IAmThWlfMan

Funny i hear all the mentioning of "Lego" i am an avid lego collector.. I have built signs out of bricks professionally in fact.. I have a lego collection with sets dating back as far as 1979.. One thing i do with WED had the ability to do is zoom in and out using the mouse wheel..

Step number 4 is what i was missing.. Man i appreciate it.. Now just having to learn how to make it all work.. I think after a few hours of playing it won't be so difficult, figuring out what is what and how it all goes together.. What if i was interested in putting buildings in a city as opposed to just at the airport?? I am sure it is simular but some differences also.. Thank You for your help.. Jeff

This thing shouldnt be hard.. This is driving me crazy.. I am wanting to edit existing airports.. I have read the WED manual and it mentions "Current Airport" and "Airport Shown in Map View" i see the world and there is NOTHING.. I zoom in and there is NOTHING.. I attempt to Import DSF files.. i browse to the Earth Nave Data folder and i just see the +xx-xxx folers and if i try to import a DSF file in there nothing happens.. How do i find what DSF file the airport i want to modify is in?? And how to i open it so i can edit it?? These tutorials seem to have a fuzzy area when they mention importinging an existing airport.. PLEASE HELP

TOTALLY OFF TOPIC.. One time i was heading to LaGuardia to fly home (Okc) and i stopped by the Wendy's on Queens Blvd that was used in Coming To America.. Haha.. One of the best movies ever made.. Back on topic.. I am wondering if an addon will/can be made that will overcome the 20 ai plane barrier..

How did you do it?? How does scheduling work?? Any screenshots by chance??

Who really cares about the AI traffic having moveable surfaces, and appearing as if they are fighting a crosswind?? I would trade detail (aside from good txtures) for quantity anytime.. I want to be able to fly into one of the major hubs and be behind a couple of planes evenly spaced on the glideslope all lining up for approach on the same runway.. Or be able to park at the of a runway and look to the right and see three or four planes lined up.. Or be able to change to tower view simply watch ground operations.. Honestly how often do you look at AI traffic and are put in AWE when you see the elevator trim being adjusted??

Flying around and looking at the map i see a couple of planes here and there but not really a lot of traffic.. I would like to go to one of the larger airports (ORD, DFW, ATL, DEN) places like that and be able to park and just listen to ATC and watch planes land and take off.. Especially with the air traffic following real physics, it would be cool to setup a heavy crosswind.. FSX had the ability to have that kind of traffic volume.. Does XPX not?? Are there any addons that would/will create this?? Just wondered..

I am using TH2GO right now.. I am only running a couple of old (dont laugh) 8800GTX cards in SLI.. I built a new system less that a week ago and when the NVidia 680's are a little more common i will be getting one of those.. The 680 allows you to run three screens straight off the card without having to go through an adaptor.. And since it can do this you can also have bezel correction.. XP10 works fine on three screens just remember you are running a massive res so you need a seriously powerful graphics card, especially if you like detail.. I am thinking in the next month or two the 680's will be up with demand and it wont be impossible to get one.. Happy flying..

Not a pilot, but i have racked over 700,000 freq flyer miles.. So i have passed by many an airport.. Going into O'Hare, DFW, DEN the taxi way lights are for sure too bright.. I would think this would be just a simple tweak.. Another thing that would be really slick is i read the lights can be adjusted based on values.. It would be neat if there was a rule of some kind visibilty between X and Y value and the runway lights are at full brightness.. And again, flying into big airports, at night with low visibility, its AMAZING how bright runway lights actually are when turned up to max.. Again, just possible tweaks, not really performance enhancements which i think is what they are addressing now more than anything..

Do you have to make two textures for the building day and night?? I'm sure you do, but how do you do the cross fade between the two?? I have seen some buildings on here during sunset or sunrise and then some during the day and some during the night.. How do you make the transitional part come out right??

Again, i figured it would be just a minor tweak.. There are a lot of things that are much more important..

It would sure be nice sometimes if the blue taxi-way lights could be a little dimmer.. I know you can see them when you land in reality but usually they aren't as bright as the runway lights.. And when you fly directly over an airport it just looks a little too bright.. I'm not really complaining, i'm sure it is just a tweak somewhere.. What do you think??

Have yet to build it.. Still looking at combinations and reading reviews ect.. I do know some things for sure, i am strongly leaning towards an Intel setup.. Although more expesive than AMD, i know the reviews have been stronger with the Intel's vs the AMD's.. I am looking at an I7 2700K, not 100% sure on the MOBO yet.. I have a couple of ASUS boards with PCIe 3.0 that look good, i have also used MSI in the past, reccomendations?? I will for sure be going with 16gb of memory and a OCZ SATA III 240gb SSD.. Beleive i will just run my old 8800GTX video cards (for a month or two) while i wait for the 680's to become more widley available.. If the above doesnt look good, i am always up for suggestions..

I see all the questions about FSX (which i still love) however i recently bought XPX and i am looking to build a new system.. With XP is more aimed at the video card than the CPU, does anyone know what XPX looks like on a 680?? What are your FPS running?? Thanks

Thanks for the advice.. I am leaning back towards an I7 after reading some benchmarks and other resources about the AMD.. Although the cost of the AMD setup is only about 2/3rd the cost of Intel, i beleive the intel would be a better deal in the long run.. Windows 7 64bit would address the full amount of RAM i am looking at.. And after Windows 8 has been out for a while since it is supposed to handle Multi-core better i might even consider upgrading..I think what i will do is get all new hardware aside from the video cards.. Just stick with the 8800's only for a month or two and when the 680's are a little easier to get ahold of swp them out for one of those.. I know the 8800's will be the weakest (by far) link, but it should get me by for a little while..