Just to add, with an up-to-date Orbx installation, you are encouraged by their FTX Central installation app to run its elevation correction routine whenever new, non-Orbx airfields are added to the sim. In my case, I don’t think I’ve done that since Matrix was last updated, but it can have the effec...

Steve, I think you’ve misunderstood me. With the RJOI afcad at the Matrix default of 7ft, in my installation all aircraft sink, and that’s with Greg’s ALT file installed. Altering the afcad to 10ft elevation eliminates that problem. Reinstalling the airfield, either individually or by a full Matrix ...

Hi Steve. I've just read your post, but in the meantime I'd altered the AFCAD in ADE to match the expected elevation of 10'. That worked. I suspect that Orbx Global Vector has slightly altered the elevation from vanilla P3D, which is why Greg's ALT file didn't work in my installation. The only sligh...

Hi Greg. Yes, it's there - dated 21/07/2018. I've adjusted the AFCAD, but as far as I know I can't access the CVX file to adjust the airport background (or there's a technique to that I haven't learned!).

I don't know if this has been flagged up before, but I dropped into RJOI to have a look at what was going on, and noticed that the landing aircraft were sinking into the surface, while the spawned aircraft were at the correct level. I'm pretty sure this is an error in the altitude in the AFCAD, whic...

Azure, at its simplest level, seems to be a way of hosting developer-created AI routines and content which, as Greg says, reduces the load on the client PC and allows the AI developer to retain control of their product. If third-party developers are allowed - and I’d suggest it would be impossible t...

Jive1 wrote: ↑10 Jun 2019, 08:55 Hey!
You must see the video that MS made, and it will give you a better ideaof what the new FS will be….
Go to


Greetz
Jive1 - Belgium

This video is P3Dv4.4. It is NOT anything to do with the new MSFS, which will not be released till next year (2020).

I suspect you’re right, Steve. But I think we have enough to keep us occupied with P3D for now, so we can watch this new MSFS from a neutral viewpoint until its structure and future becomes clear. I doubt there’s anyone left at MS who was involved with ACES and FS9/FSX, so the community aspect that ...

Well as its for Xbox I am not hopeful. Not so. It will be for both X-Box and PC. Whether it will be open-source is yet to be announced. I assume it will be an ‘X-Box Play Anywhere’ title, which means it will run on both. X-Box is only a tied-down PC inside anyway, so most of its games are PC-compat...

Yes, for real. Announced at E3 today, 9 June 2019.

I suspect it's beyond my limited expertise! It might be easier to make a new model, but that's something I've never - yet - tried...

Entirely understood, John. It was a fun exercise for me, and I may take it further and see if I can work out how to map paint to the model while I’m on one of my layovers in the US. I did check to see if Orbx had worked it out as they use your model in their FTX traffic package, but sadly not. If I ...

I’m using Affinity Designer on a Mac, but I think it’s not as good for this sort of stuff as it is for many other things. I think I may try Paint.Net. Affinity Designer is a vector programme, the equivalent of Adobe Illustrator and not really suited for this. Affinity Photo is the equivalent of Ado...

Manschy wrote: ↑30 May 2019, 17:37 For sure - my aircraft recognition is fantastic. BTW: Great shot of a C-5 Galaxy in your signature....

Haha! No, that’s the Millenium Falcon!

Interesting topic, as I’m taking my first steps in repainting just now (attempting to repaint John’s Tiger Moth for use on my own construction of RAF Clyffe Pypard). I’m using Affinity Designer on a Mac, but I think it’s not as good for this sort of stuff as it is for many other things. I think I ma...

Manschy wrote: ↑28 May 2019, 08:16 Thank you both. Yap, the Cobra is a wonderful car to explore sceneries....

I hope your aircraft recognition is better than your car recognition - it’s a Dodge Viper, not a Cobra!

John the only other ones that would need an addition model could be the RAF ones with the refueling probe Gary In my effort to reproduce the RAF of the 1980s/90s, I’d love to see the C1P/C3P variant. I’d also love to see the C1K tanker with Orange Crop pods etc, but with there having been only 6 su...

John the only other ones that would need an addition model could be the RAF ones with the refueling probe Gary In my effort to reproduce the RAF of the 1980s/90s, I’d love to see the C1P/C3P variant. I’d also love to see the C1K tanker with Orange Crop pods etc, but with there having been only 6 su...

Nothing wrong with the JY Hunter canopy. Sometimes animations are just not shown correctly in the model viewers in MCX and AI-Aircraft Editor.NET. You should always check in the sim before claiming there is a problem. Henk. Cheers, Henk - good to know. I’ll take care not to have such a hair-trigger...

Yes, gotcha Steve. I do think I need a vanilla installation of P3D to check stuff like this. When v5 comes out I’ll bite the bullet and buy (yet) another copy so I can do just that. I do have v3 on another computer, but of course that’s not great for checking v4 compatibility. Of course, I could sto...