Wobbie

Sometimes, Files or folders get 'Read Only' if the sim is installed in it's default folder. If installed anywhere else, things should be OK. 'Shrug'!! Windows 10 & 11 can cause a hair pulling out session. A Scotch normally helps.🍻

Nice chatting again.. I'm working on yet another FS9 install, beginning of flight, up to the 1930's. With suitable mods & scenery. Best of luck sorting out the issue, & thanks, in anticipation, for your sharing the solution. Regards Robin

Before you install another copy, find & delete 'fs9.cfg' Normally here: C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FS9 If you cannot find it, download 'Everything' from www.voidtools,com - it's a very quick desktop search engine that finds as you type. The sim will rebuild a new on when it starts up again. You will probably need to redo you key & button assignments afterwards. The has got me up & running again, after an oopsie!. You just never know, it's worth a try.

Blue: To get FS2004 to run with modern GPU's & Operating Systems! 1. Install the sim - NOT in it's default 'Program Files' folder but in another. 2. Download & install & run the fs9.1 update 3. Download & install & run the fs9.exe patch (Replace the existing fs9.exe with the new one) 4. Right-click the (new) fs9.exe & select 'Properties' 5. Click on the 'Compatibility' tab & select 'Windows XP) 6. Then click 'Run as Administrator' Run FS2004 That's it!! P.S. You can have multiple FS2004 installs, but that is for another time. FS2004 WILL & Does run with modern graphics cards once the above update & patch is installed. Link for Update: Flight Simulator 2004 Update v9.1 Link for Patch: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 v9.1 No-CD Patch for FS2004

A major problem, with sticking with older/obsolete operating systems, is that more & more developers are no longer supporting their products for older OS's. Also, cramming old OS's onto (into?) modern hardware is also an issue, due to lack of drivers etc. My feelings, right or wrong, is that OS's must match the hardware. I'm running a Ryzen 7 laptop, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, & a 2TB portable USB drive, where my FS2004 & P3D is installed. All runs smoothy & perfectly, which actually surprises me, considering they run off a portable drive.

Ya, I updated(?) from Windows 7 to Windows 8 then to 8.1. I had no issues with running FS2004 & CFS2 at the time. If I remember, I used a Start Menu replacement.

Pleasure! Mike's aircraft were originally hosted on Garry Smith's site Welcome to the Ford Project When his original site 'closed down', I thought that Mike's downloads must be preserved. If you have not seen it yet, have a look at the above Ford Tri-Motor site, there is a huge amount of scenery & paints there, including sloping runways! AND .... Welcome to Avsim & give a shout if you need any help.

It is on Simviation: Mike Stone 107 Aircraft Collection Archive (Category: FS2004 > Misc) Zip file preview 89.74Mb (1735 downloads) This is a collection of about 107 of Mike Stone's aircraft that I've collected & posted for posterity. Mike's planes were basic but very flyable & a lot of fun. 107 aircraft included - covering about all types from jetliners, military and props.

Not sure as to why Win7 is supposedly the 'Holy Grail' of OS's. I've been running FS9 ever since Win11 was released, with never an issue at all. I've been running 5-6 separate unique themed installs of FS9, spread across my C:\ drive (SSD) as well as my D:\ drive (2TB portable), with plenty of both freeware & payware scenery & aircraft). I've had FS9 running on Win7, 8, 8.1, 10 & now 11, & have found that things happen quicker & smoother of Win11. Having said that, my laptop is a Ryzen 7, so Win11 is perfectly 'matched' to the hardware.

I agree with STK, that more investigation should have been done. It does say 'This is an Early Access release, offering a fully flyable Tayrona with some systems still in development. You can experience the aircraft today and help shape its future as we refine, enhance, and expand it on the way to version 1.0.' A definite red flag, if you were expecting a fully tested version, & not a beta version. I do have a thing of actually paying for a beta version, or any version that has not been fully tested &, as stated, basically incomplete - maybe the sound file is just a gap filler, until the aircraft has been enhanced to version 1.0 Also, I really think that more homework should have been done & maybe a screen shot or two, to check out the aircraft. Buyers remorse for buying an Early Access/beta aircraft? I also support new developers, but will not part with money for an early access/beta release & also an aircraft with no reviews nor developer footprint!

