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Greetings Fly'ers...I've been trying to get back into Fly2 now for a while, mainly for the TerraScene capabilities. Now that the 757 is released, I was wondering if anyone could review/compare it to its commercial add-on Boeing bretheren found on the "other" sim platform?The 757 is the one plane that does NOT have a great FS2002 addon panel in the vein of the PIC767, DF767, PSS744/777/A32x, and I would LOVE it if this gave me a good excuse to jump back into the Fly2 world. Everything *looks* good from the advertising materials, but I am curious how it performs in the sim itself!Back to scene slicing,-Greg Germ

The Northwest Airlines 747-300 repaint is now available on the AVSIM server. As usual, you'll need the Iberia 747-300 to use this repaint. If you need the Iberia, I've provided a direct link to the file on the AVSIM server. Just copy and paste. One nagging problem with this latest repaint. There is a smear of red on the forward underbelly that I havn't been able to eliminate. It's coming from another texture area that is red and I have not been able to locate it's exact where abouts. Hopefully this doesn't detract from your enjoyment of this repaint.Pete

Connecting to the french Simvol site ? I need to redownload the TBM700 aircraft.Or would anyone be kind enough to email it to me. Thanks Wayne [email protected]

Well, I decided to bite the bullet and spend a bit of time tweaking Fly! II to get better frame rates, and boy did it pay off. Using a number of posts I read on these forums, I was able to get my framerates up around 20 frames per second on detailed scenery! I've been flying quite a bit in a Denver area scenery I downloaded here that includes a very detailed KAPA (Centennial Airport) and tons of buildings in the city. I never thought I'd achieve 20 fps in this detailed scenery using my GeForce2 GTS 32MB. These are my specs:Pentium 4 1.4 GhzGeForce2 GTS 32MB512MB RAMWindowsXP ProfessionalnVidia Denotator Drivers (v28.32)FSAA: 2xHere are the steps I took:1) Ensure my AG…

Hello all, I have a couple of questions that I'd like to ask. Firstly, dealing with Terramodels version 2.2, if I make a scenery using TM (ex, Ketchikan AK), then startup Fly!II and use the default editor to move things and add some other models, will TM pod all the models or just the ones I placed using TM? Question 2. Is it possible to use DEM data for one area in another? For instance, I would like to make Alaska a little more mountainous, but DEM's don't seem to be aviable. Can I convert a chunk of Colorado, or Washington St. DEM's and have Fly!II generate the elevations for Alaska? Is anything like this possible?Also, if anyone is working on (or has already fin…

Hi peopleI`ve got a very dummie question but I`m new in the "simmers-group".Does the weather radar in FlyII work ?And I`ve also bought PMDG`s B777 and there is also no weather radarfunction.:-roll Thanks!!

Captains-For the benefit of those who might have missed the announcement in the PMDG forum, the PMDG Airliner Series 757-200 has been released!Please visit www.precisionmanuals.com for more details- or swing by the PMDG forum!We are currently preparing to release the 757-200 PaintKit that will allow for user modification of the liveries (in both day and night modes) on the airplane as well!Robert S. RandazzoPrecision Manuals Development Group http://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/coolcap.gifwww.precisionmanuals.com

HELP PLEASE Had to reformat my hard drive. Have loaded Fly 2K and installed patch SDK. Have installed Rob's C172sp v88 trainer, no problem. Select Rob's trainer but won't load. Always loads the Skyhawk. Where have I gone wrong?ThanksRobert J

Hi guys. I've been away from the Fly! community for awhile now due to hardware constraints. I have the PFC console and it 1) doesn't support fly! and 2) conflicts with a joystick. Well,...I am now a two computer household and I'm putting Fly!II on one of them. In the process of this upgrade, I've upgraded from ME to XP. Guess what, my Sidewinder Precision Pro doesn't work any more. I visited MS and they aren't supporting that hardware with XP drivers. I wonder if anyone's found a work-around or if you know of another set of drivers that will work with this joystick. I hate to buy another just because of Windows!!!BobL

I am sure that it's in your plans. Just a friendly reminder, now that the 757 is out and your vacation is over. A SB with very sctrong and friendly features can only help our cause.:-hahtony

