I own the PC game Microsoft Flight Simulator X. I'm a huge flight simulator fan and enjoy taking an aircraft up for a spin a few times a week. I found that FSX was a little slow even though I have a fairly fast computer, so I looked into things I could do to make it run better.It turns out that FSX has a service pack. Awesome. I tried to download it and it always timed out part way through the download. Nice. Once I finally got it downloaded, I tried installing it. No go. Did a little digging and discovered that the SP only installs on a pristine copy (unmodified in any way) of the program. Here's what I had to do:
- Un-install Flight Simulator X Accelerator
- Un-install Flight Simulator X
- Clear Windows of any mention of Flight Simulator X
- Re-install Flight Simulator X
- Install the SP
- Re-install Flight Simulator X Accelerator
[update]
After thinking I had everything worked out, MSFS X kept crashing on me. Not just normal crashes either - the kind that require complete forced reboots to regain control of your computer. Stupid f*@#ing program. Off you go now..... Maybe when I'm using Vista in the distant future will this horrendous program make another appearance on my computer. But not before.
Your sounding more like the converted MAC-Borg each day!
ReplyDeleteMaybe so. But seriously, I just had such high hopes for this program and it has been a huge disappointment in an increasing number of ways. It ain't cheap either....
ReplyDeleteI agree. My version of Accelerator keeps turning off my computer. And I have never found the flight characteristics of MFS X to be all that great. Not to mention the MS Combat Flight Simulators. It seems so ridiculous that the largest software manufacturer in the world can't seem to write good software.
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