I know you have probably have gotten requests all over the X-Plane community about designing all your amazing planes for X-Plane. But I would like to hear from the developers. Will there be any hope of this happening? I pray that this one day will come true. I would love to own and fly the 737/747/777 PMDG models in X-Plane soon.

 

One can only dream and hope for. Please make it come true!

Pmdg already announced that they've hired someone to work on an aircraft.

 

Good news for x- planers.

Rob is correct. But for XPlane 10 I wouldn't just buy a (PMDG) add-on yet. Although XPlane 10 is a huge improvement over XPlane 9 - which is positive - it's just not there yet. Flight dynamics, the user interface, graphics, and (airport) scenery could use some improvement. But who knows, perhaps version 11 or 12 will be what we had hoped for.

FSX has been with us for nearly 7 years now, and we are gonna reach a point of incompatible OS's and other software. I mean, Microsoft is not our hope anymore; they stopped support on FSX in september and they gave up on Flight, and I don't see them developing another proper sim in the nearby future. Therefore, XPlane is our best hope. But until then, for the next couple of years, we can enjoy FSX with all it's great add-ons until eventually XPlane will be better so we can all switch over.

I really, really hope that PMDG is currently, or will in the near future, establish ongoing dialog with Laminar. The release of a PMDG aircraft for X-Plane could be that bellwether moment that marks the sim as something that must be taken seriously. I also hope that X-Plane 10 gets a longer shelf life than previous installments. At some point, the code will be declared finished, and when it does, I'd like to see Laminar approach it from an expansion point of view, a la MS Acceleration. FSX is a shining example of what can be done with a stable platform with longevity. It's just, unfortunately, getting long in the tooth and is approaching it's limits on what the code is capable of vs. current hardware. XPX, however, is still in it's formative stages with a bright future, so long as it bulds 3PD support.

 

So PMDG guys, please give the platform all due consideration, and for any Laminar folks that might be reading this, please don't be so quick to move on to XP11 when the XPX code is locked down, lest you leave earnest 3PD's in the dust.

 

Regards,

 

Jon Dodds

Rob is correct. But for XPlane 10 I wouldn't just buy a (PMDG) add-on yet. Although XPlane 10 is a huge improvement over XPlane 9 - which is positive - it's just not there yet. Flight dynamics, the user interface, graphics, and (airport) scenery could use some improvement. But who knows, perhaps version 11 or 12 will be what we had hoped for.

FSX has been with us for nearly 7 years now, and we are gonna reach a point of incompatible OS's and other software. I mean, Microsoft is not our hope anymore; they stopped support on FSX in september and they gave up on Flight, and I don't see them developing another proper sim in the nearby future. Therefore, XPlane is our best hope. But until then, for the next couple of years, we can enjoy FSX with all it's great add-ons until eventually XPlane will be better so we can all switch over.

 

As long as you keep the same pc with the same OS, FSX shuldn't stop working.

That, of course, until the hardware choose to not work anymore

Therefore, XPlane is our best hope.

 

Maybe for you, but for many Prepar3d is our best hope. Maybe I should say, "Prepar3d is my best hope".

 

BTW, just because MS doesnt do any support for MSFS any longer does not mean that one cannot run FSX on a legacy OS. Keep the PC clean and free from issues and it will run forever until you can no longer buy hardware that will run the software, which may as well be nothing to worry about.

 

Geez, I still run FS9 mainly and on XP Home and still love it. Yes, and no regrets right now either. It just works.

STOPPPPPP!!!!!!!

STOPPPPPP!!!!!!!

 

Eh? Wot's all this about, then?

 

 

Eh? Wot's all this about, then?

 

This toping came up too many times on this forum. Tired of threads that have already been answered. Use the search function for once.

This toping came up too many times on this forum. Tired of threads that have already been answered. Use the search function for once.

 

Or might I suggest you use a little self control and not click on topics you're not interested in. Wanting to control other people's behavior due to lack of ability to control your own is a rather arrogant stance to take, especially since up until your post, the thread has been moving along quite civilly.

I've been playing around with XP10 for the past few weeks. I find the user interface far superior to FSX, it's not game like and gives much more a feeling of a professional sim. The night lighting is just spectacular, I have seen nothing like it in a sim before, and this is straight out of the box. Flight dynamics seem better or on par with FSX.

 

Day flight is lacking due to scenery, easily fixed really.

 

The overall user experience of XP10, I find is far beyond FSX, it is only lacking the addons available to FSX.

Rob is correct. But for XPlane 10 I wouldn't just buy a (PMDG) add-on yet. Although XPlane 10 is a huge improvement over XPlane 9 - which is positive - it's just not there yet. Flight dynamics, the user interface, graphics, and (airport) scenery could use some improvement. But who knows, perhaps version 11 or 12 will be what we had hoped for.

FSX has been with us for nearly 7 years now, and we are gonna reach a point of incompatible OS's and other software. I mean, Microsoft is not our hope anymore; they stopped support on FSX in september and they gave up on Flight, and I don't see them developing another proper sim in the nearby future. Therefore, XPlane is our best hope. But until then, for the next couple of years, we can enjoy FSX with all it's great add-ons until eventually XPlane will be better so we can all switch over.

Yep, FSX will be fantastic for many years to come and Im sure by then X-Plane will have drastically improved. Im sure in 2-3 years from now people will still have FS9 installed on their computer

xp10 has improved by a huge amount recently I can't wait until PMDG makes a plane for it..

Rob is correct. But for XPlane 10 I wouldn't just buy a (PMDG) add-on yet. Although XPlane 10 is a huge improvement over XPlane 9 - which is positive - it's just not there yet. Flight dynamics, the user interface, graphics, and (airport) scenery could use some improvement. But who knows, perhaps version 11 or 12 will be what we had hoped for.

FSX has been with us for nearly 7 years now, and we are gonna reach a point of incompatible OS's and other software. I mean, Microsoft is not our hope anymore; they stopped support on FSX in september and they gave up on Flight, and I don't see them developing another proper sim in the nearby future. Therefore, XPlane is our best hope. But until then, for the next couple of years, we can enjoy FSX with all it's great add-ons until eventually XPlane will be better so we can all switch over.

 

Well Arjen,

 

I think your comments on X-Plane are a bit strong, and this topic was not intended to be yet another FSX vs X-Plane debate, so could you be mindful of how arbitrary your views are on X-Plane please?

 

I for one have switched over to using X-Plane in the past couple of months and am very happy indeed, once I got over the learning curve - which in all honesty took about a week. Having persevered with FSX and P3D and Flight I have been open-minded and "loyal" to all three simulators for as much as I could take before "caving in" and trying X-Plane. I also admit to being one of those people who binned the product demo of XP10 after 10 minutes when it came out last year.

 

However, a year later it's a different story. Now I am not going to get into a tit-for-tat debate on your various comments about the strengths and weaknesses of each simulator, but let's just say that I have "wowed" and "oh my God'd" in the past few weeks more than I have done in a couple of years on other products.

 

With only a few add-ons and very little "tweaking" I have something that is an absolute joy to use and the suspension of disbelief is quite astounding. I am so impressed and I see so much potential yet to come on top of what I am already experiencing (with a medium spec machine) that I am happy to wait for things like an improved ATC, more airport scenery and more add-ons, including PMDGs foray into this space.

 

So I would agree with you that for the longest time I was one of those that would say "it's not there yet" - but that is simply no longer true.

 

Cheers

 

James

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