I really need to know!

Sounds like Edgar Allan Poe's "The Letter" novel.

Most of my work can be found at SOH (but you know that now...) or at NoDice place The Freeflightsite .

On FlightSim, search with "Guy Gauvreau" or simply "Gauvreau", my real name. Incidentally, those made by "Andre Gauvreau" are from my younger brother!

Foraging Simviation, you may find a few of mine here and there.

Once I get to it, I will look into your stuff; hope you don't mind --:kilroy:--
 
Hello, Hubbabubba,

I haven ´t read Poe´s "The Letter", but the plot summary refers to substituting a real letter for a false one... so I guess I get it!

Anyway, the best solution as far as I can see for AF99 in new computers, is using it in a virtualized Win-XP on Win-7/64-bit, because Win7/32bits seems like some resentful programmer´s revenge, misdirected to ordinary people who use computers...

No hurry for any feedback on the old FS software in new hardware stuff - at any rate, the experiment occurred because your comments had triggered my curiosity, as to how CFS1 would work in more modern environments, and then I extended it a bit further to the building software I like using.

The reasoning behind that being, I may buy a new cheap AMD Quadcore laptop insted of a used old Dual Core one, so I HAD to find out more about this issue! I´ll see.

Incidentally, I found your description of the limited use of AF99 for the Taifun, and then mainly doing the rest with SCASM, rather intriguing.

I´ve installed your Taifun, and the model is remarkably clean and bleedthrough-free, I must say. Also, the FD allow nice and precise flying - very enjoyable indeed!

Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
"The Purloined Letter" (I went to Wikipedia for the exact title) is about a letter that the police search in all places while it is simply in plain sight (as I remember it).

The Taifun Bf-108 was build with AF99, and is so far the only a/c I ever build for public release. Thank Ivan for the very few bleeds, especially for his "Conga".

The jeep is basically SCASMed from bumper to bumper, AF99 was only use as a CAD. I was working on a canvas top for the jeep when my W98SE machine went dead.

I miss that old geezer... blue screens and all!
 
Hello Hubbabubba,

OK, now it makes more sense, thanks! I find some of Edgar Alan Poe´s work excellent, especially a couple of his poems, even if emotionally devastating - as was his life...

On the Taifun you managed very neatly with all the moving parts too!

With old hardware it´s like with old cars: They last longer than the modern stuff, but get increasingly more difficult or expensive to maintain.

Unlike old cars, however, any second-hand laptop fast enough to be of any use nowadays is still surprisingly expensive. If a new mid-range AMD Quad-Core one goes for about 450 dollars, I wonder if an old Dual-Core one for 150 dollars is worthwhile... Anyway, we´ll see.

Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
AF99+CFS1 Virtualization under Windows 8.1

Hello Hubbabubba,

This thread started out with the topic of CFS1 running on 64 bit machines with 64 bit OS, and I´d commented on how AF99 can run under Windows 7 64bit with a WinXP virtualization.

Well, now I can expand this information related to CFS1 and AF99 under Windows 8.1 64bit:

I recently got a new AMD A10 QuadCore with 4Gb RAM that runs Windows 8.1, and set up my Aircraft Factory and CFS1 in there.

Interestingly enough, the graphics of this laptop render CFS1 useless, so it can´t run directly, and of course AF99 won´t run directly either, so I installed Virtual Machine Player and set up Windows XP 32 bit in it quite easily.

In this virtualized environment I installed AF99, Aircraft Animator, Texture Converter, etc., and all the tools work perfectly. Finally, I installed CFS1, and it works, but without the hardware accelleration. At least it´s enough to build and test aircraft.

So, the A10 Laptop has ample power to run everything simultaneously, virtualizing Windows XP within Windows 8.1, which is quite pleasing. I´ve heard that the slightly slower A8 also copes very well, but lower range QuadCores like the A4 and A6 do not have enough power to do the job.

Anyway, this finalizes my little contribution to this thread on CFS1 simming and building within 64bit environments.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
 
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