bspilman

Turns out it was as simple as checking "Direct X 10 preview" on the settings- customize page. Seems to work well, now to all the add-ons...

Thanks for the reply, Didn't seem to do the trick. It's the music continuing to play that baffles me, seems to indicate nothings "locked up." I set a restore point in anticipation of such trouble (25 years of this crap and you learn). I may just ditch the program AND Steam and try to wrestle with installing my old FSX Gold from disc.

Sorry if this has been covered, I've looked through posts for about an hour and haven't seen this addressed. I just bought and installed the Steam version of FSX on a new computer. I go to free flight and set up a simple flight, click "Fly Now," and the screen goes black while the menu music plays and nothing happens. I still have the mouse cursor movable, but a black screen otherwise. I can't even get Task Manager, I have to ctrl-alt-del and restart to get out of it. I've tried it with several aircraft and locations, and there have been no add-ons installed. I assume it's a software issue because the music keeps playing. Anybody got a solution? Thanks. Asus ROG, Intel Core i7-9700K, 16GB Memory, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080, 512GB SSD.