I've not had any issues with running out of VAS. So, for me, never an issue with running a 32 bit program within a 64 bit operating system. As John rightly says, everything has been said before. And yes, I do check in daily, to this, and quite a few other sites that support our beloved sim. After 22 years, we have not been forgotten!

Maybe not here on Avsim, but quite well supported on other forums, including a new FS2004 Retro forum, complete with quite a few Retro sceneries, flights & documents. Also, aircraft are still being released on other sites as well, so - support from developers as well as us FS9'ers!!

I double down on that!!🤷‍♂️

Copied from another site! (apologies to Bernard) 'I really don't know what the point of the initial question is. You either sign up and make a judgment, or you don't bother. Nothing is simpler than that. In addition, it is a forum that is mostly run in German, which makes it rather difficult to get any opinions here. ' I used Edge translate to translate from German. I signed up, as any Fs2004 forum is worth looking at!

Indeed! Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink!!🤐

I've had FS9 since it was released. I've tried FSX (not for long) P3Dv4.5, which I still have, & even FS2020 & have always gone back to FS9. So many reasons, especially that you can have multiple installs, I have a so-called normal version, and 2 retro versions, each with appropriate scenery & aircraft. Over the years, I've done the usual point-to-point flying, got bored with that, and ended up going the retro route, such as the scenery & aircraft from 'The Ford Tri-Motor Project'. Simming, as a wise developer once said, is all about Fun, Facts & Fiction.. hence my ongoing FS9 journey!

A problem if your PC/laptop has no media drive!

Well said.. Just as 'Vista' was the 'dog' of operating systems, FSX was the 'Vista' of sims. ☠️

I would not!

Hullo, from Cape Town as well! I've been involved with the Air Force Museum at Ysterplaat (FAYP) with the Shackleton Restoration, as well as helping to build a Shackleton Simulator. Nowdays, I'm flying P3Dv4.5, but my favourite is FS2004, doing a bit of Retro scenery & flying the low's 'n slows. Over the many years that I've been simming, I got a bit bored with the 'bus's & Boeings, & basically gave up simming, until I somehow found Garry Smith's Ford Tri-Motor Project site, so my simming has become all about Fun, Facts & Fiction, flying & driving a wide range of planes, boats & even trains in the sim. I'm running an ASUS A15 laptop, Windows 11, Ryzen 7, 500GB SSD, 16GB RAM & my sims running off a 2TB portable USB drive.

If it is a USB controller, it should be picked up by Windows, without the use of any additional drivers. Knowing what PC would help, but anyway, once plugged into the PC, with the sim running, if I remember in the Key assignments section, there could be a Calibration setting where you can check if the thing is being seen. Once that is done, each button/function can then be assigned. I'm not at my sim, so I cannot say where the joystick calibration setting is, I'm sure it is in the Joystick settings. Good luck.

Best of luck & a Happy New Year!

Dassault Rafale for FS2004 - DOWNLOAD Google is your FS2004 friend. Just do a search for whatever you would like & pick & choose. The bonus of freeware, is that you can try until you find what you prefer, A good tip is that the better the aircraft is, the more downloads there are for them (basically). All of us have gone through the 'search' learning curve.

Sticking to the 'great' fighter jets,,, Do not forget the great F-16 Viper from Kirk Olsen, & the may paints & versions.. AVSIM Library - usviper.zip & FS2004 ViperDen Pack - FS2004 Modern Military - FlightSim.Com For other Mil aircraft, here we go... FS2004 Modern Military - FlightSim.Com For the older warbirds, have a look here.. FS 2004 Aircraft | SOH Forums There are plenty to be found in our library here, & also in the other sim libraries. Have fun, & just make sure that your number of landings is equal to the number of your take-offs!

Happy that you like it, the Crusader is great as well.