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  2. Posted · Edited by ZachLW

    'rstough says ==> I want to encourage you if you have not already, become a member of our support forum so that we can best handle issues over there.

     

    http://www.realenvir...eme.com/forums/

     

    Service Pack 1 is progressing well and we will have more news about it soon.

     

    More like an EDIT. Do not discuss warnings or call Mods out again as you did.

  3. Posted

    I would say ORBX is progressing with more US regions and airports..NOT..away as the last poster clearly indicates.

    This thread is titled I'm Hooked..me too. I almost always fly within ORBX regions exclusively and utilize thier airports so much now I am HOOKED and would rather fly in ORBX regions and airfields. On the same type of preference I rarely FLY anything but A2A birds. From the historic CUB to the P51-D both with AccuSim..coupled to ORBX scenery IMHO that combo is the epitome of immersion and our current state-of-the-art in flight sim development. Lastly A2A has an AccuSim Cessna 172 in development now with regularly posted (weekly) update info on thier site. These are great times for FSX.

  4. Posted

    I think some people have had issues with some of the US Orbx regions such as PNW and how to run it with UTX USA. Maybe thats what you are thinking of here. (same issue will probably crop up with Orbx UK when released) I think its just a matter on how you place them in the scenery layer.

     

    I have all Aus Orbx stuff and UTX Europe (with GEX) and don't have any issue with them both being installed.

     

    I have all the ORBX USA/Canada regions and over a dozen ORBX add-on airports. The ORBX regions like PNW install easily (click click click) like any other Windows product and I have not seen posted anywhere a trend toward 'issues with UTX GEX Mega 'whatever' or any of the flavor-of-the-month scenery products, quite the opposite ORBX products by design obfuscate all other scenery add-ons. There is nothing to gain adding UTX to existing ORBX installations except when one flies out of an ORBX region..but who would want to do that? ! Forecasting 'future' ORBX UK issues and declaring PNW currently has 'issues' is an uninformed opinion at best, and transparent covert salesmanship at the worst. It is not "how you place them in the scenery library" either, that is NOT correct installation procedure, it's click click click and FTX Central does all the 'placement.' So much misinformation..so much greed.

  5. Posted

    I am glad I am not the only one where essentials takes forever to Interpolating the NOAA data.

     

    It takes me about 15-20 minutes for me. I hope they can fix this. I dont recall it taking so long with Rex V 2

     

    You're egg-zackly right as REX 2 loaded it's weather faster. Accordingly not everyone has 20M-50M/sec internet downstream throughput. Many who choose to live in a rural area (dream retirement home or full-time RV) are on satelitte (Hughes , WildBlue or other over-the-air ISP's) are very restricted in available bandwidth service tiers. So if a developer designs around the standard 20M or faster connection..##### happens to the other 2/3 of the customer base 'stuck' with less either by choice or neccesity?

  6. Posted

    I actually agree...It would be much more difficult to get Obama's Kenyan birth certificate since he was born in Hawaii..according to every official document. Even Donald Trump with all his billions can't even come up with anything..except a perpetual bad hair day. Truly though Obama's real and true birth certificate wIll be revealed after the election, as it is in a lock box in the Cayman Islands..or is it a safety deposit box in his un-numbered secret Swiss bank account.matters not..Boy did Michelle give a great speech tonight and really boxed Mitt's ears without even mentioning his name. I WOULD however pay $$$ to see Mitt and Ann posing in thier church-mandated special Mormon 'sanctified' underwear..oh..you didn't know about that did you? Well have a look right HERE.

     

    And to stay on topic..REX 2 Overdrive does have really nice HD textures they are stunning..I use them every day and all the time with FSX engine..10 seconds to load the weather. Months ago after creating a REX 2 HD theme I liked and w a i t i ng 6-7 minutes that one and only time for REX 2 to 'do it's thing.' I've uninstalled REX 2 but the textures I once loaded long ago still remain as i did not uninstall Overdrive. .FSX / Jeppesen weather injection is way cool and F A S T.. What's wrong with Jeppesen weather? Good enough for the big iron boys..talking real world here kiddo..not pretend stuff.

  8. Posted

    Such a REX fan..a rarity but I digress. I wouldn't gloss over the - l o n g - wait and the always prematuely bally-hooed SP1 and HD texture pack (Overdrive) which is still not released. But to answer the OP No..REX E is no longer launched by FSX and REX E must be run first..which means a long waiting game. I don't know, as the other gent seems to know, that 'anything' at REX developers is progressing smoothly..I don't know except what is posted on thier homepage and the forums.The latest website "news" is about server upgrades heralding way back 3 months to June 2012 and no mention of REX E SP1 or HD textures is to be found except the standard "Soon to be Released" promo advertisement. In the REX E forums it is seriously frowned upon by the REX developer(s), to even ask "When might we expect some of that promised product development?" I know this first hand as an REX E customer and forum participant. REX E with SP1 and HD textures (Overdrive) are now supposedly incorporated into one and the same package. To be such a a really excited user of a still unreleased final product and to proclaim "testing is going fine" is mysterious..but with nearly 3,000 posts maybe he is a developer himself..it's a bigger secret about REX E than Mitt Romney's secret tax returns. I quit using REX 2 and REX E because I got tired of waiting..and waiting..and waiting..so have most others who value thier time. Of course that slow laborious waiting game with REX E has "all been fixed" really..?? Show us.

