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  1. I don't use FS2020 but it sounds to me like you need look at the menu bar at the top, then do Scenery Library > MSFS (just click on it, you'll probably see XPlane, FSX, P3D options also), then do Scenery Library > Load Scenery Library. LNM will spend a few minutes scanning your scenery installation and when it finishes you should see airports etc. on the map. Again, I don't have FS2020 but that's how it works for me with P3D and FSX anyway, hopefully that will work for you as well. Good luck. Jim
  2. If you need a nocd hack to get your FS9 running it'd probably be wise not to drag P3D's EULA into the conversation. ;)
  3. There's a big difference between: Creating a livery from scratch using a paintkit and some photos of an airliner for reference ...and: Copying and pasting bits and pieces from developer A's custom made VC textures onto developer B's texture sheets and releasing the result as an enhancement for developer A's competitive product. The distinction between the two really isn't rocket science. Your analogy is flawed, full stop.
  4. I find if I keep at least 3 sims installed they collectively generate enough problems with stuff not working as expected than it's always more than "interesting". :) "Interestingly", my FSX made me "run & trust" all my addon modules and gauges again here a month or so ago, and now it's giving me a 30 min trial period every time I start it. Been installed and working since 2011, I think it's just butthurt because I use P3D v4.5 for 99.9% of my flying now and it's acting like a spoiled little petulant child that's used to getting all the attention. 'Bout to get written outta the will. :mad:
  5. Been playing with this flight plan into a USFS airport in the mountains south of Glacier Park. The flight plan descends you through the canyons and eventually dumps you out on final for 3U7, Benchmark. I've flown it in the Pilatus PC-12 (easy), Beech C90 GTX, and even the Lear 45. :) Departure airport is S27 Kalispell City just south of Glacier Park Intl, cruise altitude is 15,000', total distance is 79 NM. Waypoints show up in the GPS as A7800, A7200, etc. which are the crossing altitudes for each waypoint, if anyone wants to try it you can download the flight plan here: https://flightplandatabase.com/plan/3778305
  6. Funny that the "crew" appears to be in the correct position in the MCX "after" screenshot I posted on the previous page, just not in the sim.
  7. I see, the crew's part of the external model (in the 172 anyway). I assumed he was part of the interior model. I wonder why he didn't move with the rest of the exterior model? ...and his head ended up way off to the right? Maybe the prop did that? :)
  8. I didn't try it but couldn't you just use the tool to make the exact same correction on the interior model too? So were you able to make all the adjustments in the acft.cfg just by changing: reference_datum_position = x, x, x ?
  9. If you're trying to move the reference point of the 3D .mdl it appears this tool can do it for you: http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/fslib.php?do=search&fname=model_slider.zip I played with it and here's the difference in MCX: I haven't flown the aircraft since, I worry this might affect everything in the aircraft.cfg that's defined as a relative position from the datum. I don't know if the "datum" is actually the reference point of the .mdl however, I've adjusted positions for this & that in the aircraft.cfg a million times but I've never messed with the reference point in the .mdl. Good luck, and make a backup, lol. EDIT: That appears to screw everything up. The VC would obviously need to be moved too which could be done but note the position of the nav lights, I'm thinking everything in the aircraft.cfg would need to be adjusted.
  10. For boats you might try this, they're different than aircraft flight plans, and a .kml is exactly what you use to define the routes the boats take. See index.html inside the .zip file for instructions. https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/2688/fsx-boat-traffic-compiler/
  11. We got some snow and I'm incarcerated in the house now until March so I've been flying the sim a lot lately. I flew several flights over the weekend and don't really even remember everything I did but I guess the most notable was KPVU (Provo, UT) -> KAPA (Denver, CO) in the Carenado F406. I just bought the RealityXP GTN 750 and installed it in the F406. I had the Flight 1 version prior and I still have it in FSX but it doesn't work in P3D v4.5 being 64 bit. This flight was sort of a shakedown for the new GTN, first real flight I'd done with it. It worked well but I need to study up in the manual a bit. I tried to do this flight VFR at 17000' but the weather wasn't working out so I figured as long as I'm on oxygen I may as well go IFR and climb up well above it to take advantage of better tailwinds. The F406 made it to 25,000' with ease and I saw 310 kts GS at one point near Aspen! The F406 is similar to the Conquest but it's not pressurized and it uses Pratt & Whitney PT-6s rather than the Garretts the Conquest uses. Normally they don't fly this high in the real world but IIRC the service ceiling is 30,000'. They're a rare aircraft in fact, they were manufactured under license by Reims in France. As near as I can tell from flightaware there are only three of them in the states and only one of those flies regularly enough to have a flight history on flightaware. I think the others see some use sourcing aerial imagery and there probably isn't much of that going on this time of year. Here's a screenshot: I don't think you're any more obscure than I am, lol. I just like hearing about other people's flights. I like the screenshot forum too, especially when the posters provide a little backstory with their shots. Jim
  12. Nope, no sim restrictions and in fact I have a soft spot for FS2002 anyway since that was my first sim! Spent almost 20 yrs chasing "better" and yeah I've had a few wow! moments but I'm not sure I've ever been awestruck like I was just initially experiencing what FS was all about. I was a RW pilot before I ever flew a sim so I was pretty stunned when I tuned Coeur d' Alene VOR 108.8 into the Nav1 from memory and the VOR needle came to life! Thanks for posting, I enjoyed reading about your flights. I do have to ask about YBAL though. I have FS9, FSX, and P3D v4.5 installed and I can't find YBAL in either one of them. I googled it and found Balladonia but it's like 1500nm away from Lismore and closer to Perth. Did you mean YBNA Ballina?
  13. So where did you land then, LFRK? Also which airport on Isle of Wight? (Had to google it, lol.) What's the "danger" airspace all about, what's the danger? (all those airspaces look like a royal nightmare BTW :) )
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