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Sorry fellows, perhaps I should've said more. Yes, it's safe, I use it. It's a fully featured 717 for FS9 utilizing the HJG model

http://www.blue1va.net/public_files/tweaks/GC_VANS_MODS_v6.3.zip Only thing you need for the full experience is IGS 1 from Simmarket. A bit pricey but the panel as absolutely marvelous. You're welcome :smile:

Hi all, I'm trying to configure my water to look the way I want now that I've reinstalled FSX Steam. I have FSWC up and running and all works well, except for the actual water itself. No matter what settings I apply, the water doesn't change in FSX. The Water20.fxh file does get updated (new timestamp after I run FSWC and apply settings), but nothing in the sim changes. Things To Know (based on searching the issue) - I have made sure to press 'Apply' - All my paths are set correctly and there is no other version of FSX installed (i.e. boxed) - I have water set on Low 2.x in the sim, which should be sufficient to render the changes What I have tried - The Public Preview (couldn't even get it to run, crashes on startup with a 'can't find fsx.cfg' error) - Using the Lite version, and manually switching out the shader files from the Lite version - Running as Admin (I have UAC off but I tried anyway) - Running in Compatibility Mode Any help?

Here's another one I just took a few minutes ago

I can't speak for FSX/P3D, but I've found that setting cockpit zoom to 0.65 and visibility to 3000 in every box within FSUIPC offers a very realistic perspective in FS9

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Long live the king! FS9!

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Hello guys, I've been trying desperately to make my custom XML wingtip vortices work closely to the real world. My only snag is that FS does not seem to (or I cannot figure out how it does) simulate humidity or dewpoint. I tried to see if, just maybe, it was an undocumented variable. No luck. Then I thought that more humid air is less dense, so I'll just make them appear when the air density given an altitude fix is under a certain value. Nothing, the dewpoint variable does nothing in the FS weather menu, which means no air density change, which means no humidity simulation. So, how on Earth did you guys manage to figure this one out? If it's not too much to ask. Chris

Also ensure that 'Landing Lights illuminate ground' in your Aircraft settings is checked.

Friends, I've decided to post all my flightsim related work on my new website! http://theflightsimulationist.weebly.com/ The Flight Sim FAQ is a blog updated weekly with hard to find information or flight sim tips I have dsicovered/learned over the years. The first post is up! I also have a personally blog and a small forum for those who wish to utitlize/ Previews and screenshots of everything I have done/am doing are being posted as I udpate the website. Stop on by and take a peek Chris

Hi Brian, I don't think I need to. I've been testing a lot today, the issue is strangely gone. I've done two 737 flights and a 767 flight, nothing strange now... I'm not sure what to think. Maybe my computer just needed a good ol' restart I'll let you know if anything else happens. Chris

Hello, I've been having strange issues with some of my FS2Crew Voice Commander editions. I run FS9 and I can ensure my mic is heard properly as VATSIM comms are clear and it does work, but not without issue. On all versions, I can start a flight just fine with FS2Crew and start going through the preflight procedures, but whenever I call 'Preflight/Before Start Checklist' there's no response. I say it again and again, nothing. I have learned that pressing the down button to advance to the next checklist, then the up button to go back to the desired checklist will fix the issue. On the iFly 737 version, I have to do this to get every checklist to function. On the Level-D 767 version, I got what I can only assume to be a very rare bug while on approach to LAX. Without warning my copilot stopped responding and would just say 'Check' to any and all voice commands. Advancing the checklist and turning voice on and off did nothing. On my 737 version, the above mentioned issue is one of my main problems, but sometimes while approaching any airport my copilot will say things like 'Approach Checklist Complete' or 'Landing Checklist complete' without having done the checklist and without me saying anything at all. The last issue is that on some points in the checklist, he will get stuck, for example one time this happened during the before start check and he would just keep repeating 'CDU Preflight' no matter what response I gave it. Any help?

They posted some screenshots to Facebook, it looks absolutely incredible personally.

I found Wilco's 737 (the original, not that fugly evolution) to be pretty good, and with FS2Crew I kinda like it. Wish FS2Crew could've made something for those E-Jets, which are easily the best of Wilco's offerings. Love my regional birds. As for the Level D, I still use her and get many many hours of enjoyment from her, with Zinerteks cockpit upgrade for it and FS2Crew, its an absolute dream to fly. No need for the fancy graphics (though now they do look pretty good), just the fun of flying something like that!

Personally I'm all for the 757, that would be enough for me to switch to FSX/P3D entirely. Level D is not releasing one, time to face facts, I doubt Level D will ever release anything new. Come on PMDG! Cater to me and make MY dreams come true!

PrecipitFX vastly improved the way rain and snow looks, standstill and moving. Not to mention a whole host of other stuff. Definitely worth the cost.

The iFly team is planning the 747-8 in the not-so-far future however...

Yes, those are the beacons. They are normally located on the top and bottom, and are quite powerful.

