The FS2004 (FS9) Forum

Hi all,I'm ready for a new look flight sim (after three years of looking at that poxy DC-3), but wasn't about to buy FSX. So, I got the random splash screen generator & some screens. Nice, no more DC3. So, along the same lines; are there any graphic replacements to spiff up my menu screens? [i did find a pack of 4 here on avsim, but am looking for something more extreme.... no offense meant]. Anyone point me in the right direction?Cheers,Tosh Power,Columbus,GA

Does anyone know if the model by Varnavskiy Sergey at http://www.simflight.narod.ru/ now has a dynamic vc? I'm having trouble with the rar files.Thanks,Todd

I've scoured the forums, but have found nothing at all relating to Retro AI's website being gone. Does anyone know if the flightplans they had can be found anywhere else? It was obviously a lot of work to create them, and would be an awful shame if they vanished along with the site's closure (for whatever reason they shut it down).

Hi, Can some tell me what I may have done to cause my aircraft be parked to the left of, or centered in the jetways?As soon as I start a flight it seems all AI and my plane are misaligned at the gates. Doesn't happen at all airports. Best regardsJan1,KINDWhen I push the button and it works, I'm happy:-)

FS9 gave me the out of memory message during a decent, with the mdmax md80, squawkbox connected with alot of atc and normal traffic, when I panned to the right window in the 2d cockpit it gave me the message that fs had run out of mem and needed to close. I did disable the paging file but I thought my 2GB of ram would be enough esspecially when using smart close which is simmilar to fsautostart. Is this simply the paging file or something else?

I've been attempting to program the spoilers as well as the flaps to the axis levers for the PMDG 737-6/700 on my CH TQ without success. I've tried FSUIPC (registered ver.3.7) as well as the assigment page in FS9. Once in a while I can get the spoilers to function correctly, although it's not permanent since a short while later it no longer functions. As far as the flaps settings, I'm unable to get them to move in increments and the lever jumps all over the place.Has anyone been able to accomplish this? I really don't like the CHCM for programming a 'map', just too confusing.Thanks ahead of time,Jim

Hi Guy's,whats the general census on the above product for FS9.I like the BAe plane, but wondered if it is buggy in FS9, or is it OK to use.Thanks,

I just installed a new NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GS video card and now when I open up FS2004, there is a black screen where the aircraft are usually shown on the create a flight area. I had just discovered that my fs9.cfg was still showing my old ATI card, so I deleted my existing fs9.cfg and let FS2004 build a new config file. The correct video card is now listed but still no aircraft are displayed on the create a flight screen. I can see them after I click Fly now and I am sitting at an airport.Dimension 4600 2.8GHZ Pentium 4 non-hyperthread1 GHZ Ram73GB 10000 RPM Raptor HDNVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GS AGP 8X videoThank for your helpMike Fisher

I posted a question regarding whether or not you can use an ati driver with the omega control panel and puff it has disappeared.Sooooo, here's my question again.And is it just a matter of deleting the 6.9 and replacing it with the ati 6.10:-newbie

Hi there.I would like to know if there is a keyboard shortcut to type in directly from the keyboard into the scratch pad instead of clicking on the keys.Other things I need to know:-Is there a panel which has a F/O side?-Is there a way to have 2 FMCs displayed? (like PMDG)thanx

I posted this question on the PMDG forum and no replies after some 19 views. Maybe someone here can help.How does one activate the COMM 2 radio? I can't seem to find the switch to activate it. Or is it a key assignment? Don't remember ever seeing one for comm activation or nav radio activation. For selecting to change frequencies, yes.Thanks ahead of time.

Hi all.Is there an addon pay or free that simulates an RNAV computer? Is there a panel that has this included one might try out? So many questions...I have been studying ground school books and came across this idea of RNAV. I have never heard of it in FS2004. Sounds most helpful when traversing open space.dolph

FS9 in cockpit view while on the ground taxing and on takeoff, I get multiple images of objects such as buildings, aircraft, etc., and on takeoff the horizon keeps repeating itself. Also the sky flashes to black then back to normal. At night the stars, etc., streak across the sky.Generally the problem goes away in panel view ("W" key) or spot view after a few minutes.Any help to fix this problem is appreciated.

when I start fs2004 I get Not compatible with this verison ofFSUIPC.any good ideas??? Thanks

Hey everyone, I saw there is a thread below this, however my question is off topic from that for the most part. I just got Real Environment Pro and wanted to know if I don't have Active Sky, can I still install the wet, or snow environment textures? It mentioned in the help file if you are using active sky6 you can install these textures and see a big difference. Not real clear on this one? Also, is there any problems that have been found with users of Flight1 Flight Enviroment vers 3, Ulimate Terrain, and Ground Environment standard version? I look forward to installing the textures, as soon as I have the info I need. Thanks for your help everyone.

