Installing scenery is easy to do, but the interface has changed slightly in Flight Simulator 2004.

Start by opening Windows Explorer. Under your root folder, create a new folder. You can call it whatever you wish, but I'm going to use the example of c:\fsscenery.

After that, you need to create a subfolder for each area you want to install, and in that subfolder, you must create another subfolder called scenery.

A few things to note:

• You don't have to do it this way. You could choose to put all files right in to your FS scenery folder in the program. But by creating a separate folder, if you ever have to re-install FlightSim, you don't have to re-install your scenery.
• While you can call the folder whatever you wish, the subfolder must be called "scenery." If you call it anything else, it will not work.
• Many sceneries contain textures that work with that scenery only. You have two choices. You can place them all in the main FS-2004 folder, but you're better off creating another folder under your new scenery called texture, not textures. Place your textures in this folder. They will only be available to this area, but if you decide to delete the area, you don't have to go looking for the textures

Start FS-2004

Unlike in previous versions where you could access the scenery library through the menus, in FS-2004 you must access it through the start screen. Click on Settings on the left, then Scenery Library.

The main Scenery Library screen will come up. This screen has changed little since FS-98, so if you've used previous versions of Flight Simulator, you may already be familiar with it.

Find your way to to the correct folder, and highlight it. Do not double click it, you don't want to open the folder. After it's highlighted, give the area a name.

Click the add button, and browse to the directory that you created earlier containing your scenery files.

It's best to choose Use This Scenery Directly. Click OK to return to the previous screen, and then OK again. Unlike in previous versions of Flight Simulator, you will have to exit the program and start it again before your scenery will be visible.

If You're Still Having Trouble

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