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May 23rd, 2013, 00:08

Lionheart replied to a thread What Causes This? in FSX General Discussion

Paul, Just in case, like if you just reloaded FSX or got a new computer, make sure you have the SP1 and SP2 updates. This might be an issue concerning that. What I think is happening is that for some reason, the ship is up out of water, and it has a airport mated to the deck, so the land is coming up to the deck like it would if it were lover land, like a bad place runway that has the wrong surface altitude with the lay of the land. I'll bet Arno could figure this out quick.

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May 22nd, 2013, 21:38

falcon409 replied to a thread An AFCAD Guru? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

With a suggestion from someone on the AFX Forums, I downloaded a PDF file that explains what the author refers to as the "Drive Through" technique for ensuring aircraft do what I'm attempting. Taking a line from the original movie JAWS. . . ."We're gonna need a bigger boat", lol. Basically what it requires is to set up an arrival network and a departure network, allowing the aircraft to arrive and taxi to it's required spot on one set of taxi links and then depart forward and out to the runways on another set eliminating the "push back effect". Yep. . . .this should be fun, lol.

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May 22nd, 2013, 17:04

FSX68 replied to a thread N137U WIP in FSX General Discussion

Hey TF, I'm back from visiting my Dad in Florida, It was great to see him. Surgery went well, has to have CT scan for cancer in his lungs. Think Docs can get it into remission (hope so) Anyways those repaints are really colorful, I will enjoy flying those gems when you post them. Take care, me amigo! :salute:

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May 22nd, 2013, 15:59

falcon409 replied to a thread An AFCAD Guru? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Thanks Dave, was hoping I was going to find the cure, but unfortunately his remedy is what I have already done. As the AFCAD image shows, the aircraft enter the shelters and park nose in towards the center of the ramp. When they launch, they taxi fwd to the center line, down the middle towards the hangar then turn to exit towards the respective runways. His method of inhibiting the pushback is to place the exit link in the direction of travel and I've done that.:isadizzy:

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May 22nd, 2013, 12:28

falcon409 replied to a thread An AFCAD Guru? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Good info....I now have a very different problem (I seem to weed out one and get it corrected only to have a new one pop up, lol). In watching the F-16 ramp, when a four-ship departs, those four aircraft back up from the spots, turn and then begin the taxi to the runway rather than pulling forward to the center line and taxiing out as they should. I've looked at the one for Nellis and the one for Cannon and while their jets don't park the same way Carswell does, they are still taxiing into a spot and then taxiing forward for the taxi to the runway. I don't yet see anything in my setup that differs from what they have, yet there is obviously something there I don't see.

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May 22nd, 2013, 11:55

FSX68 replied to a thread Bad Duck New Version Posted (FSX Freeware) in FSX General Discussion

Paul, Is this replacement model file incorporated in the complete package or just a separate file? If separate, I am unable to locate it. Thanks again :applause:

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May 22nd, 2013, 11:20

falcon409 replied to a thread An AFCAD Guru? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Bjoern, I just copied what MAIW originally set up for that aircraft. I may enlarge the radius some to see if that lures them back home, lol:salute:

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May 22nd, 2013, 08:44

Willy replied to a thread How large is your sim? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

75.9g (Didn't check CFS 2)

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May 22nd, 2013, 07:23

falcon409 replied to a thread First Look: FS Dreamscapes Pro Mesh Oklahoma in FSX General Discussion

Sure would like to hear from you Jim. Since almost all the coverage I've seen seems to center on Moore rather than Norman, I'm hoping maybe it's just a case of the Comm lines being interrupted for a time.

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May 22nd, 2013, 07:11

falcon409 replied to a thread An AFCAD Guru? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Well Ian, mine turned out to be relatively simple and something I rarely consider. . .the "Traffic Density" slider was set too low. Normally I would have it turned off completely as I'm not much on AI traffic, but FS9 has become my "Military Flight" Sim and I failed to check the slider in all this. It was set at 40% which I would think should be fine, but it took moving it to 80% to get the results you see in the images. I still have the two C-40's that insist on parking where they don't belong despite the code being for F-16's and I have to download the C-130 package I need to get the 181st Airlift going, but the ramp is ready and waiting.

