I can play MSF for about ten minutes and then the sound cuts out.  The sound cuts out completely on my system; e.g., if I task-switch to another program, like YouTube, there is no sound there either.  But if I exit MSF, sound comes back.

 

I found a page with suggested things to do, like making sure you have the latest DirectX and your sound card driver is up to date.  I did all that and the sound still cuts out.

 

Also, this is kind of a recent issue.  I used to play with MSF a lot a couple months ago, and it was fine--the sound never cut out, not once.  I took the game out yesterday and started playing with it, and now the sound is cutting out.

 

Any ideas?

It sounds like you have a glitched file in your Flight installation.  I would suggest you reinstall the main package and see if that solves your problem.

 

If that doesn't work, perhaps someone here that has had a similar problem can offer some advice.

I tried re-installing and that didn't help, but then I tried headphones rather than speakers, and the sound remains on.  For some reason, the sound cuts out when I use speakers (after about ten minutes), but does not when I use headphones.

From the way you describe it, it sounds like (no pun intended :lol: ) the amplifier in you speakers is the problem. :mellow: