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The Simulator Poll and X-plane announcement discussion
EHM-2381 Ted:
Sorry to be a pest Alex....but are the runways, taxiways, and the majority of the parking areas at least defined and marked? I was having a hard time seeing those from the videos.
Its not the £17 thats driving these questions...its the thought of installing 70Gb over 6 hours and knowing what to expect out of the box lol.
I took a look at the ATR72 cockpit and it looks really nicely done actually.
**edit**I watched a vid with the ATR cockpit in Xplane and honestly-that viewpoint is horrid from the 2D panel:
landing a atr 72 500 at koma in xplane 9
Not to mention a terrible pilot pranging the thing like a stone :D....But as you can see I couldn't tell if there were defined parking areas and posted taxiways etc which are pretty important for flying on VATSIM.
EHM-1997 Alexander:
There are, it all depends on the afcad and what scenery add ons you have installed. People do fly on vatsim and icao with x-plane, so I assume they're fine with it.
you could always use FSC Zoomed in for airport layout as it is in FSX along with airport charts.
Euroharmony in x-plane 1
There's a few more vids in my channel as well showing ehm planes
EHM-2381 Ted:
That B1900 and the MU-2 video I watched look great.
I am getting really tempted as I get really annoyed sometimes with FSX deciding to stutter/pause when it feels like it.
Its either that or say the heck with it and get FS9 and max it all out-but stepping backwards would pretty much suck.
EHM-2381 Ted:
I forgot to ask-is FLogger comaptible with Xplane or would it be back to manual PIREPS?
Not that its a big deal lol....but I am lazy and love automated logging so I don't have to chase scribbled notes all over the desktop :D
Also-does X-plane perform better without all these nonesense tweaks and random issues that FSX always seems to have? I mena my FSX is pretty stable and flies great with the QW757 and the EHM DH6 and PC12 but man does it ever choke on the F1 ATR. It makes me quite nervouse when considering payware and there are-of course-the normal micro-pauses and other rubbish when FSX is loading terrain/autogen/weather/clouds etc lol yuck :P
And also my FSX gets choked on VATSIM under FSInn...not sure why but its annoying.
I just want smooth flights online without having to grumble about performance all the time.
EHM-1997 Alexander:
--- Quote from: EHM-2381 Ted on March 01, 2011, 12:45:13 pm ---I forgot to ask-is FLogger comaptible with Xplane or would it be back to manual PIREPS?
Not that its a big deal lol....but I am lazy and love automated logging so I don't have to chase scribbled notes all over the desktop :D
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Yes. You currently have to use the FS9 or FSX install and fool it, but aye, I run Flogger 4 with x-plane. There are instructions in the manual. Sometime later, Andrei may parse x-plane scenery files and thus fully support x-plane on windows, but it works well enough for now.
--- Quote from: EHM-2381 Ted on March 01, 2011, 12:45:13 pm ---Also-does X-plane perform better without all these nonesense tweaks and random issues that FSX always seems to have? I mena my FSX is pretty stable and flies great with the QW757 and the EHM DH6 and PC12 but man does it ever choke on the F1 ATR. It makes me quite nervouse when considering payware and there are-of course-the normal micro-pauses and other rubbish when FSX is loading terrain/autogen/weather/clouds etc lol yuck :P
I just want smooth flights online without having to grumble about performance all the time.
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Yep, set and forget.
X-plane for me is FSX eye-candy with FS9 performance. No stuttering.
Frame rates depend on addons and options set, but on my machine, at 1920x1200 I average in the 60-100 range. YMMV, but will be better than FSX.
Just remember X-plane is not FSX/FS. The sims are different with different strengths and weaknesses. If you want a full procedure airliner, wait for the appropriate payware to come out for x-plane first.
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