X- Plane 1. 1 Desktop Manual . The latest version will always be available online on the X. PDF manuals are available in German, French, and Spanish. Quick Start Guides are available in Japanese and Chinese. To use this manual, you can jump to a section by clicking its title in the table of contents on the side. TOUT SAVOIR (enfin presque) et OPTIMISER (enfin presque), voire AMELIORER son FSX. Effepéesse. Non ce n'est pas un nouveau.
To search for a specific term or set of words, press “ctrl” (“command” on a Mac) + “f” then start typing to be taken to the term anywhere in the document. For a PDF version of this manual, use an HTML to PDF converter such as pdfcrowd. If you would like to receive a free guide to many of the most important features of X- Plane, you can sign up for our free email course. By signing up, you’ll be able to learn all the most important features of X. This course will show you how to: add new aircraft to X. Aircraft included range from the Sikorsky S–7. Cessna 1. 72 to the Space Shuttle and the B–5. Bomber. Additionally, some 2,0. Internet (X- Plane. Google are good places to start looking), many of which are completely free. If those aren’t enough, users can design their own airplanes and test- fly them! The full X. Users can land at any of over 3. They can also realistically model the flight of remote- controlled model aircraft, perform an air- launch in an X–1. Space Ship One from the mother ship, fly re- entries into Earth’s atmosphere in the Space Shuttle, fly with friends over the Internet or a LAN, drop water on forest fires, or shoot approaches to aircraft carriers at night in stormy weather and rough water conditions in a damaged F–4. The situations that can be simulated are unbelievably diverse! Weather in X. Rain, snow, and clouds are available for an instrument flying challenge, and thermals are available for the gliders. Actual weather conditions can be downloaded from the Internet, allowing users to fly in the weather that really exists at their current location! X- Plane has detailed failure modeling, with multitudes of systems that can either be failed manually at an instructor’s command, or randomly when users least expect it! Users can fail instruments, engines, flight controls, control cables, antennae, landing gear, or any of dozens of other systems at any moment. They can also have a friend or flight instructor (locally or via the Internet, working from an Instructor’s Operating Station) fail components on the aircraft without the pilot’s knowledge. The instructor can alter the time of day, weather conditions, and failure status of hundreds of aircraft systems and components. Additionally, the instructor can relocate the aircraft to a location of his or her choice at any time. Aircraft models are also extremely flexible, allowing users to easily create paint jobs, sounds, and instrument panels to modify any airplane you choose. Custom airplane or helicopter designs can even be created and flown using X. Scaled Composites used X. Kalitta has used X. Northwest and Japan Airlines use X. Cessna uses X. Dave Rose has used X. NASA has used X. These customers serve as perhaps the most significant endorsement of the incredible capabilities of this simulator. Furthermore, X. This experience can provide credit towards a private pilot’s license, recurrence training, hours towards instrument training, and even hours towards an Airline Transport Certificate—it’s that good. What X. It includes over 7. GB- worth of scenery (covering essentially the entire world) and over 1. The DVDs or digital download contain everything needed to run X- Plane—there is nothing more that you need to buy. You’ll receive free updates to X. The following is a (small) sample of what’s out there: Beechcraft Bonanza. Boeing 7. 27/7. 37/7. Mooney M2. 0J 2. 01. Piper PA–1. 6 Clipperde Havilland DH–1. Comet. Pitts “Mountain Dew” S2. CSikorsky S7. 6Strato. Cloud Ram- Air. P–5. D Mustang. Piper Twin Comanche PA3. Beechcraft King Air 3. Cessna 1. 95. Cessna C1. Bell 2. 22. Douglas A–4. B Skyhawk. Ilyushin IL–7. Fiat CR. 4. 2 Falco. Paris Jet IIIBell 4. Peregrine F2. 22 Firenze. Beechcraft Staggerwing. Curtis P–6 Hawk. Ford Tri- motor. Cessna 1. 20. Hawker Sea Harrier FRS1. Airbus A3. 20/A3. A3. 80. About the Versions of the X. The standard installation is X. Situations that go beyond the standard home use (including use in commercial simulators) require the purchase of a USB “key” (a simple flash drive) or the specific digital download product key that is used to unlock the features of X. The commercial, FAA- certifiable software is available for $7. The retail version of X. However, the software available at X- Plane. FAA- certified platforms. The biggest difference is that the FAA- certified versions have custom aircraft files with larger instrument panels, which are set up to work with hardware radios like those found in the physical cockpits. The FAA- certifiable version also has some of the purely fun stuff (like space flight) removed even though those situations are simulated accurately in X- Plane, just like the FAA- certified subsonic terrestrial flight. X- Plane 1. 1 Global. The standard X. It requires one X. For additional information on the digital download version of X. This system cannot be certified by the FAA or any other authority for logging flight training, due to the fact that it does not self- test for the presence of flight controls or a usable frame rate. However, since only one X. It requires one X. This version is very similar to the home use version of the X. This version is designed to replace Microsoft ESP. This USB key needs to be used for commercial purposes and FAA- approved simulators for flight training. It gives a Commercial Use message as X. Note that in order to interface with a real G4. G1. 