Hello( Posted this on the wrong forum)

[Roger58]

Hello

Hi, after a long time. I used to be Roger55 but now for some reason I've turned into Roger58. I really should be Roger60

I think I saw a familiar name "Wiley". If any one remembers me, HI! Hi to everyone else.

I have a DH-4 in mail plane livery but for some reason it sinks into the runway. I guess I need to load AC Containment Manager and try to figure out why.

I did get Bill Lyons stuff reloaded (personalized because I bought them) and a Great Lancaster. There's a copy of Earhart's Electra too. Wasn't Bill a great designer!?! :salute:

New Computer you see.

I don't know if I want FSX. It seems to be for the airliner types. I'll hang around their forum and see.

Some of these planes I'll never get back because the "key" requires an online connection. Good thinkink by those companies.

Beware the stork

[Roger58]

I guess I'm as dead here as on Flightsim where they don't remember my user name, my email, or my password.

Have you turned into a Combat sim place completely?

[Daveroo]

as far as the "keys" you didnt happen to save the download info from the payware planes in an email program like Yahoo or hotmail did you?they are online and you dont lose those when you change PCs...thats the problem with using outlook....i allways use a web based email program so that if i have a hard drive crash or buy a new pc..i can go back to my saved info in the email and recontact the "companies" to get a new download...,most will if yu have all your info..give you a new download

[Roger58]

Sadly, Daveroo, no. I have some "key" files on my external hard drive that did not work when I had disk crashes; so, I doubt they will work now.

On a lighter note Avsim recognizes me. So did The Old Hanger but things seem kind of dead there.

[Sunny9850]

Might be worth sending them an E-mail with what you have...some companies really do know how to spell Customer Service. Others not so much.

As for Bill Lyons....yes he was truly one of the great ones of our hobby and usually a few month if not years ahead with what he and the wife created in the sim. A lot of which only much later became "standard" fare.
The only other guy that comes close in my mind is Mr.Shupe.

Speaking of whom, he has published a nice tutorial somewhere around here explaining exactly how to adjust the contact points to avoid that sinking feeling you have.

Cheers
Stefan

[Willy]

Hey Roger! Long time no see! (just found this thread).

I've got a smaller old 40g HD in my comp that I use to keep backups of smaller files and and stuff that I don't think I could replace. Probably could stand to replace it with something larger.

As for FSX, I'm still running the same old comp that I've had for years. The FSX Demo threw a fit when I tried to run it, so I've stayed with FS9. Obio posted a thread a month or so ago that had a lot of good info on making FS9 look better for free.