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Exploring all the airports in the custom scenery for X-Plane: Canadian Rockies. Mar 1

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GlowWorm replied to Michael Cohen's discussion 'New to X plane' in the group X-Plane

Not sure about UK, but you can order it through x-plane.com (or some deals on eBay). In the UK, do check that the distribution does contain the Mac-version. Some are limited to Win only. As for joysticks, one with rudder (built-in or separate) would…

yesterday

GlowWorm replied to Mark Avey's discussion 'What's your favourite X-Plane scenery?' in the group X-Plane

Meanwhile I've acquired Canadian Rockies. And combined with the WinterWorld 2 scenery mod, it looks really nice. Other than that the EHAM scenery by Michel van der Mheen is very complete and looks like the real thing.

yesterday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Only new and current designs would require the latest XP, if the designer uses the latest PlaneMaker to create it. I keep specific model releases that are specific to a given XP release. But yeah, those new releases could be a compelling reason to c…

yesterday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

The XP flight sim to me is as close I can get to the immersion of flying - I'm OK with that. As mentioned, I stopped implemention new and improved versions of XP. I'm tired of that, as I have done the chasing for better setups and programs (Have pur…

yesterday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

As my Linux box is solely for flight sim, I got 5 full versions of XP: 8.64 (#), 9.22 (#), 9.31 (#), 9.45 and 9.50B. Those marked w/ (#) are locked setups where no changes will be applied. This all reminds me to: change it, love it, leave it. I'm in…

on Wednesday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Nope, I'm in EU. I do wish I'm in Northam, WA or Mandurah, WA. How about you? As for Laminar. I fail to understand their design logic which often screws up compatibility with previous versions. FOr example, think Save Situation option. What they me…

on Wednesday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Rephrase, pls. lost you.

on Tuesday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Aloha Chip, yes, the market will take care (of a biz), and I won't be disappointed if that means that biz goes down as a result. I also agree that it'd be very nice if XP has this functionality as part of the set. Whether Laminar is the one to take…

on Tuesday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

xNOTAM Found on net. This is for Win nVidia users. I've had two hard shut down when I was experimenting with COD Modern Warfare (after I was done w/ XP 9.40 Win) and playing for 5 to 10 min. The symptoms were extremely hot Gfx exhaust and weird fan…

on Tuesday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

The only reason I was patient with GoodWay 4.x Linux, is cos I know what fun v.3 has given me, and still gives me (fact is: there's no real alternative for me). I plan the flight, load it into the FMS and off I go on Autopilot when I'm lazy - otherw…

on Tuesday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Had to look it up: Self Loading Freight. LOL.

on Sunday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Cruising from Sydney to Esperance, WA in my Starship 2000A.

on Sunday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

More funny note: A guy walks into a pet store and is looking at the animals on display. While in there, an engineer from the local airport walks in and says to the shopkeeper, "I'd like a Line Service monkey, please." The clerk nods, goes to a cag…

on Sunday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Darn!

on Sunday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

Does it also work on Mac and Linux? (Cos of the Gizmo plugin.)

on Sunday

GlowWorm commented on Mark Avey's group 'X-Plane'

I checked out the vid. Very impressive indeed.

March 6

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Aloha,

I'm using X-Plane 9.xx on Linux and Mac.

Juicy details available at: http://x-plane.push-point.net/GlowWorm/About_Me.html

Contact me through:
AIM chat: XPglowworm
Twitter: http://twitter.com/XPglowworm
email: glowworm at x-plane.push-point.net

See also, http://x-plane.ning.com/profile/GlowWorm

Enjoy!

GlowWorm

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Here's my current (Mar 2009) rig, dedicate to flight sim of roughly 2500 euro:

1. Asus P6T mobo, 6GB RAM DDR3-1600, 1x 1000GB SATA 7200 rpm HD
2. Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz 8-core CPU
3. nVidia GeForce GTX 295 w/ 1800MB VRAM
4. Antec 900 case + 700W PSU
5. Two HP LP2475w 24” 1920 x 1200 monitors: 3840 x 1200 rez
6. Ubuntu Linux 8.10 64-bit edition.
7. Apple iPod HiFi
8. Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougare stick
9. Saitek Pro Flight Rudder

It gets me the following performance in X-Plane 9.22:
Setup: i7 920 2.66GHz, nVidia GTX 295, 6GB ram, Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit

XP 9.22 @ 1920 x 1200 res
Test 1
FRAMERATE TEST phase 1:time=30frames=6241 fps=208
FRAMERATE TEST phase 2:time=30frames=7097 fps=237
FRAMERATE TEST phase 3:time=30frames=8158 fps=272

Test 2
FRAMERATE TEST phase 1:time=30frames=5361 fps=179
FRAMERATE TEST phase 2:time=30frames=6080 fps=203
FRAMERATE TEST phase 3:time=30frames=6638 fps=221

Test 3
FRAMERATE TEST phase 1:time=30frames=4396 fps=147
FRAMERATE TEST phase 2:time=30frames=4930 fps=164
FRAMERATE TEST phase 3:time=30frames=5068 fps=169

For more details and pics see:
http://x-plane.push-point.net/GlowWorm/Blog/Entries/2009/3/22_Sydney_Harbour_from_Starship_2000_-_Site_is_live.html

For daily computing needs I use the Apple PowerMac G5 dual 2.5GHz, 4GB ram, nVidiia 6800.

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Blog: Reflections on X-Plane

Aloha Pilots and Friends,

Since the last X-Plane blog I've come across some topics and wonderful areas in the X-Plane world.

- X-Plane releases
- How do X-Plane versions affect pilots and developers
- Accuracy of X-Plane flight model
- Twitter, new X-Plane friends, ning
- Inside Passage / Final Frontier custom scenery for X-Plane.

Read the full blog entry here: http://bit.ly/9mSJp

GlowWorm

Posted on July 19, 2009 at 10:30pm —

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Aloha,

Check out when the next Flight Simulator Weekend event is - The world's largest flight simulator event. 3 Days of pure flight sim related topics and nerdiness. :-)

http://www.fsweekend.com/

GlowWorm

Posted on April 20, 2009 at 4:46pm —

Aloha

Aloha Pilot,

My one and only simulator blog is maintained at:

http://x-plane.push-point.net/GlowWorm/Blog/Blog.html

It will keep my updating focussed. Hope to see you there as well.

Enjoy

GlowWorm

Posted on April 20, 2009 at 4:18pm —

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At 12:56pm on March 3, 2010, Kevin Mee said…: Hi GloWorm, you can check out my BK117 videos here http://www.vimeo.com/9837525 Not looking for comments mate, just trying to show what a great X-Plane aircraft it is !