When I try to walk with the keys A S D W it goes very fast. Impossible to walk around and remove the pins.

Also the selections for sitting in copilot seat or cabinseat are not working.

What am I doing wrong?

Any tips?

The x-plane installation consists of a few key executable files along with a whole lot of support files.  The key executable files are in the root x-plane directory and are as follows:

1.)    X-Plane

2.)    Plane-Maker

3.)    Airfoil-Maker

The support files are things like the terrain database, the aircraft files, bitmaps, plug-ins and a myriad of other files most users will never interact with.  If one is hoping to become a developer, then you will have to become acquainted with all these files and what they do and there is a web page for that, but for people who simply want to fly in x-plane, you generally need not concern yourself with anything other than the "X-Plane" executable.

The x-plane package is available in four different "versions".  There is a “Demo Version”, a "DVD version",  a "beta version", and a "updater version.  Sound confusing?  Where here's some examples to help clarify.

If you wanted to try a demo version of x-plane, you would go to www.x-plane.com and download an installer file.  You would run the installer file and the demo version of x-plane, along with limited scenery area around Innsbruck Austria, would be downloaded and installed in a directory of your choosing.  You could then run x-plane for up to 10 minutes in demo mode.  There are no limitations on the demo mode other than being geographically limited to Innsbruck and the 10 minute time limit whereby x-plane displays a dialog box and negates any control input, but all the aircraft are available to you.

So if you decided you liked x-plane and wanted to buy it, you'd order the latest DVD version of x-plane which will net you 6 DVDs.  95% of the data on those DVDs is the world terrain database.  Now you can choose which parts of the world you want to install and a full install of the world terrain will eat up a good 60GBs of your hard drive +/-.  Any part of the world where scenery is NOT installed you CAN fly in but you will only see water and no land; however, the airports will be in place.  X-Plane has an installer that will walk you through the installation.  I'm not saying it's easy but it seems everybody gets through it somehow.  Feel free to ask question in these forums if something eludes you.

So let's say you've installed x-plane and your part of the world.  Well the version of x-plane you  purchased on DVD and just installed is probably some 'stable' version chosen by the x-plane developers.... let's say 9.20, which is the current DVD versions available online.  An older version like 9.00  might be something you'd buy in Wal-Mart.  The x-plane authors figured these were as good of versions as any to put on DVD so they did it.  NOW....here's one thing about x-plane you really need to understand, and that is X-Plane is updated CONSTANTLY.  Once a stable version get's "burned" to DVDs and ready for shipment, the x-plane authors go right back to programming in more features and lots of cool new stuff.  So rather than let these new features build up and disseminating them in one big release in the future, they elect to offer frequent updates.  So while you may have installed version 9.20 or 9.00 off your DVDs, chances are there will be some new update to x-plane already or if not, then probably in a few months into the future.  There are usually announcement on common forums when an update to x-plane is released.

Now whenever an imminent  update is about to be released, the x-plane authors first release what is called a “beta version” for public testing.  This is a chance for people to test the software and report bugs.  Do NOT expect this beta version to work correctly “across the board”.  If you desire to try the beta version, then you should be prepared to report any bugs you find...that is the  purpose of the beta “phase” of the release.  After some period of time has elapsed and the x-plane authors feel that no more significant bugs remain, then they will declare the release “final” and that release will become what I previously referred to as the “updater version”  So then to recap, the procedure for new x-plane owners is to install x-plane from the DVDs and then check for updates or beta versions.  If you were to do that as of this posting, then what you'd find is that you would probably install version 9.20 from DVDs...and the current “updater version” would be 9.22 and the most recent beta version will be 9.30b7.  When 9.30 goes “final” i.e. all the bugs have been handled, then 9.30 will cease to be a “beta version” and will become the “updater version” and the x-plane authors will go back to adding more features to be released at some unknown time in the future in a new beta version.

So this post will now assume that you have the latest and greatest version of x-plane installed and you're ready to launch x-plane.  After launching x-plane for the first time, x-plane will place you at  LOWI, the Innsbruck airport, which is the same airport as is the demo and you'll be in a Cirrus Jet.  At this point, you can select another aircraft or another airport or both.

Generally though, the first thing you'll want to do is set up your rendering settings.  X-Plane has a myriad of rendering settings that vastly affect the quality you see on the screen.  The rendering settings you will choose are directly dependent on the power of your video card.  Some of the common settings you'll want to experiment with are the “texture resolution”, the “anti-aliasing”, “aniosotropic filtering”and “pixel shader”  pull down menus......in that order.  These four settings have the biggest effect on the visual quality you'll see.  You can expect to have to quit and relaunch x-plane to have these settings take effect as this information has to be loaded into the video card during x-plane loading.

