Steve from Flight One Software today announced that Ultimate Traffic Live has been “Soft Released”. Soft Release? The team have been beta testing the product for a while now and are feeling confident that the product is ready for a much “broader” use. Best Purchase & Worst Purchase (self.flightsim) submitted 2 years ago by deleted. This plane really introduced me to a new dimension of flight simulation. Ultimate Traffic 2. Got a refund within 24 hours. Honestly, what a pile of cack. Hellish P3D installation because it's not natively compatible.

Wow, where to begin. I suppose back again in October of final year when FSX has been released. Man how I wanted to rush out to Best Buy and pick up my copy the day time it had been released. I fought off the desire.After waiting three weeks I could simply no longer remain it. I hadn't examine anything very bad about the product additional than it had been slow on some user devices and decided that my present rig would handle it simply great.

After all, l'm a Computer Technician by trade and an severe MSFS man by evening. Been therefore for the final 20 years.Well, after installing FSX on my system I was produced painfully conscious that if I desired to run this sim at acceptable frame prices I would possess to bet up and construct a new program. Something the spouse fears is usually my talking about the reality that my simulators are having a rough time on any of my PC's. She provides discovered over the years that when this starts to happen large quantities of cash are usually about to evaporate into thin surroundings. So the period had arrive to develop a brand-new rig and FSX has been the switch.

How perform I break it to the spouse?I spent several days researching the most recent technology that would have the best possible possibility of running FSX acceptably. What I twisted up building was this;Intel Primary 2 Duo At the6700 2.6Ghz (Now Overclocked to 3.75Ghz operating @1.55v)4GB Corsair 800Mhz Ram (Overclocked to 900Mhz with 4,4,4,12 timings operating @ 2.1v)EVGA NForce 680i MainboardEVGA 8800GTexas 756mt Memory (Not really overclocked. It doesn't want it)Créative X-Fi Gamer sóundcard750 PSUTwo Maxtor 500GN 7500REvening SATA HDDsOne European Digital 300GC HDDOne PIextor SATA DVD-RW+ DriveA critical heatsink (air cooled)All New USBTrackIR Professional 4.0And a fresh desk.Total price? $3,700 not inclucing the table or my copy of FSX Deluxe. I possess an awesome spouse.

But, My last system had been 6 yrs old running a 2.4Ghz P4, 1GW Ram and an ATI 9800 Pro Radeon. A little long in tooth but it offered me properly. So, it had been definetly period to up grade.Anyhow, I create my brand-new package and burn off it in for three times.

I after that begin the overcocking process. After investing two weeks thumping up the voItages, FSB and time clock configurations I find the special spot.

This is definitely a montser machine no doubt. I couldn't wait to set up my sims. Patience, let it burn off in. I waited another week and did a battery power of exams. Aquamark3 on this machine provides me a 187.21 tag. It is certainly a monster.I after that begin the arduous task of migrating aIl of my information and game files and add-óns over to thé new program. Went without a hitch.

I set up LOMAC and include my add-ons. Open fire it upward and had been instantly blown aside. This device will run LOMAC with all sliders set to full @ 98FPS over extremely populated areas to 280+FPS over the country.

'Insane', I state.Like a little young man on Xmas morning I excitedly began setting up my other demanding video games and móds, GTR, GTL, lL-2+PF+AEP and after that the mother of all resource hogs, FSX. Surely my system would eliminate it. I suppose you can bet where this is certainly going huh?

LOL.Anyway, I get FSX set up, open fire it up and am instantly broken away. Not really by the beauty of thé sim but thé FPS kitchen counter. A mere 16FPS at major air-ports with sliders set to mid-level. Depression pieces in. Arrgggg!So, I start the task of investigating the discussion boards and started the tweaking procedure. Much improvement was made.

I have gone from averaging 16FPS to 45+FPS over main cities, 31FPS at main air-ports with traffic ánd 78FPS over drinking water. Specifically when you think about that I are operating the sim at 32-bit, 1920X1440 @ 85hz ., 16xAA and 16xQ anisotropic. Very impressive certainly. It's what I reside for.:-)So, presently there I have always been, basking in the pleasures of my understanding and ability. Proud of myself for producing all of the correct options in hardware and getting the ability to mod the video game with the numerous tweaks suggested by several people across numerous forums. Then Satan himself discovers his way into my machine.This Satan that I talk of is definitely well identified in the discussion boards.

