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CaptainKWtraffic in FSX
Hi people, for some reason i have a problem with getting any traffic in my FSX. does anyone know where i turn it up to max so i got lots of planes around me?? On the slidder where it says traffic, i have that at max but dont know if this is the right ...
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rexgrant747 Flight in FSX from and Back to London Heathrow.
Hi I hope this post may help simers who are thinking of upgrades. I have just recieved my two new 7900gtx so I will report back if there is a improvment when installed. Currant Spec. Mobo-ASUS A8N32 sli / CPU-AMD 64x2-4800 O/C to 2.6Mhz / 2 XFX E...
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greystoneFSX Dissers-- You xxxxx Need to Get Real!!
Hey, OK, so it took three hours (+/- two minutes) to finally get FSX loaded on my 2.8GHZ Pentium 4, 80 GB Western Digital, Two-GB SDRAM machine, with an ATI 512 MB VisionTek 1600 video card. It runs slow. It runs with stutters. I get weird stuff i...
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UG_PLI have FSX ,a little review from me......
Piece of Crap software !!! :evil: FSX is some kind of Joke ,people!!! Ok lets get started: Installation took 1 Hour and 15Gb of HD 😂 With Medium-Low settings I get 12-17FPS!!! WTF??? I have 1024Mb of Ram ,P4 3.2Ghz HT ,ATI X800XL ...
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CrashGordonThe Official Guide
Until FS2000, MS included a real manual in book form. The Official Guide Microsoft Flight Simulator Master the Experience, which retails for $19.95, is what MS doesn't provide you with any more. 😞 To make you think you were getting more for...
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newberror 1636 with install FSX plz help
I had already uninstall nero, and disable the kaspersky but i'ts not working.. and got a message "error - 1636..." driver C - 4GB driver D - 16GB what should i do~ please help me thanks!!!! 😳...
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CrashGordonA new definition of insanity.
Think of this. You pay $70.00 for FSX Deluxe and then go out and spend a couple thousand dollars for a computer to run it. It makes you wonder. 🙄 😳 😂...
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PA46DriverGot FSX today
Hi all, I got FSX this afternoon, after a 15 minute install, I lauched the simulator and went straight to a free flight with the new Airbus at Cranfield, I was initially dissapointed to see terrible graphics so I went into settings and noticed that all op...
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jackspratMinimise FS?
OK, this may sound like a noobie question, but it's something I've never bothered finding out about! When I'm flying I often want to flick into MSN Messenger, change my music or something else outside of FS. Flight Sim will automatically go into pause...
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Liono***FSX-Tweak Collection***
***FSX-Tweak Collection***...
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kazevacHow do I uninstall FSX demo?
I cannot find any way to uninstall FXS demo. There is no associated icon in programs or install/uninstall etc. Any one any ideas? Kaz...
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TheGuestGreat Screenshots - Showing the Multiplayer session for FSX
Check out these screenshots, give's a good idea of the new online system. A server list to choose from, very cool... http://www.totalflightsim.com/index.php...
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zanettelondonFS9 aircraft n FSX
How many of you guys tried to install aircraft(posky aircraft for instance) in FSX and got lucky????????...
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El_Al 935STProblems...
Can someone please help me. FSX for me has got a bad frame rate and it takes so long to load and the textures are all blockey even though I chose high. These are my specs Processor: Microsoft Windows XP SP2. Hard Drive: 14.4 GB (After installing FSX...
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liverpoolflyboyGame vs HMV
I Have just got my FSX 😂 and after a system restore (as i had a load of s**t on my hard drive that was hard to get rid of) and a Defrag it seems to run well. A bit mad at mirco soft in the head for not doing anything with the ATC!!!!! 😞 ...
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saint4Hardware
My System Sempron 2800+ 754 Asrock K8upgrade 2 x512mb crucial pc3200 Club 3D 6600 256mb agp I would like to fly with most settings high. I can get aircraft maxed out but thats about it. Autogen sparse or none. Stutters with other options up. ...