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May 22nd, 2013, 07:00

WarHorse47 replied to a thread How large is your sim? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Guess I shouldn't worry so much... FS9 is at 21.1 Gb FSX is at 65.4 Gb I try to control sizes by moving aircraft (and some scenery) folders to an external HD if and when I feel I don't fly them, thereby leaving the favorite aircraft in the sim. So there is an additional 150.0 Gb for FS9 and 8.6 Gb for FSX of inactive aircraft, manuals, paint kits, etc. on an external drive. This does not include the full copies of each sim on other portable drives used as backups in case of a reinstall, etc.

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May 22nd, 2013, 06:33

OleBoy replied to a thread I need a radio gauge. in FSX General Discussion

Here are the dimensions (+) if anyone needs them. NARCO AVIONICS ESCORT 110 NAV/COM. 7.2 Lbs 14V 0.1 MHz SPACING. MEASURES 13"L x 6"W x 3 1/2" H. THE NAVIGATION FREQUENCY IS 108.0-117.9 THE COMMUNICATION FREQUENCY IS 118.0-128.9.

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May 21st, 2013, 17:51

falcon409 started a thread An AFCAD Guru? in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

No, I'm not one and that's what I'm looking for, lol. I'm trying to figure out why, out of about 26 F-16's attached to the 301st/457th, only 7 or 8 show up. Here's what I did: Installed the MAIW package (AFCAD and AI) that included NAS Ft Worth. This included F-16's, F-18's, C-130's, and C-40's. When I looked at the results, I saw that their AFCAD (I'm speaking now of the physical layout) runway, taxiways, parking ramps, even location of the tower were off by quite a bit. I scrapped the lot of it, but not before saving the parking properties for each of the aircraft so that I could go back and insert them exactly as they were. Currently the runway is connected to the taxiways and the ramp and parking spaces are connected to the taxiways. I have F-18's parking where they should although half of them show up despite the abundance of spots allocated to them. I have C-40's that park where they should except for the one that seems to want to park down with the big boys on the F-16 ramp and I have one row of F-16's, even though there are 26 AI including the two "D" models we have. I don't understand why the F-16's refuse to show on the other spots and why that one C-40 insists on parking with them even though the parking code is for the F-16's. Can anyone suggest anything that might give me something else to look at that might lead me in the right direction here? Thanks!

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May 21st, 2013, 16:38

falcon409 replied to a thread NAS Ft Worth, JRB Carswell Field in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

I got there the following year Tom and yes, General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) shares the runway with the base. I liked working days because during the week, the test pilots would take a 16 up to run it through the acceptance and it was quite a show and it was right over the rwy so I always had a great view.

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May 21st, 2013, 14:11

FSX68 replied to a thread Shockwave landing lights for Virtavia MH53 in FSX General Discussion

My Bad, This is for the CH-53. Sorry 'bout that....

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May 21st, 2013, 12:16

FSX68 started a thread Shockwave landing lights for Virtavia MH53 in FSX General Discussion

I experimented with the various ShockWave landing light offerings and this one seem to work out the best; At least for me. I used the wrong aircraft designation in the title and tried to change it to read CH-53 vice MH-53. I suggest that you make backup of aircraft.cfg file in case you want to restore to the original landing lights: light.13= 5, 20.79, 2.15, -4.08, Fx_shockwave_landing_light ; Landing light <<<< this one and next three were // out in original lights section. light.14= 5, 20.79, -2.15, -4.08, Fx_shockwave_landing_light ; Landing light light.15= 5, 18.55, 2.15, -4.88, Fx_shockwave_landing_light ; Landing light light.16= 5, 18.55, -2.15, -4.88, Fx_shockwave_landing_light ; Landing light

