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Ive just checked both these sceneries on my system and both are OK.LIMC scenery file has 141 files in itLIMC Texture file has 448 files in it.LIRF scenery file has 115 files in itLIRF texture file has 157 files in it,both these sceneries have light versions contained in the package. steve

Ive used this, which I believe I got from Avsim, but is a few yrs old now but seems to work OK;Dreamwings Dash 8 Q400/PSS Dash Q300 Panel mergeI always looked for a good panel for my Dreamwings dash 8-400, but there weren't any. So after I got the PSS Dash 8 for my Birthday I decided to merge them.Installation:1: Make a BACKUP of your Dreamwings q400 Aircraft.cfg and the old Dash8Q400.air file!!!!2: unzip the file to a temporary folder. 3: copy the liverys from your old aircraft.cfg into the new one4: copy the new Dash8Q400.air (which is in the zipfile) and the new Aircraft.cfg to your Dreamwings Dash 8-4005: Copy the PSS q300 panel into the Dreamwings Aircraft and rename it into panel.6: Enjoy!For Questions, comments and ect. email me on alex_teichmann767@yahoo.de steve

Have you tried these updates,http://gianp.altervista.org/Static/ISDp.htm steve

For Ibiza payware/freeware its got to be the Aerosoft payware,and Luton go to UK2000 scenery, its an old scenery but its good.Eiresim are making a new scenery of Luton, but no release date as yet. Steve

Thanks for the info steve

Is there a way to stop AI flying into hills on take off/ go arounds. steve

Why are some of the larger scenery builders not building for FS9?There still a market for these sceneries and they must be loosing out on alot of revenue.Look at this thread from "flyhalf" entry 10, regarding the recent Paphos scenery.http://forum.avsim.net/topic/319752-paphos-international-airport-lcph-for-fs2004/page__p__1886044__hl__paphos__fromsearch__1#entry1886044Steve

This link may help alsohttp://www.flythemaddog.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8875I agree fantastic aircraft, Im still trying to master it. Steve

Heres a link for youhttp://www.flythemaddog.com/forum/index.php steve

Apparently FS9 is CPU intensive, more so that FSX.Your CPU is only running at 2.33GHz which I would suggest is to slow.(I stand to be corrected by the comp experts).Can you over clock it to run 3 ghz.Ive still got an old Pentium P4 running at 3 ghz with loads of addons ect and ive fixed the frame rate at 24.If you search the forums youll pick up loads on this steve

Ive an older system than yours, and have the frame rates locked at 24.I use the Nick N settings which he posted years ago which work for me.Heres a copyGreetings, Still no idea about your video card. That has a HUGE impact. THis was posted by Nick, ages ago... FS9 CONFIGURATION FILE REBUILDSave a copy of your current FS9.cfg file in a safe place. Then DELETE the FS9.cfg file being used by the sim.Start Flight Simulator. You will be starting clean with a new FS9.cfg file Let the sim boot and go to the SETTINGS area. Make the following changes:DISPLAY BUTTON: Scenery Tab: All sliders to 100% and ALL check boxes checked (water FX on 100%) Aircraft Tab: Drop down box, select HIGH, which should enable everything Weather Tab: 60 -40 – 100 with Detailed Clouds and 100% maximum density Hardware Tab: Frame Lock @ 24 XXXXxXXXXx32, NOTE: SET THIS TO YOUR MONITORS NATIVE RESOLUTION - X32 Check in: Render to Texture, Transform and Lighting, UNCHECK AA, Trillinear Filtering, Mip Quality 4 FOR ATI, 8 FOR NVIDIA (note: some Nv cards may cause shimmer at 8.. set to 4 in this case)Hardware Lights 8, Global Texture Slider 100% CLICK OKSOUND BUTTON: Sound to MEDIUM, you can put the sliders wherever you wish, click OK You can set this back to HIGH after tests are completed and your sim is smooth.TRAFFIC BUTTON: Traffic to 90%, click OK REALISM BUTTON Drop down Box; set to HARD, UNCHECK allow collisions with other aircraft. AUTO RUDDER should be enabled if you fly keyboard and do not use pedals. Click OK WEATHER BUTTON: Check only Download Winds Aloft with real world weather, click OK Close the sim Once you close the sim a new FS9.cfg file will be written with the settings you just made. Open the new FS9.cfg file in notepad. Scroll down and VERIFY - ADD - EDIT - CHANGE the following items in the list: [CONTROLS]PAN_RATE=700 <--- will always be 700[DISPLAY]RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=1.2RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1.0RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=1.0RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=1.5UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=24 to 28 // note.. if the processor/card is a bit slower, this may need to be 22TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=240 //NOTE: some systems work better @ 400 which is the MAX[TERRAIN]TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.5 // Also try 9.0TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=9.0 // Also try 4.5 (with 9.0 above)TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=4 < --- If you use FSGenesis mesh, make it 4. If not experiment with 1. This setting is either 1 or 4, nothing else[sCENERY]IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5DYNAMIC_SCENERY=1DYN_SCN_DENSITY=5DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1SUNGLARE=1LENSFLARE=1Close and save the FS9.cfg file. Steve

For the FMC you need to download these fonts from Just Flighthttp://www.justflight.com/faqs.asp?drdProduct=171#FAQ284I dont think that the load editor works steve

PSS 757 for me. Ive managed to take out the VC and the frame rates are now great. Steve

Ive installed into FS9 and its OK.Ran the installer into a new folder and installed myself.I use Norton and it stated that it was OK.Theres a good new AFCAD just posted in the file library by Stefan Schmidt. SteveOoops, sorry wrong forum. steve

