Yeah, I play it.  I am not having any big issues.  I am not an expert, but I enjoy the game.

I am having one issue that I wish to resolve though.  The normal loading screen between flight selection and flight is blank black screen.  Also, when I exit or want to watch a replay, the screen confirming exiting or selecting replay options is also blank black so that I just have to hit enter to select the default settings.  I have no control over the replay options or flight analysis.

Kind of frustrating.
 
EDIT:  After doing a quick Google search, it appears that this is a common issue.  I was playing FSX in Vista.  I will try it in Windows 7 to see if it is any better.
 
Anyone else have this issue and offer a tip?  I read that ALT+TAB out and then back in can fix the problem.  I haven't tried it yet though.

ty_ger07

I played FSX in XP and that is how I knew something wasn't right while playing it in Vista.  In XP the loading screens and option screens appeared fine.

I just tested it with Windows 7 and it works fine once again.  Go figure.

I cant really help you out with those problems as I am new to FSX myself. I do think however that your replay thing was an issue that is currently being worked on. try some of the sites I listed and Im positive you will gain a better flight experiance. This guy NickN on Simforums is a real guru and has a great tweak to improve over all play, I actually tryed it and it really helped me out. Good luck man and talk to you soon! Maybe we could fly together sometime! Peace

My Fs2004 rig was a Gateway 815GM Media center 2.93Ghz P4, 2gig ram ddr2 400mhz ..lol, 8800gt oc 512mb, 200Gb WD Hard drive 8mb cache. CH Yoke and Pedals, Saitek Throttle, trackir 4. 22" Hans G monitor that I got for free. Every Carenado airplane for Fs2004, Dreamfleet Archer II and III, Dreamfleet Dakota, Eaglesoft Cirrus sr-22 "runs like poop" Flight1 Ultimate terrain/Flight enviroment, Flightzone Portland and Rhode Island. Reality XP Flight line N/T guages, Gns430 and Pro and Panel editor. All this is being shelved and I am moving on to FSX after my new Gaming PC is ready to go. Will start with Saitek Yoke and throttle since my yoke is worn out, Trackir 5, Real enviroment Extreme V.2. Carenado Archer II which I spent my student pilot training in and Flight1 mustang which I cant wait to fly. Only thing that sux is that the Reality XP guages are not supported by 64bit systems. I cut my teeth on the GNS430 and cant do the default gps.

REX is good but can hog fps slightly at times but the effects are worth it, mega heathrow is awesome but does hog fps, pmdg 747x is the best add-on aircraft hands down its your frames but this puppy is as real as it gets.
none are free but are worth it
looking for something/way to improve frame rates, my current @ rw27 r (mega airport heathrow) in the pmdg 747x are 16-19fps , i feel its a good test as it does'nt get much harder than there to push

having to reinstall FSX again (its F*&K^D again) may even go back to FS9

i have never had this much **** in fs9, FSX is better looking but is it worth the hasle

Great thread!
 
My issue:
 
While Nvidia's SLI Game support/compatibility listing includes FSX I get very little displacement of the SLI indicator bar (no more than an inch) from center. The Precision Tool GPU temp indicatior confirms my dual 260-216 SC GPU are not being pushed like I normally see in CoD games, FC2, etc. There's no SLI enable option I can find in the game settings either.

I've also searched but can't find any reference to SLI setup or issues with FSX. Anyone else running FSX SLI and if yes, please post the degree of SLI indicator displacement you're seeing and/or related comments.

Thanks in advance!

fusionssl

FSX is cpu dependent it clocks on a scale of 1 to 1

SLI is totaly useless until you get to the higher resolutions over 2500 +

Where did you find this info? Please post a link!
 
Thank you.. 

Thank-you for this thread.  I have FSX and a really good flight stick and I don't know squat when it comes to using all this stuff.  I used to play flight sims back in the FS4 days so I'm trying to get back into this.

fusionssl

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=29041

Appreciate the link. But, dang, because FSX is such a resource hog you'd think M$ would have included SLI compatibility.

fusionssl

well no not really,
FSX cant work that way it has to many variables to process eg: your aircraft/weather/your location and altitude and these cant be pre constructed back in the developers chair, your processor is having to do that, take modern warfare its scenes are pre programmed where FSX programmers couldn't predict or program the fact that your in the 747 above klax @27890 feet cruising at 498knots heading bla bla blaa

so instead they programmed textures that the program can load in regard of where you are what heading and  altitude ect

So, essentially what you're saying is FSX was/is coded such that it's CPU dependent - meaning the faster your processor the faster the game will run, with the GPU picking up the slack in terms of rendering. Makes sense. As an aside I ran into a similar issue with MoH:Airborne with my previous 3 GHz Pentium 4 system with a 8800 GTS where the game ran like a slide show at best, then smooth as butter with my current system (in sig) even before I added the second GTX 260-216 SC. 
 
Again, thanks for the follow up!  

Anybody use the add=ons such as REX/UTX/etc...? I might buy REX2... looks cool. If you go to the FTX site, they have a cool freeware download and some other things. Yes, if you read through alot of the forums at Simviation, etc they have a ton of good info. flight 1 is a good one too. Also, try an app called enhancer and google NickN at flight 1 for the settings. Alot of good stuff.

Did you know you can try out FTX for free at there site? Its a full download for Tasmania, they also have some airports and stuff too. Really cool... Peace

I have just purchased REX and would love to get the install done cleanly. I have FSX installed along wiht a trial version of UTX Australia and also Enhancer. Just some advice in order of install followed by anyhting else that would be helpful in making this a great experience. The 3 files are RealEnviromentExtreme /REXDownloader/ and REX20_Update? I have seen that some people do a fresh install of FSX prior to installing REX. just a little confused... I am currently at 29% in the Rex Data File 2 (downloading into My Documents/Downloads folder). I have two hard drives as you can see in my sig, I use the Raptor 150Gb for my applications/games & my Barracuda 500Gb for storage. I run windows XP 32 w/2Gb of memory but also have another 2Gb to throw in if you recommend it (wont be running dual channel anymore if I do). Sorry for the long questions but I would really like some help!Topic says it all... I have just purchased REX and would love to get the install done cleanly. I have FSX installed along wiht a trial version of UTX Australia and also Enhancer. Just some advice in order of install followed by anyhting else that would be helpful in making this a great experience. The 3 files are RealEnviromentExtreme /REXDownloader/ and REX20_Update? I have seen that some people do a fresh install of FSX prior to installing REX. just a little confused... I am currently at 29% in the Rex Data File 2 (downloading into My Documents/Downloads folder). I have two hard drives as you can see in my sig, I use the Raptor 150Gb for my applications/games & my Barracuda 500Gb for storage. I run windows XP 32 w/2Gb of memory but also have another 2Gb to throw in if you recommend it (wont be running dual channel anymore if I do). Sorry for the long questions but I would really like some help!

Hey, a little of a bump, but never saw this thread before!
I'm an FSX user. I have a ton of addons, like REX, GEX, the Aerosoft F-16, Captain Sim C-130.
I really like to take "Screen Shot Art" in FSX.
An example: