The FS2004 (FS9) Forum

My new Windows 8 system does not show the selected aircraft in the startup menu window. When I first installed FS they did; but they went away in a few minutes, never to be seen again. Other than that FS runs well on W8. One caution is that you will find it very difficult to edit files such as aircraft config files. W8 doesn't like people fiddling within its files. If anyone has a suggestion on the 3D aircraft images, please post it.

Hey guys I was wondering if maybe there was an easier way to fix this problem that I am having, I have tried uninstalling it ultimate train I have tried uninstalling misty and tongass and then just reinstalling misty and and Tongass Without Ultimate Terrain Canada I am also seeing this problem somewhere in the Bahamas as to where I get buildings on water I have installed the misty patch HitFix a lot of problems but I'm still getting this specific problem. This is OP1 camp from Avsim it's said it's fully compatible with UT, Misty, and Tongass so I'm not certain of what may be causing the problem. Any ideas?

Hello fellow simmers, Just wondering if there's any Rolls Royce Trent 900 sounds available for FS2004 (payware or freeware). I've got the TSS GP7000 sounds for all the EA powered A380's but since I'm a fan of having realistic sound sets, my RR powered A380's are all "grounded" so to speak until I can install a Trent 900 soundset. I've attempted looking but by searches end up fruitless. Thanks!

Just downloaded OceanFX for fs2004 says it requires 2 zips files anyone know where i can get them? Files are 1.)Oceansfx.zip 2.)Oceanstx.zip Ive looked in the Avsim library and no luck??????

Hello all, Just purchased the updated KATL from ImagineSIm, and so far, I'm impressed with the detail. However, the supplied afcad was apparently designed to make space for the optional parked aircraft since a lot of the gates are unaccounted for (meaning a lot of the aircraft park in spare cargo spots, which is a bit undesirable from a realistic perspective). I'm also noticing that the aircraft departing east from 8R and 9L seem to be stuck at the hold short point, meaning that the hold-short node probably needs to be moved. Has anyone created an updated aircraft for this wonderful scenery that addressed these issues (and willing to share)? Thanks J.C.

Release is very soon of this latest airport scenery from LatinVFR. Access their web site and forum with screen shots via Simmarket. This will be another winner as Bermuda, Miami, and Key West. Thank you Ricardo and the LatinVFR team Don Billings

Hi, Hopefully someone might be able to help with this. Am in the process of a fresh re-install of FS9 into my new Windows 7 64-bit rig, but I have come across a problem with Misty Fjords, which will not install from the FSQuality CD nor will it install from a copy of the CD files which I transferred to my desktop, which sometimes seems to succeed. From the online research I have done, I understand that it is not possible to install the CD version of Misty Fjords on Windows Vista so I guess the same thing might apply to Windows 7, but I read somewhere that there is some sort of fix available for a Misty Fjords Vista install, so I am hoping someone out there may kno…

Hey Guys desperate to find a repaint of the overland/wilco a320 in Ansett colours can anyone help?

Hello, A while ago i flew the ifly 737 from Brussels (EBBR) to Rotterdam (EHRD). When I took off from Brussels and turned the autopilot on the airplane leveled off/descended and it accellarated to very high speeds. I can't remember my exact altitude but it was right after takeoff. Can anybody help me? Thank you! Greetings

Hey guys I'm looking for a utility that would allow me to add land in certain areas of Flight Simulator 2004 For example I have been downloading certain cabin areas for the Alaska area and some of them are showing up on top of water I would like a program Thats will allow me to add land underneath the cabins instead of them floating on water do to the incompatibility of ultimate Terrain USA Canada and Alaska With these specific addons. I'm actually at the moment looking into something called easy land class but find it rather difficult to use if anyone has any good tutorials for this that would be great

Dear fellow loyalist So what makes you stay? mine is: 1. Leonardo Maddog 2010 FS2004 > I know it is also made for fsx but boy do I long for better smoothness and stabiliy more than anything? 2. Airsimmer > it is far from anything special,in fact there are still empty checklist boxes regarding this add on but well I bought it and complaining is just making everything worse.. I kinda like it.. 3. Tons of freeware scenery (I didnt know that the plural form of sceneries doesn't exist, it remains scenery LOL) I have compiled for so many years 4. AerMacchi... 1 of the best freeware add on for low and slow flight.. 5. In fact I'm thinking of buy…

Hello again, homies. rJay here. I have yet another question. I got FSHostSpy 1.3. I selected a server, copied the IP, pasted it into the correct field, and 'Seach'... Nothing. What's up? -rJay

Hello, everyone. Long time reader, first time poster. My name is rJay (Twitter: rJay_Official YouTube: rJayisawesome Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RJay_(official). OK, I finally have a question. I'm busy, and in high school (homeschooled). I don't have as much time to fly during school, so I've taken to Virtual Aircraft Spotting. I want to know if I can edit the .cfg file and change the AI number from 100% to 500% and it actually make a difference. -rJay P.S. Lag isn't an issue with me, so... EDIT: Oh yeah, not saying I'm gonna put it at 500, just wondering if making it above 100 works.

