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Cheers for the reply Dan. Yeah I think I'll just go ahead and bite the bullet, and redownload my products and install them, then if the outcome is for the worse, I'll submit a ticket. Thank you..

Hello all, I'd like to chime in since this topic has a link with my concern. Just last month my main FSX hdd had the dreaded "click" noise, which then lead to my hdd dying out. Of course I wasn't able to gain access into FSX and deregister my copy of the NGX and 777. Since then I have installed a new HDD replacement, and also reinstalled FSX, but haven't got round to installing all of my addons yet. Would I run into any issues with my licence down the line when I eventually reinstall my pmdg products? Or will it still be ok as I've still got the same system i.e motherboard, cpu etc? Many thanks, Mykel Talab

Hello Geoff, Yes came across that before and went through that procedure as stated by Pmdg when I had some issues with the operations centre not recognising my products after a windows update the other year. Since then I've booked marked that page . I have my Flytampa addons all backed up on an external hard drive, but all my oother addons I'll just need to redone load them again, which I am not too bothered about just the thought of getting everything all in order again is mind boggling. I have managed to bag myself a deal in a WD Caviar Black 1tb hdd which is due to arrive around the 29th. Just shows how vulnerable pc's can be but on the plus side we take a lot of enjoyment out of them which is pretty much an additional hobbie. Cheers for the heads up Geoff. Merry Christmas and Happy Hollidays to all

Cheers for the heads up wedgantilles. Keeping fingers crossed it should be a fairly smooth procedure getting into reinstalling everything once I install my new HDD. Many thanks

Hello, The other day was quite unfortunate as I was looking forward to getting some pmdg NGX action. To my surprise once I fired up my PC, I heard the dreaded "click, click, click" coming from my HDD. My HDD has only several games on it, and mainly for running FSX and all it's addons that make the FSX world more enjoyable. Now in the bios it doesn't recognise the HDD anymore and since I cannot access any of the data from my dead HDD would there be an issue when I reinstall FSX along with my PMDG products being the NGX and 777s? I remember going through the introduction manual where it mentions that to deactivate a pmdg addon it is normally done through the FMC, but since I can't access FSX and any of the addons anymore would this have an adverse effect when I get round to reinstalling them again? I have already taken off the program installation in the windows control panel section along with the liveries etc. Some addon sceneries came up with "Invalid F:drive". If there's anyone who has come across this unfortunate issue (dead HDD) where they weren't able to access any of the data and went ahead with installing all their addons again without a hitch, it would be nice to have some pointers. Many thanks, Mykel Talab

For me it was the original pmdg 747-400 queen of the skies and Level-D 767-300ER back around 2007. To be fair I quite miss a good immersive 767 for todays standards, but I haven't fired up the level-d 767 since around 2012. The good old pmdg 747-400 queen hasn't been airborne for me since November 2012 as well. Quite miss them both, but I guess the newer version of the queen is round the corner at some point

Cheers for the info. A more updated version of Sochi I think is lacking.

Hi there jetsmell. Hopefully the link I attach will guide you in the right direction . When you download, it should appear in your download folder. When you execute the setup (can't remember if it was in the Flight1 wrapper) point it to where your fsx/fsx-se root folder is. Hope this helps. http://www.simforums.com/Forums/ezca-v1187-p3d-v3-available-for-download_topic53929_page1.html

KPAE would be amazing to have. The guys at IDS are doing KBFI so that's another option on the horizon.

@captain420 VTBS is already done by aa sceneries.... the same guys who did Kuala Lumpur @Anders Gron Taxi2gate are apparently got Charles Gaulle in the pipeline, so expect unnecessary HD textures and a fairly buggy scenery :(

When fsx was first shipped out back in 2006, dx10 was incomplete hence the "dx10 preview". So there will be a number of bugs and anomalies that you will come across. On the other hand, if you use steve's dx10 fixer it will fix pretty much 99.9% of the issues making dx10 usable. Link below is where you'd be able to find it. https://stevesfsxanalysis.wordpress.com/how-to-purchase/

Very nice shots! Thank you for sharing! The Caucuses looks quite different compared with the Caucuses in DCS world. What addon sceneries were you running may I ask? Because by the looks of it could this be FS9? As I remember there was a great freeware Sochi scenery back around 2009 with AES compatibility but I don't think this is available for FSX/p3d these days :(

Damn you beat me to it @PaulGR ! They make some gorgeous liveries but some are also fictional. Another good one that I'd like to share is hangar226. Quite a majority of their liveries are already in the avsim library, but there are some in there that might not be in the library, another good place for liveries. http://elmikey.wixsite.com/hangar226

As some have stated, in the continent of Africa, would love Joburg, Cape Town, Windhoek some nice high altitude action around 5,600ft and Dakar in Senegal not too far for a short flight up to the Canaries. There's still a void in the Japanese region, but I heard wingcreation are updating a newer version of Narita, then Haneda might be on the horizon? It was welcome news that flightbeam studios have NZAA Auckland in their sights, so I am still crossing my fingers that will get a greenlight

It was back around late 1996 early 1997 I got introduced to Jane's combat simulations ATF on msdos by a friend. Since then I was hooked and look back with very fond memories. Then eventually I saved up all my pocket money and got Fighters Anthology on Windows 95 when my dad got my first pc. For MS Flight simulator I also remember fondly of a mathematics tutor at the time was quite an avid flight simulator enthusiast, as he would let me try out his FS 95 after tuition, through FS95 I remember he would setup a scenario where we'd work out time and distance using long multiplication and division to make it more interesting. Since then I have just embraced everything related to aviation.

