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  1. Posted

    12 hours ago, goates said:

    Your only real options for a MacBook Air would be an older version of X-Plane or Flightgear. MacBook Airs have always had slower processors and integrated graphics, so are pretty limited for gaming in general, let alone sims. Great laptops for portability and battery life though!

    I just spotted Flight Gear - it looks like... erm... FS98... but I reckon it'll be perfect for him.

  2. Posted

    Hey all,

    My little brother is desperate to get a flight sim. I guess he just wants to be like his brother 🙂. What are some decent flight sims which will be able to run on an old macbook air? I looked at Aerofly FS2 but was disgusted by the lack of clickable buttons in the cockpit!

    Cheers

  4. Posted

    Hi there,

    I'd like to buy a cheap (very cheap) tablet I can use as a little EFB for charts and the like. The Amazon Fire 7 looks promising, but I'd like to know if anyone knows anything even cheaper, even crappier?

  5. Posted

    After watching the new Discovery Series episode on Multiplayer last night, one question popped into my head:

    Will this be the end of hopes of bringing VATSIM to MSFS2020?

    It seems to me that the developers over at Microsoft have put an awful lot of effort into their multiplayer system, although with no hints of any kind of ATC implementation. I would have thought that given the influence that online ATC services such as VATSIM and IVAO have had on flight simulators over the past 20 years, they surely would have addressed it somehow. Perhaps they do not feel the need to have it at all in the new flight sim.

    Thoughts?

  6. Posted

    On 4/3/2019 at 11:26 PM, PaxUnited said:

    Hello everyone,

    I’ve just signed up to this site to look for some recommendations about joining the right virtual airline.

    This is what I’m looking for:

    -          Based on real-world operations/schedules. It doesn’t matter if the VA simulates only a single airline or offers the possibility to fly for more partners like in an airlines alliance.

    -          Allows offline flights

    -          Preferred aircraft are 777/747 and occasionally A320/737.

    -          Offers many different tours. I’m not really creative when It comes to what should I fly next, so I prefer tours like world tours, hub tours, etc.

    -          A fair ranking system. I wouldn’t mind 50 hours on short-haul routes, but 500 hours grinding one-hour flights to get to the big jets isn’t what I’m looking for.

     

    I don’t really care for:

    -          Where the airline is located

    -          If you can only start your next flight from the current location

    Thank you in advance for your input and please excuse my poor English. If anything is unclear please feel free to ask.

    I am looking forward to join you in the virtual skies.

    Max

    Consider Thomas Cook Virtual. As the name suggests, we are indeed based on the now defunct Thomas Cook Airlines. Our hubs are in the UK, but we fly to more than 80 destinations in over 30 countries.

    Our first ranks are increments of 5/10 hours, but the gap slowly increases the higher ranked you become. We have no rank requirements for flying specific aircraft.

    We currently fly the A321 and A330, but are currently introducing the 757, 767 and 737.

    Come and join our Discord for more info: https://discord.gg/gKTBdmz

    Our website: http://www.tcxvirtual.com
     

    Happy flying!

  8. Posted

    Pilots!

    After much planning and two weeks of hard work, I am proud to announce that Thomas Cook Virtual has begun operations!

    We currently fly to more than 80 destinations in 32 countries around the globe in North America, Africa, Asia and Europe.

    Our current fleet consists of the A330 and A321, and we are currently in the process of expanding our fleet to include the 737, 757 and 767.

    At the heart of our Airline is a sleek, modern, functional crew centre powered by Mark Swan’s CrewCenter. Book and plan flights easily with our SimBrief integration, and track and submit flights with our easy to use ACARS software.

    Come and join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/gKTBdmz

    Sign up now: http://tcxvirtual.com

     

    We look forward to seeing you!

  9. Posted

    Hi all,

    I did post in the Audio for VATSIM forum, but I think this might be a better place.

    Today I installed X-Pilot and ran the setup. Other than a few issues setting push to talk (which I solved), all went smoothly.

