FSX questions

Peter Tsang · 17 Sep 2011 at 08:40

Thanks iKettles!

I've repeatedly mentioned the flight simulation called "Strike Fighter" and the issue about sense of speed. Here is what I've done: check it out -> It's a MiG-29.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/L2XT6SNcmFU?hl=en&fs=1

But then, I've got even better experience in a F/A 18 in FSX, I'll post the video up later.

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 10:36

I wish there is a flyable F-117 with Cockpit and Night vision plus bombs which I an drop a few...wishful thinking

picnic · 19 Sep 2011 at 12:04

I'm sure Just Flight used to do a F-117 for FSX, no idea about night vision but to have bombs you'd need one of the armament addons now available, I think Captain Sim do one but there is at least one other out there.

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 15:10

I have tried downloading a MiG-15 from fs-freeware.net
But all the texture are gone when i put it into the Airplanes folder

Look->

Kosmiche · 19 Sep 2011 at 15:33

iKettles said:
FSX is a simulator, it'll look much smoother at 30FPS than other games.
You want to cap your FPS so FSX can focus on loading textures. You'll find you'll get higher FPS with it on unlimited but it'll fluctuate a lot more.

Can you get the same result by limiting the fps to 30 in the game options, instead of downloading that thing?

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 15:40

Eames said:
Can you get the same result by limiting the fps to 30 in the game options, instead of downloading that thing?

Actually I have to down grade some of the graphics settings, but I figured out those are not eye-candy stuffs, so now the FPS is trying to reach 30.

shadow_boxer · 19 Sep 2011 at 15:47

Peter Tsang said:
I have tried downloading a MiG-15 from fs-freeware.net
But all the texture are gone when i put it into the Airplanes folder

Look->*snip*

Make sure you run it with direct X10 preview mode off.

Failing that, make sure you installed textures to the correct folder and have edited the aircraft.cfg file if you need to.

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 16:16

shadow_boxer said:
Make sure you run it with direct X10 preview mode off.

Failing that, make sure you installed textures to the correct folder and have edited the aircraft.cfg file if you need to.

It works but it doesnt work with TrackIR4 verfy well, 3D pit is gone!

what should I put into the aircraft.cfg?

Peter Tsang · 19 Sep 2011 at 17:15

I wonder if anyone can help me,
originally i thought all the downloaded add-on can be plug-and-play.
i am very tired now,
but knowing it takes time for someone to read and reply, so even though i am tired i write and ask hoping that tomorrow i can get answers when i wake up.

i ran into all sort of problems when running downloaded addon
i've downloaded about 12
all the mig 21 have problems one way or the other
i just as instrucrted put them where they should go into and ran the sim
somehow the 2d pit is messy
somehow 3d pit is absent
i tried other aircrafts
they also have similar problems

the other frustrating thing is the external views of FSX!! what can i do to stop the camera from floating????? it's very annoying
also there are no zoom in zoom out, pan left pan right?????

and I have some landscape messed up with white patches??? any idea???

hope you can help
i go to bed now and shall come back tmr
thanks!

KatanaDV20 · 19 Sep 2011 at 19:55

what can i do to stop tghe camera from floating?

Go here and see the outside views section:
http://barelybad.com/FSX/FSXintro.htm#VIEWS

As for the problems with the MiG - it depends what kind of file it is. If its an auto-installer its easy. But a lot of FSX addons need you to manually place the files into different folders. Not just that but there might be some aircraft.cfg and panel.cfg tweaking to do as well.

If you miss out ANY of this...it will be messed up. Go back and read the instructions carefully..you might have missed something. TINY mistakes will cause a problem...look out for spelling mistakes. For example in the aircraft.cfg the repaints have headers called "fltsim"...like this:

[fltsim.1]
[fltsim.2]
[fltsim.3]
[fltsim.4]

Very easy to make a mistake:

[fltsim.1]
[fltsim.2]
[ftsim.3]
[fltsim.4]

The 3rd repaint will not show.

I have done this and was going crazy! So its little things you have to look out for.

iKettles · 19 Sep 2011 at 20:51

Eames said:
Can you get the same result by limiting the fps to 30 in the game options, instead of downloading that thing?

You'll achieve the same effect, I'm not sure why people are using external FPS limiters. I personally favour the unlimited FPS option as texture popup isn't near as bad in FSX as FS9 and fluctuations in FPS are to be expected.

Peter Tsang · 20 Sep 2011 at 03:32

KatanaDV20 said:
Go here and see the outside views section:
http://barelybad.com/FSX/FSXintro.htm#VIEWS

As for the problems with the MiG - it depends what kind of file it is. If its an auto-installer its easy. But a lot of FSX addons need you to manually place the files into different folders. Not just that but there might be some aircraft.cfg and panel.cfg tweaking to do as well.

