Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight: FS2004 General

Ground Environment help please.

When I load the CD for Ground Environment all i get is an error message saying the following. Executable 'E:\setup.exe' has the following unrecoverable error: Couldn't find library MSVCR80.dll (C:\Progra-1\WifD1FN1\mpShHook.dll) Any ideas where the...

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loner001

Road traffic

Hi All could anyone please tell me if you can get road traffic for flight sim 2004 ie like in fx 10 thank you...

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Guest

Just Flight Traffic 2005 Vs MyTraffic2006 V4.1

I've got both these programs but i dont know which is the better of the two. I had MytrafficX for FSX but im reverting back to FS2004 as it runs at MAX. Can anyone offer any suggestions, as i only want to install it once as i am gonna have trouble tryi...

pmgd 737 ? TO/GA switch

where is the TO/GA engage switch located on the plane i could no find it on the throttle quadrant....

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Lufthansa-pilot90

Autorudder

heey.. 😀 can anyone tell me what autorudder means/is for?...

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Guest

Pushback not working

how do you get the push back to turn? i press shift + p then 1 or 2 on the keypad with the num lock on and nothing happens. what am i doing wrong?...

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Air-head

Abacus's Airbus Fleet

Got given this as a present..... Already had a few freebie Airbuses, but this package doesnt seem to bad. Virtually the whole Aribus fleet, (but not A380 for some reason) including the new A350, and A rudimentary FMC, and some verbal warnings... Do...

Last answer Air-Head on

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Phoebe

Heliports

I'm finally getting good enough to hit the spot when I land choppers. Accordingly, I went looking for a rooftop heliport to polish my act but I can't find any. I'd greatly appreciate it anyone could steer me to a heliport(s) in FS2004. If there are a...

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HowardsRock

CH Yoke problem

Guys, remember this thread?? https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/25563/slooooooooowwwwwww/ Well, after HOURS of playing around with this thing, I have discovered that the slowness issue is being caused by the CH USB Yoke. When I unplug ...

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lucho22

FS9 would not load up!

My FS9 doesnt want to load up, i click on the icon so i can start the sim... it sounds like it is loading and you see the Flight Simulator 2004 screen on the screen. After a while it just stops and disappears, it just doesnt want to load up. i was ok unti...

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leachus2002

Problem with FSUIPC and Windows Vista

Hi Peeps, I have just installed FS2004 on my Vista machine. Everything is working surprisingly well considering - but I have a slight issue with FSUIPC. Whenever I try and load an aircraft that needs this module, Flight Sim just crashes and closes. ...

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bartez

GPS help!

Hi Im a complete newbie having a problem with the GPS. :cry: When I am in free flight mode and I select an airport to land at I cant activate the the landing vector thing (the little purple line that shows you which way you should be approaching t...

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Simmy

Keyboard commands

Although Microsoft publish a list of commands in the manual and in the Help files I often see articles on this forum where some key board commands are quoted which I cannot find in this literature. Is there a source available for all the commands? ...

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Dorianee

texture sizes

i know when the size of a texture is smaller i twill give you better frame rates when you play the simulator...it wont necesarrily look better u just get better frame rates.......does microsoft give us a program so we can edit the file sizes ourselves ins...

Last answer Dorianee on

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M15A

How do I get the Pro Pedals to work?

Hello, Just a quick question for all people out there using the CH Products Pro Pedals Gameport version: How do I get these to work?? I downloaded the drivers, plugged in the pedals to the gameport and added the hardware in the 'game controllers' pa...

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mpenziboy

Vatsim

hi, I am new to this forum but i had a question for those using Vatsim to fly... I tried to sign up yesterday for it but they did not accept my email. 🙄 thing is i ony have a yahoo email but they require some sort of official email. i looked for ...

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waj2306

FSSound.dll?

I recently downloaded a MELJET paint kit and installed it without any problems. However........When I start FS, I get the following: ERROR - FS9 FS has detected a potentially incompatible aircraft or software. FSSound.dll Do you want to load th...

Last answer waj2306 on

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Dorianee

fs2004 ground sky textures.....frame rate help

my pc is not the best in the world and upgrading is NOT possible now......just to give u a little info about my pc....the cpu runs at 500 mhz.....i no...its horrible.............but does anyone have a SPACIFIC link to were i can download some replacement ...

Last answer RadarMan on

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Jamie4590

Joystick over sensitive

When I first plugged in my joystick the sensitivity was perfect. I would need to pull all the way back to take off etc. When I installed the latest drivers for the stick the sensitivity changed so when I pulled back on the stick it would also bank left or...

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turtleguy101

joystick twist / rudder problems???

Ummm i just baught the saitek x52 joystick and throttle thing. It works great and looks cool and all but when i start up fs2004, and get on the runway and take off, the throttle pedals get stuck at like 54% left or something wierd (diffrent every time) an...

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calum

Radar Contact

Hi Guys, I just ordered Radar Contact today. I was having a quick scan through the manual, and it looks as if you need some additional software to create flight plans. This software I think would need to be compatable with Radar Contact. I would be...

Last answer mpenziboy on

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hewqtor

Problem with Beechcraft Baron

Hi, I have a very big problem when driving Beechcraft Baron which is used for CPL. It's called a complex aircraft, right? My problem is when I use the plane, the bank level also not stable - it always tends to the left and the elevators are very very su...

