To celebrate the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 on the 29th July, 2003 - we have chosen some great FS2004 related links that you can check out. We have included FS2004 screenshots, places to purchase it, FS2004 forums, plus more. Here they are!:
Flight Simulator 2004 Screenshots
The History of Flight Simulation Editorial
Flight Simulator 2004 Forum
FS2004 Downloads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Drawing on 20 years of experience developing award-winning software, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team commemorates both the centennial and its own aviation milestone with the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight.
Key New Features
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Dynamic weather system based on realistic atmospheric physics, with true three-dimensional clouds that form and dissipate, and automatic real-world weather updates when you're connected to the Internet.
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Weather “themes” that generate a wide variety of stunning—and challenging—flying conditions with just a few clicks of a mouse
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Enhanced interactive air traffic control (ATC), including traffic at all airports around the world (including non-towered airports), altitude changes en route, pop-up IFR clearances, and precision and non-precision approaches to multiple runways
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Interactive 3D “virtual” cockpits—tune radios and operate key aircraft controls and avionics by pointing and clicking in the virtual cockpit view.
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Scenery improvements, including taxiway and runway signs, enhanced auto-gen 3D objects, more high-detail airports, and improved lighting and sky effects
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Garmin 500 and 295 series GPS with color moving maps and airport/facility information
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Improved full-color map view with terrain display
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Improved support for 3D graphics hardware acceleration in multiple windows and across multiple monitors
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Learning Center--a “Web site on the disc” available while the simulation is running that includes a Key Topics visual guide to the features in Microsoft Flight Simulator, direct links to flights and lessons, flight briefings, how-to procedures, aircraft handbooks, and more.
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New and expanded lessons and ground school topics
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Kiosk mode for unattended demonstrations
Core Features from Previous Versions
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Worldwide scenery with accurate 3D terrain and auto-gen objects that fill in the world with appropriate buildings and vegetation no matter where you fly.
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Jeppesen NavData database, including VORs, NDBs, ILS, low- and high-altitude airways, intersections
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Approximately 24,000 airports worldwide (increased from about 22,000 in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002).
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Flight planner to create realistic VFR and IFR flight plans and navigation logs
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Flight analysis to play back a flight on a moving map that shows ground track, key flight data, and a vertical profile
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Instructor's station--link two PCs so that one pilot can observe a Flight Simulator session, change weather, fail systems, and provide comments and help via a chat window.
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IFR training panels for selected aircraft that include all key instruments, avionics, and controls in one window for realistic IFR flights.
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Multiplayer capability over a local network or the Internet.
System Requirements
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Windows PC
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2000/XP – 128 MB Ram
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98/Me – 64 MB Ram
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Processor:450 MHz minimum
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Available hard drive space:1.8 GB
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DirectX 9 or later (included with Microsoft Flight Simulator: A Century of Flight)
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Video card: 8 MB/3D with DirectX 7.0 or later drivers
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Other: mouse, joystick/yoke, sound card, speakers/headphones
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Online/multiplayer: 56.6 kbps modem or LAN
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