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A few tears in the eye. An era that has been in the forefront of my own life has now ended.

Hmmm...not sure about that one, Mut. If they're re-writing the code base, there's a very big chance that all bets are off for compatibility with past add-ons. This is a double edged sword. Keep modding the old code so it works with older stuff or dump the lot and start again to take advantage of current hardware.

Wow, thanks for the feedback, guys. I'll definitely get it now, I think. Btw, don't worry Graham - I have a knack for missing sales. The retail demon demigod of Beelzebub is determined to take as much of my money as possible.

Thanks for the warm welcome, Guys. I have 'pinned' myself on the map appropriately (South of Edinburgh) but I am Scottish by residence only. I'm originally from Hamilton Ontario. ...and don't worry, I gave up a sane life long ago...

Win7 will do you a treat for those BUT make sure you download UIAutomationCore.dll and drop that into your FSX root folder. CTD's will be a thing of the past then.

I'm seriously thinking about REX2 but my system is not exactly a powerhouse. Is there any point if you don't have a monster rig?

I'm happy to be the voice of dissension here. Flight looks excellent - particularly the lighting effects on the June preview. Also, the codebase is written for multicore from the ground up and 'yes' I believe it will quite easily utilise 6-8 cores. The FSX codebase is junk. It's a fancy sports car with a heavily-modified 'Chevette' 4-banger engine underneath that is well past its sell-by date. Hopefully 'Flight' will be what FSX should have been in the first place. Flightsim junkies: Old grumpy men who don't like/fear change.

Glad you like it, John. Point of interest, in my college days as a suit salesman, I had the pleasure of meeting Rick Green (a.k.a. 'Bill' from 'Adventures with Bill') who was doing a show for CHCH (Hamilton, ON) at the time and came in to buy a sports jacket for his TV appearance. A great guy to talk to. Unfortunately, I believe he and Steve Smith (Red Green) had a falling out towards the end which is largely why the show ended.

Might I suggest looking here for some helpful handy tips??: http://www.redgreen.com/ Check out the 'clips' section - you might be inspired. :icon_thumbup:

Thanks Mikael. Much appreciated. :001_th_smiles89:

hmmm....anything worth buying for FSX? Only thing that looks remotely tempting is the 727.

It's about the same down here in the Borders - our servers are having a little sing-song with their cooling fans. ...and 'hi' - I'm Devon. Old to flightsim but new to Mutley's...