Thanks Nick, I have been needing this!

read what I posted in the link above and if you must skip through the movie to get to the chase scene, then read the last several sections starting with

When it comes to tweaks, what you think a tweak is doing....

your answer is there in the entire last section starting with that statement

also, refer to this post and what I said below it too

http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=34194&PID=198224#198224



FFTF and TML.. sorry, wrong conclusion, thanks for playing, next contestant Johnny

thats all I can say

Now, since SimV was my HOME for a long time, I wish to make an announcement here that I will not make anywhere else

First, this forum is a FAIR and BALANCED place. Unlike many forums who have turned to a marketing hole and I will not name any here, this forum has remained for the simmer and with simmers at heart..

THANK YOU PETE and the MODS who have maintained this spirit! I salute you all

However my time in this and other forums is coming to a close.

You do not know why I started my involvement with MSFS and why I spent a great deal of time helping people here and in other forums, now I will reveal that.

My grandson was a member here and many other forums for many years. He was spending what myself and his stepmother (his mother passed away in a car accident in 1998) considered an unhealthy amount of time at his computer and this hobby was one of the things he enjoyed. With that, I started getting involved online because he was a long distance from me and this was a the best way to assist him and at the same time be a mentor for him. We did not want to stifle his desires or direct him but instead try to guide.

He is in college now and still enjoys his games and MSFS when he has time however he no longer hangs out on the net. We have started a program for him to obtain his PPL and a lot of what he 'started' with for that, began right here.

Brett, you are one heck of a teacher, sir 

Over the last several years we also lost a close friend, someone who we considered a family member who was involved at this forum in his last months and who lost a battle to cancer. He was a pilot and a hero in every respect of the word and I was happy to be close to him and his family in his final days.

That is what is important in life, not computers and flight sim, and its what I wanted to inspire in my grandson before he embarked into the real world pursuing his education.

I will continue to assist Anthony Vos with the Ground Environment project as long as I can, however I have done my bit for King and Country, and family, and its time for me to move into my twilight where I have a boat that needs me.

I know I have not been around here much in the last year or so.. I have been monitoring. I am glad to see this forum has remained true to what Pete envisioned years ago, and I sincerely hope it remains that way

Sincerely and from the heart,

Nick Needham

NickN wrote on Apr 11^th, 2010 at 11:59pm:


It will be sad to see you go Nick, but thank you for all your help to everyone at Simviation, I have used your tweaks for years now! Good luck with your future endeavors!

Matthew

I discovered FSX 1 year ago, and shortly thereafter Simviation and Nick's excellent advise.

Looking back it's been a tremendous help, and still is, you wouldn't believe what FSX settings I'm able to run on my rather average PC!

Thank You very much for the assistance and the inspiration...

Cheers

You will be missed, Thank you for all your help. I would have given up MSFS if I hadn't stumbled across your threads.
Thanks Nick! 

i think that animals were created to live for themselves...and man was created to live for others....i don't think i need to say more.....God speed nick................vic