hey, i had FSX so quite some time and decided to write a first impressions review. i posted it on W900 here:
http://www.wings900.com/vb/general-squa ... -pics.html
enjoy
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hey, i had FSX so quite some time and decided to write a first impressions review. i posted it on W900 here:
http://www.wings900.com/vb/general-squa ... -pics.html
enjoy
Who are you to say you don't see UFO's when you fly to Area 51?! :)
Some of the new features and missions sound pretty neat. What kind of machine do you have? I can't even run FS9 with all the graphics options turned on, so I'm guessing FSX will have to wait until I get a new computer. :(
Nice Article G-BOAD,
I too had FSX the day or came out. I have been faily disappointed with its performance and bugginess and the lack fo anything improved other than eye candy. Despite all of its short comings I still enjoyed flying it. I think it be cool to get a group of people together and fly sometime.
Gotham, Most people can't run the game well as you know, its kind of pathetic..I mean going from 50+fps that I had with FS9 fully maxed out with Real life airliners installed as AI planes to 6-20fps with average settings in FSX. No AI planes and no Autogen. I'll be getting a new cards in a few months when they come out.
I am disappointed with the taking away of the P2P MP option we had for so many years.
Ive never been a fan of having to connect to gamespy , battle.net or similar sites and stayed away.
I do enjoy the shared cockpit option..
I'll post a few of my shots
Senga
Heres a few of my new shots from FSX.
For now I dont use autogen as it steals about 50 percent of my FPS :(
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx07.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx05.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx04.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx08.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx06.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx02.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx03.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx01.jpg
Senga
Nice shots Senga, the formation flying with a 737, awesome!
OUTSTANDING Graphics! The water looks nothing short of real. I might have to add that to my Xmas list!
Those graphics are pretty, but it must suck at 9fps.
Yes it does, I had stated that in my previous post. It goes from 8-13fps when I am flying multiplayer and in large cities like NYC, HNL, LAX etc, MIA and DCA areas are pretty much unflyable.
The lear shot on short final was LGA runway 22....at 6 FPS it was prety much unflyable . For now I stay way frmothe big cities.
As you see in the shot with the nuke plants it gets higher when I am by myself.
I feel like this is FS2000 all over again :)
I'm running FSX on a 3.4 ghz Geforce 6800 256MB 1 gig ram system. I can only imagine what many others experience in this game.
Senga
TOmmy,
Heres a few shot of the Terminal Gate area you asked about. Unfortunatly animated Gates and groundcrews are only at some of the major airports. Flying into HPN I found out that there isn't even a fuel truck at the airport in the sim! So if you fly a BBJ in there you have to taxi over to the manual self serve gas pump on the GA ramp-LAME
I was at like 3-5 FPS with the AI planes and ramp services in NYC. Totally unplayable. Big cities are a no go for me in FSX and probably 80 percent of others. Its like Giant TFR for poor frame rates :)
This 737-800 was being unloaded,loaded when I took the pik.
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx09.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx10.jpg
Senga
Senga does the ground crews really unload the plane or is it just static display?
Everything you see in the pik moves.....I tried to get the fuel truck closer but its moved away before I could take a shot LOL
The tug gives you a push back too. The AI ground crews also taxi all overt the airport and dont just sit at the gates.....you have to be careful not to hit one when you are taxiing around cause they don't stop for you!(give me a break MS!) Wether you are in a Cessna or a 747. If you take a closer look you might even see Mike M !
Senga
Do the default cockpits have any more functionality? I was frustrated by the shortage of controls in FS9.
Yes they even included a APU Gasp!!! GLad I don't have to sit there with one engine running so my power doesnt cut off. I usually used the 2d panels in the past but now you cant see over them in FSX.whats the point of having them in FSX now that you cant see over them when you are taxiing, landing/TO.
BTW this quesiton will be comming from someone later......NO FSX does not fix the problem with AI planes comming in at the same time.. Makes you wonder that MS was doing over the last few years! Instead of making a sim unplayable I was hoping they would focus on irorning out the issues that plauged FS9.
FS9 KMSP arrivals
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/wtf5.gif
I saved these as gifs so they look kind of funny.
Can anyone pick out the NEW colors NWA DC-9 and A320 in this pik?
Senga
the 9 is directly behind a old colors 9 real hard to spot out and the bus in new colors is the second to last plane
Very good you get a free version fo FSX :)
When I was in FSX a while back I whitnessed this happening again with only TWO planes! I cant tell you how annoyed I was. I was like .. WHYY!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! arms raised
Senga
Senga can you post some stuff on the airbus and the CR7 for me so I can get an idea of how realistic the cockpits and outside look?
