July 27, 20232 yr FLIGHT UNLIMITED (1)... I bought the first version ( floppy disks ) for MS-DOS in 1995 and then it's CD version during a trip to Berlin to attend Java's kick off in late 1997 - all in German 🥴 It's been a long time since I last played FU, but I still retain the experience as UNIQUE and probably one of the very Best I ever had in a desktop flight simulator. FU2 and FU3 were great flightsims too, but not as special flight dynamics wise as FU (1). Interesting to read about the creator of FU 1 - Seamus Blackley : Seamus Blackley - Wikipedia It was the first time I got aware of the reason why he left the project and also Looking Glass Technologies - he refused to create what would become a direct competitor of Microsoft Flight Simulator, and was fired from LG 😕 Also interesting to learn about the roots of one of the most interesting combat flight simulators I tried back then: Jane's Attack Squadron... Edited July 27, 20232 yr by jcomm typos Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 27, 20232 yr Well I must admit I had not thought about flight unlimited in quite some time, and was actually a bit surprised that it might still be an ongoing concern. With that in mind I attempted to look up some videos regarding the current state of the SIM and was unable to find anything recent at all.  And by recent, I mean within the last year.  Is this sim dead, Or is my search criteria bad? 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
July 27, 20232 yr I still have FUI (the CD version) on my shelf. Would you think it can be installed and would work on an present-day PC? And I agree, it was a great Sim, albeit performance was marginal at its time. Kind regards, Michael Intel i7-13700K / AsRock Z790 / Crucial 32 GB DDR 5 / ASUS RTX 4080OC 16GB / BeQuiet ATX 1000W / WD m.2 NVMe 2TB (System) / WD m.2 NVMe 4 TB (MSFS) / WD HDD 10 TB / XTOP+Saitek hardware panel /  LG 34UM95 3440 x 1440  / HP Reverb 1 (2160x2160 per eye) / Win 11
July 27, 20232 yr Commercial Member And the support from Richard Harvey (I think that was his name) was stellar. Unfortunately I think he passed away to cancer if my memory serves me correctly.  These guys implemented things such as taxiing too close behind a larger aircraft providing warning messages from atc about jet blast affecting your aircraft or atc screaming at you if you veered off the taxiway. If I recall they also implemented PCL (pilot control lighting).  Awesome sim for it's time FU1 that is. KROSWYND  a.k.a KILO_WHISKEYMajestic Software Development/Support Sys 1:  AMD 7950X3D, NOCTUA D15S, Gigabyte Elite B650, MSI 4090, 64Gb Ram, Corsair 850 Power Supply, 2x2TB M.2 Samsung 980s, 1x4TB WDD M.2, 6xNoctua 120mm case fans, LG C2 55" OLED running at 120Hz for the monitor, Win11. Sys 2:  i7 8700k, MSI GAMING MBoard, 32Gigs RAM, MSI 4070Ti & EVGA 1080Ti. Hardware: Brunner CLS-E-NG Yoke, Fulcrum One yoke, TM TPR Rudder Pedals, Yoko TQ6+ NEO, StreamDeck, Tobii Eye Tracker, Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base with a TM gripSIMULATORS: MSFS2020/XP12/P3D v5.4 & v6:  YouTube Videos
July 27, 20232 yr LOL!! You wrote Flight Unlimited but I was thinking FlightGear! 😀 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
July 27, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, pmb said: Would you think it can be installed and would work on an present-day PC? Could try the VMware or VirtualBox virtual machines, but might need to look into some emulators for games and sims from the 90s for the best experience. https://youtu.be/mWEE2RJj3YI https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/index.html
July 27, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, crosswind said: And the support from Richard Harvey (I think that was his name) was stellar. Unfortunately I think he passed away to cancer if my memory serves me correctly. Wasn't Richard Harvey the founder of Fly II ? I don't think he had anything to do with FU? I was a beta tester for Fly II that's why I remember the name. They still sent out CD-ROMs with the beta! 🙂 Most of what is said on the Internet may be the same thing they shovel on the regular basis at the local barn.
July 27, 20232 yr Commercial Member @Silicus You are correct, and thanks for the correction on Richard Harvey. Dealing many developers over time you kind of loose track.  KROSWYND  a.k.a KILO_WHISKEYMajestic Software Development/Support Sys 1:  AMD 7950X3D, NOCTUA D15S, Gigabyte Elite B650, MSI 4090, 64Gb Ram, Corsair 850 Power Supply, 2x2TB M.2 Samsung 980s, 1x4TB WDD M.2, 6xNoctua 120mm case fans, LG C2 55" OLED running at 120Hz for the monitor, Win11. Sys 2:  i7 8700k, MSI GAMING MBoard, 32Gigs RAM, MSI 4070Ti & EVGA 1080Ti. Hardware: Brunner CLS-E-NG Yoke, Fulcrum One yoke, TM TPR Rudder Pedals, Yoko TQ6+ NEO, StreamDeck, Tobii Eye Tracker, Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base with a TM gripSIMULATORS: MSFS2020/XP12/P3D v5.4 & v6:  YouTube Videos
July 28, 20232 yr I remember Flight Unlimited ATC and Taxi guidance system was revolutionary (something that MSFS later adopted). The Flight Characteristics were better. The Photogenic Scenery wasn't anything new but the quality in FU was far better due to being a limited to a smaller area. Yes I spent many hours in it, with the second and third release not so much. The Flight Sim Community gained a lot from FU raising the bar at that time. Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to meÂ
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