I haven't bothered jumping onto the Steam version, it should really be making the switch over to p3d. Like the others mentioned, if you'd like the multiplayer function; but there is vatsim,ivao and pilotedge for that which is a far more authentic and realistic place for atc. Unless you are using the dx10 fixer that manged vas in a more efficient way compared to dx9, and the dx10 fixer also works with steam version. Honestly I would say save the cash and maybe get the dx10 fixer for your fsx, or just keep saving for p3d. Regards

+1 on get the NGX reboot first I myself use the legacy NGX fs2crew as I haven't been doing much flying in the virtual world lately, but I will be getting my copy at some point. Also use the 777 fs2crew and works up to it's high standards thanks to byork and the fs2crew team. It's nice to have a virtual FO with you, especially on climb-out having to switch frequency then saying "set xxx decimal xx on com 1". Saves not having to look down at the radio stack and just concentrate on flying the aircraft. As byork mentioned, use the button version first so you can observe the flows, and i hear with the NGX reboot with different sop's simulating different carriers puts in some variety into the mix. One of the downsides to the voice version is you may get a few heads turning when people (who lives with you) might think you've just lost it when you start talking to your PC. Hehe!

Pretty much on the same water vessel as you Kuragiman and xxx amount of other simmers. Even though I am not a streamer the background "screen saver" sounds pretty amazing in itself. Plus for any trackir users it'll be trackir ready (from the sounds of it on their site). Counting the months until retiring ezdok, but for sure ezdok has done and served its purpose very well over the years. Teadiousenessess (??) were a mine field, but worth it when it got working how you wanted it to

I had the exact problem as well. Launched version 1.9.x then crashed. So I managed to find and download version 2.1.2.15 and that works fine and as it should. Just make sure you've saved your previous inspector profile and then import that into your FSX (FS10) or prar3d profile. As for the anniversary edition, only realised that the start menu is a little more tidy.

@bluepanorama scroll down to the Main Files section, then click on Ordenador then proceed to your download. As mentioned in a few earlier posts on here, don't go crazy downscaling all your textures and always make a backup, but it does that automatically as well. @Michael Moe p3d definitely seems to be the way forward especially looking at the long term. Just curious though since you're on p3d, how would you think an i5 3570k overclocked at 4+ ghz would perform with p3d? Only main aspect holding me back on p3d is of course the cost of it, then having to repurchase the pmdg aircraft. Eventually will make the switch

@downscc I downloaded the Ordenador tool as linked by a user somewhere on the previous post. Of course making a backup of the texture folder (in this case Taxi2gate MCO). As @Kuragiman stated with his selection, I went off the bat with that. Just loaded KMCO with the trike. Started with around 2.6gb vas left to play with. So thought, well over the past week I remember recording 700-800mb vas remaining when I loaded the FSL320x, and was thinking it'll be interesting trying to even make it into KMCO. Now loaded the 320x, and was quite an eye opener had around 1.3-1.5 vas left to play with. Using Steve's DX10 fixer. A lot of the textures on the taxi2gate MCO stock are 2048 all over. In another post based on a comparison of the VHHH imaginesim and Taxi2gate there was somebody who had trouble with oom, can't speculate what his/her settings are. But could this just clearly be Taxi2gate have really pushed their textures to the limit where we the end user are left to bite the bullet? This is the only Taxi2gate scenery I own, and have been on the fence for quite a while in getting their version of VHHH and some other destinations, but since this tool helps resizing and downscaling textures, it might just have won me over. As another user on here mentioned, other well known developers have Lite texture options available already.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but gave the tool a shot on Taxi2gate KMCO and oh my. Around 700mb was leaned! A lot of 2048 textures were in there. I am not ashamed to point fingers at the developers, but there is only one I am pointing at and that is Taxi2gate. Yes great sceneries but they are quite irresponsible in chucking a huge fish in a small pond so to speak. Wish they were like other developers where you have an option for 1024 textures or a light pack to download or straight of the bat from the installers. Cheers

@700200lrf nice shots Now you mentioned your concern for oom, and since you're on dx9, are you running Flytampa Kai Tak as well when you departed Chep Lap Kok? Considering all the addons you were running sounds like you were in the green zone and your settings are smack bang on the right spot. I am still on the fence with getting Taxi2gate Chep Lap Kok, since I've had only bad experiences at the start with KMCO. But searching around, even with KSEA, overall it seems ok. Just wanted to know how it is in terms of ooms, together with Fly Tampa Kai Tak, leaving Hong Kong and approaching if there are any issues? Cheers

Yes! Now you mentioned that, that will be something to look forward to. This certain company even put up a livestream on youtube, looks really promising indeed! It's been in the works since 2012 apparently. Anyway, that'll be the closest thing in a mini form of the MD-11 anyway.

Would be nice to have an official poll, within a reasonable time frame so the simming community can really answer what they like and developers can use that as a good guage. But saying that, we were pretty much wanting a 777 in our virtual hangers. Luckily I still have my digital copy of the Three Holer, really tempted to put it back on fsx. Those faster vref speeds really got my concentration levels up