That looks pretty slick - I think I'll end up getting that.Yeah, you didn't ask me. Here are some I recommend:
Chalenge, what are some reccomended add-on (freeware or payware) aircaft? Do they have nicely modeled a CRJ-200/700?
just keep in mind if your running it with DX10 preview, VERY few (and I dont think any free) addon AC will support it, they will show up as solid white and wont have cockpits.Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of, I run in DX10 in Vista 64 with excellent performance. Even with this monster PC it takes a substantial performance hit when not running in DX10.
Denholm, Indy, thanks for the links guys! I may have to give VATSIM a try, heard it's good stuff.Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of, I run in DX10 in Vista 64 with excellent performance. Even with this monster PC it takes a substantial performance hit when not running in DX10.
I have Active Sky6 for FS2004. I must say, it works VERY well and enhances the weather experience A LOT.If you have FS2004 and wane to make it look like FSX I suggest getting with Denholm here, my FS has never looked prettier. :)
Yeah, you didn't ask me. Here are some I recommend:
www.precisionmanuals.com (Their 747 and MD-11 for FSX is exceptional)
www.leveldsim.com (Amazingly realistic 767)
www.wilcopub.com (Great Airbuses for FS2004 and FSX alike)
www.captainsim.com (Great 757. Probably a few other things on there you might enjoy)
www.flight1.com (Some more good planes, great scenery, and great texture enhancement programs)
www.flytampa.org (BRILLIANT Add-On Scenery)
www.aerosoft.com (More amazing scenery, my favorite add on is AES (Airport Enhancement Services) Yup, it makes your gates operate!)
For the freeware. Here's two sites I know of:
www.avsim.com
www.surclaro.com (Great forum, helps out a lot in finding add-ons, installing them, debugging them, and removing them)
Hopefully that answers some of your questions. ;)
That looks pretty slick - I think I'll end up getting that.
Chalenge, what are some reccomended add-on (freeware or payware) aircaft? Do they have nicely modeled a CRJ-200/700?
NICE!
Ugg, I have lost count on how much I have spent on that game.. not counting the system upgrade for it. :cry
EXACTLY, dispite what the vista haters say, FSX runs far better in vista than XP thanks to DX10..Vista runs FSX fine because... 1. It's from Microsoft. Microsoft won't snoop its own software. 2. Vista has better memory management. 3. FSX was built with the goals to run with Vista and DX10.
I think my fave is landing the big jets in crappy weather, in south america and alaska..
Denholm, Indy, thanks for the links guys! I may have to give VATSIM a try, heard it's good stuff.
VATSIM was frustrating to me as a controller, too many sunday pilots out there wetting their pants with a "heavy" callsign that couln't even land on the freacking runway ... not even talking about a STAR clearance. :cry:rofl That sounds like it might be interesting to just sit on the ramp and watch people land.
VATSIM was frustrating to me as a controller, too many sunday pilots out there wetting their pants with a "heavy" callsign that couln't even land on the freacking runway ... not even talking about a STAR clearance. :cry
VATSIM was frustrating to me as a controller, too many sunday pilots out there wetting their pants with a "heavy" callsign that couln't even land on the freacking runway ... not even talking about a STAR clearance. :cry
Just gotta figure out when everyone's on and the heaviest traffic times are, seems it gets pretty slow a lot of the time, but I believe KATL is one of the busiest airports in VATSIM.
EXACTLY, dispite what the vista haters say, FSX runs far better in vista than XP thanks to DX10..
Alright I got into the whole "vatsim" thing about 5 days ago... It is fantastic! So far all of my flights have been VFR and around the Los Angeles area from KLAX (although I ventured to Dallas today). I am weary to try an IFR route with a large jet for now. Cobra516 I would be interested in a get together, I am sure I could learn a lot. Heck I just found out yesterday that this game modeled ILS.
I live under a rock, I know :).
edit 2: I have no idea what a SID or STAR is, time to do some googling.
Cobra what is your callsign? I go by N92920.I usually go by N9842Q. I'm EST time zone, have been on in the evenings these last few days. If I'm not working I'll probably be on in the afternoon and that night, just kind of on and off. I'll shoot ya my cell # that'd probably be the best way to coordinate timing.
