Is Wepons a good buy or should I wait?

Greg,

I think it is one of the best addon's so far for FSX. So much fun!

Pete

Ok I look foward to getting it!!!! Thanks Pete :)

Pete,
    Have you had any trouble with wepons?
    Also what operating system do you have?

                    Thanks,
                         007

Greg,

Sorry for not replying sooner, I have been away on holiday and still playing catch up, I only just noticed your post.

I have to  say I have had no problems at all with the software, sound works fine and everything appears as it should. I just loaded it straight from the download as it was.

I am running Vista 32 bit and have the UAC settings turned off at all times. I have a friend who also has it and he had no problems either (XP system).
Overall I am very pleased with the product. Yes, you may have to do some editing of the .XML files to get the weapons to originate from the correct positions on your aircraft if you want to, but the SDK explains all the entry points so it's quite straight forward.

I think it adds a whole new dimension to the FSX package.

I am sure you will enjoy it.

Pete

Well, I have a dissenting opinion thus far  :( . I purchased Weapons for FSX in May and have had nothing but problems with the programe since I bought it. There seems to be a problem with the validation of the product, whenever I open an aircraft I either have no HUD or no ammunition. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times following the instructions of the knowledge base and have yet to have any luck. Sure, sometimes I can get one or two aircraft to work but if I open up FSX another time I have the same problem. The "customer support" has been less than desirable    ::) . I submitted a support ticket asking for help, but soon afterword It was canceled by the support staff because supposedly it has already been answered.....well, what am I to do if my situation is different and the solution they have given does not work?

As  I said I have not seen any of the problems exibited by other users with sound issues or any other problems. What you have to consider is that FSX is the basic product and everybody's set up is quite different from any other persons, by the aircraft they have installed, scenery, FSUIPC, etc. I know they should all run in harmony but I know they do not always work that way.

I have spent many hours tweaking a friends system to run the most basic of addon aircraft packages, that run perfectly on my system. This system has every available UK scenery package from Horizon, global terrain, and all UK airports as well as Weapons and a whole lot more.
There are many possible resources all running at once and any one may conflict with any other. No amount of Beta testing can cover every combination of PC or set up that is out there.

On my PC I run FSX acceleration and a few addon aircraft, one package of Horizon airports as well as the scenery and models that I build, perhaps thats why I have no problems with only a minimal system? It may be interesting to find out how many people having problems are running just FSX or if they have the Acceleration package installed for example, or perhaps what other packages they do have loaded.

However, I still think it is worth buying.