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Reply #15 - Mar 30th, 2010 at 8:29am

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Well the game has arrived so I'm just installing it. I've got more addons already than the game itself twice. That is before decompressing them  Grin

Thanks very much. I hope to get some shots up soon providing it all runs smoothly.
 

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Reply #16 - Mar 30th, 2010 at 9:49am
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Also going to add this one to the list, the links are on the left hand side for the additional city centre scenery add ons.
Derbosoft Liverpool John Lennon Airport
 
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Reply #17 - Mar 30th, 2010 at 5:26pm

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Of course, as you know, the mesh and texture addons are the most important.
Pablo Diaz did a brilliant environment upgrade
 
At flightsim.com:
Name: hde.zip Size: 20,185,381 Date: 09-24-2009 Downloads: 6,622
FS2004 HDE - High Definition Environment. High definition and photorealistic texture pack that will change the aspect of your clouds (cumulus, stratus, cirrus), sky color, aircraft reflections and ground detail. By Pablo Diaz.

(Some have found a performance hit with the highest-def)

and also well worth the look:
Name: hmprog.zip Size: 119,098,545 Date: 06-28-2009 Downloads: 3,736
FS2004 Howard's Mix The FSX Experience. Extreme Graphics makeover update, includes a texture swap program. Howard's Mix will move our trusted FS2004 into this century with new ground water clouds/sky enhanced environmental files. All default building have been upgraded. Trees completely redrawn with static birds added. Professional quality installer on main program. Revised 09. By Howard Smith. (See also HMDOCS.ZIP) (Previous version had 2159 downloads)

My sim is now a mishmosh of different textures, payware and free, and never stays the same...
 
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Reply #18 - Mar 31st, 2010 at 1:20pm

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Just a word of
Caution
  if you audtion Howard's Mix.

Install it to a temporary folder first!

Then check to see exactly what it will be putting and where and then backup those files and folders which will be affected.

HM will overwrite your default files and if you do not like the results and have not made a backup first, you will need to do a lot of restoring from the original install disks.

Too many folks found that out the hard way.
 

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Reply #19 - Mar 31st, 2010 at 6:05pm

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David you're right of course - I would never unzip anything straight into the sim - first have a look what's there.
But I long ago stopped backing up original texture files Wink they're on the install disks for goodness sakes!
There are so many variations freeware and pay- that I have never gone back, only ever forward.
I have no idea what's in my sim, only that I (quite often) like what I see!
Next week this will again be a different story as I once again fiddle with something that ain't broke...

There was indeed some of Howard's Mix I didn't like - I immediately dropped a dozen other textures over those bits, and then some others for good measure!
The only drawback is that when I put up a screenshot when the sim looks good, I can't answer the question "How did you get it looking like that?"  Huh
 
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Reply #20 - Jul 21st, 2010 at 9:27pm

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Stickied!

We're not going digging for this one anymore.  Grin  Wink
 
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Reply #21 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:00pm

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I've just reinstalled FS9 on my laptop, and I haven't flown FS9 for awhile so I was wondering what are the best freeware addons for FS9, scenery, aircraft, textures....

If you could post them here it would save me a few hours of searching and downloading. Grin

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Reply #22 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:14pm

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1.Sky: FSskyworld 2004

2.Water: see this thread- http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1227579094

3.Aircraft see this thread- http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1230865071 (alot of payware mentioned, but some great free ones also)
and if VC's are not manditory for you, this link is for ALL of Mike Stone's airplanes in one zip file: http://fsfiles.org/PA/index.php?act=view&id=13 (127 planes in all! )


VOZ 1.8 (kinda like FTX for FS9, 600mb zip file)

Nicks light fix

There's probably a thousand more to mention, but I feel these are the most critical for what you requested.

For some seriously great scenery & planes, SeanTk is the man to ask. Wink

Enjoy! Smiley
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Reply #23 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:20pm

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What follows is my official list of my recommendations from various PM's that I have sent to people. It needs at least two entire posts in order to not go over the character count, so hold on.
 

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Reply #24 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:20pm

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PART 1

Zlin Z-43:

  pwdt_zlin43.zip

Zlin Z-142 (repaints on surrounding pages):
http://www.flightsim.cz/fsitem.php?act=show&menu=4&gr=20&lan=0&sor=3&od=....

Needs this installer to install repaints:
http://www.flightsim.cz/fsitem.php?act=exe&id=152&lan=&menu=5

Zlin Z-526:

z526f_v3.zip

This file needs the gauges from the following files, which are from the version 2 aircraft, which is not compatible with 2004:

  z526fv2.zip
  z526fv22_update.zip



Finally, another Eastern Bloc trainer....Yugoslavian made this time:

Utva 75
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props11.htm

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UKOO, Odessa, Ukraine:
http://www.avsim.su/files.phtml?action=download&id=6052


KORF, Norfolk Intl., USA:
korf2004.zip
korfupdate.zip


"Mach-1 Scenery Design Group":
Just search Avsim for this name and grab what you like, all great sceneries.