If you miss out ANY of this...it will be messed up. Go back and read the instructions carefully..you might have missed something. TINY mistakes will cause a problem...look out for spelling mistakes. For example in the aircraft.cfg the repaints have headers called "fltsim"...like this:

[fltsim.1]
[fltsim.2]
[fltsim.3]
[fltsim.4]

Very easy to make a mistake:

[fltsim.1]
[fltsim.2]
[ftsim.3]
[fltsim.4]

The 3rd repaint will not show.

I have done this and was going crazy! So its little things you have to look out for.

Actually after playing Thirdwire series, I'm quite familiar with this kind of INI file editing. The annoying thing is the manual tweaking. Also, like in CFS2, those external views are transiting and is very difficult to control.

I'll post video or shots tonight when I get back.

iKettles said:
You'll achieve the same effect, I'm not sure why people are using external FPS limiters. I personally favour the unlimited FPS option as texture popup isn't near as bad in FSX as FS9 and fluctuations in FPS are to be expected.

I don't know either. It seems that even though I have overclocked to 3.6GHz, it is still doing very low frame rates.

Peter Tsang · 20 Sep 2011 at 10:57

BTW, are there any patches for FSX Gold Edition? I've got SP1, is that all?

picnic · 20 Sep 2011 at 11:40

If you installed Acceleration it includes the latest patch, SP2 (don't put SP1 on after acceleration)

Peter Tsang · 20 Sep 2011 at 13:51

picnic said:
If you installed Acceleration it includes the latest patch, SP2 (don't put SP1 on after acceleration)

no wonder strange things happened!
i think i'll have to reinstall it!

Peter Tsang · 20 Sep 2011 at 17:36

picnic said:
If you installed Acceleration it includes the latest patch, SP2 (don't put SP1 on after acceleration)

I have just reinstalled the whole thing!
What happened before was all wrong!
Don't know exactly what happened to Acceleration registration, it was installed but the activation never went through. I wouldn't recognise it until just now because the main menu is different from the previous installation.
and this time, I used up all 2 keys which come with the box. So i guess the activation has been done and now I am running Acceleration and not the FSX Deluxe!

So i went to test a few miG-21 I downloaded last night. Still no luck with the MiG-21. But I do have luck with Harrier.

But what greatly disappointed me is the landscape. Where do people obtain those vibrant landscape from that was displayed in the other thread?

I took off from HONG KONG INTERNATIONLA AIRPORT and I looked around the places yes, there are buildings but the land mass which they all stand on is so poorly rendered?? Hills and mountains have sharp edges and not as advertised??!!

Can you tell me what I need to do, settings have been set to Ultra !

shadow_boxer · 20 Sep 2011 at 17:44

Its not about settings mate. Pretty much all the screenshots over in the other thread are payware scenery. You have to buy and download them. Unfortunately this is where things start to add up.

Here is a good guide which a lot of people follow to set FSX up, includes settings for optimum performance/eye candy.

SETTING UP FSX and HOW TO TUNE IT

Colasanto · 20 Sep 2011 at 17:44

Ultra won't put your settings to the ultimate max, here is what i have mine at:

Dont forget, addons do a LOT for this game. Payware is essential to make it look stunning and amazing, with some generally amazing creators for FSX. Just check some publishers out.

Soya · 20 Sep 2011 at 20:23

Plenty of good freeware addons too, just need to look around or check out the links in the official FSX thread, plenty of useful tidbits in there.

Peter Tsang · 21 Sep 2011 at 02:28

shadow_boxer said:
Its not about settings mate. Pretty much all the screenshots over in the other thread are payware scenery. You have to buy and download them. Unfortunately this is where things start to add up.

Here is a good guide which a lot of people follow to set FSX up, includes settings for optimum performance/eye candy.

SETTING UP FSX and HOW TO TUNE IT

Thanks shadow_boxer, it is what I'm desperately looking for. And by the way, this is another thread I find fabulous to watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hqZz985JIA&feature=related

Fernick said:
Ultra won't put your settings to the ultimate max, here is what i have mine at:

Dont forget, addons do a LOT for this game. Payware is essential to make it look stunning and amazing, with some generally amazing creators for FSX. Just check some publishers out.

Thanks Fernick! Might I ask what is your system spec for running the above setup. Also what sort of frame rates are you getting there? Are all of these Real Environment Xtreme 2.0, My Traffic X, FSceneX, Ground Details FSX, FS Global payware? Sorry for so many questions, I'm just back to MS flight sim since the Stone Age was ended, so a bit off. ;p

Soya said:
Plenty of good freeware addons too, just need to look around or check out the links in the official FSX thread, plenty of useful tidbits in there.

you're right!