After a long absence (yes I went to the dark side for a while), I am trying to connect Fly!(original fully patched version 87) to VATSIM.In the past I used to fly online with SATCO & SB 2.3Fly!I have SB2.2.2 updated to SB2.3 FLy! The problem seems to be the satco.dll that I place in the Fly! folder. Is there a vatsim.dll for fly!(original)? Do I need to download the fly2! SB version to get it. I want to use Fly! so that I can appreciate the 1-2 Gigabytes of scenery I have downloaded :)Can anyone help?HK

It's OK,It was working after all - the ATC RW adresses don't work automatically like they used to - but I just completed my first fly! squawkbox flight in a long time and I am impressed. (I have been using FS2002 online for more than a year now).I forgot that the transponder when set to ON doesn't tell the Controller your altitude. When I set it to ALT, the controller was impressed that you can do that in fly!This fly1! online is great (better visuals/scenery than MS and better cockpits). No visual traffic is the only downside. No 3D, but it still seems more real. I don't know why I ever left it for FS2002 now :) Fly1 is so good I don't think I will ever upgrade.HK

Henry if you get this message could you do me a massive favor and check my EGNR Hawarden Scenery on VATSIM, and let me know if its compatible.Many thanks SteveMach 2 for fun!My Downloads Are:Liverpool EGGP John Lennon Airport UK.http://ftp.avsim.com/library/sendfile.php?DownloadID=17455EGNR Hawarden (Chester) Airport UK.http://ftp.avsim.com/library/sendfile.php?DownloadID=18370www.yourspaceormine.com http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen_g_brown/steve.jpg

Steve,I believe that Henry is flying the original Fly!, so your scenery isn't going to be compatible for him.

Hi Henry,I'm glad you're enjoying Fly! again - a few notes: as good as Fly! at .87 is, Fly! updated to the SDK 1.01.88 level is far, far better. Just about all of the special utility programs, aircraft add-ons, etc. for Fly! that came out the year before Fly!II's release require that you be at the v.88 level to use them (and the increase in quality and the level of realism is far greater).Then, get into Fly!II and get patched up - you'll be able to use some phenomenal new aircraft, tons of new sceneries like Steve's EGNR, and the new, more advanced Squawkbox.

Yeh thanks guys,Your right I am using Fly1, so I am sorry about not being able to try the Howarden scenery as that is for Fly2. I have patched to version 88 now, and yes it is better. I think I will have to go back to FS2002 or Fly2 online after all, as despite the great scenery, seeing virtual traffic is a pretty important part of attempting to simulate real world flying (even if most GA planes are damn near invisible at any range further than 3 miles). Regards and thanks for the thoughts.HK