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Archive => Other Topics => Old Forum => Screenshots Forum => Topic started by: EHM-1798 Conrad on August 10, 2006, 09:42:02 am
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Well - had a go - overall im not amazingly impressed, but that maybe because of my rubbish laptop.... Perhaps if somone could take some pics with a better machine. The best bit i liked about it was the ablility to change the approach type :P
It really does vary on your pc - this is what i found from someone else's pc:
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/2223.jpg)
Basicly i need a better pc.......
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/3.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/4.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/5.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/6.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/7.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/8.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/9.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/10.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/11.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/12.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/13.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/14.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/15.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/16.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/17.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/18.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/19.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/20.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/21.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/22.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/23.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/24.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/25.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/26.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/27.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/29.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/32.jpg)
(http://cold-peak.com/FSX/34.jpg)
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Like the new aircraft selection method. Doesn't look too bad Conners, even on your laptop (but then I don't know what it was running like, it might have been 5fps the whole time...)
Observations from your screenshots - weather has been "tweeked" again, looks a lot like ActiveSky graphics now...
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Yeah, the weather is much better, it was running reasonably smoothly with - minimal - graphics LOL as soon as i put it up to max - it would run smoothly, but as soon as i saw a big dense area, then....oh god......the framerates dropped significantly.
However looking at the top photo (not mine)- if you've got the right system.......its good :)
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i like the contact control oppourtunity, apart from that i am surprised that the menu system looks that similar to FS9
skies and water = fantastic
looking forward to test it on my new system
Specs:
AMD X2 4600+
1024MB dual channel RAM
GeForce 7900GTX
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Ahh,
ive tested it on P4 2.66 - 768mb Ram - 64mb gfx (laptop) - ill test it on my new pc later (3.0ghz Dual Core - 1gb DDR2 Ram -gfx not worth talking about till i get some money :) )
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Hi,
Well, doesn't look as good as I thought ...
As always, Microsoft only takes the best screenshots to show. The rest looks like the FS2004 ...
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well that is my computer, put it on urs or anything else then it will look better :)
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Ive got low frame rates, think i gotta upgrade my computer soon...
When i took of from ST.maarten, i was just amazed by the water effects!
Did anyone of you try out the "land at St.Maarten" mission? Strong X-winds+lousy joystick=crash
I touched down off the runway, set reverse thrust, turned a bit too much with the rudder and the plane flipped...:'((My first FSX crash;D)
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Very nice shots ! Although I am more interested in the compatibility with our fleet, and not the so much eye-candy graphics...I liked FS2004 already on the graphics part.
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Microsoft does it again... God knows what computer they used to make the promotional shots....
Thanks for the shots Conrad.
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Where did you get the demo for it? Sorry, Ive been away for a long time so Im slow with the news lol
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http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/downloads.html
One of many links;D
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Priced around $50 for standard and $70 for deluxe.Will we be spending money on missions that soon loose there appeal.Apart from that would we not be better upgrading our graphics cards if we require more eye candy.
Update----
I have just downloaded and i must say i am not over impressed.
Sure the water textures are o.k. but the setup i have now with addon scenery and payware aircraft is far better than what is being offered out of the box with FSX.
Where are the 2D panels ?
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As far as I can see for some reason Microsoft have chosen to offer you either a virtual cockpit or a normal panel. Not the option of switching between both. You need to choose which one you want in the settings. Seems a bit weird to me!
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Steve: press F10 to toggle between VC and 2D panel
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Gotta love those graphics, looks great!
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I haven't downloaded the demo myself but I must say that if this is an accurate representation of what FSX offers I won't be rushing to buy it...
The ground scenery, water and weather don't look any better than you get with FS9 that's got a few scenery/texture addons and the Baron 2D panel looks identical to the FS9 version. Plus the pilot looks too small for his plane...:o
Just my opinion ;D but unless I see other screenies that show FSX is a real advance on FS9 after 3 years, I don't think the price tag is justified.
And why this return to the silly concept of standard and deluxe versions...:{
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Very nice pics! :P
I also have made some pics. Don´t think I´ve got a special version of the demo because I´ve a Airbus A320. ;D I just have put the IFDG/PSS merge into the aircraft folder of my FSX demo and it works. It´s not to 100%, but more or less. AP works.
