The FS2004 (FS9) Forum

Hi allRecently tried to fly two flights from KMDW-KTPA using a Southwest and Westjet repaint with my Ifly 737. On both occasions I have a complete screen freeze with no error message from FS9. Also the event viewer does not come up with anything either to indicate what the problem may be. I at first thought the problem may have been the Southwest repaint hence the flight in the Wesjet livery. I have also run Filemon recently and all my AI aircraft appear to be fine.The aircraft was on a heading of 155 leaving PXV VOR and the freeze happened 72 miles from BNA on the last flight.I have noticed a scenery problem at the threshold of runway 2C it looks like a lump of forest ha…

does anyone use the realitypack1.2 is it better than ge pro and ut

HiI flew IFR from KHWD to KRNO (GPS Direct) in the excellent Doughbree Design L-39C (N39DF "Wild Child"). All in all this was a good flight. However, Oakland Center stayed with me the whole time. Previous to this, I had tried to fly this route in a DC-3 and was handed off to Stockton and Sacramento Approach/Center. On this flight, the only ATC choice I had was Oakland Center, albeit in several different radio codes (128.8 being one of them). Is this a bug, or does Oakland ATC really stretch that far?

Hi all, I'm having a new FS9 problem I can't seem to figure out.I'm not even sure what the trigger was or when this started as I havn't flown in a couple of months.The only system or program change I can remember is upgrading Norton security suite from either v3 or 4 to the new v5.Prior to flight I shutdown antivirus auto protect and anti spyware and use gamebooster to close down unneeded processes.what I'm seeing are increased loading times for FS, after initial acft selection, much increased times getting into the select acft. menu and worse yet, midflight pauses of 5-10 seconds that seem like texture load pauses.If I am in a VC at a busy airport, and I look away from t…

Okay, i turned on my AA in Catalyst it's pretty good, performance is also good, but i have a problem, whenever i get over a more detailed taxiway (for example default KLAX) and over the water when water effects are on high my performance drops crazy (from 40FPS to 10FPS), this happens only when AA is turned on..Can you help me please, it's killin' me!ThanksOkay I got it, sorry, i just lowered the Filtering to 4x from 16x and now it's perfect, thanks anyway.

Howdy all, am in desperate need of an Aeropelican repaint for the J32, they no longer fly Otters or Metros. Found a model for a Jetstream on another site but no repaint unfortunately, understandably cant post the link here, Thanks and am really hoping you can help point me in the direction of oneMarkUPDATE: Please disregard found one on an old external harddrive thank goodness

Good morning, Is it possible (using AFCAD or otherwise) to force particular AI aircraft to land on a particular runway when parallel runways are available? This would be great if possible (as in the real world where airliners typically land on the runway closest to their parking in most situations). Thanks for any assistance.J.C. (MYNN)

Hi,I'm wondering if/how other pilots are flying manually ILS approaches in IFR conditions (i.e. with no visual reference to runway or whatsoever)Normally I disengage AP apon ILS interceptance and fly the approach manually, that is: if I have at least some visual reference to the ground/runway.When I don't have any visual reference, I find it rather difficult to control the aircraft manually. Pretty soon I deviate from both the GS and CDI, specifically maintaining a proper descent angle is very difficult.How do you guys fly manually in full IFR conditions?Just curious,Egbert

HiI am looking for a guideline so I don't screw up my installation.Things to do, priorities, etc...Also a guide for setting up Win7 in the best way for performance and reliability. Drivers, etc...A final question: can I copy my current setup all over from XP to Win7?ThanksGhiom

For most any addon a simmer might want, you see many sites offering torrents and downloads of software. Is this not theft? How do these guys get away with it. They surely cause the price of an addon to be more than it might be otherwise. I guess its like shoplifting....we all pay in the long run.

HiI'm trying to edit some afcad files to correct runaway elevation for 1-2 ft.The problem is that with few afcads AFX give the message that some functions of edited AFCAD could not be save-d.And also gives suggestion to save changes under new name AFX_ICAO_CODE and put this AFCAD to higher level then original.In that case all functions of original AFCAD will be intact.The question is? What should I do with new afcad?Create new folder in Addon scenery for example AFX_ICAO with subfolder scenery and add this above original scenery?Or something else.ThanksEdin

Hi,I have a problem that just started in the last few days that I can't pin down to any particular thing such as aircraft installation, etc.This happens with all the planes that I have tried including payware. Most of my testing has been with the default C172 though. Sitting on the runway in a cold & shut down condition with normal frame rates, when I go to start the engine after 2 or 3 sec. the frame rates drop to about 1.0 to 1.5 fps. & stay there. This has also happened when I lower the flaps without the engine running. Changing the views can be done without the frame rate dropping. I was able to start a business jet without the fps dropping, but as soon as I s…

I would like to get rid of the fake traffic if that can be done because it pointless and unessary.

