The Flight Unlimited Series

ATI has released version 3.1 of their Catalyst driver software. One of the new features is support for FSAA at 16bit on Radeon 9700/9500 cards.FSAA at 16bit was not possible before on those cards, because the advanced FSAA method required 32bit. It seems ATI has now figured out a way to do it in 16bit.It's now possible to play FU3 with up to 6x FSAA on the Radeon cards and it looks SWEET combined with 16x Aniso :)Here are some shots.

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A little out of topic, but maybe you'll be glad to see this :http://library.avsim.com/sendfile.php?DLID=23819

Hi!I just tested out the new AI package by Ansgar, and this is a superaddon. This planes looks very mutch better, and the framerates on my computer are still acceptable.(P2-600).Here are some screenshots:747 south of "Paine Field".and waiting for takeoff after this very nice Md88. Delta at "SFO".Thank you Ansgar!Lars Peter.

Xicat bought the Flight Unlimited code from bankrupt Looking Glass and, unfortunately, published a pretty crappy version of their halt finished combat version of FU3, called "Janes Attack Squadron". Read the review, and the confirmation that the title was based on the LG product here:http://pc.ign.com/articles/358/358587p1.htmlNow, Xicat has a game listed on EB called "Janes Civilian Flight Sim", due out in March of this year. Check it out here:http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/prod...sp?pf_id=229095I think the odds that this is based on the FU code base are pretty good. Could this be FU4 at last?!?John

Hi,Just wondering what that site was for ehancing the weather effects in FU3. I think the girls name was Laurie but i cant remember the site. also what are some of the things i should add to my config file? I used to have all the cool lines to add but i have since then forgotten them all. Any help is greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance,Jin

Hi All,I have had FU2/3 software for a long time but I could not install it because my h/drive was to small. So at long last I have got a new h/drive, so now I can install FU2/3.I am a VIP2/3 texture designer for online flying with FS2002, I live in the UK between Gatwick + Heathrow Airports.I have been looking at what you guys do, is there any chance I can get a copy of the cd's for the UK scenery.I will pay if required.Many thanksSteve Atkinson

The new UK update CD is really near now, and I need a little advice from you. There are quite a lot of improvements and additions in this new disc; so I thought it might be better to change the previous "update method" for this disc.For the previous updates, I only added the new or changed files, and they had to be copied over a pre-existing, working UK-South install.Now I thought it would be easier to add, in the new CD, the whole UK region folder, with all the files (except the old terrain files of course, as they are on the other 7 CD's). This would be easier for everyone, in my opinion:1- Who already has a working UK-South folder, can just rename it to something else,…

Jim,I bought Janes Attack Squadron last week and have come to really like it! I am one of the few i am afraid.... I think one of the strongest reason for why i like it is that i feel quite at home ;-) For example, many of the key-bindings are just the same as in FU3. The light and reflections from the sun feel just right and you feel very much "there" and in control. As i know you are something of a "fish in the water" when it comes to JAS i simply have to ask you: "Where are the downloads?" The issue is that i seem to be unable to locate any add-ons at all for it!?I have found a few here at AVSIM but there really must be more, right?No matter what, JAS is my cup of te…

I want to add the VFR "roses" to the FU3 UK map. I don't know the exact name, but look at the attached file: I need one of those, but without all the background image. This way, I can overlay it on the existing map, in the proper locations. I have been searching for a "clean", black and white VFR rose to scan, but couldn't find any. If someone has one, and can send it to me via email or post it here, I would try to put it into the map... This would help IFR flying in the UK! It should be quite high-res if possible, at least 500x500 pixels, to give good results in the scaling/rotating process...Cristian

Hi allI have only just downloaded Ansgar's Gooney Bird DC3 from the file library and noticed I can't start from a seaport with it.Should I be able to.CheersGraemeUK

Gentlemen:I'm back in full-force, loving FU 3 even more than before. I can't believe how much fun this sim is. I've tried many flight simulators and FU 3 will always be my favorite. After some upgrading, tweaking, fixing panels, and improving cfg file, I'm ready to download scenery.Please tell me what I need. I'm interested in large areas (i.e. England, and Switzerland) and anything else that I can purchase or dowload for free. Please include where can I get it and how can I install it. Links will be great. Thanks very much.JoseCFI, CFII

Gentlemen:Althought FS 2002 has taken me away from FU for a little while, my heart is still with FU3. Need to know how to keep the taxi lines on without having to always enable it with shift_f11. Is there a line I can add to the cfg file? Also, can you offer advice as to what lines to add to the cfg file to eliminate the lines in the sky caused by the Geforce card?Thanks in advance,JoseCFI, CFII

