May 17, 201214 yr I tried to post this inquiry before, but got a forum/web site error. Does anyone have a contact in regards to the purchase of FSX source code? Or someone that might be able to point me in the right direction? Rob
May 17, 201214 yr Moderator It is not available, period. Lockheed-Martin has an exclusive license agreement with Microsoft for the ESP (FSX) source code... Although never revealed, I suspect that the license fee was (is) in the seven figures anyway... :LMAO: Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
May 17, 201214 yr Moderator It is not available, period. Lockheed-Martin has an exclusive license agreement with Microsoft for the ESP (FSX) source code... Although never revealed, I suspect that the license fee was (is) in the seven figures anyway... :LMAO: Yup! I would tend to agree with that estimate, Bill! :) Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
May 17, 201214 yr But didn´t Microsoft intend to sell the FSX source code and via this ESP thing? Best regards, Steffen Fight time: NGX 737-700: 37,0h; -800: 47,2h
May 17, 201214 yr Although never revealed, I suspect that the license fee was (is) in the seven figures anyway... :LMAO: Actually..WE probably paid for it. LM probably just tacked it on in a defense contract under misc. FSX: PMDG 744/MD11/JS41/736/737/738/739, CS752/753/763/C130, SimCheck A300, Leonardo MD82, MJC DH8D, Aerosoft CRJ7/CRJ9/A318/A319/A320/A321, RAZBAM Metroliner, ORBX Global, FlyTampa KBUF/OMDB/TNCM/VHHX, ActiveSky Next DCS: A-10C II/F-16C/AH-64D/F-15E/KA-50 III/Mi-24/Persian Gulf/Syria/F-15C XP11: FF 752/753, iniBuilds A306, HotStart TBM900 MSFS: Fenix A320, FS2Crew Fenix A320, FS2Crew Pushback Express, PMDG B77W, ActiveSky FS, Drzewiecki Design UUEE
May 17, 201214 yr Moderator Lol, thats probably true. Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
May 17, 201214 yr LM probably just tacked it on in a defense contract under misc. Least I'm getting some satisfaction out of my tax dollars :) Doooooooooooooooah, and I still paid for it!! ArDee
May 29, 201214 yr Thanks for the responses. It does indeed look like Prepar3D is still alive with v1.3 released in March 2012 ... not great news from my perspective. Getting contacts was very difficult, but there is a possibility of obtaining "parts" of the source code for much less than 7 digits ;) -- which is fine, didn't really want the entire set as it would probably take many years to figure it out vs. starting a new. Primarily interested in conversion of data so that some (not all) existing 3rd party products can be used.
May 29, 201214 yr It is not available, period. Lockheed-Martin has an exclusive license agreement with Microsoft for the ESP (FSX) source code... Northrop Grumman also purchased ESP (the Information Systems Sector if my memory serves). Though I am not sure they ever did anything with it. My assumption is that when ACES was disbanded, NGC/IS pretty much lost interest.
May 29, 201214 yr Moderator Tom, I don't believe that particular license included the actual source code, but rather allowed them to bundle the run time components into their own unique solution packages for sale and distribution to clients, or for their own in-house use. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
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