FSNav was such a huge success because it was simple and easy to use. Any replacement that isn't just as easy to use is not going to enjoy anywhere near the popularity of FSNav. The tendency these days is to make things "realistic" and "feature-rich". That's not what made FSNav what it is. Helge was smart enough to know that what 95% of all of us wanted was just a simple and easy-to-use planner/moving map that would get us from A to B. Make that a complex and/or hard-to-use operation and any replacement for FSNav will fall flat on it's face.Doug

"Well although HiFi are saying very little they can be in no doubt what the market wants and how great the disappointment will be if they don't deliver."Please keep in mind that it will be humanly impossible to deliver everything, everyone wants, so there will be some that will be disappointed a little bit.And we are saying very little for very specific reasons!Jimhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-community-sigbanner.jpghttp://www.hifisim.com/

>Hi Vic>>From postings in this thread and many other forums you will>notice the following:>>FSNav was so extremely popular in the community because it ran>within FS (at least for the "moving map" part of the program>this was a huge advantage). This is also the reason why>products like FS Commander will never reach the same level of>popularity.>>If you manage to develop a program that can be started>separately (for flight planning purposes) and as an option>also from within FSX (for example for moving map purposes)>then you would probably make everybody happy.>>... and I (and I am sure many other FSNav-fans) would buy the>program immediately. Maybe you should take these thoughts into>consideration for your product planning (and future sales>budget)!> >Best regards>>WalterHi Walter - First, altho I am a programmer, a pilot and a supporter of HifiSim products, I am in no way connected with them other than a satisfied customer.I agree with your observations tho,in my prior post I should have expanded that the moving map was one of my favorite features. I just think the flight planning should be done outside of FS.From what I've seen of HiFi's products, I wouldn't be surprised if we get the best of both worlds - and no I have NO inside info!!BTW, Jim Skorna - if you're looking for another beta tester......:)VicQ6600 G0 CPU 2.4 o/c 3.65Evga 680i A1 with P31 BIOS 2G XP2-8500 DDR2 1066FSB Mushkin 996535 RAM 5-5-4-12-2T320G 7200 HD partitioned for XP/Vista/Programs 2 - 74G Raptors in RAID0 500G 7200 HD for backup SATA DVD burner Evga 8800GTS 640 PCIx 169.13 betaKandalf LCS case w/ built in liquid cooling 850W Thermaltake power supplyVisit the Virtual Pilot's Centerwww.flightadventures.comhttp://www.hifisim.com/banners/hifi-supporter-sigbanner.jpgRadar Contact Supporter: http://www.jdtllc.com/

>FSNav was such a huge success because it was simple and easy>to use. Any replacement that isn't just as easy to use is not>going to enjoy anywhere near the popularity of FSNav. The>tendency these days is to make things "realistic" and>"feature-rich". That's not what made FSNav what it is. Helge>was smart enough to know that what 95% of all of us wanted was>just a simple and easy-to-use planner/moving map that would>get us from A to B. Make that a complex and/or hard-to-use>operation and any replacement for FSNav will fall flat on it's>face.>>DougI agree 100%. Moving map, easy to use flight planner, would be a real winner.Ted

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Bill -We are integrating our flight planner into REX to work along with the weather and texture engine. It will be one product, so that should help with your system specs and cost.I hope that helps.