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Offline Roundeye

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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2008, 09:30:12 AM »
Quote from: LePaul on May 24, 2008, 03:35:11 PM
Looks pretty

Needs F-16s and MiG-29s going at it with that level of realism around them.   ;)

Mix an arena setup like Aces High, toss in Falcon 4 Allied Force performance details and that level of fraphics...wooot.


Better yet, mix AH with those graphics, Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto.  Have some infantry fights going on (can you say air support?).  If you get shot down, you can fight your way home.  If you make it to an NME spawn, you can yank open the canopy, punch them in the face and steal their plane. :devil
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2008, 09:34:34 AM »
:rofl
Oh the whines....
Dweeb: 200: hey that was my tiger you tard!
Tankjacker: 200: so don't stop next time lol
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2008, 06:15:40 AM »
Quote from: wrongwayric on May 24, 2008, 11:32:42 AM
YAWN....I'll stick with AH not getting shot at would be boring. :lol Didn't really see anything special in that video that would make me want to try it.

Fly online over Vatsim at a busy airport and it's more intense then any furball. Especially in something big and complex.

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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2008, 06:25:08 AM »
Zzz
Is the inflight entertainment an excel spreadsheet?
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2008, 06:28:48 AM »
Quote from: moot on May 26, 2008, 06:25:08 AM
Zzz
Is the inflight entertainment an excel spreadsheet?

Of course some just don't have the patience for anything more complex then <insert fighter> in WW2 Quake. I use to think the thought of flying without any shooting would be boring as well. It is till you go online with it.


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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2008, 06:35:34 AM »
I've enjoyed many a virtual cross country IFR flight.
Sarah though I was nuts for sitting at the computer with charts flying from Ballina to Perth.
I don't know if FSX does real weather or not, but X-Plane downloads METARS and adjusts the weather in flight accordingly.
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2008, 06:40:46 AM »
Quote from: Gixer on May 26, 2008, 06:28:48 AM
Of course some just don't have the patience for anything more complex then <insert fighter> in WW2 Quake. I use to think the thought of flying without any shooting would be boring as well. It is till you go online with it.


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Do their ATC geeks have a hissyfit when you fly an AN-224in formation with Deltaflight whoseewhatsit. While recieving skyhead from a hot stewardess?
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2008, 06:44:36 AM »
Hell yeah.
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2008, 06:53:38 AM »
:lol
I put on my jacket and captain's cap...
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2008, 08:47:11 AM »
Quote from: SD67 on May 26, 2008, 06:35:34 AM
I've enjoyed many a virtual cross country IFR flight.
Sarah though I was nuts for sitting at the computer with charts flying from Ballina to Perth.
I don't know if FSX does real weather or not, but X-Plane downloads METARS and adjusts the weather in flight accordingly.

Yes FSX does real weather, has done since before FS9. The clouds in the video for Flight Environment are generated from a built in weather program that takes data from global weather stations, same as HiFiSim Active Sky has done for years. Tried X-Plane but the lack of detail in global scenery especially airports lets it down imho compared to FS. Plus pro addon aircraft don't support it.

SD67 have you seen the new FTX scenery for Australia (http://orbxsystems.com/) it's the next stage up from VOZ. Just intalled it last week and makes for jaw dropping VFR flying. Even looks incredible from higher alts in jets no stupid 90's looking patch quilt graphics.. Design and built by Aussie company. Will eventually cover all of Australia in detail. Currently just South and East Australia.

http://www.youtube.com/orbxtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXgWsFIa_uU&feature=related

http://fullterrain.com/gallery.html

imho, just stunning how far FS has come in last 5 years and these guys currently produce the best scenery available for anywhere in the world, right here in Aus, even knocks photo real terrain for six.  :D


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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2008, 09:05:33 AM »
Oh thanks a lot.  I was perfectly content with occasional Waco biplane rides around Oahu in FS 2004.  You made me go out and snag FS X.  Well, it is attractive.  But like all MS Flight Sims, it teases with Ferrari performance while I have only a Camry computer. 

When I max the detail, I have to loaf along in an ultralight to make the scenery as smooth as a fast slide slow. 

Okay, I exaggerate a bit.  FS is always a wonderful diversion.  I'm looking for Wonders of the World.  Ought to be a few pyramids there someplace.  Anybody know an FS map or other tips for the most scenic flights, e.g., Great Wall of China, Pyramids?  I can find them via atlas but wouldn't mind some shortcuts.   

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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #26 on: May 26, 2008, 09:11:28 AM »
I would love to be able to play this game with the scenery like this, but my computer can't handle it.  What video cards are you guys using that lets to max it out no problem?  I have 2.5 gigs of RAM.
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #27 on: May 26, 2008, 09:53:04 AM »
I kept fast forwarding it looking for something to shoot at or even..  to do.   I never worried about something to do when flying real ultralights but..   I would not want to sit and watch movies of past flights either.

I like AH..  I like to shoot at cartoon planes that are being controlled by real people who are trying to shoot down my cartoon plane.

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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #28 on: May 26, 2008, 10:07:22 AM »
I know this has been posted before but this thread reminded me of it--

http://worteldrie.com/flash/emergency.swf
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Re: FSX Flight Environment Extreme
« Reply #29 on: May 26, 2008, 01:12:33 PM »
Anyone watch the airspeed indicator on the Piper Cheyenne cockpit shot? :rock
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