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Q110550: Flight Simulator: Air Temperature May Exceed 100 Degrees

Article: Q110550
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS, version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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Air temperatures in Flight Simulator 5.0 may be 100 degrees or higher regardless
of season or Latitude/Longitude.

MORE INFORMATION
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This occurs when using the Weather Generation At Startup option, which is
accessible by choosing General Preferences from the Options menu.

In most situations that ship with Flight Simulator 5.0 the base temperature at
zero ft Mean Sea Level (MSL) is set to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. When Weather
Generation At Startup is selected, the base temperature is raised to 100 degrees
Fahrenheit.

For more information about air temperature behavior in Flight Simulator 5.0,
query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  air and temperature and general

The Weather Generation At Startup was corrected in Flight Simulator 5.00a. In the
5.00a version it uses a random weather pattern.

Additional query words: 5.00 kbhowto flightsim fltsim dos FS5

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim500DOS kbSimSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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