FLY for Mac Users Forum

I am trying to buy Fly!II for Mac, but can't find it. Any suggestions where to try?Thanks for helping!Jorg

Well, not a total beginner...I used Fly2K for years on my old iMac. Just got Fly!II via eBay for my 12" Powerbook G4. Applied the patch. Loads fine, no obvious problems but hard to tell what will be what while I only have 256 RAM. While I await arrival of maximum RAM, I have been setting up Fly! and have a few questions now - more later.(1) Menubar won't disappear. I tried the fix detailed on this Forum: Went into System>fly.ini>{UI}>added "allowHiddenMenubar=1" at the end of that section. Now what I get is, the space bar toggles me between a fully functional Fly! screen with the menubar and a totally black screen on which nothing appears. Tried it seve…

Hi all,Last weekend I took the plunge and installed 10.2.3 on the Beige G3. I'm posting tis in Safari Pretty slick OS! I expected sluggish performance from the system visuals, but they run as smothly on the Beige as on daughter's eMac G4/700. Must be the Radeon.I tried launching Fly II from two different insallations, one a heavily loaded and tweaked 216 and the other a rather clean install with the full patch. Both errored and would not start. I think the system log message is telling me that FlyII is looking for a USB joystick. I now have one but haven't installed it because the firm forgot to pack the USB adapter. Will try when I get the part.Both Fly installations are…

Hi there,Has anyone actually been able to load an S3D file in the Keyframe editor. I tried and keep getting an error message sayin that the file is corrupt. I have tried everything to fix this but nothing works.Patrick Martin

Hi Allan FlyII has been working great with the 240 patch up until today. I went to start it up but it froze on the Loading Screen even after a couple of restarts. So I thought "not a big deal I'll just reinstall the whole thing from the boxed version 210 and update it with the 240 patch just as I had done before when the patch was released". No Problem I thought. After the install and update I tried to start FlyII again but this time the splash screen didn't even come up. Instead an error box with a red hand appeared saying "Unable to open pod file startup/system.pod".I thought it was my system so I threw out the system Prefs and some other prefs but no joy. I've tried f…

Thinking about plunging back into Fly after an interlude with x-plane. What's the status of Fly! II for Mac users? Is it available? can it be used with OSX? (My last adventures with Fly! were with Fly!2 and system 9 some time ago.These questions are probably old & stale for this group, and I apologize in advance.Thanks. Tom

Hi All,I finally got hold of a copy of FLY!2. I installed it and right away downloaded the PA28 and the PA19 from the SiMVOL site. All the other planes I downloaded from here and there all worked really well. The PA28 and PA19 both don't however. I get in the choose aircraft box a picture of the FLY hawk and PA19.nfo. I try to load it and FLY2 crashes. Has anyone else witnessed this problem??Patrick Martin

I'm having trouble using the calibrator in 10.2. It will not launch without a forced quit.I tried to use the 'Calibrator II' that came with 4x4 Evolution 2, but it doesn't calibrate the Logitech joystick for Fly!, only for 4x4 Evo. So I'm trying to fly the Bell 407 without full controls, which is quite impossible :).

Hello, Can anyone tell me how can I add, step by step, a new runway (I know the coordinates, the position, the paviment type, the size,... everything!) in a new place, not in an existing airport?I tried to see in the scenery editor, read the manuals but... I coudn't understand how can I do it!I must have another software?Thank you(I'm sorry my english I' writting from Lisbon, Portugal)Antonio Carmona

There are wonderful walk throughs by Ken Salter for Fly!II in the PC version. I have used these guides to set up Fly!II on my PC but my father has an iMac and has purchased Fly!II for it, he also got the CH usb yoke and pedals. I am going to help set his system up and was wondering if some of the files suggested by Mr. Salter would work or have Mac versions... for example, Jures cloud sets, the sky color files, vfr ocean, FSBuild, InfoMetar, Autoweather. Anyone who has already set up Fly!II on a Mac and would be willing to share I would really appreciate the help. I have taken the better part of a month getting my PC to where it is now and would like to leave my Dad f…

