philipp Posted March 31, 2012 Report Posted March 31, 2012 Hi folks,looking back on a year that has been a tremendous success for the CRJ-200 team we now feel that it can't get any better. Having designed one of the best planes for X-Plane, we now feel that we should be embracing other platforms as well, and bring the level of quality you all love to them.Therefore, we decided to discontinue development of the CRJ-200 for X-Plane and port our aircraft to Microsoft Flight.Microsoft Flight is an emerging simulator which has seen a tremendous growth in user base during the last month. We all know the platform is lacking high-quality aircraft. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for developers like us. Also, Microsoft Flight has a number of advantages over X-Plane that make aircraft development a lot simpler for us.For example, as Microsoft Flight is only for Windows, we don't need to develop and test for multiple platforms, which cuts our development times in half.Also, Microsoft Flight is much better for us because it only has limited scenery. That means we don't need a world-wide navigation database and we don't care for the correct approach procedures in Timbuktu any longer.The missing global scenery also allows us to ignore those pesky details of 64bit compatibility, because with the Hawai scenery, Flight will never run out of memory in 32bit.And finally, Microsoft Flight has much friendlier users than X-Plane. For Microsoft Flight users we don't need to implement complex functions like an FMS, because they don't even know such things exist. So they will never whine about functions that don't work like in the real plane.As you can see, going to Microsoft Flight is a big step in the right direction for developers. We tried to resist the temptation for a long time, but now we feel X-Plane is not going to cut it anymore. Seriously, compare this scenery http://download.aila.../mflight/10.jpg to this http://www.x-plane.c...20FA-22A_55.jpg !!!So we say "thank you" to all X-Plane pilots who supported the development of the CRJ-200 for X-Plane. We hope to see you in the skies over Hawai in Microsoft Flight.Cheers,Philipp 1
woweezowee Posted March 31, 2012 Report Posted March 31, 2012 Nee, so leicht lasse ich mich nicht an der Nase herum führen )
TOBS Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 Great news - thank you very much - with MSFlight there will be no more activation hussle anymore. I guees soon you will move to California to be the brain of MSFlight addon development.Good Luck Tom
Cameron Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 I guees soon you will move to California to be the brain of MSFlight addon development.Aren't they in Washington? Philipp...you're right...MS Flight cannot be surpassed! I see why you're headed that route!
Kieran Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 Maybe you won't need to go to MS Flight after Laminar's latest press release:http://www.x-plane.com/2012/04/press-release-the-bright-shiny-future-of-x-plane/
larjeet Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 This should make zoltron_rules very happy . Another "A1" post Philipp
birdy.dma Posted April 1, 2012 Report Posted April 1, 2012 Request feature:We don' needt a so complicated cockpit. Flying the CRJ from outside is enough. But with a PLUG AND PLAY joypadI know it's a dream. May be too dificult for the team..
philipp Posted April 1, 2012 Author Report Posted April 1, 2012 Lucky me, that I haven't been locked up in the bathroom like Austin.Philipp
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