too low terrain

So the quality just keeps on coming eh . It just amazes me, how lifelike all these WIP look. Now, if we could only build the whole simulation within the 3D program that they use to build these models - how cool would that simulation be! (and what sort of supercomputer would be needed to run the darn thing)! :blink:

Hi Richbro Yep, I can say that I have had problems with ES replying to messages. The thing is, they are a very small team with some massive projects on the go at the moment, so they haven't got much of time to deal with all the questions. I know that it can be frustrating waiting for a reply, but please bear with them. Out of interest Richbro, have you tried contacting them via the helpdesk, or as a last resort, the forums? ES produce the best scenery out there (in my own opinion of course), so I would find it a shame if you decided to turn your back on ES. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not suggesting that you are thinking about it. :wink:

I know where you're coming from Pao. I recently bought MSE Nevada, and I've gotta say that I'm somewhat disapointed. I know that MSE can only work with the source files that they obtain, but seriously they're not good enough to warrant the price that they are sold for. I was looking to obtain all of the SW states of America, and spend my time flying around in this region, but after one flight around Las Vegas & area 51 I've decided it's a no go. I'm sticking with the VFR Horizon series - even at 1.2m resolution, I think it's just as good (or bad) as the Las Vegas area.

o.k peeps, just to give an update as promised. I couldn't be arsed waiting for for the weekend, so I went ahead and reinstalled now. Bottom line here is; both fsx & acceleration installed & activated with no problems. Seems something did go belly up when trying to find the fault with windows updates & acceleration. Well, I say acceleration - it was SP2 to be more precise. Still don't know why I was getting a server error message when trying to activate acceleration. Bloody computers ( and operators, in my case), eh? :blush: Well, as the old saying goes.. 'if it ant broke, don't fix it' - something to bear in mind with windows updates, for me at least!! So, problem solved, and definate proof that the Microsoft activation server is still going............. for now :blink: Just hope I didn't spread any panic amongst the ranks with the title of this thread :blush:

@James (jaydor). Thanks for your post. Although I have pretty much built new computers over & over again, I don't think that I have changed my Motherboard more than 3 times - other components such as CPU, Memory, Hard Drives and Graphics Card, well, I've certainly changed them. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the fsx activation system look at your bios, to see the other internal components? I'm probably mistaken, but I thought that the activation was looking at your hardware configuration? When it comes to uninstalling either fsx or acceleration, I always do that from the disks. I've learnt my mistake about uninstalling some software from the control panel - rare that it happens, but has. :unsure: I think where my problem lies, is with the multiple install/ uninstall of acceleration, when I was trying to find out what was causing fsx to ctd. My guess is, something got screwed up. Thanks again for your post James, I do appreciate it. :smile2: @ Gerry (mgh). I'm quite suprised that you have never been asked to activate any of your installs. I take it that you are not using a cracked version? :blink:

@ SieraHotel. I just live just over the other side of the Thames estuary in Kent . Not sure if you were being serious or not, but it's o.k, I was only joking about someone else reinstalling for me. Done it soo many times, I must be a veteran by now!! :lol: @ ChaoticBeauty. Yeah, the 3 activation limit only applies if you change your whole PC, or change any internal component inside your computer i.e; CPU, Motherboard etc. I've been down that road myself!! :unsure: Thanks again to everyone whose made a contribution to this thread. It's good to know that there is great support on this forum. Further to my previous post, I will do a full fsx uninstall this weekend - then try to reinstall fsx & acceleration. I'll throw in post to let everyone know how that went. Have a good one till then peeps!

Bleeding hell, thanks everyone, didn't really expect any replies this quick!! Right, I'll see if I can answer all replies (forgive me if I don't). I've installed fsx gold multiple times onto the same computer, so as long as Microsoft are true on what they say about limitless activations on the same computer, as others say here, I don't think that is the problem, but thanks for the suggestion anyway. Hmmm, I did think about the phone activation, I'll bear that one in mind. Because I only uninstalled acceleration, and not fsx, I've got this awful feeling that I'm gonna have to a complete uninstall, and reinstall the whole again. I really have fogotten how many times I've done this over the years (it's bloody hurting now)!! It's annoying that when I uninstalled acceration, I did run fsx, then run the fsx disks to do a repair. I thought that by doing this, I would reset fsx back to pre acceleration - got that one wrong! I've currently got SP1 & 2 installed, so fsx works fine (I just need acceration to get full use out of the vrs superbug. I think that you have answered my question about the server, so now I know that it is not the problem. So enough of my dribble. Thanks eveyone for your contributions, I really mean it. Don't suppose anyone is willing to reinstall everything for m,e eh? lol

Hello peeps. Not the best way of making a first post, but here goes...... I'm not sure if it is just me or if anyone else is having the same problem. After having problems with fsx gold crashing when starting up, I found out that accelation was having issues with some windows update (windows 7 64bit pro). I had to uninstall acceleration, in order to find the problem. Now that I have removed the windows update that was causing the problem, I've now reinstalled acceleration. All went fine until I fire up fsx. It comes up with the acceleration activation screen, but when I send my key info to the server, I get the message saying that it cannot connect to the server. I've checked my network connection, and checked the activation key that I was send, was correct. This has been ongoing now for the last couple of days. I did read the announcement made back in September last year, saying that Microsoft were stopping support for fsx. Anyone got any ideas knowledge on this?