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When I install addon scenery it seems to work only half the time, what is the key to it?

I had posted this to the wrong sim but since have found the lesson on ADDON SCENERY. it states 2 ways of doing it. I think I have tried each one but still seems to have too many not really work. Is one more fail safe thenthe other. I always get confused ...

AI Aircraft Editor 2.1.18

Hello, Today I have release version 2.1.18 of the AI Aircraft Editor on AVSim, FlightSim and at The Owls Nest. Newly added is an FS9/FSX viewer component. You can display the currently selected model and texture in a separate window. My cordial than...

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sam tetro

photo real scenery and windows 7

Photoreal scenery loads with acres of water area where land mass should exist?...

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jellrod

ATC Airline ID voice

I am confused. I downloaded an add-on, a British Air CRJ700 texture. It was not a full add-on, only the texture and such that comes from the downloads like you find here. Now, this is my question. When I fly the British Air CRJ700, ATC uses Speed Bi...

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TED Komorowski

Radar for the Cessna 441

Is there A radar for the Cessna 441 and how do I Download it TK...

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Nightowl4903

Accessing Nimitz/Eisenhour Carriers in FSX: Starting Flights Directly from the Deck?

I have the Nimitz/Eisenhour carrier package and AIcarriers2 installed. The only way I can board the carriers is to land on them with AIcarriers. How do I access the carriers to start a flight there like in all the great screenshots I've seen? They don't ...

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Dale Scott

AM I THE ONLY ONE USING THE RFN CARRIER GAUGE?

I am having nothing but frustration with the RFN carrier gauge, and in spite of posting on every forum I can thoink of, I can't seem to find any help or even suggestions. If there is anyone out there that is using the gauge, PLEASE contact me either her...

RFN gauge: What does zone not active mean?

I have Enterprise Final Cruises installed. It comes with an RFN gauge with Enterprise already tuned. When I access the tools window to try and move my plane to the ship it says: "The tuned zone is not active, this function cannot be used!" Can someone t...

Help getting the SGA FedEx Douglas DC-10-30F File name fx1032fe.zip to work

After downloading the above zip file, unzipping, and placing in the file to the airplane file, it won’t show up in the aircraft select screen. I have delt with the jpeg thumbnail issues and several other suggestions from Fly Away forum searches to no av...

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Dale Scott

RFN gauge glitch?

I have the latest version of the RFN carrier gauge instaled in my F-14 Tomcat. The problem I am having with it is that I have the carrier frequency entered and excepted but it won't switch from standbye to active. Any suggestions?...

Disappearance of Jetways in FSX After U.S. Airports Scenery Upgrade Installation

I downloaded and installed the major U.S. airports scenery addons upgrade, (from about 2009?), and placed all the files in the correct folders, ("/Addon Scenery/scenery" and "/Addon scenery/texture/") with the *.bgl files and the *.bmp files going into th...

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farlinoff

PMDG Boeing 737-800NG Livery requested.

Hi, I have installed Microsoft FSX on my Windows 10 machine and it appears to be working fine. I have also added the PMDG Boeing 737-800NG etc. aircraft and all seems to be working. I would very much like to install a repaint for one of these aircraft tha...

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Aviator49

Error with London City Airport Addon Installation: Scenery.cfg File Issue

london_city_airport.zip Tried both the auto-installer plus manually, and while I can see London City in the addon directory after trying to activate it, the airport remains unchanged. I get the following message when loading FSX "...Scenery.cfg fi...

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Laverda

How to Retract Bombs and Close Bomb Doors on the Sunderland by Firstclass Sims

Anybody in there know how I can retract the bombs and close the bomb doors on the Sunderland?...

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jgood

Understanding the Autopilot Functionality in the F/A-18 Fighter Jet

How does the autopilot work in the new f-18.? Thanks for any info....

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jonnymorris

Simulator vector update tool, such as FTX Vectors or UTX?

