The product resolves the majority of the issues in the FSX “DX10 Preview mode” and has allowed many flight simmers to switch to DX10 and fly with shadows in their virtual cockpits.
Airports sceneries that use the FS9 SDK will no longer appear as grey and untextured at night. Similarly legacy aircraft built with older SDKs will no longer appear grey. This is shown in the composite picture above where the left hand side has DX10SF enabled. Aircraft shadows are both more accurate in placement and improved in quality.
Satisfaction Guarantee
If within the first 2 weeks from purchase you find that any of your scenery or aircraft fails to appear correctly in DX10 when compared to DX9 and this cannot be resolved to your satisfaction then you may return the product for a full refund.
Important note
Please ensure that FSX DX10 Preview mode runs on your PC before purchase. DX10 Scenery Fixer only addresses graphical issues – it does not boost performance.
Here is a pdf guide which describes the installation process and contains links to web resources on moving to DX10. Read Me First
I do not sell directly to customers – instead DX10SceneryFixer is available from FastSpring a US based reseller below
Having purchased you will receive an email with a download link , normally within a few seconds. If you have any problems in the payment process or do not receive the email within an hour then please contact FastSpring support using the following link:
If the issue is not resolved promptly by them then you may contact me to chase them on your behalf.
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Hi Steve, sorry to disturb but having problems with my purchase at FastSpring. I know my email address was missing a letter thus no confirmation nor download link. Contacted support but no answer for 14 hours. I payed with PayPal and it went o.k. of course. What should i do now? I need the dx10 fixer for ORBX. Should i buy again and wait for a refund or is it possible to correct my mailaddress in my order?
Sorry I didn’t see this in time to help . I have looked and I can see that your email is there and that you have downloaded so I assume that Fastspring sorted it out for you.
Hi, they sorted it out sort of… They resent the confirmation email with the link but my registered name/email address is still missing a letter. I was able to install and use DX10 fixer despite this. Let’s hope this wont affect anything.
I have corrected your email address – the license will still use the incorrect value but you will only ever need to reenter it if you buy a new pc.
Hi Steve, I just bought my DX10 Fixer and Clouds but I am having a lot of trouble with it. The installation went smoothly and I applied the proper settings. I have FSX: SE, and once I got into it I noticed a huge FPS Drop and the VC shadows being excessively dark. I expected things to be roughly the same performance wise but I went from 40 to 20 FPS. I tried turning off HD Shadows and set AA to 8x SMAA in the controller but that did not work as well. The Diagnostic tool says no major issues found so I’m unsure how I can resolve this. I can send my fsx.cfg to you and any other settings if needed!
Performance shouldn’t be any different to fsx in dx10 preview without the fixer. That’s why I ask people to test in dx10 preview before purchase. Just uninstall the libraries and look at performance without the fixer in dx10.
Then if that’s the same, do another test without the fixer and try turning off aircraft casts shadows on self to remove the extra rendering pass for vc shadows. On most aircraft there should be little difference but some very complex vc models can have a noticeable cost in the extra pass. If that isn’t the cause then reinstall the fixer libraries and turn off all aa and see if it’s a GPU limitation that needs looking into further.
Hey Steve, I did try the DX10 Preview before I bought it, and I had pretty good performance so I though it would be okay. I ran tests under the scenarios you mentioned and found this:
For All Tests: FSX:SE, KJFK Used, QW787, GSX, AS16, REX HD Environment
Specs: Intel i5-9400, Nvidia GTX1650, 16 GB RAM
1. DX10 Preview no Libraries, no AA, or shadows on self
VC – 45 FPS
Outside View – 65 FPS
2. DX10 With AA and Aircraft Casts Shadow on Self
VC – 44 FPS
Outside View: 46 FPS
3. DX10 with Libraries Installed, No AA, or Shadows on Self
VC – 37 FPS
Outside View – 59 FPS
4. DX10 with Libraries Installed, AA, Shadows on Self
VC – 29 FPS
Outside View – 43 FPS
With the fixer there is definitely a slight performance hit which I expected, but the AA and Self Shadowing seems to be the biggest culprits for the bigger FPS drop.
Adi and I looked into this via email. I pointed out that when comparing FPS in the VC its important to check that the mouse cursor is not displayed in some tests as the mouse hits frame rates in FSX VC. Adi retested and we then concluded that the fixer performance is within a few FPS of DX10 preview without the fixer. In either case there is a cost to calculating shadows as this requires an extra pass in the engine.
Hi Steve. Just a note of sincere thanks! Having recently bought a new system, I’ve been excited to see what it could do with FSX (last time I played was years ago) so I installed a few add-ons, (ASNext, REX4 etc) doing a test run of each before adding the next. Everything was going beautifully until I finally installed ORBX England, and suddenly there were janky textures and black boxes everywhere. I was absolutely gutted, and about to ask ORBX for a refund. Thought I’d explore a fix first though, and was glad to find your page. Having paid the very reasonable sum for your fix, I’m absolutely delighted with the results. Have just flown a DH Chipmunk from Exeter to Culdrose – everything looked absolutely terrific – and ran like a dream. Thanks very much indeed.