After your rendering settings are set, you'll probably want to next set up your hardware if you have any.  If you do not, then x-plane will still allow you to fly using a input device such as a mouse or trackball in conjunction with keystrokes for various functions.  If you do have hardware, then x-plane has a setup screen that allows you to select which buttons on your hardware control specific functions within x-plane.  You can also map commands / functions to keystrokes in another setup screen.

Once you have your rendering settings and hardware setup,  you're ready to start “flying” so at this point, you can select a new aircraft and/or new airport and begin flying. 

The first thing you'll probably notice in x-plane is the lack of any buildings / structures at airports.  Airports are just flat expanses of “pavement”...taxiways and runways.  Where's the tower?  where's the terminals etc?  Well x-plane, like other sims, creates it's airports from standardized information that allows it to populate the “virtual earth” with all recorded airports....5000+ in all.  It is impractical for the authors of x-plane to create individual airport details.  At this point in time, it is left to 3rd party contributors to create 3D scenery for airports.  The x-plane authors are working on creating generic, default airport structures but for exact replicas of specific airport scenery, 3rd party solutions will always be the only option.  I will NOT go into scenery development here, but I will say that all tools and technology exists in x-plane to create as much 3D scenery as one could desire.  In addition,there are tools available that allow one to convert scenery made for MSFS into scenery usable within x-plane.  You might also notice that common famous landmarks are not available either.  This is because the market traditionally targeted by x-plane was not the “visual world” as we know it but this is changing.  The x-plane authors have recognized this and there are aggressive efforts to provide famous landmarks into x-plane.

You're next impression of x-plane will come from the aircraft you've chosen and the performance characteristics you experience.  All aircraft in x-plane are highly customizable and just because an aircraft is included with x-plane as a default aircraft doesn't mean the flight model is accurate or fully developed.  X-Plane has demonstrated the ability to model aircraft flight very well when the time is taken to tune a flight model thoroughly.  So if you're first impression of x-plane is negative because the particular aircraft you selected did not seem to perform as you expected, then just know that aircraft can probably be further tweaked to perform even better. 

You also may note the lack of virtual cockpits on many of the x-plane default aircraft, where only a 2D panel exists.  This is due to the “transition” x-plane finds itself in where flexible 3D functionality for virtual cockpits has been provided by the developers but has yet to be implemented into the default aircraft.  Laminar is currently engaged in an aggressive effort to update it's default fleet to include 3D virtual cockpits for it's fleet.

Another shortcoming of x-plane you may  notice is the lack of AI (artificial intelligence) air traffic.  Now x-plane does have a basic system of AI air traffic, but the system leaves a lot to be desired.  Again, the developers of x-plane realize this and the AI portion of x-plane is being revamped.

Up to this point, we've discussed what can be expected to get  an “up to date” version of x-plane running on your computer, but I suspect there will be lots of features you WON'T see and wonder what's the story on these features.  Well what we haven't addressed is what x-plane CAN do.

X-Plane CAN do anything almost anything MSFS can do.  The x-plane developers have spent the last few years creating a code base and infrastructure that will allow developers to create very powerful results.  What x-plane lacks is development by 3rd parties.  In the same sense that a road is paved into new territory, until that territory is populated with desirables, it will take a while to grow.  The “road” has been built...but x-plane needs developers.  This forum has several experienced developers that are ready to help and assist new users who might have interest in contributing to this simulator and its growth.

As time goes on, x-plane add-ons will increase...we're seeing that now.  High quality scenery will come available...Ortho-photo scenery will come available, 3D airport scenery will come available,  AI traffic will become available.  It will take some time, but the technology is there to develop it.

Looking for guidance in how to set the display to Track Up v. Track North in the G1000 display?

Jay

i dont have sound in xplane can someone nows why?

Log.txt

Hello everyone,

I'm the new guy in town and just got into the XP world.

I'm finding quite uncomfortable to use my mouse to fly, however at the beginning is OK but I'd like a bit more realism.

So I have 2 options I'm thinking about, as my budget is quite limited at present.

What's your opinion/preference and why?

Option 1: vkb gladiator MK II (https://store.x-plane.org/Gladiator-MK-II_p_595.html)

Option 2: Logitech/Saitek Pro-flight Yoke system ( https://store.x-plane.org/Pro-Flight-Yoke-System_p_28.html)

Any suggestions is welcome and much appreciated!

Thanks!

G

Inviato dal mio GM1903 utilizzando Tapatalk

Glad to be a member of the community.

The traditional option is to purchase it from http://www.x-plane.com for $39+ shipping

At this time, Avsim has a great deal going on for $29, and you can purchase that by clicking here.

Another alternative is X-Plane.org's store. You can purchase for $39 by clicking here.

processor 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5

memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

graphic Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB

This is my macbook air's abilities. I'm wondering if I can run x-plane 9 or 10 or if I should look for a PC and set up a desk with a yoke and foot pedals and be done with it? I just found this sim I plan on getting my private license in the next year. Thinking this will give me a decent start. Thanks of any input.

