The FS2004 (FS9) Forum

Hi everyone!Today I see the Alpha India Group released their 757, short after AI Aardvark released their 757w version.Since the Alpha India Group 757 is newer, it has more features and will surely look a bit nicer.But how about performance and LOD's? They both have 5 LOD's available, but how about the polygons per model. Via the Alpha India site I could find the polygons per LOD, but I do not know them for the AI Aardvark model.So, in short, if I put Schiphol Airport full of 757's which one will perform better, because it has less polygons?Thnx!

I'm in deseperate need of DC-10, MD11 or similar in VASP and /or VIASA livery to help complete my AI collection. Not having much luck on AVSIM or Flightsim. The ones they have are not AI. Anywhere else to look?

HiI have Ground Enviroment standard version. Is it worth to buy GE Pro?For sky textures I'm using ASV 6.5So I'm concentrating to ground texture.ThanksEdin

Somehow I must have missed this. What is this "3 GB Patch" that everyone is talking about? Thanks jerrycwo4

Hi folks,Just a quick post to update you on the Overland FDE updates I have been working on. By now many of you have downloaded my updates for the A319, A320, A321, A330-200, A330-300, and the A380. Before I finished off the Airbus series with the A340 family, I wanted to let the Boeing drivers know that they haven't been forgotten. I will be turning to the Boeing models next.However, to give you something to whet your appetite, I am just polishing off the Overland 747 FDE. I will release that in the next several days to satisfy some Boeing requests until I get the Airbus A340 family out of the way.Stay tuned!!!-- Outer Marker.

Hey guys,Im recently finding it difficult to make screenshots that come at or below the 150K size limit for Avsims screenshots forum. It seems even my smallest .jpg pics (640 X480) come to like 155K, 161K , 152K etc. :(Obviously many of you on here post excellent shots (at larger dimensions) that are well within limits. How do you do it? There some kind of software that lets you specify the dimensions & kilobyte size?This was never an issue before but recently Im finding it hard to output the shots at that size limit. The reasons escape me!!Thanks :)

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I know this is a minor question but helps me achieve a sense of realism while I am flying around.I fly around the Pacific-Northwest and use FSG's 38.2 mesh for the area. I have Ultimate Terrain and BEV.I noticed that my smokestacks work, but the smoke is down even with the middle of the smokestack so obviously, you cannot see it.I fly a lot of GA VFR and would like to see that smoke!Does anyone know what I need to do to move the smoke effects up so that they appear in the correct place? I have searched through this forum but have not seen anything about this.I appreciate if anyone has any ideas that would help.

Hi guys.I've been looking for a PMDG 737-700 Easyjet repaint for a short while now, and there appears not to be one on avsim (other than the 'Big @ Gatwick', which I don't really like...), so I decided to get myself the POSKY 737-700, which is, of course, a great model.I tried to merge the PMDG panel with the POSKY model, and it's all well and good until the takeoff roll, until a message comes up at the top saying something along the lines of "PMDG WARNING: CG INCORRECT, AIRCRAFT UNFLYABLE"I checked the CG settings in the Fuel & Payload settings, and it's absolutely fine.The aircraft still takes off, almost no problem, but any pitch changes result in a violent bobbing…

HelloRecently i spent a lot of time adding night textures to ffx 737s and thats all sorted now.Today i downloaded a nice BAWs texture for a Vistaliners 737/300 and now i find these don't have night textures either.Anybody know how to create some for the Vistaliners 737/300sCheers Andy

When I start FS9 I get a message "VISUAL MODEL CANNOT BE DISPLAYEDVIRGIN AMERICA A3219"Can some one please please help.Thank youPaul:-hmmm

Just a very big Thanks to clutch and his team for this update. Absolutely spot on. Night approaches look even more amazing.Russell.

Ran across a post on another site. Seems someone hacked g3d.dll and found a hidden fs9.cfg setting that eliminates blurries altogether.I tested the .cfg entry for five hours. Here's the results of my testing over the U.S. , organized by state and state capital using time acceleration and an indicated airspeed of 480kts:AL - Montgomery, Alabama - 16X - PassAK - Juneau, Alaska - 32X - PassAZ - Phoenix, Arizona - 64X - PassAR - Little Rock, Arkansas - 32X - PassCA - Sacramento, California - 16X - PassCO - Denver, Colorado - 8X - PassCT - Hartford, Connecticut - 32X - PassDE - Dover, Delaware - 16X - PassFL - Tallahassee, Florida - 32X - PassGA - Atlanta, Georgia - 16X - Pa…

I recently purchased ActiveCamera 2.1. It seems that all functions are working properly except for anything having to do with the mouse, i.e. I cannot pan or zoom. I made sure to alter my mouse setting so that the scroll wheel is set as "middle button."I've been emailing back and forth with anticyclone support, and upon inspection of my AC2004.cfg file, he has declared the problem to be a mouse/driver issue, but has no other advice.I am using a Microsoft Standard Wireless Optical mouse. Can anyone please offer some suggestions? I am confident that Active Camera is a quality product, and that there has to be a simple fix somewhere.

