Minimalist1

Yes, I DID read, simply explained how I progressed. Especially as the DLL copy in the suggested FU main folder makes the app crash right away due to a weird Divx 6 message. As this ancient game is apparently portable (i.e. leaving no traces in the registry or Windows system or anywhere outside its own folders) I tested my entire folder structure on a Win10x64 laptop (Lenovo) It works as far as I can tell, the landscape looks odd for now, but at least it does not crash, shows panels and moves along. Leaving exactly TWO potential root causes: it is either Win7x64 or the laptop hardware (Terra) that inferferes with the program FU3, causing the mentioned error C0000005.right after showing the map. I do not see any chance to fix this. Thanks, 'over and out'

Yep, that's what I did, after reading this Win10 related thread. Maybe I have a misunderstanding of the 'helper' tool DGVoodoo2: I unzipped the EXE and its support files into the FU folder; it creates a subfolder MS with these two mentioned DLLs. FU will not see those of course. But if I copy them to the main FU folder, the program immediately barfs 'DirectX 6.0 or higher must be installed', does not even start the main screen. Removing these imported files starts FU, but not any flights, as explained earlier: error code C0000005 right after showing the map. I have not tinkered with the DGVoodoo settings, not sure how they can possibly 'stick' when changing them? Does this tool have to run in parallel all the time to emulate a Voodoo graphics card? For me it makes no difference. DXdiag shows that my laptop runs at DirectX 11 level. Other games dropped various versions of DirectX (7,8..) to my system during their installation, but apparently only the highest 'sticks'. Assuming backward compatibility I should be fine this way. Other ancient/older simulator programs do run OK, e.g. many old racing games, even FlightSim 2004. I really wanted to revive memories of sailing around the S.F. area, where I used to live as a German when FU3 was originally published. Looks like the sky is fogged up for me, sadly.. I am tempted to do a test installation of FU3 on my 'official' Win10x64 laptop, but do not really want to mess with my workhorse. Any more ideas? Thanks for all hints!

Thanks! I had already tried starting the game in various modes (as Admin, with compatibility changes), to no avail. Yes, I heard that the intro can be switched off, but do not see any related entry in the CFG file (neither 'intro' nor 'lgvid' are mentioned). I got a little further: by deleting the alleged intro file 'lgvid.ax' I could get the FLIGHT3.EXE (not the splash FLED.EXE) to start into the game's settings screen! I can change settings at will, but as soon as any 'flight' starts the program FLIGHT3.EXE crashes with exception error c0000005). This error code is usually related to stack overflow (memory access) in C++, but also to NVidia GForce graphics card issues. Most likely it has to do with video related DLLs or even the graphics hardware I am using? Before I throw in the tower (instead of the towel, we are talking about airports here) I am still hoping to resolve the issue somehow. Any more ideas how to alter the video driver control of this ancient program? Thank you!

Sorry for the intrusion, but I cannot find a better place to ask: The expertise seems to reside in this specific thread. Will the instructions about FU3 and Win10 also apply to Win7? I am struggling to get my own FU3 copy (from the published 3 ISO files with their odd installation sequence) to work on my Win7 laptop. While all installs fine, while all mentioned extra DLLs have been dropped into the installation folder by me, the program FLIGHT3.EXE (v 1.9.0.0) crashes immediately after opening a black window: The error message is associated with lgvid.ax. There is a second EXE file in the FU3 folder, (FLED.EXE, a kind of splash screen starter); it crashes immediately after opening a secondary window entitled "FLED Main Window: No modification package..", before I can access its own menus. I have not tinkered with the CFG file as I have little knowledge about its functionality; everything is 'out of the box'. All seen on an older 2014 laptop with Win7x64 (2x Celeron 877 @1.4GHz, 4GB, Intel HD graphics), which is dedicated to some old gaming nostalgia, Shying away from modern flight simulators that need beefier hardware I would be happy to chop along in the old FU3 world. I got the majority of my ancient simulator games to work on it, I even found a nifty game port emulator (Rockfire RM203, $18) for my old joysticks and wheels, but FU3 simply refuses to run on this laptop. Before I literally say 'Eff You' to FU - any hope to get this thing to run at all? Thanks for any useful advice or hint!