Hi, I have a custom one I made myself. I can't vouche for it's realism as I've never flown a 777, but it seems far closer to reality than the standard. PM me for details. Chris

This might be enough for me to get X-Plane :o

Alright, here's my case: I recently downloaded the PA A380 and began using it and vasFMC together. First couple flights, huge successes through and through. I added a few things to the panel.cfg (a digital trim gauge on the PFD, vertical display on the ND) and at first everything seemed fine. I did a flight with no problem. But now, I can't do any flights at all. I start setting up the FMC, and I got to the INIT B page. I entered my ZFW, but then when I enter my fuel, one of two things will happen. FS9 ccrashes entirely and immediately, or vasFMC freezes and all the displays go black if I try to open them. I do NOT use the fuel calculation, I enter my fuel manually. I have tried entering my flight plan before the fuel and entering the fuel before, I tried a fix I found on flightsim, I've tried to reinstall both vasFMC, the PA A380, my custom gauge mods, and all of them combined and reinstall, to no avail. I have no idea what might be the cause. Can anyone help? Chris

Us FS9'ers weep today, in hopes that maybe they'll think of us fondly .. Maybe I'm just stuck in the past.

Hi all, I defragged and do run the FS9.1 patch. In the end, I ended up reinstalling (which fixed a few other strange issues I was having... weird). I also have my FPS set to 30, and almost always get that now. ImagineSim KATL v2 with PMDG MD-11 brings 30 FPS with 100% WOAI unless I look at the traffic from the VC, in which case is drops to about 20 - 25. Not what I was hoping for but it seems it shall have to do. Thanks all anyways. Chris

Hi All, I've posted at DeltaVirtual and Flightsim, posting here to ensure I can get as much support as I can. I just got a new system. Dell XPS 8700 Intel i7-4790 @ 3.6GHz Turboboost 4.0 GHz NVIDIA GTX 745 16GB DDR3 RAM 1TB SATA HDD I put FS9 on it a few days before, and did two flights the next day, with a whole host of addons and programs and whatnot. Barely ever went below 40 FPS The day after, I did a flight after restarting the computer and the framerate would not climb above 30 - 35 no matter what. I did next to nothing besides install a single scenery (BluePrint KIAH) and a couple aircraft (Wilco E-Jets, ERJv2, and CRJ). I have Avast as AV and have turned off realtime scanning, I have tried to disable weather and/or AI and virtually no difference at all (I have noticed that bringing AI down to 90% seems to get some more frames for some reason, why I do not know). I don't know what to do. I've added the PMDG MD-11 and 747, iFly 747 for testing, Wilco E-Jets and ERJ 135, 145LR, and 145XR, and CRJ, and a couple freeware planes. I have Ultimate Traffic (original) modded to include newer AI models (AIA, FAIB, etc.) and run it at 100%. When all was well, I was flying around ImagineSim KATL v2 with full AI and some clouds with about 30 - 45 FPS, which still seems low for thus system, now I'm struggling to maintain that in almost any stage of flight with any aircraft under any circumstance. When all was well I did a flight in the E145XR with about the same weather and was 50+ FPS almost the whole way Windows did a bunch of updates when I restarted as they tend to do, but I don't know how or if that is related. Windows has a couple more updates it wants to do as well. I decided to allow Windows to do updates again (it apparently hadn't finished the first time) and I did an update of my graphics driver. Everything seemed okay briefly, I took the PMDG 747 up from LAX on the way to AMS and FPS seemed right where it should be, around 40 - 60 FPS. That only lasted for that flight Yesterday, I loaded at KLGA and when looking at the main terminal my FPS plummeted to under 20. That is not something I would expect at all out of this computer, given that I could overview the entirety of ImagineSim's KATL v2 before with 150+ planes on the gound and consistently get 30+ FPS. My FPS also seems to take a notable decrease when I used Active Sky Evolution's Refresh AI Traffic feature, and FS9 completely freezes the exact moment I open the kneeboard no matter what. What's going on? I have no idea what the issue could be and I REALLY don't want to have issues with framerates AGAIN, or have to reinstall, or get a new computer, or upgrade, or any of that. My old Alienware laptop with an i7-3630QM @ 2.40GHz ran better than this before its motherboard began dying! I really really do not want to have to reinstall if I can avoid it. I just hate doing that and it has very rarely ever solved problems for me. I don't really think I should have to turn down the sliders, the whole point of getting this computer was so that I could run FS9 virtually unlimited. If an i7-3630QM @ 2.4Ghz can do it, why can't my i7-4790 @ 3.6 GHz? I've also tried disabling Intel SpeedStep, fine tuning some NVIDIA Inspector settings, do the Alpha fix, switch out UT for WOAI, reducing traffic slider (which actually gained me a few FPS at 90% but I don't see how or why I should have to do that), I'm losing my patience, seeing as the whole point of buying this PC was to be able to run FS9 as I had always dreamed. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks all. Chris