FLY for Mac Users Forum

Well, it's true. Not only have I started using a PC-based simulator, it's not Fly.I decided to get Elite Version 7 for the PC. While the scenery is nothing like what FlyII offers, the IFR simulation is much better. It has a bunch of features and I'm still exploring.The GPS simulation is excellent and that alone was worth the price of admission. There are a variety of GPS units to choose from and you can load and execute actual GPS approaches, too. I occasionally have access to a 172 with an Apollo GX60, so Elite will let me learn how to use the unit before I get in the plane (saving me a lot of $ in the process).Elite's map feature is very handy for practicing appr…

Hey everyone,My wife finally got out of the house and away from her new flat panel iMac long enough for me to test out FlyII on it.The short answer: under MacOS 9.2.2, FlyII produced FPS on the iMac were about the same as on my G4/450 with the stock ATI Rage card. The screen seemed a little smoother, but that was purely subjective. The frame rates in the Flyhawk, with complex scenery turned on, building and aircraft shadown turned off, was 3 to 8 FPS, depending on altitude.Hardware Configuration700MHz PowerPC G4256K L2 cache @ 700 MHz512MB SDRAMOperating SystemMacOS 9.2.2FlyII version - 2.0.216FlyII assigned 350 Mb memoryGraphics Options:Rendering: OpenGLGeforce MX/AGP…

This was mailed as a responce to Jim's post on the OLD forum.Hi Jim,.....not sure if this is practicle, but how about writing a couple of paragraphs highlighting the unique opportinity, Apple have in capturing a sector of the gaming market and of course how dissatisfied we are with the lack of support. Followed by a list of names and country of origin (Important to highlight the fact its a global concern). Hopefully if we can generate enough interest and concern......and possibly a little help from our PC friends??.... we should be able to saturate Apples various Sites by emailing the listings. If we can send the listings to as many Apple addresses as possible, its bound …

Hi!I'm not a Mac user so I'm not up to speed on which add-ons are available and which not.A question came up at a FlightSim forum asking whether or not there is a Squawkbox for Fly! II. Is there one?Thanks,Alejandro AmigorenaSyracuse, NYAthlon XP 1800ABIT KR7A-RAID768Mb RAMGeForce 3 64MBSB Audigy GamerCH Flight Yoke USBCH Pro Pedals USB

I know....this is a Fly! Forum, but in the old days, F/A-18 got me hot on sims. I'm up to 3.0 and the Korea 1 version. Found a recently released update in beta on www.versiontracker.com that adds better texturing and volumetric clouds at low to medium altitudes. What I've enjoyed is the improved external views and the more realistic behavoir of wounded planes. Give 'em a good whack and they go into a flat spin. Off course, the same thing happens if the bad guys whack you!Being beta, there are still a few minor bugs, but it looks like a decent improvement.

I know mac bashing has become popular here in the last months for a number of reasons and I do not want to make this board into that alone. I have found a great deal of help here that has allowed me to enjoy Fly 2k a great deal!! In any case, these discussions have started me thinking about our attachment to Apple and I think this is a time we should look seriously at our loyalty (aside from the sim side of things). I have been with Apple since the Apple II plus and have been about as vocal about my devotion as anyone. In the past, I have been able to take on ANY PC discussion and crush it with a far better computer and computer company. I would seek these con…

Hi All,Since a view months i have an error message when i start FlyII. Before the introduction movie starts i get the message : the Python preference file appears to be corrupt : Python folder incorrect.I reinstalled FlyII and again the same error messageI found some python files in the modules:scripts folder. (to be exact a python folder and a pythonMac folder)Can anyone help me?ThanksKoen

i have a new g4 mac.When I run fly y2k the taxiways look very unrealistic-almost pink in colour.The runways look fine-why? Also is there any decent atc add on for fly?

Hi all,I'm curious to know if any other Mac users have experimented with using two monitors to play Fly II. I have a G4/400 2x AGP machine and I've tried using the standard Apple ATI 16 meg Rage 128 cards (one in the PCI slot the other in AGP) with little success. Various inquiries to GODGAMES and Infogrames techsupport have revealed that two displays are likely not supported, but I've been given no definitive answer. Anyone tried the new Radeon 7000 with two display's? FYI, I've been using the Bell Sim with pedals, throtle, joystick - I had a buddy who is an CFI (R22, R44, Jet Ranger) come test my configuration and he reported that the Sim is quite credible. Althoug…

I posted this in the General Forum: Until now we have always asked Rich/TRI for improving the Mac version of fly! If I understand well the post of Rich, Apple could help in a substantial way to make FlyII for Mac much better ....Why do we not join together and confront Apple with these facts?They boast themselves about Fly!II, - why not tell them what we Mac Users think about it and ask them for real help, not only publicity?- By the way, I can't afford to buy a G4 for Rich, but I could contribute to it if other MacUsers would join ..smilie(':)')Max

I had lunch with Eric a couple of times a few years ago, and he showed us some of his development tools while he was working on Screamin Demons. To this day I still encourage people to give A-10 Cuba a try; I saw a new boxed copy at GameStop the other day for $5. That's got to be the most underrated flight sim ever produced.Any ideas what he's doing these days?Rich

Just another Mac user just wanting to say hello. Have Fly!2K and I am happy with it! May get Fly! II but who knows?Marcelo S. Ruriani:) :-hah ;) Mac 266 MHz G3 Beige MT(For those who are wondering)

"Oh where, oh where is my Radeon update, oh where, oh where can it be?"Hello, ATI...Is the promised update anywhere near completion? FSAA? Anything?Like they read this forum:-roll Oh well,Pete

Hi,I just downloaded and installed the new NVIDIA Driver Update 2.6 and the least I can say : noticeably improvement in the frame rates.Figures I never saw before, especially in the full cockpit view

Hi Mac usersI would like to buy a Ati Radeon 7500 DDram 64 Mo graphic card or even a 8500 128 Mo or a nVidia GeForce 4 Ti for my G4 but I can't find these products for Mac in France, only for PC.I believe that I have no AGP slot... only PCI slots but I'm not sure...because my G4 / 400 Mhz is the first G4....Could you tell me where I could find one in Usa ? with international shipping.Thank you very much.I'm tired to have a poor number of fps with my 16 Mo Rage....Christian PetersFrench PyreneesG4/400Ati Radeon Rage Pro 16 Mo1Go sdramFly!2k & Fly!II

Glad to be on this new forum!Albert Van Thournout :-wave(A Mac user from Belgium)http://users.skynet.be/avt/QS G4/DP800/1 GB RAMGeForce3 Video CardApple Cinema Display 22" LCD

This reminds me of the "old" AVSIM forum (the one that was in use when Fly! first appeared.)-Franklin------------------------------Franklin TesslerG4/500Fly! for Mac Forum Co-moderator