Thanks,

Bob Morehead

• maintaining best fps performance
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• install on external usb3 or not?
• use ch yoke or logitech 3d stick?
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• best free plugins and addons
• best scenery for select cities
• best free planes and liveries (want Ed Force One and Air Force One to start)
• best flight planing site and procedure
• best tablet/phone apps to augment the experience (free or inexpensive)
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• best wiimote headtracking setup
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• fun people to fly with

happy flying.

So essentially the cockpit looks like I'm staring at it through binoculars.  Is there any way to zoom out in 2d mode?  I've attempted to setup my camera position in 3d mode but couldn't settle on anything natural looking.  Ideally I'd like to see the 2d view but be able to view the whole instrument panel.

Thank you.

I just bought x-plane 10    today  and unistalled MS  flight  simulator x  !

Installed everything  as  per normal  plugged in my joystick chose a plane  and  it  cant  take off !!!  only rudders  are working !!!

Using Logitech Extreme  3d Pro Joystick!

Many thanks. 

I downloaded X-plane 10 via Steam. I also downloaded Linux-track to make my trackir5 work on my mac.

Everything goes well until i have to "link this configuration to the executable x-plane file. Ican't find it anywhere! Is there maybe some other way to make the trackir5 work on x-plane?

Thanks a lot already!

How can I go about finding out what caused this as, clearly, I'd rather not have it happen again. 

What did I add to the mix? Well, I had just bought X-Mapper Pro for my iPad but I hadn't touched it other than to zoom in as I got closer to my destination.

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I think every Newbie should now the website: http://www.XPlane-Tutorials.com

Everything you need to know about X-Plane. Hopefully I can see you there.

Cheers  ;D ;D

Main Computer 

2x 24" Monitor 1924*1024

Geforce x660

Ram 16gb

i5-3570 3.4GHz

Can't remember the exact specs on laptops

Laptop one 

CPU i5

Some Dedicated Geforce card (run most games fine)

Ram 10gb

Laptop 2

Macbook Pro

Geforce card

CPU core 2 duo 2.5GHz

Ram 4gb

Laptop 3

AMD 3ghz

radeon card

Ram 4gb

And I have eeepc as well but not sure if it can run this.

Anyway I was thinking to setup main computer as wide view in the dual screen. And the laptops for instruments and other displays.

So how could I set this up?

Thanks

Eddy

I am having one re-occurring problem with the Airbus a320 by JARDesigns. I can start up, take off, climb, cruise and descend without any problems, but whenever I use ils to approach the runway, my plane keeps banking in one direction and therefor spinning on the spot, it's very weird and I can't get my head around it because I have had no problem with ils landings in the past.

I use the MCDU to tune to the ils, turn autopilot 2 on once at around 2,000 ft and then click the approach button.

Just ask if you need any more information and I'd be happy to give as this has been driving me crazy.

Also, if you have any advice on landing heavy metals manually, that will equally be appreciated.

P.S are there any forum rules? Couldn't find any. Apologies for the incredibly poor structure of the post!

Thank you

andyconor

Yes, I'm a newbie using x-plane 10 (Global) but not so new to the flight sim world (Fsx).  I have decided to give up usng the latter and spend all of my learning time on X-Plane 10.  So far I've been able to setup my saitek controls with little incident.  My only issue is setting up my new 27" iMac with my other 27" monitor.  I purchased the cable and it is all working but haven't been able to span the desk top across both monitors in x-plane.  Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Frank Parker

Just bought my first X-Plane copy. Will receive it soon, I hope.

I've been puttering around the web and I'm learning all kinds of stuff. However, I'm also completely overwhelmed with the flood of information. Just yesterday I learned that you can get head motion sensed to look around. Who would have thought.

For this reason, I have to ask a few questions as it's getting hard to find the right places for the info. That and I'm exhausted from information overload.  

1) Is there a really good glossary of things "flight sim" somewhere? Acronyms are a killer.

2) Is there a plugin to have one screen show the main view, sort of speak, and one screen to show the cockpit? I have an iMac 27" and an external screen. I don't have two computers I can dedicate to running XP10. It would be nice to fly the Cessna 172 without that huge cockpit in the way. But having the cockpit is useful for sure. I will be getting something on the iPad for showing the main instruments but it would be nice to have the full cockpit. Just not on the main screen.

3) Is there a list of the types of plugins you can get? For example, I had no idea I could get a "push off" plugin until I saw one on youtube. So if I don't know about something like that, how am I even supposed to look for it? I've seen some sites that have hundreds of plugins but it's hard to search for stuff.

Don't worry, I'm not  expecting to get it all packaged and served on a silver plate. I'm spending a ton of time learning the ins and outs of flight sims. But it would be nice to get answers for those 3 questions. And if I at least get a glossary, I might know what to look for as I will probably get ideas when I look at the definitions and or the list of what plugins are available.

Thank you in advance.

Stef