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The FLY General Discussion Forum

The General Discussion forum for the TRI series of FLY Simulators.

Dedication

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Richard Harvey

Lake Tahoe

September, 2002

This forum and all others related to the FLY series of flight simulator, are dedicated to the memory of Richard Harvey - the lead designer for Terminal Reality's Fly.

 

At the AVSIM FANCON of 2002, Richard and his wife, Tara, attended. Richard was presented with AVSIM's Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the flight simulation genre and his outstanding service and support of the FS community. Richard was a friend to many of us, and never hesitated to assist and inspire. Richard passed away the following March, 2003. He is sorely missed by his friends and those that were privileged to know him.

 

Richard in his last post to the forums said; "Try to stay away from things that are dark, dreary, introspective, tear jerkers, etc. Think HAPPY -- be HAPPY. If that is too much to ask, then I'll change the word HAPPY to POSITIVE. That's the flow of feeling I want rolling through my soul as I depart this earth from each of you, is absolute POSITIVE energy. Don't stall on me, I have to soar!"

 

Richard also passed this along to us in his last post; "******* Christ is my Lord and Savior. As my loving God and Lord has protected and guided me throughout my life, I pray he will do likewise for you and your family. May each of you achieve your dreams, and not be troubled by hardships. I pray for your good health. God will only give you as much load as you can bear, and never any more. Do not lose hope, nor certainly faith. Above all, do not fear evil, for though it surrounds us it can never hurt us. It may claim hollow victories, but it always suffers defeat."

 

We are proud to carry on Richard's undaunted support for his passion and his unstinting support of the user. Welcome to the Richard Harvey Memorial Fly Forums!

 

Subforums

  1. New to FLY? Frequently Asked Questions are answered here.

    • 21 posts
  1. Started by RandallR,

    The next global tile in the Carolinas Project is now finished - I will be uploading the pack this evening. The Johnson City tile continues to the east from the Knoxville tile, centering on Johnson City and Elizabethton, TN. Following the Cherokee and Pisgah National Forests to the southwest takes you through Greenville, TN into the Smokies. This tile includes Kingsport, TN to the north and Morganton, NC to the east.Over Johnson City, TN: http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/21735.jpg The images linked below:1. Over Greenville, TN2. In the mountainous area NE of Asheville, NC

    • 2 replies
    • 699 views
  2. Guest Steve Brown
    Started by Guest Steve Brown,

    Now go get it!http://library.avsim.net/sendfile.php?DLID=32951http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/fly2theuk/scat1.gifSteve.http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/aragon.jpg][/divTHERE'S A BIG WAVE COMING!Whats New!http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/fly2theuk/whatsnew.htmMy United Kingdom Scenery.http://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=...&Go=Change+Viewhttp://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/avsim/bart.htm

    • 3 replies
    • 992 views
  3. Guest pilotsim7828
    Started by Guest pilotsim7828,

    Hello To all the Ts2.1 User.Problems has arisen agian.......As by looking at the attached pic, There seems to me like TS2.1 Was finished , And looking at the paint line that I drew it was finished.But, Looking more closely It seems to keep going , And Going ,Just like the Enegizer bunny :) It is a very Large File, And with 1 pod file in the Scenery folder of 178 MBI clicked the box 1 GOLBAL TILE, But is that for 1 area , Or is that for 1 section of this large file ?this has been runing now for 12 hours ,MAKE IT STOP Thank for your helpJeff

    • 6 replies
    • 751 views
  4. Started by RandallR,

    In the recently-uploaded Johnson City Image Repair Kit description in the file library, it states that the kit requires the Knoxville TS Project Pack. This is wrong!!!It requires the Johnson City TS Project Pack, of course!Knoxville has a similar repair kit for its area, and when copying some of the information over for the description, I forgot to edit the name of the file requirement. I must stop packaging uploads at 2:00 a.m. when I am apparently brain-dead!

