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    Days gone by - DC-6B

    in Community Screenshots

    Posted

    Top shots Adam.  I was surprised I hadn't seen any DC-6 shots yet.  It looks great in MSFS.

     

    I love that video.  What a beast of a plane.  I suspect it would have garnered the same reaction back in the day as an A380 does today.

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    MSFS Memory Leak

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I haven't noticed any memory leaks as such, but haven't really measured the memory either.  I did hear third hand about a post on the MSFS forums where someone mentioned that upgrading from 32GB to 64GB made their sim a lot smoother and stopped a lot of micropauses and stuttering..  This would suggest to me some type of overuse of memory.  There would be more information on the MSFS forums about this.  I am curious too.  Unfortunately I bought 4 x 8GB sticks of RAM with my last PC, so an upgrade to RAM would mean a complete replacement up to 4 x 16GB sticks of RAM.  I really thought 32GB was futureproofing to some extent when I built my PC just a couple of years ago, but it seems now that more RAM may be beneficial with some programs, and apparently with MSFS.  Not sure if this is is a bug though, because requiring over 32GB of RAM does seem a bit of a stretch, and well above the sim's specifications.

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    Program loading blocked.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Don,

     

    You can try using another browser to download.  If you are using Chrome, try using Microsoft Edge (previously Internet Explorer).  I assume you are downloading directly from FSDT?

     

    Usually you can allow a program through even if Chrome does block it.  Not sure why it would block GSX anyway, but if you click on the options on the download page if it has been blocked you should be able to allow it through.  Probably easiest to just try MS Edge first though.

     

    Cheers,

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    YWLM Airport - Orbx

    in General Discussion

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    As much as I would love to see this happen I do not see it happening unfortunately.  I cannot speak for Orbx development or management, but in the past any thought of developing a military airport has been quickly quashed by the fact that you are not allowed to take photos at military installations.  A scenery development is founded on the photos that are originally taken to create textures, models, layouts, details etc.  Without such photos unfortunately it is not practical to develop an airport.  I have witnessed first hand the (understandable) strictness of the rule against any photography at military installations, and there doesn't seem to be any way around that.

     

    Cheers,

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    Conflict of controls P3Dv4/MSFS

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Aussieflyer38 said:

    Hi Scott, just got my rig back from the repair shop, so hence the delay in replying. 

    I managed to reassign my throttle/mix/prop so they all now work correctly as in full travel etc, only thing  now that I can't get sorted, is, before they all worked together whether I'm flying a single engine or twin, now in a twin on the aircraft the they only work on one engine. Once again, never had this problem before. Can you help with this please.

     

    Don

     

     

    Hi Don,

     

    If you have one throttle then you need to assign throttle to "Throttle axis".  Like this:

     

    bMPt7Zc.jpg

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    If you had two throttles then you can assign them to "Engine 1 throttle axis" and "Engine 2 throttle axis".  Like this:

     

    PtmJVu8.jpg

     

     

     

     

    Cheers,

     

     

     

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    Conflict of controls P3Dv4/MSFS

    in General Discussion

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    Hi Don,

     

    It sounds as if you have somehow ended up with pitch and roll assigned to your throttle axis in P3D.  I have had this occur in DCS but never in P3D, although I have had other issues with controls in DCS.  Have you checked all the axis assignments for your throttle in the P3D controls settings?

     

    If you like, attach a copy of your "Standard.xml" file which contains your control settings and I will take a look.  You can find it at:

     

    .......\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Controls\Standard.xml

     

    Cheers,

     

     

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    The Orbx Community Discord is live now!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, olderndirt said:

    Clicked on and was told 'invalid invite' - are they trying to tell me something? 

     

    I had that on the first try too.  What I did was to open the Discord app (program) on my PC, and then clicked on that link which gave me the invite code in the address bar at the top.  I think you may have to just be signed in to Discord when you click on that invite link.  Discord is available as a website on your browser, or there is also program on your PC, which will probably be required if you ever want to use the chat/voice functions.  Discord is great for multiplayer or group flights, as you simply set up your microphone/headset in Discord, and then it is just a matter of clicking once on the relevant voice channel when you want to chat on it.

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    Willkommen in Frankfurt! Coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator soon!

    in Orbx Preview Announcements, Screenshots and Videos

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Marek2704 said:

    Does anyone have any news about EDDF for FS2020?

    And a cheap credit line ;)

     

    I think the default (handcrafted) EDDF is quite good, and quite detailed.  It is one of the handcrafted airports if you have the premium deluxe edition of the simulator.  If you don't have that edition, then I guess you will be looking out for a payware version ;).

     

    https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/flight-simulator-airport-list-standard-deluxe-premium-hand-crafted-airport-listed-7043

     

    Auscene Aldinga

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 4/2/2021 at 4:43 AM, David Woodford said:

    I realise that it’s not in the Orbx Central app, but we are absolutely loving the new partner Auscene MSFS freeware for Aldinga, South Australia. 

     

    I think it’s my son’s favourite airport add-on full stop. 
     

    David

     

     

    It really is very good.  I have visited the airport many times, and flown out of it a couple of times (once in the yellow Tigermoth represented in the scenery) and AUscene have really done an amazing job with it.  The accuracy of the details is incredible.

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    Orbx airports visited in real life - a rolling story

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Yeah, I don't mind Jetstar.  I have flown Jetstar, Tiger and Qantas although only on short flights, between Melbourne and Adelaide or Melbourne and Sydney.  I found the flights and the service to be similar amongst the three, although Qantas usually provide a free breakfast,lunch or dinner, depending on the time.  But then I probably paid 50% more for the Qantas tickets.  My best flight between Sydney and Melbourne was a Jetstar flight when I had all three seats to myself on a 787!  It was a transfer/pickup flight before heading off to Bali.

     

    I did have a return flight booked with Jetstar to Hawaii, and they did annoy me when my direct flight was later changed to a changeover at Sydney, with a long wait in between flights.  As it turned out I didn't go anyway, because that was just last year and the flights were cancelled totally due to Covid.  I was provided a voucher refund which can be used for multiple flights, so I was happy with that.

    Announcing Landmarks Singapore City Pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator

    in Orbx Preview Announcements, Screenshots and Videos

    Posted

    On 1/21/2021 at 7:52 AM, Abriael said:

     

    Hope the Orbx team doesn't mind me mentioning it since it's another dev (but it was already mentioned above even if the date changed, so I hope it's fine). I recently heard from Imaginesim, and they also plan to release WSSS in February. Perfect match :D

     

    Almost feels like a new partnership in the making...

     

     

     

     

     

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