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airbourneGround Texture
Right iv been playing around with my graffics ect. I have some fantastic water Effects now But the ground looks like fs2004 all the fields are all MEssed up. What Graffics Setting Setting do i need. Is it the texture Revolution Or the mesh i need to turn ...
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seanvvfsx cockpit button probs
Hi there can anyone help the buttons for say throttle and gps and atc dont work when i press them any ideas guys .. thanks sean...
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Spoty101Regular vs Deluxe?
I just found out that there is a regular FSX and an FSX Deluxe Edition, does anybody know what the difference is and I also found this link with 9 short video clips of FSX. enjoy 😀 😀...
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airbourneWhere is the FSX Aircraft Folder?
Would someone please tell me where the FSX AIrcraft folder is To install fsX aircrafts cos i cannot find it...
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pudclarkeView Options in FSX
HI ALL The demo version did not (as far as i could see) have the option to chnage the altitude whilst in spot mode - it seemed to be fixed at the same level as the plane. Does the actual version have this function (as in FS9) ? Thanks *** a...
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KarlwFor CRASHGORDAN and others with the c-130
I just asked on the captain sim homepage if the c-130 will be updated for fsx so ill post the answer when I get it which should be monday or tuesday...
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horrgakxTrackIR and USB Headset issues
Well, I've got it, arrived from Amazon today And have a couple of problems... First I can't get my TrackIR to work with it at all. Will look-see their tech support shortly. Second, and this is a pain, my USB headset won't work with it. This is the ...
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EJ316Flight Sim X Comes Today for me W00T
woohoo. finally. i got up early so i can apprehend the postman quickly and intercept my game :p . *is exited* . knowing my luck it wont arrive today -.- oh well...
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mattdeanFSX Install Error... (Pic Inside)
Ok so I got FSX today, put it in the dvd drive, and it begins to install, but coming up to halfway through the install it tells me this: Then it procedes to exit the installer. So I took it back to exchange it for another copy which they happily did, b...
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tomthetankBOO
I was not going to buy FSX straight away(why suck up to Microshaft 🙄 ) Anyway,driving home from work I find myself heading towards PCworld :umm...: Ill just pop in and read the box notes (yea right):rofl: Guess what ❓ They have not got i...
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Dave FranksWindows menu bar
Hi everyone, I promise I will register on here shortly. I've been simming since my first computer when I got FS2000. I've just installed FSX and I'm happy to say I can run it with all the sliders maxed out. However there is a big irritant. How...
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Greg1138FSX Prices in the UK
Thought there might be a thread devoted to this somewhere, but couldn't find it - so apologies if I am repeating stuff..... Anyway - point of the post is to mention that as far as I have found, the cheapest way to (legitimately!!) obtain FSX in the UK ...
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FaucettMain menu music
Anybody know how to turn it off? Haven't been able to yet....
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hinchnew demo issue - can't install,probs simple.
hey guys, i just went to install the new demo and i get the error 'please uninstall the last demo' - not quite in those words but, yeah. anyway, i have uninstalled the old demo so i guess it's stuck in the registry or something - how to i get rid of...
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media_pdcNew Fsx Videos
Heelo Guys! Here are some good links to new FSX Videos! I'm glad about comments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RL7q74oLUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCyvcvAyiEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0wr9EAuA3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Greg1138Zoom Settings in FS9/FSX?
Hi all - quick quiz.....I saw ages ago a post somewhere that stated that having a zoom setting of 75% from the main cockpit view is more realistic thanb the default setting..... Does anyone else do this? And if so, is the situation similar in FSX? ...
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CrashGordonFSX flight planner. :-(
I just found out that the people at MS do not live on this planet. I entered a High altitude route from EGLL to KJFK and it gave me a route that took me down to a point a couple of hundred miles west of Africa, then to the Caribbean and finally to New Yo...
