Manstan

I get your point. I'm a racer fan and I hate to call a good sim a "game".

I did myself. Never realized there was 2 versions of the same game running at the same time. A first for me. But after doing the resaerch I should have done before I downloaded MSFS, I'm not so sure I'm going to spend any more time with it. From what I have read MSFS and MSFSX are both out of production. Not sure I want to get involved with something that is no longer in development. {although they maybe debatable with MSFSX} I'm checking on an alturnative, but it's open source. Gimp and Blender are open source, I use Photofilter and Carrara Open source is just too much like pot luck lol Maybe it's because I am so used to alpha/beta testing. If there are bugs or issues with a game I like to think they maybe addressed. I wonder why there isn't a combat flight sim? Seems like such a gimmy. Shooter, MMO, squad based seems like such a natural. For me it would probably be the only sort of squad based PVP I might enjoy. I know someplace around here I have the old Fighter squadren game {deamons over europe I beleave}.

Thanks all I do appreciate the help, but I am just getting more confused by the minute. What I have apparently isn't MS FSX I just have Microsoft flight. Similar but not the same. In MS flight all the game content is compressed. I can unpack it but the unpacked folders aren't what the sim uses. PKzip may unpack the content but I am pessimistic it can repack it. Although it may be no more then changing the name of the file extension. I know what I am doing but apparently I don't have the right version of MS flight to actually be doing anything. Ok, one long duh. I'm just being thick folks. Apparently I have wasted a lot of my time, and a bit of yours. It's quite clear what I have is the free version that apparently can't be modded. Not having the $ to spare for the proper MS FSX, I guess I'm done here. Sorry for my thickness.

Well I am at a loss. I've looked, looked, and looked again and jsut can't find a simple step by step for anything. Most all of the tutorials I have found are for intermediate and advanced steps, Nothing to get me started. In fact I wounder if the tutorials I have found are even for the version; build number, I have. The free planes certainly aren't. And I really wanted to be flying that Dr1.

I'm still flying arouind hawaii and there are no birds. Don't get me wrong, I'm sort of glad there are no birds lol They'd also be a drag on my 4 year old 1 gig card Althougn it would be nice to see flocks take off as I fly over.

Please excuse me. I have ADHD and get real confused in forums. I'm looking for simple easy to follow tutorials for modding. I am a texture artest working with Genetica 4, and PSPX, as well as a modeler working with Hexagon and a CG artest working with Carrara. I'm trying to gather together the tools for the job, but would really apreciate the tutorials. Yes, but I have always found forum searchs to be more confusing and aggrivating then helpful Note: I have been a fan of the canvis falcons since I put to gether my first model at 8; snoopy and the red barron lol Sorry my spell checker doesn't work with this forum format. :(