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[Swagger897]

As you probably already know you can get that aircraft at www.precisionmanuals.com, I noticed the other day that there are discounts on a few bits and pieces.

PMDG do not sell it anymore, but Aerosoft does in the boxed form. Only problem is that I'd like to have the DD because my laptop doesn't have an optical drive...

I use their 777-200/F a lot, it's bloody brilliant

EDIT: I have a great freeware panel for the default 747 that adds a (mostly) working FMC and RALT callouts... PM me if you'd like it. I've never found a good POSKY-style model that doesn't bounce with the ground mesh at hi-res.

I do like their 777 a lot too, but I'm still on FS9... FSX is just too much for my laptop.

And as far as 747, I have the iFly 747 and it is by far my number one addon. As soon as they come out with the 747 800 and 800F, I'll be a kid in a candy store. The only problem I have with it is the VC frames... not too good by any means, and they say SP1 will fix a lot of the issues.

And X-Plane looks more plastic than a good modded FSX, like yours I assume. But now I threw some more mods in X-Plane and it doesn't run anymore. Well it could but then I had to put down the graphics but I only like it when it looks good. Need to invest in hardware

(Currently: i7 3770k, Asus Z77 Sabertooth, 24gb ram, GTX650Ti)

Got some Vram issues I think...

With my cool own design (stolen from Emirates hehe changed the colors)

Did you check to see if you have a leak any where?

 

[TenEightyOne]

PMDG do not sell it anymore, but Aerosoft does in the boxed form. Only problem is that I'd like to have the DD because my laptop doesn't have an optical drive...

Fair enough, I see they still have the FSX version but I guess I didn't read your post properly

Surely an optical drive on a USB cable will be as cheap as chips? You don't need anything mega-fancy.

 

[Swagger897]

Fair enough, I see they still have the FSX version but I guess I didn't read your post properly

Surely an optical drive on a USB cable will be as cheap as chips? You don't need anything mega-fancy.

I do have that, but I've been scammed before on boxed versions for FS. Matter O'fact, before I upgraded from FS'95 to FS9, the first FS9 box edition I got when it came out I got scammed on too...

Direct download is easier IMO, because I have all the serial codes, download links, etc that I can create a text document for and put it in my FS files... A lot easier just to organize than to have to take up physical space.


But I'll watch to see if Aerosoft puts out a sale or something. I don't see the aircraft still being a $70 aircraft but for 45-55 is when I'll snag one. Shame PMDG don't update it as it didn't turn out to be that good for the bean counters.. However, if I have to pay for iFly's 747-8 edition, I'll just go with that because it's much better and more detailed.

 

[Carlos]

PMDG do not sell it anymore, but Aerosoft does in the boxed form. Only problem is that I'd like to have the DD because my laptop doesn't have an optical drive...


I do like their 777 a lot too, but I'm still on FS9... FSX is just too much for my laptop.

And as far as 747, I have the iFly 747 and it is by far my number one addon. As soon as they come out with the 747 800 and 800F, I'll be a kid in a candy store. The only problem I have with it is the VC frames... not too good by any means, and they say SP1 will fix a lot of the issues.


Did you check to see if you have a leak any where?

Did try to check but couldn't find. Seeing how much GB my mods are I'm actually not that surprised it isn't working properly with my GTX650Ti, it's a 1gb card..

 

[Swagger897]

Did try to check but couldn't find. Seeing how much GB my mods are I'm actually not that surprised it isn't working properly with my GTX650Ti, it's a 1gb card..

Wow... Probably something on the Internet about faulty texture patches showing up soft...

Just got done doing a practice check ride though, going to attempt the real thing in a few more moments. It's a quick hop from KLAX-KLAS and cruising at FL250. I'm restricted on using the AP before passing 5,000 msl and before crossing CRESO intersection on the CRESO3 sid... The practice flight went well, so this should be good doing it right after.

I was having problems with the iFly 737 where the AP was just doing whatever it wanted to, but now after deleting FSUIPC.ini all is well again.

 

[Swagger897]

WooHoo!!