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LionoFSX in the UK
Got this from Simmarket earlier today STOP PRESS - The next generation of Flight Simulation has arrived! Just a short news flash to let you know that stock of the UK edition of Flight Simulator X has arrived and is being shipped out over the next ...
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EJ316All The Airports in FSX
ok so for the ones of us tht are still playing the demo (until friday for me 😀 ) i just realied tht on the flight planner section in free flight you can keep zooming out and move the map around the whole world, showing you all of the airports in ...
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leachus2002FSX Order in Packing
Well, just got an Email from play.com to tell me that my copy of FSX is currently in packing and will shortly be arriving 🙂 I thought that the release date was a couple of weeks away yet..... any ideas?...
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PanAmericanFamous FS9 Error. Is it in FSX
Just wondering if the airport SESM is still in a crater. Has anyone flown there yet?...
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nottobeI hope FSX hasn't fallen into GAME category
For a game, the objective is for fun, but for a sim there is much more than a game for fun. I hope MS didn't try to pursue game pattern, and focused on visual excitement only. There are a lot more things the FS has to improve, holding pattern, procedure ...
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mattdeanhaha...
Intel Pentium 4 CPU: 1500MHz 1.50 GHz, 384MB Ram NVIDIA Geforce2 MX 400 😂 I think an upgrade will be in order for me!...
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spitfiresruleFSX Doesn't work
Oh man looks like I need to imvest in a new graphics card. 😕.It takes for ever to load and the scenery and everything is terrible. Its just so expensive 😞 Anyways rant over. BTW The game looks like fun though. The G1000 in the 172 l...
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GuestFsx is out now at some Best Buys
Sorry if this is already posted but Fsx is now avaible at Best Buy http://www.flightsimworld.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=91665...
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rainbow_flyerDVD speed
Does anyone know of the DVD-ROM speed required? I have read that it is a minimum 32x http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/flightsimulatorx.aspx I have had a bit of a search around and it seems that 16x DVD-ROM is the standard even on top spec. new m...
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CrashGordonSome observations.
Having had a chance to use FSX on a 2.8 GHz P4 with 512 MB (128 MB shared with Intel on board GFX). FSX will use around 600 MB of memory...minimum! The more RAM you have on both your mother board and GFX card, the happier you will be. Hard drive sp...
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matt279graphics card
hi i recently downloaded the fsx demo and realised my graphics card isnt compatible.... :cry: i need to get a new one thats compatible with fsx in a price range of about £50-£70.. can anyone recomend a card i can buy plzzzzzzzz 🙂...
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RadarMan*****Official Microsoft FSX Site*****
Official Microsoft FSX Site. Full of information about aircraft, airports,missions, screenshots. downloads and much more. http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/ Another. http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/flightsimulatorx.aspx ...
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SIG239FSX DVD-ROM Doesn't Like it
Just got the Deluxe Version DVD-ROM FSX. I'd like to report on how it works however, it seems that my DVD ROM doesn't like it. I get the following: This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-1334...
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JVDHere's the FSX commercial
Forgive my spelling if it's wrong but I'm in a bit of a rush. Just went to Youtube to look up FSX and I found a commercial on it. Although I think it's different to the one you guys saw on Travel Planet. Anyway, hope you PC plays it and bear with it. ...
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BoeingloverFSX Deluxe Release Date?
Is the deluxe version going to be released the same day as the standard version? GO FSX :groupwave:...
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TailhookPMDG product compatibility with FSX
Many owners of PMDG products have been wondering what will happen when FSX is released. Updates? ... or completely new versions? The info below may also be valuable for those who don't own any of the PMDGs yet but have been considering to purchase the ...
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Greg1138Enjoyed the Demo.....but......
OK - I was thoroughly unimpressed with the first demo, and had more-or-less made up my mind to stick with dear old FS2004.....but decided (wisely) to download the latest demo, and there's me chugging away at it thinking "This is waayyyyyy better".......so...
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