The 'Official' Screenshot & Tips thread 4 FSX enthusiasts & flight simmers.

ringo747 · 23 Dec 2012 at 16:25

Those screens are great quality! Are you using special textures? Detail is great.

lukeharvest · 23 Dec 2012 at 16:34

ringo747 said:
Those screens are great quality! Are you using special textures? Detail is great.

Special textures for what specifically? If you mean ground textures - they're the new England Orbx textures. Cloud textures are just REX. It helps massively given that I run FSX at 2560x1440 - so it always looks overly detailed once I size it down to 1600x*.

!bluetonic! · 23 Dec 2012 at 20:01

Lovely shots!

ringo747 · 23 Dec 2012 at 22:03

lukeharvest said:
Special textures for what specifically? If you mean ground textures - they're the new England Orbx textures. Cloud textures are just REX. It helps massively given that I run FSX at 2560x1440 - so it always looks overly detailed once I size it down to 1600x*.

I meant aircraft textures. They just look so sharp! I suppose that resolution explains why it looks good then. What spec are you running?

Vuvuzela · 24 Dec 2012 at 13:37

A little Christmas Eve fly tonight?

Maybe we bump into Father Christmas?

ringo747 · 24 Dec 2012 at 17:19

Vuvuzela said:
A little Christmas Eve fly tonight?

Maybe we bump into Father Christmas?

Be careful if you do - he doesn't have a transponder! Happy Christmas all.

lukeharvest · 24 Dec 2012 at 18:26

ringo747 said:
I meant aircraft textures. They just look so sharp! I suppose that resolution explains why it looks good then. What spec are you running?

Ah right, the aircraft textures are just bog-standard PMDG NGX liveries. The resolution does explain most of it, after all it's 80% more pixels than 1920x1080. As for specifications, I have a 2700K at 4.7GHz and a GTX 560 (have had a 580/670 in the past, wasn't really any better).

Vuvuzela · 24 Dec 2012 at 18:58

ringo747 said:
Be careful if you do - he doesn't have a transponder! Happy Christmas all.

lol

yes Happy Xmas all..

ringo747 · 24 Dec 2012 at 18:59

lukeharvest said:
Ah right, the aircraft textures are just bog-standard PMDG NGX liveries. The resolution does explain most of it, after all it's 80% more pixels than 1920x1080. As for specifications, I have a 2700K at 4.7GHz and a GTX 560 (have had a 580/670 in the past, wasn't really any better).

I might do an upgrade to Sandy/Ivy in the new year all being well. Already have the 560Ti. Do you run with Kosta's inspector settings?

!bluetonic! · 25 Dec 2012 at 08:23

Merry Christmas all. We had friends round last night, so I couldn't have flown.

blackadderV · 25 Dec 2012 at 13:10

Merry christmas all

I got a 30 minute Boeing flight experience as a gift today and apparently I can choose my route. I was thinking maybe Lyon to Verona as I found the route beautiful when I did it in real life.

Does anyone else have any recommendation for a picturesque route I could choose?

!bluetonic! · 26 Dec 2012 at 17:39

What an excellent gift. Any route would be good!

Cavallino · 26 Dec 2012 at 20:11

!bluetonic! said:
There's probably too much to take in and let us know what level you feel you're currently at with FSX and where you intend to go

If you're using the built in ATC in FSX, it's fairly good with assisting and can give a where to taxi indicator. Do you currently use that?

VATSIM provides real-people ATC and uses near-to real world procedures for comms. If you do a search of me on this thread, I've posted plenty of comm examples in the past.

In a Cessna / light aircraft, you'd start from the General Aviation (GA) parking. You'd listen to the Airport Information Service. You'd make communications with the tower.

The NATS website has links for Aerodrome, parking, departure and arrival charts.

http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=36&Itemid=85.html

Also have a look at CIX which proved helpful when I was new to procedures.

http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/li

Thanks bluetonic! Thats exactly what I was asking for

Actually I am just using really basic vanilla FSX. So please consider that my taxi/ATC skills are zero and I am just working my way through the tutorials in FSX at the moment.
Are there any addon tutorials you can buy for more advanced lessons? How do you all learn the tricks of the trade so to speak?

!bluetonic! · 26 Dec 2012 at 20:20

The best way to learn IMO is through other people.

If you have a headset/mic, download Mumble voice client. Get yourself a Gamespy a/c setup through FSX 'multiplayer' menu. And then come back here and report. In the week I can take you through the basics via Gamespy.

picnic · 27 Dec 2012 at 09:52

!bluetonic! said:
Get yourself a Gamespy a/c setup through FSX 'multiplayer' menu. And then come back here and report. In the week I can take you through the basics via Gamespy.

Is that still possible? I thought the FSX GameSpy servers was just a memory now, closed down a couple of weeks back. Has someone else launched a lobby replacement?

You can still use FSX multiplayer if you know the IP address of the host.

!bluetonic! · 27 Dec 2012 at 09:59

picnic,

No one told me...

Shows that I'm out of the loop!

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-gaming/fsx-gamespy-server-is-down/a13dceac-5c50-4b35-b19b-def9df84c20c?msgId=34c124f7-4e1d-4385-a356-b6d24b7db123

http://www.fsxbeyondgamespy.com/

Vuvuzela · 27 Dec 2012 at 11:28

picnic said:
Is that still possible? I thought the FSX GameSpy servers was just a memory now, closed down a couple of weeks back. Has someone else launched a lobby replacement?

You can still use FSX multiplayer if you know the IP address of the host.

wow, had no idea too :eek:

This might get more people on Vatsim, so maybe not a bad idea

!bluetonic! · 27 Dec 2012 at 14:55

The latest PC Pilot magazine is out..

Vuvuzela · 27 Dec 2012 at 16:28

!bluetonic! said:
The latest PC Pilot magazine is out..

Cool. I'm on a Sub, ,so mine should come soon.

This was a close call...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...craft-misses-runway.html?ICO=most_read_module

Cavallino · 27 Dec 2012 at 16:39

Hmm PC Pilot magazine, worth getting if you're just getting into FSX etc?