Deeceele

Oh yes, i can't wait for the saab to be released. One more word on problems with heavy detailed 3D aircraft models, combined with 25 or more usb-modules. (total usb switches and knobs can easily exceed 200). There seems to be a limit to impulses that x-plane + pc can handle. According to my IT-guy the pc is not the cause, but x-plane. i don't know. symptoms are : gradual loss of usb instruments input, whereby the pc picks up and sends signal every few seconds only. Controls are unavoidably lost. only a restart can solve this, but 10 minutes later : same problem. with simple 2d cockpits no problem. But when using a complex and rich virtual model like the duchess i had to reduce my render settings to standard. It works until now.

Problem Solved It seems indeed solved by trashing the preferences. It did a succesfull 1hr flight without crashing the system. Thanks!

Thanks Goran, Indeed, i use an extra reality xp garmin 530. I never alter my acft files on purpouse, but something must be interfering with the duchess file. i tried a reinstall to no avail. Could the Duchess file be too demanding for my pc? don't know. i had good hopes after being able to fly for an hour but then it started again. strange thing is that with e.g. piper saratoga by carenado ( also really heavy) i don't experience the problem. a pitty i cant go on training on the duchess, i still think it flies fantastic and according to the numbers very correct. i know this is not the place to showcase hardware setup, but i thought i could share one more picture of my setup, which is a 6 screen setup in the making now only 4, and tons of usb hardware...

Hello Goran, I hope you can see the attached photo. screenshots are not possible with the system frozen The deleting of preferences does not change something. it is almost systematically after 30 minutes i tested, used one or both pc's but no difference really.

Dear Maxime, Dear Goran, Thanks. As it is the only aircraft file that is behaving this way , i think it is unlikely to be the preferences, but i will do it and then report. ( although i am reluctant to change the configuration of this rather 'heavy' sim i have. i will take screenshots to. i noticed that the instruments had dissapeared at the crash. My scenery is very heavy, on both pc's in use. the master 'instruments'- pc has only one hd screen, the scenery- textures do get misty after 20 minutes, but no problem for the flying because: the second 'scenery' pc has plenty of graphic card power and never gets tired. it is the master (instruments) pc that crashes. one thing that i do which is a little trick ( i dont know if this has to do with it) is that the scenery pc does NOT have the aircraft file, in order to avoid the 3D appearing over my scenery. it replaces it automatically with the standard cirrus aircraft. i will return with more info once i have tested. Thanks! David (ps : It was Cameron who directed me to this forum)

Hoho guys. easy. The bottom line is that it is hard to find great photo-texture textures for x-plane, other than x-aviation textures, but they are limited to some parts of the U.S. in order to use g2xpl, you do need very, very powerfull graphics card. Loading the textures can take minutes indeed. Legally it is a grey zone. Use common sense and do not distribute it (commercially or other)

After 30 minutes or so. it all ends with my soundcard screaming, the instruments dissapearing, and no way to get out of this situation unless reset of the pc. i tried a fresh install of the downloaded file... Also : props don't retard enough. Anyone with similar issues? Can a new file be donwloaded? No other file gives me this trouble. ( i use two pc's: one for scenery and one master pc, both very fast machines)

just in case you are still reading this Agrajag, i donated to the g2xpl guy, named Robert or so, and i got a wonderfully working update. Iit has been a lot of work but was soooo worth it. i have a big part of europe now. Just don't mess with the files, there are milions of them, and your computer might get confused. Don't use it with Vista, use it with Windows 7.