Passed check ride for my VA in the 737. Budged the landing though crossing into the parralel runway..

 

[Carlos]

Something else for a change. Haven't flown anything more challenging than this.

Saw a small bridge on the left..

Hoovering a Huey is really

Swagger, what is VA?

 

[Swagger897]

Something else for a change. Haven't flown anything more challenging than this.

Saw a small bridge on the left..

Hoovering a Huey is really

Swagger, what is VA?

Virtual Airline...

Gives me something to do while flying and makes me scrutinize my work.

I believe we are the largest one on the net. It's also nice to have an ACARS system that tracks position every few seconds and you can review a lot of the flight info after filling the PIREPS..

 

[Carlos]

Virtual Airline...

Gives me something to do while flying and makes me scrutinize my work.

I believe we are the largest one on the net. It's also nice to have an ACARS system that tracks position every few seconds and you can review a lot of the flight info after filling the PIREPS..

Are you flying online with other VA's or?

 

[Swagger897]

Are you flying online with other VA's or?

I fly on VATSIM (linky) but it's just generally with Delta..

We also do the skyteam partnership with one of the KLM VAs (not sure exactly which site) so I might switch over to the KLM Cargo division once iFly release the 747-800 Frieghter, and when I get my rankings up high enough..

 

[BrandonW77]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but seems like as good a place as any. I recently got FSX Steam Edition when it was on sale last week. I'm running a GTX970 with three 32"/720/60hz monitors on a clean install of Win10. Everything looks and runs great but my view is really zoomed in to where I pretty much can't my instruments or have a good view of what's going on around me. I've used the zoom out key, but at it's further point it's still way too close. I also have to lower the seat a lot just to be able to see the dash, but every time I get back into a plane I have to re-do all of this, and if I use the hat to look around and then press the "return view to center" key all of my zoom/seat position settings get reset and I have to try to adjust them mid-flight.

I found that you can go here C:/Users/[username]/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/FSX-SE/, find the FSX_SE.config and supposedly set "wideviewaspect" to "true", problem is when I got to my Users folder and then to the the folder with my name, there is no folder for AppData. I've done a text search on my PC for AppData, Roaming, FSX_SE, and I still can't find it. In my Steam/FSX folder I did find the FSX1_config file, but there is no option on there for wideviewaspect.

What am I missing here? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I pretty much can't play like this without being able to see my instruments.

 

[Swagger897]

Do you have show hidden folders? AppData is hidden.

edit:
To find the option, click Views at the top of file explorer and then on the right on the bottom it says "hidden items".

Once you're done, click it again to hide it all as sometimes issues may arise you are unaware of.

 

[BrandonW77]

Do you have show hidden folders? AppData is hidden.

edit:
To find the option, click Views at the top of file explorer and then on the right on the bottom it says "hidden items".

Once you're done, click it again to hide it all as sometimes issues may arise you are unaware of.

I was not aware of this, thank you. I'll try it after work and see if that works.

On another topic, is there a way to adjust the sensitivity of the hat you use to look around? Mine is very jerky and often overshoots where I'm trying to look making it hard to actually look at what I'm trying to look at. Or is that more of a hardware issue than a software issue?

 

[Swagger897]

I was not aware of this, thank you. I'll try it after work and see if that works.

On another topic, is there a way to adjust the sensitivity of the hat you use to look around? Mine is very jerky and often overshoots where I'm trying to look making it hard to actually look at what I'm trying to look at. Or is that more of a hardware issue than a software issue?

More than likely it is a hardware issue if it's jerky, unless you are going too far past where you want it and doing a 180 the other way.

Look for PAN_RATE= in the CFG and decrease the value. I think default is 400, so try out 200 and if that's too slow 300, and so on and so on...

Also, the pan rate will affect all panning of the aircraft, inside and out.

Edit: I think it's PAN_RATE=... I'm only going off of what I've got in FS9

 

[BrandonW77]

More than likely it is a hardware issue if it's jerky, unless you are going too far past where you want it and doing a 180 the other way.

Look for PAN_RATE= in the CFG and decrease the value. I think default is 400, so try out 200 and if that's too slow 300, and so on and so on...

