Skywatcher12

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

It's as Loki explained. In simple terms, think of it like a very easy and free computer upgrade for FS9. It gives your computer double the virtual memory when you run FS9. The combination of add-ons you are running were simply using more memory than you had available. When you run out of memory, FS9 crashes. The patch extends your memory from 2gb to 4gb so when using those add-ons there is still memory left over by the time you finish your FS9 session. Every FS9 user should have the patch installed. As I said earlier, it takes very little to run out of memory and there are a host of reasons the 2gb can easily be exceeded. The patch extends the memory enough that once installed, it becomes virtually impossible to ever run out of memory again.

Yes!!! Before wasting time doing all the things you are doing or people are suggesting here, run this patch! If you still have problems, then you will need to start looking at everything else. It takes next to nothing for FS9 to run out of memory not patched. You may not even have a problem at all. Run the patch and get FS9 up to 4gig. Then see if you actually even have a problem. It harms nothing, point it to your FS9.exe and it'll patch it.