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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.

I'm not the hardcore Add-On user, but I do use them and don't fly without. The most important ones for me include ASN and Ultimate Traffic 2 and some "light" aircraft add-ons like Overland. I know that ASN doesn't support FSX-SE yet, so if I decide to get it I'll wait for that. How is the general compatibility with Add-Ons and what about AI Aircraft from FS9 (which work fine with the original FSX) But my main question is, is it worth getting it for the improved performance and will I notice the difference when using it with Add-Ons, which can be FPS-drainer themselves ... I've heard from Simmers that you can even get double the FPS compared to the original FSX. Cheers,

It's funny you should say that, because on another Thread they say that 600W is barely enough. I don't use P3D, just FSX and other Simulation games (City Builders, Kerbal Space Program, Transport Sims, etc...) and I want to get GTA V on PC as well.

Ok so I pretty much got my system I'm planning to get, but I'm really having a hard time choosing the video card. This is my planned system: Intel i5-4690k @ 3,5 GHz ASRock Z97 Extreme4 be quiet Pure Power L8 730W CM 8GB DDR3 1600 CL9 GTX760,960 (970?) I was initially planning to get the MSI GTX760 TF, but apparently the GTX 960 seems to be significantly more powerful from what I've read. I know everyone is recommending the GTX970, but my main issue here is price and the difference here isn't that small. €240 for the GTX960 and €360+ for the GTX970. Let's say I would be ready to invest that extra €120+ will I be able to get the mose of it on that system?? I've read that i5 with GTX?6? or GTX?5? is better balanced than with GTX?7? or GTX?8?. If I just have to spend the extra €120 for the video card I might actually consider it (especially to have that settled for the future), but if I will have to upgrade the CPU, the power supply, etc.... to get a real difference than that's too much for me.

Oh well I guess I can spare another €15 to go with 700W.... surely that's got to be more than enough for the time being.

One more thing.... I will upgrade the PSU from 500 to 600W. Is 600W enough for the time being?? And how essential is the mainboard? I heard ASUS is always a good bet when it comes to MB. ASUS Z97-A would also be an option, ASUS Z97-A or the Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H??

Yeah I'm sure that will do for now as for now I'm happy to keep FSX rather simpel (except for weather, traffic and a few decent add-on aircraft) and then upgrade step by step in the future. I'm not going to overclock just now (as I'll wait a little for the cooler), but can I do a lot wrong when overclocking and is it a difficult procedure?

This is my own configuration. I don't use P3D and I don't use FSX in it's highest (Add-On wise). I'm pretty happy with default airports (just 3rd party AFD and little enhancements) and don't go extreme on scenery textures either. I rather enjoy FSX in it's variety, so the aircraft Add-On by me is at medium.... this way I can enjoy a great variety without huge quality gaps. I like to go high on traffic and I use ASN for weather. My current Q6600 (2,4 GHz) with ATI Radeon 4850 HD 512 MB, 3GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3 can handle FSX with for me satisfying settings and get 25fps with ASN and traffic as long as I don't go to big airpots like EGLL or EDDF (it drops down to 7-10 fps). So I'd find it hard to believe that my current posted config for the new one doesn't give a significant leap Performance wise compared to the old on (even without overclocking). I really feel the 4790k is overkill for my current desires...... all in good time, but certainly I will be happy with this for the next 1-2 years. The problem is I'm in need to upgrade the whole smack.

Well I don't have the extra € currently that's the problem. Going from 760 to 770 or 970 is an additional €100 and that setup with 4690k and Z97 is already €60 above that what I planned to spend. 128GB will do for the moment as I'll use my SATA 500GB from the old computer as additional storage. I don't tend to overlock from start as I want to see what it can do for now. In time I'll add the cooler and try to overclock. I might add another €10 or €20 for 600W, but that's it. Mainboard is ok?

Ok now as I found a good retail close to where I live (which lowers risk of recieving shipments that got broken during delivery) and it barely adds to the total cost this is what I'll be setting up. I downgraded a bit, because I do feel I might spend money for components I don't need (or don't need yet). Anyway here it goes: Intel i5-4690k @ 3.5 GHz Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H MSI GTX760 Twin Frozr 2GB be quiet Pure Power L8 500W SSD SanDisk 128 GB 8 GB DDR3 RAM Fractial Design 2500 Please note that when it comes to Add-Ons my main focus is on weather (ASN), traffic and medium quality aircraft. But when it comes to airports I mainly use AFD improvements to the default (Ray Smith, etc...). I may also use one or the other texture enhancements, but I'm not the Simmer that pumps FSX with massive "steroids". Weather and Traffic are the most important features for me. So will this setup be enough with future potential. I initially considered i5-4690 with H97 Plus, but i5-4690k with Z97X adds another €60 and if it gives a signifant bonus on performance I'd add that, but this is pretty much the limit of what I'll spend. Also what about the grafix?? First I considered the R9 280 3GB, but many people say I should go with nVidia when it comes to FSX and the best I could come up with is GTX 760. Will I be able to get 20fps with full traffic and weather at beast like EGLL with this setup?

Obviously I'm going to go through a lot of tutorials when building up. The physical build up shouldn't be that much of a problem, but I'm sure I'll need a lot of help with the setup of the system. That being said what's the story about overclocking? Is it something I have to do during the initial setup or can I just play with it as I need it? Another thing.... do SSD drives also give a performance boost (I'm talking about FPS and smoothness) or is it just for faster loadingS?