Thanks Rich and yes, I leave it recording for @24hrs, then use the massive recording and vastly speed up the playback to get this result.
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Thanks Rich and yes, I leave it recording for @24hrs, then use the massive recording and vastly speed up the playback to get this result.
'We know why you fly'. That would be the current slogan of American Airlines, probably my 2nd most favorite livery airliner. This also reminds me to mention that McPhat studios have just recently released a wonderful freeware UHDT (Ultra High Definition Textures - 4096) AA livery for PMDG's NGX (this is their 3rd freeware UHDT livery for the NGX). Although I been very busy recently, spending much of my precious spare time on making several FSX videos which can be viewed via THIS LINK (be sure to checkout some of my latest videos in 1080p), I had to spend some time creating some new screen shots with McPhat's excellent AA livery for the NGX (plus dig out some older shots of other AA aircraft). So I dedicate this post to American Airlines throughout the ages, 'We know why you fly', please do enjoy:
(Coolsky's Super 80 Pro with McPhat UHDT freeware AA livery)
(Captain Sim's 737, 727 & 707 with repaints from Captain Sim's website)
(Captain Sim's 757 with McPhat's UHDT freeware AA Livery)
(Level-D LDS Boeing 767 with McPhat's HD freeware AA livery)
(PMDG's NGX with McPhat's UHDT freeware AA livery)
(AA NGX at FSDT's KLAX)
(I also used REX2.0 Overdrive and various ENB mod settings)
Thank you for taking your time viewing my work.
(Coolsky's Super 80 Pro with McPhat UHDT freeware AA livery)
(Captain Sim's 737, 727 & 707 with repaints from Captain Sim's website)
(Captain Sim's 757 with McPhat's UHDT freeware AA Livery)
(Level-D LDS Boeing 767 with McPhat's HD freeware AA livery)
(PMDG's NGX with McPhat's UHDT freeware AA livery)
(AA NGX at FSDT's KLAX)
(I also used REX2.0 Overdrive and various ENB mod settings)
Thank you for taking your time viewing my work.
Probably mainly down to freeware/payware addons, having a decent PC helps as well, running it on a high resolution with decent AA & AF settings. For more info:
I highly recommend reading this entire thread (if you bypass non relevant info like screenshots, Virtual online flying & tech talk on certain aircrafts, ie NGX) then all the info to improve your FSX will be there, as was the purpose of this thread. I may as well tell you now, it will be a considerable time investment to improve FSX, but if you stick with it, it can be very much worth it, as you can see from my screen shots.
And talking about screen shots, enjoy these folks:
(unedited apart from resized & JPG'd)
(lite edits, blur, light spots etc)
(composite edits)
(All various addons, settings, REX themes etc)
Argh, multi quote doesn't seem to working properly, will have to try and do this over a few posts. Sorry if I missed a response, I do try but ask again if you need an answer.
Thanks, if you are after good looking aircraft then ensure not only the aircraft is well modeled but also well textured. An aircraft can have the most beautiful and complex modeling ever, but if the textures set is bad or just standard (ie 1024 texture sets), then it can be a real let down IMO. Both the 3D model *and* the texture set must be top notch for me to feel an aircraft is a looker. Nowadays only HD (2048) or indeed UHDT (4096) texture sets are worthy for a good looking FSX aircraft. In my experience the best looking aircraft to date are: PMDG's NGX (mainly with the 3 freeware UHDT texture set from McPhat) nearly all of Captain Sim's releases since their 707 now contain great looking models and textures, Carenado's HD series have been very good too. Thankfully, more and more aircraft being released nowadays are starting to sport better textures, something which was left by the wayside for way too long. Still, whenever spending your hard earned money on any aircraft, I highly recommend reading reviews on them and carefully looking at any screen shots you can find and then make up your own mind. EDIT: that reminds me, combining Horizon's latest VFR UK scenery with Earth Simulations Treescapes is very nice if you looking for UK scenery cover.
