Vernon Balbert
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Nov 12, 2007, 10:56 PM
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On 11/12/2007 7:26 PM, Gonebush went clickity clack on the keyboard and
produced this interesting bit of text:
> Another bimbo question, sorry.
>
> Is it possible to run FS9 or FSX in the background, while I work on
> other programmes?
>
> It's a helluva long way from the Chatham Islands to Christchurch in a
> DC-3. I'd rather work on other stuff while the big P&W radials claw my
> virtual being towards home.
Yes and no, depending on how you have things configured and what kind of
flight you're making.
Configuration wise, you can do this by going into Settings, General and
unchecking "Pause on task switch". By default it's set.
Flight-wise, if you are doing an IFR flight or have asked for flight
following you might miss an ATC instruction to change frequencies or
heading and you'll get told that you're on your own.
I happen to do this, but when I run FSX in the background, I run in
windowed mode at full screen, I move the ATC window to the upper-left
corner of the screen and I've configured the windows of my applications
to leave the upper-left of the screen unblocked. This means if I get an
ATC command while I'm reading e-mail or chatting with somebody I'll see
it pop up and know that I need to switch to FSX and respond.
Hope that helps!
--
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so, Brain, but where are we going to find a duck and a hose at
this hour?"
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