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Thanks Iain Cheers Pete Thank you Adam. Some of the older buildings very much remind me of Celle, which I visited often. Now that is a architectural masterpiece of the first order. Unbelievable what they did back then - and not a computer in the lot, except for the stellar ones between their ears Cheers Pete Hi Andy Thank you . I'm pleased you enjoyed them Cheers Pete Thanks John! See you Pete Maybe someday ...... Thank you. I'm pleased you liked them See you Pete Thanks Martyn Cheers Pete Thank you Gerold Coming from you as almost a local , I am humbled and very pleased you enjoyed them Cheers Pete Thanks JM See you Pete

Just as a general comment. Overall, I am very pleased with how MS2020 works . It is indeed a work in progress and one just has to accept it for what it is at the moment. What turned out to be a "natural disaster" for me was related to the Windows Store and the complications this created during the MS2020 update process. I know my way a bit around computers, and even after several phone conversations with MS support directly, they were unable to come up with either a plausible explanation for why I had the issues I did, or more importantly how to fix them. I finally decided to write off my investment and repurchase MS2020 from Steam. This has worked out very well. We may not fully appreciate how wonderfully designed and functional the Orbx Central store actually is. I have dreams wishing that MS2020 could be updated through that medium instead. But it is what it is as they say. Individual mileage will of course vary and this was just my particular experience. When MS2020 is running, "I love it to death" but the update process still fills me with trepidation. My solution to the problem though is to use Acronis True Image and I keep a backup of my complete current MS2020 installation. If things go south during the updating process , I just delete the contents of my MS2020 directory , reinstall and redo the update. Has only happened once, but it was trivial to recover ..... much better than having to reinstall everything from a MS server. Many people I know, don't have issues with updating and I didn't for months. Then one day I did . The MS Store approach seems to me, to be a somewhat convoluted install process . The steam process simply removes this part of the equation. Once into MS2020, the update process is the same for every one. As I said, I only wish that it could be installed through Orbx Central and then life for me would be good. Cheers Pete

My word , did your comment give me as close to the old "ticker" attack as I have ever experienced A 1060 indeed.... what on earth ! Luckily , I looked at your system specs and read RTX 2060 super - the same as moi . Phew !!! 9700K and at 1440 p . Just beautiful with everything on Ultra Cheers Pete

My good friend Carlos @carlosqr gave a superb and enchanting overview of so much that Frankfurt has to offer. Me, I couldn't afford transport for the aerial views, so I just trudged along in between snow showers. So you'll have to make due .... this is all I have to offer, but I do hope you enjoy it. It is a superb and fascinating addon. The magicians at Orbx have done the city proud Cheers Pete You all have done this I'm sure. Arrive for a business meeting late in the day (pre Covid), only have time for a quick walk about, before meeting colleagues for dinner and then meetings all the next day and back to the airport in the afternoon. So much to see and so little time. I hope that I can go back again some day It would be a wonderful thing to do to take one of these boats on a beautiful summers evening. I must remember this for when I come back. This one I got from a "guy" on the street ...... . He told me that he has a friend from Costa Rica, who flies and had visited the city recently, or maybe I told him that. Jetlag and hunger make for odd bedfellows ...... He seemed very nice though and I actually thought he might have known Carlos. It was only when I got back to my room that I realized I was missing a few possessions

The need for speed ..... it's an absolute blast to fly Cheers Pete

This is really excellent news ! Of course everyone has their additions as we all have our particular spots of the planet that we enjoy the most. A gentle "plug" for an area that has always been something special for me since I began flight simming so many years ago. I really miss Bowerman. It was just so neat in FSX and for me became a classic. When asked by friends about Orbx my answer was always the same. Spectacular scenery that is a must have, but check out Bowerman and you will see why I enjoy what they do so much I appreciate that your plate is full for this year, but would it be possible at some point in the future to make stopping off at the "Luna Cafe" a reality again for MSFS. It would be a classic reborn But for now your roadmap will give all of us many happy hours to look forward to. Well done folks, very well done indeed! Cheers Pete