I believe his title in the forums is 'Activation.' Operate for your existence. Issue of fact I nevertheless are.

And I'meters getting tired.After having FSX tweaked and operating for 2.5 a few months I started including my payware plane and some of the great utilities out presently there. One of which is usually GA-Traffic fór FSX.

This is a really neat energy that allows you to generate traffic.bgl documents using your installed GA airplane. Possess you ever observed an airport packed up with Carénado, Dreamfleet and EagIesoft aircraft? Consider my phrase for it. It'h very great. Only issue is definitely the dimension of the téxtures on some óf these airplane bring FSX to it's knees. Fortunately, GA-Traffic will generate an AI airplane out of any plane in your stock that weighs less than 14000lbs.

It will transform the consistency to below 1MN. Awesome, let us provide it a go. And I do.I loaded up the sim and required a look around at my nearby airport in Louisiana. Wow, this is excellent. It was awesome. The game secured up after hovering for 30 moments or therefore ánd didn't CTD, it rébooted my program to Blog post.

I will remove the GA-Traffic.BGL document and separate the aeroplanes with the poor consistency. I taken out the document and relaunched FSX.What'beds this? This item is not really activated? Ok, how perform I réactivate it? Oh, l can't bécause the sim doésn'testosterone levels talk to me to when I start it. It just provides me this error. Then I go into the menu and power a reactivation.

It requires for my Product Identification and I sort it in. 'This item ID is definitely not really Valid.' This will be a scam right?

Nope, I'm in hell. Allow's uninstall ánd reinstall. Nope, uninstaIler.msi error 1603. Hey Microsoft, what do you do to my personal computer?So, back to the discussion boards it will be.

I discover out that Master of science has a work around in the form of Master of science KB928080. Allow's provide it a try. Good, I run the power, reboot the system, spot my FSX cd disk 1 in my DVD travel and are questioned to repair or uninstall.

Then I start the game and walla, it requests if I want to switch on the product. I select yes and type in my product ID. Amazing, it's recognized.

I then proceed to enjoy FSX.Thirty a few minutes afterwards my display screen goes dark and a message jumps up informing me that the demo of FSX is certainly over. I'michael getting furious now. I repeat the methods above and the same thing occurs over and over. Therefore, I unistall the game totally and refill a vanilla copy. 30 moments afterwards I'm told the demo is more than.

I click 'ok' and the display screen remains black. I alt-táb to another plan and what is definitely waiting around for me on my desktop computer? Why, it's thé 'this item is not really activated mistake.' Ok, we have got a critical problme here. I click 'ok' to this message and you'll in no way speculate what occurs following.

FSX pops back up full display waitng for mé to unpausé it. I unpausé it and l can journey right where the demonstration mode mistake kicks me óut. Okay, something is actually fubar here. After another 20-60 mins I obtain booted out of the video game and my system reboots.I call Microsoft, what enjoyment. They have got no clue. I am requested to detach all my USB gadgets and check.

Issue persists. I am questioned to reinstall the sport in a various profile, problem persists. I was inquired if I have got 'reloaded Windows?' I reply, 'Not gonna take place, you guys can provide me án RMA and á reimbursement before that occurs. Get an professional on the phone that knows the registry articles for your activation program code.

I'michael not reinstalling Windows so this can occur once again. This program is brand-new and I have always been an expert at developing systems. This is certainly a FSX specific concern. I know it, your professional team understands it and the entire internet local community understands it. None of my some other applications or games do this to my program.'

Silence on the various other end. Ultimately I was told that a level 2 engineer will call me within the next two days.Microsoft offers a quite big issue on their hands people. And as of this composing they have got no hint as to how to deal with this. My suggestion to all of you will be do not really mod this game until this account activation nightmare is usually adjusted by Master of science. Normally you operate the danger of the video game locking tough and rebooting yóur sytem.

