Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight is the 20th anniversary release in the Microsoft Flight Simulator Series. Released in a hinged tin box, A Century of Flight includes an additional 2,000 functioning airports and nine new aircraft, including Charles Lindbergh's Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, the Douglas DC-3, and the Wright Flyer (the first successful airplane). A collection of articles provides information on the history of flight, the Microsoft Flight Simulator, and the featured airplanes. New features include enhanced scenery and 3D interactive cockpits.

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As with previous versions, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 contains sections on creating or selecting flights, expanding the experience by downloading add-on packs of scenery and aircraft, and a detailed on-CD manual. Additional aircraft featured in the 2004 edition include the Curtiss JN-4D (Jenny), Vickers F.B.27A (Vimy), Ford 4-AT Tri-Motor, Model 5B and 5C Vega, de Haviland DH-88 'Comet,' Piper J-3 Cub, Robinson R22 Beta II, Schweizer SGS 2-32, Extra 300S, Cessna Skyhawk SP Model 172, Cessna Skylane Model 182S, Cessna Grand Caravan C208B, Cessna Caravan C208 Amphibian, Mooney M20M 'Bravo,' Beechcraft Baron 58, Beechcraft King Air 350, Bell 206B JefRanger III, Bombardier Learjet 45, Boeing 737-400, 747-400, and 777-300.

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No one would blame you for worrying about how Microsoft would handle the latest iteration of Flight Simulator. The first cause for concern is that the last version, Flight Simulator 2002, was so good. It improved the series by leaps and bounds in terms of creativity, technology, and accessibility. It's a tough act to follow. The second cause for concern is that Microsoft doesn't have any competition anymore. Both Looking Glass's superlative Flight Unlimited and Terminal Reality's troubled Fly! sims are a fading memory. So not only is there not a lot of room for Flight Simulator 2004 to improve, but there doesn't seem to be much motive to improve.

Fortunately, no one told Microsoft. It has blithely improved an already great sim by giving it a new angle, bringing in some really sweet technological improvements, and making it even more accessible.

You can tell the new creative angle by the subtitle, A Century of Flight. As a hundred-year commemoration of the Wright brothers' first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, Flight Simulator 2004 re-creates significant events in the history of aviation. On one hand, this lends it a great time-bending twist, much like Papyrus was able to do with its masterpiece racing sim, Grand Prix Legends. Rather than throwing in a bunch of shiny new toys, the franchise takes a thoughtful look backwards and discovers something refreshingly unique.

On the other hand, a lot of the significant events in the history of aviation just aren't that exciting. Trying to keep the Wright flyer aloft for its historical 12 seconds is entertaining for all of about, say, 36 seconds. It's no wonder the Wright brothers trashed that frustrating thing after a few flights. Most of Flight Simulator 2004's other historical events were long-distance records in hard-to-fly aircraft. Part of the problem is that although you can accelerate time, you can't put many of these primitive aircraft on any sort of autopilot. This changes as you progress to later planes, like the DC-3 that lets you lock-on a heading. But I can't imagine anyone wanting to re-create Lindbergh's 33-hour transatlantic flight in a plane that didn't even have a proper windshield (Lindbergh sat behind the fuel tank and could only see by looking out the sides of the plane or by opening a tiny periscope). Not that there was much to see, since most of the flight was apparently spent over an expanse of hardware-accelerated water effects. Then there's the fact that when you land, there's not so much as a 2D bitmap of a cheering crowd waiting to greet you.

Furthermore, these re-creations don't even try to simulate the actual historical events. You're simply retracing routes in the original aircraft, with the convenience of a handheld GPS unit. Many of the flights originate from airports that are long gone, so the starting points are relocated to modern airports. For instance, the record-breaking 1920 flight from London to South Africa in a Vickers Vimy begins on the tarmac of modern-day Heathrow. So much for the suspension of disbelief.

But to be fair, these are minor complaints. The new historical aircraft feel unique and look great with their wires and open machinery and odd shapes. They're each lovingly complemented (and complimented) by Lane Wallace's essays. Her insight as a writer provides a welcome change of pace from traditional Flight Simulator flight instructors like Rod Machado with his bad jokes, or John and Martha King with their avuncular goofing around. For instance, in detailing her ride in a Ford Tri-Motor, Wallace describes the smell of smoke and oil from its uncowled radial engines. She describes what the chair feels like in Amelia Earhart's Vega. These are the sort of details and the sense of reverence that brings these planes to life beyond simply presenting 3D models.