I use Just Flight's Traffic X, although you can setup flight plans and call up most models in your airplanes folder, you cannot seem to control which gate they pop up at. So I only tend to use Traffic X with its basic models for when I want FPS friendly traffic around (usually at a large airport). I also use something called AirtrafficFX, a rather neat little AI program which can do 2 things, 1) it allows for AI traffic (with a premade flight plan) with any model from your airplanes to fly around the airport of your choosing 2) this is really neat, it shows a map of the airport you are at and all its parking spaces, you can fill in any of the parking spaces with any model from your airplane folder, the neat part is that it acts like a static aircraft, so it doesn't use any AI routines hence saving on CPU power, but it really makes your airport look very cool. DO NOTE; not all models behave as they should, ie some have their landing gear missing, some do other strange things but most work pretty well. Also, having high detail payware models as either AI or static models at your airport will hit your FPS rather heavily. I found that it is best to stick with the model and texture set of the actual aircraft you are flying (in a sense duplicating it several time over the airport) as that seems to be most FPS friendly, as soon as you start using multiple models and especially multiple textures sets (ie, different liveries) your FPS will take a nose dive and you may even experience OOM errors (this happens easily if you use multiple HD liveries at the same location as that swamps the poor old 32-bit coded FSX program).
You could also use Mudpond's freeware program called Formation Tool, it can place upto 4 different aircraft (again you can choose any model) infront of your current aircraft and you can make them take off or let them just sit there.
Hope that helps.
It should do but depends on 3 main factors, how your FSX.CFG is tweaked according to your PC (more tips on that in this thread), what kind and how many addons your have active during flying (the more is happening the harder the PC has to work) and last but not least, depending at what stage of the flight your are, it may run smooth during mid-flight (less happening so you can really turn up the settings) but when landing at large & busy airports you may have to adjust the settings to cope with smooth flight.
PS. It is NOT about how many FPS you can get out of FSX that matter, although on average anything above 20+ FPS is pretty good, but it is the consistency of those FPS that matter, in other words, smooth and judder free flying. The most common cause of judders, PC can't cope with what your throw at it, badly tweaked cfg/settings at the stage of the flight you are at, banking your aircraft real quick or changing views rapidly (think in terms of view point, the steadier your view point is, the easier your PC handles the flight).
Hope that helps.
Beautiful screens as ever
I'm getting there slowly, I now have REX and TEX, PMDG NGX, PMDG Jetstream (very impressed with them both), and VFR for the east of England
Thanks, if you are after good looking aircraft then ensure not only the aircraft is well modeled but also well textured. An aircraft can have the most beautiful and complex modeling ever, but if the textures set is bad or just standard (ie 1024 texture sets), then it can be a real let down IMO. Both the 3D model *and* the texture set must be top notch for me to feel an aircraft is a looker. Nowadays only HD (2048) or indeed UHDT (4096) texture sets are worthy for a good looking FSX aircraft. In my experience the best looking aircraft to date are: PMDG's NGX (mainly with the 3 freeware UHDT texture set from McPhat) nearly all of Captain Sim's releases since their 707 now contain great looking models and textures, Carenado's HD series have been very good too. Thankfully, more and more aircraft being released nowadays are starting to sport better textures, something which was left by the wayside for way too long. Still, whenever spending your hard earned money on any aircraft, I highly recommend reading reviews on them and carefully looking at any screen shots you can find and then make up your own mind. EDIT: that reminds me, combining Horizon's latest VFR UK scenery with Earth Simulations Treescapes is very nice if you looking for UK scenery cover.
I use Just Flight's Traffic X, although you can setup flight plans and call up most models in your airplanes folder, you cannot seem to control which gate they pop up at. So I only tend to use Traffic X with its basic models for when I want FPS friendly traffic around (usually at a large airport). I also use something called AirtrafficFX, a rather neat little AI program which can do 2 things, 1) it allows for AI traffic (with a premade flight plan) with any model from your airplanes to fly around the airport of your choosing 2) this is really neat, it shows a map of the airport you are at and all its parking spaces, you can fill in any of the parking spaces with any model from your airplane folder, the neat part is that it acts like a static aircraft, so it doesn't use any AI routines hence saving on CPU power, but it really makes your airport look very cool. DO NOTE; not all models behave as they should, ie some have their landing gear missing, some do other strange things but most work pretty well. Also, having high detail payware models as either AI or static models at your airport will hit your FPS rather heavily. I found that it is best to stick with the model and texture set of the actual aircraft you are flying (in a sense duplicating it several time over the airport) as that seems to be most FPS friendly, as soon as you start using multiple models and especially multiple textures sets (ie, different liveries) your FPS will take a nose dive and you may even experience OOM errors (this happens easily if you use multiple HD liveries at the same location as that swamps the poor old 32-bit coded FSX program).
You could also use Mudpond's freeware program called Formation Tool, it can place upto 4 different aircraft (again you can choose any model) infront of your current aircraft and you can make them take off or let them just sit there.
Hope that helps.
