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I've spent too much time searching around but can't find the answer. Simple question: Do the Reality XP products work on Linux? I do have a XP-12 installation on Windows but the performance is nowhere near as good as on Linux. I don't want to buy this product if it only works on Windows.

Hi Ian, I still have my Fly!2 installation and fire it up now and then but I must admit I spend more time in X-Plabe these days. It's a bit late for Happy Christmas - almost 27th here in Vietnam but I wish everyone a prosperous 2021. Colin

Hi Starfoxx, Better late than never, as they say...... I've only just seen your post. I have TerraScene 1 & 2 and also Sky! if you haven't already got hold of them. I downloaded lots of 'stuff' in the days when Fly! and Fly!2 were really popular and I haven't deleted anything. I'm afraid my filing system wasn't very logical so some things take a bit of finding:-) If there's anything you need, drop me a message and I will see if I can find it. Cheers Colin

Thanks. I wish the same to everyone who visits! Colin

Hi, I've sent the taxiway stuff for you. I don't recall Terramodels, maybe Randall can help out? You are not talking about TerraScene by any chance? Colin

Hi, I can't help with the windowed mode question but I do have the Taxiway editor. Let me know where to send it and I will gladly send you the .zip file. Colin

Hi Randall, I stopped using Fly! & Fly!2 a good while back. I did some testing with Chris Wallace when he started Fly! Legacy but then it kind of went over to Simvol and I lost interest there. I suppose I just drifted into other things, coupled with a move to Asia. I just had my trusty MacBook for traveling and I was forced to buy a small desktop for a couple of company applications that required Windows - obviously not an ideal setup for a flight sim! I decided to get another computer with a view to running a simulator again and found an HP workstation with a good spec.I did some checking and various gaming sites said that it would run X-Plane well and so it has proved. The good thing about X-Plane was the fully functioning demo and the ease of customizing it. I can't compare it with any others as I haven't tried any but I am happy with X-Plane for now - plus I can still fly my Fly! series as well. Come to think about it, I may still have an old installation of Flight Unlimited somewhere....... Happy days 🙂

Hi Randall, I used to be on LinkedIn quite a lot as it was very good with my line of work. I know it's just a glorified Facebook in a lot of ways but it had it's uses. I tried Fly! and Fly!2 on my little desktop but they wouldn't run. The processor was capable but the graphics card wasn't. I decided to get a more capable machine and opted for a Xeon workstation after a very favourable comparison on a gaming site. So I am set up now with an 8 core / 16 processor Xeom with 16gb memory (shortly going to 32gb) and I run X-Plane11 maxed out at 48fps or so. I haven't tried any really detailed scenery yet so that will probably slow things up a bit. I have also fired up Fly!2 and that runs very well indeed. I don't think I will bother too much with Fly!2 though as there is more than enough to learn in X-Plane for now and developing scenery appears to be far easier than with Fly!2. I guess a TerraScene image could be used instead of an orthophoto - something to try once I learn to fly the sim! Colin

I did see a post on Simvol that mentioned another library file with plane models in addition to the ROTW one. I didn't make a note of it though but a Google search for the rotw-static-v1 should bring up the post. Maybe that's what you need? Colin

I've had a look through all my downloaded stuff and I don't have that particular file either. I did manage to find ROTW-static-v2, if that's any use to you? Colin

Hi Dan, I have both Gtopo30 and Dem2Ras. (and loads of other Fly! stuff) Let me know if you want me to send them. Colin

Hi, I probably have it somewhere on an old hard drive. I will check and let you know. Colin

Hi Everyone, It's been a while, in fact a long while, since I visited Avsim. Nice to find that my old login was still there! I haven't done much at all with simulators for a number of years as I just don't have the hardware nowadays to run them. I will try my old copy of Fly!2 though on this little desktop; it is probably as powerful as the one I used to run Fly! on all those years ago. How many are still here, apart from Randall, Ken and Flyfisher? Colin

Hi Michael, Could you have been thinking about Doug Moldenhaur (not too sure of the spelling)? Colin