Also, the pan rate will affect all panning of the aircraft, inside and out.

Edit: I think it's PAN_RATE=... I'm only going off of what I've got in FS9

Must be hardware (I have the Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas). If I give the hat the smallest tap possible it results in my view moving about 60-80 degrees so a slight glance isn't possible. I'll see if I can adjust the pan rate. Thanks mate. 👍

 

[BrandonW77]

Do you have show hidden folders? AppData is hidden.

edit:
To find the option, click Views at the top of file explorer and then on the right on the bottom it says "hidden items".

Once you're done, click it again to hide it all as sometimes issues may arise you are unaware of.

Score! You, sir, are a hero. I have proper wide-view now, and it seems that my look around hat is far less sensitive now, for some reason. I'm looking forward to a weekend full of flying! Thanks fella, pints are on me tonight.

 

[Carlos]

A bit off-topic but I always press the Windows start button on the left, then I type appdata in the little search bar. Hit enter and it goes to that folder right away

 

[BrandonW77]

A bit off-topic but I always press the Windows start button on the left, then I type appdata in the little search bar. Hit enter and it goes to that folder right away

I tried that, didn't work. Maybe because it was hidden?

 

[Carlos]

I tried that, didn't work. Maybe because it was hidden?

Damn you're right. Doesn't work here anymore too! Don't know why I thought that then. I'm pretty sure it once worked I'm sorry..

But you have a GTX970 too I see, what mods do you run on FSX? I have that card since a few days and I've only played DCS and X-Plane. FSX is somewhere but wasn't bothered to install it since it doesn't look nice without a few hundred mods

 

[BrandonW77]

But you have a GTX970 too I see, what mods do you run on FSX? I have that card since a few days and I've only played DCS and X-Plane. FSX is somewhere but wasn't bothered to install it since it doesn't look nice without a few hundred mods

I just got FSX last weekend (and I'm new to flight sims, mainly a racer) so I haven't done any kind of mods yet, just trying to get everything working right. Now that I have a proper FOV I can start to dig into it an enjoy it, had a test flight last night and it was so much better than that zoomed view, felt more responsive too. I am able to run all the graphics settings at full blast and it still runs butter smooth on my 3 32" screens. It looks pretty good but I'm sure there are some graphics mods out there that will really make it shine.

 

[Swagger897]

I just got FSX last weekend (and I'm new to flight sims, mainly a racer) so I haven't done any kind of mods yet, just trying to get everything working right. Now that I have a proper FOV I can start to dig into it an enjoy it, had a test flight last night and it was so much better than that zoomed view, felt more responsive too. I am able to run all the graphics settings at full blast and it still runs butter smooth on my 3 32" screens. It looks pretty good but I'm sure there are some graphics mods out there that will really make it shine.

ENB (makes contrast look better) is a super popular one.

However, you're gonna want a few payware aircraft, scenery, and utilities. For overall looks, I'd go with finding a good enb mod and then purchase REX weather and ASN (REX creates the weather texture, and ASN accurately places the weather according to what is happening outside your window).

I fly FS9, so I'm limited in what products I can get nowadays. But here's what I got starting with aircraft:
Wilco/Feelthere ERJV2 (135/145)
iFly 737
iFly 747 V2
Quality Wings 757 (won't support your edition of FSX SE however)
LevelD 767

Scenery:
Flytampa Seattle
Flytampa Dubai Rebooted V2
ImagineSim KATL
and a few other freeware airports for KSLC, VHHH, and EHAM

utilities are low for me really, but I have REX + Overdrive, and FSUIPC.

I'd recommend getting FSUIPC first out of everything. Essentially, it's a more responsive/accurate translator of inputs you put in into the simulator rather than Microsofts default attempts. It also controls weather and visibility for a few other functions. You can optimise your controller for specific aircraft, as in when you load say a 757, you can map controls specifically for that aircraft, that wont be the same for say a 747.

And since this is a screenshot thread, here's what I did Monday (KPIT-LFPG):

Return flight:

 

[BrandonW77]

ENB (makes contrast look better) is a super popular one.