Good luck everyone & Happy Easter Cheers Pete KSBA, Santa Barbara

This is a little tip that I hope you will find useful It is applicable to both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge which are based on the same Chromium browser engine. Both web browsers are colour managed browsers which means that they can use specific colour profile files to control what colours you actually see when viewing a website image, such as our beloved screenshot forum. The colour profile file is like a little colour dictionary that tells your monitor how to pick the right colour to match up with the colour on the image when it was created originally. The standard range of colours on the web is called sRGB and this is the default colour range for windows based pc's. Monitor manufacturers will provide profile files for specific monitors that they make, however since most of us just plug in the monitor we end up using the windows system default profile which is an average sRGB colour profile. However if we are using a higher resolution monitor than a standard 1080p monitor or what as called a wide gamut monitor , regardless of its resolution, your monitor has the ability to display a much wider range of colours than the standard sRGB profile. As a result , when viewing a web image on a wide gamut monitor we may see different colours than what was created by the originator of the image. In addition, the image hosting service we use, especially if we are using an anonymous account, may not provide any colour info with the image to the web browser, because they assume it will be sRGB. So it is quite possible to end up with quite a wide variability in how an image may look to different viewers. The interesting aspect of all of this is that I have found that regardless of the monitor in use, you generally will see much deeper , richer colours in both Goggle Chrome and MS Edge by specifically setting the colour profile in the browser to sRGB rather than leaving it at its default setting. For a wide gamut monitor as an example , Chrome or Edge will end up using the much wider colour range of the monitor profile and sometimes look quite out of place. I don't use a TV as a monitor, however I had passed this on to my friend who does and his comment was he was pretty impressed with how much better everything looked. So all I can say is give it a whirl , as with most things computer related , individual mileage will vary. Recently I upgraded my monitor and was having this problem when viewing different web based images. This simple change has certainly helped my individual viewing experience. I hope this of interest and help to my fellow members Cheers Pete How to change Browser colour profile Unfortunately, there is not simple setting in either browser called colour profile. Here is how you can access it: 1) Open either browser 2) Enter chrome://flags/#force-color-profile in the search bar of your browser. Please note that both Chrome & Edge are based on the chromium browser engine and the chrome:// is referring to this, not Google Chrome As soon as you do this you will see the item Force color profile. Initially it will be shown as Default and you want to change it to sRGB as shown . As soon as you have done this, click Restart at the bottom of the panel and you are finished. Please note if you don't like the result, you can always revert it back to the Default settings Have a look at screenshots in the forum. In some cases, the range of colour and depth of colour change is quite significant.

Good one folks , very, very good indeed Cheers Pete

I have a great interest in the technical aspects of image rendering and the lighting engines that are used in gaming engines, I became acquainted with the RTX 3090 through areas of interest that I follow in that technology side. I would like to thank both of you, @B12 and Piotr @PiotrMKG for your openness in documenting the technical details of what you are doing and your willingness to answer questions and provide clear and in-depth explanations of the requirements in building these kind of systems. For me you are the best of what members at Orbx bring to discussions and are both very clearly "Ambassadors of the art of the possible" with respect to very high end hardware solutions. I have learned a great deal regarding the technology options available and I would like to thank you for what you are doing. It is appreciated Cheers Pete

Thank you Piotr Your information and comments on your experiences is really helpful to me. Although my replacement card will be a later in the year purchase, I will now definitely have a serious discussion with my computer store about water cooling when I make the purchase. Cheers Pete

Hi Nick Yes they are very expensive indeed. As I mentioned to Piotr , I am thinking of upgrading my RTX2060 super to a RTX3070 variant , once supply stabilizes etc. On the other hand , my 2060 works very well for my needs at 2K for both MS2020 and XPlane so it is more a later in the year decision. I wrote the ZenDesk regarding DX12 last year as I am quite interested in implementation in MS2020. They mentioned that they are very much aware that most users have 8GB cards, and I have now read in their latest updates that they hope that to use DX12 to optimize and hopefully reduce VRAM requirements. The 3090 is an exceptional card and it is very nice to read how a member is utilizing his skills in installing it in what is by all accounts a computer system that most of us would only dream of having. That is what I enjoy about Orbx forums. It allows so many different interests to be discussed in an open and helpful dialogue Cheers Pete

Thank you Piotr I understand now completely. Growing up I was an amateur radio enthusiast and I used to design and build all my own equipment, so I am familiar with such ideas. The same concept is used on the final RF amplifier stage in an amateur radio transmitter The advantage is that we can use a large separate finned heat sink containing the power transistors which can be mounted optimally , away from the rest of the electronics if needed so it makes the cooling solution more flexible. Thanks Pete

Hi Piotr This is an excellent photograph. I have read and watched youtube videos when various people have talked about how large a 3090 is, but no none took a very practical approach as you did to illustrate it so nicely All of us can relate to the size of a 1080 and your comparison really shows how massive this new gpu is. In fact it seems to me that it is might be physically too large to fit into many existing cases. My plan , when stock becomes available is to upgrade my existing gpu to a RTX3070 which my computer store assures me will fit nicely in my existing system. They also suggested that I might want to consider water cooling for the card which they would do for me (they have built all my gaming computers) I see that you are using the Heatkiller IV water cooling block on the 1080. At their website they make models for all the 3000 series of cards as well. Is this what you will use on your 3090. The reason I ask is that they mentioned that I might be interested in that brand as well which they recommend and use. I have no experience with water cooling so it is a thoughtful decision for me. I struggle with the idea of having conductive fluids in my computer is my big concern. Thanks Pete

Card will be modded, I will replace 5 mili Ohm shunts with 3 mili Ohm ones, I will rise power limit from 480W to ca. 850W, add some SP capacitors on the back. I'm just curious. It is surprising to me that lowering the shunt resistance from 5 to 3 will increase the power limit by such a large amount , so I feel I don't understand what is occurring. . I can understand adding additional capacitors for noise filtering as that seems to have been an issue from launch. Also does this mean that you will have a very advanced water cooling solution with this change - basically on a gpu more electricity = more performance, but more electricity also means much more heat to be dissipated. Its hard to understand how air cooling would be adequate. Thank you Pete