    • 0 replies
    • 538 views
  5. Guest
    Started by Guest,

    Bought brand new Fly!2 out of box, and cannot get it to install past 67%. Then get error message "error occurred during the move data process -106" File: STARTUP.pod. Have tried cleaning disc, cleaning harddrive, MS regclean; closed all startups. Using latest directx 9, Nvidia GEforce 2 64MB. Pentium III 650. Maybe defective disc? Tried everything I know of, would like to get back to using Fly; really like the original one.Any help greatly appreciated. Ken W

    • 6 replies
    • 875 views
  6. I am an NVidia user. And with the last few releases of the Detonator drivers, I've found that infrequently, but occassionally, I'll have an unexplained total quite to desktop. There will be no record of the error in GTFO.txt. While I'm not sure there is any relationship to the NVidia drivers, I cannot figure out anything else that has changed on my system other than the regular addition of TerraModels and TerraScenery areas. Note: I am using DirectX9.0a on a WinXP (Home Edition) machine. Other details are below in the .sig file.When going to desktop, my entire background screen is blank (default blue instead of a nice photo). Is there a way to better diagnose this. I am a…

    • 48 replies
    • 3.8k views
  7. Guest
    Started by Guest,

    Have some textures to work out and finish up on the panel http://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/katana1.jpg [br] http://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/katana2.jpg [br]c ya :-waveBart [email protected]://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/bart_logo3.jpg

    • 20 replies
    • 1.5k views
  8. Guest chezz
    Started by Guest chezz,

    I'm currently using ATI 9500 Pro (stock speed) and averaging 30 FPS in cockpit and 40 fps external view with all slider maxed out witn AI disabled view is it worth it to upgrade to 9700 pro is the FPS difference significant?Thanschris rpllmy rigASUS A7N8X DLXAMD 2800+ (barton)/swiftech mcx462+ HS100 g HD WD512 mg Mushkin 3200 ram (black)

    • 1 reply
    • 454 views
  9. Guest Fly II Pilot
    Started by Guest Fly II Pilot,

    I thought that Matthew Horridge had uploaded a Panel Maker. Can someone tell me where to find it?

    • 12 replies
    • 1k views
  10. Guest Steve Brown
    Started by Guest Steve Brown,

    Hi folks,Today my Finnish Stag , the BC1 has been published at Simvol.This is NOT a German plane and these are NO ###### swastika`s!!!!Detailled explanation about the use of these (Finnish)signs included in the readme txt.RegardsLeen de Jager (Holland)http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/21652.jpg

    • 2 replies
    • 602 views
  11. Guest Steve Brown
    Started by Guest Steve Brown,

    Hi Guys :-) Leen De Jagar's (ROTW ;-) ) new Cessna 172 repaint is available at the Simvol Website... Cheers Leen :-) Steve.http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/aragon.jpg][/divTHERE'S A BIG WAVE COMING!Whats New!http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/fly2theuk/whatsnew.htmMy United Kingdom Scenery.http://library.avsim.net/search.php?CatID=...&Go=Change+Viewhttp://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/avsim/bart.htm

    • 2 replies
    • 536 views
  12. Guest desmondw
    Started by Guest desmondw,

    After upgrading my rig ang getting back to FLYing again and reinstall everything I'm getting this error whenever i teleport to KLAX (see attachment). Please help.Also if you have similar video card that I got what's your FPS currently I average 35 FPS with all slider max except the AI no gone is the dreaded 4FPS but I still experience the band of rays when AI is enabled.Thanks.chrisrpllmy new rigASUS A7N8X deluxAMD 2800+ATI 9500 pro512 Mushkins 3200 ddrFLY2 patch 240windows XP pro

    • 1 reply
    • 487 views
  13. Guest Eagle
    Started by Guest Eagle,

    Hello again! I have not worked on my flight for a long time. Having too much fun testing out the Staggerwing! But now I have resumed my flights.Leg eight is behind me! I am now at Bismark, N.Dakota. Found a interesting feature on the PcXII too. If you program a destination on the GPS, and press the Nav selector on the HSI controlls, you will come to a fm(something, can't remember) and it will track the destination airport on the 360 HSI! It's nifty!

    • 8 replies
    • 685 views
  14. Started by Leen3131cs,

    Hi guys :-wave Sadly my website was hacked the other day, and a message was left saying I had left Fly!II for MS2002/4.... NOT THE CASE!I have however started collage again so I will be a bit slow at pushing out the scenery.For my coursework Im doing a few repaints of Aircraft, something none of the others are doing and has created a bit of an interest in Fly!II Its not an indepth course, a 5 week crash on Photoshop but if all goes well I may get a place in the full course later.http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/fly2theuk/t4.jpghttp://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/fly2theuk/t5.jpgAnyway this is what I have now done to the Tombraider themed FlyhawkEnjoy.... Yours soon…

    • 14 replies
    • 1.2k views
  15. Guest
    Started by Guest,

    Hello my finds and a warm welcume. I have had crash in Cessna while my lesson was running I hurt my leg and my left one too. It fell off the runway while I dive for cover but the instructor will be fine I think.Im haveing some rests for a while now I will finish akll my scenery in Fly. Hopping you all do well. Ivor

