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There are some things with FS2004 that I am impressed with and some that I am not. One problem I am seeing is blurred textures in CoF that are crisp and clear in FS2002.I do a lot of repainting and it is frustrating when what I am working on comes out blurry in the flightsim and also not knowing if I am seeing it only on my computer or if everyone sees it that way.I am more suspicious of my video card than I am the sim.I am using a GeForce4 TI 4600Is there anything I van do with this card, such as drivers, configuration, etc., that will sharpen the resolution i am seeing in the sim?Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.Sincerely,Heather Sherman

Can somebody give me an idea how the weather is created in FS 2004? I know it supposedly more realistic than FS 2002.But it seems when I am at an airport and look at the Metar, and then look at the cloud formations, they seem strange.Can someone give me an overview of how the weather engine works in terms of how and when it loads the weather and its source? When I look at the weather map after loading the weather updates every 15 minutes option, it has different reporting stations. If you mouse over the reporting stations it tells you the winds, etc. If you are within a certain distance from the reporting station, does FS 2004 take the weather calues and populate the …

I'm thinking about buying those glasses but would like to have some input from user that already have them..I want to use them in FS4 and of course other game i got like DAoC, Medal of Honnor ect..Gliviel

Hello everybodyI want just ask you, if anybody know a good freeware Scenery of thePunta Cana Intl. Airport? The Scenery must run with FS2002!Patrick

Hi I have a problem when I fly over water there are these huge squares that dont ever disappear. Ive tried pretty much all I can think of to get rid of them but nothing works. Anybody have any suggestions?http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/33575.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/33576.jpg

I apparently corrupted my original panels.dll (overwrote) when I installed an FS2004 version of RealityXP demo and now I keep getting an DDhelp invalid page fault and FS2002 is complaining about the panels.dll and gps_export.dll and saying they are incompatible. I got the original gps_export.dll but can't find the panels.dll for FS2002 and my original disk is trashed.Anybody know where I can find it? I have tried searching at microsoft and Reality XP sites. I cannot run FS2002 now. Thanks.

Try and look at your frame rates - It seemed like a prettybig jump - as one might expect. - Myles

Thanks to Christian, we can now create our own weather themes. One of things he discovered was that the new weather theme functionality lets us set a variation in both wind speed and direction for a given area.I created a test theme over the weekend that allowed for wind direction variations of between 240 degrees and 320 degrees within a particular area. When I test flew in that particular area, I was really pleased to note when doing touch and goes at the local airport, the wind direction kept changing. On one approach, I had a strong left crosswind on runway 30, on another I had a right crosswind component and on yet another I had a perfectly dead-on headwind.All great…

I know I should be in the PPS forum, but it takes forever to get an answer, and the answers I see aren't helping!!My problem in 2002: LOC will not engage or light, therefore neither will the APPR key. I done all is suggested in the PSS forum (e.g., made the Airbus default, avionics are on, FSUIPC is 2.95), however, it will not work no matter what I've tried. I've done three different tutorials and read the manuals. I know I'm at the right altitude and everything is set to go!! By the way, I have no add-on scenery, weather, navigation planners, just PAI and two add-on planes (DF734 and PSS Dash 8).Does anyone here have any idea what else it might be?Also, on the MCDU.…

Hi allI've just heard some interesting info today. 50-100 fps in Fs2004, is this true?.. here's the details I have, written by someone else:"Opened FS2004 set framerates for max, with sliders at medium fps is 75-100. All sliders on 40-55 depending on altitude but not a large factor.Gainward GF FX5600 Ultra 256MB DDR AGP, Machine/ Athlon 2.Gig 512 DDR Ram Western Digital HD. Before I installed this card I was getting 6-8 fps. Had an old Diamond Stealth 32 mb."Now, what I want to know, can this be true, and are there any other good bits of hardware one should buy to BOOST the power of FS2004?My current system:Athlon 2100XPGf3 ti 500 64 RAM512MB 2700DDR RAM60GBSB PlatinumCh…

On the DC-3 Radio stack there is a signal strength meter or something situated between the ADF tuning handles. You can set it to ADF 1 pr 2.What is that for?Does signal strength relate to distance - thus working like a simple DME?Or is for fine tuning or something?Answers on a postcard...P.S.I also found out that the NDB for my local airport (Leeds Bradford) appears to be in one of the gaps on the tuner :(

Recently downloaded the B767 and B757 from iFDG and sorry to say but there is something wrong with the power of these aircraft in Fs2004! You climb at 180 knots and from FL180 you start to loose power, so much so that at FL310 it is hard to maintain 160 knots with a 20' pitch up attitude and anything higher you go into a stall ...Any help in this regard?Kindly requestedTerblanche

