FSX-SP2 is available for download!
With a week to spare before the Winter Solstice and fall is over!
A lot of people worked hard to get this done before Christmas, kudos to the SP2 team at Aces.
FSInsider.com now has the downloads links.
Note:
My post on Acceleration and SP2 is still operational and nothing major has changed from that plan. The only thing I could add is we did get Shared Cockpit to work to enhance the Multi-Player experience in Free Flight.
Note2:
Here are the download links:
Japanese: https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/3/2/23210b7c-3fa6-48d6-b39a-093bc685034a/fsx_sp2_JPN.msi
Polish: https://download.microsoft.com/download/a/2/1/a21aa71f-e34b-43b1-a179-22d3363c145a/fsx_sp2_PLK.msi
Spanish: https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/c/20c010de-f0a5-42d9-8022-565c773069ac/fsx_sp2_ESP.msi
French: https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/5/8e5b3547-b7da-4db7-b866-742d81738205/fsx_sp2_FRA.msi
German: https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/7/7/877fad78-87e9-4813-9d0f-851aff6b543e/fsx_sp2_DEU.msi
English: https://download.microsoft.com/download/d/6/9/d69519cc-b2bb-44c1-84d3-b9f77507f813/fsx_sp2_ENU.msi
Russian: https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/5/9/4592da66-7d2a-400a-810c-bfdfe6ba4009/fsx_sp2_RUS.msi
Italian: https://download.microsoft.com/download/b/3/6/b3654510-aeae-4b19-b8c5-f18bf199768d/fsx_sp2_ITA.msi
Comments
Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Hi Phil Happy Holidays and a well deserved break for you and the team. One Question: In order for shared cockpits to now funtion, will those who have installed Acceleration need to run this SP2 installer? NickAnonymous
December 14, 2007
Apparently the SP2 installer will refuse to continue if Acceleration is already installed. Since you mentioned shared cockpits now work I assume that fix was added to this SP2 release. Am I correct in that assumption? If so, how are those on Acceleration going to be able to obtain that feature or does the stand alone SP2 need to be installed before Acceleration now. NickAnonymous
December 14, 2007
Nick: Accel-Accel MP and Shared Cockpit already worked. SP2 makes Accel-SP2 MP and Shared Cockpit work. hope that clarifies.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Yes, it does. And that sense. Thank you I do not used the shared cockpit feature however I do try to relay information as questions come up. Since you mentioned that feature in connection with this update, I wanted to be sure I understood. NickAnonymous
December 14, 2007
So ... just to clarify, this SP2 adds nothing to SP2 availably with Acceleration?Anonymous
December 14, 2007
With a week to spare before the Winter Solstice and fall is over! A lot of people worked hard to getAnonymous
December 14, 2007
Dred: correct, SP2 is for the non-Acceleration customer.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Ok - cheers for making that Black and WhiteAnonymous
December 14, 2007
What are the major improvement in SP2 other than DX10?Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Apo: See my previous post about Acceleration and SP2 back in October. Confirming that Shared Cockpit works between SP2-Accel is the only new information beyond that post.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Hi Phil Are the flickering taxiways still there? Or is there a fix? Also, is there a way to place an Acceleration aircraft carrier using the Object Placement Tool? If not, would mind explaining how you got it in the carrier missions in Acceleration? Thanks -OrionAnonymous
December 14, 2007
As the title says, the ACES team have worked really hard to get this our before Christmas, and Phil postsAnonymous
December 14, 2007
Orion: Use AICarriers.zip from the avsim file library to place carriers ( and fleets ). Taxiways - we did nothing specific to make them flicker in Acceleration or fix them in SP2 so I believe this is a driver issue.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
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December 14, 2007
Sidewinder: no plans for any additional fixes, as I have already stated. sorry about that.Anonymous
December 14, 2007
Thank you for your answer, Phil, although I'm disappointed with it for several reasons. I'm reasonably sure you aren't directly responsible for the decision to halt further Service Packs for FSX, as the ACES team begins development of the next FS version, but I'm very surprised (and angered) that a bug INTRODUCED by a Service Pack isn't going to be fixed. That isn't an "additional fix", that's rectifying a glaring error on your (MS's) part. This isn't the way Microsoft used to do business. In the future I, and others, will not be rushing out to purchase FS11 on its release day as I have done in the past for nearly all Flight Sim Versions. Fool me once, shame on thee. Fool me twice, shame on me. I won't waste any more of your, or my, time. MarkAnonymous
December 14, 2007
Sidewinder: sorry you feel that way, have a good holiday!Anonymous
December 14, 2007
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December 15, 2007
I agree with this part of Sidewinder's comments: "I'm very surprised...that a bug INTRODUCED by a Service Pack isn't going to be fixed. That isn't an "additional fix", that's rectifying a glaring error on your (MS's) part." Bugs ARE inherently differently than features announced and not delivered. If I were to introduce bugs at my daily job and refuse to fix them, people would die. Luckily, Microsoft has only cost me and other people money and degraded my experience.Anonymous
