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ringo747 · 16 Jun 2012 at 14:49

Vuvuzela said:
that's the one, thank you....

Edit: for some reason the below keeps changing back to the original(below is the new settings)

[TERRAIN]
LOD_RADIUS=6.500000

[GRAPHICS]
TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096

Those settings will change back to defaults if you access the settings window for graphics/display settings! Very annoying.

KatanaDV20 · 16 Jun 2012 at 15:29

ringo747 said:
Those settings will change back to defaults if you access the settings window for graphics/display settings! Very annoying.

That is annoying isnt it. You can just save multiple .cfg from within the game, its what I do. Just load those instead of the base fsx.cfg at least then you dont have to exit the game and restart.

Vuvuzela · 16 Jun 2012 at 18:51

Iraklis F.C. said:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4513b280&opt=0

hard landing anyone?

@V, have you installed any 3rd party apps like rex?

Yes mate I have Rex installed...

robfosters · 16 Jun 2012 at 21:03

Are there any good websites around that allow you to hunt for dodgy conditions so you can have a fly through them.

chaders · 16 Jun 2012 at 21:29

It's all quiet at the minute but the National Hurricane Centre is good for challenges towards the end of summer.

chaders · 16 Jun 2012 at 21:42

FSX is about the only thing I use my pc for. It's getting very long in the tooth now. I had planned on upgrading last year but the real world got in the way. I've got a thread going in General Hardwareif anyone has any other ideas on spec please join the thread.

Iraklis F.C. · 16 Jun 2012 at 21:55

chaders said:
FSX is about the only thing I use my pc for. It's getting very long in the tooth now. I had planned on upgrading last year but the real world got in the way. I've got a thread going in General Hardwareif anyone has any other ideas on spec please join the thread.

get a super cheap i7 920 D0 system with lots of ram clock it at 4.0ghz and youre set to go. Mine is running the game very well @ high settings

A SSD will help greatly too.

lukeharvest · 16 Jun 2012 at 22:04

chaders said:
FSX is about the only thing I use my pc for. It's getting very long in the tooth now. I had planned on upgrading last year but the real world got in the way. I've got a thread going in General Hardwareif anyone has any other ideas on spec please join the thread.

You want an nVidia card - not an ATi card for FSX. The reason is that ATi cards have performance issues in high levels of cloud cover due to the difference in design; FSX is based on very old programming, and doesn't take advantage of the way ATi's architecture has progressed. Sandybridge is the way to go, especially if you're looking at keeping costs down, however, you should try to get a 2500k/2700k and the Noctua NH-D14 or Phanteks PH-TC14PE and get the CPU overclocked to at least 4.5GHz (sweet spot for FSX). RAM isn't really that important, as long as you've got 8GB, you're not going to see a difference between 1333MHz and 2133MHz. Also, in regards to HDD v SSD, an SSD will not give you a performance boost in FSX - nor is there any evidence it renders textures faster when in game - all it really does is speed up FSX loading up. Given how well priced the SSDs are now though, I'd recommend getting one just for how much quicker they are for other tasks.

EDIT: Also, depending on what your resolution is - a GTX 560 would do the job fine.

Iraklis F.C. · 16 Jun 2012 at 22:11

thats true lukeharvest but there is a shadermod out there which updates the fsx engine and utilizes the power in ATI cards

chaders · 16 Jun 2012 at 22:35

Cheers gents food for thought. I'm not wanting to muddy this thread to much though. I thinking even. Single 27" monitor or possibly going eyefinity with the Samsung 3x23" bundle. I've got a budget of £1500 that I can't really exceed as the missus took enough persuading as it is.

stevie_vee · 17 Jun 2012 at 00:23

stevie_vee · 17 Jun 2012 at 00:27

stevie_vee · 17 Jun 2012 at 13:04

I created an ILS high altitude flight plan within FSX from Dublin to Nantes. When at altitude i switch to autopilot, in this instance 12,000. The ATC keeps asking me to correct to 12,000 every 2 mins but i'm allready there and it's getting a little anoying. Anyone got any ideas why the ATC is trying to correct me constantly?

