anthonyrm1

Thanks for your replies. When I was a young boy my dad bought me a radio when we went to Biggin Hill air show, it just had a dial to move to listen to radios. But if its that illegal perhaps I'd best avoid it. I knew it was illegal to broadcast it but I didn't realise it was illegal to listen!

If I wanted to be able to listen to the LHR tower (I live in the London area), where/what is the best and cheapest way to listen to it using a tracker radio? Where is a good place to purchase one? Any advice greatly appreciated.

I suspect it is a WoAI 737-300, I've had it occurring at a few airports and its usually where one of those has been present. Just need to figure out how to check it with FSM as it just says 'not implemented yet' when I click on the textures tab :-/

Many thanks, I will investigate this. Thanks for your reply.

I have had this problem plaguing me in FS9 for as long as I can remember. Every now and then it will stop loading textures and about 20secs after it will say that its encountered an error and needs to close. I have been told (many moons ago) that it is due to a corrupt texture, which I do believe to be true, it's on an aircraft (I think an AIA 737-300 or 737-500), and when FS tries to load the texture on it (or lightmap) it causes an error and FS9 stops loading all textures (though continues simulating until it gives me the error message). My question is- Is there a way of finding out which texture is corrupt that's causing the error? Is there a programme that will identify a problem like this? Hope someone can shed some light on it, thanks!

I find UK2000 EGLL to be much better than aerosoft's. More up to date and better on FPS

Well I treated myself to flytampa Dubai this month, depending on how much I have left over after Christmas then I may well take your advice and go for it, I think its time I took on a new challenge. Thanks again

Actually I have found the image that's causing the main issue, it lies within os777_VC_10_t which is saved in DXT1 format. Is there a way of removing those particular windows that are a part of that file to mean that it doesnt attempt to load them into fs at all?

I'm not sure I understand? The image I've posted is the same aircraft, same situation about 4 seconds apart, once the strange texture covering the window has loaded properly/or turned transparent or something to that effect? If I download an entirely new livery will it not just mean that I'll have to convert my textures to DXT3 again to make them more resource-friendly on my system? Thanks for the help

Hello all, I have an issue with textures in the VC of the Posky/skyspirit 777 (all variants). Textures take a few seconds to load on my system when its being really challenged in FS9, and theres a texture that seems to 'overlay' the windows in VC that look like clouds until they load properly and then disappear/become transparent. That split second of loading blocks my view so I cannot see out of the aircraft. On my -200LR variant I found the culprit file :OS772V2_Glass_T, so deleted it and solved the problem (I also converted all 32-bit textures to DXT3 and they all now load a lot quicker), however on my -300er and -200er variants I cannot find the culprit texture. Any ideas as to what texture its in (i've opened textures using DXTBmp to try and spot it but cannot find it). Any advice/tips would be very much appreciated. Have attached a small jpeg to show what I mean. Thanks

Thanks for your advice guys. I've got almost 3 weeks off work now so perhaps I will treat myself to an early christmas present and master it. Like you all say perhaps itll ease me into the next level of simulation such as PMDG etc...

And if I've had no experience at all of dealing with FMC's in the past, should I avoid this package at all costs or does it give a tutorial in idiot-speak to get you up to speed with it?

I feel its time I invested in some new products for my FS9 (subject to Christmas presents for people being sourced cheaply!). I am interested in buying the new Dubai scenery from Flytampa as it looks incredible, but also fancied a new aircraft. The most complex aircraft I have used in flight sim is the Project Airbus A380 or CLS A330/340! I once had a go on my friends PMDG 747 and couldnt even start the engines without a youtube tutorial, when I did I had all sorts of alarms going off when I took off! With this in mind, how complex is the Qualitywings 757? Does one need a degree in FMC's to use it or is it quite straightforward once you get the hang of it, I'd hate to pay for something that required a full-time job to figure out!

Is there a line in the aircraft.cfg file that can be changed to make the thrust increase more quickly? I usually fly the overland a320 family, and have recently downloaded the Project Airbus A320, I find that when you spool up on the Project Airbus the rate that the thrust increases by is not as quick as the overland model, so you can't spool up to let the engine settle then give it a bit more thrust after without it taking a while to respond. What (if anything) can i change to see this happen more like the overland model?

I think I need this in my life. Roll on pay day, early Christmas present to myself!