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Gi'day, Just to be aware, there are two "NoCD" patches: one for the plain "retail" FS9 installation and one for the FS9.1 update. They are not interchangeable. Download both as well as the FS9.1 update. To answer your question "what do I do?" (i) Install FS9 from the disks. (ii) Run FS9 (which, of course, does not boot up). Leave Disc 4 in the CD drive. You need to resort to a little jiggery-pokery at this point ... (iii) In Windows Explorer look in the FS9 root folder for the file fs9.exe (iv) Either remove fs9.exe to somewhere safe (a temp folder) or rename it (for example: fs9.retail). (v) Install the 1st, or "retail", NoCD patch in the FS9 root folder. (vi) Boot FS9 and set your up preferences. I even do a test flight just to make sure things are working properly. (vii) Exit FS9. (viii) Not really necessary, but at this point I reboot the computer. Remember to remove Disc 4. The following is assuming you are going to update FS9 to FS9.1 ... (ix) In your temp folder (see: step iv), find, or rename fs9.retail back to, fs9.exe (x) Look in the root FS9 folder and swap out the "retail" NoCD FS9 patch with the original fs9.exe (xi) Now run the FS9.1 patch. (xii) In your now patched FS9 root folder find the fs9.exe file and either move it to a temp folder or rename it (for example: fs9.1). (xiii) Install the FS9.1 NoCD patch in the root FS9 folder. (xiv) Now, boot up FS9 ... and Bob's yr n 'uncle and fanny's yr aunt ... Trust this all makes sense ... it's all very easy, actually.

Gi'day Peter, Thanks. Just test driving a new VPN. If admin/moderators wished to delete this, please feel free to do so (actually, thought I was able to delete my own post, but looks like that's not possible). Anywho ...

Testing 1 ... 2 ... 3.

You have (proton)mail ;) Regards, Dorian

Gi'day Robin, Could you please PM me? (Your PM box is full and unable to accept new messages). Thanks. Regards, Dorian

For a more nuanced explanation ... Bespoke: derived from the verb bespeak (to "speak for something"). First cited, in the verb form, in the Oxford English Dictionary (1583 ed.): "to speak for, to arrange for, engage beforehand: to 'order' (goods)”. Crept into the tailors' lexicon whereby a gentleman would arrange, or speak for, his desired cloth, ensuring that it would not be sold to somebody else. Today, bespoke is synonymous with the top end of men's tailoring. Rather than a reference to the cloth, bespoke now denotes the way in which a suit is created. FYI. Regards, Dorian

Anyone know how/where to purchase FSGenesis "Cordillera" LOD10 (38m) mesh for FS9 these days? Regards, Dorian

Gi'day, Drilling down further, it appears the seasonal (Fall) bug may be the result of a typo in one line that calls the UT fall RailRoad textures. One suggestion is to disable the option: Enhanced RR Textures. Another is to check for any railroad files dated from March 2005 in the UT USA\Scenery files. If you find any, remove them (please, back them up ... just in case). Regards, Dorian

Gi'day Peter, Re: Vancouver CTDs Wondering if this could be the infamous UT seasonal (Fall) bug? Try loading a flight with both UT sceneries (Canada-Alaska & USA) activated and set your date to sometime prior to September 20-21 or, alternatively, post December 20-21 (Northern Hemisphere autumn). Also, saw your post on the Scenery Solutions forum ... check page 138 (27.10.2005) for discussion on the Fall bug. Regards, Dorian

Thanks for the HU Peter; it's good to get to the bottom of these pesky problems. (Duly copied and filed away for future reference.) Regards, Dorian

As an amphibian puddle jumper ... wot's a centerline? :pilot: Regards, Dorian ... ducking for cover ...

Gi'day Peter, A corrupted/invalid texture? Check out: Scenery Solutions https://www.scenerysolutions.com/ > the UT developer, and browse the forum posts for UT CTD issues. Regards, Dorian

I hardly ever dabble in the arcane art of .air/.cfg files ... I leave that to wiser folk than me ;) Regards, Dorian

Would suggest you obtain a copy of the FS9 Aircraft Container SDK which explains this (and a whole lot more). Basically, if there are no parameters which need to be altered (upwards or downwards), the values revert to the default (1.0) so there appears to be little need to include that particular section in the .cfg file. Regards, Dorian

The indispensable handy dandy tool for finding any/all problems with AI aircraft is Martin Gossmann's AI-Aircraft Editor (AIAE.NET-Setup), available from The Owls Nest - http://www.owlsnest.eu/ Regards, Dorian

If I hadn't performed a week long reinstall of FS9 and associated tools 4 weeks ago, I would already have Win 11 installed by now. Sometime early next year then ... ;) Regards, Dorian

Ah! Gotcha. Nope, no manual (English or otherwise) included. Regards, Dorian

Good question, Tom. Never used FluziFix in German, so unable to answer ... however, all three panels are in English (for example: in the left hand panel, under FS9.cfg, item 02 is: "Reverse Thrust Reaction", the middle panel explains, in English, how to change the described value and the right hand panel gives a fairly comprehensive description of how the values work, also in English. Trust that answers your query? Regards, Dorian

Flusifix (English version v43) can be downloaded here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/bdf69ms4o5g1hja/ff04_v43_eng.zip/file Regards, Dorian

Be aware, the MS server has been "down" for a day or so now (Win 11 was recently released), so your server activation problem could be because of this. Just sayin'. Regards, Dorian

Yes, re-installed and re-activated (yet again) on a Win10 64bit rig, about 3 weeks ago. It's most likely the 40th time I've reinstalled the Gold Edition (& Acceleration) since I purchased it as a Christmas present to myself way back in 2006 (have had a love/hate relationship between FS9 and FSX ever since, hence the number of re-installs). Regards, Dorian

Gi'day Peter, My bad ... there was supposed to be a ;) after the Google comment (I was trying to be flippant, but it obviously backfired :) ) The site does work, I just downloaded UT Canada-Alaska myself (had been promising myself I would purchase it someday, your post simply spurred me on). 1. Just create a Flight1 account (if you don't already have one). 2. Download the Flight1 Purchase Agent and install it. 3. Download the UT Canada-Alaska scenery package (from the web site above). 4. Run the UT.exe and follow the 1-2-3 prompts. 5. Just sit back and Bob's your uncle. A Certificate of Proof should be emailed to you (a copy is also included in the Flight1 Software folder created in Step 2) . As for other addon sceneries, if they have been created with UT Canada-Alaska in mind, they should say so in their respective readme files. Regards, Dorian

Gi'day beroun, Google is your friend ... but, just in case: https://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=utcan Mind you, there are new hoops to jump through with the account method of installation (but it's all rather painless in the end). Regards, Dorian

It was/is KB3086255 See either: https://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?310082-FS2004-won-t-start-after-windows-update! or https://calclassic.proboards.com/thread/7470/fs2004-start-read for workarounds. Regards, Dorian