FS represents an optimum for many users - it features a near-complete experience of stunningly good graphics, an ability to download and implement real world weather NOTAM's provided by Jeppesen to this day, as well as simulated vocal Air Traffic Control, and Instrument Flight Rules and Flight Plan integration. Windows 10 has the brains to notice that FS is being installed, and automatically switches to Windows XP SP2 mode during the installation process.
If you choose to download and install the FS9. Windows 10, like Windows Vista, 7 and 8 before it, is very careful about security on your PC. Flight Simulator, as it is going to be reading and writing files to the main disk drive, triggers a warning before use.
Please click 'Yes' in the dialog box, and press on. For first time ever in over 25 years of sim flying my engines have burst into flames. Just repainted her, not put her in the air yet, letting the paint dry lol. I just wish it would fly properly in the Sim!
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It runs extremely well on Windows XP, Vista and 7. But - can it run on Windows 10? Installation Windows 10 has the brains to notice that FS is being installed, and automatically switches to Windows XP SP2 mode during the installation process. In all, this is a good thing, as the installation of the program is therefore easy to do. First start of FS in Windows 10 looks good - in fact it looks like this: But then: The next view is a not very educational black screen!
Categories: FS , HF , Tags: fs , windows Spend quite some time getting to run but still crashes from time to time. DominicS - , AM. Excellent article Martin! Many thanks for sharing with the community!
Hello Martin, very useful article ,also thanks! DrawyahGames - , PM. I should be revising for a Computing exam next week, but my inner child and nostalgia are calling me to play FS! Still love Rod Machado just for that one line 'Pull back, on the stick. To my delight, I got FS working successfully on my new Windows 10 laptop and would like to help those who are contemplating about going to W 10……….
My new HP laptop has good capacities, better than the rigs available 10 years ago, but it is not a powerful horse. Note that I am using FS for over 10 years and have collected number of add-on airports and sceneries, also many aircraft both AI and flyable. Therefore, my original 2. I had this FS running great on Vista Laptop with 2. So, having mentioned all this, these are few points relating to the FS running on W10, also some of my experience leading to the successful install:.
To copy my 36GB takes close to two hours! Judging from the chat rooms there might be some issues with these. Install it custom! I named my folder FS The update is available for the download in below link. It is an easy install placing the program file to your new FS folder and running it. Again, an easy install to replace the fs9. It does not bother me because I can see and select the aircraft I want to fly in the drop-down.
Test FS for basic functionality, take a quick flight with Cessna or similar. Copy the entire contents of your newly installed FS folder to a back-up hard drive. It should have 2. It is good to have the original files available! Delete all files from the following folders in your newly installed FS folder in your W10 PC, and copy in the corresponding files from your back-up hard drive into: 1.
Addon Scenery folder, if you added or modified the scenery. Aircraft folder, if you added or modified aircraft. Effects folder, if you added or modified effects. Gauges folder, if you added or modified gauges. Modules folder, if you added or modified modules. This may not be necessary unless you modified some airport files or added flattens in your original FS.
If you know where, just replace these files in given folders. This is where your traffic files and altitude corrections are. Sound folder, if you modified, added sounds or used Edit Voice pack. Texture folder, if you modified or added textures. Replace Scenery. This is important, so that you do not have to activate all your sceneries! Note that the sceneries listed in this file should match the sceneries in your Addon Scenery folder otherwise you get a message if some sceneries are listed in Scenery.
This greatly reduced my stutters. The creators of this great piece of info forgot to mention it, Also to see your AppData file you need to set your files options to show the Hidden Files and Folders! In general, you do not need to go for high FPS. I run at 25 FPS and the flights are nice and fluid. For info below are the settings I use. Realism and Weather: Rate at which weather changes over time Medium. Additional note. Since I fly using the keyboard the F keys on my new laptop are active only when the FN key is pressed.
This is enjoying because for example to handle flaps using F keys you need to hold the FN key as well, you can fix this by using the Assignments in Settings to change the Flaps from F keys to a single key on your new PC keyboard.
Flight sim loads get to the getting started window and freeze for few seconds and an error windows pops Microsoft Flight Simulator has stopped working. Sounds like a scenery issue of the default flight.
If you can identify it the scenery of the default flight, de-activate it. You can deactivate it manually before starting FS by opening the scenery. Open the file in notepad and you will se the sceneries listed there. Any behavior that is insulting, rude, vulgar, desecrating, or showing disrespect.
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