Gpruitt54

I am happy to see that others are using and having success with FSXWX.  I will look at ASN in order to be informed, and for the fact that so many are using it.

Besides using the earlier versions of REX, I've never used a weather engine. With REX Texture Direct, I am trying a free weather engine called FSXWX.  It is a small .EXE file that I place in a directory and provide the path to the file inside of REX.  I ran FSX-SE and while running the weather engine interface in order to see what the weather engine was doing.  I flew a route out of Portland toward Seattle.  I was impressed at all the effects both visually and physically (in-cloud turbulence, clear air turbulence, gusts, etc) on the plane (Carenado King Air C90B HD). Above all, I liked the low use of system resources.  

I will read up on how to setup ASN.  If it is as easy as using FSXWX, I may consider giving it a try. But, it is hard to beat an effective free option.

i recently installed REX4 Texture Direct with Soft Clouds. In the General Setting section there is a spot for the bath to a weather engine. I thought that is what Rex4 Texture Direct with Soft Clouds was doing. I once owned an early version of REX2, and it (so i thought) pulled weather information from external sources and generated weather in FSX.

So then, What is REX4 Texture Direct with Soft Clouds if it is not a Weather Engine? I am not interested in buyng another tool because for weather. That is why I bought REX4 Texture Direct with Soft Clouds. I am looking at free options like FSXWX (http://www.plane-pics.de/fsxwx/home.htm) but I want to ask you buys about this specific tool or a better, easy, and stable tool that will work to generate weather for Rex4 Texture Direct with Soft Clouds.

Any help you guys can provide will be appreciated.

I am running FSX-SE.

thanks for responding.  I really like the PMDG aircraft. Now that there are patches for the 737NGX, that plane is on my wish list for FSX-SE.  I am all in with FSX-SE and as such, I look only for addons and patches that work with Steam. 

I will take a closer look through the General Discussion forums for news on the upgrade..

Hi

I just installed my retail disk of the 747-400 on my steam version of FSX.  The installation went fine.  I noticed some frame rate issues with the plane. Because the PMDG 747-400 has been around for a while, I wonder if there are patches or updates that might help the plane work better with FSX.

Are there patches for PMGD 747-400?  I see patches/service updates  for 777 and 737, what about the 747?

Thanks

Greg Pruitt

hey greg this will solve your problem, it solved mine and i bought mine from best buy aswelljust follow these links and look over the part where it tells you to change the "regedit" hope that helpshttp://forum.qwsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=646http://ops.precisionmanuals.com/wiki/FSX_Trust_DLL_Policy

Greg, your question better addressed to the forum moderators. See: http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=245586Although this topic was debated to death to the point where the Moderator states any posts arguing this requirement will be terminated. I recommend caution in your questing of them should you choose to do so.My personal position is that it is PMDG's prerogative to operate their forum in any manner they see fit. Ours is to comply or choose not to participate, free choice. Also I have made some pretty in-depth responses in posts where the initiator failed to sign his post. Those posts were deleted and all my hard work with it. I personally vowed not to offer assistance to those that did not comply with forum rules going forward.PMDG obviously want to attempt to afford themselves some form of protection against providing support to pirates. They will check forum names provided in the forum against names of those that have made purchase.I personally as a mature individual prefer to address those on forums in a mature manner by proper name. Quite frankly I am far more comfortable in the PMDG forum in that respect than any other forum in which I participate. It always seemed strange to me addressing Obi-Wan Kenobi on an i7 clocking issue. As far as your right to privacy, you have the option to choose not to participate and protect yourself against any perceived infringement upon that right. Participating in this forum is not a requirement of receiving support. Additionally all but making comment in this forum does not require any identification. In other words free to read you simply cannot write if you choose not to identify yourself.The forum is provided as a place for PMDG supporters to receive and offer support. Not debate freedom of information or privacy issues. Those wishing to dispute those issues and not abide by the forum rules here should consider starting their own forum on such matters.I mean it really isn't that big of a deal except to those that choose to make it one. My comment not directed at you personally.

