Support Alert: Add-on Aircraft Cockpits Opaque in the Rain  	  	  	 
  	1/4/2008  	  	  	 
  	  	  	  	 
  	  	  	  	 
  	  	  	  	 
	

When using certain add-on aircraft in Flight Simulator X that were originally developed for Flight Simulator 2004, you may experience a problem in which the virtual cockpit windows become opaque when it rains.

To work around this issue, you can replace a set of files in your Flight Simulator X installation with the Flight Simulator 2004 versions.

Instructions:

First, backup the files that you're going to replace. To do this:

        Locate the folder called Texture in your Flight Simulator X installation. The default location is:
        C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Texture
        Create a new folder called "Backup" or something similar within the Texture folder.
        Select all 32 of the files named VCRain*.bmp (VCRainMoving0000.bmp, VCRainStopped000.bmp, etc.) and move them into the "Backup" folder you've just created.

Next, copy the alternate versions of the files into the Flight Simulator X Texture folder:

        Download the following .ZIP file and extract the files from it:

            FS9VCRain.ZIP

        -Or-

        If you have Flight Simulator 2004 installed, you can find the VCRain*.bmp files here (default location):
        C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator 9\Texture.
        Paste these replacement versions of the VCRain*.bmp into the Flight Simulator X Texture folder.