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  1. I agree with the sentiments of the original poster.  The big benefit of using Orbx Central is that it is simply "no fuss, no muss - it just works".

     

    After wading through all the "chatter" on this subject at Avsim ,which mirrors Nicks link in most respects (thanks Nick!), I just don't have confidence

    that the methodology will be seamless and without issues.

     

    I can appreciate that there will be many who have followed this approach with success, but I have no desire to become the exception to the 

    rule.

     

    At the moment I continue to use the original product and am hopeful that Orbx will be able to do their magic to make the upgrade available 

    through  Central.

     

    Thanks 

    Pete

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  2. Hi Don

    Sorry to hear of your issues.  I don't see the issues that you were experiencing with the toolbar.

     

    For what its worth, I did see that this was reported during the SU13 beta,  and there was a workaround from a "Mr Fuzzy" that was able to 

    restore it.  However , I got the message when I went to the link at the MS site that it was removed or was private.

     

    I am assuming that you also went to the content manager and redownloaded all the items there that are indicated  that are also part of the 

    Su13 upgrade.  If you missed that part, then it will take a while as there is a lot to download, but it should solve some of the issues.

     

    With respect to Milford Sound, since New Zealand is also one of the geographical areas that was part of the SU13 update, you will need to again 

    remove the Asobo version of Milford Sound 

     

    https://nzasimulations.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NZMF_ReadMe.pdf

     

    Scroll down to page 3 for NZMF .

     

    Hope this helps

    Pete

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  3. 4 hours ago, Russ said:

    Hi Nick - The Rex Accuweather update was working fine but now I have this message.  Could you investigate as I have my Orbx order, serial number et al but still Accuseason is no longer working.  Cheers, Russ

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    Hi Russ

     

    There is a lengthy topic at Avsim ( https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/637469-new-version-of-rex-accuseason/ ) on 

    the new update.

     

    I could be mistaken, but as you have entered your Orbx details correctly and Accuseason is now no longer working,  you would need to reach

    out to Rex themselves for support , as this is not an official Orbx product,  but is only resold by them.

     

    Contact details for Rex are given in the above topic posting.  In addition, I seem to recall that there were some postings regarding the issue that you

    have encountered, so  hopefully they may be of help as well.

     

    Cheers

    Renault

     

    cc @Nick Cooper

     

  4. On 9/16/2023 at 1:33 PM, Stillwater said:

    Looks quite like the real thing. But the better the scenery, the more I miss PeopleFlow…

    Thanks Gerold

    You & me both.  Empty airport remind me too much of the last 3 yrs and the Covid times.

     

    I've always wonder why a enterprising developer didn't come up with a customizable add on that would allow

    you to place people and groups where ever you wished in  an airport.

     

    You could then customize it to your hearts content  Airports by and large depend on people for their existence.

    It would be very nice if MS2020/24 could incorporate that.

    Cheers & thanks 

    Pete

     

    On 9/16/2023 at 9:13 PM, craigeaglefire said:

    Great shots, Pete, of an exceptional scenery pack! :)

    Thanks Craig

    Cheers

    Pete

     

    On 9/16/2023 at 10:39 PM, boetie said:

    Super duper shots Pete. Picture perfect.

     

    Cheers

    Graeme :)

    Thanks Graeme

    It is really an exceptional scenery package.

    And the real thing - well I could only image what it must be like.:)

    Cheers

    Pete

     

    On 9/17/2023 at 1:22 AM, John Mac said:

    Beautiful collection of shots Pete!

    John.

    Thank you John

    All the best

    Pete

     

    On 9/17/2023 at 2:23 AM, gumbypickett said:

    They are excellent, looks a magical place.:)

    cheers

    Gumby

    Thanks Gumby

    Even in the "sim ", you get that feeling.

    It's a top tier piece of work!

    See you

    Pete

     

    On 9/17/2023 at 4:30 PM, Aussieflyer38 said:

    Wonderful shots Pete, like them a lot 🙂

     

    Don

    Thanks Don

    I hope you got yours up and running as well :)

    All the best

    Pete

     

    On 9/17/2023 at 10:50 PM, wain71 said:

    Great set Pete, looks a stunning addition..

    Thanks Wayne

    At the best part - no fps hit at all :)

    See you

    Pete

     

    On 9/18/2023 at 7:23 AM, Iain Emms said:

    Great shots.

    cheers

    Iain

    Thanks Iain!

    See you

    Pete

     

    On 9/18/2023 at 9:06 AM, carlosqr said:

    Fantastic shots as usual Pete

    Great angles and lightning

    Cheers

    Carlos

    Thanks Carlos:)

    You can really get immersed in it

    NZA has made an outstanding creation

    Cheers

    Pete

     

    On 9/17/2023 at 8:39 AM, BradB said:

    Looks great Pete !! .

    Thanks John!

    Cheers

    Pete

     

    8 hours ago, Eberhard Haberkorn said:

    Milford seems to be the location of choice!

     

    Another absolutely stunning set.

    Thanks Eberhard :)

    Once you have been there, you just want to keep going back

    Cheers

    Pete

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  5. 8 minutes ago, renault said:

    Thanks Nick

    I was aware of that & found the required info.

    However the registration also requires the order number, which unfortunately I no longer have

    Cheers

    Pete

    Apologies Nick

    Sorry

    I didn't fully read your response , regarding the transaction number

    Cheers

    Pete

  6. 3 minutes ago, Nick Cooper said:

    Hello,
    if it was installed, or still is, then the serial number is in Documents\REX 6\REX AccuSeason\profile.xml.

