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What would you do?

Postby ShaneG_old » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:16 pm

Ok, so I have FSX and Acceleration installed and a fresh install of XP and everything is set up EXACTLY as NickN as specified.

I fire up FSX for the first time, no addons at all. I don't even go near the settings section, so whatever it decided to set itself to, is where I have left it.

I selected the default Maul, chose my home airport, and headed out following I70 west.

This is what I saw, completely smooth and stutter free. :o :)

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I figured, ok, this looks great for low & slow flying, but I bet the moment I go high & fast, the good times are over with. :-/

So I loaded up the default 737, in mid air, cracked the throttle, pulled back on the stick and climbed a bit then zoomed out and brought up the info text.

It stayed pretty much pegged at 20 the whole time, the exception being when I would swivel the view quickly, then it dropped to 18.

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Now, the question is, if it were you, would you look a gift horse in the mouth and start adding stuff, or just be thankful it looks and runs this good, and save the addons for FS9? ;D ;)

Can't decide what to do. :-/
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Re: What would you do?

Postby Layne. » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:24 pm

Get some payware i would suggest then leave it, like REX or FTX then maybe your favourite plane then leave it :P
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Re: What would you do?

Postby scalper_old » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:48 pm

Do you have AI going Shane?
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Re: What would you do?

Postby SubZer0 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 9:05 pm

Shane... It's a fresh install of XP and FSX... Just wait till about a week from now ;D
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Re: What would you do?

Postby MIKE JG » Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:18 pm

What he said.....  ;D
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Re: What would you do?

Postby Boikat » Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:19 pm

[quote]Now, the question is, if it were you, would you look a gift horse in the mouth and start adding stuff, or just be thankful it looks and runs this good, and save the addons for FS9?
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Re: What would you do?

Postby patchz » Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:32 am

[color=#000000]The only suggestion I have is what I would do if I had to start over from scratch. EVERY time I added an aircraft, or scenery or made a change to settings, aircraft.cfg or anything, I would make a note of exactly what I did and the date and time.
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Re: What would you do?

Postby ShaneG_old » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:32 am

Cheers all!

@ Layne:

-Payware is out of the question for my FSX, I already spent all the money on a ton of payware for FS9. I had such a hard time running FSX before the reinstall, I felt it would just be a waste of money. ;)
But man would I LOVE to have REX & FTX after seeing all the wonderful shots that get posted here. :-[


@Scalper:

-I had to look at what FSX had set itself to, and boy are those sliders low!
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Re: What would you do?

Postby Mictheslik » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:40 am

Very nice Shane :)

might head on to FSX now actually...:D

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Re: What would you do?

Postby ShaneG_old » Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:48 am

Very nice Shane :)

might head on to FSX now actually...:D

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Re: What would you do?

Postby FlyingPerson » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:41 am

Shane, your shots shows the exact reason why I went over to FSX. You are right, my true FSX models (only have three as far as I know :P: Alrots 727, Alrots Citation and LDS' 763) works much better than my pile of FS9 models. The next time I reinstall FSX, it's gonna be after Nick's guide. No doubt about that.

But as I only fly high & fast, I don't have any FPS problems either. (Except for landings and takeoffs in detailed areas.. the FPS numbers sends chills down my spine. But then again, my computer is just a laptop and above laptop average AND I have a lot of AI, so... but i'm happy with my results too.)

Yeah, keep your payware in FS9 and your FSX clean. It'll help you alot. :D
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Re: What would you do?

Postby Mictheslik » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:15 pm

Very nice Shane :)

might head on to FSX now actually...:D

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Re: What would you do?

Postby ShaneG_old » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:30 pm

I guess it's about time I got out of the stone age with my system then.  :D ;D ;)

Congrats on the new rig. :)
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Re: What would you do?

Postby EJW » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:40 am

Hmm...still looks good, but no doubt that if you got payware it would look noticably better. Depends on how much you're willing to spend I suppose.
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Re: What would you do?

Postby lunitic_8 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:30 am

:o wow the ground textures, i get them every now and then ;D i think you should stick with FSX i really want to see what you can do with it ;)
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