Thanks.

Steve.

stevie_vee · 17 Jun 2012 at 13:31

Just been looking at my system specs....

Benq XL2410T
MSI GTX580 1536MB
I5 760 2.8Ghtz (OC to 3.8)
8GB Hyper X Ram
Corsair XL 750 PSU
Gigabyte P55 USB 3 motherboard.

I have a MSI GTX560ti 1024 in its box doing nothing, it's only been used for two months. Could i install this in the other pci slot and run a second monitor for guages,gps and the like?

ringo747 · 17 Jun 2012 at 13:44

stevie_vee said:
I created an ILS high altitude flight plan within FSX from Dublin to Nantes. When at altitude i switch to autopilot, in this instance 12,000. The ATC keeps asking me to correct to 12,000 every 2 mins but i'm allready there and it's getting a little anoying. Anyone got any ideas why the ATC is trying to correct me constantly?

Thanks.

Steve.

Have you set your altimeter pressure setting to 1013? Above 6000' (transition altitude in UK) there is a standard pressure setting which is the same for everyone. If you set local pressure you might be showing 11500 for example. Set 1013(29.92) and try again.

Edit: You have probably read about pressing 'B' in FSX to set your local pressure setting - this is only good when you are on the ground/under transition altitude.

chaders · 17 Jun 2012 at 14:09

ringo747 said:
Have you set your altimeter pressure setting to 1013? Above 6000' (transition altitude in UK) there is a standard pressure setting which is the same for everyone. If you set local pressure you might be showing 11500 for example. Set 1013(29.92) and try again.

Edit: You have probably read about pressing 'B' in FSX to set your local pressure setting - this is only good when you are on the ground/under transition altitude.

Isn't the whole of FSX set to the FAA way of doing things, altitudes below FL180 flight levels above. Even when flying in Europe but using the default ATC it will be expecting you to be on the local QNH, pressing B will work below 18,000' once above this alt hitting B will set 1013.

ringo747 · 17 Jun 2012 at 15:12

You could be right actually - I never use the FSX ATC. I don't know any other reason as to why ATC would be giving off.

robfosters · 17 Jun 2012 at 17:26

stevie_vee said:
Just been looking at my system specs....

Benq XL2410T
MSI GTX580 1536MB
I5 760 2.8Ghtz (OC to 3.8)
8GB Hyper X Ram
Corsair XL 750 PSU
Gigabyte P55 USB 3 motherboard.

I have a MSI GTX560ti 1024 in its box doing nothing, it's only been used for two months. Could i install this in the other pci slot and run a second monitor for guages,gps and the like?

No. SLI graphics have to be same chipset and VRAM. A lot of people build a decent second hand system like a Q6600, run all the other programs and the like on that and link them using Peter Dowson's WideFS.

stevie_vee · 17 Jun 2012 at 18:13

robfosters said:
No. SLI graphics have to be same chipset and VRAM. A lot of people build a decent second hand system like a Q6600, run all the other programs and the like on that and link them using Peter Dowson's WideFS.

I understand what you are saying rob. But can the card be installed without the sli ribbon and a monitor with guages etc run from that?

!bluetonic! · 17 Jun 2012 at 21:03

I'm pretty sure you can have two Nvidia cards in the same PC without the SLI thing going on.

Flying this week:-

I can't do Tues, but most of the week am free between 7.30pm - 9.30pm.

Once again, depending on who joins, depends on what we do. What we do is:

1. Free for all (Gamespy)

2. IFR flying (Gamespy or VATSIM)

Learning the 737NG (Blind leading the blind )
How to program the FMC.
Route Planning (SIDS and STARS)

3. VFR flying (Gamespy or VATSIM)

Using that VFR scenery you've paid for
Circuits
Tuning into and using ADF, VOR, NDBs

4. Learning VATSIM. (VATSIM)

5. Learn ATC lingo is a 'safe' environment. (Gamespy and Mumble Client)