    • 0 replies
    • 466 views
  16. Guest Eagle
    Started by Guest Eagle,

    I ran out of room for Terrascene scenery (have the 65% of the west coast US finished and then San Diego back to Phoenix/Tucson). It is so cool to re-create flights I have taken and recognize what I see on the ground. I added an 80 gig hard drive, formatted it then transferred the whole Terminal Reality folder over to it. So far everything is running fine. BTW since making the last render changes posted elsewhere I have not had another CTD. I really dig this sim and am saddened that there will not be any further generations. With the Terrascene produced scenery the only thing lacking is a smoother, zone specific weather generator so you could fly in to weather, and i…

    • 1 reply
    • 466 views
  17. Guest pilotsim7828
    Started by Guest pilotsim7828,

    www.avsim.comflylinksHavent been able to get this page to come up I hope someone saved it in thier fav Thaks Jeff

    • 2 replies
    • 524 views
  18. The Fontana Lake area scenery pack will be ready for upload this evening. Adjoining the Knoxville/Gatlinburg tile, this global tile continues through the Great Smoky Mountains into Cherokee, NC and Fontana Lake. Continuing south, this scenery area extends through portions of western South Carolina and NE Georgia, including Toccoa and Hartwell Lake to the SE.Over Andrews, NC: http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/19919.jpg The link below - a view over Fontana Lake:

    • 10 replies
    • 732 views
  19. Started by RandallR,

    I'll post some more later, couldn't get really clear shots, look at the last pic and you'll see what I was flying in, or around I should say:)[br]NE of London, Ky. http://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/gat1.jpg [br][br]N of Middlesboro, Ky.[br] http://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/Dcp_0015.jpg [br][br]I can just about taste them pancakes now![br] http://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/gkt.jpg [br][br]Yes I'd like 15 Blueberry Pancakes...and....just leave the syrup bottle[br] http://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/gkt2.jpg [br][br]You like watchin it, I like eating it :)[br] http://bartsflyplace.tripod.com/taffy.jpg [br][br]Lookout from the top of the chairlift. Clingman's Dome in …

    • 4 replies
    • 708 views
  20. Guest Hagar
    Started by Guest Hagar,

    G'Day!I found in the internet the follow link:http://www.flightsim.no/file/Fly/there You can download any norway sceneries and addons - NICE!!!But the download speed is sooooo slow.Is there another page, where I can download the Troms

    • 4 replies
    • 639 views
  21. Guest
    Started by Guest,

    G'Day!Knows anybody, how can I changed the ground visibility in Fly!2K at the final approach? At the final approach I can see the taxiway and runway lights near 5 miles or later. But really you can see it maybe 10 miles or so.Can anybody tell me, what I should change???greetingsmare

    • 3 replies
    • 692 views
  22. Guest
    Started by Guest,

    After messing about with PSP7 & Photoshop7 in my collage course I thought I would do this. I created the tub.files for PSP out of Lara pictures and used many layers to get the effect with the clouds and so on.Its not finished yet, but Im using larger pictures to demonstrate my work at collage.I thought adding what I have learned to the flight sim may help me.... oh and you :-) And was a good excuse to look at loads of pictures of Angelina :-eek 1.http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/fly2theuk/t1.jpgIf you like it I will get it finished when I have the time.2.http://mysite.freeserve.com/fly2theuk/fly2theuk/t2.jpgThe picture on top is a drawing of Lara off the net with…

    • 1 reply
    • 731 views
  23. Guest jjlobo
    Started by Guest jjlobo,

    Is there the equivalent of the "fly restart" in Fly2?Is there some way of correcting elevations? I have done some work on scenery textures,taxiways and modelling on my local airport in New Zealand but the glaring error is the landmark hill which is rendered as flat.

    • 5 replies
    • 756 views
  24. Guest richpress
    Started by Guest richpress,

    I am intending to buy the USB CH Products Pro peddles which I would hope to combine initially with my MS gameport "Precision Pro" Yoke.If anyone is using a similar setup did you have any rudder conflict or other problems and if so how did you resolve them?

    • 5 replies
    • 719 views
  25. Started by AlaskanFlyboy,

    I need a new monitor but I don't know what to buy. I consider to buy an 18 inch TFT monitor (e.g. Sony SDM-X82). I read somewhere that the responsetime for gaming should be under 20 ms. But the Sony has a responsetime of 30 ms and the Samsung 25 ms. What are your experiences with TFT monitors and especially in relationship with responsetimes?

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