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May 21st, 2013, 08:12

FSX68 replied to a thread Virtavia MH53 Cockpit lights in FSX General Discussion

Thanks for the tip, it worked! I am enclosing the light section to show what I did to alleviate the issue. I wish that Virtavia aka Alphasim would QA check their work before putting a FOR SALE sign on it. I mean, with other commodities, you can tell BEFORE you purchase if it's got issues and decide to buy it or not. With software, I guess it's buy it on good faith and if its flawed; you hold your hat in hand and hope you can contact the DEV and tell 'em of issues and hope they are receptive to it all. At any rate, thank very much for your suggestion. Most helpful. Wish Virtavia would of stepped in and advised me, I know they read SOH and read my problem but Nooooooooo, it's kaa-ching....see 'ya!!!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$ It's all 'bout the Benjamins!!!! They don't even advertise an email address, they use to when they were Alphasim. //Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing

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May 20th, 2013, 18:28

Navy Chief replied to a thread iPad compatable GPS software? in FSX General Discussion

Found here on SOH: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?57131-iPad-and-FSX

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May 20th, 2013, 18:19

FSX68 started a thread Virtavia MH53 Cockpit lights in FSX General Discussion

I just purchased the Virtavia's MH-53 and was doing some night flying and noticed that only the pilot's cockpit lights will illuminate. When I hit the "L" key, the co-plots light will come on, briefly then go out leaving only the pilots lights working. Is there some kind of fix for this or what? I closed out FSX and did a refire and chose the MH-53 only to have the same issues. Any one else experience this?

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May 20th, 2013, 17:03

Willy replied to a thread Moore, OK in The NewsHawks

My prayers to the folks in Oklahoma. We got slammed here on the north side of town with one in '06 that killed several people. I keep a national weather radar site bookmarked to keep an eye on storms that might be heading my way ever since that last one. What rolls through NE Texas and Oklahoma usually ends up here within about 36 hours. Think I'll go check flashlights and stuff..... Anyone else who is east of that storm front best be prepared to hunker down.

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May 20th, 2013, 16:28

falcon409 replied to a thread NAS Ft Worth, JRB Carswell Field in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Yep, that's Lake Worth and I'm guessing that we still have guys who park their boats at the Marina in the morning on the way to work and after they get off around three. . .they head to the lake to go fishing till they can't see anything any more, lol. . . .excellent fishing out there.:salute:

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May 20th, 2013, 16:20

falcon409 replied to a thread NAS Ft Worth, JRB Carswell Field in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Yep, for 21years. . . .lol

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May 20th, 2013, 03:16

Navy Chief replied to a thread Alpha F-8 Crusader improvements in FSX General Discussion

Am quite sure you Crusader fans have visited this site: http://www.cloudnet.com/~djohnson/index.html The Last of the Gunfighters website A lot of great information there:) NC

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May 20th, 2013, 03:08

Navy Chief replied to a thread Found this FSX site today.... in FSX General Discussion

So glad I could help:mixedsmi: Every once in a while (when not even looking for it) I will discover yet another FSX site I'd not heard of. This community is larger than we realize! NC

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May 19th, 2013, 22:52

falcon409 started a thread NAS Ft Worth, JRB Carswell Field in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Taking shape, but it's slow going right now. The AFCAD is a bear because it's so intricate as you can see from these shots. Lots of left over areas from the SAC days that are utilized by the Marine and Navy folks. Right now the 301st area on the North end is where I've spent the most time (naturally, lol), the Navy area is just taking shape as is the Tower and Fire Dept. A lot more to do just in those two areas, then there's the C-130 area to the west of the F-16's, the Bomb Dump farther to the west and then Lockheed Martin across the rwy. It'll be quite awhile before it's ready and with my luck, about the time I finish, someone will announce that they've done Carswell with all custom 3D buildings, individual jets with the correct tail numbers and animated figures that launch and recover the 16's, lol. This is being done using the object libraries for the MAIW packages, so whenever it is done, those that download it will have to have those libraries to see anything.

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May 19th, 2013, 18:12

WarHorse47 replied to a thread Virtavia Mi-24D Hind ... Released in FSX General Discussion

I purchased mine from FS Pilot Shop earlier today, and it's version 1.2. The download page says: "File Last Updated: Saturday, 18th May, 2013 @ 01:09am."

