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Windows 10 has serious problems in many areas. Do the following, it will NOT harm your computer, it will force Windows 10 to be more friendly to you and programs. These are videos and are very easy to understand and follow. After you fix Windows 10 you should be able to install FSX SP2, if you continue to have problems please post here. If the following fixes your problem, please post here for the benefit of other FSX users who have the same issue with Windows 10, this information needs to get to as many people as possible. 1.) General Fix for Windows 10: 2.) Windows 10 fixes directly related to gaming

There are MANY flat runways in the U.S. Midwest, including the Western 2/3 of Ohio. Kellys Island [airport ID = 89D] has short runways [pure North-South and East-West, RW 18 and 36, RW 9 and 27]. It is a small island on Lake Erie. I used to fly real aircraft there many years ago. On such a small airport you might start with FSX supplied ultralight, then move up to the Maule, a very capable tail wheel aircraft [i flew that also in real life]. It is more powerful than the Piper Cub. If you have an add-on aircraft like a Cessna 152 that will do a good job as well. Carenado has a Cessna 152 II for $26.95, however, you can get a good discount if you purchase it on major holidays. I believe Cessna suggested one notch of flaps for take-off, full flaps for landing [for real aircraft]. I did not fly this aircraft much in real life, I enjoyed larger Piper aircraft after the Warrior and later types of larger Piper aircraft came out. http://www.fspilotshop.com/carenado-cessna-152-p-1793.html Video of FSX flight in Carenado Cessna 152 II Just a note on twins, I do prefer Cessna over Piper, it is easier to see over the engines. Including the Cub, however, primarily beginning with the Warrior, Piper made and makes great aircraft though.

If you want much better quality than Lionheart, Carenado just released their 500S SHRIKE AERO COMMANDER. It is not a jet, however it IS old school - paint chips and all. http://www.fspilotshop.com/carenado-aero-commander-shrike-500s-for-fsx-p3d-p-6196.html or http://www.carenado.com/CarSite/Portal/index.php

In 2006 FSX was designed with future Intel processor performance expected. The best way to boost your FSX frames per second is to purchase a fast Intel CPU, overclock it to at least 4.0GHz [unless the CPU is already running at that speed default - few are], and adjust some of your FSX scenery settings down a little. FSX was also designed for Nvidia, and a mid range card is all you need.

.... Hold down F2 for reverse props and jet thrust reverse ... and / for manual spoilers. My memory is poor, and once again, sorry about the confusion.

I have an oops to report. To reverse props press and hold down F2. For jet thrust reverse tap the / key. I thought I should clarify those keyboard commands because you have been gone so long. My apologies for not being clear earlier.

It was late last night here when I made my post above and forgot to mention this. Zinertek - HD Airport Graphics is very inexpensive and adds realism at all FSX airports, especially in the day time, at night I runways are so dark I have to use runway lighting to judge my altitude above the runway, aircraft landing lights are almost completely worthless - with my Nvidia graphics card. However, airport signs, and markings are much better, actually, some are added that vanilla FSX does not have, and buildings look better, and if there are windows there are people inside. It is still on sale for $14.24 and does not interfere with whatever ground software you are using. Read the reviews, some good comments there. http://www.fspilotshop.com/zinertek-airport-graphics-p-5310.html Also, some aircraft you purchase for FSX also contain the same aircraft for P3D in the package [download or DVD/CD], the Carenado B200 Beechcraft above is one of them. When shopping for an aircraft check to see if it will install on other sims you have or are interested in. Make sure the aircraft, or any software, will work with the simulator software version, such as Prepar3D 3.0+ and so on. FSpilotshop had over 2100 aircraft and other software on sale over memorial day weekend, and I am not sure if the sale is still on. When going to their site click on the "specials" link, usually on the right side of the page. As mentioned by Bert, there are many aircraft alone that you can spend money on, not including other software and hardware. I do not know what your budget is or what kind of aircraft you feel you would like to fly. The only reason I mentioned the Carenado B200 is it is a very easy aircraft to learn to "fly". Many people enjoy tinkering with as realistic as possible avionics and systems, which can take some time to set up a flight. Those aircraft have a much greater learning curve. However, the days of nothing but "steam gauges" and "coffee grinders" are coming to a close in real aircraft and I am glad to see many aircraft with some kind of glass system in the cockpit, even light single engine airplanes. The recommendations I mentioned above were provided in light of what you said in your initial post, especially # 2, you are less patient in your "old age" indicating you want as few hassles as possible. You can slowly slide back into flying a sim, that will probably make it easier. Just a note on many of the great planes available, make sure you read the manuals on all systems and avionics, they can often be downloaded and read before making a purchase, and if you cannot do that, you can download manuals for the real thing and read up, also proceedures such as cold and dark start-ups, among others can be found on YouTube for specific aircraft. I have a 40 inch monitor sitting 18 to 20 inches from my face and balancing good looking video with my check book is inescapable, especially now that I have been on a fixed income, I am 67 years old. I hate the looks of default FSX aircraft, they are simply putrid on a large screen. If you have lots of money, time and patience [which you said you had little of these days, specifically patience] then you can make some great looking objects on screen. In fact, once you look around for a few days at what is available you may become excited and want to jump in with both feet, along with your check book. It is probably best if you purchase a few pieces of inexpensive scenery, clouds, etc., and less complex aircraft to get things started looking better and not purchase a complex jet that will take you 20 minutes to set up [at the initial stage of the learning curve] before you even have time to taxi, let alone get into the air. So, let us know what class aircraft you want to jump into and how complex you want to start with. If you want a shallower learning curve, take it in small steps, get some flight time in and enjoy yourself from day one. EDIT: Forgot to use the word "all" ....