Hi, new person here, just looking to get the most accurate version of my little corner of the UK to buzz around. I'm downloading the free stuff first to see what it's like, I see for the FreeMeshX it talks about having to use a vector update tool, however...

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bradles

FSX No CD File

Can anyone let me know if there is a No CD file available for FSX please?...

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tzink

Can someone please update KSMO? I have FSX:SE so no SDK :(

I fly out of KSMO and would like a more accurate airport experience to complement my training. Basically, in 2017 KSMO shortened the runway to 3500' by turning 750' on either side into a blast pad. They also moved the windsock to the north side of the run...

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RLB747SP

No terminals show up

Added several airports. All was well, then all of a sudden none of the terminals are there. ...

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Devildog73

FSX Florida Coast Beaches

Has anyone found an accurate FSX scenery package which shows the Florida Atlantic and Gulf beaches? FSX stock Florida scenery was obviously composed by people who have never flown over and looked out their windows, or never been to Florida! There are NO ...

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roelli98

change language from French to English

We bought a Microsoft Flight Simulator X in French. (We live in Geneva, Switzerland) Is there any way to switch the language of the game from French to English without buying another copy?...

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RobinDR400

I can't find the aircraft directory folder?

Hi there my name is Hamish and I recently became a pro member. I have downloaded the F8A Sabre and it says for it to work you have to unzip the file and put it into the Aircraft Directory folder. The only problem is when I double-click on the flight simul...

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Michael Tift

Windows 10 FSX-SE. Scenery Library was removed by a program.

That program that allows you set different keys to different functions. I have no idea where it came from only that the out come was my Scenery Library was deleted like others, only the activate box was left selected. That's the history, now the question,...

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DexTheLelGuy

Livery request - Retro LAN Airlines A320

does some one have or can make a retro lan airlines livery for the default a320? image for reference: https://cdn-forum.inibuilds.com/monthly_2020_11/2020-5-31_13-59-59-881.png.32e5aeca1fa6bc62d9df320c8bd359ee.png...

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Marc 1728

Download to laptop then transfer download to flight computer

Is there a way to download software to one computer (my laptop) and then transfer it to another (my main tower) for installation? My flight sim computer never goes on line. It's not set up to. Can I download additional aircraft to my laptop and then tr...

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Martins

PA-42 Pipper Cheyenne 400LS -Instalation

Dear Sirs I have downeloded the above plane but there's no way to make it work. I have done everyting asked but the airplane does't work in my Flight Simulater (FSX). The plane doesn't even apears in the list and images once open the FSX-Accelaration. I...

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francois2020

send microsoft flight simulator 2020 activation key ?

please send the microsoft flight simulator 2020 activation key to my email adresse francoisantoun@gmail.com...

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Laverda

Refuelling

Does anyone know of any fiddles to refuel en route? Can't land at an airport in a Sunderland and doing the 1938 England - Australia route....

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James Tanudji

Downloading at 50kb/s instead of 2mb/s

Im currently downloading a 2.2 gb file at 50kb/s when the download speed says it is 2mb/s...

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wilfrano

Missing Parts of down loaded add on A/C.

I have just installed MSFS X and service pack one on a new windows 11 HP Omen computer. On loading some add on aircraft downloaded from fly away, some of the aircraft (not all) have parts missing and some areas transparent. Any suggestions to fix this ...

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dknytn

FSX Scenery add-on fail

Hi all, I just downloaded the Washington state scenery add-on for FSX. I've looked at quite a few install tips, but none seem to work. One particular problem I see (besides it not working) is there is no texture file at all. The scenery files are all .bg...

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klauspeter

hallo , how to install Gauges on A340-600

I downloded the A340 -600 ,unfortunately it did not come with gauges ,just the emty Pannel! how do i get the gauges into my a340 ??? Thank you for the Help...

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Rocketfella

I have been trying to download the "FreemeshX USA LOD 1

I have been trying to download the "FreemeshX USA LOD 12 of 50.92gb. I have tried 3 times without success. The download seems to work 100% to the end, but after some deliberation, it comes up as failed.. Have you any suggestions as to why this is happen...

