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Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Wings of Power: WWII Heavy Bombers and Jets |
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Wings of Power II: WWII Fighters |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- Flight Simulator 2004 Update v9.1 updates the game to the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\FS9\FS9.cfg |
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Flight Simulator Files\ |
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Engines, cockpit, environment, navigation, lessons/flights, and air traffic control. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Subtitles for air traffic control messages only. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Subtitles for air traffic control messages only. |
English |
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Japanese release. |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
| 16 |
|
Online play |
| 16 |
The official MSN Gaming Zone service was shut down on June 19, 2006. |
Connection types
Issues unresolved
Playing in-game videos crashes the game
- Windows Media Player 12 does not support the in-game videos. These videos show a black screen and playing them will either instantly crash the game or only work for a second or two before the game crashes. FS2002 does not have this problem with its in-game videos playing without issue on WMP 12. Changing the default video player in the game files has no effect.
Issues fixed
"SCENERY.CFG file error" error on launch
- "SCENERY.CFG file error. Local scenery directory (Addon Scenery\SCENERY) in scenery Area.038 not found" (or similar)
- This can be caused by a missing or incorrectly installed addon.
Edit scenery.cfg[citation needed]
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- Try installing the addon again. If problems persist, continue with the steps below.
- Edit
<path-to-game>\scenery.cfg
- Go to
[Area.038] (or the named area).
- Change
Active=TRUE to Active=FALSE
- Restart the game.
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Black screen when starting a flight (Windows 10)
- The plane preview area is black, and starting the flight shows a black screen.
Force windowed mode in FS9.cfg[3][4]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Edit
FS9.cfg .
- Change
FULL_SCREEN=1 to FULL_SCREEN=0
- Run the game normally. The game will now run in windowed mode by default.
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VR support
Devices |
State |
Notes |
TrackIR |
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Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. |
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
|
Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
Windows Media Player |
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Multiplayer |
MSN Gaming Zone |
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System requirements
Windows[5] |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista |
Processor (CPU) |
450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB (98/ME), 128 MB (2000/XP) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.8 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
References