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May 19th, 2013, 18:09

WarHorse47 replied to a thread USS Enterprise CV-6 in FSX General Discussion

Nope. I did figure out the "pilotable" vessel and saved a flight with the carrier in Puget Sound. But as for the LSO, he's got pretty stiff arms by now. :icon_lol:

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May 19th, 2013, 14:27

Willy replied to a thread Moses' Proper Viking Funeral in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

Good show Kevin!

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May 19th, 2013, 14:19

Matt Wynn replied to a thread Milton's Flightsimonline Closing June 2013 in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

...wait! what? again?.... be sad to see the place close it's doors Milton but yeah, cannot fault your logic :salute:

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May 19th, 2013, 14:10

falcon409 replied to a thread ATC Neglected in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

I guess I should just bite the bullet and see what I need to do to get all my config files up to speed. It would at least remove one of the irritations about using ATC.:salute:

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May 19th, 2013, 13:44

falcon409 replied to a thread ATC Neglected in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

I can understand the frustration, considering that I use ATC quite a bit (why, I have no idea. . .it's not very good) and wonder why the controller doesn't recognize my airplane. In my case. . .it's ignorance, pure and simple. I just never took the time to understand the config file and how to make it correctly interact with ATC. In the case of developers, both freeware and payware...I have often heard them say that they rarely get to fly for fun anymore because they're always working on the next model and when they are flying it's only to check out the progress of their latest updates and corrections. . .they really aren't concerned with ATC. Looking at folks who do repaints, like SteveB says. . .most are done for free for others to enjoy and making sure that each skin has the proper config information so it shows in the sim is the primary concern. There are more than a few simmers who find the basic ATC in both FS9 and FSX pretty poor really and so they either try to find other ATC addon programs or just put up with what the default ATC gives them. The frustration level is pretty high anyway and so the fact that the controller doesn't say my "type" becomes almost secondary to why the controller insists on getting me to "please expedite your decent to 5000", when I was 20,000 30 seconds ago and I'm in a C-5 Galaxy.

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May 19th, 2013, 12:05

peter12213 replied to a thread Found this FSX site today.... in FSX General Discussion

Great find thanks a lot!

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May 19th, 2013, 11:40

Navy Chief started a thread Found this FSX site today.... in FSX General Discussion

Airport search site. Kinda cool! http://fsxdb.com/ NC If you click on the airport ID when listed, it will bring up an aerial view.

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May 19th, 2013, 10:13

OleBoy replied to a thread [OT] - They Raced Trojans in FSX General Discussion

Nice!!

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May 19th, 2013, 09:51

WarHorse47 replied to a thread USS Enterprise CV-6 in FSX General Discussion

Nice day for a cruise in Puget Sound, BTW

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May 19th, 2013, 08:44

Navy Chief replied to a thread The Man Who Eats Microphones When He Sings in The NewsHawks

Michael McDonald is one of my favorite artists! NC

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May 19th, 2013, 08:42

Navy Chief replied to a thread Hoary old chestnut..... in FSX General Discussion

Had to look up Hoary Old Chestnut. Had never seen it before. NC

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May 19th, 2013, 07:36

Lionheart replied to a thread A new helicopter or how create one and fly it in FSX General Discussion

Many thanks BC! Great little helo. Bill

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May 19th, 2013, 07:18

FSX68 replied to a thread Virtavia CH-53 Sea Stallion. in FSX General Discussion

Thanks for the HU on the Sale Price, I just purchased it today and I really enjoy this one. I had just deleted a previous post here about experiencing black cockpit glass as the light bulb turned on and I copied one of the original texture files to the repaints and shazam!!!! I can see out of the windshield or as the Brits say windscreen. OT I like to watch this show called Wheeler Dealers on Cable TV; it is a show done over in England and I get a kick out out of listening to the two locals over there as they open the Boot of the car and replace the rubber that has "perished" around the windscreen. Sometimes they will refer to there local currency and a Quid or Pound. Guess it is the same here with the buck and Dollar.

