phil t Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I am happy to say I've had NO issues with Orbx running FSX SP1 other than its awesome. Koorby says I need SP2 to see all things proper like. Well, maybe I won't see my ported aircraft from FS9 too proper if I install SP2. I particulary like Tim Conrad's Storch painted for my own use plus the Taylorcraft Auster WWII Aus Camo I have. ( its quite relaxing to be able to take a nap on finals). Anyone tried these a/c in SP2? Secondly, if I want to return to SP1 is it a complete re-install of FSX? Any advice here welcome. My puter is only marginal for FSX (but OK ) and some nvideo driver considerations are delaying any upgrades for a while. Cheers everyone from the Gold Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuywithaBeer Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 For your second question, from memory, you can do it in the add/remove programs part of control panel. I've had a world of trouble with Acceleration and/or SP2 (FSX would refuse to load**) that resulted in me having to uninstall it and stick with SP1. ** to this day still no idea, so Accelleration was the best waste of $40 bucks ever... wonder if it has anything to do with running DX10 on Win XP.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy Cheese Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 DX10 does not work in XP, only in Vista, as far as I know, so there may lie part of your problem. Cheers Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil t Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hi Guywithabeer, I went ahead and bought acceleration. Mine also failed to install twice. I finally decided it didn't like my virus protection so after switching them off it installed OK. My take is definitely better frame rates (set unlimited) and FSWC seems happier also - still experimenting there. I do get more blurries than before after switching views. The new aircraft are a bit ho hum for me as I like to land fixed wings in suburban backyards and stuff. Aside: will Mr Conrad redo the storch or no? So, is Acceleration worth the money? For better fps, yes. My FTX scenery looks a bit different somehow also. Can't hardly wait for AU Green and will we get the big reef? Anyway, thanks for your replies guys and 'bye from the Hinterland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 just for info, IF, you are using XP then it's "strongly" adviced to update that to SP3 as there is a noticable performance increase with fsX+SP1+Acceleration. and stay away from the DX10 humbug as it doesn't bring anything but annoyances when you're running XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil t Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 SP3? What and where is SP3? I looked at fsinsider site - nix about SP3. to self: methinks I need a really good avtar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 phil, IF, you are using XP then it's "strongly" adviced to update that to SP3 as there is a noticable performance increase with fsX+SP1+Acceleration I never ever mentioned SP3 beeing fo fsX, I referred to Service Pack 3 for XP note to phil: read first, try to understand what's beeing said, then react. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwlee Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 ...and your blurries are due to setting "Unlimited". Set to 20 or 22FPS and you'll have a better experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil t Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 Thanks for the tip Markwlee. I have tried various frame rate settings and I agree blurries a bit worse at unlimited but then sometimes my fps gets a bit low at that setting. With a 2.6 cpu its always a compramise. I'm fairly happy though considering how little my computer cost to build. Next year I might buy a Cray. :o Cheers Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfoxut Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I was also worried about installing Sp2 but I heard that some of the autogen and effects wouldn't work from Au Blue without it so I installed it beforehand and it gave me an incredible boost in performance (also using the tweaks in the manual) now going over forests is so smooth and that is where I would have the most trouble. I havn't had a problem yet with it, my Aerosoft planes all had patches out that fixed the Sp2 problems so I'm happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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