Flight Simulator X: General

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hammerdag

vertical spirals in the sky

during clear sunny conditions I keep getting these vertical spirals in the sky....what's causing this???? thanks...

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Guest on
Live

Problem Planes

Hello to all, First of all, before you start writing your question, I tell you that I'm Italian so sorry for my English but use a translator. Well, my problem is that if I install an aerial or better amount in the folder (C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Mi...

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RadarMan on
Guest

Does Flight Simulator 10 or Fsx work on Windows 8.1

So I have seen a lot of questions about the compatibility of Fsx on Windows 8 and windows 8.1 especially. So I bought my laptop this new year and I can tell you that Fsx was the first thing that I installed, BOTH service packs were installed and my sy...

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Bob C.

Visual flight path for VFR?

Greetings. Is there any way to turn on the Virtual Flight Path when flying VFR? According to the documentation, it's only available for IFR but I was wondering if there's a way around this. My descents kind of suck and I would like to be able to turn on t...

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Bob C. on
GaryQ

Traffic Settings ?? No Planes at Gates, No ATC except to me.

Good Morn. all, Seems I have done something ?? regarding settings in FSX. I used to have planes at the gates when I landed, and could set for heavy or light ATC traffic. I do have ATC to my plane and Gate instructions upon landing. I have cha...

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RadarMan on
conniegeo1

Marker Lights are square boxes

My Marker lights are square boxes instead of lights 737-800 😳...

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RadarMan on
guest_5430

computer for fsx?

I have a m17xr3 I use for FSX, most of the time I am fine running FSX, but after installing new scenery, and a buildup of tons of a/c over the years FSX really drags my system down especially over heavily populated areas. My current spec is; 580m ca...

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Bill Denny on
Roger Wigram

Flight video problem

Can someone please tell me why I often get the following message when I try to review a video recording after a flight: X Run time Error Programme C:\Programme Files R6025 pure virtual function call OK Why do I get this (not every time, but most...

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RadarMan on
Bob C.

FSX Acceleration engine start

Greetings. How do I start a free flight in a single or double prop plane with the engine(s) off? I'd like to start the engine myself. I always start from a gate and taxi to my runway but the flight always starts with the engine(s) already running. I've be...

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RadarMan on
Adolph_Galland

Engine problems in FSX

Out of the blue, the aircraft in my library aren't turned on when I choose one to fly. I checked my throttle and it's calibrated. I have a button on my throttle designated to turn on engines. It starts the engines but they don't stay engaged and eventuall...

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jonnieb57 on
konsei

Fsx ree Insall Windows 7

Ihave a Original FsX Deluxe Edition , wich workt Perfact on Windows XP3.Nauw I got mi self A Nwu Computer wit Windows 7 after Instalig it wokt only SO LA<LA So Itryd To Validate with the Product KEY. After 101 Cals To The Microsoft help Desc Iwas Tol...

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RadarMan on
Daniel Watkins

Blank (Invisible) menu bar and when right click FSX

Please help me.. When I load up FSX, during flight mode, when I right click on the screen.. the options show but there are all invisible (No writings, only arrows). I actually took a screen shot of it as shown on the link. You can see that when I right cl...

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RadarMan on
Nevada

Best 737 addon?

Straight to the point. what's the best 737 addon on the market I can use and learn with? Payware preferably. Thanks...

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RadarMan on
Guest

Where to download SP1?

Where can i get SP1? Thanks for any help 😀...

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Flyaway on
driley5

Windows 8 compatibility

Will FSX be compatable with windows 8?...

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RadarMan on
Guest

FSX Not Responding

Hi I got FSX for Christmas and it was working fine. Then one day I go to start it up and I get the screen before it goes into the game and it like wont load. I press CTRl+ALT+Delate and it says that FSX is NOT RESPONDING Could anyone help me out with this...

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fsxman on
SpiderWings

What's the NEXT Nearest Airport

https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/images/forumimages/38781/whats-next-nearest-airport_a8cc8d931225fbb8de166e34d14833c2.jpg Hi guys, Sorry I've not been around much the past couple of years. But I'm still flying. Been "Flying" this project for a...

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SpiderWings on
pdegraff

FSX in Spot Plane mode: Fine adjustments?