Yea, I know this is a Fly! forum, but it's also the ultimate source for Mac simming wisdom--thus the question.Has anyone downloaded the X-Plane 7.00 Mac demo? I installed the new version to see how it was with my new Radeon and 19" monitor (monitor size being the critical issue with reading X-Plane menus). The installation went fine but, when I launch X-Plane, it gets part-way into the loading sequence and then does a QTD with a Type 3 error (illegal instruction, as I recall). Everything else on the computer is running fine. The PlaneBuilder utility launches fine.The only "cheat" I'm doing revolves around the Oct 2002 ATI Drivers. I needed them for one of my son's games, …

Hi!I am wondering if I can use Fly II to join the VATSIM Network. If so do I need squawkbox to run in Virtual PC or how do I go about it?Sincerely Tebor

After corresponding with Wayne Roberts, it turned out that all my problems were caused by that loose nut in front of the keyboard--me.I had failed to properly install the file MOVINGVEHICLES.POD in the right spot. It's available by searching the library for dynmodels.zip.The bottom line is that NO conversions are needed to use Wayne's fine airports on the Mac. It a matter of "RTFI," for "read the __ instructions. Review the readme file that Wayne provides with all his scenery packages and make sure you have the required model files from other developers (like BIBERALL, dynmodels, and TM21) that he calls out. All are available in the AVSIM library.Thanks to Wayne for his c…

Has anyone had any luck getting these to work on the Mac, with or without the dynamics? I've used lots of Wayne's scenery before he added the dynamic bits. However, the packages that have dynamic vehicles seem to be Mac-unfriendly whether I enable the paths or not.I'm getting an error measage; however, the entire text block is black and unreadable. Gonna be hard to diagnose this way!Any tips would be appreciated. If we are all having problems, I'll contact Wayne to see if he has workabouts.

Over on the general forum, tonycrider has offered to help anyone who's a Mac programmer port C4TO to the Mac (it's now a DLL). Anyone willing and able to do this?-Franklin------------------------------Franklin TesslerDP 800Fly! for Mac Co-moderator

Hello, I have allready posted this before but I have recived no answer since 3/21/03. I Think it may be too long so hear is a shorter version.ANY answer will be apreciated, ever a ".. sorry, too bad" would let me know that sombody else cares!This may sound desperate but I am. I havent been able to fly since tuesday.Alright ( hear we go ), I down loaded the Globe.pod of the terminal reality site. I ran the inclosed .exe and the program quit while it was loading. I tried to re-launch, but it quit befor the set-up screen. I tossed the entire aplacation and re-installed ( I have done so about seven times by now...) but it still quit. I tried to install it in OS 9.2 and it wor…

I am posting to get an idea as to which operating system seems to work "better" for folks running Fly II... MacOS 9 or Jaguar?---John R. SippyChicago, IL, USAPowerMacG4 -Dual 5001024MB RAMnVidiaGF2 - 32MB

Hi folks,I'm looking for a few people to test the Mac version of the Mustang. If you would like to help, please download the PC version of the aircraft, and I will send some dlls to you, that will hopefully make it work on the Mac. :-)Please e-mail me at [email protected],Matthew.

I reviewed the FAQ posted on the genral form and deleted all .sit files and there were no .hst files and still my computer says The application FlyII has unexpectedly quit everything else has not been affected. I expected it to quit! This is an exerpt from a letter I wrote to TalonSoft meebee you'all can help me?I Have sent you two messages prior to this and this I think will be the most helpful addition. I Installed Fly! II in OS 9.2 again and found that If I wait while the black screen is up, it eventually loads the program!!! I CAN USE FLY! II AGAIN!!!!! Only NOT IN OS X!!!!!!!!!!!!! Arg!!! All of my updates and such will only launch in X and I always boot up my comput…

OK....would anyone out there be willing to give me some advice on installing this program so it will work on my system. I have installed from the CD several times and applied the patch. Something about a startup pod file is missing. Surely I cannot have the only dual processor Mac with this issue.

Should I expect this software to operate on Mac 10.2.4 dual processor1.4 firewire G4 with a Geforce 4 titanium video card? If so what is neededbesides the normal CD install out of the box? I am not having much luck getting it to boot at all.

I'm having problems (no brake function) in OS 10.2.5.... I have installed the latest patches and plenty of speed and memory. Anyone out there with any ideas? Help!

Hy, I' ve some great looking sceney, but they seems don't work withfly2. Do you know a way to convert a .EPD to a .POD file that works on fly2?Thanks.Pac

I'm new to simming on Mac and wondering if it's possible to use pc scenery downloads for FLYII on Mac. I tried a Toronto file but it required a tool which could only run on pc.