    However, when I try and connect, the connection works but I get the error “Error connecting to voice servers: The request timed out”. I don’t have voice functionality.

    Any fixes? Thanks!

  12. Posted

    45 minutes ago, Paraffin said:

    The Rock Paper Shotgun gaming site had an article from October so it's fairly recent, titled "Best graphics card 2019: Top AMD and Nvidia GPUs for 1080p, 1440p and 4K." I upgraded my video card recently from a GTX 970 and found that useful in making a decision. Of course you can also get feedback here on Avsim in the monitor/GPU sub-forum, but that article condenses the current state of the art fairly well, I think.

    I use a 1920x1200 moniitor, so I decided on a GTX 1660 ti GPU. I had wanted an RTX 2070 Super, but money is tight this time of year, so a sub-$300 card made more sense for now. As it turned out, the 1660 ti is a significant boost for XP11 and general gaming at this resolution over my older card, so I'm happy. I bought the MSI ventus OC version with two fans, it's very quiet for the type.

    That RPS article recommends the GTX 1610 ti as a budget choice for 1440p also, so you might want to consider that.

    One thing I'd strongly recommend even for a budget build is 32 GB of RAM. The recommended hardware on the X-Plane site rsays "Memory: 16-24 GB RAM or more." Notice the "or more" part.

    You'll be okay with 16 GB if you don't use the free UHD terrain mesh which needs a hefty amount of RAM, but it's nice to have overhead so you can run other software alongside XP11 and don't get into a RAM crunch. X-Plane and other flight sims are going to continue ramping up the amount of RAM used in future versions, and additional RAM doesn't add that much to the cost of a new computer build. Plenty of RAM makes for a very stable system. 

    Cheers. I've had suggestions for the 1660ti from friends, so I think I'll go for that. 

  13. Posted

    9 minutes ago, Bunchy said:

    Unfortunately there is a cost for everything.

    I run a 7700 O/C'd to 4.6 GHz, 16GB RAM and a 1080GTX

    Xplane 11 is on an 850 evo SSD

    I can pretty much max the settings out apart from reflections and ambient occlusion. 

    So, I have HDR 1 setting down from max, Antialiasing 1 setting down from max and reflections off.

    Locking the frame rate at 30fps via nvidia control panel, I can hold pretty much 30fps in all situations apart from in the FFA320 at Heathrow, where the fps drops to low 20's.

    My addons are, HIFI active sky, xvision, global traffic, and HDscenery v4, IXEG 737 and FFA320

     

    Hope this helps

     

    Stu

     

    Thanks. So what GPU do you think would be best?

  14. Posted · Edited by WilliamS

    @turnandbank thanks for those videos. Instead of deciding to go for i5-9600k, I would choose AMD RYZEN 5 3600X. You get .1GHz faster base speed for marginally cheaper. However, for graphics card, I’m still stumped. I run games at 2K, and don’t know whether I should get 1060 or better.

    Please do remember that I want to do a cheap build, but still get my bang for my buck!

    Cheers!

    9 hours ago, turnandbank said:

    There are so many variables. These videos and others on the same channel will give you lots of info and real test results for different CPU / GPU combos on Xplane 11. They will help you get the best bang for your buck.

     

     

  24. Posted

    6 hours ago, busdriver said:

    There are far more impaired (alcohol or other) drone pilots than drunk pilots in the sky. When drones first became mainstream, I thought they were pretty cool, now they have become a menace, with lots of co-workers reporting encounters with them on take-off and landing.

     

     

    I’m looking at trying drone racing. Fortunately, that doesn’t involve flying above about 20 feet.

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  25. Posted

    2 minutes ago, domkle said:

    I've never really understood either. Credit cards are a wonderful way of handling payments. Last time I wrote a check was in 2012, last time I paid with cash was 5 or 6 months ago...I had to use PP once, was not overly impressed. 

    The only thing PayPal is useful for is eBay.

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