Microsoft Flight Simulator X

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Game Information

By: Microsoft
Genre: Flight, Simulation
Release Date: October 13, 2006
Players: 1
Version: Retail

FS X is the 2006 release in the venerable flight sim series from Microsoft. This release celebrates 25 years of the franchise.

Widescreen Support

Method

Seems that MS forgot to add the widescreen option to the menu's for Flight Sim X but left the option in the hidden FSX.cfg file Tut Tut very lazy....

Firstly you need to have show hidden files and folders set to on(you can change this back after the edit if you like)

Windows XP

  • Click Start.
  • Open My Computer.
  • Select the Tools menu and click Folder Options.
  • Select the View Tab.
  • Under the Hidden files and folders heading select Show hidden files and folders.
  • Uncheck the Hide protected operating system files (recommended) option.
  • Click Yes to confirm.
  • Click OK.

Now locate the file

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\FSX.cfg

(replace USERNAME is whatever your XP login is)

open FSX.cfg with a txt editor(i used wordpad) and under the [Display] section locate the line

WideViewAspect=False

Edit this line to read

WideViewAspect=True

Now save the file and fire up FSX and Enjoy +Hoz widescreen flight sim goodness

Screen change

Hor +

1400x1050
1400x1050
1680x1050, WideViewAspect=True
1680x1050, WideViewAspect=True

Surround Gaming support

Method

Surround is supported through the Matrox SGU

Known Issues

There are no known issues. But, as this is an incomplete entry, there may be undiscovered issues.

Condensed detailed report

MGL Classification Hor +
Widescreen method .ini
Resolution support Unknown
Singleplayer anomalies Unknown
Multiplayer support Unknown
Aspect ratio support Unknown
HUD stretch No stretch
Cut-scenes Unknown
FMV correction Unknown
Rendered cut-scene correction Unknown
Calculated grade Ungraded

WSGF links

No Detailed Report yet.

External links

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/


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