Is there a way to make small adjustments to the viewpoint when in spot plane mode? If I use just the 2 or 8 keys the viewpoint jumps too far, down with key 2 and up with key 8 - and often does not return to a direct, on-axis, astern view. 😕 P...

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pdegraff on
ablackhawk2

Cannot change airplanes

Hi, My problem is I cannot change airplanes after the default has started at the startup screen. When I select a different plane the FSX freezes. The default flight starts fine. The only thing I have done since it last worked was update my navigraph ...

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RadarMan on
symbolman

Fatal Error FSX is restarting

Hi, Anybody had anything similar to this in free flight? It doesn't happen every flight - but is very annoying when it does to say the least. I have closed general background programmes down - but it still did it tonight. With FSX I am running AI Smo...

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John1231 on
Guest

Product Activation Error

Hi I have joined the forum but cannot seem to log in. Anyhow I cannot get my new copy of FSX re-activated. This is especilly irritating as I gave a talk this morning on my time as a Tristar training captain on the aircraft and simulator and wanted to use...

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RadarMan on
thejam20

Skipping bits on the journey on free flight

Is there a way of skipping any part of the journey on free flight? i know its a simulator so its supposed to be real so at the moment im flying from my home aitport ( plymouth uk ) to closer airports, ive done Paris, and even south Spain which took over ...

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RadarMan on
Frances Dorothy Webb

microsoft flight simulator x issues with reactivation

I have recently purchased a black widow SL-6640 flight stick, and had some issues with the game coming up with an error when the stick was plugged in! I reinstalled the game and tried to re activate the game online but the game just came up with an error ...

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RadarMan on
chatnyurur

FSX Acceleration Fatal Error??

Hi everyone. I have a problem about fsx acceleration. After the installing fsx acceleration, im getting this error: When i open the ctrl+alt del, dxdiag is working. And when i terminate it, fatal error occurs again. Somebody says the reason of the pr...

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autenje on
nichos

FSX will not install

Worked OK in win8 for ages. Had to reinstall Win8 & now FSX will not install in it, please see attachments. Tried 2-3 times. I am dual booting with XP & it works OK in XP https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/images/forumimages/38650/f...

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RadarMan on
W3CPR

PMDG MD-11 and ILS

I have been trying to land at KEDW on runway 22 using the PMDG MD-11 and an ILS frequency of 110.10, however, the PMDG MD-11 does not pick it up automatically. The PMDG-MD-11 does however pick up the VOR frequency of 116.40. However, the PMDG 747-400 do...

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W3CPR on
Zesty42

FSX Keeps Crashing

I have FSX Gold Edition. It has worked flawlessly since December and now, whenever I go into Free Flight, the aircraft loads up and in about 3 seconds it freezes saying A Fatal Error Occurred. I followed the instructions given to me by a person in the Avs...

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veshagoo on
Anish Agarwal

FSX add ons and installation probelm.. Please help!!

I have been using fsx for quite some time but this is some unique problem I am facing. I currently have my computer in two partitions windows 7 and windows 8, earlier I only had windows 7 and use to play on that but recently had to format my system. After...

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RadarMan on
Guest

FSX - views

Being a fan of all the previous FS versions, it has taken me a long while to get round to using FSX. One problem is the external aircraft view which seems very limited. Before you could view your flyable aircraft easily and creat a view by choosing the di...

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RadarMan on
unit5168

Broken FSX

I was trying to reset my FSX by deleting the fsx.cfg file. After I deleted that FSX was exatly the same, but now it won't start. Does anyone know how to replace the fsx.cfg file, or do I need to uninstall and reinstall FSX?...

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RadarMan on
Saman56

Question about Weather

Hey everybody, I'm new to FSX and I have a question. Lets say I'm doing a flight from SFO to DUBAI. Will the weather change from day to night and on during the flight, or will it stay daytime for the whole time?...

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lionlicker on
veshagoo

lost all airports in fsx

hi..i installed world of ai..it didnt work so i uninstalled it..now i dont have any fsx airports, just the pads and runways, no terminals or buildings...i did the repair fsx from the disk....then i couldnt get fsx to even start..BUT i uninstalled sp2 and...

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PWB on
nichos

FSX error: 0x80040702

Hi, FSX will not install again giving this new error below. Can you help on this too please. https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/images/forumimages/38667/fsx-error-0x80040702_c253e27bcc356d581e6ab909f3b9a76f.jpg...

