FMS (Flying Model Simulator) not running on Windows 10

[GamerMan101]

Hello everybody,
I have a laptop with Windows 10 Pro installed, with the following specs:
Intel Core i5 2450M Quad Core, @2.5GHz
nvidia GT 540M (slightly overclocked)
Intel 300GB SSD 320 Series
16GB RAM

I remembered using an older application, called Flying Model Simulator, a couple of years ago on a computer running Windows XP Pro. I have since gotten rid of that machine, and I wanted to run the application on this laptop.

I have installed the game from the official website, (http://modelsimulator.com/), and it appeared to install correctly. However, when I opened up the app for the first time, I got an error saying D3DRM.DLL not loaded. A quick Google Search brought me to a page for an application that looked correct, with a DLL download. I copied that DLL from the extracted file to the correct application directory, and then tried loading the app. It gave me a weird graphics glitch, and wouldn't run. I tried this both with compatibility mode running, and without. I am running a 64 bit copy of Windows.

Thanks for your help!
-Sam

 

[The Paladin]

good question, considering the program dates back to 2004, I would suggest to right click and run your installation again as administrator and run the game in the same manner, windows 10, doesn't handle some older call to access/utilize some parts of the O/S without it administrative request user made.

I would make it run as windows XP 16bit or 32 bits., and even then I have lots of doubts this will ever run properly, and since the project looks like it was abandoned by the author I doubt you will get much of support in getting it fixed.

other options would be get VM Ware and create a windows xp virtual desktop and run it from that location. THAT may work better than trying to hack your way into making windows 10 accept to run this old program.

 

[canadianvice]

One other aside: MS does offer XP as a free VM image, good and legal, should you need it.

 

[GamerMan101]

One other aside: MS does offer XP as a free VM image, good and legal, should you need it.

From where would I download this image?