Need Help With My Flight Sim. Game

[Jason21516]

I just joined not more then 2 hours ago, and I already found some different aircraft I want for my fs2004. After I found one, I went to the forums to see how I get it on my game. I read the article on how to do it, and when I was in my programs drop box I did not find the fs2004 folder, all I have is a folder named (Flight Simulator Files). I clicked in to that and all it had was my saved flights. Can someone help me out with getting these planes on my game. I am not sure why that folder is not on there. I have a Windows XP Home Edition, if that helps with the problem.

[Hagar]

Hi Jason. The FS2004 directory you're looking for is named Flight Simulator 9

This is the default location. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9

Hope this helps.

[Jason21516]

I found it under FS9 thanks

[homebrewer]

As one who longed for several years to install new airplanes, maybe my experiences can help. There is a tutorial for doing it, but it makes no sense to me. I have also found that some installs are done differently from others. On most that I do now, I hit a homer and it shows up in the list of selectables the first time. But every so often, I strike out. That's when I go back to Square One and do it slowly, step by step. I usually find out what I did wrong and it will show up the next time. When I install one that already has a folder (say the P-51 from North American), I will name it No. American Mustang Company or North American Aircraft Corporation, or some name that will help me find it in the list. I have over a hundred (a small number by some standards), so finding it can be a problem. Some designers may designate the manufacturer of the Mustang something else entirely. The F-15 by CORAL comes to mind. The F-15 is built by McDonnell-Douglas, but in the list, its manufacturer is CORAL.

How I do it:

1) Download the .zip file and have it show up on your Desktop.
2) Extract the .zip and have the unzipped file land on your Desktop. I use iZarc. Works great!
3) Make a copy of the unzipped file and put it into a new folder (name it anything you want) on your Desktop.
4) Click on the copied folder and see what's in it. You should find four basic folders for model, texture, sound and configuration. You will probably also find .jpeg pictures of it. You'll find ID files and maybe some notes. Click it closed again.
5) Click, click, click your way to the FS9 main folder. Click it open. Find the Airplanes or Aircraft folder. This is where your new airplane will end up.
6) Get the FS9 Aircraft folder on your Desktop in a half-screen configuration. Do this by clicking the middle icon in the blue bar at the top of the screen. You'll then have the FS9 Aircraft folder and your folder with your new airplane on the same screen.
7) Slide the new folder off your Desktop and right into the Aircraft folder of FS9. Your new airplane should be there the next time you start FS9.

That should do it. As I said, there are some installs that crash and burn doing it this way, but the procedure is pretty much the same. Once you've dome a few, you'll get the hang of it and the more intense ones will not intimidate you. I have had a few that required I change the sound or put a better propellor file from another plane onto one that really need an upgrade. I advise that you download, extract and copy the extracted file to a secondary file you can get to right away so that if you screw up, you won't have to download again. Also, it's a very good idea to copy your main Aircraft file to a safe place in case you really bugger up an install. I have all the really precious ones safely copied onto a second hard drive just in case...

I hope I have helped. I also hope I have not bored the experts...