Flight Simulator 2004 questions

[McGraw]

The PSS one is £10.

http://www.phoenix-simulation.co.uk/...ew+Products%2A
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I have it and it is fantastic.

[AndrewJ]

That is a very impressive package, and beats the PCWORLD one I spotted for £29.99.

May consider ordering it once I have my nice new monitor, to replace this el cheapo 17inch thing.

[Bifta]

Best Concorde add-on for FS by far is http://www.fscentral.com/copr.html

[AndrewJ]

You got it personally, looks a fair amount for a few files lol, alot of work gone into it?

Looks like it demands a high spec pc, shall consider it though, thanks Bifta

[McGraw]

The one in the link above is the same as the link I posted without the DVD and printed manuals.

Obviously you can get PDF manuals.

Don't buy it if you don't like things complex!

A full pre-flight and engine start procedure still takes me about an hour.

It is fantastic though and thoroughly recommended.
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Some screenshots.

http://forum.justflight.com/forum/to...?TOPIC_ID=8606

[Caspar]

ok, I've taken the plunge and bought fs2004...

...after the 4 disc install (min is 2GB and max is 3.8GB) I loaded up a plane just to get going...but tbh found the graphics pretty crap

The plane itself looked ok, cessna, but the scenary was poo Luckily, I knew the default scenary was basic and had already bought the Abacus European Terrain addon.

Question: Is there a better scenery pack for the UK?

...but after the install, I saw no difference in detail

Question Do you have to enable to addon scenery somewhere?

TBh, I thought the whole Sim would play better. I have a GeForce 5900 Ultra 256MB (cheers KP! ) with ALL the settings at their highest...and the buildings still look shoddy

I was expecting to be able to fly over my house in a chopper and see it!...at the moment I'm finding it hard even to find my house! ...roads aren't where they are supposed to be!...tho it could be my nav!

Do I have too high expectations expecting to be able to see my house! ...which I'm sure I read somewhere that you're supposed to be able to do...

Also, I bought some Military choppers, but they seem to go ape after a few mins!....the chopper just jumps about the place looking at the flight path it's shows exactly that things arn't right (will post a screen grab of a flight path!)

Another question is...is it possbile to get some panel view on a seperate monitor. I have my main screen and a 17"CRT as a shared desktop. I can move my mouse over to the second monitor, but I'm unable to drag any of the panel views accross... Is there a setting to span the game accross a second monitor?


p.s. I bought some Military Choppers...and wanted to bomb my old school

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Caspar

ok, I've taken the plunge and bought fs2004...

...after the 4 disc install (min is 2GB and max is 3.8GB) I loaded up a plane just to get going...but tbh found the graphics pretty crap

The plane itself looked ok, cessna, but the scenary was poo Luckily, I knew the default scenary was basic and had already bought the Abacus European Terrain addon.

Question: Is there a better scenery pack for the UK?

...but after the install, I saw no difference in detail

Question Do you have to enable to addon scenery somewhere?

TBh, I thought the whole Sim would play better. I have a GeForce 5900 Ultra 256MB (cheers KP! ) with ALL the settings at their highest...and the buildings still look shoddy

I was expecting to be able to fly over my house in a chopper and see it!...at the moment I'm finding it hard even to find my house! ...roads aren't where they are supposed to be!...tho it could be my nav!

Do I have too high expectations expecting to be able to see my house! ...which I'm sure I read somewhere that you're supposed to be able to do...

Also, I bought some Military choppers, but they seem to go ape after a few mins!....the chopper just jumps about the place looking at the flight path it's shows exactly that things arn't right (will post a screen grab of a flight path!)

Another question is...is it possbile to get some panel view on a seperate monitor. I have my main screen and a 17"CRT as a shared desktop. I can move my mouse over to the second monitor, but I'm unable to drag any of the panel views accross... Is there a setting to span the game accross a second monitor?


p.s. I bought some Military Choppers...and wanted to bomb my old school

Firstly, you bought the wrong thing for better scenery, you need to buy VFR Terrain AND VFR Photographic Scenery, the terrain is just a mesh, it'll just bung the crap FS2004 textures over it, the Photographic scenery changes the textures.

You more than likely won't see your house, or any other house you might recognise, unless it's a national monument.

With regards to two monitors, you have to have FS2004 running in Windowed mode to be able to use more than one monitor, I have it running over 2 with no problems.
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Originally Posted by McGraw

The one in the link above is the same as the link I posted without the DVD and printed manuals.

Obviously you can get PDF manuals.

Don't buy it if you don't like things complex!

A full pre-flight and engine start procedure still takes me about an hour.

It is fantastic though and thoroughly recommended.
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Some screenshots.

http://forum.justflight.com/forum/to...?TOPIC_ID=8606

You should try "Ready for Push-back" starting a 747 cold and quiet took me at least an hour too.

[AndrewJ]

I tend to take off and then fix all the issues in mid flight.

Makes this very interesting.

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

I tend to take off and then fix all the issues in mid flight.

Makes this very interesting.

You can't take off cold and quiet, it's physically impossible, you have to follow pre-flight procedures near enough to the letter to even get the thing started.

[AndrewJ]

With the stock planes you can, I am still getting accustomed to basic navigation and other forms within the game.

I tend to fly the 777 alot, and the 737 I find the 747 to much of a handful in landing with the weather settings up a bit.

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

With the stock planes you can, I am still getting accustomed to basic navigation and other forms within the game.

I tend to fly the 777 alot, and the 737 I find the 747 to much of a handful in landing with the weather settings up a bit.

There's not much point having a simulation if you're not going to use it as such, actually flying is probably the most tedious part. As for landing a 747, landing it in any weather is pretty easy owing to it's immense weight, once it's locked onto the ILS a blind man could get it down dead centre safely.

[AndrewJ]

Perhaps true Bifta but my Fs2004 did not come with a manual and I am still learning how to use most of the systems on flight simulator.

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by AndrewJames

Perhaps true Bifta but my Fs2004 did not come with a manual and I am still learning how to use most of the systems on flight simulator.

There are manuals with every version of FS, some of them just aren't printed. There are loads of ingame tutorials and video's (flight school) though.

[Caspar]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Firstly, you bought the wrong thing for better scenery, you need to buy VFR Terrain AND VFR Photographic Scenery, the terrain is just a mesh, it'll just bung the crap FS2004 textures over it, the Photographic scenery changes the textures.

You more than likely won't see your house, or any other house you might recognise, unless it's a national monument.

With regards to two monitors, you have to have FS2004 running in Windowed mode to be able to use more than one monitor, I have it running over 2 with no problems.

Cheers Bifta

So I understand this...the Mesh product I bought allows a greater definiton of hills and mountains? and the above products you mention overlay a new texture ontop of the mesh?

Any other add-ons you would recommend?

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Caspar

Cheers Bifta

So I understand this...the Mesh product I bought allows a greater definiton of hills and mountains? and the above products you mention overlay a new texture ontop of the mesh?

Correct and VFR Photographic is pretty much the best UK scenery you can get.

Any other add-ons you would recommend?

Vulcan, stunning plane, very loud and Switzerland Pro, amazing scenery.