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Does this mean that FSX aircraft can be imported into Outerra? That would be awesome.

Hi guys, I'm working overseas and on the move a lot, so I've been considering a laptop for Aerofly, which is going to be my sim of choice in future. I would also like to add that I intend to go full on into VR not long after I purchase my custom made laptop. So, my question is, will the following spec machine suffice for future development of this sim: Intel 8700k CPU 16Gb RAM 512MB M2 SSD (For O/S only) 1TB M2 SSD (For sim) 2TB Seagate hybrid drive for storage Geforce 1070GTX with 8GB VRAM 17.5 inch 4k screen Windows 10 Professional Obviously I can add additional RAM in future, and have space for an additional 2 drives in the machine. Especially interested in the toll that VR may take on the sim. Also, any word on a helicopter at all? Many thanks, AJ.

Hi Paul, Which 747 is that please? I like the blue instrument lighting. Is that a mod that you did personally? Thanks, AJ.

Hi community, Yes, I know that there is a separate forum for this, but I was hoping that my post would not get lost..... I am looking for some advice about an upgrade for FSW please. Currently, I am running the sim on an i5 3570k, with 16GB ram, a 256 ssd, and a Gtx 660ti video card. I was going to do a full upgrade, but after looking at performance comparison for the new i5 kabylake, I cannot justify the cost, so I would like a suggestion please for an upgrade: Keep my cpu and mobo. Upgrade to 32gb ram. Upgrade to a 512gb SSD Upgrade to Windows 10 Do not know which video card to buy? Recommendations please community? I love this sim, and would love to get more out of it. As usual, all advice is appreciated. Thanks, Andrew.

Hi guys, Thanks very much for your advice, the scenery is up and running in FSW now. I have to admit, even though there are a few things missing, it still looks pretty good. I intend to be doing some more flying today after I've completed my language studies. I'm an old Londoner anyway, and used to go to Southend airport frequently. Currently living in Perth, Western Australia,but still there is no payware scenery available for YPPH. I think I know why though. Great community we have here. Thanks once again. Andrew.

A32xx, I have been reading a number of posts about importing the scenery, but so far every time I've tried, it has crashed the sim to desktop. I've been copying the Scenery and Texture folders from UK2000 VFR1 int a new folder in the Addon Scenery of FSW, and manually modifying the scenery.cfg as per a few readme files on the web, but it's still causing a crash. I also tried the same with the standalone Southend scenery, but same result. Are you able to advise how you got it installed please? Thanks, Andrew.

I also forgot to mention, one thing that I absolutely love in this sim, is the new 'landing view' from the cockpit. I feel that this needs to be zoomed out a little, but of course, this entire forum is an ongoing learning process for Dovetail. Yesterday I did a quick flight from Friday Harbor to Orcas Islands in the Cherokee, and with the latest patch, it feels to me like the flight model has also been improved, thanks Dovetail for that alone. Now, if only I could get a working helicopter, and also import some of my UK2000 scenery, I will be, as we used to say in London: 'Well pleased'. Thanks, Andrew.

Of course :-) As stated in another forum, I do not have the fastest computer (soon to do a rebuild) but here goes: [SOUND] AmbientUIMusicVolume=-41.000000 AmbientUIMusic=MenuMusic01 SOUND_FADER1=0.571699 SOUND_FADER2=0.567710 SOUND_FADER3=0.400179 SOUND_FADER4=1.000000 SOUND_FADER5=0.000000 SOUND_FADER6=0.500000 UISound=1 AmbientUI=1 FESound=1 SOUND=1 SOUND_QUALITY=3 SOUND_LOD=1 PrimaryDevice={0.0.0.00000000}.{6d745a45-d39d-4d24-bd72-0c996a300f96} VoiceDevice={0.0.0.00000000}.{6d745a45-d39d-4d24-bd72-0c996a300f96} [GRAPHICS] SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10_RETAIL=206335673 TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=2048 TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD_AI_AIRCRAFT=1024 NUM_LIGHTS=6 AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1 AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=1 COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1 LANDING_LIGHTS=1 AC_SELF_SHADOW=1 AC_SELF_SHADOW_HIGH_LOD=1 EFFECTS_QUALITY=2 GROUND_SHADOWS=0 CLOUD_SHADOWS=0 TEXTURE_QUALITY=3 IMAGE_QUALITY=0 See_Self=1 Text_Scroll=1 [Display] ChangeTime=4.000000 SetupDrawCalls=1 BLOOM_EFFECTS=1 SKINNED_ANIMATIONS=1 RAINDROPS=1 CHARACTERS=1 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One very nice tweak that works in FSW and makes a noticeable difference and improvement in visuals is manually modifying the runway lights as per FSX, certainly looks a lot better in my opinion. Has anybody found anything equivalent to HideInfoText in the FSX config file? Thanks, Andrew.

