Windows XP version

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I love FMS a lot. It really helped me prepare for real flying. But I have upgraded to XP, and I can't play FMS anymore. When I try, the model doesn't load for a long time, if at all. And when I try to fly it, the frame rate is the worst I've ever seen. It is about 1 frame per minute. So my suggestion to the makers of FMS is to make an XP compatible version.



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[Franglais Flyer]

FMS beta 7.0 works fine for my XP systems. Make sure you have a graphics card with at least 32 mb of memory.

Good luck!

[lego]

Do you have a ATI card newer than a Radeon 7500?
If so that is the problem.

FMS hase a work-a-round programming to fix a bug in DirectX 8. This work-a-round causes screenfreezes on the newer, very accurate working ATI cards.

The next FMS version will have a fix on that.

In general FMS works very fine with XP, I've no problems at all exept the ATI card problem.

But you can fly with that bug if you e.g. load the Seabreaze_sunset landscape and make a hand-launch (using the 'r'-key). You will then notice that if you come cloase to the ground the screen freezes - then just pull up and stay above that height.