However, you're gonna want a few payware aircraft, scenery, and utilities. For overall looks, I'd go with finding a good enb mod and then purchase REX weather and ASN (REX creates the weather texture, and ASN accurately places the weather according to what is happening outside your window).

I fly FS9, so I'm limited in what products I can get nowadays. But here's what I got starting with aircraft:
Wilco/Feelthere ERJV2 (135/145)
iFly 737
iFly 747 V2
Quality Wings 757 (won't support your edition of FSX SE however)
LevelD 767

Scenery:
Flytampa Seattle
Flytampa Dubai Rebooted V2
ImagineSim KATL
and a few other freeware airports for KSLC, VHHH, and EHAM

utilities are low for me really, but I have REX + Overdrive, and FSUIPC.

I'd recommend getting FSUIPC first out of everything. Essentially, it's a more responsive/accurate translator of inputs you put in into the simulator rather than Microsofts default attempts. It also controls weather and visibility for a few other functions. You can optimise your controller for specific aircraft, as in when you load say a 757, you can map controls specifically for that aircraft, that wont be the same for say a 747.

Thanks mate, I'll try to check them out. For now the flight sims are just to keep me entertained while my T300RS is being sent back to Thrustmaster for repairs, so I'm not sure how in-depth I'll get with FSX/DCS but I am enjoying them so far and as they stand both are good enough to keep me happy for a while. FSX looks pretty good on my system but there's room for improvement so I'll for sure look into some graphics and weather mods. Is there a tutorial somewhere for modding FSX? I know how to do mods in Assetto Corsa, not sure if it's a similar process.

 

[Carlos]

Thanks mate, I'll try to check them out. For now the flight sims are just to keep me entertained while my T300RS is being sent back to Thrustmaster for repairs, so I'm not sure how in-depth I'll get with FSX/DCS but I am enjoying them so far and as they stand both are good enough to keep me happy for a while. FSX looks pretty good on my system but there's room for improvement so I'll for sure look into some graphics and weather mods. Is there a tutorial somewhere for modding FSX? I know how to do mods in Assetto Corsa, not sure if it's a similar process.

That's how I got into flight sims.. Now my wheel is taking more dust than ever I know with DCS World you can use jsgme for installing, I don't know if it works with FSX that easy but if I try to Google on that I do get some results.

Do you have a joystick?

 

[BrandonW77]

That's how I got into flight sims.. Now my wheel is taking more dust than ever I know with DCS World you can use jsgme for installing, I don't know if it works with FSX that easy but if I try to Google on that I do get some results.

Do you have a joystick?

Sim racing will always be my first love. The adrenaline rush is addicting. I dabbled with FSX some years ago on a laptop that could barely run it, but I enjoyed it and look forward to digging back into it. Never done combat flight sims, I've been through some of the training missions in DCS but it's all a bit over my head right now so I'm using FSX to get familiar with the basics of flight first.

I do have a joystick, Thrustaster T.Flight Hotas.

It's not the fanciest or best, I'm sure, but it was fairly cheap and seems pretty good so far. I like that I can detach the throttle, eventually I'm going to build a new rig and add a place for the throttle off to the side and something to put the yoke in the center. I also noticed that in DCS I can map my CSR Elite pedals to the rudder controls which is pretty cool. I tried to map them in FSX but it didn't seem to work very well. I tried to map my landing gear to my TH8 shifter but forget to test if it actually worked.

 

[Swagger897]

Thanks mate, I'll try to check them out. For now the flight sims are just to keep me entertained while my T300RS is being sent back to Thrustmaster for repairs, so I'm not sure how in-depth I'll get with FSX/DCS but I am enjoying them so far and as they stand both are good enough to keep me happy for a while. FSX looks pretty good on my system but there's room for improvement so I'll for sure look into some graphics and weather mods. Is there a tutorial somewhere for modding FSX? I know how to do mods in Assetto Corsa, not sure if it's a similar process.

As far as tutorial, everything is on youtube or forums.

