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Anyone using GeForce 337.88 in FSX?
Charles575943 replied to Bozdog's topic in Video Hardware: Monitors | Multi-Monitors | Video Cards | Drivers etcHello Steve, I am using these drivers with FSX and a GTX 680, only one monitor. I have had no problems with them, they appear stable. They do not offer any thing extra for FSX, over all of the other sequential driver releases that I have installed for the GTX 680. You might like to try Display Driver Uninstaller for Nvidia cards available from Guru3D.com I have no issues using this utility, use at your own risk. Most of us select a fresh custom install from the driver options on the Nvidia driver installer package. http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/display_driver_uninstaller_download.html Might help if you had some corrupt files left over from another previous driver install, perhaps! Charles.
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WOAI Error
Amer, When you start FSX note down the airline names of the duplicate objects. Start WOAI in expert mode and remove those individual airlines which are causing the problems. I sometimes start again by removing all models, don't forget you can select multiple packages to install at once, I usually do around 25-30 airlines at a time. When you are using the installer, if you are using Windows 7, you may have to run the installer in compatibility mode, (Win XP) and run as an administrator. My installer gives errors during a multi package install unless I do this . Charles.
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NEW ! Night Environment British Isles- Beautiful light pollution!
Hi Chris, Yes, I have Steve's DX10 fixer and also recommend Add-on Converter X if using DX10. There is a handy utility called AlphaSearcher2. If you experience stutters in FSX it may be caused by missing alpha channels in some textures. This handy utility searches them out and corrects the problem. You can just choose to search without making any changes. It's 100 percent safe. I run it from time to time after installing World Of AI aircraft and airport sceneries. It should be available form the AVSIM library. World Of AI aircraft appear to have some of the alpha channels missing which may result in stutters. Charles. I found this neat utility and posted a link on the forum here, the posting has been largely missed by everyone because of it's benign title. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/442080-jet-boost/#entry2988351 I was searching for an alternative to Ken Slaters Alacrity PC, and consider this to be a safe and worthwhile alternative. It is actually a good piece of software!
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NEW ! Night Environment British Isles- Beautiful light pollution!
Hello Vortex 681 Initially I had a frame rate hit and lost about 6 FPS with high settings within FSX. I dropped down from setting 3 to setting 1 and everything was running smooth. I now have increased the density of lights and lowered my scenery complexity and can now fly from Stansted to Heathrow without problems. Approaching Heathrow, ( UK2000) I drop to around 20FPS. UK2000 EGLL is a complex scenery, I am using the latest version. I realize this scenery will run on any system and it is very customizable and Chris Bell is a very nice helpful guy. I would not hesitate to buy this, Vortex681. Why not try the free demo of Berlin which is available on the Aerosoft web site. FREE DEMO>>>>>>>>>>> http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/79065-night-environment-berlin-demo-free-released/ I love the way the road lights extend to the horizon and gently fade away, it's so realistic. I am using DX10 mode and having fun playing with the bloom effects through the DX10 Scenery Fixer and seeing the effect on my new night scenery. This is a very customizable product and has caused me to stay up to 1am in the morning flying in a darkened room! :lol: I have noticed that in DX10 on my system, when on the ground, the orange lights go behind the clouds it's like they go to the background. This is no deal breaker and there is no guarantee for perfection while using DX10. I am sure there is a way of fixing this if you want to be pedantic. Has anyone tried the Netherlands NE with Netherlands free photo scenery from NL2004? I think the combo may look awesome! PDXFlyers comparison pictures look much the same, how strange and I don't see orange lights? I have a significant change in my scenery for the better. I have decided to try the free Berlin demo, downloading now................... Charles.
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NEW ! Night Environment British Isles- Beautiful light pollution!
Please, Vancouver and British Columbia? This looks so real, it's by far the best night lighting available, period! I noticed that the lights can be left on during daytime as they are not visible. The lights can be turned off within flight simulator without interrupting your flight. I was going to buy another product just for night lighting in the UK, this has saved me some quite a bit of money! I highly recommend this product and it's priced just right. Charles.
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NEW ! Night Environment British Isles- Beautiful light pollution!
I have just purchased Night Environment, (Aerosoft) from Just Flight. All I can say is wow! I purchased this beautiful night lighting scenery for just £6.99 with 400 rewards, usual price £10.99. This scenery is awesome, it looks real and lights extend right out to the horizon! The effect is amazing! Taking off from Stansted towards London is quite an experience, you can definately navigate by roads in the dark, I could not do that before. I am using ORBX sceneries for the UK, this add-on adds an incredible extra dimension to the ORBX scenery. The lights remain on during day time and are not visible. Ideally you turn the lights off by using a tool to edit your scenery.cfg file. I have noticed a frame rate hit using the highest settings but need to do some experimenting with tuning. Certainly a big bang for your buck here! Chris Bell and Aerosoft have produced this lighting for Germany, California and I guess many more areas will come. Check out the Aerosoft web site here.............. http://en.shop.aerosoft.com/eshop.php?action=article_detail&s_supplier_aid=13053&s_design=DEFAULT&shopfilter_category=Flight%20Simulation&s_language=english Charles.
