Flight Simulator X Announcement at CES

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Jon	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 10:27 PM
Airline Transport Pilot Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 2,507 Member No.: 2 Joined: 12-May 03 Location: South Carolina	I have transcribed the announcement made by Microsoft just a few minutes ago at CES 2006. Notice a few key pieces of information that I have typed in bold. [Click here for the MP3 (605KB)] "Microsoft Flight Simulator has been around now for over 20 years! Every time the PC has improved in its performance, its capability, its graphics ability - MSFS has really been there to take advantage of those opportunites. I've brought with me a sneak preview of the next generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator. It's a really immersive environment that's being led by Windows Vista graphics and the next generation of DirectX. You can see the realism of the reflection...I'm actually going to drive...try to drive...with my XBox 360 controller plugged directly into my Windows Vista PC. You can really start to see the smoke from the boat..the independent and kind of live light that you see with the waves...with some of the birds and the trees that you'll start to see. This is the immersive environment that people expect from PC gaming with the next generation of Windows PCs...Windows Vista really starts to deliver. [flys by island in the sim] Off the west coast of Maui, it's not a bad place to be. The game developers actually have a little bit more than a year to continue working on the product, so the final product is going to be even better. But one thing's for sure, gaming is going to be awesome on Windows Vista." [Compiled by FS2004.com] New Flight Sim X Screenshots and Desktop Wallpaper [Click here for the video]

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silentghost	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 10:33 PM
Commercial Pilot Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Member No.: 4,593 Joined: 10-August 04 Location: California	Thanks Jon! FSX looks great.

wildwobby	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 10:33 PM
Airline Transport Pilot Group: Members Posts: 2,401 Member No.: 2,092 Joined: 12-October 03 Location: usa	YAY!!! even more pics here: http://www.fsnordic.net/article/article_view.php?ID=98

Micah	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 11:02 PM
Commercial Pilot formerly flyboy_14 Group: Members Posts: 1,285 Member No.: 5,210 Joined: 25-October 04 Location: Spruce Grove	Amazing!!! Now its time to save for a new comp

Sea Bass	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 11:16 PM
Orville Reincarnate formerly Steveo1kinevo Group: Members Posts: 5,342 Member No.: 2,982 Joined: 18-January 04 Location: South Florida	This is the best day of my life!!!!!!! j/k But looks cool. Steve

Trent.	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 11:27 PM
Airline Transport Pilot formerly Esuvee Group: Members Posts: 4,420 Member No.: 6,231 Joined: 3-March 05 Location: KCLT	Major improvements...awesome work, can't wait.

AlfFS2004	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 11:33 PM
Airline Transport Pilot Group: Members Posts: 2,689 Member No.: 7,020 Joined: 4-June 05 Location: Near KORF	omg.... I just died.... Now I need to save for the new dual core system..... LOL or maybe microsoft decided to make the sim more efficient..... Alex

PiP	Posted: Jan 4 2006, 11:58 PM
Cruising at FL100 Group: Members Posts: 10,516 Member No.: 2,491 Joined: 1-December 03 Location: Windermere, GB	looks like an uprated FS2004 to me. Hope theres more to it than that? But looking at some og those shots - other than the water textures - I've seen Mango take better shots with his payware on FS9! Edit: Lol Some financial company beat you to the address Jon This post has been edited by PiP on Jan 5 2006, 12:00 AM

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QUOTE (PiP @ Jan 4 2006, 11:58 PM)

Lol Some financial company beat you to the address Jon

Yeah, by about 7 years.

Not to worry, flightsimx.com is accounted for.

VHHH90	Posted: Jan 5 2006, 12:49 AM
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QUOTE (Jon @ Jan 4 2006, 09:05 PM)

QUOTE (PiP @ Jan 4 2006, 11:58 PM)

Lol Some financial company beat you to the address Jon

Yeah, by about 7 years.

Not to worry, flightsimx.com is accounted for.

Good work on the domain name, Jon & Brad.

Paramedic	Posted: Jan 5 2006, 01:19 AM
Airline Transport Pilot formerly mxc2007 Group: Members Posts: 3,514 Member No.: 4,668 Joined: 19-August 04 Location: Ontario, Canada	Well, to play that game I'll have to buy a new computer, a $500 operating system and throw my payware to the garbage. Wow. But I have to admit that FSX should be cool This post has been edited by mxc2007 on Jan 5 2006, 01:20 AM

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QUOTE (mxc2007 @ Jan 5 2006, 01:19 AM)

Well, to play that game I'll have to buy a new computer, a $500 operating system and throw my payware to the garbage. Wow.

But I have to admit that FSX should be cool

Microsoft is making FSX backward compatible with most FS9 payware.

Paramedic

Posted: Jan 5 2006, 01:30 AM

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QUOTE (Jon @ Jan 5 2006, 01:21 AM)

QUOTE (mxc2007 @ Jan 5 2006, 01:19 AM)

Well, to play that game I'll have to buy a new computer, a $500 operating system and throw my payware to the garbage. Wow.

But I have to admit that FSX should be cool

Microsoft is making FSX backward compatible with most FS9 payware.

Cool !

But that thing about the $500 OS is still there. I hope there will be a version for XP users.

Jon	Posted: Jan 5 2006, 01:31 AM
Airline Transport Pilot Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 2,507 Member No.: 2 Joined: 12-May 03 Location: South Carolina	Well, FSX will be compatible with Windows XP, but is optimized for Windows Vista and DirectX 10.

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