DAAG, Algiers, Algeria:
daagrealscenery.zip


TXKF, Bermuda Intl., Bermuda:
ffbmv1.3.zip


LLBG, Ben Gurion Airport, Israel:
bengurion2006.zip


UAAA, Almaty Intl., Kazakhstan:
http://www.avsim.su/files.phtml?action=download&id=2838


EGCC, Manchester, UK (Retro Scenery):
http://www.dmflightsim.co.uk/egcc.htm


KCLE, Cleveland Hopkins Intl, USA (kind of a pain to install, but it's nice):
cle2003.zip
cle2004u.zip
cle2005.zip
cle2005a.zip
(The readme files may state different file names, but what I listed should be all you need)


"FRF Studio":
Type this name into the Avsim FS2004 scenery search, and grab what you like. Some sceneries are better than others. I personally enjoy KMSP. This team also has a KPIT, Pittsburgh airport, but get the Mach-1 Design Group version instead. It's better.


EDDB, Berlin Schoenefeld, Germany:
ga_eddb1.zip


LOWK, Klagenfurt Intl., Austria:
lowk_2007_v1_0.zip
lowk_2007_patch.zip
performance_fix.zip


LOWS, W.A.Mozart Airport, Austria:
lows_2006_v1_0.zip
lows_2006_xmas_special.zip
lows06_patch07.zip

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Aircraft Recommendations:

Beech King Air 300:
afg_b300_v10.zip
And
AFGB3101.ZIP (Available only at Flightsim.com)


Zlin Z-142:
http://www.flightsim.cz/fsitem.php?act=exe&id=392&lan=&menu=4
(repaints are on surrounding pages)
In order to properly install the repaints for this aircraft, you are required to download and use this simple, automatic repaint installer program:
http://www.flightsim.cz/fsitem.php?act=exe&id=152&lan=&menu=5


And a website that holds some unique British aircraft, including Version 3 of Rick Piper's DHC-1 Chipmunk:
http://classicbritishfiles.com/

Chipmunk:
http://classicbritishfiles.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=28&func=fi....


Bell 412SP helicopter:
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ifolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Add-ons_-_HC_Helicopte....


Cirrus SR20:
cirrus2six.zip


Agusta A109 helicopter:
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ifolio/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Add-ons_-_He....


Armstrong Whitworth Argosy 200:
aw650v1_176829.zip


Hawker Siddeley HS.748
hs748v1base.zip
hs748texturepack1.zip
hs748texturepack2.zip
hs748texturepack3.zip

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Go here:
http://www.fsnordic.net/Files

Go to search on the left side of the page.

Type in Valmet in the search box.

Enjoy the plane and the one repaint available.
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And now for three aircraft recommendations:

Two on this page:
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004vintage31.htm
The "St. Georg" package, and the Stearman Kaydet and Eagle Field Package.

And the last one:
The Antonov An-14 on this page:
http://www.vanisleva.com/index.php?action=fleet
The Antonov is also available on Avsim, but this is the only place that has the link for the matching 2d panel.
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http://www.fs2004.co.uk/freeware/general-aviation/champion-decathlon  
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A must have if you enjoy flying in the Aloha state. Having lived in this area, I can vouch for the accuracy of the improved Waikiki Beach area.

To find the sceneries, click on the FS2004 link on the very top center of the page, and scroll through to see what's available. Clicking the download button will open up a new page with more info about the individual sceneries.
I currently only have their Hawaii scenery, and it's pretty nice. Was thinking about getting Tokyo too.

http://fs-x.world.coocan.jp/index.htm
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Scenery:
http://www.metrohelo.org/download/?content=scenery
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Prague, Czech Republic
http://lkpr-scenery.wz.cz/en/index.php

Leipzig Airport, Germany
http://www.leipzigfreeware.de/

Pellston Regional Airport, Michigan:
kpln_fs2004.zip
kpln_afcad.zip
 kpln_fs2004_patch.zip



Pattonville, Germany
http://www.climbspeed.de/scenery.htm

Ontario Canada, airports:
http://www.flightontario.com/
(I would highly recommend pretty much everything on that page)

And finally, http://www.fsnb.ca/canuk/
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http://fspainter.helicoptere-avis.com/

Click on "Produits"
then
Click on "En Savior Plus", which is below "AS350 BA"   ....there's a paint kit?! Oh...I forgot about that....
then
"Telecharger Maintenant" on the right of the page, to download.

