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I thought spinning clouds were fixed in 2.5 or so? im getting spinning clouds as i fly by them in v3. I am using REX soft clouds and Rex Essential + Overdrive. (could this be why i am getting the spinning clouds?) Can someone confirm with default v3 clouds if they spin while you pass them in spot view?

I dont know if it makes a difference, but i have P3D on my mSATA card that plugs directly into my Motherboard. I have few if any stutters as i knew them in older computer builds with FSX, and P3D is just as smooth as butter. Could it be having a "more direct" route with an msata that plugs into the board have something to do with it? My specs are in my sig. I run p3d with it all maxed out and get 60fps (vsync on) and even in NYC and seattle it barely dipped below 40fps. I have ftx global, vector, REX for textures, and ASN running when I fly.

I have MyTraffic 6 in P3dv2, and it works for me. The models are "good enuff and FPS friendly at a time when you really need good fps. (on approach to a busy hub for example) Ive somewhat modified my install of MyTraffic 6 by taking out the Military and Default AI. IMO the military planes are flying WAAAY too much with them enabled.

For many of us X plane is NOT an option. Relatively few addons compared to the FSX catalog, a completely foreign file system than what we are used to, and it literally took me hours to figure out how to map all the buttons on my joystick. Granted, this was XPlane 9, but it was enough to make me never touch that sim again.

As far as my experience goes..FSX Steam Edition is working wonders for me. It is pretty cool to see life breathed back into this years old sim. The devs recompiled the sim, worked some internal magic, and added those necessary tweaks to the cfg that we have had to do manually all these years. Im pretty impressed with the results. After attempting to migrate to P3D, i wasnt thrilled with that sim, although it looked pretty at times. The release of FSX-SE made me come back to "home." Im running ORBX Global, ORBX Vector, ORBX KPSP, KSEZ, AYPY, ORBX Trees, ORBX EU Landclass, ALL of the Freemesh X areas, and REX textures and soft clouds with ASN running the weather. And Ultimate Traffic 2. And FSX-SE just purrs like a kitten. No OOM's. I am pretty impressed with FSX-SE...i recommend at the very least getting it to try along with your boxed copy. One advantage of Steam is youll never lose the dvd's.

I know about changing widescreen from FALSE to TRUE. I have also moved the LOD from 4.5 to 5.5. Those would be personal preference tweaks. But what about HIGHMEMFIX? is that needed for FSX-SE? The sim already runs beautifully on my system, but us sim pilots are tweakers, so what else could, or should be done? Any advice would be amazing.

If someone could explain in detail step by step how to install MyTraffic 6 into FSXSE, i would be eternally grateful. The dev has a wonderful product, but the install directions leave a lot to be desired.

fsx is not being developed anymore, while p3d is under active development. version 2.5 is in beta atm. fsx uses a "dx10 preview" while p3d uses full DX11. fsx requires a ton of tweaking to get to run decently. I havent had to touch the cfg of P3d once. http://www.prepar3d.com/developers/ there is a list of developers of addons that are actively producing for P3D. That is a partial list. Go to any online store and youll see most things are p3D compatible. It was a good run for FSX, but ive moved on.

I use My Traffic X 5.4c in P3D 2.4 and it works great. TONS of traffic. Airline/GA/Military traffic. I just finished a flight where I took off from Port Moresby and behind me while taxiing was an Australian P-3. I took off to the west, he headed south (presumably back to Australia). I also heard traffic on the radio for JAL and the local Papua New Guinea airline. 5.4C is a pretty easy install in 2.4. There are instructions on how to do it on the My Traffic X support forums.

When this releases...is there an incremental update, or do we have to do a complete reinstall again. And is a complete reinstall advisable? (i strongly suspect the answer will be yes.) Im new to P3D (came onboard at 2.4) so this whole concept of an update to a flight sim is foreign to me. (add sarcasm)

The first time i flew P3D at night was amazing. I kept saying to myself "it is really dark now!"

ok i have to ask this...i currently tun a dual monitor setup...will i get more FPS from using just one? Im a bit noobish when it comes to this. It certainly is nice to have my Plan G on one monitor and P3D on the other, but i will gladly sacrifice this if if gets me a noticeable jump in FPS.

Thanks for the help Rob. Ive been flying P3D 2.4 now for a week with ORBX Global and Vector and the North America Scenery. And ive come to a conclusion. As much as i have loved orbx scenery areas. They have simply outdone themselves with Global and vector. I really don't see the need to have scenery areas installed if you have global and vector installed. Not doing so frees you from having to use FTX Central to switch areas and for me at least, opens up the whole world instead of confining me to a certain area. I am sure others have felt these constraints also. I plan soon to get FS Global 2010 for their excellent Mesh. And hopefully with this addon i can get close to having the detail of a ORBX scenery area worldwide. The new Landclass addons they are releasing also look to be a must have. So soon, ill be doing a reinstall of P3D and just keeping it simple with global and vector and landclass. And yes, the sim runs great without any tweaking, just have to get your setting sliders right.

I would love to see all the airport packs for global in one seamless installer (that works for P3Dv2)

Soft Clouds + the P3D tweak to fix clouds + Active Sky Next = Nirvana Up until i got this equation right...i never had seen a SOLID overcast in fsx or P3D.