The FS2004 (FS9) Forum

Thought I'd start a thread pointing people over to the Hanger Chat forum to vote so we can get a better count as to how many simmers now use what sims. No one needs to vote in the poll in this forum as many have suggested we put a poll up in one location (which is now in the Hanger Chat forum).

So much has been written on this subject already

[DISPLAY]UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=0TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=400[TERRAIN]TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=95.000000TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=40.000000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=60.000000TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=1242456In order to really get the extended visibility of ground textures in FS9 this needs to be amended in in your FS9.cfg file. Without these adjustment FS9 looks like crap in the distance especially at higher altitudes.

Hi;I've been away from simming for the last 2 years, but now getting back into it... Previous to this most of my forum work has been other forums. I posted there but no one replies. I guess the forums have come and gone over the last 2 years. AVSIM is the biggest so figured I'd try my luck here :)I named a pilot log with my name to save flight log data in FS9. I then (stupidly) deleted the standard-pilot-log, but kept the log with my name on it.I did not take much notice of the location of the standard log file. Now, when I close the sim I receive a prompt informing me that I need to replace the logbook to log the flight.Can someone direct me in what to do to rectof…

Hey quick question. I'm just getting back into simming.I for the love of god CAN'T find where any .air files are. I'm trying to merge my FeelThere panel/flight dynamics with the 50N model, but I don't know where the .air files are. I don't ever remember having a problem finding them. ? I'm running Vista if that makes any difference at all. any help would be nice! thanks!

I am having this problem- when I first load the plane, and am sitting in the cockpit, everything works fine. A good example is the PSS 777, which has an suto shutdown sequence for a cold and dark start, and as the panel shuts itself down, I hear various alarms and whistles going off like they are supposed to. After that, the panel sounds disappear. I haven't been able to establish a cause- I think that either it occurs when I leave the 2d panel or when I alt tab from the game. But anyways, after the initial loading, I am unable to hear panel sounds such as clicking as switches are thrown or the seatbelt sign warning sound or altitude callouts or anything like that. I have…

I am trying to get my fms on ifly to work. I have loaded a flight that I built using fsbuild into the line For example KATLKMIA. When I load the flight it doesn't show up in the mfd, and all the waypoints are miles off for example SOONE south of atlanta is showing it is 600 nm away instead of maybe 30 or 40. Maybe somone has an idea to help me.Thank youanthony

Before buying the new iFly 737, I asked a buddy to send me the panel.cfg from his new purchase.The file contains 4 vcockpit entries. This means that all VC gauges will only run at your sim fps divided by FOUR. If you want gauges running at 15fps, your sim needs to be doing 60, which is near impossible.Why do developers still do this? PMDG's newer products get around this by combining all gauges into a single vcockpit entry. I never buy an aircraft with more than 2 vcockpit entries, because with more they are basically unflyable. You can't have gauges refreshing at 5-10 fps, and I don't understand how so many people clearly put up with it without even noticing. It's a tota…

In reinstalling my Windows OS, and then reinstalling MS FS9, I am now running up against the fact that I cannot add-on any aircraft. Is there anyone out there that has an idea why that might be? If so please respond, I am lost without the helicopters on Hovercontrol and other small planes. I don't really have the equipment for flying the heavy metal and really don't care to. Thank you so much for responding to my query everyone. Peace!

So im sure anyone has heard about the POSKY/PSS merge which merges the PSS 777 panel with the POSKY 777 aircraft. Well, i have that merge and i cannot argue how great it is, but there is only one problem merging it. When you takeoff (and im not sure if this is the same case for everybody), the aircraft takes a long time to rotate and get airborne, and the takeoff roll seems to take up the whole runway just to get to V1 (not to mention the close tailstrike:wacko:). So how can i configure the engine performance so that it has more "power" to takeoff?

