VitaminA330

Yes!! Finally got the Avroliner now, even if the discount on that is (understandably) low.

Can you tell me if your airports will be made compatible with MSFS 2024 with the licence that can be purchased for MSFS 2020? Or maybe it is already??

Absolutely! And I finally have Honolulu now.

OK, now that I finally had some time again to test it, it really works now! :-) I still can't tell you what exactly was wrong, but this is what I finally did: - disabled all features in DX10 fixer - uninstalled the effects - reinstalled the effects, but did NOT enable DX10 mode in the fixer - launeched FSX - enabled DX10 preview mode in FSX - restarted FSX, but before I checked the Settings in DX10 fixer again, and now they were all switched on, without doing that manually there - FPS are nice again, even with the water effects switched on - changed the Settings in NVidia inspector according to the info in the last post here (didn't notice a change, but left it like that) In FSX and in DX10 fixer all the settings are the same as before. I just changed the order of enabeling them. Very strange because I still don't know what was wrong, but most important is thath it works now ;-) Thank you again for all the helpful comments! Cheers, Dominik

OK, after some time I've uninstalled and reinstalled Steve's DX10 fixer with no result. Then I wrote an eMail to Steve Parsons. He suggested that some textures are in 32bit format by mistake, probably the water effect textures (because the problem only occurs when I switch on the water effects). These textures were created by my REX2. BUT: Could anyone tell me where these water EFFECT textures are in FSX and which format they should have? In REX2 there are some options you can choose from before installing the textures. However there is no option for the format of the water (effect) textures, but only for the resolution. Thanks again in advance, Dominik

Hi, I just bought it and in my 182 the lower right knob of the right screen "FMS" almost doesn't work at all. All the other switches work fine, with the blue ring appearing around the knob to show which knob exactly can be moved. Strange, the knobs that you mentioned all seem to work. Any experience with the problem with the "FMS" knob? In the 2D popup window, the knob (inner and outer) works, but in the AUX mode, even in 2D view not all functions seem to work properly (e.g. moving the "cursor" with the outer knob sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't), thus it's not possible to customize the panel. If there is no solution, I'm gonna report it as a bug in the Carenado support form then.

Well, I'm just about to fit all my small airplanes with the RXP GPS. That's exactly why I haven't purchased a single Carenado plane with the G1000. It might look nice, but apart from the known limits of this system at Carenado's airplanes, I just think the clickspots are difficult to handle on a PC in most of the G1000 panels that I have so far (Lionheart Epic Victory, Iris DA-40). That's why I don't fly them very often. So if you really want to have a G1000 equipped plane why not take the Kingair, C182 or Cessna Citation Mustang by Flight1. Might not be cheap either, but at least it should work really well. For Carenado I still have the opinion that a combined steam/glass cockpit is the best solution. Medium system depth with a perfect look + system depth from the RXP GPS. So why paying so much money for a model which is already availible in good quality (excluding FDE). Certainly not only because of the business interior^^ That's why I do not wonder if this should be quite unpopular.

Hi together! Since I have Steve's DX10 fixer I have a strange problem: As soon as I focus any water in FSX I get a HUGE drop of FPS, usually down to 5-6 fps even with the default ultralight plane at the default scenery. As soon as I turn the view "over land" everything runs normal. When looking into the land, I still get about 12 fps with the Airbus X, ORBX Brisbane + AI traffic for example. So it's clearly a problem with the water. I've got REX 2 installed, with 1024 bit textures (as I always had before when I flew in DX9 mode), with the "optimized for DXT5" option activated. But even without that the problem existed. The problem occurs as soon as I set the water effects to any "normal" position, and even below I get bad fps. Does anyone know what could be the problem? Thanks in advance! Regards, Dominik My System: Intel i5 3570k @ 3.4 GHz (not overclocked), NVidia Gforce GTS450, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, WD HDD @ 7.200 rpm

Strange because 1.5V was the default Setting before I changed anything. So I guess it's better to set everything back to standard before anything is damaged. Unfortunately I learned about the AMD "black editions" when I already had the current one. So I don't think it will be worth buying another AMD if I have to upgrade the MB anyway. I'm fucussing an i5 + corresponding MB now which should be available for 300€ or less. That's still within my limits. So I'm better flying some more GA at the small airports and leave the big ones to FS2004 for the last time until the upgrade. @mjrhealth: Oh yes, that's definitly a frame rate killer I realized!^^ Thanks again for the help.