Here are my pics: :%
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/1.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/2.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/3.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/4.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/5.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/6.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/7.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/8.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/9.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/10.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/11.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/12.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/13.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/14.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/15.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/16.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/17.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/18.jpg)
(http://members.aon.at/eheiny/19.jpg)
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wow, one of my favorite parts of FSX is the water, however i need a new laptop before i can experince that -- (my graphics card is only DirectX 7 compatible :( )
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Loving the Royal Carribean Cruise ship in the background!! Just wonderfull!! and the water is awesome !!
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COOL VIEWS!!!
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Love the water, love the ship, love the graphics, love the bottom view, simply love these pics!!
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A thing I don't like at the FSX are the terrible flight dynamics. And do you need cars and ship at FL360?! No!
The new flight simulator is a step away from a real flight simulator and big step towards a game. I don't want to play a game. I want to fly an aircraft in a flight simulator. But I am shure uncle Bill is not of my opinion. He wants to sell as many FSX as possbile. But to reach this even a person, who has no idea about aviation, must be able to fly an aircraft in FSX. And I am very dissapointed about that.
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Im not going to agree with your Views there Sven, ofcourse they have a clue what they are doing. Also must remember that it is a demo, not the full version yet. Alot of coding and bits will need to be optimized, i suggest to wait till the full release and then decide ;)
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I expected more from microsoft...
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Originally posted by 1760
The new flight simulator is a step away from a real flight simulator and big step towards a game.
I haven't downloaded the demo, so I can only judge from what I have heard from others. But I think I would agree with Sven, flightsim is not a game. And even if this isn't the finished product, I don't think that this part is going to change much. I think I'm going to stick to my FS9 a year or two. Unless Santa brings me a new state of the art computer.:P
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I just did my first mission, which is the Intermediate mission. The landing at Julia International. It wasn't a very good landing, but I did get on the ground. A few months ago, I got the best graphics card available in the UK, and the guy who installed it also gave me more memory (if I somehow got my parents to pay lol) so I have now got a very powerful computer, and it probably could hold FSX, but the reason I'm telling you this is because don't feel too bad about graphics etc. because I have taken screenshots of that flight, and it's really no different. I'm not very impressed with FSX demo, because really, the grpahics aren't too good, but hopefully, the rest of the world in FSX will be alot better. Anyway, here's my screenshots:
(http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/903/fsscr003iz8.png)
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I havent downloaded the demo yet, what does the demo allow you to do?
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It just allows you to fly around St Marten in the Caribbean and try a couple of the missions that will be included. It has a 30 minute time span so after you have been running the program for that long it closes down. Peresonally I think the water effects are fantastic, clouds are good, almost as good as active sky 6, ground environment isn't much different although I have heard that the demo has shiped with the 20m mesh and the final version will be a 1m mesh.
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Yeah the water looks amazing, my favorite part of it :) and ofcourse the clouds:P
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Well, can't try it before I'm back home at the end of the month.
But, I would just add my 2 cents to the -nagging- topic.
I see people complaining already, that this DEMO is not any better than actual FS9 with addons.... and water wets and fire burns, lalalalala.
It's obvious that it can't outstand FS9 with a shitload of high end addons.
Seen yet FSX with those addons ? No, you can only compare comparable things : compare FS9 "virgin" install on TNCM and FSX demo. Those who will tell me they prefear FS9, I won't believe much (excepting because of too old PC).
MS knows that addon makers can do outstanding things, and they prefear to create this FS not loosing time on default aircraft they know hardcore simmers like us won't use anyway (you do it in FS9 ? For liners ? Come on... stop kidding). And the dad who plays it for fun the sunday afternoon won't notice that "the flight dynamics are not very realistic during the V1 to V2 transition when the plane is at MTOW between 350 and 400 tons, on wet runways when gustings reach 15 knots, according to real life Boeing test pilots".
It was thought for addon developpers (after more than one year of surveys in the community : us), should be easier, faster, more flexible and powerful, to permit more realism. Now think about the DEMO, they may have put final meshing for the ground, environment, etc... in it, probably they thought that 2GO for a St Marteen's demo was a bit out of limits (wouldn't you ?). And obviously I expect more on LFPG or EGLL in scenery than on TNCM, so wait and see.
Now you say FS is becoming a nintendo game heh ? Ok, and going away from a real flight simulator ? How ? Because they added funny missions ? Because they added scenery that is not needed at FL360 ? What bunch of screwers those MS devs !