The inability or unwillingness to follow written instruction as basic as type your full name on your posts is not encouraging to those that otherwise may be in position to afford assistance.I suggest rectifying that situation first then take it from there.Alternatively as Geoff and Dan already stated, (see the trend?) send an email to pmdg support.

I use a program called FSBuild. Several others use a program called Vroute.Troy

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Greg,I can understand your issues. When we all first walked aboard and looked at the controls, systems and settings...all a bit overwhelming. But, like the old phrase, 'eat an elephant in small bites'. Read the type rating manuals on the PMDG site. Look on Youtube for many many tutorials for the PMDG...The FMC is not too difficult once you dive in. A great FMC tutorial I used many moons ago was...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzG5IYgVFWo Several sessions, but it walks you through the setup and the flight. Hope this helps.Regards

Greg, the forum is mostly hobbists just like you and a few pmdg moderators check in occasionally. They want full names, not that most of us care one way or the other. Direct support from pmdg is only available via email. If you email them, make sure you get an automated response to ensure they got your inquiry. It's kinda fishy your buddy isn't asking the question himself, that's probably the reason for the hesitance in helping you. Try the email route.

Hey Greg,The answer is, yes and no really. There is no way to get the GPS1000 to work with the systems that they are coded for, or by itself for that matter. The depth and coverage can be a bit overwhelming, but there is no need to learn everything about the systems to do successful flights. I started off with the PMDG 747 and after doing a tutorial or two, just did as I was told without fulling grasping the systems. After a little while and as I got more comfortable with the basics I started to learn more and more, then as I started doing long distance flights I would often scan the manuals and incooperate more and more things. I learn something new everytime I read them and it adds more and more as you decide what you want to learn next. But there really isn't much to learn to get in, load a flight plan and get to where you're going. The exciting aspect is as you do learn more (And you definitely will), it only adds to your entire sim experience. The truth of it is, some get intimidated and if they were to use something like the 1000, they would probably never break free from that comfortability and learn anything else. I recommend the tutorials as well as AOA's DVDs . The DVD's are top notch and great for reference as well. You could even find loads and loads of videos on youtube. You have in your possesion, a very accurate, highly detailed, well designed model of the real deal. If you rather fly with systms like the Garmin 1000 then your not giving yourself a chance and might want to just edit the panel of the default 747. Give it a valiant effort and you'll be surprised.

The person posting this issue did not say he had a CD crack installed on his system. Are we getting of course. Greg

Please sign your name to posts in this forum.No, the PMDG 747 has a very functional navigation system, much more advanced than the default Garmin. Visit the PMDG Ops section and get the tutorials.

Hi ??Forum rules require you to supply full name, otherwise you risk your post being locked out..Suggest you send off a support request to PMDG with your order No etc. Make sure you get an automated reply, if not, they did not receive your email. Sometimes it is easier to open a free email account with someone like Gmail, which seems to work ok.Regards

Recently, I purchased two copies of PMDG 747-400X. I installed one copy on my PC and my buddy installed the other on his PC. My install went easily. However, my buddy says that his install also seemed to go smoothly. However, he tells me that when he selects the PMDG 747-400 from the aircraft menu and after clicking OK, Flight SIM X crashes back to the initial load screen.I have not seen this first hand, so I am writing this based on his accounts and my questing him on what he is seeing.We are both running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with 4 gig of ram, Q9550 Core 2 Quad processor, Nvidia 9800GTX video card with 512 of ram. Other add on air craft are installed on our machines and running with no issues.Any idea as to what this appears to be?

I recently bought the 747-400X from Best Buy and I am learning a lot about this aircraft - having a blast with the level of detail on all the systems. Will Best Buy be selling the MD-11, J41, and the up coming NGX? If so when can we expect to see the MD-11 and J41 on the shelf?Thanks,David Beland

Is there a way to force the FSX Garmin GPS with work with the PMDG 747-400X model? As it stands, there is no option to display the FSX built-in Garmin GPS to display for use during a flight.Yes, I know that the 747 did not come with a Garmin GPS as part of its equipment. I simply want to be able to use it as I learn how to fly the big jet.Thanks