Welcome Back! There have been times when I was away from FSX and have returned to "flying" it again. I have 2 or 3 boxes of FSX, because the price went down and at the time I did not want to lose access to the game because of a bad disc. Because I already have FSX I have not switched, I do have an "older" 4 year old yet powerful computer however. [intel i5 3570K @ 4.0 or 4.4GHz and a very good air cooler to let my system last 5 to 7 years - or more if it holds up and Intel continues to improve integrated graphics and almost ignore CPU performance. For a comparison of FSX vs P3D, please check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdoBByXFSa4 Look at ZZstaff and Darrin Ward's comments especially. ADD-Ons for FSX: I use the newest version of GEX [Ground Environment X] by Flight1. http://www.fspilotshop.com/flight1-ground-environment-world-edition-north-america-p-4148.html Among the many aircraft I have purchased, my favorite aircraft is the Carenado B200 King Air. It is VERY stable, even at 90 knots and can be used on relatively short runways [note, use the F2 key to reverse the props for short landings and you can see over the nose of the aircraft better at 105 knots than 90 - remember, you can use the keys Shift+Enter to raise your seat to allow you see over the nose better {Shift+Backspace to lower seat height}]. It is great for both low level flight and mid-altitude, such as 20,000 feet and can fly around 2,000 miles, depending upon wind conditions. It can be found at www.Carenado.com or http://www.fspilotshop.com/carenado-b200-king-air-series-p-3944.html If you like something smaller you might like the Cessna 310R by Milviz, just remember it behaves much like a real C310, including when landing a little "hot". http://www.fspilotshop.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Milviz Read the reviews by purchasers, some of whom have been real pilots, such as myself. I also have Track IR5 and it adds realism and permits views a hat switch will not, however, with a hat switch on the joy stick you can get by without it. http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/trackir5/#1 I wish you happy sim flying ! NOTE: Edited slightly for easier viewing

I read on this forum a post that suggested using Driver Manager or something like that, however, I cannot remember the thread or the person who made the post, I think it was staff. I used to manually download and install all drivers, however, I am getting old, and with age, getting lazy. What is a good program to keep my drivers up to date? Thank you.

Christopher, I agree, there have been no major improvements since the 2600K, especially with FSX. This is one of my favorite sites when looking at real CPU performance in games. FSX is not listed, as it is too old, and almost everyone knows FSX loves lots of CPU performance. Well, the link I typed looked good, however, I must have had a misspell somewhere. Go to www.youtube.com and search for Intel Skylake Core i7 6700k vs 4970k/3770k/2600k. By DigitalFoundry. they have both overclocked [that is what the K version is for] and no overclock benchmarks.

