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Hello everyone, I have not uploaded to any website yet, so this is an AVSIM exclusive. GetFP - Fetches your latest Simbrief Flight Flan and adds GATE location (you need to put it in the REMARKS SECTION) so that when you load the flight plan in MSFS you could start directly at the gate SendFSKey - Little utility to send Keypresses over the network to a MSFS computer. Ideal for cockpit builders or for those that like to keep their MSFS instalation neat and lightweight and run the rest remotely. I did this primarily to allow Spad.NeXt to run 100% on a second computer. The utility is very similar to what WideFS and Key2Lan do, the difference is that this one is free and works 100% of the time.

You could also use the following utility: https://github.com/BojoteX/GetFP Solves the issue by setting a start location on the actual Flight Plan file. The GATE or RAMP is set in the Remarks section of your Simbrief plan. Pretty straight forward. Source included on the Github page

I'm humbled! thank you guys. Happy to see familiar names and faces :) Gerard, Stephen! wow guys, its been almost 7-8 years. As for the recommendations made from everyone, I'll be checking them out, I sincerely thank you all! I know a list of 'must-haves' can be very subjective, but when everyone recommends pretty much the same ones makes it a lot easier to decide. Thanks, I'll be around. now on to installing add-ons :)

Greetings! It's been a long time since I last participated on this forums (used to be a regular). But I was wondering which 'must-haves' and/or essentials are used in Prepar3D v4 in terms of overall enhancements? Not talking about Aircraft add-ons, but more like, scenery and environment enhancement to increase realism, I remember what used to be popular around 2010 like OrbX's FTX, Active Sky, GEX, FSGenesis, FSDreamTeam sceneries. Are those still around? What would be the top 5 add-ons to use with P3Dv4 in 2018? or better yet, is there a guide for people that has been away for a long time? not looking for tweaks.. I have those covered :) Thanks!

Hi guys! there was a hardware failure on the server, for some reason filesystem is read-only and any write operations fail. Hosting provider is working on it but I assume it will be tomorrow when they fix it. Sorry for the inconvenience. I should be moving the Tweaking tool to a different server (and domain) in the near future. By the way... I just learned that someone fixed the flashing runways on DX10... thats the most amazing news ever. wish I had time for simming ;) super busy lately ;) Tweaking tool should be back tomorrow.

I meant Prepar3D v2 ;)

You really think they care? ;) Prepar3D all the way my friend! MS Flight Simulator as you know it is DEAD.

Here's the golden boy...http://www.linkedin.com/in/mrjoshuahoward

If you are in charge of the revenue stream/sales of a product like MS Flight and you are presented with the above facts, what do you think you'll do next? You'll CLOSE third party development and try to get the other 90% to buy add-ons from you!! why? because it makes sense! sounds like a logical decision, specially now that everyone is trying to replicate the Apple Store App Ecosystem. Do I agree? hell no!! I'm a hardcore FS user! I've been using Flight Sims since SubLogic created Flight Simulator... so, what can I do? well... I will organize an online petition :)Unfortunately, I will NOT be surprised if MS Flight ends up being a huge financial success for them...specially if they port this to XBOX and thats probably the driving force behind all this. Like it or not.. PC gaming *IS* dying and consoles are taking over. Yes, this is the typical decision a young hot shot newly graduated MBA with NO REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE will make. Pretty powerpoints help a lot too! and in my experience, 9 out of 10 are always wrong.

I agree with the statement about Prepar3D being a better/good alternative. They probably need to come with an alternate license scheme that allows enthusiasts and/or power users to get a license without having to apply as developers (monthly fee). I don't know, something like single user 'Home training' for individuals and not corporations and charge $75 for it. I do see a bright future for prepar3D....

Tom, the shader mod has a built-in uninstaller. It will leave your FSX exactly as it was before

Appreciate all the feedback guys! I'm not very active in the forums lately but I do read them occasionally.

Stephen! doing good! hoping everything's great. I'm away from Flight simulation for the moment.. currently very busy with my job. The only time I have is for Battlefield 3 on my PS3 and thats because I don't have to tweak anything :) If you check you fsx.cfg file, you'll notice that (for some reason) it does contain TWO sections for [JOBSCHEDULER]That is incorrect, there should only be one.

You can also edit the Waterconstants.xml file directly inside the FSX root folder. Just remember that after you change that file the shader cache needs to be flushed

If things are working great, then don't ;) don't be greedy as over-tweaking your rig will make things worse than no tweaking at all.