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   Quick Setup For UTX/FSX Acceleration Pack Users

UTX Canada only installed:

Install the FSX Acceleration Pack 
Start the UTX Canada setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase.   After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. 
Start FSX.

UTX USA only installed:

Install the FSX Acceleration Pack 
Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/Patch/UtxUsaAccel.exe 
Start the UTX USA setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase.   After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. 
Start FSX.

UTX USA and UTX Canada installed:

Install the FSX Acceleration Pack 
Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/Patch/UtxUsaAccel.exe 
Start the UTX USA setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase.   After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. 
Start FSX.

UTX Europe Installed (Apply in addition to any UTX USA patches):

Install the FSX Acceleration Pack 
Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/UtxEurAccel.exe 
Start the UTX Europe setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase.   After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. 
Start FSX.

Any UTX and FSX Accleration Pack details will follow....

UTX and FSX Acceleration FAQ

With the release of the FSX Acceleration add-on from Microsoft, there are a number of items which users of currently released UTX products (UTX USA  UTX Canada and UTX Europe) should be aware of.

FSX Acceleration installation will overwrite your current terrain.cfg

This is a very important item to note.  But, it is one that is simple to correct.

When you install FSX Acceleration, it will overwrite your currently installed and UTX enabled terrain.cfg file. What this means is that if you immediately start FSX and fly in the area covered by UTX products, you will see issues like incorrect coastlines, water features, roads, etc. To address any issues caused by FSX Acceleration changing your terrain.cfg, simply follow the instructions in the "Quick Setup" portion at the top of this document.   The UTX Setup tool(s) will always make sure that the UTX specific entries are added to the FSX TERRAIN.CFG file.

FSX Acceleration Scenery Object Changes

FSX Acceleration Pack contains a number of areas of enhanced scenery with additional or modified scenery objects.    From our research, we have found that these changes only affect our UTX USA and UTX Europe products in a few isolated areas.    UTX Canada is not impacted by the FSX Acceleration Pack, except for the TERRAIN.CFG modifications previously discussed.

If you do not install the UTX Acceleration patches for UTX USA and UTX Europe, you may see some duplicate buildings and other objects in a few locations.

We will continue to monitor the impact of the FSX Acceleration Pack, and the planned FSX SP2, on our UTX product lines.    

Thanks to Jeff for all the FSX Accleration pack research !

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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Topic: Sticky: UTX and FSX Acceleration Pack Posted: 23 October 2007 at 11:42am
	Quick Setup For UTX/FSX Acceleration Pack Users UTX Canada only installed: Install the FSX Acceleration Pack Start the UTX Canada setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase. After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. Start FSX. UTX USA only installed: Install the FSX Acceleration Pack Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/Patch/UtxUsaAccel.exe Start the UTX USA setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase. After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. Start FSX. UTX USA and UTX Canada installed: Install the FSX Acceleration Pack Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/Patch/UtxUsaAccel.exe Start the UTX USA setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase. After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. Start FSX. UTX Europe Installed (Apply in addition to any UTX USA patches): Install the FSX Acceleration Pack Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/UtxEurAccel.exe Start the UTX Europe setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase. After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. Start FSX. Any UTX and FSX Accleration Pack details will follow.... UTX and FSX Acceleration FAQ With the release of the FSX Acceleration add-on from Microsoft, there are a number of items which users of currently released UTX products (UTX USA UTX Canada and UTX Europe) should be aware of. FSX Acceleration installation will overwrite your current terrain.cfg This is a very important item to note. But, it is one that is simple to correct. When you install FSX Acceleration, it will overwrite your currently installed and UTX enabled terrain.cfg file. What this means is that if you immediately start FSX and fly in the area covered by UTX products, you will see issues like incorrect coastlines, water features, roads, etc. To address any issues caused by FSX Acceleration changing your terrain.cfg, simply follow the instructions in the "Quick Setup" portion at the top of this document. The UTX Setup tool(s) will always make sure that the UTX specific entries are added to the FSX TERRAIN.CFG file. FSX Acceleration Scenery Object Changes FSX Acceleration Pack contains a number of areas of enhanced scenery with additional or modified scenery objects. From our research, we have found that these changes only affect our UTX USA and UTX Europe products in a few isolated areas. UTX Canada is not impacted by the FSX Acceleration Pack, except for the TERRAIN.CFG modifications previously discussed. If you do not install the UTX Acceleration patches for UTX USA and UTX Europe, you may see some duplicate buildings and other objects in a few locations. We will continue to monitor the impact of the FSX Acceleration Pack, and the planned FSX SP2, on our UTX product lines. Thanks to Jeff for all the FSX Accleration pack research !
	Allen
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dogstar23 New Member Joined: 27 October 2007 Posts: 34	Posted: 27 October 2007 at 1:09pm
	The graphics are flickering where the taxiways cross runways since I upgraded to Acceleration and Directx 10. I have Ultimate Terrain, Flight Environment, Vista, Directx 10 and FSGenesis Mesh. Any ideas. I don't get the flicker when switching back to Directx 9.
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quantumleap Certified Professional Joined: 10 May 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2619	Posted: 31 October 2007 at 1:08am
	As UTX does nothing with the airport environment i.e. runways/taxiways this is not an issue with UTX. This therefore is an issue with the DirectX 10 preview functionality in FSX Acceleration and if you want to discuss it further it would be better addressed outside of the Ultimate Terrain forum. The Flight Simulator General Discussion area would be a better choice. Jeff