  9. Posted

    As a registered REX 2 and REX Essentials paying customer I humbly submit you plan ahead to fix lunch and take the dog for a walk while REX downloads weather, converts textures, fiddles around and does other cool stuff..it takes forever.And you can't fly till it's all done!! Most find the several minutes long wait unbearable and ridiculous. Supposedly this is 'all fixed' in the new release which is still not here. The latest "News" on the REX site is nearly 3 months old...judge for yourself but be forewarned you'll likely fall asleep waiting for this product to interface with FSX. I regret I spent the moola on it. OTOH and to be 'fair' the textures are really nice and I just install them and then never launch REX again (takes too long) as I prefer the internal FSX weather engine..loads up in 10 seconds. It is a pet peeve that so many FSX so-called developers can't cut the mustard but still promise the world..for $$$ up front of course. Coming SOON (REX E w/Overdrive HD pack) has been on the REX site forever. It only took them over 6 months from last summer to get REX Essentials out the door..it is slow as molasses in December too..but they 'promise' it's all gonna be OK one day. It disgusts me. Either excrete manure or vacate the commode REX!

  10. Posted

    Studders of the type and length you describe are (according to what I've read) indictative of CPU bottlenecks and the associated wait time to catch-up. Basically micro-studders are GPU related while longer , plain old regular studders, indicate a CPU lag in processing. Even boxes supposedly 'bullt for FSX' with top-shelf hardware and tweaked for FSX and then subsequently reviewed on sim sites STILL suffer from major cpu studders at large facilites likle Kennedy Intl. and Heathrow.

    CPU overclocking sems to be quite popular and a sort of 'badge of honor' who clocks fastest..however benchmarks show a meager 10-15% FSX performance increase with CPU's (usually i7's) clocked upwards towards 5Ghz which can't be done on air alone. Moreover OC'd cpus can be a seriously negative issue if OC'd during operating system installs and upgrades due to timing issues..it can render your box unbootable. SO..is it worth it for 10-15% increase? UT2 offers a frame limiter that activates during aircraft spawning and that might be worth looking at.

  11. Posted

    Those are all nice FSX default birds with admirable R/W reputations and history..HOWEVER none of them hold a candle to the Douglas DC-3. It's just as home at Kennedy Intl. as it is in the Yukon bush landing on skis on frozen lakes. Yes..the DC-3 is the hands-down most respected and reliable aircraft inthe FSX default fleet. If I was stranded and had an airfield to use but no aircraft..my choice would be the ultra-dependable DC-3. What can top it's service record... huh? B)

  13. Posted

    Mr Artwick's SubLogic company and the subsequent Flight Simulator for the Commodore 64 was the ONLY reason I ever considered buying a "PC' which I did just to be able to fly in 3d and with color. I have mentioned Bruce Artwick in several posts on several sim sites and as others have mentioned used the sequential casette drives and later the 1541 Commodore 5 1/4" floppy drives. Later upgrading to the double-sided floppies in the new fangled 1581 Commodre drives. Then on to the Amiga 500 and 2000. I learned to program in ARexx. I programmed an online football game complete with half-time fireworks display. I recall Run magazine Ahoy! magazine and Compute's Gazette from which my oldest son and I would take turns "typing in progarms" and then a longer time debugging them from those magazines. 300 baud was the standard followed soon by 1200 and then US Robotics HST modems hit the consumer market and well the rest is history. BBS's were the 'internet' of sorts back then and quite the pirate's haven as well. Games were copy protected but programs like Mr Nibble and Fast Hack'em made short work of the copy protection schemes of that era, so I've been told. ^_^ Now any child with a cell phone has many many times the computing horespowewr we had back then. So.. to summarize because of Bruce Artwick I was introduced to the whole unfolding drama of home computing and especially flight simulators. haven't touched down since!! Thanks Bruce!!