Around what times are you on (Zulu)?
IFR into Anchorage in whiteout conditions....bring it :D :D
:devil
Anyone do the missions?
Steel
edit 2: I have no idea what a SID or STAR is, time to do some googling.
Chalenge, I don't know how much fun that'd be to do ACM with the Aerosoft F-16, I tried it and it flys decently just cruising around, but once you get to racking it around it seems to fly a little odd, I'm too used to Falcon 4.0 I guess, heh. FSX seems to behave strangely when you get into the edges of the flight envelope.
You can also use this real life pilot tool called fltplan.com. Registering is free. It will spit out the Wx and more importantly the recomanded flight route that you can print out. It will give you ur nav aid, radials, distances, and even allow to print dept/arrivals/aproach charts.
Never flown jet sims.. How long does it take you regulars to start up a jet for take off?
I already have my PMDG 747 and 737s tamed. Rather simple if you understand how to work the FMC. If you haven't learned how to fly the PMDG planes, do it! They're marvelous creations that nobody in the FS world should miss out on.
I got the Citation Mustang yesterday. It's a killer on framerates - even with my relatively stout rig (Q9550 quad at 3.83 ghz, 4 gigs ram, and a GTX 280 SSC o/c'd) - granted I'm running FSX at max graphics settings with anti alaising, :lol But it's drops the FPS by a lot compared to the other stuff I fly - guess that's part of having a highly detailed airplane to fly.
I had some expectations towards the mustang, but now that it's released it appears to be completely useless to me and the developes appear to be a bit arrogant. Of all the problems the biggest problem is the inability to update navigational data. The devs jumped to defend this saying that with the updates the FS world wouldn't match the data, which is quite a poor excuse considering that airfields are not difficult at all to modify and I've never used the FS navigational data as the fixes and airways are completely outdated (which is also a good reason to stay off of outdated 3rd party navigation systems) - just doesn't fit to my online requirements.
So I will not get the mustang which lacks proper navigational data and something else.
Well given that reply I would have to say your expectations for bang/buck was too fantastic. I would expect something like that from a professional tool but not recreational software.
How many add-on aircraft have updatable nav data?
I hate to say it Fishu but you have been contradicted by many professionals producing aircraft for FSX and defending the position of Flight1. Flight1 says they will support SIDS/STARS. I believe the best thing supporters/users could do if the Mustang is a favorite is to fly it and give bug reports and if after that you are not happy then dont support a particular vendor. The way 'the ten' went off was as if they have a personal vendetta against Flight1 and that wont fly.
the one thing that is kind of bugging me about FSX, and maybe it is because i was used to FS2002 and FS2000, but it is really lacking in freeware planes. The PMDG stuff is :O :O :O :O$100 and I keep reading about this captsim 757 $40. Too much for the plane. The only shareware i ever got was $20 and it was a 747-200 pack for FS2000 and it was well worth it to me.
Another really nice looking aircraft will be on AVSIM available for download today. I just installed it and it looks great but I havent flown it enough yet. I did notice I didnt ice up anywhere...Post a link, can't find it. ?
(http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq197/Chalenge08/T45J-2.jpg)
Post a link, can't find it. ?
So I discovered tonight that I don't think my Digital Aviation Cheyenne likes VATSIM/FSInn - I crashed at the same point 3 times in a row on the same flight / profile - no idea what's causing it, the "this program stopped responding" window pops up and that's it. The same flight works fine offline. Damn. That's my favorite airplane :( Any ideas for a fix? I modified the dll.xml file and moved the FSCopilot entry to the last spot in the line of commands - read that may fix it, guess I'll find out next time up.
Haha refueling eh? I've heard you can do that but don't know the details of how to. I downloaded the T-45 but will need to pick up Acceleration to make it fully functional, will do that soon.
So I discovered tonight that I don't think my Digital Aviation Cheyenne likes VATSIM/FSInn - I crashed at the same point 3 times in a row on the same flight / profile - no idea what's causing it, the "this program stopped responding" window pops up and that's it. The same flight works fine offline. Damn. That's my favorite airplane :( Any ideas for a fix? I modified the dll.xml file and moved the FSCopilot entry to the last spot in the line of commands - read that may fix it, guess I'll find out next time up.