Sure I'll post some either later tonight or tomorrow. I'll check to see if I have any already on the system.
Senga
Shweet!
how do you get a plane to dock, and have the gates and fuel, luggage, and other stuff activate? i don't know how to do it
i lowered some settings, this is the flight deck of the 747.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...cockpitFSX.jpg
A little fast for that altitude there eh cowboy? :lol:
yeah, was not really flying it, but did it to take the photo.
I know I was being a wise guy lol. I always found boeing line of glass cockpit airplanes to have quite an astheticaly pleasing look to them from the pilot seat perspective and pretty well laied out to boot for convinence.
Looks like FS9. :(
Ok heres a few cockpit shots of the CRJ you asked about Hiss.
The first one is the 2D Panel layed out with all the extra ones. The second is the virtual. cockpit. The VC is fully functional now basically accept for the MFD and a few other parts.
I'll do the Airbus later today.
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx11.jpgxxxx
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx12.jpgxxxx
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx13.jpgxxxx
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx14.jpgxxxx
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/fsx15.jpgxxxx
Senga
Does the APU system actually do anything in FSX?
Hiss,
Heres the A321 shots you requested.
Tommy the top shot depicts refueling. The yellow truck os a firetruck (Gabon in Africa)
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/a32001.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/a32007.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/a32004.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/a32005.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/A32006.jpg
Senga
Senga, do the FIRE switches actually do anything or are they just there to look pretty?
Been following this thread and it looks nice.
Senga, what are these new 'missions' like? Can you show a screenshot of mission descriptions? Do they have mini-ojjectives? (catch the localiser, etc)?
Alsol, in one of hte earlier screenshots, looks like you were flying with a bunch of other people online. I love it. Thanks for all the great photos.
Wow I'm impressed big time. I think I'll be putting this on the Xmas list. Senga how are the addon's for it so far?
My big ones - PMDG and PSS are working on it still...I need to look this weekend into my others - particularly the add-on airport ones.
i got some more:
red bull really low in in the UAE (surprisingly i did not fly from Dubai, like always):
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...edbulllow1.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...edbulllow2.jpg
737 "JANET" from AMS with engine failures. (two different flights)
first:
failure in E 1
just landed, safely
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...ilsafeland.jpg
failure in E 1
took off and crashed
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...fail2crash.jpg
Cool graphics
G-BOAD how did you get the engine flire :)
I haven't flown the 737 yet
Senga
For those interested. I think Tommy asked about the airport jetways in fsx. I did find out how to animate them. Press (CTRL J)
However, they only work with the default FSX planes and planes that have been modified to work with FSX and FSX planes. If a plane doesn't have "Contact points" it will not work and you will have to manually add the command lines. The "Contact Points" or Coordinates tell FSX where to position the jetway on the plane.
Under the "exists" line in the "aircraft.cfg" file heres the Boeing 737-800 as an example.
[exits]
number_of_exits = 2
exit.0 = 0.4, 52.6, -5.0, 8.0, 0 //openclose rate percent per second, longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet), type (0=Main 1=Cargo 2=Emergency)
exit.1 = 0.4, -38.5, 4.5, -3.0, 1 //openclose rate percent per second, longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet), type (0=Main 1=Cargo 2=Emergency)
exit.2 = 0.4, 33.5, 3.5, -4.0, 2 //openclose rate percent per second, longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions from datum (feet), type (0=Main 1=Cargo 2=Emergency)
sd
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/zl01.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/zl02.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/zl03.jpg
It looks pretty cool also the ground vehicles also come to other coordinates too at other points on the plane.
Senga
Man, that looks so cool! Senga, what computer are you running that on? It looks amazing!
Also, GBOAD, how did you get the engine fire, that is awesome!
And Senga, can you open the overwing exits? I have always wanted to do that in FS. Are there any emergency slides that can be deployed on any of the exits?
Matt,
I am operating at the following specs:
P4
3.4ghz
1GB ram
256MB Geforce 6800 vid card
I don't think the developer animated the wing exists. I think the front left exit is the only animated exit. However if he did it would be under another key command that I don't know right now. Nope no emergency slides or anything. I downloaded a few planes that had animated stairs though.
Senga
Dang man!, nice setup! The only thing that you may POSSIBLY ever need is another gig of ram! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SengaB
does FSX support FS9 aicraft? i've got a few helicopters for 9 that i don't want to lose. also, whats up with the graphics in the top pix? are they really that bad or are the settings just low?