Flight Unlimited II

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Flight Unlimited
Flight Unlimited	1995
Flight Unlimited II	1997
Flight Unlimited III	1999

Flight Unlimited II is a singleplayer first-person and third-person simulation, open world and vehicle simulator game in the Flight Unlimited series.

Installation on modern systems requires a workaround). The use of dgVoodoo 2 is recommended on Windows 8 and later.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch is f1.04.

Fokker Dr.1

The Fokker Dr.1 addon adds the Fokker Dr.I as a selectable plane. The Fokker requires the f1.04 patch.

Adventure Builder Toolkit

The Adventure Builder Toolkit adds a mission editor (requires the f1.04 patch).

Adventure 6 Pack

The official Adventure 6 Pack addon adds six new playable adventures built with the Adventure Builder Toolkit (requires the f1.04 patch).

Use Flight Unlimited II's San Franciso with Flight Unlimited III

Flight Unlimited II's San Francisco region can be played in Flight Unlimited III if you own both games.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\flt2.cfg^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\logs\*.log^{[Note 1]}

Flight plans (fplan***.pln) are saved in <path-to-game>\plans

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3 resolutions only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Fixed FOV.
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Sound, Engine, Radio.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Installing on modern versions of Windows

Flight Unlimited II refuses to install on modern versions of Windows; -lgntforce skips this check.

Override NT check with -lgntforce^{[citation needed]}

With the disc in the drive, identify its drive letter. Replace X with your drive letter in the command below:
- Vista and later: open the Start screen/Start menu and enter X:\setup.exe -lgntforce
- Windows XP: press ⊞ Win+R to open a Run window and enter X:\setup.exe -lgntforce
Setup will now launch without the NT error. Continue installing normally.
For Windows 8 and later, use dgVoodoo 2.

"Application Error: Memory could not be read" crash

Use dgVoodoo 2 on Windows 8 and later.

Radio does not function/missing internal 2D views and rain effects

These features are disabled in the game's 1024x768 mode. Use 800x600 mode, and use dgVoodoo 2 to force a higher resolution.

Note that using one of the named video cards (i.e. not the generic dgVoodoo 2 emulated card) in the DirectX options tab in dgVoodoo 2 is required to enable fog/haze effects.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 120
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	190 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Flight Unlimited II Preview - GameSpot - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Flight Unlimited II Preview - GameSpot - last accessed on May 2023

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[Note 1]

Developers

	Looking Glass Studios
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Re-release	Sold Out Software
Engines
	ZOAR^[1]
Release dates
Windows	December 12, 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Relaxed
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Simulation, Open world, Vehicle simulator
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Flight Unlimited