I read only half of the replies, so, if someone has already stated the following I apologize. I used to be in the computer field and was an expert in computer hardware. Your problem is often caused by faulty computer hardware, and hopefully none of your files have been damaged. Heat can cause malfunction or premature failure of computer components. If you have not done so, go to a local Wal-Mart, computer store, or office supply store and purchase a can of air. Open your case and thoroughly clean everything including RAM, all fans, all heatsinks, the power supply, video card, and other areas where filth or dust bunnies have accumulated. Another problem areas are weak components on the motherboard. Increase your CPU VCore slightly, usually an additional .025 volts works. If the RAM is weak use the same increase in voltage. If your power supply has weakened components it is time to replace it. These are just a few hardware related options and I suggest you try cleaning [$4 or $5 U.S. a can] and slight voltage increase, as they are free. I am leaning toward a hardware problem because you said all was well one day and, without changing anything - especially with no add-ons, the next day the problem presented itself.

The FSX 2006 version was titled Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition, I still have it and the price was $70 U.S. The Gold edition came out later, and I have that version as well.

Flyfox, Thank you very much! Dan

I do not know how to hide the compass, however, you can look over it by pressing the keys Shift+Enter to increase the seat height.

I have stated in another forum that I can sometimes see "stutter" or individual frames of a movie, and most people did not believe me. I have been used to gaming at 60fps for a very long time and my eyes and mind have gotten used to it. I was also a commercial rated pilot years ago. I mentioned at that web site that some military pilots could see individual frames while in a flight simulator that ran at 60 fps [or did at that time, I am not sure if military flight simulators now use 120fps]. I will be 67 years old tomorrow, and if I can sometimes see individual frames while watching a movie on television, I am very sure many younger people can as well. There is a satisfaction threshold for many games, including flight simulator. For flight simulator it seems to be 20 fps and above for many people, 24 fps* does not bother me much, even though I can see individual frames that make the game "stutter" or look choppy for a lack of better terminology. If I want to increase frame rates I increase my i5 3570K from 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz and that makes a great deal of difference, as 30 fps is the lowest I like to go. Usually at 4.0GHz my frame rates are acceptable to 60 fps+, large airports in large cities with lots of aircraft and ground vehicles, including automobiles drop fps especially on several of my *Carenado and some Alebeo aircraft. Planes from companies like Milviz produce high frame rates no matter where I fly. The only add-ons I have are aircraft, Zinertek HD Airport Graphics, GEX and UTX. I use no programs to increase fps nor do I get into the code to increase fps. I use raw "horsepower" only. Although my computer is four years old, my video card is not, and is used for more than MS FSX. For those that are interested my computer specs include: MB: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Intel i5 3570K at 4.0 or 4.4GHz on air [it can do 4.6GHz however I like temps no more than in the 60s [C] under stress, and that means running it at 4.4GHz. If I want to keep max temps in the 50s [C] while under heavy load I decrease the overclock to 4.0GHz], CPU cooler: Noctura NH-C14 with two 140mm SSO fans, TIM: GELID Solutions GC-Extreme, RAM: 24GB of G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866 CAS 9. SSD Samsung Pro, Intel 335 series, WD Black 4TH, Video card: MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE, Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Z, PSU: Seasonic Platinum 660 watt, Case: Cooler Master 922 HAF [High Air Flow], Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, UPS: APC XS 1500 Back-Up

Welcome to the new world of Microsoft's Windows 10. According to MS, Windows 10 is the greatest, most secure and most reliable OS since God. BS still reigns at MS. I hope you find an answer. If you do, post it in these forums please, as others will surely want to know the answer. Contact MS support for help - and good luck with that.

