#4023426 - 10/16/14 09:31 PM
Re: Any file compatibility between WOFF and FSX?
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From my experience with FSX, you are going to spend enough time to have it work properly on its own without having to look for other files elsewhere... First you will have to decide if you stay in DX9 or want to make the jump to DX10. I would advise you to have a look at this document : http://www.simforums.com/forums/the-fsx-computer-system-the-bible-by-nickn_topic46211.htmlI used it as a base to install FSX and optimize both Windows 7 and FSX and I must say I never had a problem since a year (touch wood... my desk, quick ! ) I stayed in DX9 and with my settings run at a steady 30 fps. (But I fly prop planes in the countryside and never use liners in big places with lots of people and stinking with kerozene )
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#4023486 - 10/17/14 01:06 AM
Re: Any file compatibility between WOFF and FSX?
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FSX was released in 2006, that's already 8 years ! Imho vanilla FSX is absolutely ugly without proper scenery ( either ORBX FTX global / regional sceneries or Flight 1 UTX + GEX ) I don't know anybody who uses FSX "out of the box". The original software is cheap but you will discover it costs a lot more to have it looking good at today's standards. But with these sceneries (specially ORBX being the last technology still in the works)plus some weather engine like REX or Active Sky, it can be good looking ! Second one is my old UTX/GEX combo :
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#4023611 - 10/17/14 12:13 PM
Re: Any file compatibility between WOFF and FSX?
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It's not a problem if you know it before getting into it. It only takes a little research on forums or even ask a couple of questions on the said forums. It also depends what you want to do with it. If your goal is to fly a couple of GA planes around your home region, it's reasonable. Payware quality planes and a regional scenery will cost you 100 Euros together. If you want to explore the world (which I do) it can get more expensive. I wasn't surprised and I waited until I could afford it. I got FSX for 20 Euros, then UTX/GEX for Europe/North America/Canada/Alaska/West Indies and Central America / Africa and Middle East / South America and Asia cost me around 200 Euros. Add to this a few payware airplanes (although I use a lot of freeware) for a 100 Euros. Flight Environment X for water and sky another 25 Euros, Shockwave 3D Lights 15 Euros, Ultimate Traffic 2 25 Euros. So that's an addon total of around 350 Euros. ( 440 USD ) Next spending will be next year when I will fly Australia and New Zealand with ORBX scenery, that's another 120 Euros worth of scenery (but may be Santa Claus can participate... ) If you want to get into airliners and have realistic airports, it can get a lot more expensive, not talking about the guys (more than I thought) who build a Boeing cockpit at home ! The mistake is to compare it with other games, it's a whole different world for which you need to have some passion in order to be "not so reasonable".
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#4023617 - 10/17/14 12:23 PM
Re: Any file compatibility between WOFF and FSX?
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Freeware you will only find planes (some very good ones in the middle of many not so good) and airports/airfields. Sometimes a little scenery patch of a few square miles, but not many. But then it's up to you to decide how much you are ready to invest, my point was only to warn people that you should think about it beforehand. Note that if you decide to uninstall and forget it, it will only cost you FSX which is 20 Euros (and may be you can sell it on Ebay to cut your losses... )
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#4023631 - 10/17/14 01:02 PM
Re: Any file compatibility between WOFF and FSX?
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I can undestand, I also waited for my retirement to take a big plunge into FSX. Besides flying it takes also a lot of research time to find interesting freeware addons, install them, try to find for a couple of hours on your own why the damn thing doesn't work, ask on forums why it doesn't work and get some replies... telling you you're doomed, you have to make a complete reinstall which will take a couple of days ! * Never happened to me, but seen it often on forums, as there are so many addons available that some people want to have everything and boost up with fsx.cfg tweaks, and end up with file conflicts. If you are almost reasonable like me and make a proper first install (and windows configuration) following "The Bible" no big problem to be expected. Some people have lost track that it is only a PC game and want to make a professional flight trainer out of it and are using a network of two or three computers with 6 or 7 monitors, and now adding I-Pads !
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Gigabyte Z87P-D3 - CPU I5 4670 Haswell @ 3.6Ghz - 8 Go Ram - GPU HD 7850 2Go OC - SSD Samsung 128Go - HD 2 x WD Black 1 To - 27" Iiyama Pro Lite - Logitech Extreme 3D Pro - Saitek Pro Flight Yoke - Rudder Pedals - Quadrant - Cessna Trim Wheel - Track IR 5 - Logitech G35 headset ... and a big coffee maker ! Flying in FSX/Air Hauler, Wings over Flanders Fields, Rise of Flight, IL2 1946 Hsfx, Condor soaring.
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#4024049 - 10/18/14 09:29 AM
Re: Any file compatibility between WOFF and FSX?
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This is why I use mostly freeware for airfields and planes. I only bought a few planes that I needed for my Air Hauler business or other ( C185 Skywagon Bush, Flight 1 BN2 Islander, Alabeo Waco and Golden Age Stinson SR8 for my Aeropostale 2014 adventure ) I also have a freeware Waco, but for the screenies the Alabeo looks really better and is cheap anyway. I have no idea how to do it myself and no time or will to learn, there are already plenty of talented people. I have a Wrangell freeware airfield by the way, could it be yours ?
Gigabyte Z87P-D3 - CPU I5 4670 Haswell @ 3.6Ghz - 8 Go Ram - GPU HD 7850 2Go OC - SSD Samsung 128Go - HD 2 x WD Black 1 To - 27" Iiyama Pro Lite - Logitech Extreme 3D Pro - Saitek Pro Flight Yoke - Rudder Pedals - Quadrant - Cessna Trim Wheel - Track IR 5 - Logitech G35 headset ... and a big coffee maker ! Flying in FSX/Air Hauler, Wings over Flanders Fields, Rise of Flight, IL2 1946 Hsfx, Condor soaring.
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by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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