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    Orbx Great Britain Central for MSFS looks amazing

    in General Discussion

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    Okay, first off, I have never visited the area, nor do I live in Great Britain. That said, having flown around and explored much of the Orbx Great Britain Central scenery addon for MSFS, my impression of it is no less than amazing. Granted, I would not know what landmarks/POI's might be missing or not, but from what I saw as I flew around at 1000' to 2000' looked simply marvelous. There were details everywhere I looked. I was very immersed, and a simmer cannot ask for more than that. The performance on my system was super smooth as well. So, my hat's off to the Orbx team that was responsible for this scenery package, and I look forward to exploring more of Great Britain Central in the coming days :) 

     

    Cheers!

    Landon

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    Yet more MSFS troubles

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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    22 minutes ago, John Heaton said:

    Just an aside - I have learned over the years that a Restart - or a shut down and start - often solves problems - not just with MS

    EG If one makes a change to say P3D - it pays to do a restart - if only to get Central top recognise that you have a certain Sim

     

    Of course, that is the basic first step to always try whenever one is troubleshooting computers ;) Thank you for ensuring that I remembered that, just in case :) In my case, I had already tried that a few times before I found the actual fix in this scenario. 

     

    Cheers!

    Yet more MSFS troubles

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

    Posted · Edited by Sniper31

    Okay, so after doing some deeper "interwebs" digging, I found a potential solution. What I found says to open up your MS Store, logout of your account, and then log back in. I did that, and MSFS appears to have loaded. I need to exit MSFS, restart my PC and then see if MSFS restarts without issue before I confirm that it solved my issue. Standby.....

     

    EDIT: So it appears that that did the trick...MSFS starts up fine now. Still don't know what caused this issue in the first place, but there is the fix.

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    Yet more MSFS troubles

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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    MSFS has been performing very well for me. Then, today, I changed out an HDD in my system (it was neither my Windows drive or the drive I have MSFS installed on) and now, when I try and run MSFS I get a blue box that says "Check your account-MSFS is currently not available in your account." When I look at my account in the MS store, it shows that I own MSFS Premium Deluxe and that it is installed. But no matter what I try, I cannot launch it. 

     

    Argh, Microsoft and their convoluted install setups. Anyone else dealing with this kind of problem?

    MSFS Photogrammetry?

    in General Discussion

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    For me, photogrammetry is off all the time....the melted trees and buildings absolutely ruin the immersion for me. I am a low and slow flyer, so I cannot ignore them....they always pull me out of immersion when I see them, and they are more then just a few. I don't miss photogrammetry at all. Definitely seems to be a user preference, whether you like it on or off.

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    Back home from the Mountains, did a lot of hiking and Jeeping.

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

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    3 minutes ago, lifejogger said:

     

    They are having lots of flooding  in that area so be careful.

    Thanks, been aware of that...we have been getting lots of rain in Colorado across the Rockies as of late. Yesterday, we were coming back from the rafting trip I was on in Utah, and due to I70 being closed due to mudslides near Glenwood Springs, we had to detour all the way out of the way and went through Rifle, Meeker, Steamboat Springs and back into Silverthorn and Breckenridge. It stormed pretty much the entire way. 

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    This Week's Meaningless Topic (#47) (July 31)

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

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    My most memorable landing was being invited to sit in the cockpit of 747 during approach and landing into Shannon Airport, Ireland, on our way to a Middle East theater of conflict. It was a charter flight for the military, so the cockpit was allowed to be open and have guests at certain phases of the flight. As we were coming into Shannon, and I started to see all the runway lights, I remember thinking how surreal it all seemed. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever have such a view from the cockpit of a 747. Super cool.

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    Gone rafting, back in a week

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

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    I know some of you all just started seeing me around here again after being on a 6 month long adventure, but I will be away for another week as of tomorrow. I am going on a week long river rafting/camping trip in Utah with other U.S. military Veterans. I've been doing this trip every year for a few years now (since I retired), but last year it was cancelled like most everything else. I will see you all here when I return in a week. 

     

    Cheers!

    Landon

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    Can we have an updated survey?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    For me, the amount of great detail and lighting that I get with very smooth performance and no stutters is probably what I enjoy most about MSFS. What I like least about it is that, as far as I know, you cannot save your pilot weight (or any of your passengers) and have to reenter it for each and every flight. It's a minor annoyance, but when you are doing several flights per session, it gets very repetitive. Something that I used to not like but is no longer an issue for me, is that figuring out MSFS and getting used to the flight model, the UI, settings etc. was really frustrating me and making me not give it enough of a chance. Once I stuck my nose to the grind stone and spent time testing settings for my PC, figuring out the UI and flying planes in MSFS, I now love everything about it. 

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    To pick an aircraft for MSFS

    in General Discussion

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    So, I went ahead and purchased two of the aircraft, the Edgley and the CH701. I have not flown the CH701 yet, but I just did some flying over the amazing Orbx EGGP Liverpool airport in the Edgley, and I have to say that, WOW! what an absolutely fun little plane! I love it! It feels like I am flying in a dragonfly, the cockpit and the textures inside and out look superb! It's super nimble and a joy to fly. Two thumbs up from me on this little gem of a plane! Great job on this one Orbx!

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    New Video about MSFS 2020

    in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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    24 minutes ago, BradB said:

    Can’t wait for the Sim update on Tuesday the 27th along with the X box release also . 

    The update will be nice, and I am interested to see it, but right now MSFS performs SO well on my system that I have no complaints. But, I'll take some more improvements anyhow :) I won't see it until the 1st of August though as I will be on a river rafting trip in Utah from 25 Jul-31Jul. 

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    To pick an aircraft for MSFS

    in General Discussion

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    Okay, I am reaching out to you all for a little help. I am wanting to purchase one (or maybe two) of the aircraft available for sale on OrbxDirect for MSFS. Those who know me know I love flying low and slow GA aircraft. With that in mind, I am trying to decide between the following three GA planes (not in any specific order):

     

    1) Jabiru J160/J170

    2) EA-7 Edgley Optica

    3) CH701 Zenith STOL

     

    For those of you who have flown any of these in MSFS, what are your thoughts? If you could only get one, which one would you get? If you could get two, which two would you get?

     

    Appreciate your thoughts and comments regarding this topic. Cheers!

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    This Week's Meaningless Topic (#46) (July 24)

    in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge

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    Oh wow, huge question for me....I grew up in SoCal and saw many many forest fires (I have US Forest Service Fire Fighter friends and my mother also worked for the USFS back when I was growing up). I also have experienced forest fires here in Colorado, especially last year. Then of course, having spent much time in the Middle East, I have experienced many, many days of 120 degree plus weather not to mention several shamal's (those are something to behold and are definitely NOT fun). 

     

    Will be interesting to see what others have experienced around the globe.

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