CRJ_simpilot

I've always used Kiwi for the shoes and Brasso for the metal. :D No, never served, but was in JROTC and a firefighter explorer.

Some awesome sauce to add to your wonderful Windows 10 experience that may be relevant. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/microsoft-suspends-distribution-of-latest-windows-10-update-over-data-loss-bug/ Got to love that wonderful QC. At the top of the website it says: "Upside: more free disk space — ." But in reality, and since 98% of all updates are NOT needed, your HDD is filling up with useless junk. I read on one computer forum that someone stated there was somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 GB of update crap on their machine!

If you allow asinine Windows to update your drivers, DON'T! I can't stress that enough. Read this: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/disable-automatic-driver-downloads-on-windows-10 I would only download your drivers from the manufacture's website. The only thing I can tell you now is try a system restore, or uninstall your GPU driver with Revouninstaller in Safe Mode and install the driver that worked or the latest driver from Nvidia's website. Or you could wait, and wait and wait some more which is BS!.

LOL Go ahead and look at the SIm videos subforum where I posted a video flying into Myrtle Beach during hurricane Florence. I done gone skipped off the Atlantic with that one.

I used to use 2D all the time, but I couldn't pan left and right to see out the windows right away for traffic while taxing or flying. And it reduced realism. So now I fly VC all the time. If you have blurry textures, then that's a resolution issue or some other setting in your Sim. The comments before this one should help you out. I should add though that I have used aircraft that by default had poor resolution gauges in the VC. About the Lear 45. Check out the following files. You might be pleasantly surprised with the upgrade. I use it myself. fsx_lear45_upgraded.zip forgotten_gauges.zip

And I just read in the FS Commander PDF that you should install the Sim for all users. I don't remember if I did that for FSX or not. I sure hope I did. I usually do when I install things though.

And don't install the Sim into the programs folder. Only in the root of C drive or another attached drive.. well, preferably attached to the SATA port, not USB. The reason why you want the SIm in the root of C drive is that the programs folder is write protected and all this rot and as such it may be a bugger for add-ons to work correctly. With XP you don't have to worry about that. With Vista on up you do. Just direct the FS2004 or FSX installer to C:\\FSX. That's it.

Do you need a parts list for a new computer build? Can you build it? If not, a PC store can. What's your budget? FS2004 is more than capable. But you might want to jump on ahead to FSX. There's also Prepar3d, but it's in large part only for educational use according to their EULA. But many don't care and buy (or steal) it anyway. Also note, a lot of add-on creators are moving to Prepar3d for asinine reasons if you ask me. The Sim is largely CPU orientated. To make matters worse it's only single thread capable as well. It won't take advantage of multiple cores, so buying some unreal 16 core or what ever CPU isn't going to help you. If you Google "Passmark single core" You'll get a list of CPUs with the highest to lowest single thread capable performing CPUs according to their benchmarks. Not sure how accurate it is, but I'm pretty sure it's in the ball park. I'd stay away from Steam. But that's just my opinion. You can buy FSX on eBay. That's where I got mine. Just make sure the product key is valid. You may want to ask the seller. But if you chose to stick with FS2004, obsessively you don't need steam. I'd also get windows 7. Windows 10 IMO is crap with the forced updates and it can and WILL give you headaches. I'm a member of several computer forums and have my own, am subscribed to several Facebook pages on PCs and can't tell you how many times I've read that updates have hosed over one's machine in one facet or another. I'm not saying don't use 10, but if you want stability I wouldn't use it and risk the potential frustration. That's all on you. Win 7 can be bought on eBay but you have to be absolute certain you get a valid key. Look at the seller's feedback score. And eBay always has you covered. In fact, they protect the buyer more than the seller. And PayPal also has you covered. As to XP. It's still fine to use despite the asinine crap of no updates and it's "hacker" prone and will somehow get "malware." I think that's just something tossed out there to the masses to get you to use M$'s latest and in their eyes, greatest OS. I currently run XP in a netbook that runs 24/7 in the kitchen that's connected to the Internet. Its use is for PhoneTray, a TeamSpeak server and a FTP server who's storage is on a SD card. I've upgraded it to 2GB of RAM and disabled the page file to save on wear and tear of the fragile flash hard drive that can only take so may writes before failure. I call it the Kitchen Kiosk, and it's also used for quick Internet searching and recipe look ups. So in a nutshell, while XP is severally outdated, it's not an incapable OS to use for FS2004, and FS2004 would probably run better in XP anyway. But! With new computer hardware means you more than likely won't be able to use XP since the motherboard drivers are not coded for XP. With XP you can always use a Deep Freeze program to isolate the entire OS so that absolutely NOTHING gets placed on the computer. I use Fortres Security Clean Slate myself. Not even polymorphic malware can take me down. A quick reboot and all is back to normal. Waaay better then any signature-based anti-virus, that I can tell you. I have over 500 MB of malware that I use for testing and nothing got passed the reboot. Anyway... Answer the first three questions if you could. Wiin 10 fan boys commence the flaming. HAHAHA!

