Flight Unlimited 3 intro video does not run

[Omar Ahmad 0]

The intro video for Flight Unlimited 3 does not run since I reinstalled the game post formatting the HD and reinstalling everything.

Could someone kindly help resolve this issue?


My PC config is:-
PC: HP Compaq dx7500 Microtower
RAM: Corsair 4 GB
Graphics card: Zotac GeForce GTS 250 ZT-20105-10P
OS: Win Vista SP2
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7600
Monitor: HP LE1851w
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series

[Dave Morgan 68]

Hi Omar.

 

I thin it may be because you are using my config file. There's are two lines near the top:

 

;--Gets rid of opening loud movie
nomovie

 

Comment out the second line, like this:

 

;--Gets rid of opening loud movie
;nomovie

 

That should do the trick.

 

Cheers,

D

[Omar Ahmad 0]

Hi Dave,

 

I'm actually using my own edited file from the time we last discussed the AA issue and I don't have the "nomovie" line in that file.

[Lars Peter 0]

^Hello.

^{The intro Video is a "DivX"videoformat included by microsoft in Windows 95 an Windows 98 only.}

^{This video encoder was left out by the release of Windows XP.}

^{"Divx" encoder can be found and download on the internet.}

Also include a line on top in the flt3.cfg file:

 

Iworkhere

 

^{Just a quick note.}

^{Lars Peter}

^.

 

 

^.

[Dave Morgan 68]

Hi.

 

Thanks Lars. I've had the nomovie line in for so long (as soon as it came to my attention) I'd forgotten about the codec thing...

 

Sorry Omar, I was wasting your time. And I still don't have a reason for the strange spider web-- it's gone completely from my memory.

 

Cheers,

Dave

[Omar Ahmad 0]

Dave: No your not wasting anyone's time. Thanks for your help so far.

 

Lars: Doesn't the game's movie use the Indeo codec? Would help if I could get some clarification on this.

[Lars Peter 0]

Hello.

 

Yes the Indeo codec was the original used for Flight2 and Flight3 windows 95 and 98.

 

Lars Peter.

[Omar Ahmad 0]

So do I need to install the indeo codec? Please note that the video was running prior to my recovering the PC hard drive and then installing the game.

[Lars Peter 0]

Hello.

 

Other codecs may be suitable, but you can make a Google search.

Try to find the Indeo "iv5setup".

 

This is a Exe file about 2mb. to install.

 

Lars Peter.

[Dave Morgan 68]

Hi.

 

You might find the complete K-Lite bundle, described here, worth downloading.

 

D

[Omar Ahmad 0]

No improvement with K-Lite.

[Omar Ahmad 0]

Any further suggestions?

[Dave Morgan 68]

Any further suggestions?

 

... hmmm ...

 

At work, with a bad memory. What extension does the movie file have? I can't even remember what it's called, or even if I ever noticed it. If you have found it (assuming it does exist and isn't an integral part of fu3.exe) can you play it standalone with any application (WinAmp, Quicktime, Media player et c.)?

 

I'm probably preaching to the converted here but check your flight3.cfg again. I know you wrote it has no nomovie line in it, but if the config file was originally edited by someone else they may have put the line in anywhere. Try notepad (or similar) and Ctrl+F to search for the text.

 

I know nothing about Vista (one of the lucky ones) but is it possible to run FU3 in the old XP-style compatibility mode? That may make a difference.

 

Cheers,

D

[Omar Ahmad 0]

Checked the config file again. No nomovie line.

 

Also, the config file is my own.

 

Tried running in XP compatibility mode but no improvement.

[Dave Morgan 68]

Hi.

 

How about playing it on its own?

 

And another one I can't remember: rename the config file and (here's the bit I'm not sure of) allow fu3 to create a clean new config file. Otherwise, get the original from the disc (that at least must be possible). Does the movie play then?

 

Cheers,

D