The Official Microsoft Flight Thread

ringo747

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Hi folks,

Thought I would start off an official thread for the future release of Microsoft Flight. Anything related to the new product should be kept in here rather than cluttering the dedicated FSX thread.

Microsoft are currently issuing monthly updates and there is no knowledge of any release dates as yet.

Check out http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/ for all the latest product news and updates.

The February Update has been added today - looks good so far!
 
"Games For Windows: Live" - lol - FAIL

Q: How does Games for Windows – LIVE factor in?

A: Games for Windows – LIVE introduces a new level of connectivity to virtual flight, enhancing both the social and game play experiences of the title. Content is updated virtually. You can fly solo or join an entire global flight community online. You can easily connect with and facilitate flight experiences with your friends. The addition of Games for Windows - LIVE creates an ubiquitous virtual world of flight that offers easy and engaging access to the magic of flight for all.

A guaranteed console release then?
 
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I really don't know how to feel about this after Microsoft fired Aces and have now basically just gone on making FS without them.
 
I think the shots Soya gets with FSX and his addons beat these :p

Unless there is a major improvement to the way the scenery is rendered, especially in to the distance, or it comes with streaming photo scenery for the world I've not seen any good reasons why I'd bin my investment in FSX and move to this.
 
I thought they said they weren't releasing another Flight Sim after X :eek:

Didn't even realise this project existed :p
 
Yup, moving on. It's all speculation atm, but so far it looks good, and they've expressed a desire to cater to hardcore simmers so shouldn't be retardified. I believe there was mention of an addon market too, which could be a good thing for devs who want to expand their audience, and means more goodies for us. I'm psyched anyway. I love FSX, but it's just a beast to run and I'd like to see a better optimised engine with proper multithreaded support.
 
picnic said:
I think the shots Soya gets with FSX and his addons beat these :p

Unless there is a major improvement to the way the scenery is rendered, especially in to the distance, or it comes with streaming photo scenery for the world I've not seen any good reasons why I'd bin my investment in FSX and move to this.
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Yes but Soya must have every addon in the world! If MS made everything to perfection there would be no market for the FS addon developers. All they need to do is get the core engine to perform well and addon devs can do whatever they want with sceneries.
 
Exactly, and the default scenery is looking great so far, so I can only see good things coming from add-on devs.
 
Hey guys some comparison screenshots I found of Flight & FSX.

But first check out this one shot from the new sim, cool huh!

flightlight_Tm5uG.jpg


The comparisons:

valleywithwater.jpg


valleywithwaterfsx.jpg


mauleoverwater.jpg


mauleoverwaterfsx.jpg


mauleheadingtowardswate.jpg


mauleheadingtowardswate.jpg


Looking forward to this, hope they sort out the engine and ditch the blurries problem!
 
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