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Do FS2004 aircraft work in FSX?

Sure, they do...but it may depend on a few things. The GMAX 3d models are certainly compatible with eachother, allthough some animations like the behaviour of the landing gear may look strange in FSX. At least the default FS2004 aircraft seem all working fine in FSX. However, some third-party developed aircraft might use old FS2004 gauges that can cause problems in FSX, or even crash the program. So, in general, you just have to experiment with it.

General instructions for FS2004 aircraft:

1. Copy the Aircraft folder e.g. "Posky 737-800 AAL" to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\

2. Copy the contents of the effects folder (files that end with .fx) to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Effects\

3. Copy the contents of the gauges folder to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Gauges\

4. Copy the contents of the sound folder to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Sound\ (NOTE: Only if there is a seperate sound folder outside the aircraft folder. Do not copy the contents of the sound folder inside the aircraft folder e.g. \Posky 737-800 AAL\sound)

Number 2,3 and 4 are only relevant if there are folders named like that. Now the aircraft will be available in the aircraft selection menu upon next start of FSX. If you like a thumbnail image for the FS2004 aircraft like the default FSX aircraft, you need to make a screenshot of the aircraft and resize it to 256x128 pixels (use a image editor like photoshop, paintshop or whatever you prefer). Make sure the image format is JPG and name it "thumbnail.jpg". Then copy the image to each texture folder inside the aircraft folder (e.g. \Posky 737-800 AAL\texture.aal).

Instructions for default FS2004 aircraft

Although the default aircraft in FSX do look a lot better than the FS2004 default aircraft, some people might be interested to know how to import the default FS2004 aircraft into FSX. At least it will boost your framerate a bit and you'll see crash effects since that is not modelled anymore in the new FSX default aircraft.

Default aircraft in FS2004 use specific gauges that are in the main gauge folder and therefor there is no such thing as a general tutorial for the import of default FS2004 aircraft into FSX. In addition to that, the sound.cfg file needs to be edited if the aircraft is using the sound files of other default aircraft. So, for every default FS2004 aircraft that is not included anymore in FSX, you need to follow these specific instructions. This instructions are only relevant if you have FS2004 (still) installed. We've allready created the thumbnail pictures for you, if you like to use them.

Boeing 737-400

1. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\

2. Copy the folder b737_400 to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\

3. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Gauges\

4. Copy the file "737-400.gau" and "magnetic_compass.gau" to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Gauges\

5. OPTIONAL: Thumbnail image for the aircraft selection list. Right-click on the image below and choose "Save Picture As..." or "Save Image As...", browse to the folder \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\b737_400\ and choose between the texture folders. The text below the image shows you the right texture folder to save the thumbnail image in.

save to b737_400\Texture\	save to b737_400\texture.1\
save to b737_400\texture.2\	save to b737_400\texture.3\
save to b737_400\texture.4\

Boeing 777-300

1. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\

2. Copy the folder b777_300 to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\

3. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Gauges\

4. Copy the file "boeing777-300.gau" and "magnetic_compass.gau" to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Gauges\

5. Open the file sound.cfg in the folder \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\b777_300\sound\

6. Change "alias=B737_400\sound" to "alias=B737_800\sound" (if you have allready copied the Boeing 737-400 to FSX as describes above, you don't need to change this)

7. OPTIONAL: Thumbnail image for the aircraft selection list. Right-click on the image below and choose "Save Picture As..." or "Save Image As...", browse to the folder \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\b777_300\ and choose between the texture folders. The text below the image shows you the right texture folder to save the thumbnail image in.

save to b777_300\Texture\	save to b777_300\texture.1\
save to b777_300\texture.2\	save to b777_300\texture.3\

Cessna Skylane 182S

1. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\

2. Copy the folder c182 to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\

3. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Gauges\

4. Copy this files to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Gauges\ :

Cessna.gau
Cessna182s.gau
Bendix_King_Radio.gau
magnetic_compass.gau
Cessna182ifr.gau
Cessna172.gau

5. OPTIONAL: Thumbnail image for the aircraft selection list. Right-click on the image below and choose "Save Picture As..." or "Save Image As...", browse to the folder \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\c182\ and choose between the texture folders. The text below the image shows you the right texture folder to save the thumbnail image in.

save to c182\Texture\	save to c182\texture.1\
save to c182\texture.2\	save to c182\texture.3\

Cessna 208 Caravan Amphibian

1. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\

2. Copy the folder C208 to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\

3. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Gauges\

4. Copy this files to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Gauges\ :

Cessna208.gau
Bendix_King_Radio.gau
magnetic_compass.gau

5. OPTIONAL: Thumbnail image for the aircraft selection list. Right-click on the image below and choose "Save Picture As..." or "Save Image As...", browse to the folder \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\C208\ and choose between the texture folders. The text below the image shows you the right texture folder to save the thumbnail image in.

save to c208\Texture\	save to c208\texture.1\
save to c208\texture.2\

Curtiss Jenny

1. Go to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Aircraft\

2. Copy the folder Curtiss_Jenny to \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\

3. OPTIONAL: Thumbnail image for the aircraft selection list. Right-click on the image below and choose "Save Picture As..." or "Save Image As...", browse to the folder \Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Curtiss_Jenny\ and choose between the texture folders. The text below the image shows you the right texture folder to save the thumbnail image in.

save to Curtiss_Jenny\texture\	save to Curtiss_Jenny\texture.1\
save to Curtiss_Jenny\texture.2\

save to DeHavilland_Comet\texture\	save to DeHavilland_Comet\texture.1\

save to Ford_Trimotor\texture\	save to Ford_Trimotor\texture.1\
save to Ford_Trimotor\texture.2\

save to Lockheed_Vega\texture\	save to Lockheed_Vega\texture.1\

save to schweizr\texture\

save to Spirit_of_StLouis\texture\

save to Vickers_Vimy\texture\	save to Vickers_Vimy\texture.1\

save to Wright_Flyer\texture\

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