December 15, 2007
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December 15, 2007
Wait, I'm confused. I understand that you are not going to be adding any more service packs, but no bug fixes in the future? Are you kidding? This game is barely a year old, and you guys are done with any updates and fixes? Plus a bug created by a SP? You're just throwing up your hands and walking away? That's the best you can treat your customers? Yeah, it's fine and good you got this service pack out in time for Christmas, we all appreciate that (though some of us are working hard before Christmas as well) but come on!!! If you sell a product, you need to maintain it. You guys can do better than this. martyAnonymous
December 15, 2007
So what am I supposed to be looking for with DX10 Preview? The SP2 installation went without a hitch (running Vista Home, 8800GTS 640, CD2 e6600 at 3.2GHz, raptor), I did a before (without DX10 preview) and after (with DX10 preview) comparison and I'm getting some unusual shadows in the cockpit with lots of jaggies (AA is on), framerates are down, and I'm not seeing much else in terms of picture quality. Are there certain flights that display DX10 qualities, hence, the "preview" moniker? Thanks. martyAnonymous
December 15, 2007
Thanks Phil Just one question. From tweaks for SP1 i used [JOBSCHEDULER] AffinityMask=n where n num of cores scheduled processor bit mask 1 = 1 core 0001 3 = 2 cores 0011 7 = 3 cores 0111 15 = 4 cores 1111 What about SP2?Anonymous
December 15, 2007
Gary: the jobscheduler tweak still works, but you should only use that if there are problems.Anonymous
December 15, 2007
Marty: my blog post on Acceleration and SP2 discusses the features in the DX10 preview.Anonymous
December 15, 2007
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December 15, 2007
Maric: send your installer log file to Bob as he indicated.Anonymous
December 15, 2007
I've noticed the CFS.cfg file doesn't seem to update in DX10 mode... the hard/ easy options remain at easy, though hard is set in the game. Anisotropic remains set, even though Trilinear is set in game. Changing Texture Max Load to 768 (my card) from 1024 seems to help smooth out the shadows to an acceptable look for the most, though still not good at all anglesAnonymous
December 15, 2007
Any word on when the SDK update will be available? :) EvanAnonymous
December 15, 2007
oops... that should have been fsx.CFG fileAnonymous
December 16, 2007
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December 16, 2007
Can I install FSX SP1 (for the performance tweaks) over the top of Acceleration Pack?Anonymous
December 16, 2007
All: We are trying to get the SP2 SDK out in the next week or so, that is all I can say.Anonymous
December 16, 2007
Chameleon: No, reverse order installs do not work. SP2 adds performance tweaks to SP1 anyways.Anonymous
December 16, 2007
Phil, you said: "Sidewinder: no plans for any additional fixes, as I have already stated. sorry about that." Do you mean, no further fixes in the future? Because I read your original lines from the perspective "no additional fixes compared to Accel. pack.".Anonymous
December 17, 2007
Risa: the studio is moving on to new product development.Anonymous
December 17, 2007
Phil, Does SP2 support the mix of DX9 (7600GS) and DX10 (8800GT) capable cards? (i.e. undocked panels on a second monitor)Anonymous
December 17, 2007
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December 17, 2007
Well another UNHAPPY user of FSX now after install SP2, fsx crash everytime when I move from Virtual Cockpit to settings just crash all the times, all the houses around TVSC Canouan Airport now disappeared with all the scenery settings MAX , the strobes lights wintips 747 default not working, sorry but for me this is a huge scam from Microsoft for released this software incomplete. Sorry Phil Taylor but I follow this Blog since FSX was released, I Though SP2 will fix all the issues that was my HOPE.. I will not buy any Game from Microsoft I´m back to FS2004.Anonymous
December 17, 2007
Hi Phil, I'm one of those users who has used FS in various forms for over 25 years, I've never posted or mailed anyone at MS, so this is my first...! I can see the usual complaints/compliments/thanks/whinges after the SP2 release, I hope that you and the guys expected this, you can't please all the people all the time.. etc etc. My two cents: We've been given, by various historical means, the most incredible piece of software in the history of computing. The open architecture has kept the product vital, but it's the team who have put in all the work and put up with all the comments over the years that have made FSX what it is. I've spent thousands of happy hours on my sim, I've built full size cockpits, changed PC's a dozen times and I'm constantly amazed at the beauty of this product. I know that the development path is a rocky one, with little thanks. So, please pass my sincere thanks and best wishes for the holiday to everyone in the team - thank you all!! TrevAnonymous
December 17, 2007
>I am also having trouble with the progressive taxiing arrows; they no longer appear. Anyone else have this problem? ->>> richard1000 I got the same problem. Is there a workaround?Anonymous
