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The Simulator Poll and X-plane announcement discussion

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EHM-0654 Murray:
As long as you have XPUIPC "installed" (it's an FSUIPC compatibility plugin for X-Plane) then FLogger V3 and V4 both work reasonably well. At present you need an FS installation to fake up an airports database (Andrei is working on direct X-Plane support however).

EHM-2381 Ted:
Whats the support like for widescreen monitors? I am getting a 24" panel later this month and plan to run FSX/X-plane on the big panel with the second output from my card driving the 19" panel for FS Commander and other inflight stuff like FSInn/xSquawkbox/TS etc.

And I am not hugely fussed about the full procedure airliners as you can tell from my flight records  ;). The only "real" procedural aircraft I have is the F1 ATR as the QW757 package-while good and engaging-is not some demented PMDG timewaster requiring 30 real-time minutes or whatever just to align the IRS.

If X-plane can provide me with enough major airports to make flying the ATR/PC-12 around and enough add-on scenery to make the DH-6 a treat to fly around for WILD ops I couldn't really ask for more as I can always use FSX for the 757 until X-plane catches up. Although I did see the Xplane 737 is coming along fairly well from what I have read.

Couple more a/c specific questions:

-Is the DH-6 Twin Otter in Xplane a functional VC?
-Ditto the PC-12 payware? I wasn't sure.
-Ditto the ATR? The F1 ATR is my worst aircraft for frame rates in FSX (I struggle to get 20FPS from the thing) but I do love to fly it.

In your videos I see aircraft on the ground-are those just sceneries?

I should probably just spend the £17 and find out myself lol. Will that Amazon version of XP9 update properly using the download from .org?

EHM-1997 Alexander:
I use a 27" widescreen as my primary display.

A VC works with any size screen. Widescreen panels display great on widescreen. 4:3 panels are zoomed (not stretched) on x-plane. You can then use arrow keys to move up and down on them.

If you want to spend some money get the payware add on's from Tom Curtis

http://store01.prostores.com/servlet/x-planestore/Categories?category=Scenery%3ATom+Curtis+Original+Scenery

$54.95 (£33) gets you Canadian Rockies + Inside Passage + Final Frontier Promo Pack. I own and would recommend this for Wild flying.

- The DHC-6 has a 2d panel, not a VC. There is a full cockpit payware DHC-6 in development.
- I don't own either PC-12, but it comes with VC. I recommend the alternative MU-2B.
- The ATR you talk about is the freeware one, so assume no pit. Again there is a VC payware model in development - http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php?topic=1513.0

Yes. Static scenery aircraft in my vids.

You can download the demo and play with that for 10 minutes. Give it a try to see perfromance: http://www.x-plane.com/pg_downloads.html It's just around Innsbruck, and that is the only x-plane 9 airport that comes with scenery out of the box, but will show you autogen. Turn textures up to extreme res.

EHM-2381 Ted:
I ordered it off Amazon before they run out of stock  :D

I figure what the heck-I have spent a lot more on "coasterware" software over the years and it will be great to have an alternative to FSX and I suppose a preview of the XPv10 possibilities.

I am sure I'll have a few questions once I get the monster install done. I'll have a look at that MU-2 (looks great) and the Tom Curtis scenery packs. I did find a couple of useful sites as well www.xplanetutorials.net and forums.x-pilot.com and being fairly handy with software I'm sure I'll be up and running wothout too mamy headaches. As long as the DH-6 is decently flyable from the 2D cockpit I can live lol.

EHM-1997 Alexander:
Once it arrives, download the updater from the same page as the demo I linked and make sure to update to the latest full release - unlike MSFS, X-plane development has a lot of point releases through the life of a version. We're at 9.65-ish I think.

It's also good practise to make a copy folder to hold your known working x-plane installation without the huge scenery folder. This is because sometimes, updates can break on your particular system. It's rare, but does happen. This lets you update and have a roll-back plan.

You'll also need to download the XPUIPC plugin which aims to emulate the FSUIPC interface.

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