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northtexas Intermediate Group Joined: 25 July 2003 Location: United States Posts: 94	Posted: 31 October 2007 at 11:56am
	If I decide to remove the FSX Acceleration Pack will I also need to remove the UTX-USA patch and if so how would that be done?
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 31 October 2007 at 2:13pm
	*Originally posted by northtexas* If I decide to remove the FSX Acceleration Pack will I also need to remove the UTX-USA patch and if so how would that be done? We were waiting to see how long it would be before this question was asked We also created a simple patch that will restore things for those that want to remove the Acceleration Pack. http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/Patch/UtxUsaNoAccel.exe The patch is again very small (only replaces 2 small scenery files). Don't forget to rerun one of the UTX setup tools after removing the Acceleration Pack. The UTX setup tools will make sure your FSX environment is configured for UTX again, if the FSX A.P. uninstaller made any changes to the TERRAIN.CFG file.
	Allen
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dogstar23 New Member Joined: 27 October 2007 Posts: 34	Posted: 31 October 2007 at 8:28pm
	okay. Will do. I was not sure.
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mattius New Member Joined: 17 October 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 28	Posted: 07 November 2007 at 12:36pm
	I ran the Setup Utility after instaling Acceleration , (as you recommended), but when checking it comes up with, "Warning Messages are Available - Click Button to Proceed". when I do this it Says "Missing referenced texture in TERRAIN.CFG D:\Simulations\flight\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Scenery\World\texture\UTSandHW.bmp ????????? Help Thanks
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 07 November 2007 at 9:46pm
	Mattius, I don't think this is related to the FSX Acceleration pack. Each time you run the UTX setup tool (any version), it checks to make sure that all the UTX entries in the TERRAIN.CFG file actually point to existing textures. My guess is that the UTSandHW.BMP texture has been deleted somehow. It may have happened some time ago, since the last time you have run one of the UTX setup tools. Reinstalling any UTX region (USA or Canada) will get the texture back. If you don't want to do this right now, you should be OK unless you fly during a hard winter season. Before doing anything about the problem, check first to see that the texture is actually missing.
	Allen
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mattius New Member Joined: 17 October 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 28	Posted: 08 November 2007 at 3:28am
	The file is def not in Scenery\World\Texture. God knows how it went missing?However following adivice in other post I wish to copy UTsandHW from the Flight One Software dir. However it appears in 3 different dirs, High, Med & Low. The file sizes are different. Which one should I copy?
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 08 November 2007 at 6:44pm
	Mattius, Unless you have switched to the medium or low UTX texture resolution sets, use the version in the HIGH folder. The HIGH folder textures are the defaults.
	Allen
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mattius New Member Joined: 17 October 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 28	Posted: 09 November 2007 at 3:39am
	Thanks!
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strykerpsg New Member Joined: 09 November 2007 Posts: 8	Posted: 09 November 2007 at 4:33am
	Well, I followed your instructions to a tee and my roads look like something from the FS98 era. It honestly looked better with the default FSX textures. Do I need to unistall everything and re-install all files from scratch? When I first purchased FEX and UTX, everything looked great. I then added the acceleration pack and a freeware grass mod and the textures just went crazy! So, I did what any other gamer would do with no weekned plans.......uninstall and reinstall. Thanks for tolerating the sarcasm, as I am just tired of removing and adding everything again. I know you have an excellent product just need a smarter person then I to fix my setup is all. Also, I have my settings maxed out and still blocky looking roads. Thanks again
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quantumleap Certified Professional Joined: 10 May 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2619	Posted: 10 November 2007 at 12:49am
	*Originally posted by strykerpsg* I then added the acceleration pack and a freeware grass mod and the textures just went crazy! As is noted in the first message in this thread, installing Acceleration after UTX will replace your Terrain.cfg and therefore cause issues with UTX until you rerun the UTX Setup and Config file. Have you tried that? Also, what did this freeware grass mod do? Maybe it caused the issue i.e. did you know what changes it made and whether they may conflict with UTX or Acceleration? Jeff

