SFP1 on Win10

[rbenninghoven]

Hi,

I have  laptop.   I would like to get SPF1 Gold running as fast and as smoothly as possible with a descent frame rate.  Also, I would like to use Opentrack to switch between views.  lastly, I have a working Saiteck Aviator USB controller that the game will not recognize.  What is the best way to accomplish this and fix issues

Laptop: Win 10 Pro, I5-3340m, 16 GB RAM,  NVS 5200M 9139 MB,  DirectX 12

[Wrench]

Don't waste your time. It runs like shit on modern systems, even with all the screwing around trying to get DX9 properly installed.

Time to evolve to SF2.

[DoctorQuest]

Yup. The last OS I was able to run SF1 on was Windows 7. Given the lack of support for SF2 I worry that a future release of Windows or DirectX is going to break THAT sim. (long story short I am keeping a Windows 10 instance around just for SF2. It does not have an internet connection except when necessary............)

SF2 COMPLETE sounds expensive at $100 US but what you get and what you can add on will give you many, many hours of flying pleasure. 

[rbenninghoven]

Yup the hundred bucks is kind of steep in the new Golden Age of Prosperity.   I use most of my money just to survive.    Thus the reason I try to leverage what I have and find work arounds.   I got a lot of mileage out of the original purchase back in 2004 for like 14.99.   The community for the games were  a lot larger.    I used a lot of the addons from community.     Yup Wrench, I am an old dino that needs to evolve.   As an aside I have enjoyed a lot of your addons Wrench.    Thank you.

 

[rbenninghoven]

Dr. Q,

I might just dual boot 10 and 7.     That would be maybe the best work around.      I am not a fan of Windows 11 nor have the hardware to run such.  One of these day I might be asking if anyone runs SFP1 or 2 on Linux.     

Thanks for the response

[Wrench]

winblows 11 sucks!!! It just killed my photoshop 6 install, and I've been spent all weekend and this week (so far) rebuilding everything. Brushes, hundreds for FS compliant color chips ... jerks!!!

Thank you for the compliment! It means a lot!!!

[Blade]

Hi,

It is possible to run the 1st gen games on Win7/10/11. Patch the game to the latest version, then download and install the renderers available at https://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/

However, your GPU might not be enough, even for games this old. The game could run stable, but do not expect high frame rates.