Rockcliffe Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 It's been years since I flightsimmed or posted on these forums and then by chance I noticed the $5 sale on Steam (which I'd never heard of, btw). For five bucks, what did I have to lose? I downloaded and instantly fell in love again. Soon, I lost myself in bush flying in the Pacific Northwest and along the B.C. coast. FSX SE ran smoother (more or less) on my new laptop than it ever did on my old desktop. And then.... Within a couple of days I was tweaking and experimenting, staying awake past midnight looking for solutions to problems that a week before I never even knew I had! Would this add on work? What if I try this? In no time it was 10% flying and 90% cruising the forums and running tests. I guess I'm back in the game. What is it with this obsession of ours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.e.g.a.s.u.s Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 ..higher,further, faster.. it never ends! David ^^:cool:^^ ´´´\/``` AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 48GB RAM, RTX 2070S, 2x1TB Nvme SSD. FSX Gold, XP-11, MSFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sford Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I'm like you, back in the game after a break of 5 years. I seem to go in spurts, playing for a month or so every 5 years. I have every version back to ... I dont remember. But the Pilots handbook says Version 5.0 for MS-DOS systems. I started this newest session (OBsesssion?) becuase I wanted to fly a Learjet in the Caribbean. And suddenly... .... Within a couple of days I was tweaking and experimenting, staying awake past midnight looking for solutions to problems that a week before I never even knew I had! Would this add on work? What if I try this? In no time it was 10% flying and 90% cruising the forums and running tests...? I've refamiliarized myself with St Nickn's bible, and spent too much time on the forums, but then what good is an obsession if you remember to shave?? Just finished installing "UTX Tropical America and Caribbean (UTX TAC)". Off to fly Eleuthera island. maybe a little more tweaking (4/16/19) ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS-AH73 17.3" Laptop. I7-7700HQ, GTX1070, 12 GB DDR4 RAM, 500 EVO 970 GB SSD, VS 2017, FSX:SE, Oculus rift, Windows 10 (Built 03/08): GA-EP35C-DS3R, Q6600 (oc=3.4Ghz), 8GB (4x2) DDR2 1066, Corsair 850W, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro; FSX Gold+Accel+REX+UTXUSA+UTXTAC+MegaSc MN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScatterbrainKid Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Some things to do with FSX- https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?248567-How-do-you-keep-FSX-interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.e.g.a.s.u.s Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Scatterbrinkid- your link doesn't work! ^^:cool:^^ ´´´\/``` AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 48GB RAM, RTX 2070S, 2x1TB Nvme SSD. FSX Gold, XP-11, MSFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sford Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Scatterbrinkid- your link doesn't work! P., I wonder if you had a temporary problem?? It works great for me. And a very good link. StickyWorthy. Thanks Kid (4/16/19) ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS-AH73 17.3" Laptop. I7-7700HQ, GTX1070, 12 GB DDR4 RAM, 500 EVO 970 GB SSD, VS 2017, FSX:SE, Oculus rift, Windows 10 (Built 03/08): GA-EP35C-DS3R, Q6600 (oc=3.4Ghz), 8GB (4x2) DDR2 1066, Corsair 850W, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro; FSX Gold+Accel+REX+UTXUSA+UTXTAC+MegaSc MN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Robinson Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 what good is an obsession if you remember to shave?? I LMAO! I can relate! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.e.g.a.s.u.s Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 wups! Works now... thanks. David ^^:cool:^^ ´´´\/``` AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 48GB RAM, RTX 2070S, 2x1TB Nvme SSD. FSX Gold, XP-11, MSFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTweak Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I'm lucky. Got enough Native American blood that I only have to shave once or twice a week anyway. Heck, I don't get 5 o'clock shadow till Friday! Was a big plus in the Corps, heck, I think I shaved 4 times total in my 13 weeks of boot-camp, for Heaven's sake. AND they did the ID card test on all of us, every night. Now that I'm retired and do nothing but Sim and sleep, though, well heck, if I shave once a month, it's an event! Or my lovely wife forces (tells firmly?) me to. I guess she doesn't like the scritchy-itchy feeling. Anyway, I got the obsession, too, I suppose... Great flights and fair winds to ya! Pat☺ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Had a thought...then there was the smell of something burning, and sparks, and then a big fire, and then the lights went out! I guess I better not do that again! Sgt, USMC, 10 years proud service, Inactive reserve now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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