The Flight Unlimited Series

Hi Folks,I been playing around with this for a while, and frankly I'm keen to get it off my plate and get on with something else.What we have is a simulated GPS for FU3 with optional moving map using Google Earth. I'm keen to find a few beta testers who are prepared to put a little bit of time in to testing it on their rigs and getting back to me within (say) one week.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/192102.jpgTo run GELink ideally you will need the following:

Hello to all and Chris in particular,Having installed and greatly appreciated the Sanfran add-on pack for FU3, a quick trawl through the Avsim library led me to the Seattle equivalent.A quick question for Chris - I have several scenery add-ons for Seattle installed already, all by several developers. I have not installed the 'Airports' files for fear of a. exceeding the airport limit and b. possible incompatiblity problems, as you point out in the installation text.Should I leave things alone unless I consider removing all my other scenery add-ons ?However I did install the 'Seattle Pylons' package, which works fine without problems,and once again enhances the region in t…

I need bailed-out again,Looking at the Coit Tower night textures with Gideons Modelviewer, I realize now years later that I made an error with the pallet. It seems they are set to the Seattle pallet. To make things worse, I bungled the proper naming of the textures. When using Robs Fixmipv4 tool to "change mip palette", it reports the mips have invalid names. Just renaming the files doesn't correct the mip.The hd that crashed on me that had my old Jas files, also contained the folder of all the 3d models and textures I'd created.I dread recreating the textures from scratch. Isn't there a way I can extract the gif's from the mip's with the Makemip.exe tool? If so, what…

You guys run into this? I duplicated a couple of times, there really seems to be a hole there.JimBhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/191851.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/191853.jpg

Hello, I used to fly fu3 in the glory days of this sim, but then when msfs got better and better I switched.Two weeks ago my desktop died on me and I only have a laptop with integrated intel graphics to play with.So I decided to give fu3 another try and I am really enjoying it.Now my question to this community is:Did anybody have the idea and the capability of improving the game resolution (above 1024x768) or to implement antialiasing?The one thing I didn't remember is the approach controller always keeping you at very low altitudes (2000-4000ft range), is there a fix to this?Thanks.....

Afternoon to all ,I've downloaded resviewer to enable me to install Hennie van Rooyen's 'new' rain sound for FU3[available in the library].I've always found the default one annoying as it sounds like a tumble drier full of cutlery !When trying to install the .wav files I keep getting a message stating "newrain.rvs does not exist or is in use with another application".Anybody else use this file , and if so, have they had problems?I understand Hennie is no longer involved with FU3, so I don't want to bother sending an E-mail- I'm sure I'm missing something basic, but I followed the install instructions to the letter.Regards to all, particularly Chris Low and Jon Point - I k…

My new PC came with a GeForce 8500 GT video card. While things look pretty good and framerates are excellent I miss a configuration manager. I got the latest driver from Nvidea but I fail to find any software to complement Nvidea cards. I'd like to experiment with various levels of antialiasing and anisotrophic filtering.

Just a quick post to thank Chris Low and Jon Point for this excellent package, it really does transform flying in the California area in FU3.For some unaccountable reason, I've only just installed this pack, maybe because I was initially daunted by the installation instructions a couple of years back[ as an IT newbie] but now find the whole process very straightforward. I note your comments Chris on the add-on package zip file re sharing our flight experiences and agree with you.I for one will try and contribute more.Can I ask if this package will work in FU2 ? I still enjoy flying the adventures in that sim and know that the whole experience would be enhanced by this add…

I understand that each RULE in RULES.TXT should contain:- Terrain type- Min Alt- Max Alt- Min Long- Max Long- Min Lat- Max LatHowever, some rules have an eighth entry, such as 0.4, at the end. I'm sure that this has been explained elsewhere but can't find the relevant post and can't remember the answer!Can anybody remind me what this mystery eighth entry is for?Many thanksJonathan Stonehouse

Any one out there useing LCD's .I have switched to a samsung 20" standard because wide screen diastorts FU3 .The only complaint is night flying. I used to turn out all lights in room and fly night missions .Now with the backlight on screen ,nothing looks like real nights in FU3. A bummer ,Need a workaround or wait for technology to improve.CaptRolo

My wife bought me a new computer for my birthday. The specs should suffice for most of my simming and movie / image editing. However, it comes with Vista pre-installed and I'd appreciate your opinion -- should I accept this OS or install XP instead? There will be weeks spent porting my old stuff to this PC and I need to decide on the OS before I move on.My new PC has SATA disks. This is a step forward but it poses a problem in moving files from my old PC -- I can't hook up my old drive to the new PC since the connectors are different. I will use a portable USB disk to get the files across and my various FU3 regions and my FS9 require a data transfer of several 10s of GB. …

