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

ringo747 · 19 Jan 2013 at 15:34

How do you chaps navigate when flying VFR? Do you have a copy of VFR charts? I don't have much photoreal scenery so 'proper' VFR with no GPS is rather tricky!

!bluetonic! · 19 Jan 2013 at 15:48

I use Plan-G for VFR flying if I don't have proper scenery..

Vuvuzela · 19 Jan 2013 at 15:54

!bluetonic! said:
I use Plan-G for VFR flying if I don't have proper scenery..

I use plan g too excellent software. And it's free too

ringo747 · 19 Jan 2013 at 15:59

O that does look good! I've heard it mentioned before but always assumed it was payware.

!bluetonic! · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:00

OMG it's happening. I'm here. Chadders is here.. Brenden is here.

!bluetonic! · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:03

toString is here!

ghutchison14078 · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:06

Cavallino said:
How the hell do you make FSX look so nice ghutchinson?

Lots of addons and a heavily modified .CFG file along with nvidia inspector

But I cant take credit for the Horizon VFR photoscenery

ringo747 · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:08

Any ATC on VATSIM? I'm going to try to get online shortly.

!bluetonic! · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:11

Glasgow App is online.

ringo747 · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:13

So where are you currently guys?

!bluetonic! · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:15

Inverness

Cavallino · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:17

ghutchison14078 said:
Lots of addons and a heavily modified .CFG file along with nvidia inspector

But I cant take credit for the Horizon VFR photoscenery

Is it possible to use the cfg in my version of FSX or does it need to be altered locally? (i.e. because of different installation paths etc).

ringo747 · 19 Jan 2013 at 16:17

Just typical that squawkbox decides to start playing up when I'm about to go online.

Vuvuzela · 19 Jan 2013 at 17:07

ringo747 said:
Just typical that squawkbox decides to start playing up when I'm about to go online.

do you have fsinn?

!bluetonic! · 19 Jan 2013 at 17:14

Nearly at Stornoway.

!bluetonic! · 19 Jan 2013 at 17:40

toString · 19 Jan 2013 at 19:03

Good times!

So much to learn! My days of VFR in 'MS Flight' were slightly easier..
Xbox pad makes my movements pretty severe.. Also I think choosing the glass cockpit got me in more trouble, kept getting trapped in the menus.. and even with the autopilot on the Baron kept trying to go vertical I was reading websites.. Oh and the FSX crash.. Think that about covers the excuses...

Would definitely be interested in more of the same, and also interested in a 737 flight, but I'm not sure I could manage my PMDG and try the ATC stuff at the same time though.

Thanks for all the pointers and links. Even just listening to what you guys were doing was helpful. But yeah, very daunting when there's 4 very experienced people on. But I'd recommend anyone who's used FSX for more than 5 minutes to join these guys next time.

Reedy · 19 Jan 2013 at 19:08

I got annoyed trying to use FSX/FS2004 on Win 7 x64

http://www.prepar3d.com/ seems a bit more stable. And the "academic" license is reasonably priced.

toString · 19 Jan 2013 at 19:18

Here's a few screenshots, I forgot to take any most of the time. They don't look great but there you go.. I have to run in windowed mode as things tend to crash more for me on win7.. And even then it's not perfect. One other thing.. A second screen must be really useful for this too.

^ The route. I did a planned 360 at the end of the 2nd leg as I wanted to be last getting to that controlled airspace

But I scared him off anyway..

^ About to turn for final..

^ On final. The PAPI lights were wrong, I swear.

^ Fashionably late to the C172 party...

ringo747 · 19 Jan 2013 at 19:30

That was good fun chaps - really enjoyed it.

I might be on later tonight if anyone is about.

Plan-G is now sorted on my second machine. Vuvu, I just was missing the box where you enter the IP/port under simconnect. I'll have to read the manual to find out what all the tool can offer. It looks really good though.

Definitely will be up for going a blast in the NGX some evening.