Does anyone have a link to the WU announcement?

[jimcarrel 688]

Well, someone said "helicopter", that's all I need to get excited (a wee bit). We can see how that goes.

[Kilo60 660]

4 hours ago, The Moose said:

Indeed, and incredibly short sighted as usual in here. 

Do i like it? No, Will I download it? No.  Does it have any place in a flight sim?  Not really.    Could it tempt thousands of Halo fans to try the sim?  Absobloodylutely!   

Someone earlier called it a waste of recourses. If you bring in lots of new customers it's never a waste of resources.   . 

Lots of new customers who want to turn this sim into a Halo infinite FPS MmO?

 

No thanks!

[Kilo60 660]

6 hours ago, Der Zeitgeist said:

Seriously, guys, even if you're serious simmers (TM) try out the Pelican from HALO. It's really fun to fly and has some impressive animations in the model (engine pods) when maneuvering. This is perfect for just exploring scenery, because it can stop on a dime in hover mode.

Hopefully Star Citizen can soon sell some of their ships in the Market Place!

 

Their Vanguard Hoplite would be a lot more fun to fly than a helo!

[Cognita 1,075]

2 hours ago, Mace said:

There are two De Havilland Canada Beavers shown flying around in the presentation.

I am actually most interested in the Beaver! Milviz did a great job on it in P3D so hopefully it will be similar for MSFS; I really liked that plane. Too bad the A310 is only in the passenger variant, are any airlines still flying it? I was hoping for the cargo version.

[lwt1971 7,348]

41 minutes ago, Cognita said:

I am actually most interested in the Beaver! Milviz did a great job on it in P3D so hopefully it will be similar for MSFS; I really liked that plane. Too bad the A310 is only in the passenger variant, are any airlines still flying it? I was hoping for the cargo version.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310#Operators

[icewater5 181]

8 hours ago, Farlis said:

Call me smallminded, but I just can't see winning over a significant number of people to flightsim like that.

You are into it because you like real world aircraft and always wondered how flying them works. THAT is what draws people.

 

 

People are getting into flight simulator for other reasons as well is my guess, so they are just going with the flow 🙂

Edited June 13, 2022 by icewater5

[Matt Webb 171]

I want this Halo Pelican in the Reno Air races.

 

Fun!

[lzamm 143]

2 hours ago, Cognita said:

Too bad the A310 is only in the passenger variant, are any airlines still flying it? I was hoping for the cargo version.

Probably a shrewd choice by inibuilds. My guess is that they will be selling it very soon after the release of the free update.

[Simple B 141]

4 hours ago, icewater5 said:

People are getting into flight simulator for other reasons as well is my guess, so they are just going with the flow 🙂

I wasn't interested in flight sim before the MSFS announcement videos. Mostly a story based gamer with a little love for rally games.

I liked what I saw, day 1 purchaser, now I am about 4 grand in with new PC and peripherals and probably about 500 quid of addons, with a new love and respect for all things aviation.

Who knows what piques others interests...

Edited June 13, 2022 by Simple B
For Scotcheggs language lesson :)

[scotchegg 4,186]

3 minutes ago, Simple B said:

Who knows what peeks others interests...

*piques

[Fielder 3,661]

4 hours ago, Matt Webb said:

I want this Halo Pelican in the Reno Air races.

 

Fun!

 

Road Hog!! 

[andy1252 3,839]

10 hours ago, Farlis said:

You are into it because you like real world aircraft and always wondered how flying them works. THAT is what draws people.

You might be, and it may well be what drew you into it. But that's totally subjective. My subjective view is different (and irrelevant)

As for the announcement - it sounds pretty good to me. And as for this "halo" thing, I don't have the slightest idea what it is but as a person who has both the PMDG DC6 and a flying doughnut in his hangar I'll probably try it at least once!

What I'd really like to see is . . . Pigs In Space! (check out the Muppets if you never saw it <grin>)

[andy1252 3,839]

5 minutes ago, andy1252 said:

as for this "halo" thing, I don't have the slightest idea what it is

OK, so just looked at the end of the video in another thread. I'd assumed they'd finished after the helicopter bit and the first credits when I saw the first extract so missed that. Actually looks like fun and will give the doughnut a run for its money on my system at least.