Forums I recommend are FlightSim.Com, or AVSIM.com Both are very resourceful, and will get you the answers you are looking for.

For a super in depth tutorial as how to make FSX run like it should, just google Nick N's guide for FSX. If you want to spend a few days reading that and tweaking, there you go...

It's not the fanciest or best, I'm sure, but it was fairly cheap and seems pretty good so far. I like that I can detach the throttle, eventually I'm going to build a new rig and add a place for the throttle off to the side and something to put the yoke in the center. I also noticed that in DCS I can map my CSR Elite pedals to the rudder controls which is pretty cool. I tried to map them in FSX but it didn't seem to work very well. I tried to map my landing gear to my TH8 shifter but forget to test if it actually worked.

FSUIPC will fix all of that. Trust me.

 

[BrandonW77]

I've been looking around at some of the mods and upgrades. The prices are a bit.......well, considering I'm used to free mods and cheap DLC I'm a bit shocked at how much they cost. FSUIPC costs more than twice what I paid for FSX, as do most of the graphics mods. It's probably going to be a while before I can stomach that kind of investment, seeing as in the last 6-12 months I've spent a small fortune on my PC racing setup.

Looks like there's some tweaks you can do to the .config file (though the link I found was broken) as well as installing SweetFX, so I'll start with those free options. The graphics look fine now, I'm sure I'll eventually be bothered by them but I'll just go the free route until then. I need to learn all the basics and in's/out's before going hog wild on all the advanced stuff, I'm still very much a newb with the flight stuff and kinda with the PC stuff in general. I'll spend some good time this weekend reading up and watching videos (between F1 and MotoGP of course) and see where I end up.

 

[Swagger897]

Yeah, PC flying is a little less more expensive than real life... Okay, maybe a lot more, but it's still damn expensive. However, some of the addons you may find out there give the exact same simulation that full motion simulators do, just without the motion. In fact, there is a school in Florida for flight training that merged with Delta sometime in the 2000's that use PC's first, and then they move on to full motion.

Anyways, it's good to start out with freeware first and then to see what you're doing.


BEFORE YOU GO ANY FUTHER:
There are a few things you need to know about how FSX and Windows work together. Even though Microsoft made both, they don't quite work well together. Depending on you OS too, things could get bumpy along the way.

If you haven't already, make sure FSX is not installed into program files, or a windows protected area. Instead, just go to your storage, such as C:/ and create a folder named FSX or something, just so it's outside of a program files or windows protected folder.

Second, find the FSX.app or .exe and set it to run as admin always by going into properties>compatibilit>on the bottom. Once you do this, any other application that talks to FSX must be set to run as admin always. Doing this enables more privileges for FSX to take on by itself rather than to ask you 24/7.

Third, if you don't find UAC annoying as is, go ahead and turn it off or to it's lowest setting. Personally I completely disabled it in regedit, but that's up to you. A lot of programs don't run well with it on, including addons for FSX. If you also have a good AV like AVG, go ahead and turn windows defender off, unless it already is.

Fourth, download this. It is a LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE flag, that you use to give you more VRAM. If you already know about OOM's then you should've already done so. If not, here's what they are:

Essentially, your computer only has 2, or 3 gigs of ram that it can use per program. After that is used up, you will receive an OOM (out of memory) and close the program. Even though you may have 8, 12, 16 gigs of RAM, VRAM is specifically made per program limits, based on x32 bit programs.

FSX, P3D, and FS9 are all x32 bit programs as they are considered legacy products (not P3d in its age but it's construction). Xplane is the only x64 bit flight simulator out there, so OOM's are very rare for them.

Anyways, if you have a x32 bit operating system, you will only have 2 gigs of VRAM, and x64 gives you 3 gigs. By doing the large address aware patch, you get 3 for x32, and 4 for x64. All you do with the program is find the FSX.exe (you can find this x10 easier by enabling 'show extensions') and select it. Then it's done. After that, delete the program if you want...

