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  1. Tim Collins

    FSX Not really a developer problem but I'm desparate

    If you're trying to run FSX in Windows 11 on a computer with 4Gb of RAM, I'm surprised anything works! Gary's post suggests you may have detailed your specs incorrectly. If he's right and you have 12Gb RAM and a 980i, that should be fine to run FSX as long as your Windows 11 installation is as...
  2. Tim Collins

    FSX Not really a developer problem but I'm desparate

    It is a bit more efficient than boxed FSX, but there's no point in installing it until you've cleaned your system thoroughly. However, it's so cheap in Steam sales that it's a bit of a no-brainer! Remember that you'll need to have the P3D v1.4 SDK installed if you want to continue working in ADE...
  3. Tim Collins

    FSX Not really a developer problem but I'm desparate

    Landclass or autogen?
  4. Tim Collins

    FSX Not really a developer problem but I'm desparate

    I've never had any of the issues you describe that I could directly attribute to GSX. I have had occasions where ADE didn't exclude autogen, but normally that can be resolved by rebuilding the airfield backgound poly using 'Flatten, Mask Class Map, Exclude Autogen' algorithm. It may also be...
  5. Tim Collins

    FSX Not really a developer problem but I'm desparate

    I used to have GSX Level 2 installed in my P3Dv4 and 5, but I uninstalled it as its jetways were so unreliable. Despite uninstalling it, a number of features of it - ground handling vehicles etc - still appear. I don’t mind them, so I’ve not pursued it, but it definitely seems to me that the...
  6. Tim Collins

    FSX Not really a developer problem but I'm desparate

    I'm intrigued by your 'desperation' given this is a very old game! However, GSX is a notably temperamental addon and its author is not tolerant of people who have limited understanding of when, where and why it works - or not (which is almost anyone). So I suspect that not being able to access...
  7. Tim Collins

    AI Flight Planer issue using P3Dv4?

    I rather think it is the issue - you appear to have a high-resolution (4K) screen with the display scale set to 225% - the largest Windows offers and the reason why your desktop icons are enormous. AIAE, as the author has told you above, doesn't play well with these settings because it is based...
  8. Tim Collins

    AI Flight Planer issue using P3Dv4?

    Your display is set to an oversize setting, hence the very large program icons on the desktop and the fact that the panels in AIAE aren't properly visible. Resizing the panels is simple, but at your display setting you may never be able to access the text boxes. It's not the fault of the...
  9. Tim Collins

    AI Flight Planer issue using P3Dv4?

    Yes, that's correct Tom.
  10. Tim Collins

    AI Flight Planer issue using P3Dv4?

    Use Martin's AI Aircraft Editor.NET - everything is editable in a GUI, and you can check pretty much every aspect of your AI aircraft. https://www.owlsnest.eu/phpatm/index.php?action=view&filename=AIAE.NET-Setup.zip&directory=Tools Note: there is an issue with the latest version (4.4.8.0) where...
  11. Tim Collins

    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    This is the tutorial I was referring to: https://library.avsim.net/file/140539-make-photo-real-ground-textures It's framed around SBX, but the principles apply equally to FSET. Using FSET 2.1 and Virtual Earth as the image source, I just downloaded a 22Gb image of the airfield (4.1km x 2.5km)...
  12. Tim Collins

    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    That’s a great point, Gary - absolutely no point in doing any photo-real outside the airfield. Don’s GP editor inside ADE is perfectly capable of making the polys needed, but ADE uses vertical separation to try and make all the layers visible. It’s worth using MCX to apply Z-bias so that all...
  13. Tim Collins

    P3D v4 Ground poly base image vs ground poly airport

    From my experience, an image of that pixel count for an area of that size is pretty low resolution, even though the file size will be quite large (depending on the quality you selected). You could have picked a smaller airfield as a learning project! However, FSET will certainly cope with a...
  14. Tim Collins

    P3D v5 Open links recurring

    The 'arrow sticking out of a node' issue normally means that two or more nodes are superimposed. You have to make sure that both (or more, if there are more) are removed before replacing. It may be easier to draw the taxiway between two unaffected nodes then add a node where the corrupted one...
  15. Tim Collins

    Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, Westland Whirlwind and Westland Wessex for MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024

    My first ever helicopter flight was in a Whirlwind HAR10 at RAF Valley in 1969. We lost the engine shortly after takeoff and the pilot (a QHI from SARTU) autorotated us back to the ground. The landing was rough, but we all walked away from it. In my later RAF flying career, I never trusted...
  16. Tim Collins

    504 at scenerydesign.org

    Working fine for me this morning!
  17. Tim Collins

    504 at scenerydesign.org

    Hi Arno - trying to access the latest MCX and I've been getting a 504 at the site for the last hour and a half.
  18. Tim Collins

    FSX AI Flightplans

    OK, here we go. The first thing is that you have to make sure that traffic is visible in FSX. Go into the Options menu and ensure that the sliders for Airline and GA traffic (and vehicles and ships if you want them) are turned up to max. You can turn them down later if this setting loads your...
  19. Tim Collins

    FSX AI Flightplans

    Tom, it’s good that you’ve had a go. All you have to do is write the flight plan. You don’t have to pre-populate the airport list. Your custom airfield ICAO code may not be recognised by AIFP, but it will prompt you to enter the position details and then you’re good to go. It’s early and I’m not...
  20. Tim Collins

    FSX AI Flightplans

    P3D is a more complex and capable variant of FSX, so it takes more resources. P3Dv5 or v6 (the current version) is very much a system hog, and will be no more likely to give a good result on a low-end computer than MSFS24 will - indeed, it may be argued that MSFS24 is better optimised than...
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