How To's

How to reset FS2004 default settings by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:35

To reset FS2004 to its default settings, hold the CTRL and SHIFT keys while FS2004 is loading. More...

How to add scenery to Scenery Library by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:36

How to add third-party scenery to Scenery Library if there is no installer provided

How to set the visibility in FS2004 by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:36

Various options for setting the visibility in FS2004

How to restore the original water textures in FS2002 by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:33

How to restore the original FS2002 water textures from CD if you've installed an alternative set and wish to change back

How to avoid getting locked onto a runway in Map View by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:33

How to avoid getting automatically locked onto a runway when dragging your aircraft in Map View

How to install early VFR Photographic Scenery CDs into FS2004 by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:34

Early photo scenery CDs won't automatically install into FS2004. Read how to get round this.

How to brighten up your ground scenery textures by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:34

How to lighten up ground scenery textures in FS2002 and FS2004

How to enable frame rate display in Flight Simulator by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:35

How to enable the frame rate display in Flight Simulator

How to enable extended frame rate display by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:38

How to show min, max and average frame rates in Flight Simulator

How to find royalty-free music for flight sim videos by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:39

Suggestions for finding royalty-free music for use in Flight Simulator videos

How to find FS9.CFG by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:39

How to find the elusive FS2004 configuration file, FS9.CFG

How to change the startup aircraft, airport etc in Flight Simulator by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:40

How to get Flight Simulator to start up with your choice of aircraft, airport etc each time you run Flight Simulator

How to pick up where you left off each time you start Flight Simulator by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:40

Search for 'Previous Flight' in this link for details of how to get Flight Simulator to pick up from where you left off each time you run it

How to get rid of the grey tile near Cheltenham by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-21 09:12

How to get rid of the grey tile in VFR Photographic Scenery near Cheltenham

How to create an 'all-in-one' photo scenery folder by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:41

How to create a combined single folder for all the existing separate VFR Photographic Scenery areas (including a discussion of why you may want to do this, and warnings about doing do)

How to enable 19m terrain resolution in FS2002 and FS2004 by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-20 11:42

How to set FS2002 and FS2004 (with FS2004 Update) to their maximum terrain resolution of 19m

How to take screenshots by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-21 08:53

How to capture an image from your computer screen and save it as an image file

How to save a screenshot bitmap as JPG/JPEG by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-21 08:53

How to save a screenshot captured in bitmap format as a much smaller compressed JPG/JPEG file

How to put screenshots on the internet by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-21 08:53

How to post a screenshot on the internet so that it is visible to all internet users

How to include a screenshot in a forum post by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-21 08:53

How to include a screenshot in a post to the Visual Flight forums

How to use a web-based image hosting service by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-21 08:55

How to post images to a web-based image hosting service such as imageshack

How to find Stonehenge by Visual Flight — last modified 2006-05-24 17:52

How to find Stonehenge starting from Old Sarum