Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe

[bobby_valentino]

Hi, iv seen on the Microsoft website http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/flightsimulatorx.aspx#downloads that there is a SP1 available to download, but I was wondering if this was just for the X version and not the Deluxe version? Can anyone here confirm that the SP1 will work on the deluxe version thanks!

 

[Nymins]

It will work. Both versions are the same, just the Deluxe has more aircraft in it.

 

[Ed]

Don't forget SP2 as well.

 

[bobby_valentino]

SP2 is out aswell?

 

[VortexA1]

yeah..there's an SP2 out as well.

 

[bobby_valentino]

You gotta link?

 

[badbob]

VFR Scenery is good pack, the standard textures have England and brown colour field..pic of VFR

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f184/badbobsausage/fsx2008-01-2514-10-46-48.jpg

 

[PieEater]

You gotta link?

http://www.fsinsider.com/downloads/Pages/default.aspx

 

[PieEater]

VFR Scenery is good pack, the standard textures have England and brown colour field..pic of VFR

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f184/badbobsausage/fsx2008-01-2514-10-46-48.jpg

WTF Even drunk that makes no sense. Yeah there are a large amount of add-ons that improve FSX including VFR scenery for most parts of England & Wales from a couple of developers, probably best to check out specialist sites for details (www.flightsimx.co.uk).

 

[bobby_valentino]

Is that SP2 an official Microsoft update?

 

[Squark]

What sort of spec do you need for FSX, to run it smooth with some pretty?

 

[kvfb97]

What sort of spec do you need for FSX, to run it smooth with some pretty?

AFAIK its barely possible to run everything at the highest setting on any card. You have to do a lot of tweeking. My system ran at around 75% settings and FPS were around 20 (which is okay of course as its a flight sim..).

 

[VortexA1]

Is that SP2 an official Microsoft update?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=204fee1e-f8de-4b21-9a32-5a41a3e27ff0

Click the link yeah it's an official update.

 

[Supertaff]

What sort of spec do you need for FSX, to run it smooth with some pretty?

Running fine on my system, see sig. But like with most things the more cpu and gfx power yiou can throw at it the better.

One thing to remember it's not like a FPS, 60fps itsn't really needed, though would be very nice.

As for the VFR scenery, I've got the pack from Horizon covering the whole of the England and Wales, which I think vastly improves the game, as you can actually navigate by the scenery detail. It's great flying over your own house/area and recognising the details.

I'm a bit of a junky on this and have loads of adds ons.

Also SP1 is essential if you have a dual core as it gets FSX to utilise both cores, which it didn't before.

Taff

 

[VortexA1]

As for the VFR scenery, I've got the pack from Horizon covering the whole of the England and Wales, which I think vastly improves the game, as you can actually navigate by the scenery detail. It's great flying over your own house/area and recognising the details.

Taff

This Vfr pack from horizon - does it go blurry when you fly below a set height ? I have a vfr pack from someone else and only looked good high up - other that that it was so blurry it wasnt good - low down and it was one big blur

If yours isnt like that I might look into it - also do you lose all 3d objects , buildings etc

 

[badbob]

Are you flying a jet or slow prop plane? I found with a jet it draws rough textures, only at slower speeds would it use CPU cycles to draw finer detail (VFR scenery) pic above is from a chipmunk.

 

[VortexA1]

No this was an annoying add-on I had that had textures that said on the box and found out for real that they were best at like 1200 feet or something - the greater you went either way the blurrier they got . I wasn't keen on it , also there was no 3d stuff building etc cos of it.