It should do but depends on 3 main factors, how your FSX.CFG is tweaked according to your PC (more tips on that in this thread), what kind and how many addons your have active during flying (the more is happening the harder the PC has to work) and last but not least, depending at what stage of the flight your are, it may run smooth during mid-flight (less happening so you can really turn up the settings) but when landing at large & busy airports you may have to adjust the settings to cope with smooth flight.
PS. It is NOT about how many FPS you can get out of FSX that matter, although on average anything above 20+ FPS is pretty good, but it is the consistency of those FPS that matter, in other words, smooth and judder free flying. The most common cause of judders, PC can't cope with what your throw at it, badly tweaked cfg/settings at the stage of the flight you are at, banking your aircraft real quick or changing views rapidly (think in terms of view point, the steadier your view point is, the easier your PC handles the flight).
Hope that helps.
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The beauty about FSX, or flight sim in general, people can get many things out of it, depending on their personal preference. Also, there is so much scope to do something a bit different in flight sim, there is always something else to do or to learn. I personally see this hobby as a future investment, at the moment I am mostly interested in getting a sim that is as smooth and real looking as I can make it, then enjoy the view as I take a simply flight with minimal effort. But later in life I can start to learn about proper procedures, about SID & STARS, about fuel consumption and flight plans etc. In FSX your world is your oyster so to speak. At this point in time I call myself just an enthusiast with minimal flight knowledge but with a good eye for capturing screen shots and sharing a passion with other like minded people. IMO the best thing about Flight Sim is its community, anything from payware 3rd party addons, to freeware addons, to livery painter, to forum & screen shot posters, it really is a living breathing world with plenty of others to share and enjoy it with.
As for the beauty vs performance, I think for most people it is a balance. Get your sim to look the way you want it but have it perform adequately during most flights, working with the hardware you can currently afford. FPS is irrelevant as it is more about smooth flying with the highest detail you can get away with.
My 2cs.
Hi guys, i am really interested in getting this game as it looks amazing graphically. Hopefully it will run ok on my rig, ive never owned a flight sim before so im sure i'll be terrible. I see the deluxe version going for about £25 i guess thats the one to get? Would someone mind helping me on my way around this game like how to get mods etc? sorry to be a pain
thanks so much
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Juat read through the tweak guide on the 1st page and wow that was a lot to take in for sure
A pleasure, welcome to the flight sim world. I hope this thread will give you plenty of info, ideas and insights. My main recommendation is start simply, shop around for the best prices (whether buying FSX itself, hardware or any other addon after the fact) and slowly in time, expand both your knowledge of the sim, flying procedures and addons. It will take patience, you will get crashes and you will find limitations, which you will overcome in time. Feel free to share/ask question in this thread, but be sure the read through the whole thread as there is much useful information plus links that will help you out. But like I said, start simple, find FSX first at the best possible price, have a play with it then in time expand from there. Best of luck and enjoyment.
Not really, most of the offers were over the Xmas period. Just aware of some recent high entry releases, IRIS released their version of the F-15E I believe, highly detailed model with 4096 texture sets, Carenado released another HD series GA aircraft, a jetprop called Malibu, which looks very nice, McPhat have released 3 freeware UHDT textures for the NGX plus just today another World Airline HD series for the PMDG 747. Also worth keeping an eye on the Aerosoft shop (they just released Bronco X, which I have and also their recent Pitts is very nice) plus they have several releases coming out spread over this year. On the freeware side, Blue Sky Scenery are updating their entire photoreal texture set (higher detail) and releasing it on a new provider (megaupload their previous provider went belly up) and each section is at a larger more convenient DL (@500mb).
That's about it for now I think.
In regards to Ultimate Traffic 2 problem, I have never used it so I am unsure myself what the possible solution would be. Perhaps you could try and install the program under a different PC with a different OS if you suspect W7 64bit, although if you run under admin that would be unlikely. I presume the DVD box was sealed, so no1 else perhaps has used the same serial/install before? Perhaps a previous installment or conflict of a previous program, AI traffic or otherwise, might cause a conflict? Search popular FS sim forums for possible answers, AVSIM is pretty good and doing searches on these forums may prove fruitful. Good luck.
As for the new install of FSX, if you are unsure what version it has installed, check your aircrafts. If you have access to the F-18 Hornet, P-51 Mustang and the EH-101 Helicopter, then you have Acceleration install and do not need to worry about patches. If not, you need to double check with the seller and read any small print etc.