  16. Posted

    You are so right. Egg Zackly. I sense some are reluctant to accept or 'believe' the kind of difference you are seeing. I have 2 128G Crucial M4's one for FSX and the other for Win 7. I see the same sort of tremendous reduction in load times as others..mine are also system-wide since Win 7 is also on an SSD. The only downside with SSD's currently is $$ per gigabyte. I submit once you bite the bullet and add an SSD it is like reluctantly accepting your 1956 VW Beetle (HDD) maybe is no longer the fastest car on the block. Math is math..30ms seek time on the fastest HDD'd vs .1 ms on garden variety SSD's, which are getting more affordable all the time. On my box (cold boot) from the "Starting Windows" logo (after POST) to the dektop "music" is 10 seconds flat! Who can deny that advantage once an SSD is on thier own PC? Huh? ALL software installs and archive files decompress faster etc etc etc..you just can't beat them. My $.02 worth after owning 5 or 6 SSD's the past years. FYI MTBF is typically over 1 million hours..HDD's can't touch that spec..no matter what brand or speed. Plus in the case of laptops much improved battery life and much less weight. OK off soapbox..TYYVM!!... LOL :)

  17. Posted

    ANZ121 ... Never heard of refunds from ORBX. I have ALL thier US/Canadian regions and airports (18 of 20 airports actually) and never thought about a refund. They ALL play nicely..patches are promptly done and announced. I wouldn't fly without ORBX. Period. Which are you -really- belly aching about..damn $$$ or an issue with the product? From me to you..your attitude, which is evident in your chosen vernacular is equivalent to cow manure and is counterproductive to resolution of your issues..which are apparently many. You won't find any sympathy here on ORBX stuff. None needed.

  18. Posted

    Launch UT2 from the desktop icon without FSX running. In the main menu select Utilites / Tools / In Game Settings and there you can set an fps limiter that kicks in when UT2 spawns aircraft. You can also within the main menu select how soon spawn occurs and how many aircraft. This might help BUT does not compensate for resource issues locally if that is the cause. It is typical for frames to drop at busy airports and any 'busy' scenery at all. But UT2 has this option to help alleviate the unavoidable performance hit. B)

  19. Posted

    This may help. For Windows 7 installs of FSX it is always asdvisable to NOT let the program install to the default location. So..during the installation process before you accept that default installation path, click on the 'browse' button and install it to the root of your drive. For most that will be c/fsx

     

    Also here is a Microsoft link that explains how to fix this for Vista or XP..I expect the Vista instructions would also apply to Windows 7. This is a common error and it is certainly fixable so be patient, read up on the Microsoft link and methodically follow the instructions. FSX Deluxe should install and buy or trying FSX Gold instead will not fix this issue.

  22. Posted · Edited by CharliesP51

    SSD = no FPS improvement. In some cases might improve blurries, but very rarely. Stability = no improvement.

     

    SSD in FSX is basically all about loadtimes.

    If you don't care much about that, get Vrap or WD black.

     

    Load times for textures (VC and aircraft) and sound files get a real boost (dramatic reduction in load times) in FSX with any SSD. Who would choose to 'not care' about that? Moreover everything that accesses the SSD in one's system gets this "blow your hair back" loading speed improvement..not just FSX. All-white aircraft and guage-less panels are a thing of the past with an SSD. I do care about that and have enjoyed it for years now.

     

    FYI my Win 7 desktop boots in 10 seconds. Try that with ANY HDD ..Hmmm?? Have you tried an SSD? Happy Landings to ALL

     

    Oh, he's banned? Good. With a dynamic IP, he could come back, but I doubt he'll want to do so. If he does, I'll summon the pirate. e5122153.gif

     

    On-topic: While I know that SSDs can improve load times, do they have any advantage concerning FPS, stability or blurries? To be honest, I don't think so.

     

    Why not try an SSD..you'll never go back

  23. Posted

    Just decided on my new rig, but as it is my first build specifically for FSX, I would like some opinions please. Keep in mind I had a $1500.00 budget for this one.

     

    CM Storm Scout case

    ASUS Sabertooth z77 board

    I7 3770K CPU

    Corsair H80 Cooler

    EVGA GTX 670FTW graphics card

    Corsair Vengeance 1866mhz DDR3

    WD 10000rpm velociraptor 300gb drive for windows 7 x64

     

    I plan on reusing my Ultra 850 power supply from my old PC. The PSU is about 2 years old, but it runs very well so far.

     

    Constructive comments only please.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Gary

    No SSD's on a new build..shame on you. :P

  24. Posted

    In the past I've run FSX -and- Win 7 on the same SSD with no apparent negative impact. Just the opposite. Boot times and FSX load times were dramatically reduced. The drawback was running out of disk space on the SSD. Now using a dedicated 128G Crucial M4 for each and it is no less or any more speedy. Theoretically with the OS and FSX on the same SSD there could be some excess aggregate delays in access/seek times but only test equipment could measure it. With HDD's having a 30-50ms seek time and low-cost SSD's running about .1ms seek time no 'human' is going to notice an extra 1 or 2 tenths of a millisecond. ^_^

  25. Posted

    Ah yes..good old Sky Harbor...I worked as an avionics tech there at Sawyer Aviation in the radio shop. Got lots of right seat time too in many Cessna models....not a bad benefit. I recall it was during one of the visits from the Concorde while I was there and we all got on the roof of the shop and were awed by that beautiful bird. Must have been around 1976-79 in there somewhere. Cessna's sales slogan then was "We mean Business"

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