The FS2004 (FS9) Forum

Hi,We are about to release a new scenery, CYAM (Sault Ste. Marie) and I'm doing up a small AI package. I have downloaded a Piper Seminole, which was designed for FS2002 and I'm using it in FS2004.The problem is that none of the lights work. I looked at the aircraft.cfg and the effects called are all the same ones one regularly sees in FS2004.Could anyone help me out?Thanks,AdamEDIT: I have found and installed a 2004 version but still have the same problem.

I'm suprised there isn't a detailed Van Nuys airport anywhere. It's the busiest GA airport in the USA!I hope I'm missing something!

I want to get Ground Environment Pro, but the requirements from their site are 512 gigabytes! Is this true or is this a typo. I tried to email them this question but they make it a little difficult to simply ask a question about one of their products (hmmmm) From the Flight 1 web site on specs for Ground Environment Pro:

Hello all,please could someone help me out? I have to use some flyable planes as AI when no substitue is available. My question is: if I removed the sound and panel folders from the aircraft would it make the sim more efficient? Are my AI planes reading the panel & sound folders present in flyable models? I'll say thanks in advance,Cheers everybody,Tosh:-wave

EDITED: To add more file details below.Hey,I was wondering if any experts out there could help me install a virtual cockpit or panel for the Dreamwings DeHavilland DCH 8 Q400 that I've got running in FSX. I know this is the FS9 forum but I figured some of you may have it as its a FS9 airplane and therefore might know how to do this.I've got the airplane in FSX, its looks fantastic but when I got to cockpit view it displays fresh air - I can only see the world - no view from inside. I realise this might be difficult, possibly impossible to get a panel working for this airplane in FSX but I'm guessing since I've got the model, texture and sound working already there just mi…

In my FS2004 I have UT (USA only), numerous scenery add-ons as well as Active Sky 6 and GE pro. My video card is Nvidia's GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256 mb. My system uses a Pentium IV 3.6 gig with 2 gb of memory and Directx 9. Everything runs great except in the cascade mountains of the Seattle area, the mountains of western France and most recently, in the Alps between Geneva and Northern Italy. For no apparent reason, FS9 crashes to desktop, again only in these mountainous areas. Now I also just added FSGenesis mesh for Europe including the nicely done Alps but this CTD problem exsited before that and before GE pro and Active sky 6, I was actually kind of hoping the additio…

Well last week I got to spend my three days off working on the pc. I keep everything backed up so fortunate for me I didn't lose any of my addons when my pc decided die. Anyways I have everything reinstalled but now I am getting this weird visual problem in flight sim. Just in front of the aircraft when I taxi I can see a couple of rings that basically look like glitter. as I taxi they move with the aircraft. Also I am noticing that some textures look as though they are rotating. I especially notice this if I am in an external view but its also noticeable from within the plane. I have attached a couple of screen shots with the areas circled. They don't show up very good i…

Hello.I am hoping someone can answer a question for me regarding AFCAD.After moving data for FS9 to a new computer I am seeing something strange when view airports in AFCAD.In the attachment you'll see that both the orig and new AFCAD file say "Mod". This has never happend before. Usually the stock file would say "orig" (I think) and the modified file would say "Mod". This is happening for everyone airport I look at. Even airports that don't have modified AFCAD files say "Mod" and I don't know why this is happening.Does anyone have any clues here?Thanks very much!!!

Something strange just started happening recently with my spot view. When I switch to spot view, at first, it is fine. While still on the ground, when I try to adjust the view with the CH Yoke hat switch, the view starts to shake kind of like an earthquake is happening. When I close the window and reopen, again it is fine until I try to adjust with the hat switch. Once in the air, when I go to spot view my plane no longer "floats" into still view within the center of the screen, it does a flyby and resists me trying to adjust the view. I went into the views adjustment window but couldn't find anything unusual. I can't recall doing anything to make the change. Any ide…

I have done a complete fresh reinstall of fs9, and its been along time, but how do I set and keep the current date and time in fs9 in the selection menu? Everytime I start fs9, February 2003 10:15am is the default month/year/time. Thanks in advance.

Sorry to sound a complete idiot but I have been changing the way the default Jenny flies and while doing this I moved all the FS9 files to My Docs. Anyway to cut a long story short I have deleted the folder and lost the Jenny!! Can you help me to get another Jenny please. I hope that someone will let me have a copy of their Jenny so I can get back to trying to fly her again. Best wishes to you all. Reg .

Hi guys,Well a few of you that know me know that I also went MIA for sometime. During that time, all the knowledge I had of the PMDG 737/747 and the LDS767 kinda slipped away. Now, Im out of shape on the FMC, so im trying to get back into it. Can anyone reccomend a good tutorial that is a shorter flight, 2-3 hours, and will teach me everything over again? So, if anyone could point me in the right direction of a nice and informative boeing tutorial, I'd really appreciate it. Now, if someone could do the same so I can learn the Wilco A320PIC and the FT Embraers, well, I'll be the your friend for the rest of our lives. :)Also, Im looking on flight1.com and Im thinking about …

