New MS Flight Sim Insider Program Open

[Ricardo41 5,958]

On ‎6‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 2:22 PM, W2DR said:

From reading that and the X-Box insider forum info it appears that the new sim will be X-Box and Windows 10 PC's. No support for Windows 7. That alone kills the deal for me.........Doug

Time to move on from Windows 7

[Wobbie 938]

3 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

Time to move on from Windows 7

& DX12 needed.

[G-RFRY 1,717]

3 minutes ago, Wobbie said:

& DX12 needed.

This is why you will have to send a Dxdiag report to Microsoft when req`d to check you system is DX12 compliant and up to date drivers no more hanging on to old drivers.

[Wobbie 938]

I'm not sure as to where this DX12 submission request is found. Can you advise?

 

[Heimi 91]

How can people still think that a modern game does not use DX12 and Win10 with these graphics. Can`t believe people still whining about backwards compatibilty and outdated hard and software.

If you want an advanced flightsim you have to get rid of all old stuff that prevents improvements.

And the fact that they have nVidia as partner implies that they will use the new RTX technology which make the graphic possible and is obviously DX12.

Edited June 12, 2019 by Heimi

[Wobbie 938]

Lol... yip, always that one in a crowd!

Dont forget the comments, that some are not interested, if their older add-ons will not work in the new sim, and, this one is still coming..... Can I get a discount because i have an older version (of planes, etc)

[W2DR 1,860]

10 hours ago, Wobbie said:

& DX12 needed.

 

10 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

Time to move on from Windows 7

No way. To paraphrase Charleton Heston....you can take my Windows 7 from my cold clammy hand.

[W2DR 1,860]

On 6/10/2019 at 10:16 AM, chiquijr11 said:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsforbusiness/end-of-windows-7-support

Here you go buddy.

Just because they end "support" that  doesn't mean that I have to "upgrade" to the MS/NSA operating system. I'll go back to XP before I do that. My son owns a cyber-security firm and the security problems with Windows 10 are truly frightening.

Edited June 12, 2019 by W2DR

[Sethos 4,458]

9 minutes ago, W2DR said:

Just because they end "support" that  doesn't mean that I have to "upgrade" to the MS/NSA operating system. I'll go back to XP before I do that. My son owns a cyber-security firm and the security problems with Windows 10 are truly frightening.

Guess you didn't realize all the telemetry and logging has been retroactively patched into Windows 7. You're basically clinging on to an OS with all the downsides of Windows 10 and none of the upsides.

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-makes-telemetry-updates-for-windows-7-and-8-1-critical-updates/

[W2DR 1,860]

But only if you install those updates and leave them installed. There are ways around everything. MS/NSA has NO control over my PC. What don't you understand about Big Brother? Do your homework. Life will be much less stressful.

[Sethos 4,458]

Your tinfoil hat is on too tight my friend. And funny you'd think using a Microsoft product in the first place makes you safe from "big brother", because you chose not to install a few updates, heh.

Edited June 12, 2019 by Sethos

[raymond66 0]

Tried to sign up several times since Monday. I never got an email to verify my email address.

[bonchie 2,305]

On 6/11/2019 at 5:21 AM, jymp said:

Surely they can't be stupid enough to repeat the mistakes of "Flight" and "Flight Sim World", however this is Microsoft we're talking about....IF they make a open SDK, release it before the actual sim. have the sim be open to 3rd party mods as FS9, FSX, P3D and even X-Plane, and NO subscription, it will sell like gangbusters, even though folks will need to upgrade PC's to run it. This is a easy one MS, open to mods, no subscriptions....

It's almost certainly going to have a subscription given the streaming nature of it and that's a good thing. If their business model is to make money on recurring, monthly payments (or yearly passes), that means they can't make a shallow, limited experience. The incentive for them is to build something people want to keep playing for years and years.

[jymp 168]

DCS World seems to have it right, sure, have plenty paid DLC, (which I'm sure they will) but allow 3rd party mods from the community with no subscription, I'm not paying a monthly/yearly fee.

[Sethos 4,458]

It's funny how people keep pushing the notion that it'll be subscription based and somehow more and more people are running with that idea. Making it a subscription simulator would kill it before it even got off the ground.

Edited June 13, 2019 by Sethos