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strykerpsg New Member Joined: 09 November 2007 Posts: 8	Posted: 10 November 2007 at 7:32pm
	Perhaps I am making a big deal out of nothing. I was relooking at the pictures of roads fixed within UTX and perhaps they still stay somewhat blocky. I just thought when I first installed it that the roads were more defined. Could anyone post some up close screenshots of their version of UTX so I can see if I am just blubbering around like an idiot................ Also, how much of a difference might FS Global 2008 make with UTX? Anyone tried the combination yet? Thanks for being tolerant and resourceful. matt
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Shane Senior Member Joined: 20 February 2003 Posts: 208	Posted: 23 December 2007 at 4:40am
	I already installed FSX + Acceleration + UTX 1.1 + UTX 1.2.... Do I need to go back and uninstall everything and install this patch? My apologies if this is a silly question, but at what point is UTX installed......before or after the UTX Acceleration Patch? I didn't see this patch on the UT DL page.
	Shane Vista 64-bit SP1 Asus P6T Deluxe mobo Core i7 920 @ 3.8 6GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Evga GTX 285 SSC SB X-FI Fatality 640GB WD "Black" Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" LCD / Acer H233H 23"
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meshman Certified Professional Joined: 06 April 2005 Location: United States Posts: 843	Posted: 23 December 2007 at 2:48pm
	No need to uninstall/reinstall. UT/X can be installed before or after FSXA, but afterwards is better. What FSXA and SP2 does is create a new Terrain.cfg file, which deletes entries made by UT/X and other third party addons. Rerunning the UT/X setup utility will verify the status of the Terrain.cfg file and if necessary, reinsert it's required entries. The Acceleration patch adjusts a small amount of scenery objects that is necessary after Acceleration has been installed. The download link is above and I'm sure as soon as time allows Allen will have the Scenery Solutions page updated.
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 24 December 2007 at 1:20pm
	I will try and get the website updated soon for the acceleration patch. I completely forgot about it. Thanks for pointing this out.
	Allen
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Shane Senior Member Joined: 20 February 2003 Posts: 208	Posted: 24 December 2007 at 2:51pm
	Well, darn. I already installed FSX + Accleration + UTX + GEX + FEX. Can I still install this Acceleration patch this late without issue? Thanks! :)
	Shane Vista 64-bit SP1 Asus P6T Deluxe mobo Core i7 920 @ 3.8 6GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Evga GTX 285 SSC SB X-FI Fatality 640GB WD "Black" Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" LCD / Acer H233H 23"
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 27 December 2007 at 12:37am
	*Originally posted by Shane* Well, darn. I already installed FSX + Accleration + UTX + GEX + FEX. Can I still install this Acceleration patch this late without issue? Thanks! :) Absolutely !
	Allen
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Shane Senior Member Joined: 20 February 2003 Posts: 208	Posted: 27 December 2007 at 2:48am
	Great! Thanks, Allen.
	Shane Vista 64-bit SP1 Asus P6T Deluxe mobo Core i7 920 @ 3.8 6GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Evga GTX 285 SSC SB X-FI Fatality 640GB WD "Black" Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" LCD / Acer H233H 23"
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boris4356 New Member Joined: 22 August 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 31	Posted: 29 December 2007 at 1:36am
	I am planning to re-install FSX and Accelleration. I was wondering if I install Acelleration before I install UTX-USA and UTX-Canada, do I still need to install the patch? Thanks, Bill
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 29 December 2007 at 11:10pm
	*Originally posted by boris4356* I am planning to re-install FSX and Accelleration. I was wondering if I install Acelleration before I install UTX-USA and UTX-Canada, do I still need to install the patch? Thanks, Bill Yes Bill. You still need the patch, which contains a few minor corrections specifically for Acelleration Pack users. The patch is very small and corrects a few cases of objects that have moved in the Accelleration Pack.
	Allen
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boris4356 New Member Joined: 22 August 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 31	Posted: 30 December 2007 at 9:48am
	Thanks Allen! Bill
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Polar New Member Joined: 17 January 2007 Posts: 4	Posted: 09 January 2008 at 4:40pm
	I haven't run the patch for Acceleration yet. I installed FSX RTM, Acceleration, then UTX USA, and ran the setup tool. I validated UTX, selected "prepare UTX for patch or upgrade" and then updated to 1.1, and repeated for 1.2. My question is this : should one prepare UTX for the Acceleration patch as well? Or just install it?
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 10 January 2008 at 2:10am
	You can just install the Accleration Patch, without doing the patch preparation step with the setup tool.
	Allen
