Realflight classic with Win 7?
09-15-2012, 04:19 PM
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Realflight classic with Win 7?
I did a search but to no avail. Before I waste a bunch of time on this I'll just ask. Will Real Flight Classic run on Win 7? I tried to load but got a missing dll error when I tried to run. Just wondering if I would be further ahead to buy the newest version and be done with it. I would like to run this on my laptop as i no longer own a desktop unit.
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RE: Realflight classic with Win 7?
That's a DirectX file that was removed in DX10 and DX11.
Download the DirectX9.0c redistributable from Microsoft.
Run it to install DirectX9.
The installer is very smart and it will not remove or downgrade your existing DX10 or DX11 files. It will merely add the missing files to your system.
Once done, reboot and try again.
Download the DirectX9.0c redistributable from Microsoft.
Run it to install DirectX9.
The installer is very smart and it will not remove or downgrade your existing DX10 or DX11 files. It will merely add the missing files to your system.
Once done, reboot and try again.
09-24-2012, 12:25 PM
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RE: Realflight classic with Win 7?
ORIGINAL: opjose
Find the installed file and put a COPY of it in the Realflight directory.
Find the installed file and put a COPY of it in the Realflight directory.
L\rcflight\KELiBRunTime\DirectDraw\DXDiretInput.cp p
Error line 491......
Any thoughts on what this all means? There is no drive L: in my directory......
09-24-2012, 01:27 PM
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RE: Realflight classic with Win 7?
Most prior references to this I've seen mention that this error occurs because your joystick or input device is not "configured" for DirectX.
To fix that you normally go into the control panel and calibrate your joystick/device.
Here's the rub:
If you are running Vista or Win7, you may not have the necessary control panel applet for legacy devices.
I remember getting around this with Vista using the control panel applet provided with the Soundblaster "Joystick port fix".
Neither Vista nor Win7 support older joysticks. The Soundblaster joystick fix, added some XP files and configuration info to Vista/Win7 ( 32bits only! ) to make the Soundblaster Gameport work. A provided CPL enabled you to configure the devices in Vista.
I could never get it to work in Win7 64bit though.
Are you running 32 or 64 bit Windows 7?
To fix that you normally go into the control panel and calibrate your joystick/device.
Here's the rub:
If you are running Vista or Win7, you may not have the necessary control panel applet for legacy devices.
I remember getting around this with Vista using the control panel applet provided with the Soundblaster "Joystick port fix".
Neither Vista nor Win7 support older joysticks. The Soundblaster joystick fix, added some XP files and configuration info to Vista/Win7 ( 32bits only! ) to make the Soundblaster Gameport work. A provided CPL enabled you to configure the devices in Vista.
I could never get it to work in Win7 64bit though.
Are you running 32 or 64 bit Windows 7?
09-24-2012, 01:38 PM
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RE: Realflight classic with Win 7?
I am running the 32 bit version. But this makes sense since I was starting the program without the controller hooked to the laptop as I do not have the usb to gameport plug yet. I will purchase it asap to see if it works. Hopefully it will work.
Just for fun I went to amazon and looked up the realflight basic. The pic of the dvd with the sim controller is the exact one I already have from ten yrs ago and says win 95/98 on it. Makes me think there is no difference with what they offer today to what I already have so I want to try to get it to work.
As always thank you for all your help.
Just for fun I went to amazon and looked up the realflight basic. The pic of the dvd with the sim controller is the exact one I already have from ten yrs ago and says win 95/98 on it. Makes me think there is no difference with what they offer today to what I already have so I want to try to get it to work.
As always thank you for all your help.
ORIGINAL: opjose
Most prior references to this I've seen mention that this error occurs because your joystick or input device is not ''configured'' for DirectX.
To fix that you normally go into the control panel and calibrate your joystick/device.
Here's the rub:
If you are running Vista or Win7, you may not have the necessary control panel applet for legacy devices.
I remember getting around this with Vista using the control panel applet provided with the Soundblaster ''Joystick port fix''.
Neither Vista nor Win7 support older joysticks. The Soundblaster joystick fix, added some XP files and configuration info to Vista/Win7 ( 32bits only! ) to make the Soundblaster Gameport work. A provided CPL enabled you to configure the devices in Vista.
I could never get it to work in Win7 64bit though.
Are you running 32 or 64 bit Windows 7?
Most prior references to this I've seen mention that this error occurs because your joystick or input device is not ''configured'' for DirectX.
To fix that you normally go into the control panel and calibrate your joystick/device.
Here's the rub:
If you are running Vista or Win7, you may not have the necessary control panel applet for legacy devices.
I remember getting around this with Vista using the control panel applet provided with the Soundblaster ''Joystick port fix''.
Neither Vista nor Win7 support older joysticks. The Soundblaster joystick fix, added some XP files and configuration info to Vista/Win7 ( 32bits only! ) to make the Soundblaster Gameport work. A provided CPL enabled you to configure the devices in Vista.
I could never get it to work in Win7 64bit though.
Are you running 32 or 64 bit Windows 7?