I'd recommend strongly before going on much further, to make sure FSX is not in a windows protected folder, or any other application you make in the future. It's going to cause headaches, and I try to minimize those as much as possible. If you have it in program files, then when you uninstall FSX, you need to make sure everything is gone. Make sure you go to Documents/flightsimulatorfiles/ and delete everything in there. Make sure everything from the APPDATA folder pertaining to FSX is gone, and make sure the registry is no longer exisiting. Yes, it's a lot, but FSX was a rushed program, and FSX SE doesn't alleviate all these issues.


Hope you have fun flying and getting the basics down. Do some flights in the Cessna 172 around the TNCM (Saint Maarten) area and land at a few of the airports near you. Once when you feel like you're ready to step up a notch, learn how to read charts for airports and SIDS and STARS. After that, you'll be gold for VATSIM... But that's another lesson.

 

[Carlos]

Sim racing will always be my first love. The adrenaline rush is addicting. I dabbled with FSX some years ago on a laptop that could barely run it, but I enjoyed it and look forward to digging back into it. Never done combat flight sims, I've been through some of the training missions in DCS but it's all a bit over my head right now so I'm using FSX to get familiar with the basics of flight first.

I do have a joystick, Thrustaster T.Flight Hotas.

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It's not the fanciest or best, I'm sure, but it was fairly cheap and seems pretty good so far. I like that I can detach the throttle, eventually I'm going to build a new rig and add a place for the throttle off to the side and something to put the yoke in the center. I also noticed that in DCS I can map my CSR Elite pedals to the rudder controls which is pretty cool. I tried to map them in FSX but it didn't seem to work very well. I tried to map my landing gear to my TH8 shifter but forget to test if it actually worked.

I was so into iRacing, then tried DCS and never looked back. Started with GT3 when my dad gave me a playseat, 12 or 13 years ago. You've been warned

That hotas is not bad at all. Do you have a yoke or did you mean the stick? I have the stick on my right, feels more relaxed (like the F-16 or latest gen jets). I didn't even know the Elite pedals could be set up as rudders, never tried.. Oh well too late for that now. Shifter as gear is a pretty good idea too.

Time for some xplane now

 

[BrandonW77]

I was so into iRacing, then tried DCS and never looked back. Started with GT3 when my dad gave me a playseat, 12 or 13 years ago. You've been warned

That hotas is not bad at all. Do you have a yoke or did you mean the stick? I have the stick on my right, feels more relaxed (like the F-16 or latest gen jets). I didn't even know the Elite pedals could be set up as rudders, never tried.. Oh well too late for that now. Shifter as gear is a pretty good idea too.

Time for some xplane now

I've been sim racing in some form for the better part of 15 years and I can promise there's no end in sight. Planes don't interest me near as much as cars do, but I enjoy them and FSX is a good second use for my racing equipment when I just want something calm and relaxing to distract me. I'm sure they'll grow on me and get me sucked in, but racing will always be my first love. (I hated iRacing though, but I guess it recently got a good update so I might check it out again when my wheel returns from hospital).

Yeah, PC flying is a little less more expensive than real life... Okay, maybe a lot more, but it's still damn expensive. However, some of the addons you may find out there give the exact same simulation that full motion simulators do, just without the motion. In fact, there is a school in Florida for flight training that merged with Delta sometime in the 2000's that use PC's first, and then they move on to full motion.

Anyways, it's good to start out with freeware first and then to see what you're doing.


BEFORE YOU GO ANY FUTHER:
There are a few things you need to know about how FSX and Windows work together. Even though Microsoft made both, they don't quite work well together. Depending on you OS too, things could get bumpy along the way.

If you haven't already, make sure FSX is not installed into program files, or a windows protected area. Instead, just go to your storage, such as C:/ and create a folder named FSX or something, just so it's outside of a program files or windows protected folder.

Second, find the FSX.app or .exe and set it to run as admin always by going into properties>compatibilit>on the bottom. Once you do this, any other application that talks to FSX must be set to run as admin always. Doing this enables more privileges for FSX to take on by itself rather than to ask you 24/7.

Third, if you don't find UAC annoying as is, go ahead and turn it off or to it's lowest setting. Personally I completely disabled it in regedit, but that's up to you. A lot of programs don't run well with it on, including addons for FSX. If you also have a good AV like AVG, go ahead and turn windows defender off, unless it already is.