During my flightsim career I must have flown into and out of EGLL thousands of times but I noticed something the other day I hadn't noticed before??? Viewing from approx. the centre of the airport and facing a heading of about 155 there appears to be a hill?? Maybe a mile away or so?? Near to the M25 motorway?? It might have been there all along but it seems a little odd and I don't think there is anything like that in real life (I live in the area)... Just wondering if i've maybe done something to screw up the scenery files?? I'm using default FS9 scenery - no addons.... I would greatly apeciate it if someone could advise if this is meant to be there/normal??!! My attach…

Hello all,my AI traffic at Mustique TVSM if floating up in the air about 30 feet! I'm using the Project Antilles freeware scenery. So I guess I have to use JABBgl to adjust the elevation down to 3.1m. (JABBgl uses metric system, right?) Can anyone tell me in which APxxxxxx file does Mustique airport reside? I've never done this before--except once where directed to adjust Beirut Intl--so any advice and direction would be appreciated.Cheers,Tosh:-hmmm

Hi,There is a tweak to sharpen the virtual cockpit by a setting in fS9.cfgunder the "Panels" section:VIRTUAL_COCKPIT_TEXTURES_SCALE=2.0However I got in troubles with Out Of Memory errors on a 2Gbyte machine ,with heavies however and mostly while switching between panels but sometimes also without reason. Today I removed the line from above and it seems that my OOM errors are gone! Hugo

Is there some way, as there is in FSX, to adjust the display in FS9 to properly fit a wide(16x9)LCD display monitor?Thanks.

As many know, the outside air temperature has a big effect on the performance of jets in high-altitude cruise. We really need a good temperature gauge to see what the true temperature is. I have used the Bell206 temp gauge for many years because it looked nice on the panel. But it is sensitive to airspeed and gives totally bogus values at high speed and high altitude.So I made a good OAT gauge the other day and have tested it. It works very well with no effect from airspeed. It shows the temp in C.Get it free from my web site at:http://home.hiwaay.net/~goodrick/Download.htmlFor anyone who is really concerned about the temperature effect, the following equation gives the r…

Just re-installed FS9 in Vista. Small problem in that FS9 does not seem to be detected by Track IR when FS9 has started. Works okay in FSX and Lock On. The FSX/FS9 combo worked okay in XP. Also the control program refuses to run at Vista start up even though the option is ticked. Software version 4.1 build 30.Any thoughts appreciated.

Has anyone had problem with a win32 system file called NTVDM.EXE? I've searched around and determined it's got something to do with 16 bit textures or some such. I don't understand that part. I've checked it out with antivirus and spybot and Ad Aware and it's negative there.What it does is start every time I fire up FS9 and never does otherwise. It runs the processor to 100% and basically brings everything to a standstill. I shut it down with Task Manager and after the start up it usually stays shut down but it might surprise me a couple times and restart. It starts every time I start FS9. I've read where other people have similar problems with the thing too but I h…

I know I read here before that I can actually close GE Pro after installing textures and before running FS2004, but the program seems to be set up to run minimized. I have 2 gig of RAM installed, yet I seem to get a "not enough memory" error more frequently when starting FS9 from inside Ground Environment, running GE minimized.Sorry to ask a question that may have been discussed here several times before but I've been searching the forums and reading for over 45 minutes for a definitive answer and can't seem to get my search terms just right, and I really just want to flyyyyyy! :-jumpyThank you!Chuck

Guys, how to edit (decrease) the instant pop up effect due to the use of the spoilers in an aircraft like the default Learjet45? If it is possible at all in Aircraft.cfg, will it affect the braking property?Many thanks,Dirk.

Hi all,I have quite a few problems with the ground steering of the Fiftynorth-planes.So far I cannot make the plane turn like I want it to. Even with very slow speeds I am not able to track a centerline or make a 90degree turn. I always roll into the grass :-(I know that it is supposed to be very difficult to taxi. But I am not into very realistic stuff. I just love the fun to fly.... :-)So here is my question. What numbers do I have to change in the aircraft.cfg to make it roll like the default 737 for example?I recently changed the airfile but it did not make a difference. So I think it must be somewhere in the aircraft.cfg. I exchanged the contact points with the defau…

Hello everyoneI request your help because I REALLY wanna fly around in my Cheyenne.Im at my wits end, I do not like crying about add-on planes I buy but this Digital Aviation Cheyenne (DAC) is doing my head in :(It is absolutely unflyable on my computer (specs below my sig). I have never encountered such an FPS-hogging plane in my flight-simming life. Every other plane I have stays 25 FPS (which is where I have the FPS-slider locked at)The DAC gives me 16 FPS from 2D cockpit and 8 FPS from the VC (with massive jerking). Total FS2004 PowerPoint Edition.After Googling I came across an 8-bit texture converter which I ran, the plane ended up looking a bit rubbish (no surprise…

I'm looking for a program that can make me aware of and point out when I do something wrong when flying. I understand that both FS Flying school and FSPassenger does this in some way. So which is best in doing what I'm looking for?

Lately I've run across several payware aircraft that claim to require Win XP. In all cases but one I've found that my good 'ol Win 2000 is quite capable. However, since FS 2004 runs well under Win98 and ME -- which features outside of the sim itself do "XP only" aircraft require? In other words, what makes the OSes different as the sim is concerned? I like Win 2000 since it's a fairly sleek OS with modern (read: XP) drivers. Hence I would assume that anything that requires XP could be read as "not compatible with FS98/ME". In any event, the main question is in what way do the various OS versions affect the sim and its addons in any direct way?