Good evening, From the moment I started this hobby a few years ago, my experiences for the most part have been pleasant. However, I feel inclined to share my experience with a particular company so that others will not suffer my fate.(If I am viloating forum rules by naming the company, I sincerely apologise). On Monday, I purchased the Dominican Aerodromes Puerto Plata scenery from simmarket. Shortly after, I was provided with my download link via email. However, after a few unsuccessful attempts to download the product, it became obvious that there was a problem. In order to safeguard my purchase, I purchased the backup service in order to facilitate further download a…

There is a windsock in the middle of the runway (16-34) at Creve Coeur (1HO) outside of St. Louis in the default scenery. Knowing nothing about scenery design, can this be removed?Thanks!

cant decide between unreal traffic and traffic 2005.any advice much appreciated.thanks

I just bought Digital Aviation's Dornier DO-27 a few days ago and am loving every bit of it. This is a top-notch product for the FS community.The only thing I am struggling with is making turns on the ground. This appears to be due to which control assignments are chosen in FS9. Let me explain a little more. The rudder is not readily available unless you decide to use either the x- or the y-axis in FS9's control assignments. I am currently using the x-axis for the ailerons and the y-axis for the elevators. This means, in effect, that the rudder is unavailable. Because of this, I am dependent upon the ailerons to help me make turns while on the ground, something which usua…

Help please. Something has happened and I think it may be related to my installation and then uninstall of FSX. In any event, I can no longer access several of my add-on configurators. I get a message that "The FS2004 Installation Path appears to be invalid." Not only that, when I attempt a fresh reinstall of those programs, I get the following message at the beginning of the installation: "Cannot locate FS2004 (Flight Simulator 9). Please locate..." And yes,FS9 is where it always was but something has changed that programs can't seem to find the correct path? Help please!!!! Thanks.

A couple of weeks ago I started a post regarding framerate in FS9.Suddenly I started having stutters and my framerate counter jumped all over the place every second for no apparent reason.I tried a lot of suggestions but nothing seemed to work.Today I tried Filemon and discovered two problems.One is caused by an Ultimate Terrain effects file and while there is no solution at the moment, I followed someone

Just curious if there is a way to convert the FSX ground textures so they are usable in FS9? I like the FSX ones much better than G-PRO.I tried just using the FSX ones "as is" but FS9 kept hanging while loading at 22%.Thanks,James

Hi,I have installed (again) Ultimate Traffic. What if for an airport is NO afcad file available, does this also mean that there will be no AI-traffic for that specific airport? Even though there is a flight schedule to/from the airport?I would like to have only AI-traffic on certain airports.My guess the simpliest way doing this, is to remove the afcad files for all airports I don't want traffic. Or are there more (better) ways doing this?

Very simple question: in spot view, when I zoom in, the view it's always centered on the aircraft's centre. Is there any way (including addons.. payware..) to move the view away from the center? I'd like to stay on the right side of the aircraft and zoom into its nose... at the moment I can only zoom in the centre of the aircraft.I need this tool to make better compositions in my videos.. I'd like to keep the aircraft on the sides of the monitor and not always on centre.Thanx!!

HiI've had activesky (6.5) and flight environment running successfully together for some time now - configure so that activesky uses flight environement's cloud textures and not its own.I've recently purchased GE Pro and launch it from within activesky once i've received the latest wx download. After launching, i get informed that it's loading the correct ground textures (no problem there) but it then informs me that it will load its own cloud textures - which is a problem as i'd like it to load those from flight environment.Am i missing something here (from the manual) regarding a way to ensure that GE pro doesn't load its own cloud textures ?Any help much appreciatedGar…