Classic British Flight Sim

Sorry, Ben. I'm not explaining myself very well. I was trying not to hijack Dave's thread too much by keeping it brief! I don't want to make him any grumpier than he already is

What I meant about the models is the quality of detail and finish on FSX models such as Rick's fantastic Hawk and Jetstream and the Catalina. They look absolutely amazing and if that was the type of simming I preferred, I'd have no hesitation in using FSX. If that sort of finish and detail were found in a new, built for FSX 1-11, for instance, I would need to have it immediately! But DM's models don't work any better in FSX than they do in FS9 so there's no benefit to me in changing over.

Thanks for your offer of help, btw.

Ian

(sorry about the thread, Dave )

No worries matey, I'm a bit slow on the uptake today - all makes perfect sense now

Hi Ian

Thats a big reason why i stopped making FS9 stuff

it looks flat and lifeless after a FSX model and no amount of tweaking gets the model to look good enough in FS9
and FSDS is a begger to output a FS9 model unless you start again for the FS9 model

Regards
Rick

No.. having spent a bit of time in both recently, I have to agree with Rick's comment. Much of what FSX can do is of little or no interest to me but native FSX models (if done well) do look considerably better in FSX than their FS9 counterparts.. which is just about what Ian said above. The old models neither look nor perform any better in FSX (in some cases, they're worse in the newer sim) so why 'go over' if what you fly isn't correctly represented
I only 'play' in FSX Ian.. I don't use it for day-to-day simming. I like the ships and 'trapping' on a moving object and I like GenXv2. You really can navigate VFR by using nothing more than a road map but that is a little difficult in a VC10 or 1-11 I don't go outside the UK in it so it's a nice diversion.. like Call of Duty every now and again

Having defragged my FSX drive overnight and read that article highlighted by Dan, FSX may be running a little better though I still got one 5sec pause while panning frantically outside. I also found that by setting the target framerate to unlimited as recommended in said article, I get a conflict with my onboard sound sometimes.. depending on the aircraft I'm in. This manifests itself as a 'knocking' sound audible every 2 or 3 seconds and the 'knock' coincides with a slight judder on screen. It did show rather dramatic framerates though.. mid to high 200's! When I chopped to the Jetstream from the default Cessna, this dropped to around 120fps In the event, I've dropped it to a locked 60fps though with our electrical supply being 50hz.. 50fps (if possible) might be a better option. We'll see

ATB

DaveB

DaveB wrote:In the event, I've dropped it to a locked 60fps though with our electrical supply being 50hz.. 50fps (if possible) might be a better option.

And remember if you decide to run FSX on a laptop purely from the battery, remember to drop down to 0fps to match the Zero Hz of the battery

Jim

Cheers Jim.. I'll remember that

ATB

DaveB

best thing i have heard in ages

Regards
Rick

Compters have a mind of their own anyway

Mine for example, often pauses for no appar
















ant reason

99% of all computer errors can be traced to a single fault, invariably it's because:

there's a nut loose on the keyboard

Jim

Almost certainly JIm