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

!bluetonic! · 18 Apr 2013 at 18:31

There's a free face tracker for FSX called face track noir. Try it and see if you like that style of flying first.

I've recently purchased ez dok camera which creates fluid movements around the virtual cockpit adding great imersion.

Iraklis F.C. · 18 Apr 2013 at 18:51

!bluetonic! said:
There's a free face tracker for FSX called face track noir. Try it and see if you like that style of flying first.

I've recently purchased ez dok camera which creates fluid movements around the virtual cockpit adding great imersion.

tell me its working with fsx and it only takes a webcam :eek:

!bluetonic! · 18 Apr 2013 at 18:56

Iraklis F.C. said:
tell me its working with fsx and it only takes a webcam

its working with fsx and it only takes a webcam

neodude · 18 Apr 2013 at 19:27

!bluetonic! said:
There's a free face tracker for FSX called face track noir. Try it and see if you like that style of flying first.

I've recently purchased ez dok camera which creates fluid movements around the virtual cockpit adding great imersion.

Funny you should say that. I've just discovered Freetrack and I've just finished buying a PS3 Eye and bits to build a track clip. Great minds...

thingemajib · 18 Apr 2013 at 20:55

!bluetonic! said:
its working with fsx and it only takes a webcam

any tips for getting noir working well? I found it made very choppy/jerky movements when the fps went below 30 fps (and i mean fsx fps, not the tracking fps). Beautiful to use on the default 172 in the middle of nowhere, but load up the NGX at Heathrow with traffic and VFR london in the background renders it completely unusable for me.

The software itself seems to work without too much of a hitch - ive been trialling it in arma recently and have had a much better experience there, but fsx just seems to bog it down too much

Iraklis F.C. · 18 Apr 2013 at 21:26

yes if there could be some help calibrating, its either very sensitive or very choppy, and i have a i920 @ 4ghz, jeezz

ghutchison14078 · 19 Apr 2013 at 08:29

Majestic Software Dash8 Q400 launches this weekend

http://majesticsoftware.com/mjc8q400/index.html

!bluetonic! · 19 Apr 2013 at 09:48

It's looking good.

http://majesticsoftware.com/mjc8q400/media.html

And to the other point of FSX struggling with Face Track... with FSX, something has to give whether it be AI traffic, pin sharp scenery or AA.

Soya · 19 Apr 2013 at 22:00

Hello folks,

Catching up on some of my screen shots, enjoy this various mix:

Vuvuzela · 20 Apr 2013 at 10:13

once again Soya fantastic photos!

I'm around again to do some flying next week. I've not had money for fuel

uk_viper · 20 Apr 2013 at 13:19

Can anyone remember that addon that downloaded scenery from Google for the mapping

ghutchison14078 · 20 Apr 2013 at 14:04

uk_viper said:
Can anyone remember that addon that downloaded scenery from Google for the mapping

Tileproxy??

http://www.edtruthan.com/tileproxy/tutorial/

uk_viper · 20 Apr 2013 at 14:08

Thats the one!

Bes · 20 Apr 2013 at 15:13

Been out of the FSX loop for a few years now.. What sort of money is required to invest in a system powerful enough to get the most out of it today?

Ta

ghutchison14078 · 20 Apr 2013 at 16:12

Bes said:
Been out of the FSX loop for a few years now.. What sort of money is required to invest in a system powerful enough to get the most out of it today?

Ta

i5 or i7 quad core overclocked to at least 4.0ghz (higher the better)

at least 6gb system ram

mid-range nvidia gfx card (gtx 560 upwards)

as much hdd space as you think you will need for potential addons

Shashman · 20 Apr 2013 at 23:46

ghutchison14078 said:
Tileproxy??

http://www.edtruthan.com/tileproxy/tutorial/

That is RIDICULOUS :eek:

Surely a freeware utility of that quality spells the end of pretty much every payware VFR package in existence?

Iraklis F.C. · 21 Apr 2013 at 11:09

Shashman said:
That is RIDICULOUS

Surely a freeware utility of that quality spells the end of pretty much every payware VFR package in existence?

just about yeah :cool:

i have been access to photoreal scenery of pretty nice quality for some time, we have the whole of Greece for example for free and it looks just awesome. No need for payware.

Dappo · 21 Apr 2013 at 18:51

After a lot of frustration with trying to activate it, I have finally been able to complete my first flight in the Majestic Q400 today.

An excellent plane, right up there in quality with the PMDG NGX. It has great sounds, flight dynamics, visuals and low FPS compared to other addons.

I used to fly on this plane quite regulary a few years ago, from Stansted to Paderborn-Lippstadt so I tried to recreate the flight.

!bluetonic! · 21 Apr 2013 at 19:42

Great pictures from what looks like a great add-on.

!bluetonic! · 22 Apr 2013 at 07:55

I took the Vatsim Cessna 172 on an FSEconomy flight yesterday. It was all going so well, then I got a little board and starting messing about with some views. Low and behold FSX crashed on me.. Luckily FSUIPC has saved my flight 5 mins before the crash.

I reloaded from that point and landed successfully at Popham. Unfortunately no matter what I did, FSE wouldn't register the end of my flight, so I had to cancel all the good work that I'd done.

I did get some pics off that back of that though!