PTaylor's WebLog
Flight Sim discussions; mostly on the core platform ( graphics and terrain, platform team, sim engine, geo tools and geo data, international, internal tools, technical art ) plus news on releases and updates, and the occasional tweaks and tips.
New Job, New Blog
I opened the doors on a new blog here so that this blog remains clean and FS focused. The new blog...
Date: 10/15/2008
Heads up, PTaylor leaving the building
Sometimes you run across an opportunity that is so big, so cool, that you just have to take it.Intel...
Date: 09/25/2008
Cool Scenery Index site
which lists available scenery worldwide, at https://walhalla.mine.nu/fsx.php very useful to...
Date: 09/20/2008
KJFK by FSDreamTeam released
Newly released and looking impressive. At https://www.fsdreamteam.com with a few interesting FSX-only...
Date: 09/19/2008
Available North American GA airports
As part of a discussion thread or 2 on AVSim.com and FlightSim.com, I researched smaller GA airport...
Date: 09/17/2008
Another list of great places to visit
To complement my list of high-detail airports and cities here...
Date: 09/08/2008
FSX Gold
showing available from EB Games here ( on 9/30 )...
Date: 09/07/2008
For 2D Panel fans
SIDickDastardly has just posted about an amazing freeeware 2D Panel add-on called PanelMania that...
Date: 09/05/2008
Freeware and affordable modeling tools for FSX
XSI Mod Tool There is a discussion of how to use the XSI mod tool here to create models for FSX. XSI...
Date: 09/03/2008
Another aircraft developer hints at going "FSX only"; once current projects are off the books.
Team Eaglesoft, discussion here. Ron notes the GA roster is already "FSX only", and explains why the...
Date: 09/02/2008
Another developer commits to going "FSX only" in the future
Gary Summons, of UK2000 scenery fame, announces his intent to go "FSX only" in 2009 He discusses it...
Date: 09/02/2008
Available "True FSX" Freeware Aircraft Add-ons and FSX
Lately the chorus of voices complaining about lack of add-ons for FSX has stopped complaining about...
Date: 08/31/2008
Another developer goes "FSX mostly" based on customer demand
Aerosoft, read about it here https://www.forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?showtopic=19472 it makes sense...
Date: 08/28/2008
Excellent scenery library management post
here...
Date: 08/28/2008
Two more Propliners for FSX
Connie DC-7 The FSX add-ons are really starting to roll out. Now if Nehalem delivers the performance...
Date: 08/19/2008
Some really gorgeous sceneries and airports for FSX on the way
From Aerosoft, see TahitiX MadeiraX VFR London Charles de Gaulle These are amazing, congrats to...
Date: 08/18/2008
More positive news for FSX
Carenado, a major add-on aircraft developer, has announced they are going "FSX only" with all future...
Date: 08/10/2008
Rocket Racing League
is at Oshkosh and one of the models flew, how cool is that! a nice writeup on msnbc.com at...
Date: 07/29/2008
Article on how to convert 3DSMax content for use with GMax
I worked with Chuck Jodry and John Walton on an article to showcase how to convert 3DSMax model...
Date: 07/28/2008
Gamefest 2008 and the DirectX 11 announcement
GameFest 2008 slides are available athttps://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/xna/aa937787.aspx GameFest is...
Date: 07/28/2008
Rendering Engine Updates for TS2, or the dirt I can spill after the National Train Show demo ( animated characters )
So, in case you missed it, TS2 was publicly demoed at the National Train Show last week. And the web...
Date: 07/21/2008
What is available at the MSDN ESP Developer Center
Almost 2 months ago I briefly noted there is a new MSDN ESP Dev Center. Available...
Date: 06/26/2008
Confused about FSX-Acceleration? What does it contain, and is it worth it.
I still see a lot of confusion about Acceleration ( aka X-Pack ). X-Pack is an expansion pack for...
Date: 06/24/2008
Intel CPU release cycle update
https://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=557 has what they purport is the Intel CPU release...
Date: 06/24/2008
YAFT
Yet another FSX tweak. Note, it is possible to tweak the shadow quality somewhat. Try adding this to...
Date: 06/23/2008
A couple of sweet airports coming up
St Maarten by FlyTampa! is already released, see https://www.flytampa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2977...
Date: 06/18/2008
More HW articles
Graphics ATI 4850 accidental viewing, https://www.tomshardware.com/news/Radeon-4850-4870,5667.html...
Date: 06/16/2008
Interesting geo-site, map2explore.com
that provides a great level of geo-location search. in the authors' own words: "Map2Explore.com is a...
Date: 06/13/2008
Beautiful "classsic" airliner coming up
The B-377 Stratocruiser from A2A Simulations, formerly known as Shockwave. Some nice screenies on...
Date: 06/06/2008
Success of FSX and Future of the Franchise
I see questions all the time about how successful is FSX as compared to FS9. I cannot share internal...
Date: 06/05/2008
Really nice screenshots from some amazing add-ons
FSWC https://www.fswaterconfigurator.com/gallery.htm FEX...
Date: 06/05/2008
Nice post measuring relative aircraft performance
and showing the difference an "SP2 native" aircraft makes, here. its nice to see people flying and...
Date: 06/02/2008
Have Acceleration? Like the Missions? How about a free bonus?
see https://www.fsinsider.com/downloads/Pages/BonusAccelerationRacingMissions.aspx
Date: 05/29/2008
Nice French bird due up for FSX
https://www.pilote-virtuel.com/viewtopic.php?id=2130 some interesting shots in there, including a...
Date: 05/27/2008
Interesting "rumors" about the next-gen ATI and NV parts surfacing
here for ATI and here for NV. the "Related News" links on both pages have more tidbits. it will be...
Date: 05/26/2008
TrainSim2 to make an appearance
as per TSInsider.com at https://www.tsinsider.com/en-US/team/Pages/MeetusattheNationalTrainShow!.aspx...
Date: 05/25/2008
Great FSX video using FTX
Soaring Heroes, by Andreas Paschen. Normal-D on youtube at...
Date: 05/23/2008
Changes to this blog and my posting habits
You will have noticed there are no more comments or email from my blog. No, there is no change...
Date: 05/23/2008
FSX Tip-Flight UI: User cannot interact with panels/views after loading saved flight in fullscreen (Vista, DX10, multi-mon, dual monitor)
When loading a flight (saved in windowed mode with open panels/views) in fullscreen mode, the opened...
Date: 05/22/2008
Holy FPS, Batman!
Toms posted a OC CPU-GPU review on May 15th that included FSX-SP2 and shows a whopping 83.1 FPS at...
Date: 05/21/2008
Vista product page with magic screenies
is finally changed. <sigh of relief> .please see the new images at...
Date: 05/14/2008
FSX Content Taxonomy
Goal: Let’s create some definitions for FSX content, so users and third-party developers (3PDs)...
Date: 05/07/2008
ESP News:Developer Conference later this month and new ESP Dev Center on MSDN
Microsoft ESP Developer Conference - May 22, 2008 - Reston, VA, See...
Date: 05/07/2008
Caveat Emptor:FS9 port-overs may reduce your simming experience, Part II
I want to clarify my previous post on FS9 port-overs. Let me start by saying my blog posts are my...
Date: 05/01/2008
I just have to share
Lamont Clark has posted a way cool tweak to display descriptive labels about 1500 ft above airports...
Date: 04/17/2008
Back of the envelope
Everyone who writes software, and most who use it, should be familiar with "back of the envelope"...
Date: 04/17/2008