I got "Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots Real World Training" via Amazon yesterdayt for £13 and it is a great book - very well presented with lots of really good information that isn't in FSX help. There are also charts, FSX replays, saved fli…
Soz - couldn't resist!!!, Have you not seen those annoying benecol sponsorship ads before the weather on Channel Five then? - No need to reply, I can see this conversation going way off tangent into the realms of stupidity :-)
Slewing can be a useful tool if you want to position your aircraft at a precise location - other than that I see no use for it!
Note - If you are at ground-level and slew your aircraft you will not crash into any buildings, as such you can use it t…
Carl,
FSX relies more on CPU power than GPU unless you are using Bloom effects which require each frame to be rendered 3 times instead of once - hence a more powerful GPU (such as a nVidia GTX280/295) will provide some FPS increase and stability bu…
Thomas,
I have a Dell XPS 420 with a Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz that I have overclocked to 3.3Ghz using a 1mm piece of insulation tape and a freeware tool called "SetFSB" - I have also overclocked my nVidia 8600GTS. I am running Vista 32bit SP2 with FSX Gold E…
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I have responded to a post made in the "FSX" group on Facebook relating to problems getting in to GameSpy in FSX multiplayer so for everyone's benefit am posting it here...
Open your fsx.CFG file
in Vista it will be in:... Read more
C:\Users\XXXX…