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  3. Posted

    Having read this thread I decided to give FollowMe2 a try with FSX SE. Downloading and installation all proceeded without a hitch but when I invoke the menu I get the message that FollowMe  'is not able to read the Airport Data'

    I've tried it at several airports  - default and payware (mainly UK2000) but without success.

    I've made sure that all the SimConnects are installed as suggested on the Steam forum and also have MakeRunways and DX10 fixer installed in case that's relevant

     

    I can only assime that FollowMe2 is incompatible with FSX SE but maybe someone has a solution.

     

    I'm using W10 64 btw

     

     

     

     

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  5. Posted

    I think the lesson to be learned from this thread is that Saitek gear eventually fails while CH goes on forever. That is why it is still there to go back to when other controllers give up the ghost.

    I bought my first CH gear starting in 2005 and have been using it more or less daily since then for all manner of flight sims. It is still working as well as ever apart from one lever on the TQ which is showing some slight excess movement at the detente position.

     

    Given its longevity, CH is probably a safer buy secondhand and comes up regularly on eBay e.g.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flight-Simulator-Yoke-/142217295726?hash=item211ccfb76e:g:JksAAOSw5cNYRAbR

     

    I bought a Fighterstick and Pro Throttle bundle for £90 from that source.

     

    The yoke movement is certainly not as smooth as a yoke shaft made from metal. At a Sim fair, I once had the opportunity to do a side by side comparison witha Swiss built yoke costing £600. Not surpringly the all metal Swiss yoke was noticably smoother and weightier

    but I have not had any problems wth the CH. Wiping it over with a cloth to keep it free from dust and debris seems to be all that is required.

  8. Posted

    I'm looking to complete a puzzle.

    The missing pieces are VFR Photographic Scenery - Generation X - Vol. 7 Scotland Central and Treescapes Vol. 7.

    If anyone has these or knows where I can get them from, I would be very grateful.

    Thank you.

    Vol 7 has just appeared on eBay

    Good Luck!

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VFR-Photographic-Scenery-Generation-X-Vol-7-Scotland-Central-/331878946330?hash=item4d4586d61a:g:blgAAOSwepJXXBbb

  10. Posted

    One of the more interesting features is that we implemented a "head shake" to replace the seat of the pants sensation you would get in certain instances, such as leaving your cowl flaps set too far open in high speed flight.  If you do this in the real airplane, you get a very ominous, low frequency rumble and vibration through the airframe

     

    If you have a Buttkicker installed, you'll be able to feel ithe vibration as well - assuming that the low frequency rumble is replicated. A real seat of the pants sensation.

    http://www.thebuttkicker.com/

  11. Posted

    I recently replaced my faulty Hazro IPS 27" monitor with a Dell S271DG G-Sync which is a very competent piece of equipment.

    It is a TN screen and therefore has some disadvantages compared to an IPS screen (restricted viewing angles, less rich and true colours) and some advantages (much faster response times). So its suitability depends on what you will be using it for aside from FSX.

     

    For a more comprehensive review of what is available, I would suggest visiting the following sites:

    https://pcmonitors.info/

    http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews.htm

  13. Posted

    You might find some useful information in this thread

    http://www.avsim.com/topic/460430-installation-of-earth-simulations-isle-of-man-boxed-edition/

     

    and in this guide produced by Flightstore

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12271908/ESI%20Installer%20Help.pdf

     

    The crucial element is to disconnect from the Internet during installation

     

    I managed to reinstall all my ES scenery (some from disks, some from saved downloads) by following the guide and some trial and error.

     

    You could also try copying the disks to an HDD and running from that to solve the the problem with the disks.

  14. Posted

    I use IObit's Driver booster 3 which works very well . I've also seen 'Driver Talent' strongly recommended.

     

    There seem to be many similar free programs but be aware that with all of them after installaion you will receive frequent popups inviting you to purchase the  'pro' version.