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Mike6789

aydenpm@gmail.com

Can someone please help me with the install of the fsx roads addon. I have tried pasting it in Fsx main folder like it says and it's not working. Please help ...

FreeMeshX failed download

Hi all, I have tried four times now to download this package and everytime it finishes with "download error". All othe packages work fine but not this one. Any ideas please? Cheers, Stuart...

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Laverda

ATR 72-21 ILS

Can't find the ILS indicators for this aircraft, suggestions anyone? Loaded runway/vectors etc OK on the tiny GPS which shows the approach line, but can't see when to initiate the approach system....

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Dempsey

Installing World of AI

I have dowloaded WOAI and installed the packages, but am not seeing any AI on my FSX. What can I be doing wrong?...

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sknight751

will Colorado Photoreal scenery download work ORBX vector

Will the Colorado Photoreal scenery for FSX work with ORBX vectors or do I need UTX?...

Beechcraft C18S S N133BF

Can someone do a Beechcraft C18S texture of my father's Beech 18? Will give photos upon response. You can text me at: 352-575-7256, E-mail is bakerfox01@aol.com. will give specific details of aircraft then....

T-45C Goshawk - how do you operate the MFD?

Looked at the text and PDFs in the download, not much help there for the MFD. I'm experimenting with it to figure out how it works. FSX standard keyboard, Autopilot section is helpful. Looking for any guidance or tutorials on the topic....

" Addit Pro "

My free trial expired and requested an unlock code number. If unlock number was sent, it may have got deleted accidently. Through e-mails and letter, which came back with my check, undelivered. I would very much like an answer from some one. I think...

Thomas Ruth 727-200 missing nav and strobe lights

hello all, i like flying the toms 727 very much but the lack of nav and strobes lights is very disturbing, ive seen in a previous post that someone downloaded the tom7272.zip and fixed there problem but that did not work for me, any one has any ideas on h...

How to activate Paris Intra-muros scenery

Have downloaded and installed Paris Intra- muros v1.2 correctly in scenery library. However Paris remains default FSX scenery. When installing I was not able to select FSX Steam edition, this option was inactive so had to select FSX. Is this the problem?...

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woai website not working

world of ai website not working

Anyone kow what happend to the WOAI webseite? It has not been working for a while now. is it off permanently? Getting an error 500 like the website does not exist. Had not used it for months an now nothing. Please answer as soon as possible. Thank ...

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sknight751

load colorado photoreal scenery into FS scenery library

I have ORBX Vector and Global pack and want to download and install Colorado Photoreal scenery. The instructions seem overly simple. Right now, ORBX has the highest priority in my scenery libary. How/where do I add the photoreal scenery? ...

Accidentally deleted fsx default a321's

I accidentally deleted my Airbus A321's from the Airplane file in FSX whilst cleaning up and now cannot find a download that gives me the default files back. When I search for default aircraft it comes up in the description of new only textures downloads...

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jameslenzini

C-130 altitude button

Apologies if this has been asked before but I can't find a search mode for the forums. Anyway, installed the c-130 and I can't set the altitude for AP. Shows the + and - but doesn't do anything. What am I missing?...

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ericmay1974

Clarification on installation of freemesh Global and USA

USA Mesh says to place scenery library location at the highest priority, whereas Global mesh says above default but below FTX, landclass, airports, etc. Is this the correct placement for both products?...

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IanDurston

Spain Scenery UHD v2 Not Showing - X Plane 11

I have Spain scenery UHD v2 installed in X Plane 11. The folders are in the correct order in the scenery_packs.ini file but the scenery does not show in X Plane. I have tried changing the file order to the top of the list, so while not the correct positi...

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pierrot1951

freemeshx partial download

Hello Is it possible to download only the part of mesh I need to use : 5 bgl files for coverage of Madagascar S20E040, S20E050, S30E040, S30E050 and a_madagascar1. Thanks for help. Pierre Mogenet...

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