June 6, 20205 yr Just now, Stratocruiser1 said: Well, I guess if you are going to use an Xbox controller, it will be a game. The rest of us using Flight Sim Controllers will be Flight Simming. Keyboards mouse flight sticks and more all available for XBOX, I will try both in time. Raymond Fry.
June 6, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Stratocruiser1 said: Well, I guess if you are going to use an Xbox controller, it will be a game. The rest of us using Flight Sim Controllers will be Flight Simming. You can use a X-Box controller in P3D/FSX as well, and has default bindings. Now you still need a keyboard nearby for other controls, but the controller works fine for controlling the aircraft. I use it when testing scenery, and have done short hops between airports with just it and a keyboard. Some Military and civilian drones can be controlled using X-Box or other console controllers IRL. Edited June 6, 20205 yr by Tuskin38
June 6, 20205 yr To be fair you could treat it like a radio controlled aircraft, although having a centring spring on the throttle is just plane (pun intended) wrong! Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
June 24, 20205 yr On 6/6/2020 at 10:12 AM, Stratocruiser1 said: Well, I guess if you are going to use an Xbox controller, it will be a game. The rest of us using Flight Sim Controllers will be Flight Simming. Pffffttt! I would bet even money the developers are using and optimizing for Xbox controllers...... We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
June 24, 20205 yr No 737NG at all? 😕 I hope they add one because then we'd have both the worlds workhorse airplanes (A320 & 737NG) right out of the box. X-Plane 11 has a fantastic default B738 but missed the chance to include an A320 to compliment it. Now it seems MS has done the opposite! On another note - I think its great its coming to the Xbox, as a gamer it will be nice to have on the console to make friends do landing challenges after they've had a few beers lol. And it will be fun to dive in to do short hops when I dont feel like sitting at the PC desk. And lastly it will expose a massive gaming audience to aviation.
June 24, 20205 yr It would be great if Microsoft came out with a range of branded flight controllers as well! Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
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