For additional textures and models:
Click the obvious "texture et models" link on that same page, and telecharger maintenant again.
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kpln_fs2004.zip
kpln_afcad.zip
  kpln_fs2004_patch.zip



It is a somewhat short flight from:
  cyam_2007.zip
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The Mustang on this page:
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/static.php?ID=88&page=74

The A-26 on this page:
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=download....
Needs a membership to download. The plane is relatively nice, not my favorite though.
Search for
a26soh.zip

The Savoia Marchetti S.73 on this page:
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/static.php?ID=88&page=90

The four Westland Whirlwind files on this page. (Original aircraft + 3 mod files at the bottom)
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/static.php?ID=88&page=88

The Dewoitine 520 Package (created by the author of the Bell 47):
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/static.php?ID=88&page=94

RotorWay Exec 162F
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/static.php?ID=87&page=36
(Haven't tried this one in quite a while, but I believe it was pretty good.)

Westland Wessex Royal Air Force Package
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/static.php?ID=87&page=30

MD500D 3 livery package
http://www.simviation.com/simviation/static.php?ID=87&page=14

MiG-29 Fulcrum Package
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military58.htm

Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy:
aw650v1_176829.zip
http://classicbritishfiles.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=28&func=se....

de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide:
fs9_dh89.zip
http://classicbritishfiles.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=28&func=se....

Utva 75 v2.4 Package
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props11.htm


The Vought F-8 Crusader (the first link)
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military110.htm
The numerous authors that created this are some of the top French FS aircraft designers, and have created some other nice aircraft, such as this one, hiding on this site as well:

The Alphajet: (the first link)
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military46.htm

Finally, this one is on Avsim, also by the same team:
The SO 4050 Vautour 2N
so_4050_vautour_fs9.zip
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http://www.flightinfo.jp/FS_KBT/dai.htm

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And the Seafires (and some other stuff):
http://www.heavenlyhangars.com/ahmembers/specials_OLD2.htm
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That was a nice flight today.

Here is the scenery I am using for Reagan National.
It is for FS2002, but works great with some mods in FS2004.



dca2002.zip
AND
kdcasigns.zip
AND
kdca_afcad.zip OR afcad2_kdca_v1.0.zip OR kdca.zip

The original scenery does not have an AFCAD for FS2004, so those last links are for 3rd party AFCADs specific to this old addon scenery. I forget which specific one I am using, but go ahead and pick whichever one you like best.


Also if you are interested, today we passed by Norfolk International
korf2004.zip
korfupdate.zip

Near Reagan is Baltimore Washington International:
kbwi2k5v2.zip

Finally, the first airfield we were at, Teeside in the UK, is:
dtv2005.zip


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I then remembered an obscure site with a very nice Blackburn "Skua" (yes that's spelled right), on it, and I now have that residing comfortably in my virtual hanger as well.

http://www.pavaservices.com/cfs/

Look on the left of the page for the Blackburn "Skua" MkII screenshot, and click on it. There are links to the base model and a 2D panel for FS2004 on the page, as well as CFS2.
Unfortunately, the addon livery links no longer work, but the livery it comes with is pretty nice. This plane also has a very nice VC as well.
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Downloading now, and this thing looks great!
http://www.avsimrus.com/files.phtml?action=download&id=16623&hl=

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http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?ID=85&page=3&mark=2055
^^ London Stansted Airport on this page.

9Dragon's Team "Kai Tak" .

Norway Airports Package (includes 55 airports in Norway!)
http://www.flightsim.no/cgi-bin/file/search.cgi?query=NORAP2004_
(just click the zip name to download)
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Quite simply, here is a list with the locations of almost all of the great Russian sceneries.
http://walhalla.mine.nu/fs2004/russia.php

I would recommend that you eventually download all of the following:
The ones in bold I would recommend you get immediately though.

Arkhangelsk, Talagi ULAA
Krasnodar, Pashkovsky URKK
Magadan UHMM
Moscow, Vnukovo UUWW
Nizhnevartovsk USNN
Nizhni Novgorod, Strigino UWGG
Norilsk Alykel UOOO
Novosibirsk, Severny, Siberia UNCC
Novosibirsk, Tolmachevo, Siberia UNNT
Omsk, Tsentralnyy UNOO
Rostov-on-Don URRR
Sochi URSS
St.Petersburg Pulkovo ULLI
Surgut, Siberia USRR
Tomsk, Siberia UNTT
Yekaterinburg, Koltsovo USSS


You can also browse through this site as well, take note of the "Must Haves" section:
http://rossiya.123.fr/e-main
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http://restauravia.com/page10.html

The Let 410 series

  pwdt_l410uvp.zip
  pwdt_l410uvpe.zip
  pwdt_l410uvpt.zip
  pwdt_l410fg.zip


http://www.fs-tutorials.com/en/down_plane_C150_01.php

http://simuvol.free.fr/site/?page_id=72
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Reply #25 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:21pm

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..as Shane has mentioned, VOZ is one of my all time favourites for its Scenery Textures/Colours, and its amazing, colourful, "Koorby" buildings...Wink...!

http://www.vistaoz.org/about.html

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004... Cool...!