I already spoke about this somewhere in this thread regarding installation of FSX plus addons/scenery and the likes of FSX, in regards to precious HD & SSD space. I really recommend checking out the info. (in short, DO NOT install REX on your fastest drive, which is probably where you have FSX installed, install it to an install/storage drive, once you install REX and choose different themes/textures, it will automatically replace the default FSX ones thus having the textures of your choosing on the FSX install drive).
Also, once you devout time on a decent install (again, read this thread for link and suggestion on how to properly install FSX & addons, especially the link to Nick's guide is very good) ensure you start making backups of the important stuff, safest is complete backup of FSX and backup copies of FSX.cfg, Scenery.cfg & DDL.xml. TBH don't worry to much at the start, as you can always change things later. I have been using FSX for nearly 4 years now, in that time I done 3 major re-installs of everything but each time learning more and having a better setup. I am already thinking of doing it again sometime this year. As I mentioned, take it a step at a time and prepare to be patient. Good luck.
PS. on a side note, I do have several spare FS related items that I do not use or need anymore and they are gathering dust. For instance, a boxed TrackIR 4 with Clip Pro (bought it just before TrackIR 5 came out and only used a few times), several Just Flight's Boxed titles including VFR Real Scenery The Collection (which I have since replaced with the more expensive but higher detailed Horizon VFR sceneries), plus boxed C-130 Hercules, Captain 727 & 757 (I now own them all directly from CS). Plus other hardware pieces of flight sim that an enthusiast might be interested in buying. Please DO NOT post in this thread regarding these items as that is not what this thread is for plus I think it is also against the rules, but feel free to email me in trust if you want to know more.
As for the new install of FSX, if you are unsure what version it has installed, check your aircrafts. If you have access to the F-18 Hornet, P-51 Mustang and the EH-101 Helicopter, then you have Acceleration install and do not need to worry about patches. If not, you need to double check with the seller and read any small print etc.
I already spoke about this somewhere in this thread regarding installation of FSX plus addons/scenery and the likes of FSX, in regards to precious HD & SSD space. I really recommend checking out the info. (in short, DO NOT install REX on your fastest drive, which is probably where you have FSX installed, install it to an install/storage drive, once you install REX and choose different themes/textures, it will automatically replace the default FSX ones thus having the textures of your choosing on the FSX install drive).
Also, once you devout time on a decent install (again, read this thread for link and suggestion on how to properly install FSX & addons, especially the link to Nick's guide is very good) ensure you start making backups of the important stuff, safest is complete backup of FSX and backup copies of FSX.cfg, Scenery.cfg & DDL.xml. TBH don't worry to much at the start, as you can always change things later. I have been using FSX for nearly 4 years now, in that time I done 3 major re-installs of everything but each time learning more and having a better setup. I am already thinking of doing it again sometime this year. As I mentioned, take it a step at a time and prepare to be patient. Good luck.
PS. on a side note, I do have several spare FS related items that I do not use or need anymore and they are gathering dust. For instance, a boxed TrackIR 4 with Clip Pro (bought it just before TrackIR 5 came out and only used a few times), several Just Flight's Boxed titles including VFR Real Scenery The Collection (which I have since replaced with the more expensive but higher detailed Horizon VFR sceneries), plus boxed C-130 Hercules, Captain 727 & 757 (I now own them all directly from CS). Plus other hardware pieces of flight sim that an enthusiast might be interested in buying. Please DO NOT post in this thread regarding these items as that is not what this thread is for plus I think it is also against the rules, but feel free to email me in trust if you want to know more.
The 2 programs that currently provide Ground Services for the aircraft you are flying are Aerosoft's AES (Recently updated to v2.21 to include better models and animation) and the very recently released GSX from GSDT, which I had a quick look at and also looks very good. From what I can tell, GSX is free to use for 3 different airports plus all the airports that you have bought from FSDT, if you want it to work for nearly every airport (read their site for restrictions) then you will need to buy it, $29.99 I think. Whereas AES works slightly different, it also allows for a few free small airports to be used unlimited but to activate for other airports (it can ONLY be used for specific payware airports all the Aerosoft airports of course but none of the FTX airports at all, again, read up in its limitations) you need to buy credits from Aerosoft, I think a credit pack (10 credits) cost @10 euros and you can spend them on certain payware airports you have, small airports usually 1-3 credits, larger ones 4-5 credits. This method of buying credits can get very expensive, I personally bought @8 credit packs (admittedly mostly when Aerosoft had sales on but still spend @50 euros to get all the credits I wanted).
