PhantomTweak

I believe, if you got FSX for the scenery, you got the wrong Sim. I understand P3D is great for that, as is X Plane. FSX is to simulate flyinh airplanes. At lest that's how I understand it. It's not perfect at that, either, but it's pretty good, from what i can tell. No, I was never a professional pilot, just gliders and some light GA's, but flying those on FSX has been pretty close to what I recall. As for the heavy iron, No clue, but I am thoroughly enjoying the latest FSXBA FA-18C Hornet. I use a Dell 1750, made for gaming, only 2.4 GHz, 4G RAM, Radeon 3600 GFX card, getting a bit long in the tooth (do computers even have teeth??), and would you believe it, it runs FSX-SE pretty well. Been running FS9 since I upgraded to this PC ($5,000 at the time!), and that really goes for a treat. I found the trick with FSX-SE is not to demand max 3D clouds out to infinity, and ultra-high scenery settings out of it. To me, an accurate horizon and smooth operation are plenty. Oh, I do like to see the runway and lights of it clearly, not to mention the cockpit switches and gauges, of course. After all that, anything else is gravy, and this machine actually does pretty well on that too. Hardly an FSX.CFG tweak to be found, either. Just the runway lights settings you have to add in, everything else, Steam set for me. I'm sure I could get in and twiddle every setting in the CFG file and really mess things up, but why? If it aint broke, don't fix it, and one of Murphy's laws: if you mess with something long enough, you WILL break it Both rules for me to live by with FSX. Add-ons, sure, but not a lot of scenery. It's not why I got the Sim. I got it to fly planes, and THAT it does fine for me! Pat☺

Glad I could help out :D I didn't want to sound condescending, or make it too complicated for a rank tyro (Like ME!) to follow. I'm glad I could walk the fine line :) Ask me the time, I'll tell ya how to build a clock LOL! Pat☺

Easy Peasy, presuming you know the simple basics of editing a Panel.cfg file. Ready? ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS make a copy of ANY file you decide to edit BEFORE you start!!! Open the mentioned file with notepad or it's ilk. Locate the section [Window Titles] After the last entry in it, say window04=radio_stack for example, add another line, with the next number in line. In this example it would be window05=GPS. If there already IS a line with windowXX=GPS, then disregard this portion. More on this later... If you added a line then go to the section above your [vcockpit01], in this example, [window04] Add another section, similar to this: [Window02] size_mm=456,378 window_size=0.5 position=8 BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0 VISIBLE=0 ident=GPS_PANEL gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0 It may or may not be the proper size for your panel. If it is, you're done. If not, adjust the line reading size_mm=456,378, either higher numbers to make it bigger, or lower numbers to make it smaller. A little experimentation and you'l be a pro in no time. Save and done! NOW, if a GPS line already existed, as noted above, simply replace it's line gauge00=fs9gps!gps_430, 0,0 (again, just an example!) with a line reading gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0. Save and done! Either way, you will now have a Shift+X popup window with the default FS9 GPS. Hope this is about a tad clearer than mud :D Pat☺

The saying goes "A picture is worth a thousand words" Mr. Zip "said" it a lot better than I :) Pat☺

Almost all radio stacks of any kind have an Audio control, wherewith you can tell it you want to hear Com1, COM2, ADF, NAV1 or NAV2. Some are also what you transmit on, COM1, or both, etc. Make sure the only active channel is your COM1. Sounds to me like your NAV1 is active also. The way it beeps can tell you when you pass over the outer, middle, and inner markers, NAV2 if set to the VOR can tell you what airport you're approaching...LOTS of info are available off the NAV and ADF radios. But yes, they CAN be annoying, so just turn them on and off as desired. YOURS is on... Pat☺

Wow! And only $65,000.00 too! Whatta bahgain! Still and awesome sight at a small airport :) Very very cool! Wish I could afford the Apollo capsule. What a rush to b in! Especially if you can find a real/authentic suit to wear. Too bad they were/are all custom made just for the user... Pat☺