January 5, 201214 yr I remember when FS98 was released many of us imported all of our addons into Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator because it had better performance and looked nicer, even though it really wasn't meant for that. Seeing as Flight is nothing more than an optimized version of FSX, even with the severe crippling of the ability to import addons into it unless it comes from Live, it is pretty depressing. That said, do any developers think it is possible to "jailbreak" Flight so we get the engine and simply import addons into it? This would be like jailbreaking an Apple or Android phone. Here's what I'm thinking.Since The entire earth is still there, Microsoft just saw fit to nuke all of the detail outside of Hawaii, the coordinate system should pretty much be the same as FSX. (I'm assuming this is true since they also removed slew so there is really no way to see it for ourselves.) I figure if we did this, we'd have the optimized engine, with current FSX addons and the world will be right again. I would assume that Microsoft would act the same way that Apple or Google does with jailbreaks and turn a blind eye since it brings in customers and therefore money in their little fat hands. That way, they can have their gaming crowd come in (XBOX fans are begging for this to be ported to XBOX) and at the same time they will gain back the dedicated flight simulation crowd. Thoughts? If this IS possible this could be the saving grace for Flight.
January 5, 201214 yr Not legally...It doesnt make sense either, US laws are so upside down, you can't reverse engineer or modify software but you can when it comes bundled on hardware...http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/feds-ok-iphone-jailbreaking/ Tyson Rose
January 5, 201214 yr I don't think M$ wouldn't do anything against it. When potential (=at least they think we are) customers buy ORBX, PMDG, A2A etc. stuff and run it in FLIGHT illegaly they think it will destroy their market place. But it won't because nobody wants the crap from the market place if he is used to buy stuff from good developers. However as we see, M$ doesn't sees that we need a platform and not a stupid content! John Rubens
January 5, 201214 yr Commercial Member Flight is not backward compatible with FSX so even if it was jailbroken or hacked, good luck getting any FSX addons to run with it. Cheers, John Venema
January 5, 201214 yr Author Flight is not backward compatible with FSX so even if it was jailbroken or hacked, good luck getting any FSX addons to run with it.John, thanks. That was the answer I was looking for. That was the last glimmer of hope....
January 5, 201214 yr John, thanks. That was the answer I was looking for. That was the last glimmer of hope....You're just going to have to learn to lower your expectations a tad. Mike Mann
January 5, 201214 yr You're just going to have to learn to lower your expectations a tad.Nope, otherwise he wouldn't have clocked his rig to 5.1 Mhz ! ^_^I am trying to be not serious in a bad day
January 5, 201214 yr Nope, otherwise he wouldn't have clocked his rig to 5.1 Mhz ! :(With a system like that, playing Microsoft Flight should be child's play! Mike Mann
January 6, 201214 yr Moderator You're just going to have to learn to lower your expectations a tad.Mike, seriously my expectations are now six feet below my feet. They simply can't get any lower! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 6, 201214 yr You're just going to have to learn to lower your expectations a tad.Dumb it down Jeff Bea I am an avid globetrotter with my trusty Lufthansa B777F, Polar Air Cargo B744F, and Atlas Air B748F.
January 6, 201214 yr Some will try jailbreak it :( I can guaranteed that. Some love the thrill is cracking the safe of goods in programs.
January 6, 201214 yr Just forget about MS Flight. Close this forum. Its over.I never wanted to go to the wedding on the yacht anyway.
