So I've had FSX for a few years but for whatever reason my computer refuses to run it properly. I've asked about it, I've spent many hours trying to fix it, but the end result is that it just no longer wants to work.

So I am getting FS2004 but as I have been away from the game for so long, I am not sure what the best addons are for it anymore.


Could someone point me in the right direction of the latest and greatest of the following?
Any environment packs (textures, clouds, sun, snow, bloom etc)
Good quality aircraft. I know there's a lot to choose from but prop aircraft and modern military aircraft are always quite good. Any particular developers to look out for?
Any decent scenery, the actual models this time. Preferably around Europe or North West United States.


Any reccomendations at all are appreciated. I'm going through the SimV downloads section myself anyway, but if you have any real gems to point out, I'm willing to listen.


Cheers

Well there are an awful lot of quality downloads out there and right now the SimV servers are probably feeling the burn from that little fact. I'm downloading rather a lot 

Thanks for the reccomendations so far. I've got the HDE clouds just recently downloaded so I can pop those in when the game arrives but the others aren't familiar to me so I shall check those out.

That would be appreciated. Thank you.

If you want scenery listings, that'll have to wait until tomorrow.... 

Aircraft list will be updated tomorrow with a few things I forgot to mention. Let me know if you want a scenery list too. 

Wow excellent list, and I can't wait for the scenery...
A couple slipped through, although I'm sure you'd be getting there.
Both at flightsim.com.

The amazing Yak 18
Be warned, it is not a jump-in-and-fly kind of model:

S2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 General Aviation FS2004 Yakovlev Yak-18T
[ Download | View ]
Name: yak-18t.zip Size: 36,676,912 Date: 10-11-2005 Downloads: 7,236
FS2004 Yakovlev Yak-18T. Includes authentic dynamics, 2D panel with animated propeller, gauges, sound set, custom failure system, four different animated visual models, fully functional and animated virtual cockpit, five different textures. By Alexey Yuzefov, George Sukhykh, Alexander Aphonin, Dmitry Shvetsov, Mike Maarse.

FS2004 (ACOF) - FS2004 General Aviation FS2004 Yakovlev Yak-18t Addpack 2.2
[ Download | View ]
Name: yak18a22.zip Size: 2,208,953 Date: 08-15-2006 Downloads: 1,710
FS2004 Yakovlev Yak-18t Addpack 2.2, for use with YAK-18T.ZIP. Fixes a few small problems in the previous release. The flight model has also been tweaked and new visual effects, lights and sounds have been added. Now includes detailed instructions in English and German plus a cold and dark start-up situation. By Wolfram Beckert and Nick Schreger.

And don't forget the Mirage IV
There are three volumes for this aircraft available on flightsim.com totaling about 160MB!
Name: mir4vol1.zip Size: 84,082,713 Date: 05-12-2008 Downloads: 2,035
FS2004 Dassault Mirage IV P volume 1. By Roland Laborie, Jean-Pierre Bourbeois, Jean Pierre Langer.
Name: mir4vol2.zip Size: 69,125,930 Date: 05-12-2008 Downloads: 1,136
FS2004 Dassault Mirage IV P volume 2. By Roland Laborie, Jean-Pierre Bourbeois, Jean Pierre Langer.
Name: mirage_4.zip Size: 4,696,103 Date: 02-08-2004 Downloads: 4,686
FS2004 Mirage IV P, Squadron 1/91 of Mont de Marsan, job number 53. A Gmax model created by Laborie Roland. Flight model polished by Mathieu Dussart.

hhomebrewer wrote on Mar 28^th, 2010 at 10:05am:


I believe this is it

thanks for the links, some great planes there

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

Just a word of   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.

Stickied!

We're not going digging for this one anymore.   

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.

Enjoy!

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

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

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

This could potentially be one of the best lists of freeware addons for FS9 ever.

Thanks, I had a lot of those files installed on my old computer before it died. I just couldn't remember what they were called, or where I found them (lost all of my bookmarked web pages too.) Thanks for the links.

