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Hi, Thanks for all the positive comments, just a quick update, I have left all the settings as they were, have added the fantastic freeware EGHA, which is where I have spent many hours RWF and have now clocked up about 5 hours VFR bumming around sightseeing in the trusty 152, with the result that I am now completely hooked, I just love it, no stutters, no scenery popping up, no repeat ground textures, just the joy of flying, which is surely what flightsim is all about? I know I don't have a system that will run everything on ultra, bit having used this sim, I don't need that, I am just very happy to have a sim that just does what is supposed to do without the fuss and bother. As far as the naysayers are concerned, I am realistic enough to know that at some time in the future I will have a hiccup, but with the help of this forum, I will deal with it as when when it happens, until then, I am just going to enjoy what for me is fantastic sim experience that I am finding difficult to stay away from, I always said that work has a serious impact on my social life:D, now wheres that sicknote!;) Many thanks for all your positive comments and help, happy simming:D cheers Richard

Hi Steve, Many thanks for the link, wow, what a site that is, so glad I took the plunge and despite all my payware addons, and finally getting it to run reasonably well, I definitely wont be going back to FSX. That's not to say FSX is a bad sim, I have spent many happy hours flying with payware AC, ORBX scenery etc, but it was of it's time and I like to embrace the future, after all, I wouldn't go back to Floppy Discs, Serial Ports, Dot Matrix Printers and green screen CRT monitors;) Like it's predecessor, FSX is still a great sim and will live on for many years, but for me it was time to let it go. I know there will be hiccups and bumps in the road ahead with 2020, but that has been the same for all of the previous incarnations of our Fightsims, but with all the help and knowledge that is shared in this forum, I feel confident we will eventually overcome them all. Cheers and happy flying to you all, Richard

Hi all, I finally decided to take the plunge and try out our new sim, and just wanted to share my thoughts so far with it. I did a fresh W10 install, got rid of the crap apps I don't need, disabled the other crap I don't need then installed the MSFS app from steam to my "C" drive in it's default folder. I re-installed my Avast Antivirus programme and was then ready to go. I then bought and downloaded the deluxe steam version and installed into a new folder on a dedicated SSD drive. The download was approx 120gb and it took about 6 hours to install, and this went without a hitch. Once this was done I fired up the sim and spent a bit of time with interface. It has configured the settings based on my specs, and this seems fine at the moment. I did a couple of the sightseeing flights which went well, so I then created a flight from EGTE, which is my nearest airport and just bumbled around the local area, and I have to say I am absolutely stunned! Even without tweaking or buggering around, IMHO, this sim is a quantum leap ahead of the rest, and for me, it just works! It looks fantastic and even with the recommended settings, I loved it straightaway and am so glad I took the plunge, and at the moment have no regrets, fingers crossed it stays that way;) I know people will say the aircraft modelling is not as good as sim A" or sim "B" or sim "C" but so what, for me it is a natural progression from FSX, and I just I happen to think its great, and it just seems to work, so I am going to give it the time it deserves, and although I have enjoyed the previous versions, it's just time for me to move on. One interesting point is, I forgot to unplug my CH Yoke and Rudder Pedals, but guess what, it picked them up no problem and they work fine, all I need to do is reconfigure some of the axis and button assignments to how I like them and I will be very happy. Now where is all that add on scenery I want? Cheers Richard

Hi all, I think that after just over a year I am ready to take the plunge and go with MFS2020. I would be installing via steam and have a good steady 50mbs internet connection. My questions are, will I be able to use my CH Yoke and Pedals, does it have a decent weather engine built in and are the computer specs in my signature gonna be good enough to run MFS2020 at a reasonable level, I would like to embrace our new simulator, but don't want to be spending to much to update peripherals etc at the moment, cheers Richard

Plus one to that, never had a problem since changing from W7, FSX steam works great on W10 by the way :)

Hi, Might be worth having a look at this page, if you scroll down about 3/4 of the way, you will find a very good description of the page file and how best to set up, this is just a short extract of the article. I have used Nick Needham's guides in all my FS installs, and for me they just work:) "I am going to add a lot of information below about the Windows Page File because there are far too many myths and far too many nonsense instructions on the internet about this subject. If you set the page file as I defined in STEP #9 above you can skip this next section and move on to SPECIAL SECTION FOR SSD WINDOWS DRIVES, or, you can review the information I posted below if you would like to educate yourself on the subject. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE WINDOWS PAGE FILE: With respect to a game system or any typical single user computer with mechanical hard drives, the ONLY DRIVE a page file should be located on is the Windows drive. It is a MYTH and COMPLETELY FALSE that moving the Windows page file OR turning the page file OFF will make Windows run better. Please do NOT FALL INTO THE: 'I Must Tune the Page File" trap! Let me make something perfectly clear.. PAGE FILE TUNING is for disk space conservation, nothing else. Setting it TOO LOW with low system memory and high application demand on system memory is not good. If you run out of system memory, install more memory don't make a larger page file! PLEASE NOTE THIS IMPORTANT FACT: there is NO SUCH THING AS A PAGE FILE THAT IS TOO BIG and that a large page file makes Windows run poor. The only downfall is, it takes up drive space, that is all!. A system can have an entire 1TB drive dedicated to a Windows page file (which of course is ridiculous) and it will NOT SLOW NOR MAKE WINDOWS FASTER regardless of the demand. Running FSX with all addons and Windows does NOT require any more than 6GB-8GB of physical memory. IF you are short of memory your system needs MORE MEMORY and not a page file move. Purchase more memory and do not move the page file, AND, make sure the version of Windows in use SUPPORTS the amount of memory you need! " https://www.simforums.com/forums/the-fsx-computer-system-the-bible-by-nickn_topic46211.html Cheers