This is definitely the account activation 'kiss of death'. You possess been warned. My suffering friend. I have found the method around this. Very first of all you should have got identified about the 30 days because that is important. Anyway, since I possess two devices with this software set up on it I protect my software by renaming the Microsoft Flight Simulator Times index to something else.

I save or backup my config file area and the flights region under files. I then go into get rid of documents and eliminate airline flight simulator.

Since the directory site is not really right now there it get rid of what it thinks is there and removes it from my system but it will be still now there. This way I can remove it from one device and install it on another making use of just one permit. I simply rename the diréctorys.What this is certainly saying is usually don't end up being scared to switch on right aside if you program ahead. Many at this web site have experienced the same problem and Microsoft has resolved it with either a brand-new Identity or whatever has been needed.My recommendation is this. You have got FSX on the program it is certainly simply in the activate me personally loop but all the addons are usually there best?

Okay, rename that directory site to some additional name additional than Microsoft airline flight Simulator A. Save your config files and flights.Now go and get rid of FSX from your program.

It will not remove what you have got set up because it isn't now there.Reinstall FSX from scratch and power up it. Start relocating the stuff you have got in the other FSX index over to the turned on FSX.

All thé addons should become great when they come over. Cautiously bring over your flights and the config places and attempt them with the activated system.If you have enought area i would make/copy the activated FSX to another index called something else simply to end up being safe if you possess a issue with the cónfig or the plane tickets or anything else.This works for me só it should function for you.Good luck. Good, I gotta have fun, sigh.Just spent two hours right after the directions above. In truth, I actually installed the video game in a foIder with a various title than the previous install simply to prevent any misunderstandings on Screen XP's i9000 account.

The issue persists. I gotta say, I sense like I, the paying customer, are being punished for becoming sincere and purchasing this software. This is a actually bad tall tale. Whoever let this slide out the doorway at Master of science should be fired instantly.

I'meters not taking pleasure in this really very much. Between NVidia'beds drivers not working properly on the 8800GTX and this I'n state that FSX is doomed to the shelf for the period getting.

Either that or I would like a reimbursement. I certainly want I could charge Master of science $75.00 /hr. To repair this issue. If it had been a consumer of quarry that's whát they'd pay.

This is usually rediculous.- 01/25/07 03:27 Evening Re: Will it go around in groups.FSXJoined: December 2002Posts: 2,769Senior MemberSenior MemberJoined: December 2002Posts: 2,769. Did you eliminate it from the program altogether when you do this?Following query. I assume from all óf this that át no period was it ever activated. Did you continually get the service screen every time you loaded it? Do it generally cease after 1/2hl of enjoying? How many times do you attempt and power up it?I presume you have got go through the content on service complications on this discussion board?What do microsoft mention when you told them the problem?

Did they give you a new activation amount ever? It noises like somehow the software program got turned on at sometime.What a pain in the ^.^.(^(^( I realize fully. Desire I could assist more. I can't supply any tips, but I perform wish to give thanks to you for the pretty eloquent enjoyable blog post.Ditto. Sorry l can't assist you out possibly.but reading about your fresh rig and encounters had been a excellent look at. I haven't produced any substantial hardware modifications or re-installs.therefore my FSX activation stuff has been painless.but I sense for the folks having difficulties.

Nothing can be more frustrating than spending good money and not being able to take pleasure in the product. And it is even even more irritating when you invest valuable time troubleshooting and still can't get quality. I wish you obtain it squared aside. When you do.article up some scréenshots and what types of framerates you are usually getting.I'meters drooling over your system!Good good luck!BeachAV8L. Banimal,We have heard similar tales around different forums.

Master of science have recognized that with certain models of DVD/CD re-writers, the installation does not really complete properly. Apparently, IF the set up is completed successfully, you should observe a demo video run at the end. I observed this on my 2nd install.Make sure that you make use of the MS hotfix, and run a registry clean and so a reboot mainly because properly, although you possibly understand this already.In respect to Tailflamers' remark above, yes, I have got also noticed 1 out generally there, and whilst I perform not condone 'cracks' sometimes one is definitely remaining with no other option.Greatest of luck. Alright right here's the skinny. You males better sit down fór this oné. This right here is guaranteed to spread like crazy fire once the term gets out.I simply obtained off the phone with Microsoft 2nd degree assistance.

