Add-ons for MS FlightSim

[Squawk7777]

For all you pilots flying PC flight simulators, check out:
www.flightsim.com

It offers an incredible amout of stuff for your sim (mainly FS)

Check out the BA 3XX!!!

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[criticalmass]

Another good site is www.flightsoft.com

Their "Tribute To The DC-10" has some excellent aircraft models and panels to augment FS98. Should also work on FS2000. Their web-site is well worth a visit.

[QNH]

http://www.avsim.com/ is another good one

[Flying Banana]

For a good add on go to http://www.freewareworks.com/
Their Swissair MD11 is pretty darn good, even does pushback if you fancy being really sad (well it kept me happy for a while - not that difficult hehe)

[Ailing Bob]

I've been to freeware, I've downloaded the zip files for the MD11, What do i do now?
Thanks.
PS I'll need detailed instructions typed vry slow as I'm not that good with computers.

[VFE]

Hey Bob,
It's nice to know I am not the only one.
I have downloaded the wonderful looking Stansted scenery. Now, how in the name of Hades do I get it on my MSFS2000????
Someone pleeease help me quick, I want it there nowwwwww!!!!

Thanks very much, VFE.

[Flying Banana]

Make a new temp folder, call it 'junk' or something like that, put the zip file in there and open it. Should be a read me file with some instructions on installation.Some instructions are a little vague so.....

For a good step by step guide to installing stuff in FS2000 go to http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/m-howto.htm

Easy to follow guides on installing aircraft, panels, scenery etc.


Hope this helps

[VFE]

Many thanks Flying Banana.
I will give it a go! Let you know when I've got somewhere.

Thaks again, VFE.

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[VFE]

Hi there,
Well I've spent a long time trying this out and I have just about had eneough.
I just don't have the time to go through all this and if I did then I've got better things to do with my time - like learning to fly! It's a shame but there we go. It would be easier for me to pay someone a tenner or two to sort it out for me, or perhaps to conntact a PC wizard chum up who could proberbly sort it in two minutes rather than me spending all day farting about!
Anyone in the Cambridgeshire area give us a shout!
Thanks for helping Banana, shame I ain't got time.

[Flying Banana]

Installing Stansted Scenery for FS2000:

Get latest ver (V2.0) of the scenery from www.flightsim.com (egssjy3.zip)

Make new folder ie CJunk

Unzip the file to your junk folder

Find your MSFS2000 Scenery Folder (CProgram FIles\Microsoft Games\FS2000\Scenery)

Make a new folder in here called Stansted, then in that folder make two new folders called scenery and texture

Now look in your junk folder and extract scenery.zip to C.....\Stansted\scenery folder and extract texture.zip to C....\Stansted\texture folder

There are three texture files you will need to install into FS2000 if you are going to install much of the freeware scenery out there so nows a good time to install all three and be done with it. You need two for Stansted, one is included in the file the other needs to be got from Flightsim.com, you'll need to register and login first (I assume you are already registered as you've already downloaded the scenery)

The three files and download links are:

aip210tx.zip
http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/file?rk...to/ah4/ah4.htm

Airport 2.10 Textures. Complete package of textures that accompany v2.10 of the Airport scenery design program by Pascal Meziat, Brian McWilliams and Tom Hiscox.

vodtex30.zip
http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/file?rk...to/ah4/ah4.htm

Visual Object Designer v3.0 Textures package. This file contains all genuine VOD textures for VOD v3.0 scenery. By Rafael Garcia Sanchez.

asd21txt.zip
http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/file?rk...to/ah4/ah4.htm

ASD 2.1 Textures. Required for proper function of scenery designed by Abacus "Airport & Scenery Designer" Version 2.1.

One at a time unzip these three files to CProgram FIles\Microsoft Games\FS2000\texture

That's all you need to do with these and they are there for all future scenery upgrades.

Now go to your main FS2000 Folder in Program Files and find scenery.cfg, this tells MSFS which scenery to put in where, (sorry if I'm being patronising, I'm just trying to explain in detail as it makes far more sense if you know why you are adding something and I know when I put in the first scenery addon I didn't have a clue what I was doing!), you need to add the following entry at the bottom of the existing list.(Cut and pate is best to avoid typos)

[Area.***]
Title=Stansted
Local=SCENERY\Stansted\scenery
Active=TRUE
Layer=**
Exclude=N051 54.00,E000 12.00,N051 52.00,E000 17.00,all
Flatten.0=348,N051 54,E000 11,N051 54,E000 17,N051 51,E000 17,N051 51,E000 11

Depending on whether you have other add ons installed the following numbers may be different. Just replace *** in the first line (Area.***) with the number from the last existing entry in scenery.cfg plus one, ie with no addons Tokyo will be at the bottom of the list with a number of 072. Replace *** with 073 in this case. Also change ** in the 'Layer' line with the same number, 73 in this case. This flattens existing MS Scenery and uses the new stuff.

Close scenery.cfg saving changes

Open up FS2000 and go to "World" then "Scenery Library" and check the box to enable "Stansted".

Voila, hope this sorts it out, if not email me: [email protected]

Another scenery pack worth downloading from Flightsim.com is Gatwick.


[This message has been edited by Flying Banana (edited 08 September 2000).]

[Ailing Bob]

Thanks Banana, exactly what I was looking for, I managed to follow your instructions and get the Stansted scenery, The livery I wanted, and 2 new aircraft.
Now, that said how do I taxi around EGSS to admire all this loveky stuff? I can only manage to 'offroad' around the place.

[PCav8or]

1)A terrific site for Ms add-ons (freeware) is http://simviation.com/index.htm
Try it. You will not be disappointed.

2) Noticed all the trouble people are having installing scenery. Go to the above URL & under utilities (I think) you will find 'Aircraft Installation Utility 3.1'. It will install scenery & panels as well. Makes the job a whole lot easier.

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[Ailing Bob]

I've got FS2000 pro, I've been to some of these websites and seen the scenery i want but it says FS98. Can I use this in FS200?
Can I use the aeroplanes too?

[PCav8or]

Ailing Bob>>>>> http://simviation.com/index.htm
The above URL has planes/scenery/utilities/panels specifically marked for FS98 & FS2000

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