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Jet Boost
Though I am not usually a fan of game boosters, reg cleaners etc. I discovered a nifty utility called Jet Boost. The utility is free and does a great job of closing down unwanted services. I believe this utility goes much further than the other available so called game boosters on the Internet, some of which try to install other c**p wear on your p c while your not looking!. This is a customizable utility and it closes down 35 services releasing a decent chunk of my computers memory, you can edit the .ini file, (I have done this) to close as many services as you wish. It might be worth looking at, Mileage will vary according to each individual. I certainly a have a smoother FSX experience after using this tool. This tool appears to do a decent job of choosing running processes to close which will vary on an individuals computer. I was looking for an alternative to Alacrity by Ken Salter, I was pleasantly surprised with this free no catch tool. http://www.bluesprig.com/jetboost.html Charles
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FreeTrack and OpusFSX [Working]
It's working! After a reformat of everything my FreeTrack IR head tracker is now working and it's better than my TrackIR 3! It's important not to use simconnect in the FreeTrack options. I now have a much smoother experience with greater access to the virtual cockpit with this head tracking than I did with my TrackIR. My web cam has a much wider field of view. I am pleased this free software works with Opus FSX. I am using a Logitech 250 web cam with the IR filter removed, when using this camera use the drivers for the Logitech Fusion web cam. The Logitech 250 drivers cause problems with the FreeTrack application causing it to shut down when you close the camera properties which had an annoying habit of popping up when starting the FreeTRack program. Charles.
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FreeTrack and OpusFSX [Working]
I found that FaceTrack noIR works with OPUS. I cannot change camera views when using FaceTrack, if I run my NP TrackIR everything is OK and I can change views. I do like the FaceTrack software, my web camera appears to give a wider field of view as opposed to my TrackIR v3. Charles
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FreeTrack and OpusFSX [Working]
I have recently been experimenting with FreeTrack head tracking, I own a TrackIR. When starting FreeTrack with Opus I get the following error, "FSXTRACKIR.EXE Has stopped working" FaceTrack NoIR works well with OPUS for me, does anyone have a solution to this problem with FreeTrack? Charles
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UK2000 London Heathrow V3 Released!
Run's really well on my i7 system, no stutters and appears to run better than the previous version! I did not have any traffic on the stands though. Default AI was set at 20% but did not see much evidence of traffic. Now installing World Of AI and hope to see some traffic. I did not select the static traffic option in the installer. Charles
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Exterior Sounds
I have found a fix for this sound problem, just look for my other posts. I missed this post while posting a windows tweak that should fix the sound problem for most people. Charles Here it is.................... If you are experiencing low external engine volume on a Windows based operating system, please follow the following instructions to fix this issue............ Right click on the speaker icon on the windows tray, (usually bottom right hand corner of screen) Select playback device. Select your playback device in the device menu. Press "Properties" Navigate to the "Enhancements" tab. Tick the check box on "Loudness Equalization" The sound will now be evened out, low sound volume will be increased and higher sound volume will be decreased. "The loudness equalization uses understanding of human hearing to reduce perceived volume differences in Windows 7" ******Your sound card, if you have one, may have this option too*******. The above instructions should fix the sound issues that some people are experiencing with this software. I have had confirmation from one user that it works great! Hope this helps................... Charles Forsyth
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Here is an EZDOK Profile for the Das 8
Pls find attached my EZDOK profile for the superb Dash 8, I think it's pretty good, the shaking camera effects work well and are subtle. The configuration takes advantage of the Saitek X-52 Pro joy stick. The cameras pan smoothly through some of the exterior camera views, but some are configured to move slowly. Use the buttons (A/B) on the top of the joy stick to move fwd and backward through the views. The © button changes view to exterior camera, pressing the hat up, (switch to the left of the fire button) returns you to the virtual cockpit and the captains chair. The three remaining positions on the hat switch to the left of the fire button take you directly to the OHD/COM/THR/Pedastle views Do not press button © again whilst in exterior view, the camera will go into world view which is not good at all! Edit and adapt this configuration to you own joy stick, use the global gain dial to increase or decrease effects as you wish. This configuration uses some of the more advanced features of EZDOK. Charles WOOPS! Sorry it appears I have failed to notice that I cannot pin files here, the configuration file is available at the official forum, sorry!
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Majestic Dash 7 - External Sound Volume Fix
Hello IFR7700 I am really pleased that you can confirm what I discovered! I believe the software was released in April 2013. I bought it a couple of days ago my only gripe was the lack of exterior sound. Charles