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    I will be 72 in Feb. Retired 10 years. Fight simulation keeps me busy most of the time. I do some photography, I do some wood working and my boys are getting me into RC flying.

    I have now re-built my sim 4 times and into my 5th.
  1. I went back to FSX simply because all the scenery I had would not run properly in P3d. I bought the fixer for DX 10 and now it's running great! I still have P3d on my computer and go back to it, from time to time, as they improve the product. I was disapointed to learn and based on the "requirements" thought it was a 64 bit system, then after I bought it,,,,found out, it was not. I'm happy that there is someone like LM that will continue to upgrade their flightsim, because THAT is our future. But, after saying that, there is not much use, in wasting time, trying to get a 32 bit system to really do the job. As long as I can have FSX, along with using the DX fixer and good scenery coming out with ORBX, I'll have to be satisfied with that. I applaud LM and hope they continue to improve P3d, but right now they should stop wasting their time on the 32 bit and get a 64 bit system,,,,,and THAT will change the flightsim world.
  2. Hi all, First post on this site. I have tried DX10 preview in FSX, but each time it messed up. After buying P3d v2 and not getting (yet) what I wanted, I reinstalled FSX, and tried DX 10 again today. I have 3 screens, 2 of which I use for gauges and the main for scenery. I had the same problem with (dx10) as I did before trying to pull the main panel gauges to another screen, just wouldn't work. I then restarted fsx w/ dx10 and only used the main screen for all,, and wow, did it look great! I never saw ground texture like that before (using Orbx PNW). It looked as good as a photo, and flew so smooth, it seemed to be floating in air. If I have to, I'll use a single screen from now on,,,I do have TrackIR too. But would like to ask, if the dx10 fixer will fix the problem of using multi screens? Or is there a work around,,,I'm buying the fixer anyway, but hoping. Thanks, Larry
  3. Hi all, First post on this site. I have tried DX10 preview in FSX, but each time it messed up. After buying P3d v2 and not getting (yet) what I wanted, I reinstalled FSX, and tried DX 10 again today. I have 3 screens, 2 of which I use for gauges and the main for scenery. I had the same problem with (dx10) as I did before trying to pull the main panel gauges to another screen, just wouldn't work. I then restarted fsx w/ dx10 and only used the main screen for all,, and wow, did it look great! I never saw ground texture like that before (using Orbx PNW). It looked as good as a photo, and flew so smooth, it seemed to be floating in air. If I have to, I'll use a single screen from now on,,,I do have TrackIR too. But would like to ask, if the dx10 fixer will fix the problem of using multi screens? Or is there a work around,,,I'm buying the fixer anyway, but hoping. Thanks, Larry
  4. Hi all, I un-installed FSX about a week ago,,,,I have now,,,re-installed it, and will keep it, and use it, until I see that P3d v2.? can use addon's the same as FSX, and will run as FSX does. I still have P3d on my computer, and as I get pointer's from people like you, and try them, such as the autogen. I do believe that P3d is the future, but for now, it's not ready for primetime. I haven't tried the update software for dx-10, but I'm looking into it. If anyone has it, can you recommend it? Larry PS, we need a 64 bit flight sim, other than X Plane, which I tried and couldn't even understand how to get it set up like FSX or P3d.
  5. I guess I fit in this catagory too. When I started with FSX a few years ago, I was one of those who wanted a cockpit as close to the real thing as possible, set up to an Airbus 318, 320, etc. I didn't fly to much, cause I was to busy building,,,, I bought all kinds of addon's that,,,,really were a waste of good money. Only thing that turned out OK was scenery. Then one day I realized each time I did fly, was with the Beech Baron 58. I still have my sim, and will add/chg it from time to time, but I scaled down,,,,,a lot! I bought Prepar3d v2 and even though I had problems, I liked it, got the update,,,and now I can start P3d up, the Baron 58 comes up, and all three screens setup as I want them,,,,and I FLY. FLY, FLY! I'm hoping to get Orbx's Global, Victor, and as many Orbx scenery's as I can,,,,and that's it. P3d is the future and I have un-installed anything that has FSX in it. And I sure feel a LOT better. Larry
  6. Hi all, I have been seeing trees, buildings, houses, etc in places where they don't belong, lakes, etc. It happens in most all scenery? Not sure, but I think it did this even before the update? Anyone got any ideas on this one? Hope so. Larry
  7. klamal, Thanks very much for your reply, it helped a great deal. But, I'd to ask, what is the purpose of setting the scenery to a higher priority? I have tried Bluesky scenery, and thinks it great. I don't mind flying in day only at all, prefer it really. But I'm really curious about this priority thing? Thanks, Larry
  8. Hi all, A couple of things, first, how do you change/move the "priority" in the Scenery Library? Second, is photoreal scenery simply satilite photos? They look so flat and it's plain to see the buildings are placed, so I'm not very fond of that type of scenery. Orbx has great scenery, but after switching to P3d v2, they are not compatible. I was also wondering if I could get opinion's on what you all think is the best addon scenery, Or how to best get the truest look. I'd like very much to fly in areas that look as they really are. Thanks Larry
  9. Hi all, I just got TrackIR going and it's running great. I am also getting P3d running better in other ways. Unlike FSX, I can fly as soon as it installs my saved loaded scenery & aircraft type. What a joy to be able to do that. I saved the same way in FSX, it did save it with gauges as I arranged them on each monitor, but they all loaded on the main monitor and then I had to drag them again to the proper monitor and resize them to fit. With P3d, now I don't have to do that! It loads the correct way, each time!! If I can run like this now, I can't imagine how good it will run with the patch installed. And, upgrades will keep coming, as time goes on. I think I can safely say now, I can uninstall FSX and say "Goodby". Larry
  10. Hi all, I just solved my problem big time. Went to this address and they have a beta version to upgrade Win 8 and p3d v2. I down loaded it, installed it, and now it works great, even better than in FSX, and I did not tinker, ran as is, but solid as a rock. But I'll check it out, just to see how it's set up, right out of the box, so to speak. http://forums.naturalpoint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=10808 Larry
  11. Hi all, Has anyone been able to get Trackir going in P3d v2? I tried, but trying to run, all it done was jerk around to different screens. Any ideas? I have heard others say it worked fine for them? Thanks, Larry
  12. Hi all, I see ad's about scenery, and I'm a little, a lot, confused about scenery terms, such as, landclass, and mesh. I think mesh concerns the shape of the surface, but the term "landclass", I don't get? Can someone explain to me, just what it is. I was looking at a "Scenery Tech - Africa landclass v1.0", and at looking at the images, it looked like it added trees, rivers, etc. I thought landclass was simular to mesh? Any info will help me greatly, thank you, Larry ps, what is the best brand to buy of these?
  13. Hi, I'm not absolutly sure, but it's in the 2nd or 3rd window after you click continue, but look at the bottom left portion of each window until you see the phrase "MORE OPTIONS" click on it, and you can then browse and choose the hard drive you wish to put Prepar3d on. I have it on a WD 3 tb usb 3.0 drive. Larry
  14. Hi all, I received REX4 (2 disks) and attempted to install it. But on the 1st disk, about 3/4 way, I got a box that popped up saying, " Source file not found: D:\rexte3.cab. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it." I checked on the disk, and that file was not on it. It did have rexte1 and 2, but not the 3rd? I tried to get on the REX4 site and even though I'm logged in, it said I didn't have permission? Any ideas would be most helpful. Thanks, Larry
  15. Hi, I went to the site, did what it said, and it found nothing. But, I'm using P3d v2. Larry
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