Hi Steve. I bought the products some weeks ago. I still have it but i forgot the key that is needed when you need to install the fixer library status. Can you help me with this
i have resent
Hi Steve,
I bought DX10 Scenery Fixer from you 2017, but i cant find any active links to the download site, Could you please provide a new download link, i have all the information from the purchase if you need it.
Best Regards
This was resolved by email
I bought also dx10 fixer in 2013 at flightsim.com. please give me a download link. The wrapper is out of order. Thanm you.
I have emailed you, I need to see some proof of purchase.
Good afternoon from Spain Steve, I hope you are having the best time possible with the situation we currently have (excuse my bad English). I have purchased both your DX10 Scenery Fixer and DX10 Cloud Shadows this morning and after activating the product I receive the following message: Unrecognised FSX Edition – please contact SteveFX support. I have the FSX version of Steam that is supposed to be compatible … Any ideas? I was looking forward to taking advantage of his work and I haven’t even been able to start …
many thanks. A cordial greeting. Hugo.
Resolved by email – Hugo has disabled steam updates and so had a very old version of fsx.
Hi Sir,
I bought your product a few years ago 2017 if I’m not mistaken, but I’ve lost the email with the product pin, is there any way it can be resent?
Best Regards
Ok i have resent
Hi Sir,
I have received the mails.
Thank you so so much, I truly appreciate it.
Best Regards
hi Steve, is it working with FSX steam?
Yes
Send an email to stevefsx yahoo email address in the front of the manual with your order details
Hey Steve, ich habe da ein Problem, und zwar geht es darum wegen der e-mail und dem Keyboard den ich leider nicht mehr habe, aber doch bräuchte. Ich habe am 05.03.2016 den dx10 Scenery Fixer über pay pal gekauft. Kannst du mir da irgendwie weiterhelfen?
I have located your order, changed the email address, reset the download and resent it to your new email. Not that for the license entry you still need to use the old email.
Steve: Rebuilding my computer and I have a receipt and License from last year . Can I get a new download from SteveFX Store? I can give you the License info if you contact me.
I have reset your download and resent the necessary info.
Hey Steve, Would the DX10 and Fixer still work with VC shadows if i have the anti-aliasing box unticked?
I replied but it was hidden, the aa box has no impact on vc shadows
Hi Steve, in a recent attempt to do a fresh install of FSX Steam edition, I realized my version of the DX10 scenery fixer is out of date (3.4). Since the website I originally purchased it, is no more (flightsimstore.com), I’m having a hard time locating the latest download. If I provide my order information, would you be able to provide a link where I cant get this update?
Thank You
The last version made available via the flight sim store was 3.4. If you can provide some order information I can issue you with a new license and 3.4 installer as the FSS license servers have been turned off. If you purchase the cloud shadows addon then it will patch an installed 3.4 to the latest version.
Should I post that information here or is there a specific email I should send my original lisence information to?
I have emailed you.
Hey Steve, Would the DX10 and Fixer still work with VC shadows if i have the anti-aliasing box unticked?
yes but the image quality will not be very good.
Hey Steve, love the product. Only thing is when i switch from the VC to an outside view and back again, i get like a 1 second flash before the textures load in and everything is black. Everything else works great with the DX10 fixer but i wanna see if other people have had this problem and if their is a known fix. Thanks
Ther is a lag with dx10 (and also sometimes with dx9 although it’s less obvious). check texture max load is correct as if it has reverted to default 1024 then loading of bigger textures can be slowed.
So i should put it back to 4096 or 2048? I think i had it at 4096 Before
Yes, but it may make no difference to this problem for you, it has worked in the past I believe.
Hello Steve. Could you resend me a downlad link for dx10fixer and cloud shadows?
I have accidentally deleted my files.
Thanks
Jan
Hi. I Rizqi, i have buy this tool about 3-4 years ago.. i forget how to download it again after i unninstall my fsx. And i dont know how to download this. It tell me to buy it again.. but i buy it in 3-4years ago look like in 2018 or 2017.. i cant remember that. Can you teach me how i can get back this tool?
Thanks before
Hi when you purchased it you would have receive an email with an order id – can you locate and share that please. I have searched orders since 2014 and cannot locate one in your name.
i swear i buy this tool about 3-4 years ago. i forgeten what email i use to buy this..
maybe or something.. i have many email cause i too young in 3-4 ago. and cant managed for 1 email…
check for from region indonesia… i buy it and insert indonesia region when i buy it… maybe.. i cant remember all. cause that is old time..
I am sorry i have checked both those emails – I have also looked at all order from Indonesia none of which match. Surely you have a paypal record or some proof of purchase?