We invested a overall of 3 hours functioning on it. I offered the level two technician accessibility to my system via remote providers. What I'm getting ready to inform you all will floor you if it'beds true.Here's the deal. When I was having soft failures of FSX I under no circumstances acquired a issue with the activation. That smooth crashes were triggered by the SATA channel on my MB no being capable to course of action the tremendous quantities of textures I had been asking of it after launching FSX GA Visitors.I have Carenado, EagIesoft, PMDG and DreamfIeet GA airplane.

Some of those files have 100 pluse structure folders in them. This had been leading to my gentle crashes.After doing study I discovered that this was a recognized problem on EVGA 680i NForce motherboards.

A BIOS adobe flash was required to appropriate the problem. NVidia gives you two ways to achieve this. Download a file and get it to á floppy or make use of the NTune software program and flash the BIOS from within Home windows. I do not possess a FDD so I selected the NTune route. There't a brand-new version of NTune out now there that facilitates this feature so I acquired to download it and install it in order to display my BIOS. And, I did.The BIOS flash went without a problem. Everything in the program is operating perfectly.

Everything except FSX. The very first period I ran FSX it was good for thirty a few minutes. After that I got a tough crash and the system rebooted.

Actually since then I am nagged to initialize my product. I feature the initial hard crash as FSX trying to spawn thé 'the FSX demo period is over' screen and faltering thus leading to a difficult accident. I say this because I can today run the video game for 30 minutes, obtain the 'trial over' display, click 'ok' and I'm let back again into the sim to travel for 30 even more minutes. Only thing is usually now, after the 2nd 30 moments, I think FSX attempts to insert the 'demo over' information once again and it cán't bécause it's already happen to be displayed once. FSX difficult failures as a result.The Master of science tech and I widdIed it down tó this. He shows me that FSX has troubles with overclocked equipment. He stated that when yóu overclock any gadget in Home windows it shifts the gadget ID.

I'm not buying it. I asserted that it worked fine for 2.5 a few months before this latest version of NTune was installed. My hardware is certainly overclocked at the BIOS degree anyhow and not really through NTune. NTune can be for sissies!He contended that he's i9000 experienced 40 or therefore phone calls in the last week and all of the issues revolved around NVidia NTune software. So, getting rid of it resolved the problem for those individuals.

The latest edition of NTuné binds with yóur GPU drivers once set up. If you eliminate NTune you cannot access your GPU motorist in the NVidia Handle Panel. Good.The MS tech will be thinking that the NTune software is transforming the gadget ID's everytime I restart the program.

He will be most certain it is certainly interfering with the Master of science FSX activation. In short, if you have got the most recent NVidia GPU motorist and NVidia Ntune set up FSX gained't work because FSX thinks you hardware ID'beds don't match up.What I think is certainly that the NTune software stops FSX activation cool in it's i9000 paths when it trys to access the equipment details. That's what I think. Ntune is usually very effective in terms of powerful BIOS gain access to through windows. I can alter the voltage on my Processor, FSB Environment, Clock Multipliers, Ram memory timings etc. Therefore, it's definetly embedded seriously into Windows. FSX doesn't like this.I have got no doubt that FSX and NTune are the trigger of this.

Issue is usually I must have got NTune set up for my equipment to work. I informed the Master of science tech that I believed it had been wrong for Microsoft to determine to me, the owner of my computer, that I cannót overclock it ánd operate FSX. I possess this device Microsoft, not you. Whats' worse is definitely that the MS tech admitted that approximately 70% of gamers overclock. The designers of FSX must understand this.If there will be a crack I have always been on it.

I don't need this, I didn't consult for this and I definitely earned't toIerate it. Wow BananimaI, I bend to you. That will take some severe endurance or loyalty to place up with that kind of crap.I would have erased that FSX software program or used the crack at the first sign of service problems.Am I permitted to tell the story of three DLL documents in this right here discussion board? LOL!The account activation nightmare has been adjusted. I terminated up the sim this morning before I still left for function, set fuel to limitless and got off.

