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MS Flight is released !!

Played the basic game for an hour today today <yawn> I've been spoiled by FSX I guess. Who on earth is going to stick with this and lay out money in the hope that it's going to get better ?

I shall go back to it out of curiosity when I have nothing better to do. If anyone finds out how to raise the undercarriage on the Icon please let me know.

Bob.
 
Time will tell.
I distinctly remember the huge amount of FS2004 "naysayers" to FSX (when it was first released) & now look where FSX is at :mixedsmi:
 
Prowler1111 said:
it's a simulator alright
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Not true. It's a gamulator, it won't go any further than that.

it's just boring
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Not true. Watching your FSX 737NGX do all the flying from KJFK to KLAX at FL350, now that's boring. But that's a simulator alright.

This old geezer, sitting next to you, teaches you to fly his homebuild RV-6 and has you flying underneath a bridge and following a ravine at 200 feet at your first try already. If you manage to survive you'll be asked to take up a photographer to shoot pics of the smaller airstrips around Oahu and land on some of the almost impossible ones. I wouldn't call that bo-ring at all. The audio during these activities is actually very well done. Makes up for the lack of ATC and AI pretty much i'd say.

cheers,
jan
 
Francois said:
Too funny Jan. Gosh, I wish I had time to play....... oh wait.. I'm on my way out to our yearly ski vacation ! :engel016:
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Have fun with that, Francois, but stay on the track you hear ! You know what can happen if you don't...

MS FLight is a good flying game, i'm sure you're going to love the RV-6 and Maule !

Groeten,
jan
 
bobmay said:
Played the basic game for an hour today today <yawn> I've been spoiled by FSX I guess. Who on earth is going to stick with this and lay out money in the hope that it's going to get better ?
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You're not going get any fun out of the free basic game, Bob. You didn't get FSX for nothing either, did you. Far from it even if you think about all the bells and whistles you had to buy to get the best out of it. MS Flight has nothing much to do with FSX, two very different animals, doesn't mean that they can live happily together. If you're willing to spend some money on it, like you'd do for any ol' game, you can get a lotta fun out of it. If you happen to like games in the first place of course.

If anyone finds out how to raise the undercarriage on the Icon please let me know.
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Just press 'G' and up they'll go. ( Flight does show its origin, no doubt... :cool: )

Edit : or flip the switch on the mid pedestal ( sorry, not much time in the Icon yet. Just rescued a lost kayaker and found the switch)


cheers,
jan
 
Hey, over at Avsim at the mo : FS9 Forum (7 viewing), FSX Forum (33 viewing), MS Flight forum (160 viewing)..... :costum:

cheers,
jan
 
Has anybody had a look at the file structure? Is it at all familiar, or something like Rise of Flight, or early pre-mod IL-2? (I've read manual hacking of CFG files already....how does the folder arrangment look?)
 
Doesn't look like the file structure is anything to mess with; almost all of the game is located in one .pak file... Initial impression of 'the game' is it is an extremely polished product, maybe not very appealing to those used to the FSX experience, but the potential feels enormous. The simplified FM represented in the initial part of the game subjectively feels more fluid and complex than in previous series FSX, 9 etc. Time will tell...
 
Barfly said:
simplified FM
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Hu? The Stearman and Icon are simple aircraft, so if your comment is about them feeling simple, then thats an accurate FM. The Vans and Maule are ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE!!!! You take off heavy in a Maule, and you will WISH you dropped a few gallons before flight.
 
magoo said:
Has anybody had a look at the file structure? Is it at all familiar, or something like Rise of Flight, or early pre-mod IL-2? (I've read manual hacking of CFG files already....how does the folder arrangment look?)
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The usual folder is there in the same sub folder as the one containing the FsX.cfg.
 
[SUB]Is there a way to play without logging into Live first? It let me play once after the install without being logged in but now it seems I have to login.[/SUB]
 
RCAF_Gunner said:
[SUB]Is there a way to play without logging into Live first? It let me play once after the install without being logged in but now it seems I have to login.[/SUB]
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On one of the opening screens is an option called "Live". You can set your log-in information there (i.e. you can turn off automatic login, change your gamertag and profile info, etc.) You should also read the manual (available at the Flight homepage) where there is more info on settings and gameplay.
 
@Gibbage: I don't disagree with anything you said, just posted after 'knocking back a few' so may not have been too clear :) I'll check out the Maule and Vans.
 
Well... I downloaded the manual. It says the same thing as the online help:

"Yes, you can play Microsoft Flight offline. Once you download the game, you no longer need an Internet connection to play. Simply start the game and skip the sign-in process."

but I see no option to skip the sign-in process. I get a "Click any key to continue" prompt after launching flight and then the Live / Gamertag login comes up. I don't see any key or button to skip that and if I try not entering my password it goes no where. Very frustrating given the manual says it should be possible... has anyone else tried it / figured it out?

paiken said:
On one of the opening screens is an option called "Live". You can set your log-in information there (i.e. you can turn off automatic login, change your gamertag and profile info, etc.) You should also read the manual (available at the Flight homepage) where there is more info on settings and gameplay.
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Apart from the almost missing torque the flight model seems to be improved quite noticabl over FSX.
Ground handling and turbulence is more realistic as well.
Initially it looks like FLIGHT is exactly in the middle between the slighty too stable FSX and the rediculously paper airplane like x-plane
 
Agree with Bernt above - where's the torque, lol. Other than that, overall a great improvement.
 
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