FS9 - What works and what doesn't

[Guest]

After two days of playing with various add-ons, here's my list of what works and what doesn't. Some of the working need tweaks or were manually installed by copying over from fs2k2. Please feel free to add to this list.Aircraft:Working:MAAM-SIM B25Eaglesoft Beechjet 400 and Premier 1Pilots Boeing ClipperCarenado Dakota and CenturionDreamfleet Cessna 152, 177, 310, and Piper ArcherFlight1 Cessna 421Aeroplane-Heaven F3F, F9F, P-47FSD GMAX Commander and Cheyenne Captain-Sim Mig21RealAir SF260 and C172Lago Ultralights and Tornado (minus refueling module)SimTech Beech Staggerwing, Fokker triplane, and Spad XIIIPSS Avro VulcanMilton's Aero Commander Series (freeware)Geof's Beech Debonair (freeware)FSD T-38 (freeware)Not Working:Carenado Archer and BonanzasFSD Super CubLago F16 FalconScenery:Working:FSGenesis 38meter US terrain mesh and US landclassLago Georender 1-5 (static terrain only)SimFlyers KLAX (static only)Not Working:nothing so far

[Guest SoarPics]

Just curious... all the aircraft you say work in the sim... did you use any of them to create a flight, and then make that flight your default?Try that and tell us what happens.Thanks,

[BobP 56]

The Commander 115 has a couple of problems in FS9. The lower panel will not pop up and the radio stack is causing ctd on a few systems. My last flight the gyro compass was not working. Not quite perfect yet.BobP :)

[Guest JeffB]

I tried installing 'Geof's Beech Debonair (freeware)' (the newer version). I could not get this to work. It would crash.How did you install this? Any tips for me?I installed per the readme files...but it would not show up at all. Then I moved files to the aircraft directory. I could then see it, but would crash when loading.Any help would be appreciated!Jeff

[Guest WorkingStiff]

You're probably missing some gauge files.I don't know if this solution will work but this is how I usually install aircraft or scenery.Point the installer to a dummy FS2002 installation. For example, I create a folder called FS2002 on my E:Temp directory....so I have a E:TempFS2002 folder.I then point the installer to that directory; install the software, then drag and drop the various portions into my actual FS2002 folder on my F: drive.

[BobP 56]

The Flight One 421 caused my FS9 to generate an error. The MAAM B25 wrecked FS9! I have not a clue why there are so many inconsistencies between your computer and mine. The only plane so far for me that CONTINUES to work flawlessly is the Marchetti by Realair. BobP :)

[Guest SoarPics]

"How did you install this? Any tips for me?"Geof mentioned something in another post about having to remove a gauge. Try to do a search here... I read his post within the last couple of days.Good luck,

[Guest]

No, haven't changed the default flight yet - too many reports of issues :)

[Guest]

The GPS gauges in the Debonair are th culprits. I replaced them with the FS9 GPS's and all is well.I saw in another thread that the runway info gauge is also a problem, but I haven't tried using it so can't say for sure.

[Geofa 108]

If you have the traffic detector installed you will need to remove it from the panel.cfg (it crashes fs9). Also -you might want to remove the old gps's and add to the radio stack the line:gauge23=fs9gps!gps_500, 776,781,609,476and to the (vcockpit4)gauge07=fs9gps!gps_500, 78,38,249,167This will add the new default fs gps to the panel.As mentioned-old gauges will cause problems with fs4. I am hoping James or someone else will fix the small problems and re-upload as I have to many irons in the fire right now. However, this should get the basics working! :-)http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/Geofdog2.jpg

[Guest]

I remember the 421 generating an install error when the GPS gauge tried to build the nav database, but it seems to work anyway.Interesting about the B-25 as I don't remember having any issue with it. Just a caveat that I haven't had time to try every switch, gauge, function, etc. in all of these, but was at least able to load and fly a circuit with all of them.

[Guest JeffB]

Thanks for the info. I'll give this a try!Jeff

[01pewterz28 117]

So far I have only played with the following and they are working great.-Ariane Gmax 737-300 and 500 series-Sim Flyers airports (beta testing patches for release)

[greggerm 312]

Partially Working:- PSS Airbus Series- PSS Dash-8 SeriesBoth have problems with their panel bitmaps causing them to mask over more space then necessary. There was a switch in the FS2004.CFG file called "PANEL_MASKING" or something which I turned off, but it didn't do anything. The autopilots and systems did seem to function properly during a brief test flight. Removed both out of FS2004 while waiting for the patch.It should be noted that my newly registered FSUIPC 3.01 was used in the test. Without a working FSUIPC, the autopilots have serious troubles.

[Guest simpilot]

So far I have only installed EW-Pro ATR (download version) and it works as advertised except for the GPU and trucks. Waiting for patched from Simflyers, PSS, Flight 1, and PMDG.Cheers!Richard