Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
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Developers | |
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ACES Game Studio | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Game Studios | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 29, 2003 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time, Relaxed |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Simulation, Open world, Vehicle simulator |
Vehicles | Flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Series | Microsoft Flight Simulator |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person simulation, open world and vehicle simulator game in the Microsoft Flight Simulator series.
The in-game videos do not work on Windows Media Player 12 (see Playing in-game videos crashes the game).
Availability
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion packs add new planes, airlines, and flights. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Wings of Power: WWII Heavy Bombers and Jets | ||
Wings of Power II: WWII Fighters | ||
2005 Traffic | Also known simply as Traffic in some releases |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Flight Simulator 2004 Update v9.1 updates the game to the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Microsoft\FS9\FS9.cfg |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Flight Simulator Files\ |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Main menu is always 800x600 (larger resolutions letterbox the main menu). HUD is stretched. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Adjustable with the - and = keys. | ||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Adjustable framerate cap between 10 and 100 FPS or uncapped. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Engines, cockpit, environment, navigation, lessons/flights, and air traffic control. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Subtitles for air traffic control messages only. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Subtitles for air traffic control messages only. | |||
English | Japanese release. | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 16 | |||
Online play | 16 | The official MSN Gaming Zone service was shut down on June 19, 2006. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
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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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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VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Windows Media Player | |
Multiplayer | MSN Gaming Zone |
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
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Solved Flight Simulator 2004 - Black Screen on Load - Windows 10 Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Garrett on December 9, 2016
- ↑ Flight Simulator 2004: Minimum system requirements - last accessed on May 2023