Hi all I know this has been beat to death but Ive exhausted all other avenues.I have a VPR matrix P4 2.2 GHZ machine with an intel chipset.Geforce 4 MX440 vid using the 27.42 drivers (Been reluctant to upgrade they have been fast and stable),soundblaster live ,512MB DDR ram. since install I have gotten 20FPS default at meigs at startup with very conservative slider settings. moving to ORD FPS drops to 11-13. after 5 mins of flight turning final I have seen FPS drop to 2-5 rendering the sim nearly unflyable. this scenario is true with default or addon acft. moving sliders left at this point has no effect on FPS.in flight even up at 350 turns are jerky/stuttering and frames…

Geof:Does your B33 work in FS2004 and do you have to make any changes. I really liked this plane in FS2002 and would like to be able to use it in FS2004.Chuck

I have found that I can only achieve about 1/2 the FPS in any 2d panel as I can in 3d panels, even with virtual cockpit gauges set to the high setting. I average about 17 FPS (and smooth) in the DVC but can't break 10 FPS in 2d ( and stuttery), even with the same number of gauges displayed (sometimes more in DVC). This is true for both default and add-on aircraft. No setting changes that I have tried have made a difference in the 2d FPS.Does anybody else have a similar problem? I have some nice GMAX aircraft that use only 2d panels, but they are unusable becasue of the low FPS. Does anybody have any suggestions on how I can improve the FPS in my 2d panels to what I get in…

I like the interchangeability idea (except I won't bite until they release the MEL controls) but the thing looks kind of miniaturized and lightly built. Has anyone touched one of these?David

First of all here is the system: P4 2.4 533Mhz FSB PNY GeForce FX 5200 128mb Nvidia 45.23 drivers 512mb DRAM Creative SB Live 5.1 DirectX 9.0b I recently updated both video and sound drivers but have had the problem prior to doing so. Whenever I am in or near heavy cloud I experience stutters in the sound. Kind of hard to describe but I get a lot of crackling noisesand distortion. If I clear the weather it is perfectly fine. I have adjusted the sliders in DirectX to every conceivable positon. I have removed my sound card and used the onboard sound. I have repositioned my sound card well away from my vid card. I have disconnected my yoke (CH Products) and reco…

Just curious, but has anyone found some heavy commercial jet fde's which fly well in fs2004? With the changes to the flight dynamics in fs9, most planes imported from 2002 do not handle as expected. My biggest problem is the "nose-high" on approach and finals. I try to approach the outer marker at around 180 kts, but most heavier jets will pitch way up (like 10+ degrees) and even stall. They also seem to need a much higher final approach speed to land. The odd thing is even the default 2004 heavies do this as well. I am sure it is just a matter of time before we see some better airfiles surface, but in the meantime, what is everyone flying now? Is there any freewar…

was just wondering though my fs9.cfg and i was wondering what this does?[VirtualCopilot]VirtualCopilotActive=0any ideas?

ups delivered my megascenery cds about 2 hrs ago.install was effortless and only took about 10 minutesload time to start a flight is 55 seconds avg i reset all settings to what i was previously runningfps is unchangedscenery is really nice and worth every centreminds me of fu2 and 3 only with great autogendonp4 3.061 gig ramti 4600

I have just been trying to take off in the FS2004 Piper Cub.The thing is an absolute death tap.You even look at the rudder and you swerve right round - pretty much 360. You don't use rudder she swerves off anyway.And the moment she starts to swerve - you roll right over - with a stall warning as well - whilst you are on the ground.I have tried a couple of dozen times - and only got airborne twice - and both were the kind of dangerous takeoffs that would put you off flying for life!Oh, yes as soon as I tried to land - swerve, roll, boom.I may not be an experienced and talented aviator, but I can get all the other planes up without problem - even the Jenny and the Comet.I c…

I installed it last night and I want to tell you guys that want to do it go right ahead. It installed very nicely. I fly around sna a bit last night. I just wonder how it will be with mega scenery installed as well. I am planning on buying and installing it.

How is the A310-300 by SSW, Simulation Software Workshops!

How does megascenery handle autogen? Have they redefined where the autogen should "gen"? I'm asking because the video and screenies look like treeline is where it should be in the hills, and buildings look properly oriented. Is that true?Also, how many CDs and what is the hard drive cost for megascenery?Lastly, does anyone know if sceneryusa is still in progress, or will boston just become megascenery volume 2?Thanks!sg

My F2 key no longer puts out that nice roar on rollout after landing...is it gone, or does anybody care?