Pretty happy and impressed with what I've seen so far. Like a lot of others here, I've been simming since the days of Sublogic. Also a real world pilot with single and twin time. In all of that time, I've seen some big changes, and unfortunately, many complaints, which I feel have not been justified. I still fly FSX a lot, and do a lot of testing and tweaking. As a result, I'm used to reinstalling FSX on average every quarter :-) One thing that I love about FSW is that I am yet to have the sim crash on me. :-) even though I've attempted to tweak a few things. There are however two questions that I will put to Cryss if possible please: 1. I seem to have had a slow down in frame rates since the last update, has anybody else noticed? 2. Is there any intentions to work a bit more on the colour palette? Sim still looks a little washed out to me. I admit to not having the best PC in the world, but Cryss, FSW has prompted me to do a rebuild just for this sim, so thanks to you and all of your team for all of the work. Cheers, Andrew.

A floatplane would be very nice, but something more modern, perhaps a Lake Renegade, something like that. A helicopter as well perhaps? Thanks, Andrew.

Happy to report that if the above is installed to an external folder, and manually added to the Texture folders etc, that they work a treat. Thanks, Andrew.

Hi community, Would just like to get some opinions if possible please. Up until last year, I had been happily simming with a Saitek X-52. This had been my faithful controller for around six years or so. Anyway, the beast finally died in a few of the axis. A good friend of mine purchased me a new one in January as a birthday present, but this one has decided to break. It feels like the shaft has broken within the lower box that holds the controller. It still moves, but below the metal spring there is a round plate that seems to "catch" when moving the joystick. Unfortunately, we have lost the contact details of the seller, and with Saitek / Mad Catz recently being purchased, I have my doubts that I would get a replacement anyway. Which brings me to my current problem: I have seen online reasonably priced, a USED X-52 Pro. Can anybody comment as to whether the build quality of the Pro is any better please? I've also been following the Thrustmaster T16000m HOTAS, which looks a good buy to me. Would anybody care to give me an opinion please? Thanks, Andrew.

Hi community, Firstly, I am not trying to pan Aerosoft, nor am I trying to start any flame wars on this forum, I just really have a single basic question. I do not have the most powerful computer; I have an i5 with 8Gb RAM, a 250Gb SSD, and a 660Ti video card. I am not in a position at the moment where I can upgrade unfortunately. I just want to know if Aerosoft scenery is any harder on a computer than any other freeware / payware out there? I tend to fly a lot of short regional flights in Europe, but at quite a few of the AS airports, I seem to get low frames on final approach. I've tweaked and tweaked lots of things, but I get a feeling that there is just a very high level of detail in the AS sceneries. I mostly fly between the UK, France, Germany, Austria etc, and I will be tracking down some freeware airports such as De Gaulle. I also recall reading once that the default scenery for France in FSX was frame hungry, but I cannot recall why exactly. I use FTX Global, and REX Overdrive only. Appreciate some opinions. Many thanks, Andrew.

hi community, I have no idea what Aerosim have done with the 787, but I thought I would drop my finding here to see if anybody else may be on the same track as myself; I am talking of course about the dreaded AS_B8.dll error. Like a lot of us, I have emailed Aerosim about this error, only to get the return email that I should reinstall my FSX. Obviously, this is hardly a choice for most of us who invest a lot of time installing and tweaking our sims. But now, I am starting to wonder if this failure is some kind of copy protection on the aircraft, my case in point: Recently I did a fresh rebuild of my computer, formatted all of the drives, etc. Fresh install of FSX to a dedicated drive. Removed most of the MS default aircraft and missions, tested, all OK. Installed all of my scenery, tested OK. Installed my favourite aircraft (including the 787) tested, all OK. Installed a new GPS into my aircraft and modified the panel.cfg accordingly, and all worked except the 787, which had the .dll crash. Uninstalled the aircraft, did a gauge clean, a registry scan and clean, removed all remnants of the Aerosim files, rebooted again, and tried a reinstall. Same crash with the same error message. Tried the above five times, and always crashed my sim. Remember, I have added nothing in between this process. So, I downloaded a tool, and decided to take a look at the suspect .dll myself. I noted a few errors, mostly in the formatting of the final lines of the .dll. All other entries within are JPGs for representation of the cockpit. Tried my modified .dll, same crash again. I was at a point of being out of ideas, when I decided to take a look at the Windows registry. Ran regedit and did a search for both Aerosim, and AS_B8.dll. How about this........in both cases, it blue screened my computer! Just doing a registry search for those entries! I've editied registries plenty of times before, and NEVER had a blue screen. I am starting to suspect that this could possibly be some sort of anti-piracy measure. Would anybody here agree? It's the only logical conclusion that I can come to. Especially unhappy about the blue screening, I will edit some other parts of my Windows registry today as a test. Would love to hear some other opinions. Thanks, Andrew.