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Polar New Member Joined: 17 January 2007 Posts: 4	Posted: 10 January 2008 at 3:43am
	Thanks - would it matter if one had?
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 10 January 2008 at 5:46pm
	*Originally posted by Polar* Thanks - would it matter if one had? Nope. Not at all.
	Allen
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Jimm57 New Member Joined: 26 March 2008 Location: United States Posts: 9	Posted: 26 March 2008 at 9:43am
	My UTX USA will be delivered in todays mail. Cant wait. BUT, just read the post where I need to install the FSX Acceleration patch first before UTX. I have FSX Deluxe, SP1, SP2 and Acceleration installed, running Win XP home. Has Flt 1 updated UTX USA to include this patch, or do I still need to download and install the patch? Thanks for your help, Jim (my first post and UTX is my first Flt 1 purchase. Can't wait!)
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akriesman Senior Member Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4308	Posted: 27 March 2008 at 12:47am
	Jim, The patch is not on the DVD. But, it is a very, very small download. I am not 100% sure right now. But, I think if you choose not to install the patch, you will only see duplicate objects near the Cape Canaveral launch site. So, without the patch, you probably won't even notice the changes with UTX USA and the Acceleration pack, unless you visit this area in particular.
	Allen
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Jimm57 New Member Joined: 26 March 2008 Location: United States Posts: 9	Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:43am
	Thanks for the reply Akriesman, Got my UTX, ran the small patch, then installed UTX. No problems! All went smooth, and the add-on runs great, and looks great! Now I just gotta tweak it and fiddle with all the options. Wish I had the day off. Also gunna pick up 2 more gig of ram today. I'm already running 2 gig, another 2 should let everything load quicker. Glad I have UTX. Thanks Flight 1 for a beautiful add-on. Can't wait to get GEX next!
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zibaldo65 New Member Joined: 05 October 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 23	Posted: 10 November 2008 at 7:34am
	I have FSX SP2 installed (not the accellearation, but only the upgrade downloadable by the Microsoft site) and UTX Europe 1.1c. Does i need to install the patch mentionned above for Accelleration users? Another problem, that it seems it cannot be fixed easily. My FEX SHD causes the crash of UTX setup tool, i read all the posts about but nobody told me which is the file to modify and where it is this file (the change suggestes is to change the value of FSX.cfg with TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD from 4096 to 1024. I browsed all the installation folders but i didn't find it). I thanks very much if someone could help me!
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Seadog Senior Member Joined: 15 July 2005 Posts: 172	Posted: 10 November 2008 at 9:48pm
	You must continue to update. There is one more update. See this response - http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=27237&PID=161759#161759 -Doug
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zibaldo65 New Member Joined: 05 October 2007 Location: Italy Posts: 23	Posted: 11 November 2008 at 7:18am
	Thanks Doug, i didn't see the upgrade. After having upgraded UTX Europe the problem has been fixed! Maurizio G
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FLighT Senior Member Joined: 15 November 2006 Location: United States Posts: 103	Posted: 31 December 2008 at 8:48am
	Getting ready to install all 3 UTX products on my new computer. 2 questions. 1. On a fresh install of all 3 UTX products (DVD versions) and "after" a fresh install of FSX plus Accel, are the mini patches at the top of this topic needed? 2. The disk versions are: Canada 1.0 current version is 1.1b Europe 1.1c current version is 1.2.0, USA 1.2b. current version is 1.3.1 Can I update directly to the most current patch or should I apply any intervening patches first? From a look at the Downloads page at the UT website it looks like the only one that might need the intermediate step is USA going from 1.2b to 1.3 then 1.31. Thanks.
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quantumleap Certified Professional Joined: 10 May 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2619	Posted: 31 December 2008 at 11:12am
	*Originally posted by FLighT* 1. On a fresh install of all 3 UTX products (DVD versions) and "after" a fresh install of FSX plus Accel, are the mini patches at the top of this topic needed? Yes. You should re-apply the mini-patch after applying all the UTX updates. 2... Can I update directly to the most current patch or should I apply any intervening patches first? You must install each patch in order as they are not cumulative. Make sure that you follow the upgrade instructions carefully. Especially note that for earlier versions you have to prepare UTX for a patch by selecting "Prepare Ultimate Terrain for Patch or Upgrade" from the UTX Setup Tool "Upgrade" menu. For all newer updates you now use a new two step process where you have a patch preparation application, which does the previous manual steps for you, and then it unlocks the actual patch executable for you to run and apply the update. Jeff