Anyone that is a pilot whether that be Sim or otherwise or loves aviation is a friend of mine. :D I try to help when I know how or what the issue may be. Sometimes I just don't know.

If you copy off my panel correcting the order of gauge numbers and the window= number you shouldn't have any issues. See this: gauge00=FDSFX_01_gate!switch, 49,89,30,51 gauge01=FDSFX_02_airport!switch, 111,89,30,51 gauge02=FDSFX_03_muzak1!switch, 174,89,30,51 gauge03=FDSFX_04_muzak2!switch, 235,89,30,51 gauge04=FDSFX_05_muzak3!switch, 295,89,30,51 gauge05=FDSFX_06_turbulence on!switch, 357,89,30,51 gauge06=FDSFX_07_turbulence off!switch, 419,89,30,51 gauge07=FDSFX_08_gate departure!switch, 49,190,30,51 gauge08=FDSFX_09_pushback!switch, 111,190,30,51 gauge09=FDSFX_10_safety message!switch, 174,190,30,51 gauge10=FDSFX_11_safety video!switch, 235,190,30,51 gauge11=FDSFX_12_takeoff!switch, 295,190,30,51 gauge12=FDSFX_13_climb!switch, 357,190,30,51 gauge13=FDSFX_14_cruise!switch, 419,190,30,51 gauge14=FDSFX_15_meal service!switch, 49, 298 ,30,51 gauge15=FDSFX_16_movie!switch, 111,298,30,51 gauge16=FDSFX_17_begin descent!switch, 174,298,30,51 gauge17=FDSFX_18_on approach!switch, 235,298,30,51 gauge18=FDSFX_19_on final!switch, 295,298,30,51 gauge19=FDSFX_20_taxi to gate!switch, 357,298,30,51 gauge20=FDSFX_21_gate arrival!switch, 419,298,30,51 30,51 is the size of the gauge, or switch in this case. The first two numbers are x and y coordinates.

Okay, I have it working in the CRJ-700. Make sure the gauges are in the gauge folder of the FSX directory. Make sure the FDSFX.bmp is in the panel folder. Adjust to your window number. In this case it's 10 for the default panel. [Window Titles] Window00=Main Panel Window01=Radio Panel Window02=GPS Window03=Throttle Quadrant Window04=Overhead Window05=Standy PFD Window06=PFD Window07=MFD Window08=EFIS Window09=Mini Panel Window10=FDSFX [Window00] file_1024=bombardier_CRJ700_panel_background.bmp file_1024_night=bombardier_CRJ700_panel_background_night.bmp size_mm=1024 position=7 visible=1 ident=MAIN_PANEL gauge00=Bombardier_CRJ_700!compass, 923,0,101,128 gauge01=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_1, 139,324,267,97 gauge02=Bombardier_CRJ_700!autopilot, 421,329,542,92 gauge03=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_2, 974,326,50,95 gauge04=Bombardier_CRJ_700!clock, 21,492,102,119 gauge05=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd_screen_bezel, 206,478,251,290 gauge06=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd, 221,494,222,262 gauge07=Bombardier_CRJ_700!mfd_screen_bezel, 469,478,251,290 gauge08=Bombardier_CRJ_700!mfd, 484,492,260,338 gauge09=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis_screen_bezel, 747,430,251,312 gauge10=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis, 763,446,221,252 gauge11=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd_mfd_select_panel, 0,579,168,189 gauge12=SimIcons1024!ECU Icon, 270,453,19,19 gauge13=SimIcons1024!Overhead Icon, 292,453,19,19 gauge14=SimIcons1024!Kneeboard Icon, 314, 453 ,19,19 gauge15=SimIcons1024!ATC Icon, 336,453,19,19 gauge16=SimIcons1024!Map Icon, 358,453,19,19 gauge17=SimIcons1024!GPS Icon, 380,453,19,19 gauge18=SimIcons1024!Radio Icon, 402,453,19,19 gauge19=SimIcons1024!Other Controls Icon, 424,453,19,19 gauge20=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 80,398,57,17 gauge21=FlightDeckSFX!Icon_FlightDeckSFX, 248,453,19,19 Add all this. [Window10] file=FDSFX.bmp size_mm=500 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=5 visible=0 ident=122757 window_size= 0.488, 0.597 window_pos= 0.000, 0.000 gauge00=FDSFX_01_gate!switch, 49,89,30,51 gauge01=FDSFX_02_airport!switch, 111,89,30,51 gauge02=FDSFX_03_muzak1!switch, 174,89,30,51 gauge03=FDSFX_04_muzak2!switch, 235,89,30,51 gauge04=FDSFX_05_muzak3!switch, 295,89,30,51 gauge05=FDSFX_06_turbulence on!switch, 357,89,30,51 gauge06=FDSFX_07_turbulence off!switch, 419,89,30,51 gauge07=FDSFX_08_gate departure!switch, 49,190,30,51 gauge08=FDSFX_09_pushback!switch, 111,190,30,51 gauge09=FDSFX_10_safety message!switch, 174,190,30,51 gauge10=FDSFX_11_safety video!switch, 235,190,30,51 gauge11=FDSFX_12_takeoff!switch, 295,190,30,51 gauge12=FDSFX_13_climb!switch, 357,190,30,51 gauge13=FDSFX_14_cruise!switch, 419,190,30,51 gauge14=FDSFX_15_meal service!switch, 49, 298 ,30,51 gauge15=FDSFX_16_movie!switch, 111,298,30,51 gauge16=FDSFX_17_begin descent!switch, 174,298,30,51 gauge17=FDSFX_18_on approach!switch, 235,298,30,51 gauge18=FDSFX_19_on final!switch, 295,298,30,51 gauge19=FDSFX_20_taxi to gate!switch, 357,298,30,51 gauge20=FDSFX_21_gate arrival!switch, 419,298,30,51 [Vcockpit01] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=1024,1024 visible=1 pixel_size=1024,1024 texture=$CRJ_1 gauge00=Bombardier_CRJ_700!popup_overhead, 4,4,673,315 gauge01=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis_screen_bezel, 4,323,310,388 gauge02=Bombardier_CRJ_700!efis, 23,340,274,324 gauge03=Bombardier_CRJ_700!autopilot, 4,715,542,92 gauge04=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_1, 5,811,267,97 gauge05=Bombardier_CRJ_700!annunciator_panel_2, 5,912,50,95 gauge06=Bombardier_CRJ_700!mfd, 609,325,321,418 gauge07=Bombardier_CRJ_700!compass, 275,811,101,128 gauge08=Bombardier_CRJ_700!clock, 382,813,102,119 gauge09=Bombardier_CRJ_700!popup_radio, 681,4,225,320 gauge10=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd, 324,333,274,324 gauge11=Bombardier_CRJ_700!backup_pfd, 549,748,237,239 gauge12=Bombardier_CRJ_700!pfd_mfd_select_panel, 790,749,169,190 gauge13=n_number_plaque!n_number_plaque, 58,912,89,25 gauge14=FlightDeckSFX!Icon_FlightDeckSFX, 649, 749 ,25,19 The pop up icon will show up in the 2D and virtual cockpit. In 2D It's there next to the other Sim icons. In the virtual cockpit it was harder to add as other gauges covered it. Look at this image at the arrow where the icon is at. https://imgur.com/Z4TLWdN