Hello Luke, Quote, "His point remains valid..." I disagree. Quote, "...if you want a good power supply, start with a reputable, quality brand and then select the wattage and efficiency you desire or need." I agree with that. It is obvious you are missing my point, and I would have to go into detail to explain why, and even then I am not sure I could get my thought process across to you, although I believe you are trying your best to provide good information. Power supplies came up because of the devastating situation stated in the first post made by the OP. Because I cannot get my hands on his machine to check things I can only make assumptions as to a fix, just like everyone else here. According to the OP he has been running a stable overclock of 4.6GHz on water for around 5 years. I do not know what settings he has in BIOS to accomplish this, he did not state it, if he did, I missed or forgot it. A good CPU will last that long easily. His CPU has 12 phases, and they are all needed because they are not the highest quality, however, 12 of them should do the job. Also, I do not know what TIM he is using or how old it is, how the CPU and cooler were prepped for TIM, and how the TIM was applied. I do not know what kind of RAM he is using or what voltage it is running. I do not know what voltages the CPU is using. I do not know if anything needs cleaned - as dirty components trap heat. These are just a few of the things important to a moderately high overclock such as his. The power supply quality and health comes into play because weak components in a power supply can force computer components, including the PSU to demand more power to function, which increases heat, and with heat more power is required in order to supply proper voltage. It can become very dangerous and a faulty power supply can damage any other component in the computer, from drives to the motherboard. A very high quality power supply has better components and is less prone to weaken under stress compared to lower quality components in lower quality PSUs. I suggest he try some free things first. Remove all overclocks. Disconnect all cables, CAT, sound, microphone, USB [keep only the keyboard and mouse connected [although I have seen a defective keyboard or mouse, usually the keyboard cause problems]. Disconnect all fans except the CPU fan. Disconnect and remove the video card, all drives, and RAM. Try booting and check the response of the computer. If the computer responds properly add one stick of RAM, reboot and check for proper response. Reinstall the video card, if the computer responds properly connect the boot drive. If the computer boots into Windows properly and there are no problems with programs located on the boot drive, move the single stick of RAM to each different RAM slot. If everything works properly, including Windows programs, add the second stick of RAM. If everything works properly plug in one fan at a time. Go slowly with this, as ANYTHING can cause damage to computer components, including a bad fan. I have seen a fan that was shorting out do damage to other components in computers. If you run into any problem along the way, isolate it and see if your computer is stable while not overclocked. If the computer is stable, begin a slow overclock starting around 4.0GHz and increase the CPU VCORE by .025 volts above what you normally use and increase the RAM voltage the same amount, keep this increased voltage all the way up to 4.6GHz overclock. If just the voltage increases stabilize your computer components such as the CPU, VRM, RAM or RAM circuits, including controller, on the motherboard may be getting weak. Again, a failing power supply will cause problems that can destroy components and make diagnosing problems so difficult it may make you want to chuck the computer out of a second story window. I have not covered everything hardware related, there is also software that can destroy or interfere with computer functions. I do not know what, including software, was added by the OP or hacker over the internet, or any other changes to the computer just prior to this problem. It is nearly 10:00 p.m. here and I am getting very tired. I take medication at 7:30 p.m. that interferes with my ability to focus and think. Another major hindrance to me, I was wounded in the head twice during combat and that caused memory problems and a leaning disability that made it extremely difficult for me in college, however, by "over-studying", a great deal I became able to do many things in my life, although it was exceedingly difficult. In high school I took advanced subjects and when entering the U.S. army I was qualified to become anything I wanted, and was given a choice, even though the Vietnam War was at it's height, 1968 and 1969. More American deaths occurred in that time period than any other. In any event, after a great deal of combat and wounds, I fought hard to learn and as mentioned I owned a computer business and was a computer consultant. The reason I like FSX is because I also became a commercial pilot, fixed wing. Many of my flights are to places that I actually flew to in real life. I was also what the navy calls a Mustang, a person that climbed through the ranks and was very successful in commanding ground forces. And, I did other things that doctors were later amazed that I had accomplished because I had a very serious problem, and I do not think the massive amounts of Agent Orange dumped in my AO in Viet Nam helped any, more was used in and around my AO than any other place. My war wounds eventually became crushing because as I aged I did not have the energy to expend in order to excel at my work, and then it got to the point that I could no longer be at a normal capability level. That is more than enough, I usually do not talk about myself, however, I felt that giving you a little information may better understand me. To impart some of my lingering knowledge I still try to help people with computer problems at different forums from time to time. Dan vortex, I have already stated that I use a Seasonic Platinum series PSU and provided a link to a review of it by www.jonnyguru.com Please read all of my posts - carefully before respond. Thank you.