Rafalrafal, Might be worth having a read of this: https://www.simforums.com/Forums/guide-mipmapping-and-optimising-textures_topic52893.html go to the bottom of the page and download the PDF, it is a good read and very informative, cheers

Hi Paul, If you PM me I can help you ;) Cheers Richard

Hi I have to ask, where did you guys buy these addons from, and how long ago, there may be a problem with the vendors system that prevents you from verifying your purchase, but in any event I think you may need to supply some more information for anybody to help you;) cheers

Hi Proop, I saw your PM before I saw this, I didn't realise you had not been able to install it at all;), I will PM you again later, by the way, what operating system are you using, and which FSX have you got installed, that info will always help, cheers Richard

Hi Proop I have the Carenado Seneca V and if you have to uninstall it you will need to go to: Control Panel, Programmes and features and then scroll down until you see PA34 Seneca V, if you highlight it, you can uninstall it and try to install again, : Hope this might help Cheers Richard

Hi Many thanks for the reply, I had a good look at this site, and the Dash8 100/200 is about the only one that has not been saved:(, so no luck, but thanks for the suggestion, cheers Richard

Hi, Just wondered if any of you guys know where I can find the base model for the FSP/PAI Dash 8 100/200 Series Paint Kit, I have the blank texture kit, but have not been able to find the aircraft model itself :(, and I know that Project AI no longer exist. If this is not available, does anyone know of an alternative AI Dash 8 100/200, as I need to get some AI paints done a bit sharpish, Cheers in advance for any help, Richard

Hi, Just wondered if any of you guys know where I can find the base model for the FSP/PAI Dash 8 100/200 Series Paint Kit, I have the blank texture kit, but have not been able to find the aircraft model itself :(, and I know that Project AI no longer exist. If this is not available, does anyone know of an alternative AI Dash 8 100/200, as I need to get some AI paints done a bit sharpish and have posted in the painters workshop also, Cheers in advance for any help, Richard

Hi Have sent you PM re paintkit cheers i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat

Hi, If you don't want to go down the steam route, it might quicker just to carry out a reset, and get it back to the factory settings, then you can start again. This is quite an easy thing to do in W10, as you should have a hidden partition on your hard drive that contains all the required software to do this. To find out if you have something like the above, just go to control panel, administrative tools, computer management, storage, disk management and if you have you can likely reset your PC. To do this go to settings, update and security, recovery, reset this pc, just be sure to back up any files you may need before you do the reset, but I am assuming you don't have much on this PC at the moment. I know it may seem a bit extreme, but it should delete all files and registry entries, thus giving you a clean install, and get you back to square one in a reasonably short time. If your not happy doing it, perhaps you could get the PC manufacturer to do it for you. just my 5 happence;) cheers i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat

So that's why:D, I thought there must have been a valid reason;) cheers i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat

Have sent PM, cheers

Hi Rebrecs, You just need to install it in C:\Steam\steamapps\common\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes and if it uses an installer, it should put everything in the correct place, obviously C: is dependant on where your FSX-SE is installed. If it does not use an installer you can just install it manually, ie: Aircraft in Aircraft Folder, Gauges in Gauges Folder, Effects in Effects Folder, and sometimes there may be a sound file to go in the main Sound Folder, but there should be some install docs in the folder I have downloaded and installed the Alphasim file below, and it does not include an installer, but there are pretty clear instructions on how to install included, and you won't have to worry about the gauges as they are in the panel folder already, which is how I do it, and it is a great looking aircraft! https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=copyright&fid=176256 And I am sure if you need any more help that will never be a problem, there will always be someone here to help. Hope this helps i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat

Not exactly helpful, looks like roypaglia worked that one out for his self;), but its great you showed an interest, keep up the good work:D i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat

Hi Guinart, Thanks for that, I love your old birds, especially the EMB-110, as I used to fly a P2 back in the early 1990s, over 2000 hours in the cockpit. I think it is a great model and a credit to you, very much appreciated. Over here in the UK we called it "The Transit of the sky", an affectionate reference to the Ford Transit van, a very common sight in this country, noisy, smelly, but will get the job done;) so what if the PT6's used to flame out occasionally:eek: it always got us home safely, and it was so easy to fly, I love it. Look forward to the update, take care and stay safe, Cheers i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat

Hi Inuss, Of course you are quite right, I should have said the folders are on a separate SSD and like you I have created shortcuts to the relevant folders:o cheers i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat

+1 for Chicagorandy "It's a $60 game fer cryin' out loud, NOT the miracle Covid 19 vaccine/cure for which we've all been praying to our mythical gods." Well said that man, lets get some perspective, this is a repeat of October 2006, its almost like these posts have been lifted from there and pasted in here LOL;), its just life, some love it, some hate it and others sit on the fence, me?, I will make myself comfy on the fence and monitor it, but one day who knows? Lets just all stay safe and play nicely:cool: i7-4770K 4.60 GHz (Hyperthreading off) Cooler Master Liquid Cooling System 16 GB G-Skill DDR3 GeForce GTX1050Ti 4GB 500GB WD Blue 3D SSD SATA III x4 Creative Sound Z Sound Card 5.1Ch 24BitAvermedia HD-C985 video capture card CH Yoke and Rudder NZXT Grid+ V2 Fan Controller + 3 case fans Windows10 64 Prof FS9 - FSX -FSX-SE Track Hat