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I think that Pilot's FSGlobal2010FTX has improved the look of the sim world because mountains have more realistic shapes compared to default FSX, thus I would say it is "significant improvement" mainly because default FSX is so lacking in the mesh. But I did buy it begrudgingly due to cost, but with the understanding that I wanted to build my FSX from the bottom up.

Pilot's FSGlobal2010FTX download version from Flightsimstore. Installation was problematic and had to do some tricks to get it installed.

the version of UIAutomationCore.dll which worked for me is: 6.0.5840.16386 The one linked to in the PMDG777 manual did not work for me.

I just installed: Pilot's FSGlobal2010FTX mesh (25GB!) FTX Global Base I.M.O this has greatly improved the look of long-haul flights even at high altitudes (mainly due to the mesh). From about 8000 feet and below it's like flying in a beautiful different world (meaning 'different' and much improved from default FSX). Have to say I will not go back and now saving up for Vector at a later stage. Flying over Germany:

OK, the issue with my setup is that I removed TowerView from the FSX view cycling group...and this is what prevents me from creating OpusFSX external camera views. But the Opus VC views work great! I had removed the TowerView (before installing Opus) because it was causing FSX to crash on long oceanic flights (refer PMDG777 manual). Also I really like that PMDG777 FMC can easily with one click import the OpusFSX winds aloft data.

Created some VC views & assigned them to various buttons. Having trouble creating external aircraft view. I can only create a single additional ext view, and a key/button assignment doesn't work for that - I have to instead use the menu to click 'OpusFSX Aircraft View'. The list on the right are stock external views included in the PMDG777 with an additional entry at the bottom created by Opus. I cannot get to that Opus view using a button and I can't seem to add more external views. Adding more ext views causes them to appear in the Opus Camera config dialogue but they don't all appear when I cycle thru the ext views - only one of them shows.

thanks very much Stephen. I'm getting the big picture now. I did my first flight yesterday with DHM enabled and it is a very nice effect making the flight so much more real. The DHM makes it like being in a real cockpit - and of course the effect is direclty linked to the real weather conditions courtesy of LWE.

not interested in installing FSUIPC at present. BTW: am trying to understand the concept of Opus camera views and why I would want it. I have different views and can pan around within FSX (don't need Opus for this), so why would I want to create [re-create] my views using OpusFSX ? In other words, what does Opus give me i.t.o. views that I don't already have in default FSX ? I've been reading the manuals but still trying to see the whole point. Yes, I understand DHM.

after disabling DWC I do not see those error 9 & 14 anymore. Makes sense.

Really impressed with realism of Opus Live Weather. Quick questions: 1). Spy window shows errors 9 & 14 --- I'm guessing this is because I have chosen not to install FSUIPC ? 2). Noticed big wind shift when climbing to new altitude. Would DWC help with this - or does DWC only influence lateral variation in winds ?

I am satisfied with performance of following in DX10: Aerosoft EFHK, ENGMv2, EDDT, EDDL, LLBGv2

I did this one back in '11 connecting with KATL-KLAS. Never again! For roughly similar cost one could fly via EU with overnight stop (much better for one's health). thinking about long flights makes me reminisce about the erstwhile Delta standby pass...those were the days! (hmmm...new thread?) BTW, recently did my first long haul (10hrs) EFHK-KLAS on Vatsim without CTD :-D

I had same problem until today. I placed " uiautomationcore.dll " file in FSX program folder. The file version is the one with a Microsoft digital signature and file version 6.0.5840.16386 which I found somewhere on the web / youtube. Search for [uiautomationcore.dll FSX crash windows 7 64 bit]. My freeze always happened while I was doing something with the mouse...so I disabled mouse shadows and set mouse pointer scheme to None (in Windows). See below. BTW I run Win7-64 using Basic desktop theme - not one of the aero desktop themes (but the mouse was still using aero pointer scheme). So my guesss is that one of the above did the trick.

