Just wondering what some people consider must have add-ons for FS2004? things maybe like Active Camera, Active Sky, differnet aircraft, etc... I like flying C-172 for real world practice, but haven't found a really good one yet with a really nice VC that everything works in..

PMDG is always quality stuff! A must have! MegaScenery is a good add-on too.

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would you guys say Active Camera or TrackIR Pro 4 is better?

As I don't take pictures that much I don't have any of those programs. When I do take a picture I just use Print Screep and then Past in Paint. :)

Mr SqualeTake my advice and buy the following:Flight1 C172 Active CameraActive SkyThose three programmes are absolutely essential in my book.Real weather, a perfect Cessna (with excellent VC) and a neat little programme that lets you look around with your mouse.Job done!Ian PS - in reply to your earlier post: there IS a new version of FS coming later this year and it's going to be rather good.:)

Ditto on Active Camera and Active Sky 6.Not to be missed.[hr color=#000000][table border=0" width="98%" id="table1" height="4" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2][td width=500]Jason CYOO - Formerly MYNN[br /]General Aviation Fan[br][/b]P4 3,2Ghz, 1GB Ram, FX5900 128MB, XP SP2.[br /][br /]

Absolute must-must have add-ons would be:- Active Sky 6- Radar Contact v4- Ultimate TrafficIf you want more:- Scenery: Ultimate Terrain USA, FScene or BEV textures, FSGenesis mesh- AI: GA-Traffic- Airports: FlyTampa and Aerosoft airports- Aircraft Commercial: PMDG737NG with FS2Crew, LDS767, Wilco CRJ- Aircraft GA: Flight1 172R, Eaglesoft Cirrus SR20/22, Aeroworx planes- Planner: FSBuild- Camera: Active Camera- Gadget: Track IR, FSPassengersHave fun!Pat

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These are not "must haves" but some highly popular choices among simmersFor hardware:CH yoke & pedalsTrackIRCH throttle (most useful for multi-engine props)For your sky & water:Flight1 Flight EnvironmentFor your land:Ultimate Terrainmesh:FSgenesis or FSGlobalLandclass:FSgenesis (USA), etc.Texture:Bird's Eye View, etc.For your weather:ActiveSky 6For flight planning:FSBuildFor ATC:Radar Contact 4I won't list any addon aircraft or scenery since the list will get miles long.Jason

Agreed with anything, but the CH yoke. I had it and sold it after a few weeks, because it handles worse and is designed more poorly than any $10 joystick and is certainly not worth $120.Unfortunately, it's the only game in town, because more high-quality solutions will come into the $300+ dollar range.Pat

well I had both the usb ch yoke and pedals, thought they were garbage and sold them on ebay. I now have the Saitek Cyborg joystick and like it a lot.I have a friend who has Active Sky 6 and he was showing it to me, what I don't understand about it is, do you need to start this program up BEFORE you start FS9? how does the program know to update the weather in FS9? because in my FS9 i have the weather settings set to download weather every 15 minutes... so I just don't understand how you can have ANOTHER weather program..then the other big concern is that I do about 95% of my flying using the VATSIM network and SquawkBox 3. Now I know that VATSIM downloads it's own weather when you are connected to it, so how does this VATSIM weather compete with the Active Sky 6 weather? like which weather will you actually be using?Thanks

I am still waiting for a Yoke thats linked to a Trim wheel of reasonable size (atleast 5-6" in diameter).a decent Rudder that would have some resistance (not somthing I can operate with my toes) like the real thing.

Active Sky has an option to use VATSIM weather in the options menu.You usually start Active Sky before FS9. Active Sky will download the weather from it's weather servers (which in return obtain the lastest real-life METARS) and will update/copy your weather textures in FS9 and ultimately update all weather settings for FS9. All of that has nothing to do with the weather in FS9 - they're totally seperate.Hope this helps,Pat

>would you guys say Active Camera or TrackIR Pro 4 is better? I would say that Active Camera is a better developer tool whereas TrackIR does it like real life. IMO both are needed.[h4]Randy J. Smith[/h4]AMD 64 4000+|ASUS K8V DELUXE|SAPPHIRE ATI X800XT PE|MUNCHKIN 3200|80 gig SATA|DELL 1905FP 19" LCD|TRACKir PRO|PFC JEPPESEN MOONEY YOKE|CH PRO PEDALS|