MattCollins

I had to do, what seems to be, an annual reinstall of fs9 a few weeks ago. When reinstalling RC, I ended up getting 3 keys,24 hours later, because of Doug's post in April that said keys should arrive in 15 minutes. Turns out, I needed a new computer, so here I am a month later doing it all over again. This time, I got smart and only sent 1 email, but at the 20 hour mark, I'm still waiting. No, it's not in the spam. Matt Collins

Multiple times. Matt Collins

Well, the testing continues. I've disabled all the scenery except default. Even disabled the addon scenery folder to eliminate all the afcad files, no weather or wind. I even disconnected the joystick and flew with the keyboard. I haven't done that since FS3!! (Yes I go back that far.) Also tried with the default magdec file and the repair file that's available. It still drifts off course, not anywhere near as bad, but still enough to be given corrections by atc. With no wind, I'd expect it to be spot on. Hopefully, someone has a suggestion, because I'm stumped. Matt Collins

Stll don't understand how repairing the registry would fix the problem in FS9 or FSX. It didn't here. The stray afcad sounds the most plausible. I'd forgotten that from earlier FS versions. Sometimes scenery desginers, either don't know or get lazy and don't properly define the limits of the scenery. That being said, putting the magdec file in it's own folder (both the original and the replacement available online were tried and gave it top priority. Didn't help. I may have to live with it. I have way to many addon sceneries and even more afcad files. It would take me way too much time between loading and flight setup time. Matt Collins

While it may be a well known issue, none of the prescribed fixes appear to work. Tried the magdec replacement as well. Kind of funny to watch the icon track 30 degrees left of course and fly sideways along the route. Some suggestsions in another forum say it could be a scenery file for an obscure airport causing the problem, but seeing as I've got around 300 sceneries installed (I've been at this awhile), adding and removing each is not a realistic option. It's suggested that moving the magdec to it's own folder and giving it #1 priority, but I think that will only fix mag variations on the ground. I have noticed that though my LVL-D 767 is tracking the route properly, when I assign a heading, it track 5-10 degrees off course too. The solution of turning off the winds aloft seems kind of counterproductive. Kind of takes the fun out of planning based on winds aloft. Kind of like saying the autoland works great as long as the weather is CAVU. But that's me. Back to more digging. Matt Collins

Hopefully someone has an answer. I'm at a loss. I'm flying the 747 and 737-600/700 on FS9 on Windows 7 64 bit. All of a sudden, lately, neither one will hold a course using LNAV on the auto pilot. They continuously drift to the right, about 3 to 4 miles for every 10 flown, even with a quartering wind from the right. . I have uninstalled and reinstalled both. FSUIPC has been reinstalled with the most current version, and turbulence is disabled in FSUIPC and the sim options. My LevelD 767 does not have the same problem. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be happy to hear them. Matt Collins

Does it use the same servers that Microsoft uses for the stock weather in FS9 and FSX? Those haven't updated in about a week. Matt Collins

I've been using Additpro for a lot of years now from Byteforge. Great help in managing all that scenery and aircraft. He's always been quick to respond o questions I've had, also. Matt

Don't know for sure if I downloaded it from their site, or if it came with the package. I have a pair of afcad files from Imaginesim. One with static a/c and one without. There is a file in the scenery folder marked parked aircraft, or something like that. Move it, delete it, or change it to a temp file, then you insert the appropriate afcad. They released an update last year, but I haven't installed it. It appears to actually have fewer parking spots than the one I have. I don't see the old afcad option on their site anymore. Matt Collins

No question about PC Aviator, specifically. Just makin some decisions about future flight sim purchases. Also, I haven't received a single issue since last year. Matt Collins

As in, he used to to own the magazine, but still owns the website? Matt Collins

Can anyone tell me if the owner of the PC Aviator website was also the owner of Computer Pilot magazine when it went belly up, last year? Matt Collins

Hey, nice catch. The gauges are nonfunctional, but still looks a little better than the "strapped to the front of the plane" default view. : )Matt

You're not kidding. In case there's a question, here's the link to the support page where the question was asked.Matthttp://forums.xbox.com/gfw/technical_support/f/253/p/214327/1111269.aspx#1111269

I guess it's more noticeable if you watch the wind gauge changing.Matt