The basic terrain engine and aircraft models aren't terribly different from Flight Simulator 2002. There's a new helicopter in addition to the old Bell JetRanger, and the new rotary wing flight model makes helicopters a bit more stable to fly. The airports have been redesigned with new taxiing information, as well as a handy onscreen overlay to guide your through your taxiing waypoints. Some of the areas of scenery have been reworked and there are some new high-detail regions. The new GPS interface looks and feels more like a GPS unit and less like an inset window. But overall, the basics of terrain and aircraft are the same.

But what is completely revamped is the sky. There's a new weather model, new clouds, and new lighting. Flight sims have long been about how the ground looks. Finally, someone has paid just as much attention to the sky. The different types of clouds are all volumetric and they interact with various lighting conditions. There are brilliant blues, purples, and oranges, with actual sunsets and sunrises worth watching. The weather is more dynamic now (the ability to periodically update real-world weather conditions from the Internet is a great gimmick), as you can see by just sitting in one place and cranking up the time compression. These aren't just the white cotton balls we've been seeing in every sim since Jane's World War II Fighters five years ago.

If you're not going to include a printed manual, which FS2004 doesn't (the 'manual' is basically a promotional pamphlet that refers you to the in-game reference materials), you can at least make up for it by making the in-game documentation comprehensive and easy to navigate. Flight Simulator 2004 does an excellent job in this regard. All the supplemental and reference materials have been gathered in one place, cross-linked, and are easily accessible from within the sim. So, if you need to know how the GPS works or what your air traffic control instructions mean, you won't have to alt-tab out, load Adobe Acrobat Reader, and try to figure out which file has the info. You simply open the help screen and the information is right there. There's also a new kneeboard with more helpful information, including a log of all radio communications. Even the flying lessons and their associated reading material are better integrated now.

There's still a lot of content carried over from the last game. For instance, there aren't any new missions for the modern aircraft. With a $55 price tag and a mere $10 rebate, it's going to be a bit costly if you've already got Flight Simulator 2002. But if you're new to civil aviation simming, there's never been a better time -- or sim -- to give it a shot.

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I checked on the acer website today. My laptop is 4 years old and the downloads for the model only go up to win 7 which came on my laptop.Someone posted this on another website but I cannot find what they have posted. I could not see the preview as it says.See below:Try this it worked for me in Windows 10 Pro, go to your settings, then display, find in the display Preview DirectX 10, Enable it, i looked in previous games and found that windows 10 disables it for some reason, re-enabling it again fixed my issue in FSX, should help in FS2004, i used to get the Black screen and Blank Aircraft preview and the above fix fixed it for me, but the only way you can get ingame is to alt-Tab out and tab back in. Just downloaded the no cd application from your website and it worked.This was from advice on the microsoft community.The main menu is intact and chosen aircraft is visible.Only problems are when exiting a flight the screen goes black and I have to hit (alt) and (enter) to go back to main menu.The flight window has the menu bar at the top which has to be changed in the view tab to full screen.I have not checked all aircraft but did have an error with sound files on the harrier II plus. Can't get rid of menu bar with this aircraft also.Others seem OK for nowWill let you know if I find any more niggles. My beloved FS2004 has run perfectly, even with a Shackleton and WW2 fighter add-ons,for years. Now that I have 'upgraded' by purchasing Windows 10, it does not work.

My very old Combat Flight Simulator WW2, my Combat Flight Simulator 3 and my FSX with five WW2 add-ons still work perfectly. All I get when trying to run the FS2004 program is 'Please login with administrator privileges and try again'. I have tried all the compatibility possibilities with no success.

I am certain that I am not alone in this situation. Anonymous wrote:My beloved FS2004 has run perfectly, even with a Shackleton and WW2 fighter add-ons,for years.

Now that I have 'upgraded' by purchasing Windows 10, it does not work. My very old Combat Flight Simulator WW2, my Combat Flight Simulator 3 and my FSX with five WW2 add-ons still work perfectly.

All I get when trying to run the FS2004 program is 'Please login with administrator privileges and try again'. I have tried all the compatibility possibilities with no success. I am certain that I am not alone in this situation.Try right clicking on the flight icon and choose run as administrator.

Anonymous wrote:Hi there, Radarman and all the others who helped me in the past. I am flying CFS 1 (Europe Series) and CFS 3 on Windows 10 without any problems. I have recently been able to get a copy of CFS 2.

It installs fine, but when clicking to play, I get the message: 'Please login with administrator privileges and try again.' The screen then goes blank. Do you have any suggestions as to what to do to get this baby running? Kind regards from John Beck in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa.I know that this is a long thread but see if it helps.Check this first. As many fellow simmers have done, I have updated from Win7 to Win10. Everything worked normally for a while. At a time I started having problems when flying online (I would not see other aircraft).

As the re-installation of the Squawkbox did not work, I decided to re-install FS9. And here starts my problem. I have uninstalled FS9 and then proceeded with the installation from the disks. As to apply the NOCD patch we would have first to install the FS9.1 update, I did so. And here comes the problem: the update tells me something as: 'It seems that FS9.1 is already installed, so no action is taken'. The problem is that, when running FS9, in the About box I still read FS9.0. What should I do?

Any suggestions?Regards,Domingos. Some helpful hints I compiled:To my delight, I got FS 2004 working successfully on my new Windows 10 laptop and would like to help those who are contemplating about going to W 10. GO FOR IT!My new HP laptop has good capacities, better than the rigs available 10 years ago, but it is not a powerful horse. It has Windows 10 Home 64 with 16GB DDR4 memory, i7-6500U processor and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX card (2GB DDR3). (Note that I am using FS 2004 for over 10 years and have collected number of add-on airports and sceneries, also many aircraft (both AI and flyable). Many of my airports were modified using ADE and many AI flight plans created using the amazing T-Tools. Therefore, my original 2.69GB plain FS 2004 now has 36GB capacity.I had this FS running great on Vista Laptop with 2.

GB memory, T9400 Intel processor and 512 MG NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.)So, having mentioned all this, these are few points relating to the FS 2004 running on W10, also some of my experience leading to the successful install:Prerequisites:.First and most important under the assumption that your FS runs OK on your old PC. Copy your ENTIRE FS2004 folder from your old PC onto a separate hard drive!

To copy my 36GB takes close to two hours!.Second have the four original installation CD discs available!.Finally, have your new W10 PC Note that I have no experience with installing FS2004 on the old rigs upgraded to W10! (Judging from the chat rooms there might be some issues with these)Step by step procedure to install FS2004 on the new W10 PC:.Load the four CD discs using either built in or external CD drive (I got a warning message from Microsoft – unknown origin (strange) – so have O.K.d the install. Install it (custom!) to your own folder on C drive, NOT to the Program Files, which I thing is a default. I named my folder FS2004.Answer NO at the end of install to run the FS, instead remove No 4 CD.Update the FS to v9.1. The update is available for the download in below link. It is an easy install placing the program file to your new FS folder and running it.Get No CD Patch from below download. Again, an easy install to replace the fs9.exe file by the new downloaded file.Run FS (no need for the disc 4 installed, you got the patch!) and you find out that there is no aircraft preview in the opening screen just black field.

It does not bother me because I can see and select the aircraft I want to fly in the drop-down. But if you want, hit ALT and ENTER and the aircraft picture appears. Test FS for basic functionality, take a quick flight with Cessna or similar.This is a good practice! Copy the entire contents of your newly installed FS folder to a back-up hard drive. (You can call it RAW FS9).

It should have 2.69GB, so should not take long to copy. It is good to have the original files available!Now to bring you newly created FS in W10 to the standard of your FS from your former PC.

Hook up to your W10 PC your external drive where you backed-up your FS folder. Delete all files from the following folders in your newly installed FS folder in your W10 PC, and copy in the corresponding files from your back-up hard drive into:1.Addon Scenery folder, if you added or modified the scenery.2.Aircraft folder, if you added or modified aircraft.3.Effects folder, if you added or modified effects.4.Gauges folder, if you added or modified gauges.5.Modules folder, if you added or modified modules.6.Scenery sub-folders folders (Afri, Asia, Aust, Eure, Eurw, Namc, Name, Namw, Ocen). This may not be necessary unless you modified some airport files or added flattens in your original FS. If you know where, just replace these files in given folders.7.Scenery/World/Scenery folder. This is where your traffic files and altitude corrections are.8.Sound folder, if you modified, added sounds or used Edit Voice pack.9.Texture folder, if you modified or added textures.10.Replace Scenery.cfg file in the main FS folder with the original back-up file! Sounds like a scenery issue of the default flight. If you can identify it (the scenery) of the default flight, de-activate it.

You can deactivate it manually before starting FS by opening the scenery.cfg file (in your main FS folder). Open the file in notepad and you will se the sceneries listed there.

Looks something like this:Area.053Title=HondumeshLocal=Addon SceneryHondumeshRemote=Active=TRUERequired=FALSELayer=53Hypothetically!! If this would be the scenery you need to deactivate. Delete the whole entry in the notepad. BUT then renumber the following sceneries with the follow-up numbers for Area and Layer. So that the numbers run consecutively.Then try to start FS again. If it was the scenery issue, it should work.Good luck.