Is it possible to reduce the distance at which FS ATC clears an aircraft to land. I believe that the default is around 6 or 7 miles and I just wondered if it was possible to reduce that to around 2 miles. Basically It would help at single runway airports by allowing departing aircraft the change to get away before a landing aircraft. The default 6-7 miles seems to be an age sometimes and if you have allot of arrival aircraft the departure que never seems to reduce.I am not sure of the answer to this but have a felling that I read somewhere that it cant be changed as it is hard coded in FS, but just thought I would ask to verify that?ThanksNick

Hello everyone,First let me give you my specs:AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+4GIG RAMNvidia 8800GT 512MB CardIssue:I have Mesh as well as UT installed, I also have a few airports I have created in EZScenery which I usually fly out of. This is where the problem lies. It seems every time I even get close to my "created" Airport the ground textures blur, to the point that it looks like someone poured milk on my scenery. I have my airports above the UT and seemed like it helped a little bit, I also tweaked the FS9.cfg file as well with positive results. Are the textures and Macro's I am using in my scenery to much for the system to handle?Image to how bad the "Blur" is:

Hi all, I have recently updated my FS graphic settings and also tweaked my FS9.cfg. Although the settings I have got are not bad I just wondered what other users with similar hardware to me are using.I have:Quad 66002GB RAMNVIDIA 8800GT (512mb)Vista Ultimate Although I am not new to FS, I am fairly inexperienced when it comes to display settings, drivers etc so am looking for a bit of advice.I have started to use nhancer but again my knowledge of this is pretty limited.I have managed to open the NVIDIA control panel on my PC and have seen that I have DX10, even though I have not installed this myself, so I suppose this must have been installed with an update or download m…

Hi, I recently acquired a Dell XPS PC. The specs are WindowsXP Pro Service pack 2, 4gb 667 memory, 250gb sata hard drive, Intel core2cpu 1.8ghz. ATI Radeon 1300 pro 256mb card. Now my problem is to obtain a reasonable frame rate, at present about 14fps. My monitor is a Samsung Syncmaster 2032 capable of 1680x1050 pixels. I realise that the Graphics card will not set the world on fire but can anyone suggest fs9 confg. alterations or are there any ways in which to increase the performance of my gaphics card? Many thanks

I've been using AS 6.5 for two yrs. now...an excellent product I will add, so, I'm wondering why Voice ATIS/Flightwatch doesn't want to sound off. I only heard it once, which seemed very unusual to me.I had forgotten about it because I never heard it until last week.Yes, I have the box checked off within ''Startup and General''.Secondly, why doesn't HIFISIM have support; they send us here to AVSIM?Any help would be appreciated.DJ

Hi Gang.I have FS Global SE, and have just had to do a full install of everything because of a HDD failure, so luckily I back everything up.But, before I install FS Global SE, I was wondering if this FS Global 2008 is really a big improvement over the version I have now.Would I really see any differences, or should I just stick with what I have got now.Honest opinions appreciated.Many thanks.

Hi how can i stop the RXP gauges from being hidden behind panels ? , they display ok on the main panel but if an A/C has another panel eg a VFR / landing view or a co pilot view the gauges are then hidden behind the panel .. i have most of the line up eg .. GPS 430/530/pro version .. WX radar etc etc .. here are some pics .. This main panel displays ok but changing to a landing view gives this I was really enjoying the products till i came across this .. Thanks Rich

Yes, I have the manual, but where the heck do you adjust the elevator to get the pointer into the "green arc" for a proper takeoff with out the alarm blairing? I've looked everywhere. How do you adjust the "pointer" back into the green arc? Thanks jerrycwo4

I own the CLS A340-500, and I am looking for a repaint in TAM colours. However, in the library I can only find repaints done for the A340-500 by Overland. Can I still use it on the CLS plane?Thanks

Hello all,Does anyone have an idea on where I can find real world charts for Tblisi airport? I've already google'd it and checked out the vatsim database but found nothing.Thanks in advanceRegards

Hello everyoneI ran into some problems with my RFP/Posky 742 while using FSPax and the pushback from AES.Everytime i finish my pushback with AES while loaded by FSPax i crash.The plane just sinks through it's nosewheel and get a crash message from FSPax.I think it may have to do with the nosewheel contact point in the Aircraft.cfg as the crash occurs when AES disconnects the pushbacktruck,but i'm a complete newb when it comes to editing those parameters.Would someone who is also using this combo post his contactpoints or maybe some tips so that i can prevent this from happening?My current contactpoints are:[contact_points]point.0=1, 76.8, 0.0, -14.013, 1574.8, 0.00000…