Please!!!!!!!

[mikegmbn]

well........... i've had my fs 2004 for a good amount of time!!!! i was grounded from it though!!! for a long time. i just recieved it today and i wanna get add-ons but when i looked for fs 2004 in windows explorer and i found the program but everything wasn't divided as it shows in the tutorial for installing them. wat should i do?????????



(i recognize that i have used poor grammar and did it purposely for no reason  :)

[PsychoDiablo]

what do you mean everything wasnt divided?

did you go to, my computer , C drive "or whatever drive you have it on" program files, microsoft games, flight simulator 9

[mikegmbn]

the tutorial shows it being divided up into panels, sounds, etc.

[PsychoDiablo]

well read my post above you will have a main aircraft folder, sounds, modules, textures........

hope that helps

[mikegmbn]

i went there and clicked on fs9 and it came up " flight simulator is already running please quit all other instances and restart it". as if i wanted to play it ( i know that i had it running). ?????????

[Niblet]

I suggest you purposefully use good grammar and explain clearly exactly what the problem is?



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[mikegmbn]

I suggest you purposefully use good grammar and explain clearly exactly what the problem is?



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well....... how's 'bout u practice what u preach?????????!!!!!!!!!!

[Niblet]

It was sarcasm, the grammar's fine. How's about you get help from others by explaining, plain and simply, what problem you have?

You say it's not "divided" but what do you mean by this? Is your display garbled or what? Have you ever had FS working on that machine before? If so have you changed anything since?

At the moment all I can say is try getting hold of the latest driver for your video card but without knowing just what the problem is it's hard to help.

Otherwise try reinstalling it.


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[Niblet]

OK I think I've figured it out. The tutorial you mention is the one for installing add-on aircraft, right? Not the game itself?

You're not looking at the files by the sound of it but trying to restart the program via the start menu "All programs".

Instead click "My computer".

From there click "C drive"

THEN click "Program Files"

Then "Microsoft Games"

Then FS9

Then you should see all the different folders, including 'aircraft', 'modules' etc. DO NOT click "fs9.exe" once in that folder because you're already there and the .exe will indeed try to restart the program.


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[mikegmbn]

yeah i know that!!!!!!!! i do that and then when i click on fs9 it starts the program!!!

[mikegmbn]

i'm sorry i apoligize for my stupidness. when i opened the fs9 folder i kept clicking the fs9 game icon for some reason i apoligize for being so snappy!!!

[Niblet]

Yep, that's why it's a game icon and not a folder icon

I suspect your confusion came from the fact Microsoft uses a folder called 'Microsoft Games', which is a default for any OTHER microsoft games, so you do indeed need to, from there, click "Flight Simulator 9" to open it's folder. You just don't need to click on the FS9 icon once in there.

The icon is only there because that is indeed the file that your desktop shortcut or program file list entry points at, as it's the .exe file of the program itself.

Anyway seems you're sorted, best of luck with installing new stuff


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