Don't miss this great FSX Bella Coola DX10 video by Jun Kazama

 

 A link to FSX SP2 SDK

 

FSX SP2 is out, get it here. Read more about it at Phil Taylor's blog

 

 Sorry guys it seems Convimx won't do the trick , it saves the files with the alpha channel which seems to be the problem, anyway you'd better use DXTBMP or Imagetool to convert the textures to 32 bit.

 

  I've found this great video at  SimTube

 

 Hey guys,

If you're using my FSX Rainy Pass scenery you'll notice when in DX10 preview that the Lodge and cabin textures are transparent  ,  this is an issue with SP2/ DX10 and to solve it you'll have to navigate to the object library texture folder and then open each texture and save each one back in 32 bit  , this can be  easily done using either imagetool that ships with FSX SDK or DXTBMP (freeware) by Martin Wright, while there also get his latest DLL set without which his software won't run. The third alternative is using another software by Martin Wright Convimx (also freeware) , it does the same as the previous two but in batches saving you time. I hope this helps.

 

  Happy Flying

 

 

   Amazing shots of the Martin Mars firefighters at Lake Elsinore,Ca

 

 

 

 

 

 Chris Frishmuth released a nice video comparison of a real flight he made in a B200 and the same flight in FSX, get it at SimHQ

 

  Impressive sequence  of a Swiss Air Force  demonstration in the Alps, added to the photo album session

Link to Sebby's video showing self shadowing VC's

 

 

 Some more  screenshots

 

 FSX Acceleration Pack screenshots

 

  Flight Simulator X Service Pack 2 will be included in FSX Acceleration Pack, read more about it at Phil Taylor's blog.

 

 

       "Eagle Island, is a fairly large island in the Yukon River, between Grayling and Kaltag. It is a checkpoint

 on the south route of the Iditarod Trail. There is a cabin and a nice campfire to warm you up.  Runway 06-24 is,

 1,200 feet long, 60 feet wide, hard packed dirt surface".(quoted from Snowboss's site). 

   This is my first attempt at making a scenery, besides the airstrip it adds a cabin, campfire, land start,water start with docks and a flock of birds, a grizzly has been spoted too. Only default FSX objects and textures were used, so it probably won't work in other FS versions.

 

  Real Stars adds all the visible stars to Flight Simulator 2004, Capt Dave Bernard says:"Anyone doing night work may like to get outside the aircraft on occasion and look at the stars. The difference in brilliance of the stars makes the screen look a so much better and natural at night".