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Post by Chris Ross on Feb 29, 2012 19:09:59 GMT -5
OK, If I was strill flying the GAAR I wouldnt bother, but I have been looking around on diferent sites and it appears you have to succesfuly complete two training flights to unlock the "game"
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Post by Chris Ross on Feb 29, 2012 20:13:05 GMT -5
So I am a sucker for punishment I flew the two missions 1 Weave between the ballons and land you get marks for using the contols and lowering the gear and landing on the runway( I couldnt make the brakes work? practise makes perfect)
2 Taking off and flying to a wedding yacht, passing low over the yacht finding a check point and landing beside the yacht (its a sports amphibian,the plane not the yacht)
Now I get a lot of new menus including free flight
I have toi get back to real work
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Post by davidrevans on Feb 29, 2012 21:41:47 GMT -5
down loaded it , found the graphics nice , worked well with the joy stick but got feed up trying to log on to get to the Stearman ...think I will stick to FS9 till they get the bugs ironed out of it.
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Post by flaminghotsauce on Mar 1, 2012 11:10:47 GMT -5
I downloaded it last evening. I went ahead and set up the Live account et al so if there were some complications later....
I had some difficulty setting up the Saitek controls. At first, I had pitch and roll, but that was it. I couldn't change camera views, power settings, gear, flaps, etc. at all, except with the keyboard. So I went in, assigned everything, but when I got into the first exercise, I had no pitch control. So I went back and reassigned the pitch control and lost my ability to change camera angles at all, even with the keyboard. I was stuck in fly-by view. ACK! It took several start/crash/search the options and attempt reassignments before I gave up.
It took a bit of research on every flight forum I have bookmarked but I had to delete appdata from two different locations. THEN it worked.
AFter that fiasco, I enjoyed it very much. It runs very smoothly on my computer with graphics all set to high. I got through the first two mandatory lessons, and looked around a bit at the unlocked screens right before bed.
I think it feels tremendous, fluid, smooth. It feels better than FSX. It looks far better than FSX. But it ought to. Two years on one little island, they should have all the details down to the trash can placements.
I haven't done any free flight yet to check out stuff, like cloud simulation, or other graphic intense items. I am home kind of ill today, so while I'm wasting away the nicest day of the year inside, I'm going to check it out some more.
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Post by budsbud on Mar 1, 2012 20:31:39 GMT -5
flame I am having the same problems and have just about given up. The appdata that you removed, what and where are they?? I will try the same fix if you will post the above. I am using CH yoke&pedals
bgan063 Bud Lane
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Post by flaminghotsauce on Mar 1, 2012 21:28:42 GMT -5
Close flight Delete files in %localappdata%\Microsoft\Flight Delete files in %appdata%\Microsoft\Flight Restart Flight and replay the missions.
I found this on page six or so at the Flight forum at avsim, thanks to RYR738 Fred over there for this. I merely copied from the % sign in each line and pasted into the "search for files and folders" bar in my Windows 7 start menu. Delete what you find.
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Post by Joe on Mar 1, 2012 22:34:22 GMT -5
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Post by budsbud on Mar 2, 2012 19:07:20 GMT -5
Flame I have stumbled through the two test (missions??) and want to try the Free Flight. I find the Icon A5 setting on the water ready to go.. not quite. The engine is not running, I see the master battery switch is ON. Instruments all lit up. I put the mouse on the ignition switch to turn to START. NO go at all. The mouse ponter goes to hand as it should but it will do nothing. How can the engine be started >> HELP bgan063 Bud
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Post by Allen Peterson on Mar 3, 2012 13:49:51 GMT -5
Hi Bud, I think what you have to do is go to the 3d cockpit, then scroll up and back ovet the pilot's head and you should see the fuel switch. Turn it on with the mouse. I'm curious, is the Icon in the new FS or you flying in FSX?
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Post by Chris Ross on Mar 3, 2012 15:03:00 GMT -5
Hi Allen The Icon is the first plane you fly in hmmm what are we going to call it FSNEW maybe
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Post by budsbud on Mar 3, 2012 20:19:00 GMT -5
Allen My Icon A5 is just fine in FSX. Nice little run-about.... But this new MS Flight seems to be a real can of worms for me. I did see on one of the screens that said to "Start engine click on the "Take Off" button, but I'll be dimmed if I can find any such.. Again a note popped up to "Start Engine Press B' I think that that did work one time as I was flipping from one thing to another. Oh weel it's free so I can't complain too much I guess. Bud
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Post by flaminghotsauce on Mar 4, 2012 10:11:24 GMT -5
I didn't find a way to start it up manually either. "Press B" Chiggers can't be boozers.
I am really liking it though. I got out at one airport, and took a run down to the beach, walked in the water and ran back to the airport, got back in the airplane and took off. It's really fun to explore on foot. I couldn't get inside some "open" hangar buildings, though.
Now I'm having a difficult time getting back on my compter. My son is on there a LOT! I also bought Rise of Flight Iron Cross and he's on there constantly. That is one beautiful sim also.
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Post by louross on Mar 4, 2012 10:26:35 GMT -5
Can you post a few photos of that- the beach? If you can't get on because of your son, tell him you'll "just be a minute, but anyway this is not regular stuff- this is official business." lr.
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Post by Joe on Mar 4, 2012 21:19:13 GMT -5
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