Sad but true...

[Naki]

I cant even get Flight to install on my PC...so I gave up...guess Im not missing much

[bushpilot]

This is from "The AVSIM 2012 Demographic Survey", a poll they are currently running. Flight is doing pretty well in comparison with X-Plane. Comparison with FSX is a whole other story...

[falcon409]

I was determined that I was going to bypass "Flight" when it was released. I saw it as a Microsoft's version of the "Cash Cow" mainly because it appeared that in order to venture anywhere beyond the one Island of Hawaii, you were gonna pay, over and over and over again. Paying constantly for every new area of the world as it was released. I did finally install it though, my curiosity was getting the best of me. Based on the Dual Core system I run, the graphics were not much different from what I had with FSX/Orbx. The "missions" were boring (I don't even fly the missions that came with FSX/Accel). After a week or two I put it away and a few weeks later my system went down with a very nasty virus. When I got everything reinstalled I never bothered with Flight again.

I don't know what Microsoft thought the reception for "Flight" would be. If anyone from the Flight Team was reading the main forums, they had to know what they were up against. As far as I'm concerned it's a bust, but then again the flight community doesn't really care what we think, especially if it's negative. They've bet the farm on this one and I think that sooner or later it'll end up on the auction block.

[ananda]

Alaska for $15 (£10) isn't too bad.

George

[grunau_baby]

Alaska for $15 (£10) isn't too bad

Yep, and you get a great Cub with it, again an aircraft WITHOUT VC. Sorry, but I cannot take this approach seriosly anymore. I tested Flight, found some benefits even, but it unfortunately turns out to be more of a drawback than I expected or hoped.

Regards
Alex

[Mithrin]

It's certainly not my main flightsim but I've had some really cool flights over Alaska and had fun checking out some of the places you see in Flying Wild Alaska and stuff.

[Snurdley]

Has anyone considered even for a moment that it is possible that the delay in releasing "Alaska" might just be that they (MSGS) are making some revisions due to some of the feedback they've received since the original Release to Web?

Would that be AI? ATC? Real Weather? Road Traffic? Boat Traffic? Airplanes with cockpits?

[n4gix]

Would that be AI? ATC? Real Weather? Road Traffic? Boat Traffic? Airplanes with cockpits?

None of the above. They were making some fundamental changes to the UI to allow for multiple scenery areas, in addition to many other fixes that were required.

Also, they took the time to add TrackIR support, and added axis control for incremental/differential toe brakes.

[n4gix]

Yep, and you get a great Cub with it, again an aircraft WITHOUT VC. Sorry, but I cannot take this approach seriosly anymore. I tested Flight, found some benefits even, but it unfortunately turns out to be more of a drawback than I expected or hoped.

Regards
Alex

VC for the Carbon Cub will be available within a few weeks.

[bushpilot]

Yes

From Flight facebook:

"New plane tease!"

[Snurdley]

None of the above. They were making some fundamental changes to the UI to allow for multiple scenery areas, in addition to many other fixes that were required.

Also, they took the time to add TrackIR support, and added axis control for incremental/differential toe brakes.

Yes, I know. I guess I need a tongue-in-cheek emoticon.

[Dain Arns]

Yes

From Flight facebook:

"New plane tease!"

What does MS mean, "New plane tease!"?, it's the Carbon Cub VC, as Bill commented.
Guess 'Flight' goes up one notch in my book, thousands more to go.
(Only one as knowing Microsoft well, I'm sure we'll have to pay for it).

So.
Would I be hoping waaaaaay too much for an operating GPS in the center of the VC instrument panel?
Yeah.
You're probably right.

[n4gix]

Would I be hoping waaaaaay too much for an operating GPS in the center of the VC instrument panel?
Yeah.
You're probably right.

Well, in the meantime the freeware GMap for Flight fills in rather nicely!

[Dain Arns]

Well, in the meantime the freeware GMap for Flight fills in rather nicely!

No, actually it doesn't.
Looking for usable GPS inside the sim.

Problem with GMap:

- MS Flight fullscreen mode is not supported, GMap will only show in Windowed mode.

I don't do Windowed mode.

If there were someway to simconnect it to my laptop like Plan-G, then yes.
Otherwise have to pass on GMap.

[n4gix]

If there were someway to simconnect it to my laptop like Plan-G, then yes.
Otherwise have to pass on GMap.

I run Flight in "pseudo-fullscreen" mode (no frame at all, no toolbar at top or bottom).

I'm also now running GMap on my Android Tablet via AirDisplay (acts as a 3rd monitor). In any case, Fermin figures on updating the FSWidgets client to include support for Flight within the next few months, which will the make all of the current tablet applications available to use with Flight.

Evenso, I agree wholeheartedly that MSGS really needs to provide at least the same level of GPS that they had in FS9/FSX. It's not as though they've got to invent something new after all!!!