    Also be careful where you download them from and what you tick (or leave pre ticked) when installing or you might end up with a lot of bloatware/adware/malware.

  15. Posted

    That shouldn't be a problem. During the first six months, DTG issued several updates to fix problems that had come to light (particularly the  'terrain.dll' crashes) but have now stated that they do not intend to issue any more updates for FSX SE and are

    concentrating on developing their own flight sim.

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  16. Posted

    It could be due to a conflict with other scenery packages eg UTX, ORBX. Do you have any of these installed?

    Or it could be that the VFR scenery didn't install properly. I have experienced this with Horizon scenery when large areas of water appeared where there should have been none. The solution was simply to reinstall the scenery software

  18. Posted

    I've no wish to start another  FSX v X Plane debate but if you are starting from scratch again I would suggest taking a serious look at X plane

    I'm a long time user of FS starting with FS2002 but was tempted to buy XPlane by the recent steam 50%  reduction sale and am very impressed with the vanilla Xplane compared to the vanilla FSX. Add the free scenery mesh, free object libraries and free EZdok equivalent camera plugin and and it starts to look very good.

    Quality aircraft, airport, weather and scenery addons are still thin on the ground but starting to appear

     

    It is of course  64bit so forget about OOMs (VAS readings per ProcessExplorer have reached 13GB plus) and difficult installations. Everything drops into a simple folder structure - not into every nook and cranny in Windows

     

    FSX and the 500GBs of add ons that  I have will remain my sytem of choice but I will be keeping a close eye on X Plane developments

  19. Posted

    The sequence for the version that I have (Vol 1-3 bundle pack 2010) is

    Select options; "Autogen Trees – Installed by default Hi-Res Textures – Installed by default ( uncheck this option if not required) UK2000 airport compatibility files – Not installed by default –( check this item if  you own UK2000 airports only)"

                              NB nothing about tree colour

    Select the installation location for Treescapes

    Treescapes unpacks the data and installs it to the chosen location

    Treescapes extracts the data to the location of the Photoscenery after showing the locations of the Photoscenery volumes and allowing these to be changed if necessary

     

    If you still have problems, a fresh installation of the Photoscenery and Treescapes might be the best option. Or you could ask Flightstore for assistance.

  20. Posted

    I think you have two options

     

    1) Reinstall treescapes and at Stage 2 verify that the location that is shown for the Photoscenry is correct. If it isn't, browse to it using the box presented by the installer

     

    2) Manually transfer the Treescape files to the current location of the Photoscenery

     

    Both these processes are described in the Manual

     

    Alternatively, you could reinstall the Photoscenery and then install Treescapes which might result in a cleaner file structure

  21. Posted

    The 'verify path' instruction is I presume asking you to verify the path to the Photographic scenery for the United Kingdom (Horizon Generation X or Justflight VFR Real). These volumes MUST be installed before Treescapes can be installed. Perhaps you could check that they have been properly installed by examining the Scenery library and scenery.cfg

  23. Posted

    Are you sure it needs activating online? I've just reinstalled FSX SE and all addons including the box version of Treescapes 1-3. All that was required was to enter the serial number included in the box.

     

    Other ES products that use their ESI installer are a little different. It is necessary disconnect from the internet to prevent the installer trying to call a now non existant website and it will then use the DVD's installation procedure instead.

    The Flightstore website has produced guidance on this.

     

    Incidentally I found that when installing from multiple DVDs (eg the superb Isle of Man scenery) it is much easier if the content of the  DVDs is first copied to a single folder on an HDD (or preferably SSD) and installed from that.

     

    Perhaps you could try copying Treescapes to an HDD and see if that works

  24. Posted

    There's no reason why it shouldn't work as long as the disk isn't damaged but I've found that with some older add ons the Autorun can cause problems.

    It is sometimes necessary to by pass this by clicking on  'Open' on the disk icon then right click on  'Setup'  and 'run as Administrator'.

     

    Alternatively if you have FSX SE you can buy a new copy via Steam and it will install automatically.

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