Microsoft Flight Webisode #3

[alainneedle1 97]

Looks like FSX to me, same autogen popping! This is obviously an updated FSX and not a new engine.

+ 1

[Mike... 7]

FS9 looks pretty, FSX looks pretty, Flight looks pretty. The big question is, will it look pretty on the inside... as well as on the outside. Can't say I'm terribly impressed by this or any of the videos.What we all want to know, is MS going to address the well documented problems. I'd want to know more about that and see less teaser videos of the middle of nowhere.:(

[simmerhead 885]

Looks better than anything Microsoft has made before in the flight simulator series, but it didn't give me goosebumps. I got a feeling that Microsoft has gotten stuck in a certain way to code their simulator. Right now I'm way more impressed with the latest Outerra video: http://outerra.blogspot.com/2011/02/ocean-rendering.htmlThere's just something about Outerra that makes Flight look dated even before it has been released.

[alainneedle1 97]

Looks better than anything Microsoft has made before in the flight simulator series, but it didn't give me goosebumps. I got a feeling that Microsoft has gotten stuck in a certain way to code their simulator. Right now I'm way more impressed with the latest Outerra video: http://outerra.blogs...-rendering.htmlThere's just something about Outerra that makes Flight look dated even before it has been released.

+ 10I have followed Outerra for a long time now and let me tell you something....the day will come when somebody will make a Flight simulator using Outerra engine and starting that day they will be laughing their heads off all the way to the bank, don't care how good Flight will look.The main dev. looking at it right now are in the flight simulation business , NDA........Flight is not out yet and we don't know when it will be out but looking at the vid. it's easy to see that they are working on the old FSX to make it Flight, I'm welling to wait for Outerra BIG time, until then I'll use FSX.....with 3rd party scenery FSX ain't that bad after all.

[simmerhead 885]

Don't get me wrong. I'll be getting Flight for sure, but I'm sure it will feel like buying a Toyota when what you really want is a BMW...

[alainneedle1 97]

Don't get me wrong. I'll be getting Flight for sure, but I'm sure it will feel like buying a Toyota when what you really want is a BMW...

I understand, as for me I'll be waiting a little to see what kind or feedback we will be getting from Flight.I'm just not sure of how good Flight will be over FSX since they are reworking the same stuff.

[mgh 89]

Don't get me wrong. I'll be getting Flight for sure, but I'm sure it will feel like buying a Toyota when what you really want is a BMW...

You really want a BMW for the price of a Toyota?

[Mike... 7]

There are cheap BMW's and expensive Toyota's, what's your point?:(

[Tierborn 191]

You really  want a BMW for the price of a Toyota?

Price of a bicycle .....

[alainneedle1 97]

Speaking of Outerra....look at the visual effect over and on the water and far away over the sea....shadow effect on the plane...I have to say that I will never get in a plane with this pilot...ever...

[ryanbatc 13,025]

Mixed feelings...It looks like more densely packed autogen with some water effects that REX/ASX/FEX cannot give us in FSX.I also noticed a brief shadow moving across the wind during the flight... perhaps cloud or terrain shadowing?Still I have my hopes up for something yummy!

[alainneedle1 97]

Mixed feelings...It looks like more densely packed autogen with some water effects that REX/ASX/FEX cannot give us in FSX.I also noticed a brief shadow moving across the wind during the flight... perhaps cloud or terrain shadowing?Still I have my hopes up for something yummy!

I understand, keep in mind that this is just Outerra...can you think of this engine with some good 3rd party scenery........there is more shadow effect here....cockpit shadow also..

[dtrjones 356]

+ 10I have followed Outerra for a long time now and let me tell you something....the day will come when somebody will make a Flight simulator using Outerra engine and starting that day they will be laughing their heads off all the way to the bank, don't care how good Flight will look.The main dev. looking at it right now are in the flight simulation business , NDA........Flight is not out yet and we don't know when it will be out but looking at the vid. it's easy to see that they are working on the old FSX to make it Flight, I'm welling to wait for Outerra BIG time, until then I'll use FSX.....with 3rd party scenery FSX ain't that bad after all.

I think your doing Microsoft a huge disservice - ok outerra has slopped runways, dense trees and clear, scalable computer scenery. Outerra can look pretty, but others would say its pretty mundane. All the examples I've seen make it look like very old fasion CGI graphics, Tron of the FS world (and not the new version either) not a world I wouldn't want to explore it at all. Also simmerhead, i like your posts and I know you do recognise the work Microsoft are doing - but I do remember you saying Flight looked cartoonish.... You can't get any more disney than outerra LOL. Please don't get me wrong, outerra's ok but its far from anything real regards SIM'ing is concerned - its modelling in the vids is very basic, and based on graphics its still no DCS A-10C Warthog.Cheers,Dave.

[darem 84]

Gound casts shadow on plane - nice :-)

[alainneedle1 97]

I'm not comparing Outerra with FSX, what I am saying is give this engine to a 3rd party scenery makers and let see what would happen.....like I said before the main players interested in Outerra engine are all in the flight simulation business....Outerra is not I repeat NOT in the scenery business.