I would personally take a good look at both of them but TBH, for anyone looking for some decent ground service, I think GSX seems the better buy, but do check it out for yourself. If I knew in advance, then I don't think I would have forked out so many credits for AES considering its restrictions and cost but then again, it has been out much longer and I have had much pleasure using it, so C'est La Vie.
Hard to tell, don't think I recall seeing anything like that in my time with FSX. I would suggest switching to full screen and seeing if it also happens, try different resolutions. If the graphics are still perfect but only the text within FSX is screwed up, then I would seem to point to some kind of font corruption. My suggestion is to browse the popular FS sim forums and do a search for similar problems, it would be unlikely you have a unique problem. If you do decide to go the backup way, just copying the relevant folders over a new FSX install is unlikely to work for most payware addons. Nearly all payware addons to my knowledge don't just write data within the FSX folder but often make their own folder within the user area of the main drive and probably other markers with the FSX users directories. Still if worse comes to worse, you can try and see which work. Good luck.
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Pretty much what Katana mentioned, start simple, keep it simple until you feel you are ready to progress. It is probably best to start with as few addons as possible, or at least aircraft addons, scenery addons would make it look nicer if you want to do so (some excellent freeware from NL2000 & Blue Sky Scenery plus many others, plus much payware airports etc) but again, you can always worry about making it look nicer later on. Missions/tutorials that are supplied are definitely worth going through which will also allow you the chance to calibrate your joystick to your liking, as Katana said, best to keep it to small movements so keep your sensitivity high in order to do so. Also remember, the larger the aircraft the slower and the more sluggish the response hence why people often over compensate on the controls when it comes to flying larger aircraft, so best to start with smaller craft.
Once thing I can say, even with just default FSX, it is easy to get a little lost and forget which procedures to follow or which order they need to go into. It will take time and like so many things, repetition, repetition and even more repetition until it becomes habit. One of the reasons I love Flight Sim that you can enjoy it for many reasons and get into many different aspects of flying. Due to the complexities of flying an aircraft (the bigger or the more complex an aircraft is, the harder it becomes to fly) and the ability to set the realism level within the sim, you can slowly turn from a casual stick flyer to a 'as real as it gets' Captain of a modern Jet airliner/military flyer/helicopter pilot etc. Any complex sim is more like an investment in both hardware/software and most importantly, time. You may of course never actually fly an actual aircraft but the point is, you will have covered at least the very basics and probably much more in time. So, at least to me, not only are you getting some (or lots) of enjoyment out of sim flying, you are also always learning something new on your way which makes simming (not just flight simming, as I recently started doing a fair bit of TS2012 which is really enjoyable too) which makes it stand out from normal gaming.
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Some screen shots of my latest software additions, PMDG 747 + McPhat's WA3 + FSDT's GSX and airports + REX, ofcourse.
unedited screen shots apart from resized down from 2560x1600 & JPG'd.
unedited screen shots apart from resized down from 2560x1600 & JPG'd.
Time to take a break from tubes and show some military formations, enjoy:
(unedited apart from the last shot to make it show like an old photograph)
(unedited apart from the last shot to make it show like an old photograph)
Enjoy these latest shots from me using FSX and a bit of cross process and grain effect added to the shots in an attempt to make them look like old aviation photographs:
Folks your kind comments and praise is heard and very much appreciated, it is a good feeling sharing my screen shot work with other like minded people who enjoy flight sim for what it is.
It fascinates me reading other people's opinion on what they see as their 'favorite' shot, although we all see the same images, we all have our own way of seeing beauty within those images, hence 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' really does hold true. For me personally, both the first and last images appeal to me the strongest, if I had to pick 1 then it would probably be the Concorde but that is mostly due to the fact that I miss her.
As for her nose down in that last shot, IIRC that shot was taken just after take off, her gears was just put up and climbing to cruise level.
IMO the best and most complex Concorde would have to be the one by FSLabs, which is the one showing in the picture. Link http://www.flightsimlabs.com/aircraft/concorde-x/
It fascinates me reading other people's opinion on what they see as their 'favorite' shot, although we all see the same images, we all have our own way of seeing beauty within those images, hence 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' really does hold true. For me personally, both the first and last images appeal to me the strongest, if I had to pick 1 then it would probably be the Concorde but that is mostly due to the fact that I miss her.
As for her nose down in that last shot, IIRC that shot was taken just after take off, her gears was just put up and climbing to cruise level.
IMO the best and most complex Concorde would have to be the one by FSLabs, which is the one showing in the picture. Link http://www.flightsimlabs.com/aircraft/concorde-x/
ROFL, superb, spot on in fact.
btw, the scenery in those electra shots is indeed NL2000v4, freeware, also the electra is freeware.
