![]() It has been amazing to me the out-of-the-box thinking that has gone into making models do things the original publisher never thought of doing. The latest count of models available is around 400. The outstanding contributions by many users to the thread have resulted in this product continuing on as a viable simulator, with new models arriving every few days. Thanks to Phoenix for providing at least that.Nearly seven years ago Rickp started the thread User-Built Models for PhoenixRC ] - since that time many people have subscribed to the thread and have pitched in to work on what was essentially a dead product. Or maybe the original author sold the software to some investor who just sits on on their egg and basically just doesn't care, so long as existing profits continue?Īstonishingly, support via email is still timely and mostly useful. I get the feeling they are really just one dude, possibly even ill or something. Phoenix owners must realise all this for themselves already. No one wants to sit around waiting on physical delivery of an (always out of stock, it seems) replacement installation DVD that they maybe can't even use. If it comes down to it, then why not just add easily available registration security to the software itself, as well as the dongle? This is not at all difficult or costly. If Phoenix are worried about controlling access to their software (good luck with that) then just put the file behind a registration wall. Are these simple facts lost on Phoenix owners? ![]() So, retail boxes of Phoenix may be all but useless to a growing number. ![]() Many (most?) computers sold today don't have them. My gaming box doesn't have a DVD drive or any place to put one! Neither does my Apple iMac workhorse. We PAID for this product and we have the RIGHT to recovery of the media, imo. If it gets taken down (sigh) then I guess it'll just have to become a torrent. I would hope Phoenix would see this as a GOOD thing, surely! It's not like the software can be used without the proprietary cable anyway, right? Since Phoenix doesn't seem keen at present to service their existing customers efficiently, I've made the file available via public Google Drive link. Step 4: Phoenix 5.5 started up without any problem. Once the install has completed, you can safely delete both the. Follow the onscreen instructions to install Phoenix Once unzipped, open the temporary folder and run “setup.exe” inside Once successfully downloaded, locate the file and unzip into a temporary folder zip file and save to a location you can find you are prompted for a username/password please enter “guest” for the username You can now download the latest 5.5 version DVD and install this by doing the following: Phoenix support said that a slow download should be expected as they are using FTP.) (The download took a long time, almost an hour, which was a surprise to me. Step 3: Download the new version of Phoenix and install. Follow the onscreen instructions to apply the update Once the files have been extracted, navigate to your "C:/TEMP" folder and locate and run the "DXSETUP.exe" file inside Once downloaded, run the downloaded file from your Desktop and extract the compressed files into your "C:/TEMP" folder Download the latest DirectX 9 update from the following link to your Windows Desktop: Please update your DirectX 9 components by doing the following Updating this version will not overwrite or downgrade your current DirectX 11 installation (if this exists on your computer) - it will only update the DirectX 9 components. Phoenix (among many other programs) uses DirectX 9 as this is the most compatible version, and even if you have DirectX 11 installed, Microsoft are still issuing regular updates to DirectX 9. Step 2: Fixed the source error by installing DirectX 9 (via Microsoft) and following the following Phoenix instructions: Step 1: Uninstall my dvd installed Phoenix 3 I’m now up and running using Phoenix 5.5.Įnjoy!!! I don’t claim to be an installation expert, but the above worked for me and I haven’t seen any computer related consequences. After numerous other correction attempts the following steps are what worked for me, as directed by Phoenix support. My attempts to install and run Phoenix on a new Windows 10 (and DirectX 12) computer, resulted in getting an error message “missing file, X3Daudio1_7.dll” and of course Phoenix would not start.
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