December 18, 2007
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December 18, 2007
Hi, I've been struggling all day trying to install FSX SP2 but it won't do. I mean, it starts installing fine and it looks as if the whole process is going to be successful... only to be faced with this error message at the very end: Microsoft.FlightSimulator.Simconnect,version="1.0.0.61259.0",publicKey Token="67c7c14424d61b5b",processorArchitecture="x86",type="win32". HRESULT: 0x80073712 that said, it starts rolling back and the installation just goes away. has anyone had this issue before? Any suggestions? I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit version), if that may help...Anonymous
December 18, 2007
Of course I meant Brett, not Bill (though we all love Bill, don't we?)...Anonymous
December 18, 2007
Kreu: You need to have SP1 installed before installing SP2 as per the readme, that version number does not look right.Anonymous
December 18, 2007
Ok, so no more fixes for Fsx. Are the Aces guys saying this is now a final and complete product? Is there a possibility that you guys can ask mr Gates to release the source code for additional bug-fixes?? ;) Any news 'bout FS11 yet? -anything would be fun to read. Anyways, without you I would't fly at all. So thank you Phil!Anonymous
December 19, 2007
Phil, I notices some flickering with sp2 and also with acelleration pack in the scenery wich isn't an artifact, thats for sure. Just build an new computer so I have an complete fresh setup with new parts, new videocard and so on and decided to install sp2 instead of acelleration pack, but the results are the same. It looks like sometimes fsx (sp2/acelleration) isn't fast enough to feed the computer/graphics card. Is there an setting wrong?Anonymous
December 19, 2007
The thing is that I already have SP1 installed! I'm going to re-install it just to double check...Anonymous
December 19, 2007
New Nvidia drivers came out today. I was under the impression that Nvidia was supposed to fix the fatal error problem that Acceleration / SP2 causes with many 7-series cards when trying to access menu items while in full-screen mode. I have checked their website daily for over a month. Tried the new drivers today, and they didn't fix the problem. Is Microsoft/ACES in contact with Nvidia about this problem? I would really like to know what is being done to fix it. I don't really see how it's Nvidia's problem considering that the problem existed when Acceleration/SP2 was released, regardless of what Nvidia drivers were being used at the time(new, old, whatever)... seems to me like it wasn't tested properly prior to release... but regardless, I would still like to know what is being done on Microsoft's side to fix it. This is not just a minor problem that only a few customers have... it affects a lot of people and it is a very well-known issue among the flight sim community. Considering the recent attitude of "too bad... we're done with this program" I honestly don't expect any response other than "it's Nvidia's problem, not ours."Anonymous
December 20, 2007
Hello phil sorry to bother you i know how busy you are but could you please tell me how to enable dx10 mode in fsx i have vista os but see no option to enable it many thanks phil jasonAnonymous
December 21, 2007
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December 21, 2007
Hi, I have 2 installations of fsx on 2 separate computers (I kept it running on the old one and started with the new one). Here is my experience: Computer 1 (old) - Pentium-4 3.0GHz 2GB Ram, Nvidia 6800 512MB Ram. Running Vista Ultimate, FSX+SP1+Acceleration. All drivers are up-to-date. All windows updates installed. As for FSX - it is running very well, off course - no DX10 asper older video card. Computer 2 (new monster) - Intel-Quad 6600, 2GB Ram, Nvidia 880GTS 640MB Ram. Running Vista Ultimate, FSX+SP1+SP2. All drivers are up-to-date. All windows updates installed. As for FSX - it is running very well in DX10 preview mode - but only in some areas. Flying over europe, hungary, austria, vienna and so is excelent, no crashes. Flying over my own photo-scenery of the dead-sea is super with framerate of over 100. But flying over other regions of Israel, where I use some older fs2004 sceneries, crash fsx after few minutes, sometimes seconds. I use FSX with max settings. So, if I compare the 2 computers and installations, I think that the problem is with the DX10 preview. I use latest Nvidia drivers. Maybe you should talk with Nvidia, so that they will setup a PC with FSX and see themself what is wrong?Anonymous
December 22, 2007
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December 22, 2007
Yes, I have the same experience - I was trying crysis - just to see the graphics - I do not play such games... - and all was perfect. I also can say that the area where I have the problem now (fs2004 scenery for Israel) was functioning excelent with FSX+SP1. Only now, with fsx+SP1+SP2+DX1- Preview fsx crashes there.Anonymous
December 23, 2007
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December 23, 2007
This means that my problem is directly related to Nvidia driver... I use the latest (from last week) driver.Anonymous
December 24, 2007
More than likely it's the cards themselves... perhaps the hardware itself doesn't quite cut it. perhaps