00. 0, users must get a Simulator G4. G1. 00. 0 from Garmin, then make the wiring harnesses to plug them in to the serial or Ethernet cables to the computer. Users unsure on how to do this are better off buying a simulator boxed and ready to go from Precision Flight Controls. PFC does provide ready- made units with real G4. G1. 00. 0s installed and running. Finally, this key enables cylindrical and spherical projections (see “Projector Setup for X. USB key drivers for both Mac OS and Windows can be downloaded from the X- Plane. Run those installers to make X. The goal is to be in the air and flying within ten minutes of completing the installation while still learning the essentials of the simulator. This chapter will gloss over a great deal of background information, and configuration of many non- essential options will be skipped entirely. It assumes that the computer X. For the latest system requirements, see “X- Plane 1. System Requirements” in the X. If you have any issues while following this guide, check the rest of the manual—the problem is very likely addressed there, and you’ll save time for both yourself and customer support. Detailed information on installing and configuring X. Detailed information on joystick configuration can be found in the chapter Configuring and Tuning Your X. You can do this by simply dragging the old X. If you have purchased a digital download product key, download the latest X. Launch that installer, then skip to step 3. In Windows, if the operating system does not launch the X. Double click on the XPLANE1. DVD, then “X- Plane 1. Installer. exe”. Mac users will need to double click on the X. Be sure you are connected to the Internet at all times during your installation. By default X. Though it can be installed elsewhere, it is strongly recommended that it be placed on the Desktop so that it can be found in the future. For the purposes of this guide, we will assume it is installed there. Click Continue. Accept the user agreement and click Continue once again. It is highly recommended that you leave the box for sending anonymous usage data checked. This allows Laminar Research to gather anonymous data to make updates to the simulator based on how you use it. Parts of the world that are currently selected will be a bright blue color (as all continents are in Figure 2. Note that for regions where no scenery is installed, only oceans and airports will be visible. If you are unsure what areas are currently selected, just click Select None to turn everything off (as seen in Figure 2. From there, move your mouse around the map to highlight sections of the world and click on on the ones you would like to install. When using DVDs, the installer will prompt you when it’s time to remove the current disc and insert the next. DVD installation may take anywhere from thirty to sixty minutes per disc, and that only one X. Note that digital download time estimates are based on your initial network speed and real install times may vary significantly. We strongly recommend that you install only a small bit of scenery now and add more later, as the entire scenery package takes nearly 6. GB of space and a long time to install. Scenery can be added or removed at any point in the future by re- running the installer. Insert Disc 1 if you have the DVD set, but if you are using a digital download product key, X. If not, enter your product key when required. When the X- System installer comes up saying “You already have X. To avoid any possible problems, it is recommended that the flight controls be plugged directly into the machine rather than into a hub. If you own the DVD set, put Disc 1 into your DVD drive. Simply click “Authorize” and X. Starting the simulator without this or a DVD in the drive will force it to run in demo mode only. If you have successfully used your digital download product key, X. Thus if your net connection is good and your product key is not locked, you may never notice or need the product key again to fly. Since this is the first time you’ve started X- Plane, it will begin with a tutorial on the basics of flight and using X- Plane. Follow the instructions or use the Skip buttons to complete it. Configuring Essential Yoke/Joystick Functions. During this first launch, if you are using flight control hardware, the program can quickly and automatically configure them. FSX Insider . It seems a lot of you are having mixed results ranging from everything working fine to nothing working at all. Windows 1. 