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I'm not sure... According to this article, it looks like there isn't much in the way of security.

Okay, perhaps this has a pretty obvious answer, but it's been nagging me for a while now. What are the airport procedures for pilots of private/corporate jets? Their planes aren't parked at gates, and I'm pretty sure they don't have to go through security, so where would they enter an international airport? Is there a particular terminal for them to register flightplans, after which they just walk to their plane? Thanks, Bram Osterhout

Thanks! That did it.

I decided to do a flight over Dover yesterday, when I noticed some very strange textures in the harbor. Has anyone else experienced this?

If by "free look", you mean just rotating the camera to get a different angle, then you can free look with the hat switch on top of most joysticks (I'd highly recommend you buy a jostick). Otherwise, if you're asking if you can pan the camera around (move the viewpoint to a different position with the arrow keys, rather than just swiveling the camera), you'll need to buy EZCA/EZDok from Flight1. It's $35, but definitely worth the price--in my opinion it completely revolutionizes the sim.

I just got FTX England (my first ORBX product--I know I'm behind on the times), but with such a large area compared to any other scenery addon I have, I'm not sure where to begin. Are there any particular regions of England that are best to fly around? Or any aircraft that are well suited for it? Thanks, boeing247

All right, thanks!

Yeah, I did. Sorry--should have mentioned that. I have been using the unpacked one. I'll try the original installer now... Edit: Okay, that worked perfectly... wow. I should have thought of that much earlier... However, since I removed the old EZDok installation, I seem to have an older version now (for example, it doesn't have the yellow "Cycle" buttons). Do you happen to know where I might find the update/patch?

Well, it appears that EZDok has completely stopped working. I was having issues with one aircraft (the Airbus X Extended, which has its own view system that messes with EZDok), so I reinstalled, and ever since, it hasn't worked at all. The program still opens with FSX, but I can't change views by any means except the view menu in FSX. Basically, I'm stuck in the default VC view for each aircraft, and when I switch to the external EZDok view by going to the FSX view menu and selecting "EZDok Universal Camera", the camera is positioned, immobile, in the middle of the aircraft. Neither the hat switch nor any other shortcut buttons on my joystick work. Just about the only thing left functional is the dinging noise when you edit the camera by pressing Num2. I've uninstalled and reinstalled in just about every possible combination to no avail. EZDok just doesn't work. Any ideas?

I might take a look a that, then. Thanks!

Including trees?

In some places (mostly near the Sierras) that's true, but I'm thinking more of the farmland areas around Sacramento and along the I-5. BlueSky doesn't have autogen, though, right?

If you've ever been to the Central Valley in California, you'll know that most of it is wide, green farmlands. However, in FSX, it seems to have an excessive amount of shrublands and generally tan-colored expanses. Are there any freeware or payware scenery packages that add a bit more realism to the area? (I know that there's always BlueSkyScenery and MegaScenery, but I don't like the lack of autogen in those projects) Thanks, Bram Osterhout

Thanks so much! That did the trick--works perfectly now!

There's this really weird rivalry between Captain Sim and just about everyone else (mostly PMDG). I really don't know why. It certainly was not started by any companies themselves--I guess it just developed over time. Captain Sim was actually one of the leading FS companies back in the days of FS2002, and while they have been surpassed in the years since, I would put them in the top five developers (granted, probably fifth, but that's only because there are some truly amazing aircraft out there for FSX). Anyway, I own just about everything they have, but I only really enjoy flying the 777 and 707. Everything else is nice, but dated. Despite what people say, all their jetliners have pretty much fully-simulated systems. If you're just going to fly normal flights, they have all the complexity you need. It's when you start pushing the aircraft's limits and doing failure simulations that you see where CS is lacking. But of all their products, I would most highly recommend the 707. I personally like the 707 more, but if you don't mind spending the money on the PMDG version, you might as well get that for that little bit extra. However, the 707 is a comprehensive simulation, lacking only the INS--and that's because the CIVA freeware people never got back to them with information that CS needed to put it in the VC--and is totally different from anything else you've flown, guaranteed. And of course the 777 is great (or at least it will be in a little bit when they finish up with v1.0), so that would be a good buy if you don't want the PMDG version. But now I have a question of my own for the owners of the 737. I think I'm going to buy it, but I just read a review on it that seemed very negative, talking about a large lack of systems depth. Now, I frequently fly PMDG's 737NGX and J41--top-of-the-line addons--and I never feel liking I'm taking a big drop in systems depth when I fly a CS plane. Are there any big problems with the 737's systems I don't know about?

I'll film another video with narration if I have some time this weekend. However, in the meantime, do you have any idea as to why the left knob works, but not the right? I can't seem to imagine that there's some strange trick to operating the right knob that doesn't apply to the left knob. I've tried using it in scenarios where I know that it should function, because it does on the 2D panel, but no matter what angle I approach it from, it just doesn't operate. Thanks!

I actually did check the scroll wheel in the 2D panel (although I see I forgot to mention it). In the part in the video where I go to the DirectTo page, I'm actually scrolling in the 2D panel to change the letter and cursor position; so I can confirm that the scrolling does indeed work in the 2D panel, but not not for whatever reason in the VC. And like I've said, the left knob works fine in the VC--no problem there.

Still no luck. I quickly filmed a video showing what I'm doing. Whenever the cursor is hovering over the knob, I'm scrolling (except of course, in the area of the 2D panel that displays the + and - signs). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Yb1vSqKJU

I know, and I've been using the mouse wheel (and by the way, I have been hovering over the knob, though I see I phrased that poorly earlier) since I flew it for the first time, but that's not working. You think EZDok is causing the problem?

What do you mean? I've been using both units in the VC, but using the 2D panel whenever I need to scroll the cursor or switch to the waypoint/nrst pages. Do you think I have a bad gauge file?

No luck. And it should be able to function without a flightplan loaded, since the outer knob is used to switch between the NAV, WAYPOINT, and NRST pages. I've been doing both, and neither work.

I already had an EZDok view focussed on the Garmin, and I tried positioning that one even closer to it, but to no avail. I also reinstalled, but everything's working the same as before: Every knob works except the right outer knobs on both units in the VC. I've tried clicking/scrolling in basically every conceivable location, particularly the top-right and top-left, where the + and - hotspots are on the 2D panel. I have v5.120830, which I believe is the latest version, and I'm only using it as-is--I haven't installed any liveries or such yet. I'm running FSX Acceleration on Windows 7, and I'm not using RealityXP.

Different zoom levels isn't doing anything. The right outer knob on both units still isn't working.

No, I haven't tried at different zoom levels; and yes, I'm using EZDok.

Quick question: The right outer knob on both GPS units on the baron works fine in the 2D panel, but does not work in the VC, even though it's a hotspot (it can be clicked). Is this a known issue, or does it work for other people?