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.