0 is a brand new operating system, and like all new OS, a few problems are likely to pop up. Likewise, many graphic and sound card makers are yet to release driver updates which are compatible with Windows 1. Things will get better, however it will take a little time. We understand that this doesn’t stop the situation being any less frustrating for those of you experiencing unexpected problems. We have compiled a list of possible fixes for those of you having issues running FSX: Steam Edition on Windows 1. While these fixes may solve the majority of problems, we cannot guarantee they will work for everyone. The first thing we would advise is making sure all of your drivers are up to date. Many modern drivers include an update feature which will check for a new release for you, however it is always worth checking on the websites of people like Intel, NVidia and alike to see what advice they are offering for using Windows 1. For more information on graphic card driver compatibility with Windows 1. Next, check your Windows settings. In theory, everything should have been carried over from your previous version of Windows, however it is not always the case. Try checking all of the obvious things like your display resolution, mouse, etc. Now is also a good time to check what else is running on your PC. Even if you have not started to run anything, Windows may launch certain programs upon start up. Please refer to the Windows help files for more information about enabling and disabling programs when Windows starts. The fewer programs you have running, the more memory will be available for Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition to use. Since the launch of Windows 1. Microsoft has released a number of updates to the operating system. We advise that you download and install these, as many players are reporting improvements in running FSX: SE after having done so. For the latest information regarding Windows 1. Turn on the Anti- Aliasing option in FSX: SE. To do this, follow these instructions: Go to the Settings tab on the FSX: Steam Edition home page. Click on the “Customize” option at the bottom. Click to check the “Anti- aliasing” option (see image below)6. Try running FSX: Steam Edition with or without Windows 8 compatibility mode. To do this, right click on the game’s desktop icon, select “properties”, then look under the compatibility tab. Either way, you will still need to run FSX: Steam Edition as an administrator. You can also find the Windows compatibility trouble- shooter in the control panel. Click on it and follow the instructions on screen. Make sure all of your files are verified through Steam. This enables Steam to compare all the Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition files installed on your computer against the ones it believes you should have. If any are missing, Steam will update and download them. In order to complete this procedure, you will need to be connected to the Internet. Instructions for verifying your game files through Steam are as follows: Load the Steam platform and log into your account. Click the Library tab in the menu at the top of the screen. Click the List View from the view options on the top right of the screen. Right click on Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition to bring up a popup menu. Click on Properties from the popup menu to bring up another popup box. Click on Local files from the popup box menu. Click on Verify integrity of game cache from the Local file options. Wait for the progress bar to finish verifying your files. Additional files may download. Restart Steam. Restart Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition. Re- install Direct. X 9 after installing Windows 1. To do this, click here visit the DX9 website and follow the instructions. Try running FSX: Steam Edition in borderless windows/windowed mode by toggling ALT+Enter. Reinstall FSX: Steam Edition. Steam provides the ability to reinstall the game to the default system. To perform this reinstallation, you should perform the following steps: Sign out of Steam. Backup the disk containing your FSX installation. Delete the contents of “< drive: > Program files (x. Steam. Steam. Apps. Common. FSX” and all subdirectories. Log on to Steam. Select “View Games Library” from the “Games” menu. Right- click the Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition icon and select “Properties”Select the “Local Files” tab and click on “Verify Integrity of Games Cache”We have done extensive testing with all add- ons offered in our Steam store, and can confirm they are all Windows 1. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the compatibility of add- ons not offered via our Steam store. We would highly advise installing just the core simulator, then installing your add- ons one at a time, checking for any possible compatibility issues. Try reinstalling the Microsoft Visual C++ 2. Redistributable Packages. FSX: SE requires the Microsoft Visual C++ 2. Redistributable Packages in order to run. Make sure that you install them to the same hard drive that you have FSX: SE installed on, however you do not have to use the same directory: Locate the following directory on your PC. Run each file one at a time and follow any on screen instructions. Restart your PC and try loading FSX: SE again. If the game still won’t start, click the two links below: http: //www. Download both of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2. Redistributable Packages from the Microsoft website. Once downloaded run both of the files from your PC and follow any on screen instructions. Restart your PC and try loading FSX: SE again. If FSX: Steam Edition is still not working, you may wish to revert to a previous version of Windows. Please note this could adversely affect other programs on your PC. If you are still having problems, please contact us via our support link and we will try to help you get up and running as quickly as possible: dovetailgames. If you find a solution that works for you or think that you have found the cause of an issue please share it either here or on our Steam forum so your fellow players can learn from your experiences. As we continue to investigate in the studio, we will keep you updated on any further developments. Happy flying!- Dovetail Games FSX Steam Edition team.
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