FSX THREAD

[deadsmell]

Thanks guys. I am now using trafficx.

 

Seems to be working well, the aircraft models are much higher fidelity than MT2010. It looks really good. It does come with a framerate hit for me, at least at the larger airports, but so far i think it seems to be manageable.

 

And of course The Lights Work now on the AI aircraft! Tis a gorgeous site to see all those red and green lights in the night sky with the strobes blinking about. Very cool.

 

Now if I could just figure out why my landing lights wont turn on.......gahhhh. Not sure when this started since i installed a few addons at once, but when i go to switch on my landing lights, they shut themselves off right away.................@#%&!!!

 

lol.....always something.........

 

Thanks for the advice and help.

[deadsmell]

Yeah my landing lights will work, but not during the day when there is plenty of sunshine. I thought that they used to work during the day, but perhaps i am mistaken.

 

Whether its day or night, isnt it standard operating procedure to have your landing lights on during take off or landing though?

 

The AI seems to have their landing lights on during daytime takeoffs and landings.

 

It seems my taxi lights arent working though.

 

Im thinking this could all be related to 3d lights redux somehow.

 

Oh well I suppose I can just live with it this way. At least for a while.

 

Any insight is appreciated. :)

[Yskonyn]

In our operation (I fly 737s for a charter company) we switch on the landings lights when we get takeoff clearance from the tower (and you're actually on or entering the rwy to avoid blinding taxiing traffic).

They stay on until passing FL100 (europe).

Additionally we switch off the taxilight when entering the rwy.

 

In the descent they are switched on again when passing FL100 again and stay on until vacating the runway.

 

My previous company had a slightly different procedure (Fokker 50):

 

We switched the landing light on when we get takeoff clearance (and you're actually on or entering the rwy), but we also kept our taxi light on.

Their philosophy was to always takeoff with all lights you have.

 

Both of these situation are regardless of time of day or weather conditions.

[deadsmell]

Thanks for the info. Thats the protocol ive been trying to follow.

 

I guess my lights (landing/taxi) are just bugged out for some reason. Ill try and figure out what the cause might be, but Im not sure if I will be able to figure it out in the end.

 

BTW Is anybody interested in organizing a Thanksgiving day FSX flight?

 

I thought it might be fun.....

 

I know usually we all have different schedules, live in different time zones etc.

 

Just thought maybe if alot of us have the day off, and arent doing much it might be possible to get a flight in.

 

Id really like to ride co-pilot in some of the heavies with anyone that knows what their doing.

 

Ive been flying the CRJ700 because its more maneuverable and more forgiving, while also letting me feel like im the captain of a regional passenger flight.

 

Despite my familiarity with the auto pilots and other flight systems in the CRJ700, I am still finding the transition to heavy's to be difficult.

 

Anyway just throwin it out there.

[-Nighthawk-]

I really hope Microsoft continued to develop this product,

I have a very high end system however for decent frame rates maxed out I need to lower it slightly. I can play Crysis on ultimate settings on high frame rates and this surely does not look like Crysis.

 

I know most of it is done on the CPU but when your CPU is clocked to 4Ghz with 8 threads and it doesnt run to its full potential there is something wrong :(

 

With the right optimization and the right patches applied this game could be amazing

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