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Does anyone know of a way of converting X-Plane scenery to MSFS? I have seen an excellent airport in X-Plane that I wish to use in FSX, the airport scenery is in DSF format. http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/19858-ktoa-zamperini-field/

Thanks Chas, I got this to work by creating a folder in my root directory .\KTOA and then creating a scenery sub folder and placing the compiled BGL file there. Next I added the scenery in the usual way from inside Prepar3d.

I would like to install the AFCAD file remake of the default Zamperini Field located in Torrence, CA. The instructions here state to copy .ad2 files to the Addon Scenery/Scenery folder. How can I achieve this in v3?

It seems as there has been another update - we're at 3.2.3 already!

If you haven't tried 1.7 it might be worth a go, they've added a new movement filter based on acceleration to remove some of the jumpiness. I wear glasses and it hasn't been an issue for me. Anyway it appears YMMV based on other peoples experience.

It seems that there has not been much written recently about FaceTrackNoIR in the Avsim forums so I thought I’d share my experience. In short, FaceTrackNoIR is head tracking software that requires no hardware other than a webcam. No hat, no led clip, no nothing, it simply recognises your face and the movement of your head and it does an excellent job under many lighting conditions. I have it working a treat with Prepar3D v3 and FSX SE. It also works well with ezca. http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm Highly recommended. Raj Grover

I'm using v170 of FreeTrackNoIR and I'm astounded at how good it is when paired with my PS3 Eye Camera. I'm doing head tracking with no cap, no LED's, nothing but my relatively bald head (and I wear glasses). I've played about with the curves a bit to slow and smooth the movement and use Simconnect to connect with FSX:SE. Well worth a look. http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm Raj

From https://www.facebook.com/fsxinsider as of 1hr ago. Next week (9th – 16th March 2015) we are planning to release an update for Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition into open beta. The open beta will run for seven days and allow players to provide feedback about the updated before it is released through Steam to all FSX: Steam Edition players. The beta is open to everyone however you will need to own FSX: Steam Edition to take part. We will be publishing further details regarding the open beta and the exact content of the update over the next few days

In the OC under Product Description for the 737NGX - FSX:SE there is note "Any PMDG737NGX FSX installer that was downloaded from PMDG after 01FEB15 is FSX:SE enabled". Is that correct? Reading through the PMDG General Forum it seems that the SE installer has not been released yet. Raj Grover

Yes, that's it - Thanks. I should have looked harder!

Thanks Karan - I've checked the CDU Keyboard menu and I can't find anything relevant there.

I'm trying to assign the V and L keyboard buttons to toggle VNAV and LNAV modes in the 737 and 777. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have FSUPIC but I can't seem to find a way using that. Also, is the a list of keyboard commands available anywhere? Thanks

Thanks - I swapped the cards over. The 750 has similar frame rates but overall less stutter and a smoother flying experience. P3D is markedly better with a 50% improvement in frame rates. Thanks for the advice.

I have an i970 3.2GHz based system with an ATI 5850 video card. This of course is an older system but FSX works well enough for me, I get about 14 to 18 FPS with the PMDG 737. I was given a Nvidia GTX750 1GB video card for Christmas (not the Ti version). Will this low end card provide any performance benefit over what I have already, or should I stick it on eBay :-)