mlswartz

I had a similar problem where AI aircraft would disappear when certain scenery was loaded and you flew in its vicinity. In my case it was FS2004 AI flight plans being used in FSX. I used a program called AI Flight Planner to convert the flightplans to FSX and the problem went away.

I learned this the hard way, so I thought I'd share this tip that I haven't seen posted anywhere before.I was getting FSX Accel CTD whenever I flew between KVNY and KLAX and it was driving me nuts. The cause ended up being an add-on scenery that I had downloaded off the web some time ago. During the debug process I developed this quick screening method.If you're installing a new scenery item:- Install your new scenery item- Go to settings and move your Airline Traffic Density slider above zero, sufficiently to create some airline traffic in the area you are flying.- Go back to the normal flying view, right click anywhere and select Air Traffic and then any of the listed aircraft.- If the aircraft is visible with no problems then the scenery will not cause CTD's; if it is bad FSX will immediately CTD (in Vista you'll get the "Stopped Working" dialog)If you've already got the CTD problem then: - Uncheck all of the scenery from the Scenery Library in the area you are flying. - Go to settings and move your Airline Traffic Density slider above zero, sufficiently to create some airline traffic in the area you are flying. - Go back to the normal flying view, right click anywhere and select Air Traffic and then any of the listed aircraft.- Add back each scenery item one at a time until you get the CTD and you've found the offending item.Hope this is helpful.

Yes, sorry I forgot to mention. DX10 is one of the features bragged about in running FSX in Vista. Running in DX9 would defeat the advantages.

I have two PC's running FSX Accel. One is XP and one is Vista 64, so it is easy to compare some features side-by-side. Here's one I have not been able to resolve. Here's two examples. Go to KONT, parking 30 Fuel or KBOS, parking 13 Fuel. At Dawn, Day or Dusk the fuel stand is visible, but at night it totally disappears. I have seen some info on various forums about night texture issues, but have not seen this particular problem addressed. In XP this problem does not exist, but does in Vista 64.Vista 64 Home PremiumIntel i7 950 (3.07GHz)9.0 GB DDR3 RAMNVIDIA GeForce GTX285 (1 GB RAM)