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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 |
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* 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/ |
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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. |
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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 ... |
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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 |
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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 |
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"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 ! |
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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 -- Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. (R. Feynman) |
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