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Anyone had problems with FS2004 just vanishing to a blank screen, followed by the "send error message to Microsoft request" and then restarting when don't send is chosen?Pain, this happened twice today and I've never encountered this before. Could it be that this has started after I changed the autogen file to xxx.bak today? Hmmm.Joe

card.I have HP AMD1300 with an TNT2 pro 32MB sdram 4X AGP. Will i see a good improvment when if upgrade to another card. I'm looking at an ATI 9600 Pro 128 MB AGP,at CompUSA for $99. Or an GeForce 5600 256 MB DDR AGP at Best Buy for $149.These cards are both 8X.My old card is 4X,will that matter? Or any other suggestions. I don't want to put more than $150 into a card. My pc is 3 years old and will replace within the year.Right noe I fly FS2002 on the high settings at about 12-14 FPS. thanks for any info Bob

Although FS9 performed fairly well on my mid-level system I was having some stuttering in certain areas that was puzzling me. I also had occasional FS9 lock-up problems that I couldn't figure out. I just discovered that FS9 runs much smoother with AGP fast writes enabled and the aperature set to 128. This also seemed to fix the random lock-up problems I was experiencing. Both of these are the defualt settings for my Gigabyte M/B but I changed them because of the overwhelming opinions on AGP aperature and fast write settings. Sometimes the suggested tweaks don't necessarily fit all. I am actually very pleased with the performance of FS9 on my system. I do not have all my s…

This morning a friend and myself (on the basis that two heads are better than one) decided to once and for all see if there is any difference in performance between Win98 (orig not SE) and Win XP insofar as FS2004 is concerned. I have both OS installed on what is a clean machine - dedicated exclusively to FS. The PC specs are:Athlon XP 2500+, (Barton) not overclocked512MB PC2700,GeF4 Ti4200 (128MB)30.82 WHQL driversWin 98 on FAT32 on a Seagate ATA 100 HDD (7200)Win XP(SP1)on NTFS on a Seagate ATA 100 HDD (7200)Win 98 - swap file min 512, no maxWin XP - swap file min 768 max 1536I don't normally fly the default planes but we decided it would be better to conduct the test …

I gotta ask a really stupid question!I have tried to install some aircraft from 2002 into 2004 just to see if they would work.Some did, and some didnt'.My question here is....What is the FSSOUND.dll?When installed, And you start up 2004,I get a warning box about disabeling it yes/no.If you click no and continue on...Then go to the Aircraft that uses it...then the gauges wont'load?????? One Aircraft in question is the FSD Pilatus Porter PC-6 B2-H2.It is in the download section for 2004,Here.pilatus_porter_pc6_b2-h2_(fsd).zipAnd yes I read the "ALL"the read me's!!!!FSSound.text....gives some insight...But how do you solve the problem of the warning of something incompatible…

I have updated my nvidia drivers as well as the direct x9b...when I start fs2004 and go to "create flight" , I get a partially blank screen and I am unable to see any menu choices, only the rotating cessna.I have P4 2.4 GHZ with 1gb of mem, and geforce 4600ti 128 graphics...help please.

Hi,I understand that third party scenery from FS2K2 will install in FS9. So I gave it a try, A nice fellow, some time ago, made a bgl file that adds smoke to the stacks around Chicago for FS2K2. So, I copied the file from FS2K2 Addon Scenery/Scenery to the same place in FS9. FS9 did it's normal thing, told me wait while it updated the scenery files during program load, but the scenery was a no show. What did I do wrong? Thanks.Bob I

I get a error message at start up of fs2004, it states that "flight sim has detected potentially imcompatible aircraft or software. File:FSSound.dll" Then it asks if I want to disable it or not. So far, it has not caused a problem with playing the sim. However, it is very annoying to get this error message. Any ideas? Oh, I have reinstalled twice, and erased all my downloaded aircraft as well. Thanks.

I find it very tricky to fly the Cessna 172 with rudders. The first thing I notice is that in a not to steep turns the ball remains centered even with rudders enabled . It can wave a little at the onset of the turn. If I make a steep turn the ball behaves stange. It can suddenly move a long way in the direction and the plane moves erratically through the air.And to keep the ball centered is very difficult since it's very sensitive to my rudder movements. I use CH PRO Rudder Pedals USB and I have installed CH Control Manager and the registered version of FSUIPC. How do I use theese to make a optimal calibrationof my rudder pedals?I have been asking myself if it was a mista…

A very nice job with the FS2004 737 panel design. On the cabin announcements I cannot get the switch to turn off any of the announcements. Each announcement has to play to the end. Is this by design?Many thanksBill

Since I installed fs 9 , yes I have the stutturs, jitters, some time the simruns awesome, most times it don't. I have tried many tweaks,some have shown improvement..but my sound whil running the sim, fluctuates, andpanning gives me scratchy sounds, also going into the menu, and the mouse pointer is a little slow at times. this happens at any resolution. I have the latest drivers.O BTW, it is a santa cruz sound card ?Mb Any help appr. WOW when the sim works, decneding through the clouds is as real as it gets. Those with no probs must be thrilled .

