X-Plane any good ?

I'm quite sure I'll buy x-plane in the end of summer. But now I'd like to
know which joystick you recommend. I've used only MS Force Feedback 2 with
MS FS and was quite satisfied. It should definately have force feedback.

johan


in article , Quilljar at
wrote on 13.06.2004 17:26:


"Johan Kütt" wrote in message
...
I'm also considering buying x-plane and was wondering how much scenery and
airports does it have? Only America or Europe and other parts of world
also?
How much add-ons are there (both scenery and planes)?


X-plane is very good and a great sim experience. It has excellent aircraft
characteristics and a huge fan base adding scenery and aircraft. It is
developing photoreal scenery and autogen very like MSFS. It is a well worth
the money. However, it is a very different experience from Microsoft's sim
and you may prefer it or not. In many ways it is hard to compare. You should
go to the many X-Plane websites and take a good look at the screenshots and
the forums to get a better idea.

Just go to www.x-plane.com and download the latest version (7.41). It is
a full version, however, you can only fly in San Bernardino and after 6
minutes your stick won't work anymore.

This will definitely help you to find out if you like it :-)

Well, under the above limitations, I didn't like
it at all. I never could get it working under
Linux, what with all the extra crap you have to
have installed in the right (undocumented)
folders, and while it worked in XP, I never got
used enough to the keyboard commands before the
6 minute limit was up.

What I gained from the experience is this; FS
2004 is plenty good enough for me. I wish it
would run under Linux but what the heck. If
X-plane gave me 15 minutes and the option to fly
somewhere more familiar, I might have a better
experience. I just don't want to get in the
habit of throwing good money after bad.

Just an opinion, mind you.

AL

* AL Mills :

[SNIP] and while it worked in XP,
I never got used enough to the keyboard commands before the 6 minute limit
was up.

In all fairness to X-Plane that does seem to be six minutes longer than
you'd get to test MSFS.

--
Dave Pearson
http://www.davep.org/

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:26:13 GMT, "Robert Morrisette"
wrote:

Alpha Simulations has a JU88

But can you use it in a combat situation - no. As I said earlier,
IL2:FB is the answer.

Alpha Simulations has a JU88

But can you use it in a combat situation - no. As I said earlier,
IL2:FB is the answer.

I have IL2:FB, but no flyable JU88 ...

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:16:14 GMT, "Rotwang"
wrote:


I have IL2:FB, but no flyable JU88 ...



http://www.netwings.org/dcforum/DCForumID43/1011.html

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:16:14 GMT, "Rotwang"
wrote:


I have IL2:FB, but no flyable JU88 ...



And more specifically;
http://www.jagdgeschwader53.flugzeug...u88/Index2.htm

"Diskhead" schreef in bericht
...
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 21:16:14 GMT, "Rotwang"
wrote:


I have IL2:FB, but no flyable JU88 ...



And more specifically;
http://www.jagdgeschwader53.flugzeug...u88/Index2.htm

Thanks !

AL Mills wrote:

Just go to www.x-plane.com and download the latest version (7.41). It is
a full version, however, you can only fly in San Bernardino and after 6
minutes your stick won't work anymore.

Well, under the above limitations, I didn't like
it at all. I never could get it working under
Linux, what with all the extra crap you have to
have installed in the right (undocumented)
folders, and while it worked in XP, I never got
used enough to the keyboard commands before the
6 minute limit was up.

Al, nevermind...

As far as I know, only the stick is disabled after 6 minutes, after then
you can continue your flight using the autopilot. Maybe this is not very
helpful to find out about the flight realism, because 6 minutes are far
too short for a takeoff and landing at different airports.

On the other hand, as mentioned elsewhere - MSFS offers you zero minutes
for testing :-) From my point of wiew, the demo is well suited to see if
and how fast X-Plane runs on a specific computer and not for extensive
testing...

Since I am using only my mac for flying, it is hard for me to compare
MSFS and X-Plane - and when it comes to scenery, FS2004 looks amazing to
me and is no competition for X-Plane. Anyway, cruising with a small
Cessna or Piper in X-Plane and heavy weather feels pretty realistic to
me and is a bunch of fun.

just my 2ct....


Cheers,

Thor




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