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Aerosoft Discus X Released

Kiwikat said:
Gahhhh

Is anyone else getting CTD's? The Aerosoft team is working on figuring out what is causing my CTD's. I thought maybe it was TIR or ASX, but it still happens. Even with the C4 computer off it happens. I'm totally stumped. I don't see anyone else reporting it so it must just be my machine?
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KK,

Try removing 5 or 10 Gigs of those RAM sticks. You might have too much RAM going. I think you cant have over 32Gigs.. If that doesnt do it, check the liquid Nitrogen cooling system. If thats in check, make sure you have your 48 inch monitor synched properly with your tri-GC SLI system. And if THAT is ok, then you might check to make sure you have the FSX SP1 Service Pack installed.


:d

Bill
 
Lionheart said:
KK,

Try removing 5 or 10 Gigs of those RAM sticks. You might have too much RAM going. I think you cant have over 32Gigs.. If that doesnt do it, check the liquid Nitrogen cooling system. If thats in check, make sure you have your 48 inch monitor synched properly with your tri-GC SLI system. And if THAT is ok, then you might check to make sure you have the FSX SP1 Service Pack installed.


:d

Bill
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:icon_lol: Thanks for the advice Bill :icon29:
 
Kiwikat said:
My CTD was fixed by using the repair feature on the latest C++ distribution. I'm not sure what caused mine to go haywire, but it seems to be stable again.
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Can you post this in the Aerosoft support forum please? I had some odd CTDs during beta (I was the only one) and these were put down to an individual hardware configuration as no one else could duplicate them.

I am not saying that you have the same issue as I did - mine appear to have been cured by a change of and an increase in RAM 3GB old (Corsair) to 4GB new bought locally. I could have had faulty RAM caused by an overclock overheat a while back...

CumulusX, WinchX, Simprobe, the C4... all these extras and included features have code... there may be sources there which 'disagree' with your PC. Could also be getting 'bent' during install with virus scanners, spyware scanners etc. being active during install.

At last minute beta testing I was able to fly several hours and several flights uninterrupted. Don't you just love to hate your PC when it behaves odd?
 
BTW folks, so that the team can compare notes, could you also describe the ways your FSX crashes please. I was getting "alertbox" messages telling me FSX wasn't playing anymore and sulking. If possible, a screenie showing any alerts will help the programmers try to spot common ground. Mine are all on record, so there is a base for them.

As for the handling, yes, the Discus is sensitive. Whereas you can literally "heave" a Barge round the sky (Slingsby T21), you need to gently tease the Discus. The model itself is a bit twitchy on self start, but then again, that's more FSX and practise rather than a fault. Once you've got used to the way FSX interprets the Discus, you'll find she's quite well behaved actually.

Much easier than the realworld Swallow that I had a love-hate relationship with - that was about as sensitive and took me a couple of weeks to get used to.
 
Kiwikat said:
I don't know a thing about real gliders, so I have to ask- Is the HUGE tendency to yaw (a lot in this case) when rolling realistic? I'm finding it nearly impossible to turn with my twist joystick... I wish my rudder pedals weren't broken.
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Hi Kiwikat,

I have quite a few hours on gliders and I confirm that adverse yaw is an inherent part of glider control....ie: the higher the aspect ratio is (translated - the longer and thinner the wings are) the more adverse yaw will be present when banking without enough rudder to balance the turn.

The average GA aeroplane has short, stubby wings but even they show signs of slip on initial turning, though much less rudder is needed. In high performance gliders one must "lead" with the rudder rather than just yank the ailerons.

Which is why gliding is the most useful trainer for basic flying because it tells you in no uncertain terms when your turns are out of balance.

Best of luck to John (JCagle) and his team for a successful addon!

Rob Young - RealAir Simulations
 
robrealair said:
Which is why gliding is the most useful trainer for basic flying because it tells you in no uncertain terms when your turns are out of balance.
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It also tells you to stop using a twist stick and go out to buy a new set of rudder pedals. :icon_lol:

I really hope they can fix my CTD issue. This thing is a blast.
 
Well I bought this and I'm very disappointed, not only does winch X not work but the frames are terrible! I'm really gutted because this is such a nice model and a good Job that has obviously been done!
 
peter12213 said:
Well I bought this and I'm very disappointed, not only does winch X not work but the frames are terrible! I'm really gutted because this is such a nice model and a good Job that has obviously been done!
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I must admit that it took me a while to understand the winch stuff to get it working. Now i love it.

Have you tried the frames with that whatitcalled buzzy climb and decent thing switched off? I found it was the sound that gave me stutters.

I cant be much help as I am not techincial!
 
No CTDs or FPS problems here, but i still can't retract the engine. Is anybody able to retract the engine?
And is it possible that there are no ground roll sounds and that the smtouch1.wav - smtouch7.wav files, from the default DG808S sound folder, are missing in the sound folders of the Discus versions?
 
JT8D-9A said:
No CTDs or FPS problems here, but i still can't retract the engine. Is anybody able to retract the engine?
And is it possible that there are no ground roll sounds and that the smtouch1.wav - smtouch7.wav files, from the default DG808S sound folder, are missing in the sound folders of the Discus versions?
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With respect to engine retraction. I'm assuming you've found the engine start/stop procedures on page 7-8 of the product manual. The only tricky part with is that the BT Ext/Retr switch is a three pole switch, which requires two right clicks to move from the extend to retract position. Does this solve your issue?

Also, I'll pass the sound comments on to the sound guy and see what's been done in that realm of development.
 
jcagle said:
The only tricky part with is that the BT Ext/Retr switch is a three pole switch, which requires two right clicks to move from the extend to retract position. Does this solve your issue?
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lol that's it, very likely. thanks! :redface:
 
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