I was just wondering if anyone has tried to create "mouse macros" for this aircraft?Im just wondering if it is possible as i am building a simple cockpit based around the 737 NG and would like to use the IFLY 737.Thanks

Hi , everybody, I'm looking for a help because I'm getting mad about this strange issue.In the default GPS and in the map view of Fs9, I found a doubled couple of navaids near Milano Linate Airport, LIN VOR and LIN NDB.One lies in the correct position and the other is about 10 nM south-west fo the airport, with same frequencies.This causes wrong procedures and missed approaches , depending of the direction the aircraft comes from, because I get the wrong VOR before the right one.I decompiled and examined the NV9EURW0.BGL file which is supposed to contain all western europe navaids, but I found in it only the correct couple of LIN VOR and NDB in the right geographical posi…

Hi All,Just wondering if anyone has successfully implemented the 'STAR' runway technique for KJFK, specifically the FSDreamteam scenery? It seems KJFK is the perfect airport to implement this technique in view of its real-life operations using multiple runways for take-off/landing. I've searched around and most links to tutorials on the STAR technique are either broken or don't work! thanks!

Hello fellow simmers. I was thinking of purchasing the above mentioned add-on but I would like to know what is the frame rates you are getting with it. I own a Core Duo at 2.66 and a good graphic card that allows me to fly complex add-ons like PMDG MD11 at 30 frames/sec; what could I expect from these Feelthere birds in terms od performance and realism? Thanks.

Then show Oliver Pabst your support please. There are always people trying to screw things up.http://www.forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?showtopic=37734

I have lost all sound relating to ATC but all other sounds are present and working correctly. Any suggestions out there please. Using FS2004 with windows XP Home

Does anyone know a good Lockheed L-188 Addon out there for '04 ?Payware or freeware?Liam

hi..ihave a problem..every time i want to do a flight reset in fs9 the new screen comes in all black..eg. i will be doing a takeoff and want to practise it again and hit flight then reset , when it comes back the screen is all black..i have vista home 64 bit..i have sound but just a black screen...thansk and rgds ken

I have seemed to lost the capibility to stop my aircraft by using the trigger button on my joystick. The button will relese the brakes, but does not seem to slow the aircraft to a stop. I can stop the aircraft by pushing the "." on the keyboard. My joystick is a Saitek AV8R-01. I did reset the the assignment option for breaks in FS9 settings area, but still no joy. Any ideas?Tom

Hello all, I have great flightsimulator traffic, but I could really use a few of these packages that follow to make it even better:Air Canada JazzContinental Expressjet (I dont know if woai made one)US Airways ExpressDelta ConnectionFedEXAmerican EagleNorthwest AirlinkFlyBe If anybody has these packages, I would ask if ANYONE could PM them to me, that would be just great. And also, does anyone know if WOAI will be making those packages again? THANKS!!!

I'm sure this is an old subject... but anyway, could someone help me?Last night flying online to Toronto CYYZ, I noticed the "strange" terrain around the airport.It seems to be an "escavation" all around, and the airport is located in a sort of flat "hill".I noticed that this occurs both with Blueprint CYYZ scenery activated and de-activated, so I argue it's not a scenery-related problem.I attached some screenshots self-explaining.Thanks for any idea.CiaoMaurizio

Ok, i bet this has been discussed a billion times before...but..How do i turn tail wheel a/c on the ground? i know if i had a joystick with rudder control it would work, but my stick doesnt.is there another way of doing it? turning tail wheel a/c on the ground?Liam

Hi guys, Recently, I've been looking high and low for guides on tweaking my FS9 setup to give me the ultimate frames. The main reason for this is, with my brand new PC, (Intel i7 @4.0GHz, ATI HD5570, etc) I expect to be able to get more than 8fps at FlyTampa Seattle with the default cessna. Something is holding my PC back, but I have no idea what it is, and after endless hours of following threads that tell me just to tweak my Bufferpools, or Affinity mask settings, I could really just do with someone who's willing to chat me with on MSN, or help me tweak my setup via Teamviewer. I'm on GMT+1 atm. (BST) But I'm usually up late enough that talking to anybody on EDT or MDT …

If i add Ground Environment and Ultimate Night Environment Pro together in fs9,will the night textures interfere with each other?Since Ground Environment already has night textures.I done some research but didnt find what i looked for.

Due to a technical problem I had to UN- install UT Canada/Alaska and UT USA on FS2004. I uninstalled them with with the "add /remote" programs method, which might have been the incorrect method. After the uninstall I notice that all of my "coastlines" were straight line, square or right angled and (at least) some rivers were missing ( Red River at Shreveport, La and Mississippi River at New Orleans). I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO REINSTALL FS2004 !!!! I have too many hours involved to get it to the state that it is in. How can I correct these "coastline/river" problems WIHOUT reinstalling FS2004. I have FS2004 on two differant other computers inwhich I could copy the require…