I must have installed some grass textures that have replaced those around the runways and airport area. My textures are a mix of green and desert, but the green part of it (mostly on the north side of airport) really look unnatural for this desert airport. Anyone know off hand which texture files are doing this so I can get the full desert effect back?Many thanks....

The other day, while making a cruise performance table for the Cessna Skylane, I stumbled onto a problem with airspeed that I had never noticed before. I have been modifying flight dynamics files for many years to get better realism in FS aircraft flight performance. This was a shock. There is a line in the aircraft.cfg file for the Skylane 182S that determines how indicated airspeed is calculated in this sim. I was tabulating true airspeed and indicated airspeed for a fully-loaded Skylane at various altitudes, coming down from 8,000 ft which was where I matched a published specification. I was curious to see the variation of true airspeed with altitude at a constant powe…

How do I merge the latest (2004) Posky 757-200 winglet model with the Level-D 767 panel?

I just downloaded the 737-600/700 pack. Ever since, the rudder has been acting up and moving sharply from side to side by itself. Tried the yaw damper and nothing. Please help!!

Hello AllMy question relates to the processing of AI by FS9:1) At what distance from the user's aircraft is AI 'injected' by FS9, ie, at what distance does FS9 start to expend processing power handling this AI ?2)Are parked aircraft that fall within the distance in 1) also processed by FS9 ?The reason for asking is that I'm attempting to evaluate the processing hit my system is getting at London Stansted from the (very busy) adjacent airports of Heathrow and Gatwick.Traffictool's map view shows an immense number of AI active around this area (to be expected), but most of it is parked. However, although the number of AI actually flying is only 20-ish, their impact of fps i…

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Flight1's product description for Airport Studio says its compatible with FS9 and FSX. Any chance it might work with FS2002 as well? I have a major problem with both payware and freeware airport scenery in that I frequently seen UT AI and static aircraft embedded in terminal buildings, jetways, other aircraft, etc. or sitting in the middle of taxiways, parking lots, etc. I've seen this even when the airport scenery comes with a AFCAD file. On the otherhand, I rarely see this problem in FS2004.I think (at least hope!) Airport Studio could solve this problem if it could be made to work with FS2002...

Hi All, I just installed the VOZ scenery in my new computer with uses Windows 7 64 bit. It is the only add-on so far that does'nt work with FS9. My old Dell was Windows XP. It seemed to install it ok, but the VOZ switcher won't work. This scenery is not all that important to me, although I do like to use it from time to time. Anyone else tried it with Windows 7?? Paul

Hiya everyone,I've been using FlyTampa's Seattle scenery for some time now, and have been enjoying it; however, all of my flights have been during the day or early in the morning. Just now, I tried operating a flight that departs SEA at night, and immediately after loading, the sim crashed with the message "flight simulator has encountered a problem and needs to close". I thought it might have been a conflict with the aircraft (QWSim 757), so I switched equipment but the same thing happened. It did not happen during the day. Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so, what suggestions do you have? Thanks for reading,George

This is just a test - was having problems posting messages.Seems to be working properly now - So this is another one which can be ignored.

Since I've decided to stick with Fs2004, I wonder if there are still good addons for terrain at some countries.Currently I only have Ultimate Terrain for USA,Canada,Europe , some megacity packs for USA, Flylogic for Switzerland. NL2000 for Netherlands. I remember there are also some photoreal for Italy but I can't find the place to get it.Can someone help me point out some other good addons :( I usually fly IFR but always look into the ground

Hi,It's the first time in my 10-year simming "career" to face something like that. I am an AI fan in FS9 and use both UT and other single traffic.bgl files. The weird event happens at LGAV airport with three US airlines, namely US Airways, Delta and Continental. So, around midnight or later (more or less the time of departure from N. America) the flights coming to LGAV from KPHL, KJFK and KEWR are spotted taking off around LGAV(!)(seen also through FSAI separation program) and about 5-10 min later landing at LGAV at a time that they are supposed to be flying over N. American East coast before (some 8 hours later) they land at LGAV next morning. I checked for duplicate FPs…