Article: Lockheed Martin Releases New Prepar3D Video

[Nels_Anderson]

You can view the page at http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/conten...Prepar3D-Video

[JM)]

Cool.

[Schnell14]

Impressive Graphics, but I still don't know what the product is and how it ties into Flight Simulation.

TH

[Cflores87]

Does prepar have Crash Damage effects? hail? working online multilayer lobby? im looking for stuff flight sim x does not have... how about ATC? Prepar looks cool but im still waiting to be impressed. Down Drafts Up Drafts wind shear. more realistic weather effects over the aircraft. systems failures. weathering and icing on the wings. bird strikes.

[Schnell14]

Cool.

Jim ,
I am definitely interested in this, but are you familiar enough with exactly how it interfaces with a Flight Sim type program and what it does to educate us?

TH

[Schnell14]

Can someone summarize exactly how this interfaces with a flight sim type program and what it does?

[Nels_Anderson]

It does not "interface with a flight sim type program", it IS a flight sim. It's based on Microsoft ESP which in turn is related to FSX. Many FSX add-ons apparently work with Prepar3D. Please note, though, that they are selling it only for training purposes, not for entertainment.

[byron1976]

It's supposed to be compatible with the FS addons, is it true?

[jpdegobert]

Prepar3d is the best flight simulator and is the future .....Sceneries FTX Orbx + Prepar3d + A2A simulation .....Marvellous !

[captaind172]

I think version 2 that is suppose to be out late 2012 or early 2013 is the one to watch. Prepar3d is essentially FSX. On the surface it doesn't seem much different from FSX, because it isn't. I think they've expanded the usable world into and under the water as well as suborbital earth. What's important about Prepar3d is that it's FSX with development again. Microsoft has essentially left it untouched and full of bugs and holes. Lockheed intends to patch the holes, improve flight dynamics, and continue to give it future development. The other great thing, many current FSX add-ons are compatible with Prepar3d. That means developers can plan future products built on the FSX core.