I have FS Panel Studio and I can add it to the CJR and paste the .cfg here if you want. I need to reinstall FS Panel Studio though. Come to think about it, I may have manually added the gauge though. You really don't need the background at all, I can embed the switches and size them on the overhead if you want. You just won't have the text to know which is which, but just playing with them and go from left to right as the flight progresses should be good enough. I did precisely this in the PMDG 737 in FS2004. I embedded the switches in the overhead.

You can use either or. Referring to VATSIM that is. I don't think the boxed version has multiplayer, but the Steam version does. Don't expect too much professionalism in Steam multiplayer.

Lol

Nice. I never knew about the Prussian war. I'm part German and Prussian, Irish, Polish and other stuff. I'm pretty much a mutt. LOL

Interesting. I wonder why? Usually it's a Caribbean town or other coastal tropical area that produces rum because it's made from sugar cane. Edit- I see now. Flensburg is surrounded by water so it must have been a huge import. Looks like the town was established some time in the 1500's which would correlate with that of the privateer/pirate era. Flensburg is about 55 miles South of Denmark. I'll have to check this town out one day.

I love rum! Morgan and coke is my fav. :D

Personally, I can fix, upgrade and build my own computer and I have replaced the HDDs in laptops, the screens, RAM, etc. I would never think of using Geek Squad. I've heard that they not only suck, but will copy your data off. But at least you got it working.

This is why I refuse to use updates. In fact, I haven't used updates since I ran Win 98se back in 20004. I will only use a specific update if I need it. And why so many asinine updates? Is Windows that broken? It's analogous to Comcast updating the cable box every night. I flipping I hate that! And besides, an update won't prevent you from getting malware at all. You can update, and update all you want and you'll still get malware, especially polymorphic malware. It just all depends on how you use your computer. I'd look into Sandboxie for your browser. Then go into Services under the Control Panel and turn off the update service. No more problems. If you want to risk an update messing up your computer then always clone like mentioned. I use AOMEI Backupper. https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/14/comparison-of-windows-10-privacy-tools/ People shouldn't tolerate this crap. M$ needs better quality control.

There's an Android App called pmdgsim. It will take you through the checklists. Note - it's only for simulation.

I don't think you turn VNAV on prior to take off. You would climb 1,000 AGL and then engage VNAV and LNAV. The flight director is turned on prior to take off. And you have to set up your FMC at the gate.