Hi everyone,I would like to re-introduce myself. I am Jim . I left becasue MSTS came out, but have been checking the forums once in awhile. I recently found out about Richard Harvey and it inspired me to get back into FU3 and relive all the fun of flying. So i dusted off the box and installed it. Flew for a couple hours and here i am . Now could someone tell me any/all the additional aircraft that have been added to the library since the 747 please and fill me in on any other updates.Thanks alot!Jim

Hi,I thought I'd drop by and let you know that I have opened a .It's not flight sim related but it is a show-case for my programming projects so my FU3 projects are also featured.You can also find the latest versions of my utilities including Cockpit Designer v0.5b2 Which was never officialy released (although some of you got it from me by email)My FU3 development projects are currently on-hold, I don't have much time for it with all the other stuff I'm doingBut I may release a new ResViewer version (v1.35) in the (not so near) future.It's good to see the FU3 community is still going strong!Gideon[link:gpdev.net|gpdev.net][link:www.geocities.com/alive.geo/flight3.html]The…

I am trying to make a weather file for the Uk-Southuseing Weather Unlimited.I want it to be day time with the sun as high as posibland with the moon as full as posibl and visibl at thesame time, day time.Is there anyone out there that knows the faze,s of the moon inuf to say wat munth & day & time of day this situation will be at its most prominant?I like to see the moon in the day, it looks good.glidernutUK

Hi all again,Thought I'd tap into the vast knowledge base again!Who has used weather unlimited. Is the forth version the latest?I have downloaded the METAR files and imported them but I can't get FU3 clouds to match the METAR ones.I have exported the generated fu3 weather file but the weather isn't exciting and doesn't match the METAR data - shame cos it looks good!. I think the weather front mucks it up.Any hints or tips - from anyone??? I was hoping for an auto prog to synthesize todays weather in USA.Rob.

Just a quick note to the builder of the geebee. Just downloaded it and i love it. In the readme, you say that the panel (F3) is a work in progress. A man by the name of steve hess had made a panel for the Gee Bee that was all set and ready to go. I might contact him. however, you may already know this.Great to be back!Jim

Hi all,Just to let you know I have found some crop circles. I saw two fields. One with concentric and non-concentric circles and one based on a 120 deg radial pattern.I saw them at roughly Lat 38deg24 long 121deg41.5Anyone else seen them?(I bet this is all old news to you guys)Rob.

I've been unable to log in for a couple of days and this may go for some of you guys too. The thing is, Avsim has changed it's log-in procedure to include a "referral to the previous page". If you have Norton Internet Security the default setting is to block "referral" or "information about visited sites". Thus, my 2003 version of Norton started blocking the Avsim log-in until I clicked "permit" for "information about visited sites". There's a thread on the Help Forum that addresses this issue.best regards,Hans Petter

Dear FU3ers, My response over the last month at seeing UK scenery has basially been gawking with envy. How do I get hold of the scenery and start flying over it?

Is anyone else on this forum experiencing problems with downloads from Daniel Lindstrom's Unlimited Design website ? I cannot get anything to download at a sensible speed. I have tried downloading the Learjet 45, but it stops and starts irregularly, and the average transfer rate drops to below 500 bytes per second ! When I tried this with the KingAir 350, it downloaded a total of 2.79Mb of the 6Mb+ file in ONE HOUR, and then failed.Daniel is well aware that I am having problems, but I would like to know if anyone else here is suffering in a similar manner :-)Chris Low,ENGLAND.

As all the beacons for a region are stored in a single file (beacons.fld), if a developer makes some new navaids, and then another developer makes other navaids, the new ones will overwrite the old ones. So, the solution is to keep the beacons.fld file as updated as possible. There is a possibility: I could keep the most recent file. Then, when a new user wants to add some beacons, he can email me, so I send him the most up-to-date file; he adds the new beacons, and sends the file back to me. This way no previous work would be overwritten. What do you think? Is there an easier way to prevent overwritings?Cristian

Visiting the needls to take a snap-shot or tow,to proov you are member of this very small butgrowing fast groop of peopl to have the UK-Southseenary, which is undoutedly the best in thesim woerld, is fast bicuming the thing to do.glidernut.

I have searched the manual and came up short...how is the cruising altitude set?When I file IFR, I am always given 4K feet cruising altitude, I would like to plug in my own numbers.Thanks,Tony in Miami