Skywatcher12

Same for FS9. Run the registry repair tool first to make sure your registry entries are correct so FS Recorder can find your FS9.

It's got a long way to go, expensive and a very small user base. Personally, I'll be surprised if they bother with it. I know they have made mention of VR but is there anything they have simply said no too? It's all being looked at or in the pipeline. lol

Yep, the reasons are same for me. I also love Flight Keeper which does so much for my FS9 experience. I'd lose it with MSFS and I'm sure MSFS won't have Flight Keeper features. May get it anyway just for a quick play if user feedback is great but right now I'm betting more on the side of MSFS being a disaster. lol

It's bound to be released with Scarlett.

Tim, we are on the same wavelength. Let's keep it simple and just look at one particular feature and nothing else, Live AI. Is this the best way to handle the AI aspect for a flight simulator on PC? Seriously??? lol Imo, NO.

The marketing leads you to believe MSFS is all about the PC and the Xbox is a side act. I really don't believe this is the case. People are buying absolutely everything MS are selling right now without giving anything a second thought. I do think the launch of this game when everyone can get their hands on it will be incredibly fascinating.

Because I am not convinced they are building the best PC flight sim they could build. They are working within restrictions. I haven't changed my view since the announcement of MSFS and still have not seen anything to change my mind. I can see reason why MSFS may not be as open to 3rd party development as in past sims. Let's see what happens. And of course they are going to say they want to get the sim as perfect as possible before release. What would you expect them to say?

MSFS is also possibly not going to be as open to development as past FS versions. Really need to wait and see.

Then it'll be just like AVSIM! A Board of Directors determining what information FS users should have access too! lol

Take a read of the comments from the link, lots and lots of problems with it atm. Can't wait to see what the new MSFS will be like if they can't manage to fix a couple of minor things without screwing everything up. lol

This is more exciting than the new sim for me! lol I hope they do more with it in the future than look to obtain usage data. I doubt it but I'll live in hope.

No one knows at this stage. There certainly will be new add-ons. Officially, the very first one has been announced, the PMDG 737.

No, nothing to do with jpeg compression, they are just blurry. First screenshot shows you clearly the clouds in the foreground left and the little patch of clouds on the right. I can see it in all of those pics but the first pic should be obvious to everyone. Yes, the promo stuff looks fine but what you don't see is all the flaws when you will actually be using the sim and say flying low and slow from one airstrip to another. That will almost certainly tell a very different tale. Then will come performance. System needed and how all this scenery will draw. From what has been shown so far popping, stutters and although I haven't seen it in the promo stuff yet, blurries I am certain will also be an issue. Like I said, wait till release, till people are actually running it and then you will start seeing real evaluation of the product. Then of course are things like lack of seasons and all the other features that won't be there from FS2004 or FSX. Then on top of that, let's see costs, storage requirements, bandwidth requirements. I know I sound highly negative but I game a lot! Despite what people say, FS is just a game and things won't be any different for MSFS as they are for any other game. It uses hardware the same, it lives in the same market and times. What's clear, there are many things of concern and as of yet MS have released nothing to remove these concerns which in itself is a typical modern day tact and worrying. I'd be happy to flip to a new sim as well but I don't think MSFS is it.

What won't be in it has been mentioned. Those clouds looks terrible, blurry as heck. I really want to see the effect of no seasons. I'd love to see 5th pic down in the PC Gamer link showing the scene at different times of day and year for example. You don't get to see anything like this because they are hiding these things. No one has mentioned the water yet. From what i have seen it's nothing new from past sims. People are buying everything MS are selling based on nothing but the photo scenery carefully shown to present at it's best.

FS 2002 was released just after the attacks. Microsoft removed the Twin Towers just before release to not offend. The article below will answer your original question as well: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/09/17/world_trade_centre/

I'm betting not. All the expectation is still over nothing more than some pretty pictures. What we do know are some of the fundamental necessities expected of a flight sim are already confirmed as stripped. I think when MSFS is finally released all the forums will light up like a Christmas tree but there won't be much Christmas spirit! lol I'm so happy with FS9, already can see I'll be using it another decade at least and I'm totally fine with that.

I just hope you will understand why you cannot have 7 MSFS installs when the time comes. While people are out there exploiting, there will be some of those who are doing things for free to support your interests who will inevitably walk away.

Not seeing beyond this is why things are where they are.

Let the fun begin. Modern gaming! Want an add-on plane for MSFS? How about a PMDG 737? Only $139.99! lol At what point will people be prepared to say, "We won't accept that!"

They work fine together. I installed FSX first on mine, followed by FS2004. No issues.

Those 0.2% of MSFS users will think their dreams have come true. To the rest of us, isn't going to make much difference.

Correct. You are drooling over the girl with her makeup on. I look forward to having a quality giggle reading the sooking on these forums in a couple of years when the makeup comes off. I like seasons, I like flying world tours, lower quality consistent graphics bother me far less than graphics with flaws, errors or incomplete. If you think about some of those things you should work out what I mean. We don't know specific pricing. You can be guaranteed base game will cost you more than FS9 or FSX did. You can be guaranteed you will have plenty of pricey add-ons. It is not even safe to assume things MS state they may implement at a later date will be free. If, and that's a pretty major IF, seasons do at some point become available, you may very well have to pay an ORBX Global price for them if not more. This is modern gaming! Things rarely come in a free downloadable patch these days! Where there is opportunity...lol Still can't fly over a blanket of white fluffy clouds it appears 15 years on from FSX. Yeah, we get some new cloud formations represented by blurry, super saturated, super contrasty, blown out highlight clouds that appear as pasted in as a 70's sci-fi movie. From what has been shown, the clouds have gone seriously backwards! Then comes the real time weather. Totally looking forward to midday flights and watching the morning fog roll in! lol I use the one I think is the best. No interest in using the others. Windows 10 was purely created to take your $$$ and give them to MS. Is this not what the fanboys have done as well??? lol I'm using reasoning. If they removed seasons, historic weather, ATC, customized AI from my FS9 I'd dump that too! The fanboys will preach about MSFS even if they remove the planes!

If the PM doesn't fix it, try and reset your default flight.

Sent you a PM

Many FS2004 users stick with this sim for very specific reasons. I'm just curious who has used FS2004 for years now but is closely looking at moving to the new sim? Myself, can't express how NOT appealing it is. I'll be losing many things I already have and enjoy in FS2004 for starters. I'm also not a fan of photo anything as photo anything will always be plagued with issues so the new terrain does little for me. Being a 2D panel freak, the chances are reasonable you won't even have them in the default aircraft in MSFS. Cost, it's not a deal breaker but despite some discussions elsewhere, cost imo will be higher for MSFS than any other flight sim especially if you like to deck it out with payware. Just take weather for example. MSFS will come with what is realistically nothing more than a fixed Jeppesen. As per past flight sim versions, for historic weather or added weather features you will likely need to look elsewhere. Is FS2004 perfect? No. I just can't see anything better coming along so I think I'll be sticking with FS2004 for a very long time to come. Anyone looking to jump the FS2004 ship???