Has anybody found any Easter Eggs in FS2002? It used to be that you could slew into the Microsoft Redmond-West Campus buildings and see a group photo of the development team but that's gone in this version. Before that you could see something similar in an office building in Champaign. I haven't run across anything in FS2002.

Rick Lee www.rickleephoto.com

• RE: Easter Eggs,Madape, 10:03z, 02-14-02
• RE: Easter Eggs,vgbaron, 16:31z, 02-14-02
  • RE: Easter Eggs,jonahbird, 23:35z, 02-14-02

I dont know whether this is true or not, but some time ago I heard that MS had told they're employees to stop putting Easter Eggs, and hidden features into their programs. I haven't heard of any so called hidden features in FS2002

Sam

Rick -

I found this -

Andrew Holford compiled this list:

FS2002 PRO Easter Eggs & Other Effects - By Andrew Holford

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Landmark: kilauea eruption
Location: Hawaii
Feature: Steam rising from Volcano, Set year to 1983 to get a Large eruption of lava!
How to get there: Fly HDG165 from Hilo Intl.
Exact Lon,Lat: N19* 25.48" - W155* 14.14"
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Landmark: Vegas Belagio Fountain
Location: Las Vegas
Feature: Fountain of water.
Exact Lon,Lat: N36* 06.44" - W115* 10.35"
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Landmark: Glenn Canyon dam
Location: Arizona, USA
Exact Lon,Lat: N 36* 55.58" - W 111* 28.18"
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Landmark: Hoover dam
Location: Arizona, USA
Exact Lon,Lat: N36* 01.08 - W114* 44.30
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Landmark: Vegas Luxor Beam
Location: Las Vegas
Feature: Incredibly bright beam
Things to know: Set time to dusk or night for each effect.
Exact Lon,Lat: N36* 05.45" - W115* 10.31"
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Landmark: Vegas Mirage volcano
Location: Las Vegas
Feature: Have a look!
Exact Lon,Lat: N36* 07.18" - W115* 10.25"
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Landmark: Niagara Falls
Location: Ontario Canada
Feature: Water fall
Exact Lon,Lat: N43* 05.06" - W79* 04.16"
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Landmark: Old Faithful Geyser
Location: Wyoming, USA
Feature: A jet of water
Exact Lon,Lat: N44* 28.18" - W110* 49.59"
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Landmark: Vegas Tropicana lights
Location: Las Vegas
Feature: Have a look!
Exact Lon,Lat: N36* 05.52" - W115* 10.18"
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Effect: Aurora Borealis, Aurora Australis
Location: Northern Hemisphere, Northwest Territories Canada
Feature: Aurora Borealis
Where to find them: Try the Northwest Territories in Canada around the 60deg latitude.
Where to find them: So far I've been unable to find it.

I don't believe the Aurora Australis is included.
As usual Australia gets left out!!!!
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Feature: 4th Of July Fireworks
Location: Washington
How to see them: Set the date to 4th of July any year and time to night or 10pm
Exact Lon,Lat: N38* 53.39 - W77* 1.80
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Feature: Ayers Rock
Location: Australia, NT
DON'T BOTHER IT LOOKS LIKE A COW TURD
Exact Lon,Lat: A rough guess would be about S25*20.25 - E131*05.10
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Misc Effects
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This is a list of Special Effects

CONTRAIL: Fly a jet above 30,000 feet
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BUILDING STEAM: Steam from buildings ventings systems, (Not sure where)
I think maybe New York.
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OIL LEAK: Don't know how to get it working.
(Unless you use the method a the bottom of this file)
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ROTOR WASH: Try hovering the chopper over different types of terrain.
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SHOOTING STAR: Not sure if this happens anywhere or only with the Aurora effect.
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MISC WATER & WAKE EFFECTS: Try landing, crashing and hovering over water.
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RED SMOKE: Edit the Extra 300 Aircraft.CFG file and find the following line.

!!! EDIT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!

smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_smoke_w

Add the following: smoke.1=0.00, 1.00, -9.00, fx_smoke_r
So it now looks like this.

smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_smoke_w
smoke.1=0.00, 1.00, -9.00, fx_smoke_r
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SMOKE: you can add following lines to any Aircraft.cfg to add smoke.

smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_smoke_w
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AIRCRAFT FIREWORKS: You can attach fireworks or any other effect to you aircraft.

open the aircraft.cfg file and add the following

smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_firework1

Now whenever you hit the Smoke Key (I) you shoot a firework.

You can use any of the effects or write your own.
Just look in the EFFECTS directory of FS2002 and copy the name of any file that starts with FX_

Example: smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_kilauea1
Example: smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_aurora1

You can also add more than one effect just number the effects.

Example.

smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_kilauea1
smoke.1=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_aurora1
smoke.2=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_smoke_w
smoke.3=0.00, 1.00, -9.00, fx_smoke_r
smoke.4=0.00, 1.00, 9.00, fx_oilleak_m
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Not exactly an Easter Egg, but I was reminded of happier warmer days on a sandy beach in San Diego when I came across the Hotel del Coronado.