none of my settings stay the same

 

Both Vista and Windows 7 "lock down" some of the folders in the Operating System. "C:\Program Files\..." is one of those folders and also happens to be the default install folder for FSX and therefore also for Traffic X.  Because the Program Files folder is "locked down" by the Operating System, it may be preventing the changes to your settings from being saved.  If you use the "Run as Administrator" option, it will tell Windows that you are happy to allow changes to be made in that folder and it should then allow your choices and settings to be saved.

 

Now, as for not seeing much traffic at your airports ... you should probably reinstall Traffic X again (yes, again), but this time run it using the "Run as Administrator" option.  And, once it is installed, remember to always run the Traffic X programs using the "Run as Administrator" option.

 

If, after a reinstall, you STILL continue to have problems seeing planes etc, then maybe the problem is actually with your Traffic X installer.  To find out for sure ... see this thread here and scroll down to the screenshots that it shows: http://forum.justflight.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12149&PID=98460.  Use the screenshots to double check that your installation is correct.  Check that you do have all of the files and folders shown in the screenshots.  If you don't, then you should contact Just Flight Support.  They will be able to help.  You can send Just Flight a message by going here: Support Request.  Make sure you choose the correct product (Traffic X) at the top of that Support Request page before you send your message.

 

Cheers Darren

Darren wrote: Hi fredy thanks for that I will download that tonight and see how it goes, I did a test flight last night using a virgin 738 from Melb to Mildura started to see other Qantas and Virgin and a Singapore Airlines in but still a lot of the fake airlines that comes from FSX and the resolution managed to stay the same through out the flight, I loved seeing the vortex comming of the wings I will keep trying I know I did down load Traffic service pack 1 & 2 but I will load in the ones that you have given the link to and let you know how I went.

 

The Traffic X Service Pack should definately improve the number of planes that you see on the ground and in the air.  If you are seeing Qantas, Virgin and Singapore, then they will be coming from the Traffic X install.  You should NOT still see the fake FSX airlines though.  They should have been "removed" when Traffic X was installed.  Traffic X does this during the install process by RENAMING the file which shows the fake FSX airlines ...

 

... When Traffic X is installed, it should automatically rename the default FSX traffic file with the fake airlines.  Check in the "C:\...\Flight Simulator X\Scenery\World\Scenery" folder to see if it has done that.  If you see a file "TrafficAircraft._bgl" (note the underscore character ._bgl), then, yes, this is the correctly renamed default FSX traffic file.  If instead you see "TrafficAircraft.bgl" (no underscore character), then it has NOT renamed the default FSX traffic file.  Feel free to rename this file yourself if Traffic X has not done this.  You should also see a file called "TrafficX.bgl".  That file is the Traffic X file.  Leave that one alone.

 

Also, if you haven't done so already, use this thread here to check if your Traffic X is installed completely and correctly: http://forum.justflight.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12149&PID=98460.  Scroll down to the screenshots in that post and double check that you DO have all of the folders and files that it shows.

 

 

Darren wrote: hey Freddy one question I wanted to ask you was did you find that when you after you ahve set your flight up and so forth did you find that the aircraft that were at the terminals started of all grey untill their colours swithched on a few minutes after, and say you are in the cockpit and you change to an outside view of the aircraft its all grey untill the colours swithched on ?

 

I have a pretty fast PC and a fairly high-end graphics card.  This allows FSX to load its graphics quite quickly.  When FSX loads up, the planes at the terminals do start off blank and then get their textures and graphics loaded on to them.  On a good, fast PC, this happens very quickly ... and, in most cases, you do not even notice it happens.  In other cases, like if FSX has to also load some complicated scenery, then, yes, you can notice it.  But it still should be reasonably fast.  To give you an idea, on my PC, I do not have to wait, say, any more than 1 or 2 seconds before all of my planes are coloured and painted.  Done.  But, most of the time, it loads the graphics so fast, that I don't notice.  You certainly should not be waiting "minutes"!

 

If you are waiting a long time for the graphics to load on to the planes, then, this could be a sign that you are probably pushing your FSX graphics settings a little too hard.  You probably have your settings up too high.  Go in to the FSX settings screens and reduce some of your graphics settings so they are a bit lower.  Specifically, you should lower the Autogen slider one, maybe even two, notches and then also reduce other graphics related sliders in a similar fashion until you find the best settings which work best for you and your PC.  You may also consider turning off shadows.  I would recommend you turn off Light Bloom.  You will have to find the settings which give you the best compromise between good looking, smooth pictures and also good loading times.  Remember also to set your ferrys and road vehicles sliders down fairly low because these too can tax a system pretty hard.  Put simply, don't try to have everything wound up too high or full.  Adjust some settings down until you are happy, your PC is happy, and the sim is happy too.

 

Note: Once you get things worked out, and Traffic X is working and displaying lots of traffic, you will want to turn down the amount of AI traffic to around 60% (or even less) for Jetliners and also choose a setting for General Aviation (GA) that you are happy with.  This may not make sense considering you have installed Traffic X and of course want to see lots of traffic ... but trust me when I say too much AI traffic will bring most good systems to their knees.  So, again, find the right setting which works best for you.