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jaubert New Member Joined: 10 December 2008 Posts: 15	Posted: 16 March 2009 at 11:21am
	UTX Europe Installed (Apply in addition to any UTX USA patches): Install the FSX Acceleration Pack Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/UtxEurAccel.exe Start the UTX Europe setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase. After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. Start FSX. Bonjour, I installed this patch for Acceleration. (UTX Europe) IS IT POSSIBLE TO UNINSTALL IT ? Thanks and regards
	Jean PP on FS
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jaubert New Member Joined: 10 December 2008 Posts: 15	Posted: 17 March 2009 at 5:46am
	*Originally posted by jaubert* UTX Europe Installed (Apply in addition to any UTX USA patches): Install the FSX Acceleration Pack Download and run the very small patch from http://66.135.39.111/Ultterrain/UtxEurAccel.exe Start the UTX Europe setup tool, which will automatically reconfigure the FSX environment as necessary during the validation phase. After the normal validation checks are performed by the UTX setup tool, you can exit the application. Start FSX. Bonjour, I installed this patch for Acceleration. (UTX Europe) IS IT POSSIBLE TO UNINSTALL IT ? Thanks and regards I have seen there is a patch UtxUsaNoAcce.exe removing patch for USA. Is there one for Europe ? Thanks for reply
	Jean PP on FS
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Kilo60 Intermediate Group Joined: 09 April 2009 Location: United States Posts: 74	Posted: 07 May 2009 at 2:15am
	Do I still need to install the Acceleration Patch if I installed UTX USA/Europe (and updated to latest versions) over my FSX Deluxe + Acceleration Add-on. Or is this patch only for those who install Acceleration after installing UTX/USA & Europe? THANKS!
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