Best FSX compatible 757-200...

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DaveKDEN

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...with functional VC? Tried the Opensky 757-200, but there seem to be some FSX compatibility gauge issues. Any suggestions, including panel hacks?
 
You got two great ones at the moment, the Qualitywings 757 and the Captainsim 757. Both have their up- and downsides but...still are fun to fly. The Captainsim seems to be more advanced and has a gourgeous VC the Qualitywings is better looking from the outside, still has a good VC but is, as they claim themselves "simplified".
I got both and still can't choose a winner between them. But..... rumour is that Level-D is coming with a new 757 in the near future... now that might be worth waiting for.
On the other hand, both exisiting 757's are not very expensive at the moment so....pick on, you can't go wrong! :biggrin-new:
 
I've both Captainsim and Qualitywings butIf I'd have to choose, the winner would be for sure the Qualitywings one. The flight model is far better as respect with the CS. Systems are more semplified on QW, but unless you really need a study-liner QW is nice. Personally I've deleted from my FSX the CS 757 also because in my opinion CS is not very good in making user-friendly manuals making very difficult to become aquainted with sophisticated systems/operations.Bye
 
Bought the QW 757 on sale. I knew what I was getting into regarding the simplified systems, but was disppointed regardless.
The copy protection requires installation of the FSDreamteam add-on manager which will linger in your add-ons menu despite you never having to interact with it after activation and you can't move the aircraft folders out of SimObjects\Aircraft without the gauges ceasing to work. You can look past that if you don't mind the additional clutter.
The lack of tooltips and weird mouse interactions on selectors also gets a handwave. It's originally a FS9 model after all.
My personal red line is the cockpit geometry. Misplaced and missized cockpit windows just ruin the experience for me (compared them with the exterior model when making modifications).
On the upside, the model is easy on frames, you get all fuselage variations and the flight dynamics are believable.

Captain Sim's offering sadly is harder on frames and would require FDE work and other bugfixing. And you'll pay your butt of to get all the model variations.


This leaves the Freemium 757. Not sure if it contains any model-based copy protection, but a merge with a FSX native converted POSKY 757 is theoretically possible to get around the (mandated) lack of liveries. And any model simplifications and inaccuracies are negated by the price tag. Haven't tried it though.
 
Just to state that you can buy livery packs for the Just Flight Freemium 757 (presume that was the business model behind offering a free aircraft in the first place). While you could spend quite a bit if you purchased every livery pack, f there's only one or two liveries you need, it can still be a cheap option.
 
I was very happily enjoying the Freemium VC and its functions - albeit in the SkySpirit 767 airframe. That was until I moved to the new dark side of P3D v 4. Problem is that the VC has 32 bit gauges making it a non runner and QW have put it to the back of the queue for updating it appears.
 
expat said:
I was very happily enjoying the Freemium VC and its functions - albeit in the SkySpirit 767 airframe. That was until I moved to the new dark side of P3D v 4. Problem is that the VC has 32 bit gauges making it a non runner and QW have put it to the back of the queue for updating it appears.
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QW has nothing to do with the Freemium 757.


As far as I know, if QW ever decides to revisit the 757, it'll be from the ground up instead of a mere update.
 
I heard TDS is making a 757 series. That, when It comes out, along with the freemium VC would be my choice, but mainly for the pricetag. For now fly the freemium on British Airways and American liveries.
 
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