Hi,If like me you are fond of the Marchetti SF260 you may want to check some screenshots of the Decathlon on the RealAir Simulations' brand new website. The plane is due to be released "very soon" as they say.http://www.realairsimulations.comIt looks like a pure wonder and I cannot wait !!!

i've been enjoying flying the Project Airbus A320 around and was wondering if anyone knew of any jetBlue repaints of it that are floating around anywhere?thx!chris

If it's been asked before...I humbly apologize. Could not find it when I searched the forums. Having recently gotten back into general flight simming versus combat flight sims, I picked up FS2004. I still have FS2000 and for the life of me can't remember what fixed the small glitch I'm seeing. Here's the problem...In multi-player sessions, my aircraft appears planted firmly on the runway or taxiway when viewed. Other multi-player aircraft appear a few feet off the ground (i.e. floating along). Is this a connection related issue, general multi-player glitch or something that can be corrected?I'm not running any add-on scenery...just the default stuff that came with t…

Hello,Most of my FS02 planes lights /gear/flaps wont work in FS09.How can this be fixed.I want to make an amphibian float higher in the water what points do i adjust.where can I read up on aircraft file modifications .

Hi Guys,I'm having a strange problem that I need help with. I have been reading a lot about the PanelAsTexture line for the fs9.cfg file. I'm currently running an Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra (256mb) on the 45.23 drivers. Currently my driver settings are set to "application" for AA and AF. I have AA turned on in FS2004.When I add the line PanelAsTexture=0 to my fs9.cfg file, and relaunch, I get no 2d panels in the default AC.I then turned AA off in FS and turned it on (2x) via the Nvidia drivers. I relaunched, and got a mostly blacked out FS menu and navigation upon. Mouse-overing areas of the screen temporarily reveal FS underneath.So, I backed out the change, set everyth…

I've noticed that they seem to have made some rather strange errors as to the classes of parking in FS2004. For example, Wichita Mid-Continent (KICT) has no spots that are able to accept the 747 and 777, differing quite a bit from FS2002 and reality. :) Is there anything that I can do to fix this?

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What is the toggle to put pilots in the Lyons Aircraft from the external view. Could not find in the readme's. Thanks!

Tried another FS9 test this morning. The weather here in Cleveland was rainy and overcast, just the perfect test for FS9. I used the PMDG 737-700 and flew to Baltimore.I turned Autogen OFF, turned off the ATC (used Radar Contact), and turned the 3D cloud percentage to 0%. I also used FSMeteoe 6.01.Results:The flight was normal with one exception. FSMeteoe has a little ding that rings everytime it updates your weather. Every time this occurred, the sim stuttered while it rendered new clouds. As soon as it was completed, the stutters went away. (A note here: The clouds look pretty good even with the 3D cloud percentage at 0%).On arrival at KBWI I was expecting pause…

Okay, FS2002 with FSUIPC, MS Sidewinder 2 (non-FF), and a good computer. Here's my problem:1. Plane pulls left (yes, P-factor and torque are low low) I know it will still pull left, but will jet aircraft do this too? Every plane pulls left. I have about 50 or so installed. This happens in the air as well. What are the realism settings for those settings to get realistic flight?2. I can not get full throttle. I push throttle all the way up, and it still will not give me full power. This makes it very difficult to climb. I can, without losing speed, but we are talking very low angles of ascent. So low that I can not get to target altitude fast enough.Please help, I…

Gentlemen,Anyone have this connecting to VATSIM figured out, or working properly? Here are the steps I take:1) Start SBRelay2) Start FS20043) Start Multiplayer within FS4) Initiate Host from module menu within FS5) Start SquawkBox6) Problem.....SquawkBox will not complete setup. It will start sometimes...after trying the "start SB" part of the process about 5-10 times. Anyone know how to overcome this? Any help would be appreciated.Harry

Hi, first of all this is not a negative post. Just about me and a friend that didn't read the manual before starting....Last friday me and friend started a FS2004 multiplayer session and there was no problems what so ever, but was I dissapointed when I figured out that there were no ATC and AI planes?!?!?So there we were just the two of us and nothing to look at but the scenery.Therfore 1) is it possible to have ATC in MP ? and 2) how about other planes, only human controlled ?CheersMark a FS2004 newbie

Matt is one of the FS04 Beta testers and one of our PAI gurus.He has done an FAQ regarding AFCAD and Parking Codes that you might find of interest. Matt mentions that it is a work in progress, so check back for new additions....Thanks Matt!http://afcad.projectai.com/documents/AFCAD2004_FAQ.htmlhttp://fsgateway.com/frank/fs9paibeta.jpg

I downloaded the ASHA DC-9, and it looks like a good plane to fly in FS2004. Unfortunately, no gauges appear in the panel. They are no where to be found in the file. It's a self-extracting file install and I've done it several times. Where are the gauges? I want to fly this bird! Thanks, Stan