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Thanks for responses. That TOGA ENVSounds looks pretty much like my old software for FS2002. I obviously need to fiddle about with my MSFS if ambient sounds are included. I have never heard them but maybe that was my settings.

Walking my dog this morning and the nearby GA airport was in full training mode with engines coming to life, helicopters passing and even a business jet taking off. It was quite noisy. Back in FS 2002 days a company made an add on that let you place sounds around an airfield. I remember plonking bird sounds at one end, railway crossing bells at another, and engine noises galore. I cannot think of the software name but does anyone know of something similar for MSFS. ?

Sightseer is correct about YPPF. I just did another flight around this airport and there are no 3 story buildings to spoil reality any more. Maybe it was me and my settings or maybe it was WU7 that cleaned it all up but I can now identify all the buildings that are there and even see my own house more clearly now. What a great sim this is. 🙂

As one who lives right next to that airport the most disappointing thing to me is the surrounding buildings. I know they were not covered by the YPPF purchase but I do wish someone could do something to make the area look a bit more realistic. There are no 3 or 4 story buildings around it for a start, just a big Bunnings and Office works and warehouse sized ones.

I was flying over Mount Gambier Prison (not Gaol or Goal) in my MW ultra light the other day and that prompted my memory of the Escape from Alcatraz mission. Here in Australia we could only effect a break out if it was timed to coincide with the running of the Melbourne Cup. EVERYONE and their dogs are glued to the TV or mobile devices for that race! 🙂

Difficult question for me despite being a South Australian because I love the geographically newer and more rugged US scenery rather than the red and worn Aussie outback. I also love San Francisco, Seattle, New York and Chicago (after I put Miegs Field back). 😀

Yeah well spelin was neva my strong point. 🙂 If anyone knows how to edit a thread title it would be appreciated. By the way I found what I was waffling on about in my Official Strategy Guide for Flight Unlimited II. Adventure number 2 - Escape from Alcatraz. Night flying and taking off from Garibaldi 6Q2. No lights, radio or transponder. You cut your engines in flight and glide into a landing next to the dock. Load up with escapees and high tail it to Gnoss Airport and land with your special delivery. FUII used a Beaver for this but we have some floaties that will suffice in our sim I think. I also reckon on some daylight practice flights to orientate myself.

I have vague memories of a scenario in Flight Unlimited II a few years back which featured an escape from Alcatraz. Is there any similar challenge in MSFS does anyone know?

I started work before they had calculators. We used pay table books and a pencil and paper. Later I used to use Quattro Pro. We liked it for its charting. My first personal spreadsheet program was Power Ledger for my Atari ST. I remember it used an R1C1 format for cell addresses rather than today's A1 type. It made doing formulas interesting.

What is the 48 GB more in the content manager please? I am pretty new to MSFS and thought that once you install the world updates then that was it.

In December I bought Sydney and the Landmarks packages for Australia. After installing WU7 I just flew around Adelaide and Sydney and there are no conflicts that I can see. Back in the 60's - early 70's I used to live in Sydney and worked in the CBD and I am constantly amazed at the detail in this scenery. The old AWA House in York Street is even modelled. Many thanks to the devs.

All this old geezer talk reminds me of the magazine I used to collect and read going back a few decades ago. It was called Full Throttle and died sometime around 2000 I think. I used to really look forward to each issue of that one.

My Sunday morning flight. Kelly Field over San Antonio CBD and then on to San Antonio International. I could not see the Riverwalk though. Maybe that was just me. Where did you lot fly to this morning?

Is it me or is the official microsoft flight sim website full of grumpy old buggers like me trying to impress one another with their FS lineage? Now I like a good site like this one but when it gets to old geezers playing mine is bigger than yours ..... 😄

Yeah well I did say pardon my ignorance. I should have looked a bit harder but it just did not look like the snow covered landscape I remember from my visit to Colorado a few years back. We never get snow where I live but there is plenty of white sand around Australia but very few palm trees. 😊

Pardon my ignorance but was that a snow covered landscape or a sandy one from Florida?

I bought Palm Springs from Orbx yesterday and I noticed the blurry rounded hills around the city. From reading this thread and similar I am thinking and please correct me if I am wrong that:- 1. You must have a decent internet connection that is not subject to interruption. 2. You must have a pretty good rig. I have fiddled with the settings within the MSFS program as per other suggestions. I do not have a good internet connection. Being Australian means nothing like what you can get in Europe or in parts of the US. I can get 52 mbps to the local server in Adelaide but very few programs have data on the local server so I am likely to get constant fluctuations and glitches that have prevented me from playing any online games in the past. For example in the Wings over Desert incarnation of Cliffs of Dover I was getting kicked out at least 12 times per session when trying to play online with squad mates. I tried different computers, paired gain devices and locating next to the modem/router. This is after buying and installing a decent modem/router with repeater devices placed around the house. Nothing worked so I reluctantly said good bye and offloaded those programs. I do not really wish to invest more money into new hardware, I do have a decent PC that my wife uses and I like to play on my low end laptop and I think that should be good enough for me. Am I right in what I was thinking?

I think I have the deluxe version with SP1 and SP2. I hope your DVD problems can be overcome because I have found it a good and stable installation.

BlueSkyScenery.com is worth a visit too if you have the HD space🙂

Sennheiser do really great wireless headsets but they can be a little pricey.

Of course now that you decide on which version you should decide on what type of scenery to use. Mega Scenery Earth or Orbx? 🙄 A more difficult choice I am thinking.

I have the Deluxe on my Laptop and added the SP1 and 2 to it. You do not need to do that with the Gold one but usually update it with the acceleration dvd that is with it.

Hi folk, I know this is not steam but I have the FSXSE version and also have the XPlane and AFS2 steam versions. My problem is that I keep getting notifications of new discussions for XPlane and AFS2 when I no longer play those sims. How do I unsubscribe to a discussion stream and just leave it for my FSXSE? I have tried doing search for this information but get hundreds of seeming irrelevant answers. I am obviously not asking the question the right way. Any pointers appreciated thanks. 🙂

I do not know about the the upcoming sim from MS. I think we will have to wait and see. The fact that they are saying there is plenty of scope for third party developers tells me that a lot of us are going to disappointed in the base product. There is still much about AFS2 that I like.

What a really good plane! Just cannot believe it was free. Thank you.