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May 19th, 2013, 05:47

WarHorse47 replied to a thread USS Enterprise CV-6 in FSX General Discussion

This is per the manual on the various panel.cfg files.. To activate and animate the LSO, add the following lines to the panel.cfg for the aircraft you wish to use with the CV-6. WindowXX=Batsman //--------------------------------------------------------

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May 18th, 2013, 22:36

Lionheart replied to a thread Good news and bad news in FSX General Discussion

Thanks for the heads up Francois! Good to hear. Bill

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May 18th, 2013, 22:34

Lionheart replied to a thread MCA Designs NA Airstrips Volume 1 released! in FSX General Discussion

Awesome graphics and scenery.

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May 18th, 2013, 19:54

Willy replied to a thread Willy's Western Roundup in a CDM in Around The World Race/Multiplayer Events

Thanks guys! Flying all three classes was getting a bit tiresome towards the end! But I'm looking forward to our next event.

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May 18th, 2013, 19:29

Navy Chief replied to a thread Plat camera view? in FSX General Discussion

Thanks so much! NC

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May 18th, 2013, 18:00

Willy replied to a thread A little bit of music at Ford Project Site in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

Years ago, Canelo Kid would add music to some areas here.

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May 18th, 2013, 17:58

Willy replied to a thread ATC Neglected in FS 2002/2004 General Discussion

I get kind of anal with ATC function too. Even if most of my flying these days is online.

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May 18th, 2013, 16:29

WarHorse47 replied to a thread Good news and bad news in FSX General Discussion

No bad news here, Francois. I'm ready when you and Simon are ready. :applause: The expansion pack looks great.

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May 18th, 2013, 16:22

peter12213 replied to a thread Restauravia Dassault Mirage IIIB Released in FSX General Discussion

Thanks to the guys at Restauravia for this extraordinary offering! :salute:

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by falcon409 on March 20th, 2013 at 06:36

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Well, I guess either I don't understand what this blogging phenomenon is all about or the community doesn't, or you do and simply don't care one way or the other, lol. . .not sure which. I started out simply writing my thoughts on the New Year ahead for 2013 and periodically, rather than go on a rant in the forums, posted my thoughts on other things flightsim related in my blogs. Seemed like the right thing to do, that way, in an open forum, it didn't turn into unnecessary carnage. What I thought

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Is It Just Me?

by falcon409 on March 16th, 2013 at 13:27

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Quite some ago now Maarten Boelens released his "FSX Launcher". I was on the bandwagon from the get-go because it truly was and still is a remarkable little utility. His customer service is impeccable. . .you have a problem or question, he answers almost immediately. . .if it's a function or addition you're questioning and he deems it needing an update, he immediately releases a new version to replace the current one with the new functions/corrections in place (all done automatically when

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Airport positions in FSX vs FS9

by falcon409 on March 3rd, 2013 at 15:33

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First off, these shouldn't be called Blogs. . .they should be called "Rants", lol. . .just sayin'

I guess I wouldn't even be talking about this were it not for the fact that I fly with the Flight19 Crew over in FS9. There is one other pilot (MM) that occasionally will fire up his FSX and join me, but mostly what we have are about 5 FS9 fliers and 1 FSX flier (me). I would have to guess that about 75% of the airports we land at, FS9 and FSX are fairly close as far as the rwy

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DX10. . .and What's all the Fuss About?

by falcon409 on March 3rd, 2013 at 10:49

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I have really tried, many times. . .to hop on the "DX10 Is Awesome" bandwagon and give it a good ride. I just can't anymore, lol. I will say up front that I blame my aging rig for the lack of "WOW Factor" where DX10 is concerned. I have to assume that's the culprit because I've followed every suggestion made and every tutorial known to man and I just don't see what's so great about it. Claims of "no more stutters", "smooth, predictably steady FPS", "much

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Proliferation of some Aircraft in Flight Sim

by falcon409 on February 15th, 2013 at 17:16

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I was looking through the thread concerning A2A's upcoming rendition of the Cessna 172. My first reaction was. . .ughhh, another 172, really? My second reaction was similar. . .why, out of all the airplanes, even GA types, that could be done, are we getting yet another 172? There is a "love-hate" relationship that RW pilots and armchair pilots alike have with some airplanes. Maybe one that they enjoyed flying only because it got them one step closer to what they really wanted to fly and

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