MSFS available for preorders. Releasing August 18th!

[Doug47 574]

4 hours ago, OzWhitey said:

Who? Where?

All I've seen around is people here hating on Prepar3d v5 (ahem), effectively nothing of the reverse.

I’ve given you one .

[Noooch 1,084]

I just imagine Austin Meyer's face today.

Edited July 13, 2020 by Noooch

[b1bmsgt 207]

5 hours ago, MaVe64 said:

That's my birthday.... 😄

12 days before mine. I took the week of my BD off, so I'll probably have taken root in my sim chair by the time I have to go back to work!!

 

Russ

Edited July 13, 2020 by b1bmsgt

[pmb 5,137]

Here's a nice personal recollection by Aerosoft's Mathijs Kok on working with Asobo:

https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/154700-aerosoft-official-retail-partner-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/&tab=comments#comment-989186

Kind regards, Michael

[OzWhitey 3,353]

28 minutes ago, b1bmsgt said:

12 days before mine. I took the week of my BD off, so I'll probably have taken root in my sim chair by the time I have to go back to work!!

 

Russ

Russ, would you be up for testing some 32-bit Carenado planes with me in MSFS on release day?

EDIT: I just realized - that is my 2000th Avsim post! Microsoft, if you are reading, feel free to send me a free copy of MSFS, premium deluxe preferred. Thanks Satya, and I am sorry about the whole "Occupy Redmond" thing, hopefully everything is back to normal at MS now.

As I was in a celebratory mood, I just revisited the 2017 thread that I was referencing in my comment. Russ and I flew some planes in the then-new P3D v4 which certainly had no business being anywhere near a 64-bit sim. 

Guys, we absolutely have to do this with MSFS on 18th August. Look forward to seeing you for the test flights! 🙂

 

 

Edited July 13, 2020 by OzWhitey

[YVRLHRDXB 321]

As a tester and I'm excited to get my hands on the retail. Also look forward to seeing how the beta performs compared to the alpha builds, I suspect it'll be the retail version minus some features.

[vcarlo 529]

I recommend we review this promo video before we say NO SEASONS .. also note >> we will have FULL REAL WORLD WEATHER (I think it's safe to say we will see it snowing) 😉

 

Edited July 13, 2020 by vcarlo

[Bottle 663]

Oh great. I'll be camping in the middle of a field without even phone signal on release day. I'll see you all a few days later.

[Noooch 1,084]

4 minutes ago, Bottle said:

Oh great. I'll be camping in the middle of a field without even phone signal on release day. I'll see you all a few days later.

Same here :))

[regis9 4,014]

I just realized that the week of release is my first of two weeks vacation...bonus!

[virtualstuff 758]

Premium Deluxe here ordered 😎

@OzWhitey congrats with your 2000th post here, always a milestone those...

Would have been at my 5000th post if wasn't for the AVSIM hack we have had in the past, o well 😉

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

1 hour ago, n4gix said:

Well, I pre-ordered the "Premium" version and had a bit of trouble getting it to install. Finally it did...

...but now my Alpha won't run any longer. Oh well, it's not a tragedy but it is rather peculiar!

How did you install it? Mine literally ran a 10mb file, placed an icon on the desktop and that was that? 

[Turpentine 375]

13 minutes ago, Bottle said:

Oh great. I'll be camping in the middle of a field without even phone signal on release day. I'll see you all a few days later.

Hahaha, same for me, will be camping in the wild on the 18th! Will have to wait until the following weekend.

[Turpentine 375]

31 minutes ago, pmb said:

Here's a nice personal recollection by Aerosoft's Mathijs Kok on working with Asobo:

https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/154700-aerosoft-official-retail-partner-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/&tab=comments#comment-989186

Kind regards, Michael

Thanks a lot for sharing this.

[Wobbie 938]

11 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

How did you install it? Mine literally ran a 10mb file, placed an icon on the desktop and that was that? 

I dont think that you can install it, as it has not been released yet.