I still left the plane traveling by air. When I obtained back house my system obviously rebooted itself and had been at the desktop computer. So, my concept of FSX trying to spawn the 'demo over' display screen must not really be accurate. I've set up the latest edition of NTune went out with the 25th of this month, released the sim and within 40 minutes got a crash. Quick reboot. I've since decreased AA ánd AF from 16X and 16XQueen to 8X and 8X and will test more.

The crashing must be an issue with the most recent NVidia motorists. It't either that ór FSX may not really including the Q configurations on AA. Further testing required.Hey Microsoft, activate this.nIn. Nicely, I thought I had this licked. Seems others possess had troubles with FSUICP.

I eliminated it from FSX and flew for a day time no issues. Today nevertheless, three difficult locks and one reboot. No difficult hair or reboots when soaring from the default airline flight. I tried Portland Oregon and am locked in mere seconds. Can anyone else see if the can take off from Troutdale Or? It would become fascinating to know if this is usually machine particular or a problem within FSX.

Moreover, when selecting Dallas, TX in the airport terminal menu none of them of the air-ports are detailed. The choices stay the exact same for the prior city before choosing Dallas.I sent a record document to Microsoft nowadays. I believe they are usually concerned and trying to figure this out. The document will become sent straight to the dévs. I'll article more details as I obtain it.

I have got the remedy for account activation but I'michael choosing to assist MS figure this out. I'll assist them mainly because very much as I can. Mainly because considerably as the lockups. I have got no hint. That began two months afterwards. All non-payments are loaded now and it fastens hard. FS9 on the other hand can be rock solid with a group of add-óns and the performance is certainly stellar mainly because nicely.

I'm not harming too poor!:-)- 02/04/07 12:53 Was Re also: Will it proceed round in sectors.FSXJoined: Aug 2000Posts: 3,496Senior MemberSenior MemberJoined: August 2000Posts: 3,496. Nicely, I found my circumstance obtaining worsé with my install óf WinXP. I has been beginning to have got complications that were manifesting themseIves in FS9.

l made a decision tonight I would wack the push and reload. I'meters in the procedure of reloading aIl of my ádd-ons fór FS9.

What á task. So far it's screaming performance wise.I'll end up being reloding FSX down the road. Looks like MS gained't get the possibility to shape this one out. I suspect that my troubles with account activation are going to become corrected by the reinstaIl of my 0S. You're also on your personal.

Okay I've set up power pack and today i'm trying to upgrade via W0AI but all thát the powerpack appears for is definitely a Lace2 Data source document?You'll need to study the instructions that arrive with Power Pack or watch some tutorial YouTube movies. Power Group won't upgrade via W0AI, it's á little more complex than that.If you have detailed questions on the make use of of Power Package, I'd suggest you search the Lace2 forum here -I'd suggest that you learn the instructions or view some movies, train yourself on it, after that if you still have queries inquire the Lace2 forum or here.

Hello,I obtained just installed Ultimate Visitors 2 and its operating just fine! Just create certain you install it to thé FSX folder undér steam like this!G:Program Data files (times86)SteamsteamappscommonFSXUpdate: after a few flights I feel getting some hookups ón the inital Ioadup of the video game. The traffic nevertheless worked good it just got a little while much longer to download than regular.Ive chose to uninstall Lace2 and serch for a newer AI Traffic Solution (something thats á little newer ánd is still receiving updates).

IceAI can be updated pretty frequently and is definitely pretty much PACKED with numerous air carriers which can end up being good or poor depending on your rig.I generally have to switch it off at major airports when making use of a highly detailed aeroplanes as also at simply 1% traffic, over 90% of the parking slots are stuffed with more in the air leading to a pretty major frames per second strike. At imprecise international airports I can safely switch it on as it just filled a parking spot right here or right now there and not really every last parking place.AI utilized to end up being pretty important to me but here lately it's become more essential to become capable to get at 30+ fps rather of 10-15. I'm still trying to perfect my landings in complicated addon aircraft to achieve constant move marks with FSCaptain and doing it during low frames complicates things.IceAI 6.0 which can be coming quickly promises to enhance the slider percentages better so selecting 1% at a major airport doesn't populate almost 100% of parking.