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The IRIS PC-24 would be good when its released as it is designed as a STOL aircraft.

I hope this didn't sound as harsh as it appears and is the cause of consternation :smile: . Overall, the desert has completely been transformed with NA Open LC and the city of Phoenix looks marvelous as far as the autogen houses and building variety and even the ground textures of the yards are desert like...but..most small mountains IN THE CITY ONLY have the greenery and trees on them on the tops. Once out of the city mountains look completely barren rock and have that great scrubby bushes texture seen in southern cal just like a desert should. IMO GEX just can't compare. Just wanted to clarify this.

No not quite. For FS Global in the Phoenix area most of the small mountains are lush green with spruce type trees. With NA Open LC it is somewhat better as the green polka-dots representing cactus are gone but the tops of most mountains still are green with trees when they should be barren rock mixed with scrub brush. I think it may be a bug though as when you get outside the city that's mostly gone and mountains are rocky with mostly scrubby bushes and looks good.

Yes similar with KDVT from the NA freeware airport pack. There are houses and trees all over the airport grounds.

Don`t have a screenshot, but Phoenix does look much improved with a greater variety of buildings, and all those fake looking small hi rise blds in Scottsdale are gone. It truly looks like a city in the middle of a desert now...desert textures are nice and they got rid of the flat green dots that were supposed to represent cactus.

My PC12 installed fine with the migration tool and seemed to all work fine. The only negative (and why I think I'll fly the TBM now) is the GTN 750 had to be compressed in the space of the 530 which was too small a display for me.

The TBM 850 looks to be terrific also and would work for you. I just got it and it seems to be the closest thing to a PC-12, but much more polished since it is newer, and with the giant MFD with the GTN 750 mod I just got from Bert I think this bird will be very active in my hanger! I was also looking something for Air Hauler 2 that gives good views and is fast and this beauty (well beauty is in the 'eye of the beholder' as they say right) looks to fill that need. Greg

If anyone wants an A-ticket ride just plop yourselves in the middle of a giant towering cumulus thunderstorm where the updrafts are. Me and my poor ole F406 got a rocket ship ride up to 20,000+ feet in about 5 minutes with the needle pegged at 3000 fpm. What a wild ride! Not sure how realistic it was but sure was fun. Then to break through on top the could deck and see the towering clouds in front of you...wow.

Yeah it doesn't look like bad performance in clouds will ever be fixed. I'm going down from 1024 textures to 512 or even 256 to see if I can get it smoother and over 20 fps.

In ASCA, has anyone tried the 512x512 or even the 256x256 size textures over the default 1024x1024? Honestly, I'm still seeing low 20 fps and its not so smooth in heavy overcast and 5 layers with 1024. Was wondering what the lower resolutions look like and mainly if there is any noticeable performance increase over the higher res textures.

The lighting is so different now as HDR is too bright and washed out again. No HDR is now bright enough and looks much natural so I'm using that.

I agree this ATC program is very promising indeed. Just got the trial and I've just been dabbling with the amazing flight planner so far and gradually learning how to interact with ATC.

Hi Dave, I have gotten the sound and speech recognition working great thanks for the help. The flight planner IMHO is the best out there bar none. Just amazing how quickly SID/STARS/Approaches can be visually seen to pick the correct one, then also to add additional waypoints along the way that go in the right place in the plan. Truly impressed! The one thing I wanted to ask here is there a way either now or a future enhancement, to use ASN files for historical weather as an option to the live internet feed from NOAA? Thanks, Greg

Thanks Dave that is a good idea and will try that.

Oh boy...looks like I'm gonna have to repurchase this to try the obstacles fix. I returned it for a refund because of stutters...which was at KPHX so maybe the obstacles caused it. Worth a try can always get another refund.

Hi Dave. I got sound now but is there a way to hear the pilot/controllers only through the headset and the environment (airplane engine, etc.) through the speakers? It is either all sounds through headset or all through speakers.

Can any of the beta testers/users of ProATC help with how to get sound to come through a headset? It is ridiculous having ATC talk through and above engine sounds on the speakers (besides I'm bothering my wife you is trying so study..haha). All the sound settings in P3D are set to either default device for outside sound and default communication playback device for voince, or to the devices directly in the dropdowns and neither works. Would appreciate any feedback so I don't have to bother anyone with ATC chatter cause I know its annoying to anyone but us simmers.

Hi, I've just downloaded the trial and trying it out. I'm unable to hear any voices though. I'm just using the 'Say it' method for now. Everything seems set up ok with my speakers and headset, but can't hear anything through either. Also when I try to 'Tst' a voice in the Voices tab there is no sound. Otherwise it seems the chatter is going across between pilot and clearance looking at the message box text as I got a clearance. Thanks, Greg

I thought I was getting seizures last time I tried X-Plane with all the shimmering scenery...flashing buildings...etc. I must be the only one I guess because every youtube video I see none of that. Maybe you need a supercomputer to run but it was awful on mine (with a 6700k/970GTX). Maybe I'll try 10.50 just for grins but am not falling into the 'grass is greener on the other side' trick again cause it ain't.

This seems a terrific upgrade from Carenado. The pitch axis is much less twitchy and the multi-intensity lights are great. The G1000 upgrades are nice as well with a few more formats I think (ARC HSI mode) and other things. The 'Fuel & Payload' loader in P3D will not update though? Can add fuel but payload forget it...just goes back to 2 180 lb first row occupants. I'll just live with it I guess but would be nice to recreate real payloads on this beast.

Flight Plan Go.

There is also bad flickering in KPHX (FBS). Some of it was going on prior to v3.3. but it has gotten much worse. The taxiway markers flicker like mad especially, and also the jetways.

Flight Plan Go. It's free. It has everything imaginable...including moving maps with option to superimpose approach charts on top. Great flight planner with real world routes to select and creates a very detailed nav log updated in real time. I've dumped searching for expensive tablet apps since finding this as it does everything. Also I ditto FS-Flight Control also mainly for the approach training and ability to simulate various failures...great training tool.

Want to 2nd rick66 in that Steve's post was the most clear and easy to understand explanation by far to date on how HT and AM works. It has alluded me totally up to this point and trying to piece together bits of info from all the posts in the big AM thread. Now i see....sort of :smile: And please is there anyway we could have some kind of beginners guide on this so it is readily available? Maybe now I might try the HT with AM setting with my new i7-6700k. Thanks!

The engines are over-torquing and failing. I had this also and finally figured out that 3/4 throttle was needed to keep the needle just inside the red line. Haven't quit since.