 

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Reply #26 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:21pm

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PART 2:

Anything by David Maltby:
http://www.dmflightsim.co.uk/
^^ I would highly recommend the BAC 1-11 and Trident.

Bücker 131 Jungmann
buecker_131_v.2.zip

Junkers-52/3M
junkers_52_v.2.zip

Any Milton Shupe aircraft:
http://www.flightsimonline.com/

Take specific note of the woodgrain panel version of the popular Aero Commander. To my knowledge, this variant is not available anywhere else:
http://www.flightsimonline.com/ac500wood/

Percival Prentice:
http://www.pavaservices.com/cfs/prentice_beta.htm#Downloads

BF-110 G-4 (I have not tried the other two on that page, but the middle plane, the G-4 night fighter, is great!)
http://www.regshanger.com/Groundcrew/homepage/FS2004%20Planes/Ground%20Crew%20De....

Dassault Falcon 50 with all 2004 updates:
-Go to www.wspilots.com
-Go to their downloads section
-Enter the FS9 - Jets category
-Go to page 3 of that category. The aircraft is a tri-engine private jet, by Eric Dantes, should be the fourth image down the page.


SCS Tupolev Tu-134 version 1.0:
http://rapidshare.com/files/89097730/SCS-Tu-134-v1.0.0.zip

The aircraft is indeed freeware, but their home site has been down for months. Support for the aircraft is provided in the Project Tupolev forums:
http://www.protu-154.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=24&sid=7b8994ba89570095243cd41f05....

Nemeth Designs helicopters:
http://nemethdesigns.com/products.html

North American F-86E/F Sabre
sf86ef.zip


I think that is all of it as far as aircraft goes now. I'll send you updates if there is anything that I forgot about that is worth your or my time to use.

With that said though, there is another special link that contains one of my favorite aircraft, and what I would consider to be my #1 scenery, based on how much there is to explore:

http://www.m-r-software.de/

The links to the Britten-Norman Islander series should be obvious, but there is also an excellent scenery package for the Frisian Islands off the coast of Germany:
Click on the Ostfriesland link on the left sidebar, and download both the Ostfriesland and Helgoland packages. They are definitely worth your while!


EDIT: More....

Page 3 of the FS9 Jets category, the Dassault Falcon 50:
http://www.wspilots.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid...

http://www.regshanger.com/Groundcrew/homepage/FS2004%20Planes/Ground%20Crew%20De....
^^ Get the middle one...the G-4 model. Best of the three.

http://yak40.avsim.ru/files.html
(Click on the first image, of the panel. I'm still trying to figure the plane out myself, so I currently can't help you with it. Kind of nice to have a Yak jet with a VC though.)

http://www.theoldhangar.net/avrofv2.zip
http://www.theoldhangar.net/avrogauges.zip
 

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Reply #27 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:23pm

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All of the previous is by no means meant to be comprehensive (well, kind of), but they are addons that I enjoy.
 

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Reply #28 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:26pm

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You may want to keep a link to this thread handy for the future Sean! Grin

This could potentially be one of the best lists of freeware addons for FS9 ever. Wink
 
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Reply #29 - Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:29pm

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Ye ask, and ye shall receive....  Grin

I have a feeling that Ravang is going to be quite surprised....and busy.

I may update this thread with worthy aircraft and scenery that come out, or that I have forgot to mention, in the future.

Unless a link is provided, all zip names are to be assumed available at SimV
EDIT: Forgot a few, consider this the beginning of PART 3:

ALPHA BLEU CIEL Grumman F8F Bearcat Package
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004vintage62.htm

ALPHA BLEU CIEL French Chance Vought F4U-7 Corsair Package.
(With update)
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004vintage18.htm

Hawker Hurricane IIA Package.
Messerschmitt Me 108 B-1 "Taifun"
(Same page as above, with the Corsair)

NAMC YS-11A version 2.7:
     ys-11jac.zip

Beech Twin Bonanza version 2:
     jojo.zip


Bell 206B III:
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ifolio/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Add-ons_-_He...

Icaro BK-117 (Beta, final will appear in a few weeks/months hopefully):
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi?s=8fc72363b30b2e33d4264d314ce0881...

Hiller OH-23G:
http://64.34.169.161/cgi-bin/ifolio/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Add-ons_-_He...
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