To była moja nieudana próba zażartowania Przepraszam i przepraszam za zamieszanie. Kiedy ostatnio byłem w moim sklepie komputerowym, mieli kilka na półce, ale powiedzieli mi, że są tak bardzo poszukiwani, że musisz zatrudnić ludzi, którzy będą cię pilnować w drodze do domu. Kiedy powiedziałem mojej żonie, roześmiała się i powiedziała, i założę się, że chcą od ciebie zapłacić dodatkową opłatę za ochronę i musielibyśmy też nakarmić ich obiadem! Jesteś bardzo szczęśliwy, że masz tak wspaniałe GPU. Przepraszam za moją kiepską próbę żartu. Pete Mój ojciec był Polakiem, ale niestety nigdy nie nauczyłem się języka. Szczerze tego żałuję, więc mam nadzieję, że to dobrze się tłumaczy.

Very nice sir! Just one question - did the armed guards for a year to protect it and you from the nefarious types who want a really superb gpu cost extra or was it included in the price ? Cheers Pete

The purpose of this note is to document some recent issues I have been having with Windows 10 power management in the hopes that my experiences may be helpful to other members. Issues that I have been experiencing 1) For the longest time I would be disconnected from the Orbx messenger system after about 20 - 30 mins and then would have to log back in again, sometimes losing a PM I was composing in the process. 2) In MS2020, especially if I was on autopilot with the A320 Neo, and disconnected it and started moving my joystick quite often I would find that the joystick would be unresponsive for a few seconds and then suddenly come alive so to speak. I did not have this issue with XPlane, but then again, in XPlane I never fly on autopilot. I assumed that this behaviour was simply one of the many "work in progress" issues as MS2020 develops. 3) Very recently , since the last Win10 update ( H2 Windows experience pack) I started experiencing some downright odd behaviour with some of my usb devices , i.e. in the middle of typing my keyboard would disconnect etc. I spent two days with cabling etc, thinking that I had either a dodgy cable or usb port and was just about ready to order a new keyboard. What I discovered: By default, it seems that Win10 assumes that the OS is assigned on a laptop with respect to many of the power management settings. I assumed that I had corrected for all of this by changing my power management settings to Ultimate Performance which should mean that everything receives full power all the time. Steps to do this are as follows: a) Go to Power Options , select Ultimate Performance and then select Choose when to turn off the display This will then take you to the following screen - select Change Advanced Power Settings Which in turn will take you to this screen . The recommended fix from Microsoft for my item 3 issue (keyboard disconnect) was to ensure that the following setting was changed Please note , that I have always done this before. This is one of the items related to the "assumption that the device is a laptop" , as this item in its default configuration allows the OS to turn off power to USB ports to save on power consumption if the OS determines that the USB port is not in use. However, the criteria for "not in use" seems to be somewhat dubious. So you want to change the setting from Enabled to Disabled as shown. Also check that Turn off hard disk is set to Never, as on my system the default setting was 15 minutes. Since I had , in the past changed these settings but now found that they were enabled i.e. USB selective suspend setting was set to Enabled again, that the last H2 Features update had somehow reset things. This all was easy to do, but unfortunately it did absolutely nothing to solve my issues. I finally discovered that going to Device Manager , in my case held the key. The following slide is an example for all the USB ports. The Power Management tab had the item Allow computer to turn off this device to save power checked as its default setting. Although this is a bit tedious, I went through all my USB controller items and found that where ever there was a Power Management setting for the device, the default setting was checked to allow the device to be turned off to save power. I unchecked this setting in all instances . In addition, my wifi device had the same setting checked as a default, which explained the disconnect issue I kept experiencing ( I was logged on to Orbx forums last night for over 3 hours without issues). Making these changes and rebooting my machine I now find that in MS2020, my joystick controller now responds instantly to input, my XBox controller (which again is connected through a USB connection) is instant, whereas in hindsight I now realize that it had a slight lag before when it started. And of course my wifi connection is now stable . I hope that this note will be of interest and potential help to my fellow members. It seems that everyone's system is different , and you may not experience what I did, but I hope that this little note will serve as a convenient guide to check these items. Cheers Pete

Hi TTM I have XPlane on a 1 TB Samsung T5 Portable SSD. It uses a USB 3.0 connection and works like a charm Cheers Pete

Two words - "Simply Outstanding !!!" Cheers Renault

To all at Orbx who made this happen! And Tony's guidance @Tony Wroblewski Thank you Cheers Pete

Hello Empire If your changes to fsx.cfg don't help as much as you would like, you might try reducing the sharpening setting and increasing the film grain setting to see if you can reduce/eliminate the "sharpening flicking dots". Sharpening is very much an exercise in moderation & fine adjustments - too much can introduce any number of artifacts. And ultimately sometimes it can't be reduced to a satisfactory level, in which case you might have to decide whether to use it or not. Renault

I've provided a little more detail on the approach in the XPlane 11 , Tips & Techniques Section Cheers Renault

The latest driver update ( 441.41) now includes this option for OpenGl and Vulkan I have been using the previous version on some non XPlane applications (DX11 & DX12 api) and have been very pleased with the results Cheers R