Hi there...After 4 years I am back a want to fly the FU3.BUT...I have fresh instal of FU3 and when the 3D Acceleraton driver is ON, my 2D cockpit is broken.http://www.ivao.sk/xwing/videos/2d_cockpit.jpgCan anybody help me ?MY PC:Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Nvidia 8800 GTS 320MB, 4GB RAM, Audigy 2 ZSWindows Vista x64, driver ver. 175.19RegardsPeter

This new region will be uploaded soon as install kit. The full region folder including 3 flattened airports with a bit traffic , the elevation meshes and a working navigation map is included. For copyright reason there are no maps in the maps folder. You will have to get it yourself using a full script that will build the final FU3 tiles using new command line tools for picture patching, resizing, cutting, palettizing and compiling, all this in one batch job. To download the map fragments you will have to use maps2bgl available at avsimSearch for maps2bgl in the avsim library to find the entries to the map tool of Gunnar Daehling and the English description by Jeremy Flet…

Hi all, this is my first time posting. Whenever I download planes or scenery from this site they will not open or open with flight unlimited 3. PLEASE HELP, I NEED TO FLY A BOEING 747!!!

I just created my first new megatiles but something went wrong. The targa images look as intended but after I run GenQuadrant I get this:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/189642.jpgIs it the wrong kind of targa or what?Hans Petter

http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/189451.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/189452.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/189453.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/189454.jpgUnzip the attached zipfile and put the 'tilindex.bin' file in your 'regionsChannelmaps' folder. The rest of the files go in your 'regionsChannelmapsnlights' folder.Enjoy :-waveRegards,Jon Point

ive got a major problem with FU3 (besides the fact that my joystick is busted and that maked flying a million times harder(literally)).when i install it, it works fine, when i put on some updates from this library, it wont open.the game opens, goes through the EA vid and whatever, then the screen re-resoloutionalizes and i get a message saying that it had encountered a problem.anyone got any ideas? i want to see this new "challel islands" reigionplease helpthanks

I tried Andre's new mini-region today and it works a treat ;)A few pointers:* Set AI to zero* Turn off distant mountains* You may have to remove your OUTTERR folder if you have OT installed.Once running, I went for a quick tour in the S6T. Up and out of EGJJ Jersey, heading NW towards Sark:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/188880.jpgA quick spin around Sark and past Herm (the big one) and Jethou (the smaller one) towards sunny Guernsey:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/188881.jpgA flyby at EGJB, then turn NE, climb to 3000 and head across the lonely ocean towards Alderney:http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/188882.jpgLand ho! And a short spin around Alderney, before desc…

Hi all. it has been a while. Since I got my new machine FU3 has totally not worked correctly. Firstly when I turn on graphic aceleration things go all weird. Shot come.In case we do not remeber me. i was colsie123 (account got deleted so had to re register). Happy new year. Since i have not had a chance to sya that yet.

Since it's time to look for a faster PC I'd be interested in your views on what to look for. FU3 may not be the most resource-hungry sim but I want to choose components that a) Make FU3 perform better with everything maxed out / in bad weather and :( under no circumstances choose components that conflict with our beloved sim.For instance, I can live with a video card that supports features FU3 can't use but I can't live with a card that makes FU3 look bad. How about multi-core processors?Hans Petter

can any one tell me how to get the UK south scenery

There is a new program from Germany that can collect maps parts 256x256. It's renaming the jpg file into usable coordinate that make it possible to assemble the parts to a 4096x4096 tile for fu3 also.here is the link: http://www.g-daehling.de/fs2004/modules.ph...=Content&pid=10The program makes BGL sceneries for FS9 and FSX but for FU3 you can omit this step and pic all jpg files from block 15, convert it to tga using IfanView batch process and then for the next step I take my old MegaPatch program from 2003 back and make a MegaPatch2 that can assemble 256x256 parts to a full picture. After that just resize to fit FU3 tiles, may be rotate a bit, cut and convert using …

Hi dudes this is my active forum for sounds support. I have created this because avsim make you to upload files. any way if you have any questions don't hesistate to contact me.

I have become interested in the uk south add-on to uf3 and was wondering how to obtain these files. Can any one help me

A new version of ResViewer is available athttp://www.agtim.ch/fu3/ResViewer.htmlOne of the new features is the exportation of any 3D-Model to E-format.There is no size limit as with bin2e. :-)Details are here:http://www.agtim.ch/fu3/ResViewer/3DModelExport.html Jon - the plane name is working without subitem too now :-)From where did you have this res file without subitems ?The LG Fokker has subitems.:-waveAndre