Microsoft Flight Simulator X

R@tman · 12 Apr 2007 at 09:10

Wow ive not played flight sim for ages but it looks great .

I may have to go invest in a copy of it . haven't played it in about a year now.

Hodge · 12 Apr 2007 at 10:15

Supertaff said:
I'm sure theres a lot more to get out of this upgrade than what I've seen so far, anyone here used it a lot and got any tips for setting it up. As I've just gone for the default install.

Taff check this FSX FPS Guide

http://ops.precisionmanuals.com/wiki/FSX_FPS_Guide

Ed · 12 Apr 2007 at 16:50

Hodge said:
Taff check this FSX FPS Guide

http://ops.precisionmanuals.com/wiki/FSX_FPS_Guide

Seconded. Works a treat.

Supertaff · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:33

Cheers Guys will take a look and se what I can sort out.

Thanks for the updated links as well to the VATSIM site.

Anyone hearing anymore rumours about SP1, keep checking the blogs etc, but it's all a little quiet at present.

Taff

Pants · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:37

Supertaff said:
Cheers Guys will take a look and se what I can sort out.

Thanks for the updated links as well to the VATSIM site.

Anyone hearing anymore rumours about SP1, keep checking the blogs etc, but it's all a little quiet at present.

Taff

It should be released on 30 April 2007 unless there are any unexpected problems that the current beta 2 test uncovers.

Supertaff · 12 Apr 2007 at 23:41

Hope so, would love to see the increases that have been rumoured for people running core duos.

TC1 · 14 Apr 2007 at 16:22

Where can i find some Aircraft carriers on FSX?

Ed · 14 Apr 2007 at 17:13

TC1 said:
Where can i find some Aircraft carriers on FSX?

You can find them by flying around the following airports.

Naval Air Station North Island (KNZY), San Diego, California, United States
Naval Station Norfolk (KNGU), Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Apra Harbor (SW of PGUM)

djjuk · 14 Apr 2007 at 17:18

Looks pretty good, may be time to dust off the PC

TC1 · 15 Apr 2007 at 13:26

spinneR~uk said:
You can find them by flying around the following airports.

Naval Air Station North Island (KNZY), San Diego, California, United States

Naval Station Norfolk (KNGU), Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Apra Harbor (SW of PGUM)

Thanks.

TC1 · 15 Apr 2007 at 13:36

What sort of Conroe spec would i need to get most of the settings on High or there abouts? What Graphics card too?

Dashik · 15 Apr 2007 at 15:33

Currently theres not a CPU or GPU able to do that really. Later in the year perhaps. FSX was developed with an eye to the future so it would still look good in a few years time etc. Just like most people can now run FS9 at max now but not when it first came out.

Supertaff · 15 Apr 2007 at 21:22

A little bit more news on SP1, looks like it could still be the end of the month, or at least quite soon afterwards.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ptaylor/archive/2007/04/14/fsx-sp1-beta2-posted.aspx

Can't wait for this patch really hoping it improves the fps of the game so that I can crank up the detail a little bit more. The use of the two cores on the intel chips sounds like a real good thing. Only problem is it tempts me to upgrade to the quad core processor that O'C have currently got advertised.

Taff

TC1 · 16 Apr 2007 at 08:49

spinneR~uk said:
You can find them by flying around the following airports.

Naval Air Station North Island (KNZY), San Diego, California, United States

Naval Station Norfolk (KNGU), Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Apra Harbor (SW of PGUM)

Where? Looked. Still could not find any. lol

miracleboy · 18 Apr 2007 at 23:24

TC1 said:
Where? Looked. Still could not find any. lol

Might be down to your density settings, do you have them turned down real low? The carriers might be one of the first things to go in a low detail environment.

Droolinggimp · 19 Apr 2007 at 08:16

Has this game got any tutorials? The sort of ones where you have to complete certain tasks before being allowed to fly certain planes or anything like that.

It would ruin (well not so much ruin but make it less likely to hold my interest) it for me if I could jump right into the cockpit of an Airbus a380 or whatever its called. I would like to progress first then be able to fly those things.

I remember doing the tutorials on FS a century of flight. Printing off the Certificate of my first solo flight. It still on my wall infront of me now

miracleboy · 19 Apr 2007 at 08:32

There is the same type of lessons and tutorials in FSX as in the old versions, but you could still fire up free flight and jump in a 747 as you always could. As you say it's much more rewarding to go through the lessons and read the associated background on the sections.

Droolinggimp · 19 Apr 2007 at 08:34

Cheers. As long there is some sort of lesson thing going on. Might have to pick this one one day. Just hope my PC can handle it.

Dashik · 19 Apr 2007 at 12:32

miracleboy said:
Might be down to your density settings, do you have them turned down real low? The carriers might be one of the first things to go in a low detail environment.

You saying hes too dense?

Buckster · 20 Apr 2007 at 20:05

for interest I definately get better performance in Vista for FSX than I did in XP .. noticeably better.

BUT - Vista RC2 - completely stable in FSX

Now I've bought full Vista -I'm getting CTDs in FSX - any ideas ?

I get either:

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: fsx.exe
Application Version: 10.0.60905.0
Application Timestamp: 44fd0a92
Fault Module Name: weather.dll
Fault Module Version: 10.0.60905.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 44fd0f34
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000069fb
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 85b7
Additional Information 2: 3e7fac7aa8fde7cd36b380f63f2fd1e8
Additional Information 3: 18d1
Additional Information 4: b494b4e062e5325f15d340601b1006bc

OR

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: fsx.exe
Application Version: 10.0.60905.0
Application Timestamp: 44fd0a92
Fault Module Name: weather.dll
Fault Module Version: 10.0.60905.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 44fd0f34
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0002b106
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: d0b2
Additional Information 2: 9389a23b27a407da46449e702a6a3320
Additional Information 3: 82e9
Additional Information 4: 16ad45dd4d20052bd1179b92db5e0849

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 335740499