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Marina di Campo airport is the airport for the Italian island of Elba. It is located in the village of La Pila. Perhaps it's most famous resident in its long history was Napoleon Bonaparte, who was exiled here in early 1814 after he was dethroned. I've always wanted to visit Elba as I thought after reading a book about Napoleon , that he was on to a good thing. Cheers Kodiak 100, RexWeatherForce Live Weather, RexAccuseasons - "Summer - Peaceful Meadow setting" Now this is where I really want to be ..... Poolside! In fact that little table has my name all over it The got me loaded and I thought that all I need are passengers and I can be off. But then they all disappeared - lunch ! So instead, here I stay , out on the tarmac, in the heat , dreaming of better times

What an absolutely beautiful set of images Bernd Cheers Pete

Just one at KAVX. Just liked how it turned out Cheers Pete

Just playing around a bit. It seems to me that the latest WU9 update, included a few fixes in the 600 mb download At least my sim is liking it Cheers Pete

You have that right ! Cheers Pete

Thanks Adam Regardless, they are superb and really make this one of the best screenshots I have seen If only MS2020 could get to this standard some day .... I can only dream I guess Cheers & thanks Pete

Why is this a problem? Obviously someone put two rocks on either side of a pint & took a picture. Cheers Pete

Superb Cheers Pete

Cheers everyone Good luck to all Renault KAVX, Catalina

Hi Craig Thanks, I'm pleased that you found it of interest Yes, you are completely correct . The "devil is in the details" with such technologies and implementation is everything. It's interesting technology and certainly can bring benefits for many gamers. My own experience is that any static image looks very good, but motion, especially with edge effects can be a very different story. In that respect full native resolution still gives the best quality image for me. Not to say that these technologies aren't very, very good but there are compromises. It's one of my favourite expressions - "You can have things fast, you can have things good, or you can have things cheap. Which 2 of the 3 do you want?" So if you approach this tech with that in mind then I think most people will find settings for their particular hardware configurations that they are happy with in terms of overall smoothness and image quality. Cheers Pete

Very cool Adam Are those clouds from MS2020 as well? They look particularly impressive, especially in screenshot 2 Cheers Pete

Hi Recently I found that I was unable to log into websites that use reCAPTCHA (the pick pictures with traffic lights or tractors etc validation method )with Microsoft Edge . What would happen after entering my ID/Password the screen would flash briefly and I would get a message that CAPTACHA failed. I have tried everything I could think of (clear cache , history etc, update edge etc.etc.etc ....) Nothing worked in Edge , although Google Chrome was fine and I could use that as an alternative. As strange as it may seem , the following solution solved my problem completely If you open Edge and click crtl + shift + N , you will go into an InPrivate window. Now the reCAPTCHA validation works without any issues. Just thought this might be of help to my fellow members Cheers R

AMD recently released FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 which is their competitor product to Nvidia's DLSS 2.3 (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology. This is an interesting comparison video from a group I consider to be a reputable source for digital technology information. I hope that you find it of interest. Cheers Renault

Nice ones

Ever since SU7 I have been plagued with "random" CTD's . In SU8 they became worse , and in SU9 I could almost guarantee that I couldn't complete a session without a CTD. I highlighted the word random, because in the last week or so, I came to realize that there there were two items one of which seem to be connected with the event. 1) Not all the time, but perhaps 90% or so, a CTD was preceded by a drone toggle movement 2) Since late SU8 / SU9, my controller has been behaving "badly". By this I mean moving the joystick would often result in "jerky" camera movements or sometimes nothing at all would happen and then the drone camera would jump to the desired position, rather than moving smoothly. I was at the point where I had pretty much decided that it was just worn out , even though it was only about 2 yrs old. As a last step, I decided to do a google search and found at a MS site that there are firmware updates for XBox controllers and that if one is experiencing problems this should be the first item to check and apply if needed. I don't know the model of my controller aside from it being both blue tooth and wireless. I have it connected by wire to a USB port because I found that it just destroyed batteries which got to be expensive. However to update the firmware , you need a app from the Microsoft store called XBox accessories. Please note that for it to be able to properly update the firmware ,the controller must be connected to your computer through a USB cable. It will not update through either wifi or bluetooth, but only through its usb connection. The first time you use the App it will automatically check the controller firmware status and in my case detected that an update was necessary. Clicking update and you find it does its thing, but it is incredibly slow taking about 3 minutes for the progress bar to complete. Once it is updated , when ever you use the app you will get the following screen. As indicated in the screenshot below , click the 3 dots and you will be taken to the second screen. You can also change other items on the controller , configure buttons etc. , but I didn't need any of this so it was not investigated If you click the box with the 3 dots you will be taken to the second screen where you can check your firmware status , as well as update the firmware if that proves to be necessary If you see that no update is available it means your firmware is up to date. The results... I have had MS2020 running very stably now for about 2 1/2 hrs. with no issues . The drone movement is incredibly "silky smooth" and extremely controllable with even the smallest toggle movements. It is very much improved compared with its behaviour before the firmware update. I hope this may be of some help to my fellow members as before today, I wasn't even aware that Xbox controller firmware can/should be updated. All I can say is that at the present time I am very pleased with the first results. Hopefully MS2020 will now behave itself, but time will tell. Cheers Pete

Great Job! Excellent & realistic composition Cheers & congratulations!

Thanks Mike Cheers Pete

Thanks Wayne. Gosh , what can I say.? I'm at a loss for words Cheers All the best Pete

Thanks Landon and thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated Cheers! Pete Thank you. That made my day sir I'm really pleased to hear you enjoyed it All the best Pete Thanks ! If you look closely at the last screenshot you will see her niece The "Lady in Red" unfortunately because of Covid got stuck in Bromme But she is still around, and on duty to welcome all who journey to that wonderful spot in Oz Cheers Pete XPlane 11.5 It could be the start of something big , or maybe not Cheers I thanks Gerold

Thanks John

Adam @adambar maybe it has possibilities !!! You're inspirational Cheers R What can I say , aside from it was a default choice of all things But even through the bushes I'm, not sure But lets see if the "locals" are impressed .... Don't seem to be .... Ditto ... Little does he know what lurks on the other side of the wall Busy with other things I guess My conclusion ... Nope ... locals couldn't care less

Nice shots Adam , but the paint job ..... Not a fan! But I will give you what Landon has said @Sniper31 . It does have a certain "spunky cache" to it I have seen Lambo's with the same color and for me it's just hideous to ruin such a fine piece of precision engineering that way. But this is what makes the world such a wonderful place. As my wife says " if the world ran the way you want it too, no one would want to live in it with you dear! " I'm never sure exactly what she means Cheers

A hard choice but .... Adams top down shot for me. It is impossible to tell that it's from a sim.

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Hi I hope that other members might find this video useful I especially like that the author actually tested and reports results for a wide range of hardware options using a reasonable testing methodology. It's not perfect of course, but all I can say is that his results pretty much mirror my own experiences. Of course individual mileages will vary, but I feel it is one of the better guides I have recently seen It was released April 7, 2022 so it is current with SU7-SU8. Cheers Pete