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Help! Thinking of quitting Flight Sim!

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Help, i feel like quitting FS2004! I need your help to tell me what you guys do and how you make FS9 or any other flight sim fun!

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Its not a job, if your not having fun take a break for a bit.biggrin.gif

 

 

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Its not a job, if your not having fun take a break for a bit.biggrin.gif
Yea i did, 7 weeks cause of exams! But after a while i get bored from it :(. What do you do to make it fun?

I treat it like I would as if I was really flying, thus the reason I may only do two to three flights a month. I do an extensive Pre flight, route planning, weather checks and so on. More so with a simulated airline flight. I also fly in real time not accelerated. Try to fly different birds to different places. One flight may be in the A2A Cub in FSX and the next in the PMDG 747 to Hong Kong in FS9.

Al Stiff

Get hold of Air Hauler, open up a base on the other side of the world and see where the jobs it generates takes you to.Or, get hold of an aircraft you have no clue about how to fly and learn that, for example the PMDG MD-11, the Wilco A320 or the A2A Boeing Stratocruiser.Or get into flying choppers for a change.Or have a crack at designing some scenery or an aircraft.There are stacks of things to try, just move outside your comfort zone and you'll find it is fun to do so.Al

Alan Bradbury

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I got a little tired of FS9, but then I switched over to helicopters. All the years of flight simming I never flown helicopters until 2 months ago.

Get hold of Air Hauler, open up a base on the other side of the world and see where the jobs it generates takes you to.Or, get hold of an aircraft you have no clue about how to fly and learn that, for example the PMDG MD-11, the Wilco A320 or the A2A Boeing Stratocruiser.Al
Chock, I'd like to highlight the part where you told me something about A2A's B377 Stratocruiser - that model is an FSX-only model. Dave.

"It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result." -HIDEKI TOJO

Yes it is, and that was intentionally an indirect way of suggesting another thing the OP could try. Getting hold of FSX.Al

Alan Bradbury

Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here

Yes it is, and that was intentionally an indirect way of suggesting another thing the OP could try. Getting hold of FSX.Al
BLASPHEMER!!! :( :(

Smooth Skies! -- Chuck B.

 

MACHINE 1:FS2004/WinXP Pro 64, Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Clocked to 4.35 GHz, Corsair H50, Asus Maximus Formula, 4GB PNY XLR8 DDR2 @1067, ATI 4870 and 4650, WD Raptor 10K RPM 160 GB HD, Seagate 500 mgb 32mgb cache, 2 Analog 2HTGs w/ 3 19" I-INC flat panel monitors 1280x1024x32, and 1 17" at 1280 x 1024, PC Silencer 750 Quad, FSPassengers, FSUPIC, (Payware), WideFS

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MACHINE 3: ASUS u81A Laptop, Windows 7 (what a joke!), WideClient, FlightSim Commander

BLASPHEMER!!! :( :(
Thanks for making me laugh out loud Chuck. I needed it!!!! :(
Yes it is, and that was intentionally an indirect way of suggesting another thing the OP could try. Getting hold of FSX.Al
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"It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result." -HIDEKI TOJO

Help, i feel like quitting FS2004! I need your help to tell me what you guys do and how you make FS9 or any other flight sim fun!
Buy more add ons!!! You'll either:A. Have fun with them orB. Be forced to sim more because you've dumped more money into it :((C. All of the above)And with all seriousness I've been learning the A-10C with DCS A10 Beta. That's waned me from FS2004/X for a while. Also picked up Napoleon Total War and besides, I have studying for exams to do...

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Buy more add ons!!! You'll either:A. Have fun with them orB. Be forced to sim more because you've dumped more money into it :((C. All of the above)And with all seriousness I've been learning the A-10C with DCS A10 Beta. That's waned me from FS2004/X for a while. Also picked up Napoleon Total War and besides, I have studying for exams to do...
B is so true, I've done so much with my PMDG 747, from intercontinental flights, to gauge color mods to custom airlines and finally sexy repaints.
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Glad to see I'm not the only one that bought DCS A10 Beta lolAl

Alan Bradbury

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Hello !Boeingsta, did you already try online flying ? There a many solutions for this, but if you want to learn more about aviation and ATC, then you should try IVAO or VATSIM.Just look at the event calendar:http://www.ivao.aero/events/day.aspHappy flying ! :(

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