Skywatcher12

I know in the past you were running internal graphics and this is why you used what you did or your FS9 would not function. The internal graphics were the reason it would not run and this is due to Windows 10 changes. With your current system, you shouldn't need to run a compatibility mode or as admin at all.

Robin, yes, as Tom again clarified, if he has an updated Windows, FS9 won't work which is exactly what I said. The most likely and highly probable reason for his issues is not having the patch and crack installed. I rarely bother with Windows advice because it's just too hard to get things through to people here. FS9 also does not run perfectly under Win 11 as you suggest. As I have said in the past and been the only one to discover, Win 10/11 made FS9 unusable on likely any system running internal graphics. That's a serious issue! Yes, you can run in a compatibility mode and as admin and it's a workaround but this is the last thing anyone should do with a program that interacts with so many other add-ons. People absolutely will run into problems at some point. Anyhow, I just make sure my PC is sorted. I've done this and have a perfect FS9 on Win 11 now running literally everything I have ever tried including masses of payware add-ons. It takes a lot of work to get to this point.

No it won't. You would need to have a very NOT updated Windows for it to work. Are you sure you haven't received a Windows update in the last week?

You need to install the 9.1 patch and nocd patch. FS9 won't run using disc 4 any longer. Do this and you should be good to go.

Your computer is fine. The error message could be triggered by one of a billion things. Nowhere near enough information to evaluate anything. Can you post your PC specs and operating system? Try a fresh FS9 install and note exactly at which point the error returns.

Everyone posting email addresses you will only get your email spammed. Would be best for someone to upload the files to Dropbox or something similar and post the link.

Ok, this points to what I was already thinking. Glad it's all sorted for you! You possibly needed a Visual C++ Runtime and the later program took care of this for you allowing SceneGenX to function normally again. If running old software, the Visual C++ Runtimes are often required or all sorts of issues can occur without warning. You may wish to download and save the all-in-one installer below to cover yourself in the future. I have them all installed on my machine. https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

Thanks Chris. I've just tried it and clicking new and loading the Example.sgx, I'm not getting any errors on Win 11. Let me know if there is something else specific I need to do to bring on the error? I also noticed you mention you can't upgrade to Win 11 due to your PC not being compatible. Unless it's quite old, many users simply have to enable TPM and then Win 11 can be installed. Article on this below if you want to take a look: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/how-to-fix-this-pc-cant-run-windows-11-error-tpm-and-secure-boot/

Is there a download link for the last version of SceneGenX anywhere?

If it works on my system won't be much I could probably do. Win 10/11 can cause so many issues and those issues can be very dependent on the users specific system. There are things that have broken under Win 10/11 for everyone, these can likely be fixed.

I'll check it out. No time frame but seems like it shouldn't be impossible to fix. There should be quite a few issues with add-ons but FS2004 today has few users and so many run relatively simple add-ons so you rarely read about complaints. Either that or they just accept problems as being "how it is."

These can be one of the Win 10/11 problems unless you had them prior to using these operating systems.

You can still find FS Global used DVD's at good prices. Would be my choice.

I've resolved every FS9 Win 10/11 issue I know of. I'm basically out of long term projects. Does anyone know of any external programs for FS9 that don't function properly under Win 10/11? Please don't not include weather programs or anything that is not functioning because the online aspect has been shut down. There is nothing that can be done for things like that.

An add-on can cause a high spike in memory. As I mentioned, there are a host of reasons why an OOM can occur and can occur even in quick fashion. Some things I've discovered have not even been mentioned on FS forums. Bottom line, unless you do actually have some serious issue with an add-on, the 4gb is enough to handle virtually anything you can do or use in FS9 and not have it crash. FSX, that's another story! haha