    Thanks Nick

    I was aware of that & found the required info.

    However the registration also requires the order number, which unfortunately I no longer have

    Cheers

    Pete

  7. Just now, Nick Cooper said:

    Hello Pete, 
    sorry I have no information on that subject at all.

    Thanks Nick.

    It appears that I have lost the original purchase information from Orbx Central , so 

    I guess I will just be in "hope & wait mode" .

    Thanks again

    Pete

  8. Hi Don

     

    I also had some elevation mismatches, which I eliminated by temporally  deactivating the Orbx New Zealand mesh package.

     

    I use addon linker, so it is easy to reactivate when I am outside of the NZMF region addon areas.  I find the Orbx addon

    really adds a lot to the scenery  to have it turned on.

     

    Hope you get  it all working. NZMF is a superb piece of work.  

    Really makes me want to go there to visit:):)

     

    Cheers

    Pete

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  9. Hi John

    I have used both over time, and now have  hardwired connection, which I prefer.

     

    Before I come to any conclusions on wifi, I would try to rerun the test as close as possible to your wifi signal source.'

    Although your wife's laptop gets a similar throughput , both are being  influenced by the topography of your home environment.

    It seems to be the nature of the beast with wifi.  

     

    As an example, with wifi6 on my phone, walking around the house with the little speed meter I have on it,  i get anything from around 40-75 mb/sec to close to 

    900 mb/sec when I am physically right beside one of the wifi access points. So from my observations in my home, my best answer is that it will vary a lot, depending

    on where you are and how near/far you are from the signal source and what is between you and the source.

     

    Hence my comment to getting an observation point as close to the signal source as possible to establish a reference point.

     

    Streaming to MS2020, seems to be fine with anything between 35 - 50 mb/sec as a minimum , so from my experience wifi is workable.

    The ethernet direct connection to my machine is 1.9 GB/sec and the only time that I honestly see the benefit  is dowloading very large files ( updates 

    are a breeze) or when streaming videos.  Just anecdotal information ,  but whenever I have watched streaming download speeds form the Azure side when running MS2020, it peaks at around 200 mb/sec and is normally  around 100 mb/sec. 

     

    This gives a rock solid performance with MS2020, and fingers crossed, but I don't see any artifacts with data streaming for MS2020 that are normally

    discussed on other websites.

     

    With wifi , I did see some latency in scenery loading when I had a 60 mb/sec max download wifi speed.  With a hardwired connection  that so far is now past history.

    This is the one reason I prefer a hardwired connection.

     

    The other issue with wifi, and this may be influencing your speeds is how close you are to your neighbours and which channels they are broadcasting on. Where we live this is an issue even with 5GHZ.  In your case, if you can change the channels on your router, with a little bit of detective work with one of the wifi apps on your phone, you may be able to find  a channel or channels that are less busy , and that could help your speeds significantly.

     

    Bottom line though for my situation, we have so much interference on wifi, that a wired connection is a much preferred option

    Cheers

    Pete

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  10. Hi Wayne

     

    Hopefully the following will be of some help to you.

     

    This is a good video and I recommend watching it all the way through as all you need to take away from it is the logic of how camera views can be saved 

    and retrieved.  It is also very useful if you decide that you want to modify a view you have and resave the modified view **

     

     

     

    Now for the The easy way to views ....

    Go to the following link at flightsim.to  and download the custom camera views package. 

    You won't actually have to go through any of the steps in the video , as everything is set up for the authors choice

    of basic views.

     

    https://flightsim.to/file/21684/custom-cameras-and-views-for-almost-every-airplane

     

    Following the instructions for installation (it is very straightforward) and after you have installed the package,  start up MS2020 and

    go to your aircraft of choice. Go into the cockpit camera view and then just press the number keys to cycle through the camera views .

     

    The author of this package has created custom camera views for just about every plane available and he is very good at updating it.

    If you have an aircraft that is not available in the package, you can follow the steps in the video to create your own

     

    **Also if you prefer a particular variation   of a view in the package , you can simply move your mouse/keyboard arrow keys to rearrange to your liking

    and then save the new view . As described in the video, all you do to save a view is crtl + F(a number i.e, F7 as in crtl +F7) . This then saves that view to your

    number 7 key and when you are in that aircraft, pressing the number 7 key will retrieve that view for you.

     

     Just remember to use the same num key for your save as the one you used to get that view from the package or you will

    overwrite another different view ,  i.e. if you retrieved the view with the number 7 key as in the above example, to resave your modification, use crtl + F7 to save

    your new customized view to the number 7 key.

     

    You can of course, modify all the views for the aircraft you fly, if you  want.  I just find that most of  of the package views are 

    all I need and this is the quickest way I know to get to the end result.

     

    And lastly just check in Options > General > Camera (NOT the in-flight Camera Menu)  make  sure that Height, Horizontal Position, and Zoom are all set to 50.

    These are global settings and if they are different from 50, then all views will not display correctly.

     

    This is a very old bug in MS2020 and what I have noticed through various updates is sometimes it gets fixed and is at a default setting of 50 (Oh joy - they fixed it :))

    only to find in the next sim update that it has shifted again . Currently in Simupdate 12 , it seems to be back at 50.

     

    However since it is global you only need to check and reset if necessary and you are good until another sim update requires a rinse and repeat cycle.

     

    Hope this is of help

    Cheers

    Pete

     

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