ACuriousSimmer

On 10/13/2023 at 5:32 PM, jacilore said:

Hi. I have W10 and DirectX12. I have managed FS98 to run following your "approach" (out of the standard folder "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator"). 

In my case it just starts but then it can't recognize any aircraft. It just shows Learjet but it even doesn't let me fly it. (Aircraft menu shows only Learjet and so short that I couldn' even capture it)

Then, when I try to load the Learjet, it just crashes.

Those are the captures of the path and what I can get.

 

(There are a couple of intermediate screens like the 1st one that don't change much; the program just doesn't find the aircrafts he tries to use in the default flights).

Regards.

I’ve found out from another person elsewhere that the reason panels being deleted fixes the crash is due to how FS98 calculates the sizes of panels (it apparently divides by 0 at some point which now crashes on win8+ x64). The only way FS98 would work again on modern Windows is if someone reverse engineers it and fixes the bugs that cause crashing.

FS2000 can work on Win8+ however, I’ve had it working after disabling GeForce Experience and using a NOCD exe. In Windowed mode it has 0 issue

Bootup: When FS98 is launched.

FS98 will crash at the beginning if the default flight's aircraft has panels. If you remove them and then switch to an aircraft with panels, the sim will still crash to desktop. This is why you couldn't get FS98 to start in Windows 10. It also crashes in 8.1

I did have to remove all the aircraft panels to get it working but unless you have lots of experience with flying without any instruments, the sim is unplayable. Here's to holding out for the 2004 Win10 update to unintentionally fix this issue.

Good evening all.

While experimenting with getting FS98 to work under Win10, I discovered that 2D panels is the reason for the program crashing upon bootup. When a dummy panel folder is made (with no files), FS98 boots up normally. Virtual Cockpits work without crashing the sim, along with all other views. Smooth Transition view and switching views quickly still affects the crash rate under Win10/8.1, like FSFW95.