Another 10 shots for your viewing pleasure, please enjoy:
(fsx screen shots with a little after effect editing specifically cross process & grain effect)
(fsx screen shots with a little after effect editing specifically cross process & grain effect)
Cool shots above, here are some more from me, last of the oldies:
If some of you have some time, could you possible help me out with what could be a major issue. I have been uploading my FSX screen shots of Photobucket over the past @4 years or so and had a pro account since then. However, at some point over the past week, ALL my screen shots have seem to been reduced in quality, I just done some checking in random screen shots (many in this thread) and especially if you look in screen shots with very even coloured background (ie blue skies or white/grey clouds) there seems a HUGE amount of degradation in quality.
I would appreciate, especially those who seen my screen shots for a while, just to look at some of my old screen shots in this thread and tell me what you think, do they seem much lower in quality? It is like Photobucket has compressed all my uploaded screen shot to a higher compression thus the quality has all but gone!
If this is the case, will need to take this up with them pronto, as I'm a paying customer for their service!
EDIT: Best example is probably the first screen shot I posted in this thread, on the first page the two Falcons, NO WAY did the background look so badly, its completely pixelated.
I would appreciate, especially those who seen my screen shots for a while, just to look at some of my old screen shots in this thread and tell me what you think, do they seem much lower in quality? It is like Photobucket has compressed all my uploaded screen shot to a higher compression thus the quality has all but gone!
If this is the case, will need to take this up with them pronto, as I'm a paying customer for their service!
EDIT: Best example is probably the first screen shot I posted in this thread, on the first page the two Falcons, NO WAY did the background look so badly, its completely pixelated.
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Thanks guys, your feedback has made me come to the conclusion the problem is at my end and after doing several checks I discovered what the problem was. For some reason (don't know why but I think it must have been during a recent windows update) my desktop colour quality was down to 16-bit, so every screen shot I was viewing with gradual colour change (like blue skies) looked horrendous. I just switched back to 32-bit, restarted my browser and all my screen shot look the way they suppose to, thank god. I thought for a moment Photobucket recompressed ALL my screen shots to look like that, which would have been months of work down the drain and all my screen shot posts would have looked awful.
So if you wanted to see what I was going on about, change your desktop settings to 16-bit colour mode, restart your browser, then take a look at my screen shots, especially the one with the 2 Tiger moths shown above, the sky look terrible in 16-bit mode.
Anyhow, that is a load of my mind, appreciate your help guys.
So if you wanted to see what I was going on about, change your desktop settings to 16-bit colour mode, restart your browser, then take a look at my screen shots, especially the one with the 2 Tiger moths shown above, the sky look terrible in 16-bit mode.
Anyhow, that is a load of my mind, appreciate your help guys.
Now that I sorted out the problem with my screen shots, I uploaded these unedited shots showing off Airbus X by Aerosoft, enjoy:
Cheers and thanks for the tip, just checked AS downloads and took most popular Holgi liveries, will install soon and check them out.
Also, I am started to get very interest in Prepar3D, hearing some good things about it. For now, I will wait and see how it comes along, it recently updated to version 1.3 (looks like they are committed to continuous development & support on the engine), I will probably wait till 2.0 before possibly making a commitment into taking a licence. Main issues would be, will most FSX bought addons port over to Prepar3D, as basically it is FSX but more developed and enchanced, if so, will it cost anything to port over the majority of my addons, don't fancy doshing out another butt load of money for things I already have paid for one sim just to pay again to have it work in another sim. And of course, how much better will it be then FSX, atm from what I have read, it is @10% faster, definitely smoother flying, better interface, more control over settings and setup, better support and working under DX10, maybe even DX11 in the future, and is more stable (apparently) then FSX.
Still early days, but I suggest all who are into FSX to look out for this, anyone who is thinking about flight sim and leans towards trying out FSX, I would recommend highly to look at Prepar3D as well.
Good news for us, I hope.
-> a good thread on explaining about Prepar3D & licencing etc http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/53662-can-someone-explain-prepar3d-a-little-to-me/ also check their homepage at Prepar3D for more info.
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Greetings folks, here is a small batch of screen shots which was taken from my recent video 737 NGX Landing at Tamworth. I tried to show off the beauty of the aircraft, livery and scenery. The link to the video is after the screen shots for those interested.
Enjoy;
Video below, best watched in full 1080p.
Enjoy;
Video below, best watched in full 1080p.