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Chris102

Entrance Exam

I'm going to take the entrance exam to join Air France VA. What can I study so I am ready?...

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Last answer ARD-DC on

WOW!!! and a little help please

Got FS9 COF up and running this afternoon and WOW WOW WOW!!! Tried simple scenery and it flew super smooth, Tried with low/med scenery and clouds, still silky smooth with NO jumping or juddering....gonna try more settings later. One thing though.... Ac...

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Guest55

Twinkling or fluttering

I'm having a terrible time withTwinkling or fluttering what ever you want to call it. In 2004 the trees, buildings and even the runway seem to come alive when you start moving. Have fooled with AA, AFiltering and MMapping till I'm blue in the face and no...

Last answer djcevera on

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Drew1991p.c

How and where to tune for a ils landing

hi i've been on flight simultors for a while now, but the only thing i don't know how to do is tune for a ils landing, i don't know where you find the frequency from which you have to enter. also i don't know where you enter this frequency. could someone ...

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Last answer Jamie4590 on

AirBadger

An Odd Point of View.

Hi Is it just me or are the "view" controls for FS9 a little hit and miss? For the moment at least I'm limited to using an old Sidewinder joystick with no POV, so I have to reply on keyboard inputs for my views. Well "S" and "Shift-S" seem to wor...

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shirke01

Where can i get the active cam in fs2004

Can you please send me the download link....

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stuccoman88

Saving a flight!!

Simple question. How do you save a flight in mid-flight? Thanks...

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Guest

how to change airline names to realistic names

Hello, 1st time here, have a question about how to change the fictitous airline names with fs2004 to something more realistic. I just read in pc aviator magazine that it is easy to do, but i cannot figure out how. Any help would be appreciated....

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Last answer Guest on

Will it run ok?

I have just purchased The following: Flight Environment Ground Environment I'm a little worried that it will slow the frame rate down too much in FS2004. My machine is as follows: Dell Dimention DIM5000 P4 3Gig CPU 1Gig Ram Radion X300 128...

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Air Canada Airlines 2007

PMDG- 747-400 PANEL issue please help

Well, see.. i purchased the pmdg 747-400 package from the company a week ago. I was soo excited to fly that big bird!! however**** when i installed it, and flew it.. seconds later in the game the Panel readings turn off on them selves.. i dont know why th...

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What is 'AI'

Hear AI banded about, what is it?...

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Jamie4590

Panel and Gauge Editing

Can anyone tell me how to install the FS2004 GPS in to an add-on aircraft and panel and gauge editing in general. Thanks....

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Jamie4590

FS9 Wont Recognise Disk 4

I've installed an add-on aircraft to FS9 and it loaded ok but now I'm getting an error message when I try to run FS9: 'Please insert disk 4' even though its in the drive. The drive also makes some strange noises. The drive appears ok in device manager so ...

Last answer RadarMan on

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Guest 5549

Pilot Question

Hello. You know when you switch to external view and zoom in towards the cockpit and you can see the pilots sitting in the seats, is there any way that you can put your own face onto the pilots body so it looks like you are the pilot flying the plane? ...

Last answer nottobe on

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onurbike

emergency

how do you declare an emergency in fs 2004 to any airport that you need to land at urgent. thanks...

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Piggy968

Download DSB's Typhoon afterburn effect

:oops: Where can I get this file? (DSB's Typhoon afterburn effect) Thanks...

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Buying FS2004 2nd hand

Would FS2004 COF load ok if bought from someone else who has already used it? Just want to make sure that Microsoft wont see it on their server and stop me using the software. There's a copy of COF on ebay....

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AA & XAF on vid card?

I know that AA is Anti Aliasing but whats XAF mean and what does it do? Ta...

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Piggy968

Using FSUIPC with Viper F-16

I installed FSUIPC on FS2004. Without registration, the aircraft radar works, doing registration it doesn't work. Could anyone help me, please?...

Last answer RadarMan on

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Helo from newbie

Hi Just wanted to say hi and hope to gleem loads of tips from this great forum/website. Getting FS2004 next week and a joystick tomorrow. I used to have 2002 which was great but gave it up when my PC went south!! 😞 Anyway back in the cockpi...

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vracan

fs2004 joystick button problem....

Why do i have to keep re-assigning my "button 2" to my previously assigned command evrytime i restart fs4, even though the joystoick assignment settings list is clearly dsiplaying it correctly???...

Last answer vracan on

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guest

grass

Does any1 know where you can improve the grass and make it more realstic? thanks...

Last answer bawls327 on

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HowardsRock

FS2004 and WindowsXP SP2

Guys, are there any known performance issues between FS9 and SP2? I'm still having that slowdown/timing issue. It happens intermittently meaning sometime I can get it to work, but it takes HOURS of fiddling around with different things before it works l...

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jaywalker36

Airport approach ?

When I fly an ILS approach into PAJN Juneau, Alaska from the east on approach to rwy 26 ATC has me fly an approach into Juneau over the mountians, this is very unreallistic, it does the samething with all ai traffic. The normal approach to rwy 26 is to f...

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jandow

Rudder

Hi, Can anyone advise me on how to properly use the rudder in FS9! I'll explain; when taking off in a crosswide, using the rudder by pressing either Keypad 0 or Keypad Enter just once causes far too much direction change. When landing in a crosswind,...