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Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
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Wild Bill Kelso
Charter Member 2011
Time flies when you're having fun... 
Thanks for reminding, Charl!
Thanks for reminding, Charl!
Odie
Charter Member
Sits right beside FSX on my sim computer....still alot of goodie left in it !!
Cazzie
SOH-CM-2024
Still the best, loads of payware and freeware products, the last generation of aircraft designed for it by out distinguished designers here were and are first-rate, scenery just got better with HDE and REX, products for FSX still include the same in FS2004 format as a rule. Frame rates with sliders full right are off the wall good with the newer computers.
I fly it three times for every one time I fly FSX. By far the best Flight Sim Microsoft has ever released.
Caz
I fly it three times for every one time I fly FSX. By far the best Flight Sim Microsoft has ever released.
Caz
When Mathias asked me whether I was interested to beta test the Classics Hangar Focke-Wulf I had to re-install FSX. I hardly used it so I had decided to uninstall it.
After a long period of flying in FSX I started to appreciate it, which I had not really expected.
However there are far too many absolute gems made for FS9, both aircrafts, mods and scenery, which is why I still have a very large fs9 install on my computer. Like Cazzie, I still fly fs9 more often than FSX, mainly because it has aircrafts or scenery which doesn't port over very well.
FSX however has caused a big change. New aircrafts are mainly developed as payware. Many freeware designers still stick with FS9 and there are also quite some developers making models for CFS2 which work perfect in FS9. Therefore I think FS9 is still very much alive and will stay like this for many years to come.
Cheers,
Huub
Below one of the many reasons to keep FS9....
After a long period of flying in FSX I started to appreciate it, which I had not really expected.
However there are far too many absolute gems made for FS9, both aircrafts, mods and scenery, which is why I still have a very large fs9 install on my computer. Like Cazzie, I still fly fs9 more often than FSX, mainly because it has aircrafts or scenery which doesn't port over very well.
FSX however has caused a big change. New aircrafts are mainly developed as payware. Many freeware designers still stick with FS9 and there are also quite some developers making models for CFS2 which work perfect in FS9. Therefore I think FS9 is still very much alive and will stay like this for many years to come.
Cheers,
Huub
Below one of the many reasons to keep FS9....
I have to agree .... FS9 still going strong for me. 
A
adhockey
Guest
Unfortunately, one of my favorites, Tim 'Piglet' Conrad, is not one of them. His stuff is always top notch.
Thankfully we have ol' Milt and some other greats to keep FS9 alive.
My fave sim of choice! Thank the Lord for FS9...
Tonight, I just finished figuring out the last details needed for compiling super models into FS9. Former limits of 4MM Vertex distance and 65K polygons is now shattered. Super nice small parts can now be created and no welding occurrs, and the limit now is approximately 1.3 million polygons compared to 65K polygons.
Test compiles of model files have been over 10,000 megs.
:d
Tonight, I just finished figuring out the last details needed for compiling super models into FS9. Former limits of 4MM Vertex distance and 65K polygons is now shattered. Super nice small parts can now be created and no welding occurrs, and the limit now is approximately 1.3 million polygons compared to 65K polygons.
Test compiles of model files have been over 10,000 megs.
:d
Wing_Z
Charter Member 2011
Even if I have to buy a new supercomputer to run it (I don' t know if you do, but even then) this is surely the Holy Grail.
All FS9 lacked was more detail to compete with the later edition.
Man, this is big news.
Let me rephrase that: BIG NEWS
..Still not right...
There...
All FS9 lacked was more detail to compete with the later edition.
Man, this is big news.
Let me rephrase that: BIG NEWS
..Still not right...
There...
edmoore235
SOH-CM-2023
FWIW: FS2004 on a nine year old Mobo!
Running a copy of FS 2004 on a nine year old Soyo motherboard running Windows 7 Home (32) with a P4 478 pin - 2.66 with a 533 FSB and a 512 L2 cache on 3 gig of DDR ram - AGP 4x 1 gig ATI video and IDE 250 GIG WD hard drive plus IDE R/W DVD.... flight sim works very well - HAPPY BIRTHDAY (ACOF) !!! Take care - Ed
Running a copy of FS 2004 on a nine year old Soyo motherboard running Windows 7 Home (32) with a P4 478 pin - 2.66 with a 533 FSB and a 512 L2 cache on 3 gig of DDR ram - AGP 4x 1 gig ATI video and IDE 250 GIG WD hard drive plus IDE R/W DVD.... flight sim works very well - HAPPY BIRTHDAY (ACOF) !!! Take care - Ed
Felixthreeone
Charter Member
Did Bill just post what I think he posted???????? Unbelievable!!!! Bill Ortis is the MAN!!!!!
Felixthreeone
Charter Member
Ohhh man oh man oh man! This is HUGE!!!! I am totally blown away....WOW. I can't wait to see what this could do for FS9....its like an injection of AWESOME
Naismith
Charter Member
My PC has the ooooomph to run FSX just dandy, but I go to FS9 much more often.
It is in my comfort zone. Looks almost as good with its various addons and has many more aircraft (naturally thru' age) and as a bonus a ton of CFS2 a/c which look and fly fabulously within it.
And is more stable to boot.
It is in my comfort zone. Looks almost as good with its various addons and has many more aircraft (naturally thru' age) and as a bonus a ton of CFS2 a/c which look and fly fabulously within it.
And is more stable to boot.