Hi, I'm gonna start by listing my specs bellow, but I am having issues with performance. Windows 7 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo CPU @ 2.53GHz 4060mb RAM ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500/5100 series (512mb, GDDR3) CPU load averages 60-70% when running FS9 FS9 uses around 500mb memory, peaking to 3gb total RAM usage As of late, even with all the sliders turned down I am getting under 20fps at default airports. My PC is only about 2-3 years old, and I would assume it could run FS9 quite decently. I have had this issue for a few months now, I don't remember what I was getting before, but I could run pretty high AI at EGLL with FPS above 25 (although I don't usually use A…

So, after several years, I dusted off my old fs9 computer. The original PMDG 737 works great, along with my other add ons. Problem is, none of my flight 1 aircraft work! The only thing that's changed is I uninstalled the LDS 767 years ago and I'm wondering if uninstalling it also deleted some file needed by the other flight 1 aircraft. The DF 727 will not load at all and the super 80 loads but is dead, as in nothing works and none of the buttons work; therefore, I can't turn on the airplane. The ATR also will not load. Again, the non flight 1 airplanes work as they did several years ago. I attempted to reinstall the LDS 767 through flight 1, but I no longer remember …

Good day to all units now share with us this new texture pack for our flight simulator: LAN Airlines is a group of South American Airlines based in Santiago, Chile and part of LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America's largest Airline holding. LATAM was formed by the takeover by LAN of Brazilian TAM Airlines which was completed on June 22, 2012, although both companies operate with different certificates and liveries. Its headquarters is located in Las Condes, Santiago Province. Contact ground present this new texture pack with 6 detailed repaints Lan Argentina, Lan Chile, Lan Colombia, Lan Ecuador, LanCo and Lan One World only for for the payware Level-D B767-300 with wi…

Hi, topic says it already. 10 new airports and an optimized de-icing spray are included. Honestly, I had hoped that the newest MHTG and SGAS airports would be supported, but at least development of AES goes on. Have fun, Harald

Anybody notice that Moderators have recently taken an interest in the FS2004 (FS9) Forum. Today Firehawk44 has moved a number of "off topic" threads into the Crash to Desktop Forum which appears under the MS FSX Forum for goodness sake. A little notice of these intentions and the establishment of such a dedicated thread, would have been a nice courtesy fellas. Posted 1.55 pm Eastern Australian Daylight Savings Time.

My CH Yoke broke down. on of the plastic pods where the spring attaches broke. I tried to use epoxe but it did not work. I ordered a new Saitek pro flight, and while i was waiting for it to arrive, I decided to use a logitech rextreme 3d pro in the mean time. I could not get the views to work. All planes start up in the look forward up position. I go back to views options. I select cockpit and the look forward option, and then I will retun to the normal view. looking forward and seeing the panel. after two seconds it switches back to the forward up position by itself. I am using FSUIPC, and have the joystick disabled in FS9. I have tried enabling the joystick in FS9 b…

Recently, I've downloaded some of the great looking scenery by CanUK. But it seems I get really bad texture flickering on these airports, in particular with the ground textures. For example, CYBW Springbank has ground textures that flicker like mad for me once I'm at say, 5000' and circle back to take a look at the airport. I've looked at the texture files, and insofar as my limited experience with textures allows, they seem to be fine. But there has to be something in particular with these textures, as aside from the very seldom occurrence here and there, I never get any flickering like this. Any ideas?

Okay here goes, I have been dealing with clouds performance on my computer for a while now, It does not matter what resolution what format or what type of clouds I use When I am in super AA mode via catalyst controller settings My frames per second drops when clouds are on 3d mode, I get 16 to 18 frames per second when clouds are up at 20 percent or 10 percent on 3D When I disable super AA mode in the catalyst controller I can set the clouds to whatever I want and I get really good frames per second But then the shimmering starts, Almost as if having the AA settings in full screen mode is not kicking in. Bottom line, Super AA - AA in game settings = great looks …

Hi Everyone, I am considering purchasing the Airsimmer A320 but I want to know what you guys think first. The reviews on the Internet are from 2-3 years ago, Therefore aren't up to date and of course planes get updated regularly. So as of now could someone who has the most updated version of the Airsimmer A320 tell me what they think and If it is worth purchasing or not, I am aware of Airbus X but I'm not interested in FSX for the moment, Thanks! Kriss

Hi guy's , Just a very few "ai planes" are landing at busy airports like JFK, the departure traffic seem normal. I have hundreds of packages installed. What could cause that problem ? I used to get loads of plane coming in as in real life.... Any idea what could cause this decrease in landing traffic ? AFCAD's and traffic settings are properly adjusted. Thanks !!!!

I downloaded and installed the freeware (formerly payware) FS9 Virtavia F-111 tonight. It's not up to the standard of their later offerings but it's still pretty good and a lot of fun to fly and, like all AlphaSim and Virtavia products, the external model is excellent. But the real thrill is this ----- here's what I discovered... It has a HUD that has several different settings and one of them is almost full screen. (Shift-5) What I then did was turn off the 2D panel (shift-1) with the HUD now the only instrument showing and the scenery full screen. Down to low level and screaming along at 600 knots at 200 feet or less with the wings fully swept back - and with FPS in…

I'd like to update the textures of my WOAI models to match current airlines. Now with AA changing liveries I'm getting tired of my AI models stuck in circa 2008. What I need to know for example is who made these models so I can exchange a NW repaint for a Delta repaint so my A320's look current. I'm taking the easy way on this one and basically switching the NWA livery for Delta and changing the call sign. Delta in most cases flies the same routes with the same equipment NWA did. I'm not too concerned with realistic Delta routes at this point versus seeing accurate paints at airports. Same goes for Continental. I'd like to update those paints to United. Thanks …