martin, Some of your comments, such as, "A PSU with a lesser efficiency rating isn't a PSU of lesser quality." For the vast majority of PSUs your statement is false. I will not address the rest of your comments because this post will be longer than I wanted and I do not want to add to it. Also, it may be that I should have been more specific, for some people. I spoke in general terms because most computer users have no idea of the importance of a power supply and what its components or sub-components are, let alone understand what terms such as ripple or what a sine wave or stepped sine wave is in regards to PSUs. www.jonnyguru.com is a great site, especially for novice and moderately educated computer users, and it is useful for the highly educated to keep up on some hardware. Usually I do not precisely specify what my hardware is because there are so many good choices available. Because you feel you have a good or better understanding of computer hardware, my PSU is a Seasonic SS-660XP Active PFC F3 (Platinum-660). A review of it can be found here: http://jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=326 I have been active with computer software and, more so, hardware since 1986, I became highly educated in the computer hardware field, owned my own company, and became a computer consultant to other companies. Also, I picked up the desire to overclock long ago, so, that is also familiar to me. Of course no one is perfect, and I am not saying that I am, however I do try to provide good advice on forums in the most concise manner to keep the length of posts down. It is not my intent to provide in-depth hardware specifics because I do not want to write a short book or lengthy reviews, it takes too long and most people do not want to read massive posts. Thank you for your comments. Dan

The above are good suggestions. One thing that many people overlook is power supplies act as a sort of "shock absorber" for your computer and over time they wear out - to put it simply. A faulty power supply will cause all of the issues you listed, and can kill your computer. Your PSU should be replaced at least every five years, especially for overclocking. If you replace the power supply purchase the highest quality you can afford. For example, I use a Seasonic 660 watt Platinum Series. Many people argue that an 80 PLUS rating of Platinum is more than needed, however, with overclocking for years at a time you should use the best you can afford. I understand the differences in PSUs, I became an expert in computer hardware, owned my own company, and became a consultant to other companies including those that build computers. I am not saying I am perfect or at God level, however, my experience is vast and very long. And, I have been overclocking for decades, I initially did it to break hardware in order to find tolerances, now that I am disabled I cannot afford to go that far. I suggest you increase the voltage of your RAM + 2/100 of a volt and increase your voltage on your CPU very slightly. Also, applying a good TIM on your CPU is a good idea [clean the old off completely], I still use GELID GC-EXTREME, because it is very good and I have a tube sitting on a shelf in my computer room, although there are a couple of compounds that conduct heat VERY slightly better, I do not expect to change compounds any time soon. NOTE: Store the tube of TIM with the tip down, the "oil" or emulsifier has a tendency to migrate to the tip over time if the tube is on it's side, and when you use it after a period of storage time you will get an oily substance before the TIM itself leaves the tube. These are just a few things important to situations such as yours, including overclocking and I wanted to give you a little history of myself, and wish you good luck on getting your computer running well. EDITED for clarity.

If you have the same problem after uninstall and re-install, the problem might be in your Windows registry, it may need to be cleaned as well. Personally, I hate digging into the registry, although I have done it. The problem with Windows Registry is you have to know what to search for and usually there are a LOT of entries. Other than code from your FTX products being written poorly, I have a question. Are you overclocking your computer, and if so, what CPU, motherboard and RAM are you using [and how much RAM on the motherboard]?

I need some help, if possible. I have sent Zinertek an email, and am waiting to see if they can help. Often manufacturers are unable to provide proper support [i hope this is not the case here]. This is an email that I sent them that explains the problems: VERY serious problems: With this program, GEX v2.1, and third party aircraft, such as from Carenado, Alabeo, and so on. I fly mostly light to medium twin engine turboprop and piston twins, [i almost never fly default FSX aircraft default FSX aircraft - they look ugly on my 40 inch monitor]. Sometimes ground traffic were shells, sometimes other aircraft were shells, worse, my non-default aircraft had serious problems ranging from BSOD, the game locking up, screen going black, my own plane becoming a shell, the screen for MS FSX in the Free Flight tab, sometimes would be black after a flight. Long flights were a problem, if I stopped for fuel and had to call a truck for fuel the screen would become black or the aircraft became invisible after refueling. And, there were more problems, however, I feel this is enough for anyone to get the picture. My computer: MS FSX with SP2 Flight1 Ground Environment X North America [GEX] Many third parth aircraft CPU: I5 3570K at 4.0GHz or 4.4GHz if needed [air cooled] Video card: MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE, Driver version: 364.72 Mainboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H [6 phases for CPU] RAM: 24GB G.Skill CAS 9, 1800 SSD: Samsung 850 Pro [boot drive], Intel 335 series HHD: 4TB Western Digital Black [for back-up programs] Optical: Pioneer BDR-209DBK [CD to Blu-ray] I forgot to tell them my OS: Windows 7 Pro. I will inform them.