Fourth, download this. It is a LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE flag, that you use to give you more VRAM. If you already know about OOM's then you should've already done so. If not, here's what they are:

Essentially, your computer only has 2, or 3 gigs of ram that it can use per program. After that is used up, you will receive an OOM (out of memory) and close the program. Even though you may have 8, 12, 16 gigs of RAM, VRAM is specifically made per program limits, based on x32 bit programs.

FSX, P3D, and FS9 are all x32 bit programs as they are considered legacy products (not P3d in its age but it's construction). Xplane is the only x64 bit flight simulator out there, so OOM's are very rare for them.

Anyways, if you have a x32 bit operating system, you will only have 2 gigs of VRAM, and x64 gives you 3 gigs. By doing the large address aware patch, you get 3 for x32, and 4 for x64. All you do with the program is find the FSX.exe (you can find this x10 easier by enabling 'show extensions') and select it. Then it's done. After that, delete the program if you want...

I'd recommend strongly before going on much further, to make sure FSX is not in a windows protected folder, or any other application you make in the future. It's going to cause headaches, and I try to minimize those as much as possible. If you have it in program files, then when you uninstall FSX, you need to make sure everything is gone. Make sure you go to Documents/flightsimulatorfiles/ and delete everything in there. Make sure everything from the APPDATA folder pertaining to FSX is gone, and make sure the registry is no longer exisiting. Yes, it's a lot, but FSX was a rushed program, and FSX SE doesn't alleviate all these issues.


Hope you have fun flying and getting the basics down. Do some flights in the Cessna 172 around the TNCM (Saint Maarten) area and land at a few of the airports near you. Once when you feel like you're ready to step up a notch, learn how to read charts for airports and SIDS and STARS. After that, you'll be gold for VATSIM... But that's another lesson.

Thanks mate, that's a lot of good info (most of it totally new to me) and I'll dig into it this weekend. First question is, how do I move it out of my Program files? It is easy as just grabbing all the folders/files and moving them to another folder? Or do I have to uninstall and then reinstall by pointing it to a new location? Do you recommend doing that with all of my Steam games?

I'm normally a Mac guy and while I have plenty of experience with Windows, my Windows knowledge pretty much stops at WinXP (which I knew fairly well), so I'm almost having to relearn Windows altogether. Win10 seems a little better, I could not wrap my head around Win8 at all and always felt totally lost. And I work on/with computers as my job (graphic design/production) so I'm not at all computer/tech ignorant, just Windows ignorant.

For future reference, I'm running a clean install of Win10 on a 64 bit machine with 16gb of RAM, i5 4690, and a GTX 970 (~4gb of VRAM), on 3 32" 720p/60hz screens.

 

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Thanks mate, that's a lot of good info (most of it totally new to me) and I'll dig into it this weekend. First question is, how do I move it out of my Program files? It is easy as just grabbing all the folders/files and moving them to another folder? Or do I have to uninstall and then reinstall by pointing it to a new location? Do you recommend doing that with all of my Steam games?

See... that's where it gets a bit tricky because it's the steam version not boxed. All of the info I've read over the years points to every program you ever install should be out of program files.

Unfortunately, yes, you will need to unisntall, and reinstall it. Moving the folders wont work because the registrey and documents required for FSX to even run won't be able to find the correct path.

I'm normally a Mac guy and while I have plenty of experience with Windows, my Windows knowledge pretty much stops at WinXP (which I knew fairly well), so I'm almost having to relearn Windows altogether. Win10 seems a little better, I could not wrap my head around Win8 at all and always felt totally lost. And I work on/with computers as my job (graphic design/production) so I'm not at all computer/tech ignorant, just Windows ignorant.

not a problem. Windows 10 is much more friendly to flight sims than that of 8 was. I run 10 right now and everything works on my end, but some report issues with it. However, I assume that those who have problems haven't done much of what I've said already.

And your specs are good to run FSX, but I'd still do the large address aware, as it wont hurt anything.