I'll have a 'One for the team' review later today.

1 minute ago, BostonJeremy77 said:

This is awful. I have all their stuff on P3D v5 and really enjoy the 737-200, 757, 767, and Lockheed 1011. SHOCKED they did this, but then again, they DID kind of state that they don't take MSFS seriously a while ago. Such a terrible move on their part. WAY to tarnish your reputation. 

What is it even more astonishing, they didn't even spend the effort to just change the fonts of the FMC or even change 747 to 777 which is super easy to do. Typical CaptainSim, then charge later for every single expansion 

Clearly a money grab. CS is already in my non-purchase list for years and this only reinforces that decision.

Edited May 17, 20215 yr by GCBraun

16 minutes ago, kaha said:

Which serious simmer would buy it? Can only be gamers that fly it.

Karl

Plenty of avsimmers are going to buy this. No worries.

Well, it's a start.  Hopefully they will get to know MSFS over the coming months and they will improve it.  I would love their B707 to come over eventually.

I agree about the constant expansion thing.  I remember getting their B757 for FSX, then buying the -300 and cargo versions. 
Still, it is up to the purchaser I suppose - nobody is forcing us.

 

Edited May 17, 20215 yr by bobcat999

This made me laugh:

To be fair, when I hit refresh it appeared, but for a moment it was pretty funny.

Edited May 17, 20215 yr by Chock

32 minutes ago, a321 said:

This looks like path of the course for this sim now. The 777 is one of their key products and they have put it out now using 747 default gauges....Surprised to see a heavy weight dev doing this!

Either they need the money and will discount any system upgrades in the future or they have little faith in MSFS being a viable study level sim and have just cashed out now!

Not looking good. I guess we will see.

That's pretty stupid of CaptainSim though.  MSFS is the future of flight sims.  P3D and XPlane have a chance of becoming obsolete.  If CaptainSim wants to screw their revenue stream in the future, when XPlane and P3D no longer generate revenue for them because they are obsolete, that's a mistake from CaptainSim on their reputation.

1 minute ago, bobcat999 said:

Well, it's a start.  Hopefully they will get to know MSFS over the coming months and they will improve it.  I would love their B707 to come over eventually.

I agree about the constant expansion thing.  I remember getting their B757 for FSX, then buying the -300 and cargo versions. 
Still, it is up to the purchaser I suppose - nobody is forcing us.

 

They are not going to improve it for $29.99 not unless they charge for the updates. There are GA planes for more than that and even then they are filled with "inop" and badly working systems.

Just now, abrams_tank said:

That's pretty stupid of CaptainSim though.  MSFS is the future of flight sims.  P3D and XPlane have a chance of becoming obsolete.  If CaptainSim wants to screw their revenue stream in the future, when XPlane and P3D no longer generate revenue for them because they are obsolete, that's a mistake from CaptainSim on their reputation.

I see your crystal ball is working overtime!

CS

1 minute ago, a321 said:

They are not going to improve it for $29.99 not unless they charge for the updates. There are GA planes for more than that and even then they are filled with "inop" and badly working systems.

They do have a history of improving things over time, although very slowly.

9 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

Well, it's a start.  Hopefully they will get to know MSFS over the coming months and they will improve it.  

Yeah and I bet on it, they will charge 66.6$ to get custom systems expansion. 

All the config files are visible since it installs in the Community folder, this means you can tart about with it if you like. Had a quick look and it is mostly using default stuff - aka 'Doing a Bredok' (TM), but I don't think people need to get their panties in too much of a twist with that kind of thing, keep in mind it is only 20 quid before you have a thrombo about it. 😉 The engine expansion/cargo expansion will however probably be 200 quid. 🤣

Edited May 17, 20215 yr by Chock

1 minute ago, omarsmak30 said:

Yeah and I bet on it, they will charge 66.6$ to get custom systems expansion. 

Well it will be $66.6 for the systems or $99 for the full package.. and I would be ok with that if it was up to their usual standards. However this right now is shocking but not a surprise. MS/ASOBO have really dropped the ball, the system within MSFS are clearly an obstruction to most dev building anything remotely close to  decent add-on levels, not everyone has the grasp that Fly by Wire / WT have on the internals but even they are borked in places e.g. the default flight planner sending the plane back to the start of the flight the A32NX suffers from this, and this is why Aerosoft stayed away from it with the CRJ. Its a joke to be honest. Devs have to eat, MSFS is not a sim AT THE MOMENT for serious simmers its for nickel & dime add-ons, and until ASOBO/MS pull finger out quit with the eye candy and get the sim into shape it always will be!

2 minutes ago, Chock said:

All the config files are visible since it installs in the Community folder, this means you can tart about with it if you like. Had a quick look and it is mostly using default stuff - aka 'Doing a Bredok' (TM), but I don't think people need to get their panties in too much of a twist with that kind of thing, keep in mind it is only 20 quid before you have a thrombo about it. 😉

Its not the price, it is what it says about the sim and why a study level sim dev has put out this garbage! We are blaming the devs for something they have no control over, they have to eat. There is a market for this within MSFS, i think larger than for study level!

Edited May 17, 20215 yr by a321