For FSX and overclocking, there is no difference between the CPUs. The K series is meant to overclock, so, bump up the speed of all 4 cores a little, but make sure you have a good CPU cooler. I use the Noctura NH-C14 140mm x 2 SSO, TIM: GELID Solutions, TIM = GELID Solutions GC-Extreme, and Arcticlean [by Arctic Silver] to clean the old TIM or prep the use of GELID. If you do not know how to overclock, just leave it alone. I use a slightly overclocked Intel i5-3570K with an AMD R9 290 with a 5% overclock and FSX runs very well with almost everything cranked up very high. Note, besides aircraft, the only add-on software I use is UTX and GEX by Flight1 Software. For many years AMD has been lagging behind Intel in gaming performance. What AMD did was to add cores, more overclocking abilities [at time of release], which could beat Intel in some non-gaming programs. Simply put, AMD could not come up with better internal CPU [gaming] hardware than Intel, remember, Intel has a great deal of money to hire genius.

daxx66, I am a bit late here, sorry. The OP wanted to know what to purchase for FSX, and that leaves your comments regarding AMD CPU very poor advice. I am sure he has purchased a computer by now, however. Ivdon, let us know what you purchased and how well [or poorly] it performs with FSX.

AMD's drivers for the R9 290 are not horrible. The following is from a review I made of the Carenado PA34 Seneca V in September 2014: "... I took off from KLAX, did a few fly-byes of the tower and center terminal and when VERY close got between 28 and 34 fps [while looking at them], a little further away [than VERY close] and my frame rates jumped from the mid 30s to 40s. At low altitude, over the city East of KLAX frame rates were upper 40s to over 60 fps ... Other than aircraft, the only add-ons I have are GEX and UTX. I reset fps to unlimited, took off from KMHK, real world weather, there were quite a few clouds. Between 800 and 1200 feet AGL frame rates were between 45 to mid 60s in the trees and buildings Northeast of the airport and, SW of the airport fps was a little higher in the buildings at about 300 AGL ... [At high altitude frame rates are between 90 and over 120 fps] Computer specs include: AMD R9 290 [reference] video card, with 5% overclock Intel i5 3570K CPU overclocked to 4.2GHz 16GB of 1866 G.Skill system RAM Gigabyte Z77X-D3H motherboard 240GB intel 335 SSD [FSX is on this] 1TB Western Digital Black hard drive [40 inch 1920x1080 screen - 2 feet from my face TrackIR 5 by NaturalPoint] - And some other goodies, including a very good CPU air cooler. Some FSX settings: Graphics tab: Target frame rate [normally] 30 Full screen resolution 1920x1080x32 Filtering = Anisotropic Anti-aliasing = on Global texture resolution = very high Advanced animations Aircraft tab: Global settings = Ultra High Scenery tab: LOD radius = Large Mesh complexity = 85 Mesh resolution = 5m Texture resolution = 15cm Water effects = High 1.x Land detail textures = checked [yes] Scenery complexity: Extremely dense Autogen density: Dense special effects detail: Medium Weather tab: Cloud draw distance: 70 miles Thermal Visualization: None Simulation Settings: Rate at which weather changes: Medium Cloud detail: Cloud coverage density: Maximum Traffic tab: Airline: 70% General aviation:92% Airprot Vehicle density: Low Land/Sea traffic: Road 49%, Ships 50%, Leisure boats 48% Aircraft labels" Show aircraft labels, Manufacturer, Model [Red, cycle 2 seconds] ..." I am sorry, I just realized this is the X-Plane section in the forum... please accept my apology for giving FSX comments.

I have TRACKIR 5.2 Open the program, on the left side of the screen you will see "Basic Settings". Make sure TrackClipPro is highlighted [it will be orange color]. I think the default is TrackClip. If you want a couple of numbers my Motion Control is: Speed 2.2 Smooth 50 There is also an Advanced below the Basic [settings]. Here is where I made a setting for FSX and saved it. I will try to place a picture here, however, it has been so long since I was last here I am not sure this site accepts BB code. EDIT: The picture was accepted, thankfully. .