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RadarMan on
Adolph_Galland

Box Lights in FSX

Out of the blue, all of my lights, from landing lights to streets and airplane lights, are surrounded by a boxed halo of light. Any way I can get rid of them?...

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RadarMan on
Mustangfreak

FSX will not install!

Ok, so I put a legitimate copy of Windows 7 on my machine in hope that it would fix my problems with shutting off randomly. Well now for 2 weeks, I can't get FSX to install again. I keep getting this annoying message, EVERY time!!! https://forum.flyaw...

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RadarMan on
Ianmueke

HOW TO FLY WITH THE FMC AS AN AUTOPILOT???

How do you use the fmc to fly like the way you use an autopilot. Thats the honeywell fmc not the one by PMDG. 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄...

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Ianmueke on
W3CPR

AIRAC waypoint deletion

The newly dowloaded AIRAC file installs correctly, however it appears that it has removed previous waypoints. Now it would seem to me that when installing a new AIRAC update that the previous waypoints would be left alone and only new ones would be added...

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W3CPR on
Guest

food trucks

hi!!! how are you? good! i gots a question. i see food trucks in the airports, but they dont come to me. does anyone know about this?...

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Mealone on
Smadlad

Error 1935 roll back action installing fsx on w7/64bit

i get the following error while it configure ms 2005 C++ redistributed Error1935.An error ocurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.MSXML2,publicKeyToken="6bd6b9abf345378f",version="4.1.0.0",type="win32",processorArchitecture="x86"'. Ple...

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Tim Weatherford on
Irving Walker

Frame Rates on what i think is a good machine...

HI, I am sure there have been many people asking about the holy grail of frame rates, but i am a little stuck, even after looking all over the place for solutions. However, i also see people posting amazing frame rates with lesser systems than i am r...

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RadarMan on
Mike Posford

Poor FSX Sound

The sound on my FSX program is very poor, especially engine sound. All other sound from other sources comes in loud and clear. Is it possible, or recommended, to run the installation disk over the top of the existing installation? When I am flying onlin...

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truckernick on
dma

Saving window positions

I have FSX running on two monitors with forward view on the runway and my cockpit panel on the other. I have my airplane oin the ramp with the windows set up in the right views and in full screen mode. I save the flight as default. I end the flight and...

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captcrazy on
couger

Activation problem

I installed the sevice pack 1 for fsx and the next time i loaded up fsx it came up with this errer message. An error occured while attempting to activate this product. the problem maybe due to an incomplete instalation of the application. it will g...

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waspi on
joaolpv

FlyBy Camera.

Hi. I just want to change the time in the flyby camera, I want to less time, I try to change camera.cfg but with no results, can someone help me?? Thanks a lot....

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joaolpv on
karelrenkum@hotmail.com

Airbus A320 Manuals

Is anybody interested in original Airbus A320 Manuals? FCOM 1 t/m 4...

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nteckh on
Jacob_N

"Flight Simulator X has stopped working" problem

Hey, So I rebooted FSX after about a year of not loading it. It was still installed and the last time I used it, the game ran fine. But now when I click the icon, the 'splash screen' doesn't appear, instead a box appears saying "Flight Simulator X"...

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RadarMan on
Adolph_Galland

FSX Desktop Icon

I just downloaded FSX (plain, no gold or deluxe). It didn't install the desktop ICON. I've looked everywhere for it, to no avail. I even re-downloaded FSX. Pretty pitiful, huh?...

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RadarMan on
DriesALITALIA

problem 1628

https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/images/forumimages/38584/problem-1628_cf41c4292997fec12b097dfa804c9bad.jpg Hello guys, I hope you can help me with this problem! I have been searching a while for an answer, nothing found! Every time I try to install F...

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RadarMan on
shamm

textures for addon aircrafts wont show up

Good day to all. Need help trying to get the textures for addon aircrafts to work. Heres the thing. the addon thumbnail shows up for selection. but after selection the aircraft is completely plain and white. even the tires are white. i honestly believe t...

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RadarMan on
RocketDog747

PMDG 747 Fatal Error

When I go tho free flight in FSX and to select aircraft and to PMDG 747 I click on it then it says fatal error. Can anybody help?...

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RadarMan on
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