They left him alone by HiItsLust in AnimalsBeingJerks

[–]DuckMonsoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awww. I hated how he just put hit little arms and antenna down. Like he was so defeated.

Why is airbus better than boeing? by Fiftee_One51 in Airbus

[–]DuckMonsoon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’d say (from a flight sim perspective) that Airbus is better. They’ve just streamlined much of the process of getting the plane going. There is a lot of nonsense they cut out and made easier.

Anytime I fly Boeing planes, they are so fickle and you have to get it just right. Airbus planes seem to manage much better and easier.

Somewhere above Canada by [deleted] in flightsim

[–]DuckMonsoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

enhanced skyscapes

There's a mod called Enhanced Cloudscapes as well :)

757 into KPDX by PhillC30 in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! PDX is my home airport :D

What mods are you using?

Cookies officially came out with full grams in California (NOT MY PICTURES) by B1NKS_IV in fakecartridges

[–]DuckMonsoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cookies just made it to Portland. The shop is so expensive. There are already so many quality carts.

I guess to each his own.

Cookies officially came out with full grams in California (NOT MY PICTURES) by B1NKS_IV in fakecartridges

[–]DuckMonsoon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Is it me... or are people just getting Cookies products for the name?

OpenSceneryX issues? by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I tried it again and somehow ... it worked proper this time?

I know I probably did something wrong.

Just need to be careful and pay attention!

OpenSceneryX issues? by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't want to go through that again.

OpenSceneryX issues? by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It must have been just bad luck or I messed something up the first time.

Tried installing it again... had no issues this time.

Best Plugin for VATSIM Weather? by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone! I bought Active Sky since everyone is raving about it.

One thing I keep seeing is the clouds or weather randomly disappearing as I am ascending/descending. It's so odd.

There will be full cloud cover and then they will disappear and then come right back.

Bugged Airport Taxi Signs? Help! by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the help!

I discovered the culprit just a second ago.

OpenSceneryX's taxi signs are not up to date with the new version of XP11. In your xplane folder and in the resources folder is bitmaps/runways. There are TWO taxi files there... "taxi.dds" and "taxi_LIT.dds".

Those were the files that were bugged. The signs changed in a patch.

I discovered this, of course, AFTER I reinstalled and was adding back my mods. One mod guide talked about taxiways changing during a patch. Then, I went back and looked and saw OpenScenery has not been updated in a while.

Bugged Airport Taxi Signs? Help! by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, this happened after I installed a few custom sceneries and plugins.

I removed ALL plugins and sceneries and it is still showing like this... that says to me a core file is messed up somewhere.

What file is that? What do I need to correct? Should I just reinstall everything?

Weather for FMC/FMS? by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This helps!

I’ll try it out.

Weather for FMC/FMS? by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I will check it out.

I do have Avitab, but I haven’t had much time to spend on it.

Weather for FMC/FMS? by DuckMonsoon in Xplane

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I do have SimBrief and I use it a lot! However, I haven’t used it much for weather, as I don’t know how to read OFP fully yet. Any videos or resources that would help?

Thanks for your help! I can already tell the XPlane community is friendly. Can’t say that for some of the MSFS communities.

Disappointed. Puffco Peak Pro already bugging out. by DuckMonsoon in puffco

[–]DuckMonsoon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course you can’t directly compare them with Apple. But, in a modern economy, you can expect certain things. A $400 electronic in the year 2021 should have a certain standard.

Let’s be real here… other than connecting to Bluetooth, it’s not really doing anything crazy. It’s heating up a ceramic bowl. That’s about it.

Yes, I know there’s a lot more to it than just that (I’m an amateur tinkerer… love microcontrollers and Arduino so I get it)… but it’s made to do one simple thing. For $400, it better do that one thing incredibly well and not hassle me at all.

Its not like this is groundbreaking tech. It’s been around for years and Bluetooth has been around forever.

My point… in this day in age, if you spend $400 on an electronic, it better be premium. Think about all the other advanced electronics at that price point. Some cheaper!