Q6600 still won't get the most out of the GTX 750 I guess. Anyway the wait is over.... This week I'm off to get my new rig. Unfortunately the fact that I still need a Win7 64-bit copy is going to limit things a litte (unless someone has a suggestion for the cheapest way to get it here in Austria). Generally (unless someone has a better idea) these are my current final decisions for the following parts: Mainboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme4 Power: BE QUIET! Straight Power 10 600W RAM: 8GB DDR3 Now comes the decision problem: i5-4690k or i7-4790k. Like other I don't feel very comfortable with overclocking ... at least now for the time being. The i7-4790k is certainly possible if I save the video card for another day (late summer this year). So will I have any problems with a temporary combination of 4790k and GTX 750??? Or should I go with 4690k and decent Grafix right away?? I'm leaning towards the temporary option with the 4790k as I guess I will (even with the 750) get better perfomance than with my old rig (Q6600, 3GB DDR2 RAM, Win XP 32-bit) and then eventually make the "jump into hyperspace" in summer with the GTX 970.