Dutchman in the house.

[Marcel]

Just wanted to say hello to you all.

I am 50 married two kids and love to fly low and slow.
Installed all the needed ORBX packages and some Misty Moorings scenery's.
Find my way into Misty's place. And ready to go.

Beers are on me 

Greets Marcel.

[Doug]

Hey, welcome aboard! Let us know if you get stuck...we want this to be the best experience you’ll have with the sim. It takes a little effort, but the end game, breathtaking low and slow flying, is worth the effort.

Doug

[jeff3163]

Welcome to RTMM, the Forum, Marcel.  It sounds like you're getting settled in fine.  Thanks for the round. 

[ualani]

Welcome Marcel. What sim are you using, P3D or FSX?

Steve

[Marcel]

Thank you for the welcome gents. Nice te be here.

Steve I now use FSX but think about buying P3D. But still in doubt. which sim do you  gents prefer to use?

Marcel.

[jeff3163]

I use Prepar3d v4.1, and it is much better than FSX if you've got the system for it.  (Win10 64-bit)

[Marcel]

No i use windows 7. Maybe i should switch over.

[ualani]

I use FSX DX10, with Windows 7 and am very happy with it. It runs and looks great for me. No complaints.

[nbrich1]

A Dutchman in the house? Marcel!  (I won't tell my wife.. she is 100% dutch (background) and might be looking for a Dutchman in the house.. lol  (Are you in The Netherlands?).
I use Win 10 and P3Dv4.x.

Anyways, great to have you aboard and welcome.

Norm

[jeff3163]

There are many choices:

FSX w/Accel
FSX for Steam
P3D versions 1-4
 ... and probably others too, I've forgotten about ... and some we don't support.  Aerofly FS 2 and X-Plane 11, and

     What you choose depends on your budget and interest in simming.  Upgrading your operating system as well as your sim is costly.  I figure around $300 if your machine is already capable.  Do you have the space on your HDD, or do you need a new SSD?  Cha-ching!!     Much to consider ... 

[stiletto2]

Welcome, Marcel.


Actually, P3Dv3.4 or P3Dv4.1 are the best choices for P3D.  Not sure we have any staff left with P3Dv3.1 or v3.2.  Too many issues with P3Dv2 and P3Dv1.

I run P3Dv3.4 on Windows 7 no problem.

Rod

[Bradallen43]

I still only use P3D 2.5

Brad

[stiletto2]

Ooops...forgot that.   Guess 2.5 works too!

Rod

[Marcel]

Yep Norm  i am living in The Netherlands in the city of Almere thats near airport Lelystad (EHLE)

[Doug]

Marcel ... I'm running 4.1 and 3.4 ... there are a few of us brave souls on the rather dangerous technical frontier.  Running into some aggravations but mostly this is because we are going to the 64 bit program, Windows 10 has added to some of the problems. If you are going to do any scenery design work, I'd stick with V3.4. I have to have it on my system for scenery design, but I "fly" 4.1 for my personal pleasure.  When you move to 4+ things start to break for scenery design (Instant Scenery, ADE 1.75 (that only works with 4.0+), etc.

But there is some good news too.  If you are just a dedicated simmer, not playing with scenery design, etc ... then I'd highly recommend 4.1. It uses all your computer's cores, it is smooth as silk, you can crank up the scenery higher than you could before. You'll see a lot of discussion about all the "problems" ... but those are not with V4.1 ... these are problems with the associated programs ... and work-arounds are being made for those.

No matter what choice you make, we are here to help you through the transition. We want you to make Misty's Place your home so you can always Return to Misty Moorings!

Doug