SurClaro Flight Simulator Resources

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:17 am Post subject:

Guys,
You are correct that Rhythmosaur was one of the giants in this forum. I remember that he said he needed more time for his schoolwork and would (like me) check in from time to time. I finally finished up my Biz degree and liked the program so much, I decided to continue on and get my master's. At this time, I seem to have a little more time and have been spending most of the extra time trying to catch up on the forums I follow including the ones here. I hope to be able to lend my 2 cents worth in every now and then.

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:20 am Post subject: .

sounds good Very Happy

good luck with school too

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:43 am Post subject:

OK, back to the thread.

X-Plane is actually pretty cool. I got the X-Plane v8, about a couple months ago. At that time I was kinda, yeah, OK, NEXT.

I decided I would start searching for support sites for it. Wow, there was more than I thought originaly. To be real quick about this, someone wanted a certain a/c and posted it here. A modified F-15 with front spoilers. I HAVE IT, NOW. And it is a dream to fly. Especially with the vectoring nozzles that is built in. Talk about a jet stunt plane, WHOA NELLY. The scenery was the main down fall at first. Not anymore. FS9 now has some competition with the scenery. The only problem is, you have to get it and add it. Where the default FS9 is better for scenery.

I haven't yet begun to modify X-Plane as I have FS9. Those that know me know what I can do.

If this thread is still here, I will post back and update you on it.

RD

Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:

the only thing x-plane needs is a main like console thing like in fs cause in x-plane you have to do everything in the menu which gets really annoying

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:24 am Post subject:

I have XPlane version 8.32 with whole world textures. I think about 60 gigs in all. I do find that support sites are limited but still give the sim a 9/10. Worth the 75$ to me. Once I have time I will spend some on XPlane. I have posted a few shots in the screenie area if anyone is interested. I will be posting more as I take them.

Oh ...and it supports dual processors too.............

Richy...............

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject:

I may look like a total dork but what on earth is x-plane?!?

fgsgtC Wink

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: X Plane is...

X Plane is, or was, the competition for FS at one time. While it tended to lack scenery, it more than made up for it with a much more realistic flight dynamics engine. What aircraft could or would not do in FS, they could do in spades in the X-plane simulation. When you have some spare time, just do a generic search for X-plane and click/link/scroll away an hour or so and you will see that there seems to be a still serious following for it. Of late, there are more addins available for it, but X-plane is now absolutely eclipsed by FSX and will probably be done for once everybody is on new machines with DX10 etc.

By the way, X-plane was also configurable for MAC OS where FS was a nightmare to use due to the necessary windows emulator console when running MAC.

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:00 am Post subject:

Here ya go.

http://x-plane.org/

Mel.

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:54 am Post subject:

And I will counter that GS.

FSX flight dynamics still suck, as they do for FS9.

How can I say this??? Quite easily....I have it, and fly it. I have the 8.60 version, the newest.

As for scenery, X-Plane is better than FS9, and in some aspects better than FSX. The big difference will be when DX10 for FSX is released. Untill then, It is 50/50 for scenery between FSX and X-Plane.

I still LMAO when I come to this forum, and have it, but can't Mod it. Shocked

RD

EDIT: Also check this link... http://x-plane.com/ It is where you can d/l the demo and updates.

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:01 pm Post subject:

Here is a nice article for you to read comparing the two produts. Cool

http://www.simpilotnet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=9999