I have problem (FSX freezes with milky screen) on long flights >6hrs. usually I am doing something with the mouse when it happens e.g. clicking on FMC buttons. I run FSX windowed on single monitor. Plenty of OOM room because it can happen even in sparse default scenery area.

solved. the dll.xml was in another user's folder because FSX was installed under a different user, and run under another Windows username. Have reinstalled everythign again as a single user and works fine

I have found that an empty 777 can stop on very short runway...and with Boeing's runway loading conversions chart, you can see that it doesn't present a loading problem for many smaller airports' runways.

found the info in the PMDG777 FCOMv2 manual on pages 11.31.13 - 11.31.16

i have disabled RAAS in the aircraft config since i cannot get this working in the PMDG777.

I don't have this file DLL.XML - but the pmdg777 works fine. I notice some of the entries are "<Disabled>True</Disabled>" , does this mean these items are not loaded by FSX ?

is it possible to enter Lat/Lon fixes on the FIX pages in FMC. If so what is syntax? There is something in the manual that indicates this is possible in the real plane.

I use ProcessExplorer from sysinternals to show VAS while running FSX. Recently I was hitting 3.8GB landing the 777 at aerosoft mega EFHK (all addon settings maxed) with a few other VATSIM planes present there. With DX10 it don't exceed 4GB vas anymore because the vas useage seems more stable so I can tweak / control things better. I increased my FSX texture setting to 7cm.

I run without loading PMDG_Interface.dll as I always start Cold&Dark. Is there anything else that requires this dll to be loaded? does it add a PMDG menu in FSX ?

Hi, trying to understand why RAAS in PMDG777 not working. I only have the RAAS that came with PMDG777. there is a RAASPro folder in my FSX program folder that presumably was installed with the PMDG777 and inside these folders is a dll.xml file which seems to contain code to load a RAAS module. My fsx.cfg file contains no reference to RAAS - only to the 777 as follows: " F:\fsx\GAUGES\PMDG_777X.DLL.clkoanwecheuccchbtaankcweoczielozorzqoot=2 F:\fsx\GAUGES\PMDG_777X_3.DLL.lbniobqietubhczkqioocklquolkanbbblruqeqr=2 " some ideas: 1). is it necessary to run the makerunways utility after installing PMDG777 ? 2). I don't have a dll.xml file in my FSX user folder - do i need this ? everything else in PMDG777 works just fine!

I improved VAS (and thereby eliminated OOMs) by turning off static aircraft at addon airports (a custom option of the addon scenery); turning off airport vehicle density in FSX settings; and changing to DX10. With these changes I can now operate the PMDG777 at Mega Helsinki and Mega Oslo v2 no problem even with high-res textures. I can get 3.5GB vas instead of +4GB vas previously.

My experience with Aerosoft Mega Helsinki: I installed this airport after I had already set up FSX to run in DX10 mode (with the free DX10 shader fixes by Steve). Main problem with EFHK in DX10 was at night = no taxiway lights, grey textures on nearby buildings and taxiways, no labels on taxiway signs (just grey!!!), grey ground textures by apron floodlights. So then I loaded up the airport in DX9 = beautiful scenery but test flight arriving at EFHK resulted in OOM. And I didn't really want to go back to DX9 because DX10 experience is smooth & stable. Then I bought and installed Steve's payware DX10 Scenery Fixer from flightsimstore. Installed its libraries with only one option selected (the DX10 Lights package). I made no other changes to my FSX setup or to the DX10 Scenery Fixer. Then I tried another DX10 flight = success! No more OOM. The VAS was well clear of OOM territory. At EFHK I can now see taxiway lights and labels, and the other buildings around the airport, and ground textures near apron floodlights were correctly lit. In a couple of places near end of runway, the taxiway has no center-lights (only edge-lights), but this is hardly noticeable. Conclusion: I stay with DX10.... and I support Steve's DX10 Scenery Fixer. Big thank you to Steve!