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AFAIK no other developer has plans for 787 for MSFS. So why would QW cancel their 787?

Congrats Syd for your successful FSX installation if I understand correctly 🙂 It is OK to fly FSX and get return on investment for all addons purchased. I have several flightsims installed (FSX, P3D, MSFS, Condor, DCS, IL-2) and what matters is... immersion and imagination. And in this regards, IMHO FSX still does the job! Enjoy your flying mate 😉

Thanks for your replies guys, and FlyingGoose for your return on experience.

Many thanks SKEWR for your return on experience. On FSX/P3D, FSUIPC was useful to me to set different profile (GA aircrafts, airliners, rotary wings...) and also for 2 or 3 additional feature (winds, unlimited battery life...). For MSFS, I'll start with the game settings first, as you advise guys, then I'll see. Anyway, at this time I'm only flying GA aicrafts. So no need of several profiles.

JJ_ you are most welcome. Can I call you 'my friend' since I fully agree with you? And your story applies to me all the way, for past, present,... and very possibly future 😉 I hope that there will be a new player/challenger on the GA Aicrafts addons market, just as Fenix for the A320!

Hi everyone, Yesterday was my first day with MSFS and... it was very strange to fly with my MS FF2 stick without Force Feedback support from MSFS. If you own a FF stick, no doubt that you see what I mean. Here's a quick summary regarding Force Feedback joysticks and MSFS: There is a vote ongoing for FF support: click here (please vote) Russel Dirks, the developer of FS Force for FSX/P3D said one year ago that he would not develop for MSFS. I don't have info if he has (or not) changed his mind since: click here One alternative is XP Force: click here Another one is AirForce Player: click here Any comment, advice or return on experience is welcome. Nota: I'm starting a new thread to avoid necroposting since the last thread on this topic was back in JAN 21.

Finally I went for the Just Flight PA-28-161 Warrior II because I wanted a slow, small single engine, for touring and bush flying. I elected the Warrior II over the Arrow III and Turbo Arrow III/IV because it was the last to be released, so I assumed that it benefits of lessons learnt from earlier releases in terms of polish . For the record, release dates were: 10 MAR 21 PA-28R Arrow III 31 MAY 21 PA-28R Turbo Arrow III/IV 21 JUL 21 PA-28-161 Warrior II Overall, after a quick flight, I'm happy and will now save the money for the A2A Comanche release for MSFS. If you are not aware yet, there was a post yesterday by Scott from A2A: '...we are getting so close to unveiling the new Accu-Sim Comanche...this last feature is adding 4-6 weeks to the development timeline, but what we are doing now is something I've always dreamed of doing on several levels...' Click here to read the full post

All, thanks for your kind participation. My question has been answered. @jcomm I presume you have uninstalled all your other sims 😉 Regarding Airlinetools, either I have a dramatic loss of memory or you confuse me with somebody else 🙂

Hi everyone, New user coming from FSX/P3D here. In FSX/P3D I had a registered FSUIPC that I used mostly for joystick assignments. Do you recommend to install FSUIPC for MSFS and if so should I buy a license or use the free license (as I recall)? Thanks.

Thanks to all for helping me getting up to date regarding Payware High-end GA Aircrafts. Much appreciated.

Thanks for your quick reply Mick and the heads up. Much appreciated.

Hi everyone, New user coming from FSX/P3D here. I installed MSFS today an found that amazingly, with my modest system (i5 4670K 4.3 Ghz, GTX 1080, RAM 32 Gb, SSD, 2K GSync monitor), the sim is fluid with most graphics settings on High and a few on Ultra. I've seen GA aicrafts from Just Flight, Carenado, Simworks Studios... But nothing yet at the level of A2A or former RealAir. Or did I miss something?

Hello Roger, I dont't think that 'throwing quickly' your problem with minimalistic/no information will motivate people to spend their free time helping you 😉

Oh you are on Windows 11. That might explain the issue because it is unlikely that both of your disk are scratched in my opinion. I'm like you: I have 2 FSX Gold Edition boxes, one french, one english. But I was lucky, I reinstalled successfully 2 weeks ago on Windows 10, because I was nostalgic of some addons that are not quite compatible with P3Dv4.5: RealAir Scout and FlyTampa Grenadines. However I'm considering to buy the FSX Steam Edition as a backup for the day when things will go wrong with my disks. I Googled a bit and found that for approx. 25€ FSX-SE has the following advantages: - More stable on recent OS - Improved performance - Straightforward installation (no need to install Service Packs/Acceleration or to applies fixes such as HIGHMEMFIX=1, UIAutomationCore.dll, etc) - Cannot be corrupted like disc and can always be downloaded I've also seen a couple of mates here saying recently that they are happy with their FSX-SE. The big Con for me is addon compatibilty. Standard addon for FSX-MS are not guaranteed to be compatible with FSX-SE.

Dazkent, the A2A installer will automatically recognize the Steam edition I suppose? I mean, there will be no manual file editing or tweak required?

Bozdog, worth checking this recent thread. There is a link inside towards some tips for cleaning the disc. In my understanding it only works if the disc has some tear and wear. Will not work if the disc has genuine scratch.

Thanks for your feedback for guys who will have the issue in the future. It's rare to see someone who contributes to the community knowledge in his 1st post 🙂

Look at the "Select Aircraft" menu in FSX, just above the "Help" button there is a small check box labeled "Show all variations". Make sure this check box is checked.

Hi mates, I have just re-installed FSX and resolved some graphic issues. The sim is still good and immersive in my view 🙂 Whilst I learnt to fly airliners (PMDG 777) on FSX circa 2013, I have decided to limit the planes in my hangar: RealAir Scout and SF-260. Maybe I will re-install later the A2A C172 but no more. Regarding sceneries I have elected: Fly Tampa St Marteen and Grenadines, and FSAddon Tongass Fjords X. So definitely VFR and Bush Flying oriented. I reinstalled also Aerosoft Maldives X - The Malé Atolls, but it is not at the same level as the the other so I might end-up uninstalling it. I have considered to buy some other 'flight zones' - Aerosoft African Airstrip Adventures and Antarctica X - but finally refrained because of bad user feedback (African Airstrip) or by fear to get bored quickly (Antartica X). What planes and sceneries do you use?

Indeed I have the FSX box version. And I now remember that I added HIGHMEMFIX=1 the last time I installed FSX, that is circa 2013 😉

Thanks stans et al. I'll see in the long run but it seems that adding HIGHMEMFIX=1 in the [GRAPHICS] section of FSX.cfg does the job.

I was about to suggest the gear being mapped to an axis. But meanwhile you found. Good! Happy flying mate, and thanks for posting the resolution.

Never heard of gears raising automatically after clearing the runway either. Which plane are you flying? Have you installed some sort of utility?

I've never heard either.

Many thanks stans for your thoughts. The heating of the video card or CPU is not an issue. I've done a spring cleaning (dust inside the PC) 2 weeks ago. Additionally, right after the graphic issue, if I close FSX and relaunch immediately all is fine again. I thought about the version of the driver too (latest version at this time). I fear that if I take an old driver it messes up recent games or software. And also which version to chose? Below are 2 new screenshots of the graphic oddities, but again it happens only after a time spent in the sim AND if I use the FS menu. If I don't use the FS menu, I can fly 1.5, probably more without issue. Maybe I will have to live with that.