Microsoft Flight released!

[Naki]

Let the controversy begin!

http://marketplace.xbox.com/nl-NL/Product/...15-d8044d5308d2

Edit: Seems I have linked to a Dutch language Microsoft page ..although no doubt it works

Another Edit:

US link here

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/...15-d8044d5308d2

[Ian Warren]

Strange , not rushing yet like i used to .... must be an age thingy

[Timmo]

Eek! Any idea how big the download is? I just downloaded a few GB of REX!

edit: 1.43 GB for the core package

[GlennAV8R]

Downloading now. 30% in under 5 minutes not bad.

Edit: This is not for the serious simmer. One word to descibe it: Underwelming.

[Timmo]

I can't download it because it thinks I live in Canada! I think this is due to the fact that I applied for the Flight beta while living there. A quick search shows that there may be NO WAY to change your country of residence after it's set! Crazy stupid MS. Crazy stupid.

edit: Just talked to Xbox live support- The only way to get around this is to create an entirely new email account/xbox live account.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Timmo @ Feb 29 2012,1:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Crazy stupid MS. Crazy stupid.

edit: Just talked to Xbox live support- The only way to get around this is to create an entirely new email account/xbox live account.

Just don't call yourself TIMMO DOTCOM or maybe you should .. because you can get away with anything , but only in a German accent

[Timmo]

Managed to get around it by putting in my old Canadian address and have played it a bit....The interface is very swish and the game seems very smooth. I just did one of the more advanced landings in the A5 and there were some 'nice' moments as the aircraft got bounced around in the wind and the lighting changed in the cockpit as the sun dissapeared behind a hill on descent

Just loaded up some really rubbish weather too...wow, it's difficult to keep that little A5 inside its flight envelope: As a result on landing into a 39kt gusting head wind, I couldnt raise the nose after wind shear and crashed it on the runway knocking out the landing lights and shooting very realistic sparks from my wing as it scraped along the runway.

I'm having fun

[Ian Warren]

Just installed it and now it asks me for a product key. Product key for a free game? lol

QUOTE

Crazy stupid MS. Crazy stupid.[/quote]

Downloaded it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/#news-flight_launch

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[connor]

Is it just me, or is the ghost of FSX still haunting this game....... Particularly in the scenery department.

[Ian Warren]

STOP THAT WOMEN YELLING IN MY EAR ! ... oh good little boy ... I am i loving this (Bullpucky) .. and who really was this 'Tracey' screaming in my ear AGAIN

[toprob]

QUOTE (connor @ Feb 29 2012,4:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Is it just me, or is the ghost of FSX still haunting this game....... Particularly in the scenery department.

That's what I like the most -- when you look at the Flight files, it is all pretty much built on FSX, so the base already exists for a 'killer' sim. Most files are recognisable -- from the Regions.bgl, Seasons.bgl, population.bgl, all the way through to the SimObjects format. If they make money from this, then it would make sense to spend some of it on developing the next MSFS.

I'm not saying that's what'll happen, but that's what makes sense to me.

[Ian Warren]

I was lead to believe i'd see a Battleship , guess what do you your going to get if its free , i think its more a flip than a flop ... flip for bugger i wasted my b/width and flop ... we will find out in the months to come .

[deeknow]

QUOTE (toprob @ Feb 29 2012,5:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

when you look at the Flight files, it is all pretty much built on FSX, so the base already exists for a 'killer' sim

I imagine there will be a pretty healthy community of reverse-engineers going hard at it, and developers who arent afraid of being blacklisted by MS for pumping out stuff based on community knowlegde may have a field day. Of course their ability to sell via a MS exchange mechanism will be unlikely. Should open it up for the freeware developers nicely though.

[Ian Warren]

The program made me feel so .. this is not FS in 10 minutes .... had a few points ... so i gave it 20 minutes so gimmicky and so Toyota in the sky and that silly women ... i was hoping for a door

[Naki]

Will that was cr@p..I cant even get it to load...back to FSX then

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Naki @ Feb 29 2012,7:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Will that was cr@p..I cant even get it to load...back to FSX then

Back to the burger bar again , Paul ya really did not miss out on anything .. many items are so FSX so your quiet fine

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Naki @ Feb 29 2012,7:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Will that was cr@p..I cant even get it to load...back to FSX then

Got it to load ok.....so....been there done that, and back to FSX i go as well....waste of bandwith and disc space in my opinion.

[AndrewJamez]

QUOTE (deeknow @ Feb 29 2012,6:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I imagine there will be a pretty healthy community of reverse-engineers going hard at it, and developers who arent afraid of being blacklisted by MS for pumping out stuff based on community knowlegde may have a field day. Of course their ability to sell via a MS exchange mechanism will be unlikely. Should open it up for the freeware developers nicely though.

...as long as MS dont sue them. Also if Flight does not contain or use "sim connect" then the awsomeness that A2A accusim and the like will not talk to Flight rendering this technology pretty much useless. Lets hope that sim connect or a newer version exists within Flight for future development.

[lowflier]

I agree, waste of time and bandwidth. It doesn't pack much more than FSX with REX and a decent payware addon. Too.... Gamey I reckon.

[dnkiwi]

I just downloaded this tonight and i must say what a waste of space and i will adding this to the pile of last resort games for when iam filling in time i guess this is just fsx but dressed up to look different and i had to laugh at microsoft adding their own buy more option in game .