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You're a legend mate. I appreciate your help. I'll go off now and see if I can do a few sectors to/from various airports and see if I run into any further issues/confusion. At least now I can program and fly A to B, at least with the two flights we've spoken about. Cheers.

Hi Romain, Thanks for the quick response. You're right, it is indeed YMML-YSSY (perhaps not enough coffee today). That makes perfect sense to me and I was able to program the arrival using both methods you described. With that clearer in my head, I'm still a tad confused. Using YMML as another example, route filed by QFA826 to YSCB is DCT DOSEL Y59 NONUP J142 CB. If landing on RWY17, the STAR appears to be the MANDA8, which has a transition via NONUP. The filed route however continues to CB. Is this because the plan must file to a point/navaid at the aerodrome? In the case of the Canberra arrival, would the crew on the real aeroplane enter the route as above, and when programming the arrival to RWY17 via the MANDA8 STAR, just remove the disco's and clean it up on the legs page, as you've described? Just trying to understand the logic, but your explanation has made things incredibly more clear in my head.

G'day all, Ten years since I last booted up a flight sim, having never learnt procedures, aircraft etc. to a great extent. I am having some early hiccups into my re-entry to the hobby. Details below, trying to keep as brief as possible: I am trying to fly the filed route by QFA438 YSSY-YMML, as follows: DCT DOSEL Y59 TESAT DCT. In the CDU RTE page the route is entered and accepted with no issues, appears as below. After entering the route, I move over to DEP ARR and program the SID (DOSEL8 from RWY34). Understanding STARs are assigned en-route, I program before departing, primarily as I’m new to SIDs and STARs. Back on DEP ARR page, I select an ILS approach for 34R, and the STARs are listed as pictured: Selecting RIVET.34B (unsure of what the .34B denotes as the chart states the STAR is called RIVET2), I go back and check the RTE page (there is no transition for this STAR). I am presented with a route discontinuity. I am unsure of A) why this has occurred and B ) how to rectify. For info, I have the latest FMS data/AIRAC cycle and am referencing my Lido (Navigraph) charts. Route sourced by Flight Aware. Appreciate any assistance and hope you good people can help me into enjoying the hobby again. Cheers.

G'day all, Will the in-cloud motion effects from AS16 still work with another cloudset (i.e. Rex)? Cheers.

G'day all, The planning for my new build is going well, I have so far snagged a 480GB SSD and GTX 1070. This will be run on a Z170 motherboard and a 6700k which I plan to overclock. One thing which I am not sure of is what sort of screen size and resolution to go for. Given the money I'm spending I hope to run with settings mostly to the right. With a few add ons running concurrently, would it be unrealistic of me to expect to run 1440p at a good frame rate? I would be interested to hear what sort of setups people are running with respect to resolution and GPU/CPU pairings. Cheers.

Thanks all! I obviously remember incorrectly - not a problem.

G'day all, It has been roughly 8 years or so since using FSX, I haven't owned a desktop during this time and am just starting to put some money away for a new system for P3D. Back in the day I owned the 737 and 747 but any confirmation emails are long lost in a Hotmail account I no longer can access. While I'm putting the beans away for a new system, I'd love to be able to put my head into the 737NGX manuals to refamiliarise myself with the aeroplane again. I've done some looking around, but it seems these are only available after purchasing the aeroplane. Is this correct? Cheers, Joe

Thanks everyone for your input, at least now I know what sort of system and I need and how much it will set me back. It'll be quite expensive as I literally need everything, including speakers, headset, keyboard & mouse, monitor etc. Budget isn't really an issue, more about having a system where I can enjoy simming again. I started as an early teenager (even wrote reviews for Avsim briefly) and am now in my mid 20s. A lot has changed, FSX was still very new, P3D wasn't even a twinkle in the minds of the community at that point! I can't wait to get back involved. Cheers.

Arvo all, I used to play FS9 religiously and FSX when it first came out, I haven't played either in years and years, and right now only have a Macbook Pro! I want to get back into using FSX, as its been such a long time since I played (maybe 2009?) - I have no idea what kind of rig it needs to run it well. Essentially what I'm after is basic specs of a machine that can run it on mostly full settings, that can handle the demanding add ons including during poor weather. The machine would be used only for simming. Also, what OS do people run for FSX? Cheers!