Splash Screen Hang! HELP!

Hey, i've recently installed Flight Sim 2004 and i can't get it to load any furter past the splash screen! It says its not responding. I found some posts on here about the same thing and i tried to follow them (quite hard when ppl start talkin abt different things) but i have had no success in the matter! Can anyone help? Please!

Thanx

Derek

My guess, you need DirectX 9.0c or the small flight simulator folder isn't in "My Documents".
If you loaded to any other drive but your "C" drive it's probably the Documents folder.
let us know what happens.


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837195

I also had problem with DirectX 9.0, but i downloaded XP service pack so thats updated it, got past that hurdle. I've tried to change my documents folder etc i.e. settin it to default. I'm at a total loss

Derek

Anyone else able to help? Quite Urgent

Ta

Are you saying that you tried all of the steps that MS listed and it didn't help?
Did you also load SP2, that could be a problem
Do you have DirectX 9.0c.
Is the folder with contents in "My Documents".
Please list your full computer system specs.

Yeah, tried all MS options.
Got DirectX 9.0c
Is which folder in ''my documents''?
How do i list my system data?

Go into the My Documents folder. There needs to be a Flight simulator folder in there for it to run.

By system specs we mean what type of processor do you have, ram, video card, hard drive, etc.

I created the folder in My Documents myself from the advice given on the MS website. Is that the file you mean?

Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

System Manufacturer Packard Bell NEC

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4 GenuineIntel ~2523 Mhz

Total Physical Memory 768.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 161.89 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

That any use to you?

Memory: 512 MB RAM

You have a nice computer but my guess is that you have an "onboard" video card. They aren't very "strong" but that wouldn't cause the problem unless you don't have the latest drivers for it.
If you had to create the folder in my documents, no insult intended, it's probably not going to work.
I would do a complete uninstall, search for any parts of the sim that's left over from the uninstall and reinstall it again and hope that the folder appears in my documents by itself.
It should if you are installing it on your "C" drive, the main drive that has the OS on it.
Try that and let us know how you do.
Good luck with it.

I've uninstalled it before and still it didn't work, but i shall go give it another try, thanks

Well, i uninstalled it, deleted the left over files. Reinstalled it, had a good feelin' about it, but nope, still back at square one! i'm really not best pleased with it

Total Physical Memory 768.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 161.89 MB

Memory: 512 MB RAM

Physical mem seems low
Have you tried the clean boot as discribed on the link?

Where about in the Link does it say that?

Would it help if i uninstalled FS2002?

It had a roundabout link to clean boot, very easy to miss.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=303032

If you uninstalled it and cleaned out everything, how do you know if some of the files that you left for 2002 weren't for 2004. If it's not to much lost, dump every bit of information about flight sims from your computer.
If you could do a clean install of XP and reinstall the sim that would be ideal.

I've tried the clean boot. still no use! What files for FS2002? would it be worth uninstalling?

2004 loads to its own folder and should not interact with 2002,so it should make no difference How much space do you have on your hard drive?

Too bad the clean boot gives you much more memory than usual.
You mentioned that you had 2002 and 2004 on the same machine.
If you deleted all of 2004 so you could give it a clean install how do you know that some of what you think belongs to 2002 isn't a leftover from 2004. Follow me?
I would delete both, clean all sign of flight of your computer.
Make certain you delete the cfg,.
Here are the directions for it
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For Windows XP users the fs9.cfg file is now located in Drive_Letter:\Documents and Settings\User_Name\Application Data\Microsoft\FS9. This is a hidden folder by default so you need to modify the folder options via the control panel: go to the view tab and check the "Show hidden files and folders" option
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Afterthought, you do have the #4 disk in your CD caddy when you try to launch the sim and do you get any error message at all.

Sorry TTT beat me while I was typing.

Do you have a Voyetra Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card? If so disable it in your control panel, that can be the problem.

i've deleted the cfg. Still not working I don't have that type of sound card either No error message Suppose i'll have to cut my loses and take the game back

The last resort is up to you, If you haven't done a clean install of Windows in a long time and think it might be overdue now would be the perfect time.
I wish you didn't have to give it up.

Well i just installed The Windows XP Service Pack 2 the other day, so it's been updated recently and got the neccissary files. I wish i didn't have to give it up either, i couldn't wait to get this game!

Try one last thing,try the nocd crack,we have it on this site but as you are a guest you will have to go here

http://spacetarget.com/games/pc_flight_simulator_2004.shtml

Just place the d/loaded crack in the fs2004 folder and click yes to overwrite

Let us know,we dont want to loose you

Is that illegal? I'm sure i read it sumwhere it was...

Illegal
If you have paid for FS9 then the answer is no
All you are doing is protecting your cd #4 as you no longer have to keep putting into the cd drive

Ok, thanx, just wanted to make sure before i acted.
I bought it from GAME so yep, paid.

I'll go try it, let you know the result!

Nope! That didn't work either i'm afraid! I'm getting reeeeeaaaaallllllllllly frustrated with this game! thats been a week now!

When was the last time you updated you video drivers

Did it work before you installed SP2.

Hi scottish_sim,

have you tried lowering the directX settings - as some vdo card (mainly the on-board ones) are not completly compatible with directX - also some are tempermental.

Goto Start Menu -> Run -> Type in DXDiag and click run

you should be able to check initial compliance of the card here. I would suggest disabling the directx Features (found in display) - the reboot the pc. If you try to run FS now, it will run in Software rendering mode (not as fast as Hardware mode) - if this works, we can safely assume its something to do with directX. You can also try lowering the Hardware acceleration (found in display properties)

if so, back to diag, and start enabling the features one at a time (on my NVidia FS5600, I get DirectDraw acceleration, Direct3D acceleration, and AGP Texture acceleration.

There is also a directX CPL (Control Panel extension) that you can download from the net - it gives even more control over directx

Regards
Rana

Author of Freeware FlightSim Manager