Should be ready in a couple days!http://www.nonmusic.com/FlyII/ewr2a.jpghttp://www.nonmusic.com/FlyII/ewr2b.jpghttp://www.nonmusic.com/FlyII/ewr2c.jpghttp://www.nonmusic.com/FlyII/ewr2d.jpghttp://www.nonmusic.com/FlyII/ewr2e.jpghttp://www.nonmusic.com/FlyII/ewr2f.jpg-----------------------Scott CannizzaroPPASEL-KTEBAMD xp2000+ - GF4 Ti4400G4/400 - Radeon32

can Anyone using the above drivers tell me if they make any inprovement I'm using 28.30 at the moment with a Gforce3 64meg Thanks Wayne Roberts [email protected]

As windows98 became increasingly slower everytime I booted, I was reluctant to reinstall it because of my FLY2 perfect set up with all the add ons and anything else that had accumulated up to that point. Yet, I knew that sooner or later I would have to do something about it. I didn't have a backup, so a hard disk failure was also on my mind. After careful analysis of my situation, I decided that a second hard drive would be preferable to a cd-write( I support all vendors and I was never good at keeping track of my floppies). I knew that with a second hard drive I would have the redundancy as well as a clutter free desk, without all those cd disks. So I did it. I installe…

HOW WOULD YOU INCREASE FRAME RATES IN FLY II, USING SCENGENGREAT MODELS AUTOMATICALLY POP UP WHEN FLYING LOW, BUT STUTTERS WHEN USING IT !ALSO OPENED FLY.INI AND USED SHEARCH POD FILES FIRST=0 ANY SUGGESTIONS JEFF:-zhelp

just wondering if a WAv file is a Wav file, regardless of the sim.tony

Anyone using 28.32 drivers tell me if they perform better than 28.30drivers I am currently using for my Gforce3 . Thank's Wayne

This is an old question revisted, but then Im an old modeler revisiting fly, So...I cant recall the significance of the message about the "blank" texture file not being right.Can anyone refresh my memory?Also, should I be saving my textures as tga or tif format?Thanks... JohnW(PS to Wayne.. Ill be intouch soon)

I have just uploaded a database update to the file library to aid in this approach. Look for the IGS Update for LSGS, Sion Switzerland. The update greatly extends the range of the localizer, DME, and glide slope so that the real world intercept procedures may be followed. The teardrop intercept takes place btwn 21 and 25.6 miles out. Sion is also part of Danny Masson's beautiful Swiss Airport Series - run to the library if you don't already have it. Then, unless you smear yourself on some mountain on the way, you'll have a beautiful place to set down in. :-) Beginning the turn to the Initial Approach Fix, Montana VOR http://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/User_files/3ce5da8e1c4d7d…

Hello, I have been away for a while and am trying to get my old Fly2K up and running.Does anyone know if the Terrascene (for Fly2k) is still to be found and also who has the texture packs to go with them?How in the world no longer seems to have them and I cant find them on Avsim either. Thanks for any info, JerryO

Well, I should of.Problem: Some of my objects are too small to select. Solution: Try selecting the object using the

Hi,i have both of Biber's model files, filenames are 'biber.*' and 'biberall.*'Do i have to have both installed, or does 'biberall' entirely replace the older 'biber' file??Thanks!!-Michael

Another first cut. This is the first in the series of America West jets I'am planning to do. I was never able to do this one for Fly!2K because of alignment problems with the horizontal stripes. Not a problem in Fly! II. Ohio, Arizona, Neveda and the New Colors livery are all on tap. I'll see about any other AM liveries if there are request for them.Pete

Hi all,I've just had my first crack at implementing an add-in for Fly! II. It's a replacement for the standard checklist feature. I'd be happy for any comments that you have. I only ask that you "be nice". :-):-beerchugCheers, Tony

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Hi guys,I've compiled a set of Mac dlls for the TBM.I need to test them to see if the work (or at this stage to see if they don't work :-lol).If you could e-mail me at [email protected] I'll get them to you.Cheers,Matthew :-)