I cant remember if I added the entry myself or it was there. Such along time ago.Ive just checked and the entry is there steve

Download PABLO DIAZ HDEv2 clouds from Avsim. I use the 256x256 option, and limit ActiveSky 6.5 to 3 layers.Works well on my old system which i havent updated yet. steve

Ive PM you with the changes I use Steve

Thanks very much Don,Seems fairly simple if you follow a few set rules Steve

Good advice OPA, have you made the extra ram trick which ive read somewhere, but cant find now? steve

Ive read Opa,s tips on installing FS2004 into windows 7.I'm also aware of the scenery bug.Are there any other tips or things which will make my installation easier. Ive alot to install, scenery and aircraft.I'm getting a i3 550 overclocked, 4 gb of 1600mhz of ram and a GTX460 card, in my new system. Should run FS2004 well I hope.What about the trick so that FS2004 recognises the extra ram? Thanks for your help in advance Steve

I'm getting close to making the jump from XP to Win 7.I'm still using FS2004 because of my financial commitment in FS2004.On payware scenery ie Aerosoft, the installer usually installs the scenery itself into its own aerosoft folder within FS2004.Is this still the case with Win 7 or do you need to use this new method. So in payware cases you need to unzip into a new folder and manually install as described in this thread.Ive so much scenery installed in XP I keep putting off moving to Win 7 because of these reasons. thanks Steve

These are Nick N's tweeks from the Simforum web which I use on my system, which is older than yours and works well.THis was posted by Nick, ages ago... FS9 CONFIGURATION FILE REBUILDSave a copy of your current FS9.cfg file in a safe place. Then DELETE the FS9.cfg file being used by the sim.Start Flight Simulator. You will be starting clean with a new FS9.cfg file Let the sim boot and go to the SETTINGS area. Make the following changes:DISPLAY BUTTON: Scenery Tab: All sliders to 100% and ALL check boxes checked (water FX on 100%) Aircraft Tab: Drop down box, select HIGH, which should enable everything Weather Tab: 60 -40 – 100 with Detailed Clouds and 100% maximum density Hardware Tab: Frame Lock @ 24 XXXXxXXXXx32, NOTE: SET THIS TO YOUR MONITORS NATIVE RESOLUTION - X32 Check in: Render to Texture, Transform and Lighting, UNCHECK AA, Trillinear Filtering, Mip Quality 4 FOR ATI, 8 FOR NVIDIA (note: some Nv cards may cause shimmer at 8.. set to 4 in this case)Hardware Lights 8, Global Texture Slider 100% CLICK OKSOUND BUTTON: Sound to MEDIUM, you can put the sliders wherever you wish, click OK You can set this back to HIGH after tests are completed and your sim is smooth.TRAFFIC BUTTON: Traffic to 90%, click OK REALISM BUTTON Drop down Box; set to HARD, UNCHECK allow collisions with other aircraft. AUTO RUDDER should be enabled if you fly keyboard and do not use pedals. Click OK WEATHER BUTTON: Check only Download Winds Aloft with real world weather, click OK Close the sim Once you close the sim a new FS9.cfg file will be written with the settings you just made. Open the new FS9.cfg file in notepad. Scroll down and VERIFY - ADD - EDIT - CHANGE the following items in the list: [CONTROLS]PAN_RATE=700 <--- will always be 700[DISPLAY]RUNWAY_LIGHTS_SURFACE_SCALAR=1.2RUNWAY_LIGHTS_VASI_SCALAR=1.0RUNWAY_LIGHTS_APPROACH_SCALAR=1.0RUNWAY_LIGHTS_STROBE_SCALAR=1.5UPPER_FRAMERATE_LIMIT=24 to 28 // note.. if the processor/card is a bit slower, this may need to be 22TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT=240 //NOTE: some systems work better @ 400 which is the MAX[TERRAIN]TERRAIN_ERROR_FACTOR=100.000000TERRAIN_MIN_DEM_AREA=10.000000TERRAIN_MAX_DEM_AREA=100.000000TERRAIN_MAX_VERTEX_LEVEL=21TERRAIN_TEXTURE_SIZE_EXP=8TERRAIN_AUTOGEN_DENSITY=5TERRAIN_USE_GRADIENT_MAP=1TERRAIN_EXTENDED_TEXTURES=1TERRAIN_DEFAULT_RADIUS=9.5 // Also try 9.0TERRAIN_EXTENDED_RADIUS=9.0 // Also try 4.5 (with 9.0 above)TERRAIN_EXTENDED_LEVELS=4 < --- If you use FSGenesis mesh, make it 4. If not experiment with 1. This setting is either 1 or 4, nothing else[sCENERY]IMAGE_COMPLEXITY=5DYNAMIC_SCENERY=1DYN_SCN_DENSITY=5DAWN_DUSK_SMOOTHING=1SUNGLARE=1LENSFLARE=1Close and save the FS9.cfg file. I have also just started to use Game booster but version V1.6This keeps asking me to upgrade which i dont. Ive read there are problems with the newer version? I dont know steve

Yes thanks to Max steve

Thanks Opa,just what I was looking for steve

I'm hopefully getting a new computer soon. The operating system will be Windows7, and I'm staying with FS2004.Ive read numerous threads about FS9 and FSX need to be added to a different location in windows7 than in XP.Is there a defining thread or example on how to install FS9 onto a windows7 system. Do you need a separate hard drive? excuse the basic computer language and hope you understand what I mean Steve