First of all, thanks a lot for your quick and useful replies! Wow, that's a hell of a difference! Didn't know a newer AMD CPU wouldn't be compatible with my MB. So far I thought anything that has an AM3 socket would work^^ OK, indeed I already tried to overclock my current CPU a bit, but only from 3.0 to 3.15 GHz because I have the default cooler installed and now the CPU temp goes up to 55°C if it's really busy. Didn't want to go higher. Apart from that this was my first experience in overclocking anything at all. ;-) The second Problem - from my unexperienced Point of view - is that BIOS shows 1.500 V as the maximum core voltage (which I have now even exceeded a bit). Furthermore this CPU can only be overclocked by increasing the bus speed (done: from 200 to 210), not by increasing the multiplier! So, question from a beginner in overclocking: Can a further exceeding of the voltage be dangerous for either the CPU or the MB? Or is it just a matter of how well the CPU is cooled?? Seems it would be logical to try and overclock my current CPU further (with a new cooling system) while saving money and wait for good times to buy a new MB along with an Intel i5 or i7... Regards

Hi folks! Just came from reading lots of discussions about FSX hardware, as I want to upgrade my system in the near future. This is what I have now: ASRock M3A770DE AMD Athlon II X4 640 (4x3 GHz) 8GB DDR3 RAM NVidia Geforce GTS 450 (1 GB memory) 1 TB WD HDD 7.200 rpm Win7 64bit Had some problems with OOM's which I can handle a bit better now, but I think in a complex aircraft over complex scenery the CPU clearly sets the limits now. That's why I want to buy a new CPU soon. I know "the standard PC simmer" has got an Intel i5 or i7 (or at least the cheaper i3) well overclocked as AMD processors seem not to be so powerful with FSX and NVidia graphic Cards (that's what I read in most forums). I also read this tutorial http://forum.avsim.net/fsx_guide.pdf Now the question is: Is it really worth buying a new motherboard AND an expensive Intel CPU? That would probably also mean the reinstallation of Windows and all programs. Or do you think a new "high end" AMD CPU for half of the price on the current motherboard would do a good job too? Thougt about something like that: http://www.alternate.de/AMD/AMD+A10-5800K_Accelerated_Processor,_CPU/html/product/1030465/ http://www.alternate.de/AMD/AMD+A10-6800K_Accelerated_Processor,_CPU/html/product/1082062/?event=search Certainly I do not expect 30 fps in the PMDG NGX over ORBX PNW. But as an example the "hardest" aircraft for my PC is the Aerosoft Airbus X Extended. And over ORBX England + UK2000 airports I get between 6 and 10 fps which is definitly not sufficent. I would be content with just 15 fps or more in those situations. So what do you think: How much is an Intel CPU "needed" over an AMD with lots of GHz? Thanks in advance. Regards, Dominik

You might be right. But with the B-1900 shown as the next incoming project they seem to get bigger and leave that job to Alabeo (?). While I love the B-1900 I just just hope at least that one won't be the next one on the list of G1000 cockpits with such limited use and bad FPS!

The same for me! ^_^ An update with HD textures for the old Stationair and everything would be fine. Unfortunately ORBX didn't include the C-206 in their HD texture upgrades (unlike the C-182RG, C-152 and the Mooney)..

What about developing a set of glass gauges (G1000) with better functionalities which you could buy seperatly at a reasonable price and fill into every aircraft which has the G1000 installed so far? Would that be possible at all? Personally I have a lot of Carenado aircraft, but I stopped buying them at the point when they switched to the standard G1000 (after reading about their functionality and ther performance). Besides FPS are bad enough at my relatively slow system, and I don't see a reason to further slow it down with gauges which obviously have more "eye candy" effect rather than a functional one. Well, for the airplanes themselves, +1 for the Piper Navajo!, also for the Piaggio Avanti or a Cessna Conquest.

Joost, first of all thanks for that quick and long reply! So far it doesn't say anything but "A major error has occured - FSX is restarted now" (I don't know the exact words in the english Win7 version as I only have it in German ;-) Back to the times I used FSX in Windows XP (32bit) I did indeed get this "out of memory" message, but I thought now with the 64bit systems those times should be over (?). Unfortunately I don't know how Win7 actually "says" what has caused a problem, but the description of your problem sounds similar. So I'm asking the same question as fppilot :-) What patch is that? Never heard of that. However I guess 8 GB RAM should be enough - just the problem how much RAM FSX USES actually.. That sounds logical and fits to the description of the problem. Yes it's a quad core. But I'm not shure if I can overclock it at all - at least it's not a "black edition" (as far as I know). I've installed "AMD Overdrive", but I can't change the settings of the "multiplicator", at least I can't increase it over the default value of 15x. Nor can I find any "advanced" switch which should allow any changes at all. Might be my fault as I have no experience with overclocking CPU's. FPS is a different problem. Would certanly be nice to have more :-) But most important is the elemination of the crashes, if that is indeed a seperate problem. So could you tell me more about that "4 GB patch" please?