FSX Steam Fail

[bspilman]

Sorry if this has been covered, I've looked through

posts for about an hour and haven't seen this addressed.

 

I just bought and installed the Steam version of FSX on

a new computer. I go to free flight and set up a simple

flight, click "Fly Now," and the screen goes black while

the menu music plays and nothing happens. I still have

the mouse cursor movable, but a black screen otherwise.

I can't even get Task Manager, I have to ctrl-alt-del

and restart to get out of it. I've tried it with several

aircraft and locations, and there have been no add-ons

installed. I assume it's a software issue because the

music keeps playing. Anybody got a solution? Thanks.

 

Asus ROG, Intel Core i7-9700K, 16GB Memory,

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, 512GB SSD.

[mrzippy]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/314160/discussions/0/1742229167184726078/

 

See if this helps your situation!

[bspilman]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/314160/discussions/0/1742229167184726078/

 

See if this helps your situation!

 

Thanks for the reply,

Didn't seem to do the trick. It's the music continuing to play

that baffles me, seems to indicate nothings "locked up." I set

a restore point in anticipation of such trouble (25 years of this

crap and you learn). I may just ditch the program AND Steam and

try to wrestle with installing my old FSX Gold from disc.

[bspilman]

Turns out it was as simple as checking "Direct X 10 preview" on the

settings- customize page. Seems to work well, now to all the

add-ons...