For the missions, there is a workaround i thought of : don't play them. For the scenery, there is one too, tune the options (whatever I don't think the boats will be loaded up in memory at FL360). What if you ask a VFR pilot ? Won't he tell you that it adds realism ?
"I expected more from Microsoft".... Comment after seeing something like a teaser demo.
They probably expect more from the community. If I was a dev of FS, I would be pissed really. They try to sell more FS ? Shame on them ! What do you think will happen if they sell only to hardcore simmers ? Not enough money, no more FS. You'll have to play (whoooops, fly on, it's not a game, is it ?) on Laminar Research's X-Plane. Good luck, it's very good, like Linux is, still you are using Windows, and FS.
P.S. : I'm not flaming, angry, at anyone, I'm just exposing my point of view and anyone is free to contest and argument it. I'm not a MS fan, but I like to be objective and fair.
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Maabaa that is by far the best comment that anyone has made on this post. I completely agree with you!
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Hi,
Does anyone try to install FSUIPC on it ?
If so, please write the result here.
Thanks.
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Will try that later mate :P
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@maabaa
Have you ever looked at price of the new fs? And the dad who plays it for fun the sunday afternoon won't buy that.
What if you ask a VFR pilot ?
I myself realy like to fly VFR in real and in FS. But look at IVAO for example how many people are flying VFR?
not many!
I think at least 80% only buy the FS to fly IFR. 10% sometimes fly VFR and antoher 10% fly often VFR.
And to come back to the flight dynamics. The are all in all taken from the FS9 and they are absolutely incomparably with any aircrafts of that typ. I don't mean they are not 100% realistic. I think that not nessesarry. They have not so much incomment with the real world. And if I am right that "game" is called "Flight simulator". And I myself think I can expect for an price of about 75€ (Germany) that they have changed something more than the graphic.
I think I will buy the new FS but I am not so happy about this new version. And because there is nothing better on the market.
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Okay, I'll play along! Here's my opinion. I agree with both of you (Sven and Peirre-Francois) to a point and can see both sides of the argument.
Here are some comments observations:
1) To be honest, I think the demo version will be far from the finished product. I think the reason Microsoft released the demo was to quell the speculation and scaremongering that has engulfed the FS community that we will all have to buy new PC's to run it. I think they have done a good job of doing this.
2) I think Microsoft are doing a great job of bringing FSX up to a standard that most of us are used to with our heavily expanded copies of FS9. Many of us have spent a small fortune on add-ons’ like Active Sky, Ground Environment, FS Passengers, FS Nav, Numerous Pay ware Aircraft and the list goes on and on to be told most of them will require a paid upgrade or a replacement version for FSX. (Very few are saying they will offer a product upgrade for free or that their product is compatible) Our investment in FS9 is not merely the 50 or so Euros that the boxed product cost, it is hundreds if not thousands that have been spent improving the boxed version of FS9 and we will now have to start again from "almost" scratch. If FSX does not run these products, I will run both versions side by side until such a time that FSX far out performs FS9. (Lets face it, the deluxe version of FSX will only cost the same as a couple of decent FS9 add-ons’!)
3) There are many subtle changes in FSX that improve our entertainment which we have not seen yet. The inclusion of "Fly by Wire" controls to allow for more accurate simulation of modern aircraft controls such as modeling the use of "Laws" to govern control surfaces and thrust. (Something which simply can not be modeled correctly on FS9) This is just one of the many subtle changes.
I think MS have done a great thing by putting out the demo and banishing all the doom and gloom that has been banded about us all needing new hardware. Unfortunately they released a pre production version that was never properly Beta tested and so had a few bugs and didn't show us as much as we wanted to see. (They have to keep the big guns back for the launch!) All in all, I love the demo, it has wet my appetite just enough to keep me from spending a fortune on new PC components but has me sitting on the edge of my captains chair waiting for October! Keep up the good work MS!
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Maabaa a very good post I agree, however I did expect more from MS regarding the initial screenshots that were released. Lets see if the developer would be pissed then.
If the difference in graphics is due to a difference between the beta and the final version, I will stand corrected.
I doubt it though, and believe me, I wish itll happen. I like flight simulation as any of the people here do.
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Alex, you have to take the screen shots with a pinch of salt as many of them were rendered to show how FSX will look on DirectX 10 hardware. Remember when FSX was initially announced, Windows Vista and DX10 were scheduled to be launched at the same time.