Ravang, hopefully my list provided you with a few aircraft that are "off the beaten path" in cyberspace, so to speak. A few real gems in there that not many people seem to be aware of.
I of course included some of the more well known stuff in my list, but if you really look through thoroughly, I can guarantee that you will find some top quality stuff that you have never tried before!

For everything else, look through Shane's link in the post above.

Favorited...


Sean has one of the bets lists of freeware stuff out there.

JJH wrote on Jan 19^th, 2009 at 12:58pm:


Not only that, he could probably also tell what the designer had for lunch...

Crash

This, gentlemen... is a freeware RELIC. Thank you for your dedication to this, Sean. It will keep me busy for a while!

Looks like I have a few repeats on the previous page, but there are some nice rarities there.
Excuse the weird comments near some of the listings. All entries are extracted straight from my previous PM messages.

I'll try to keep tabs on this thread more and update it as needed with things that I really enjoy. 

PAD's stuff is alright...

They are lacking systems complexity and are more for a get up and go user base who are just beginning to explore FS addons, but they provide a reasonable Do-228, Mu-2, and Shorts series. Not top quality by any means when compared to most other aircraft, but better than most people could do, and still nice representations of those aircraft! All in all, I would suggest grabbing the Shorts series aircraft from them first and foremost, but in my opinion, you can find better representations of the DHC-6 series and DHC-8 series through Eric Dantes, and Dreamwings, respectively.


I have already mentioned Shupe's great addons in a previous post in this thread. Keep on the lookout at the end of this month for a new Beechcraft A28 Destroyer/XA-38 Grizzly by Shupe and others.

Can you say MASSIVE bump?   

I wondered why this have been revived from the depths 

I don't know if this site was mentioned or not, I came across it this morning and like the models and repaints. http://www.ju52-3m.ch/index.html

See ya,

T.

   I've been "flying" mostly FSX lately, but there are a couple of aircraft that only work in FS9, so I have kept it around. I'll throw in a few payware items.

   REX (for FS9) is really nice.

   Ultimate Terrain USA, Canada & Alaska add different views.

   Ground Environment Pro also adds a different view.

   Traffic is a real nice AI add on.

   American Champion Aircraft by Real Air (Citabria, Decathalon & Scout) is a high quality aircraft program which includes  stunt to bush planes (for both FS9 & FSX on same disk or download. Both work great)

   Cessna 162 Skycatcher by Abacus (yeah, yeah, I know... they got this right though) It's a low & slow plane but the Garmin G300 glass panel (abbreviated version of the G1000) is completely operational in FS9, but not FSX

   Diamond DA 40 Star TDI also by Abacus (again, they seemed to have gotten this one right also). It's low & slow with the option of a fully functional Garmin G1000 glass panel or analog panel. Again, it's completely operational in FS9, but not FSX.

   Piper PA 28 236 Dakota by Carenado is only for FS9, but looks and "flies" very nicely

Also, many of the new Carenado products have FS9 version aircraft. They are mostly single engine aircraft, but they do have some RGs, and a twin (or 2).

   North American P 51 D Mustang by A2A is really nice aircraft (for FS9 & FSX on the same download).

   One thing that is a bit hard to get used to (again), is that the "mixture" in FS9 has to be clicked & dragged or rolled by the mouse instead of using the mix throw on the throttle quadrant. The throttle and prop throws still work from the quadrant though. Well, you should have good push start now...

Semper Fi,

Dave

jeanne6589 wrote on Apr 20^th, 2011 at 2:22am:

http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=columbia+river&categoryId=31

Does anyone know of any good freeware FS2004 or FSX roads?  Along with any good freeware land vehicles?

I have been away for awhile.  Thanks so much for this thread!!  Lots of great downloads!!  I tend to go with FS9 even though I do have FSX.  FS9 allows for so much more in terms of editing panels, gauge selection, etc.  I keep worrying about my memory usage, LOL, last time I checked I have used less that half of what is available!  I am going to have to find away to deal with the number of aircraft I have as the wait time for FS9 to finish loading everything has become an issue.  LOL

Talk about with friends