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Hang on, I just saw your Justin Bieber comment, that's NOT funny, its very SCARY..

+150 MS credits Chris, very funny!

but where are you Balus? Ah, a glorious 28c in Melb today, and hardly any wind, amazing. hehe, it only got down to 22c overnight too! Should have slept outside with the dog..

Just had to share this, very relevant to most of us. Being an office victim, I love Dilbert..

Oh joy, another sim-world to build for! Over to someone else first!

Similarly with Chris' use of that cool NZ imagery I think. It's only when you want to charge that things get REAL difficult and expensive. I've tried :-) It's like the big boys don't want to know you, unless you're a very large user..

That's the problem, Flight isn't available for Xbox. Yeah, it's great it's free, just like I've downloaded countless demos on my PS3, and then uninstalled as many. I'll treat it the same. Best to stop the conjecture and (hopefully) be pleasantly surprised on the 29th!

Yep, stellar!

Sorry to say that Ben is right about Melb's weather. Generally good, but only if u average it over 7 yrs. And you'll need fire retardant foam for your car in all seasons, depending on which suburb you live in! But you save $$$ on umbrellas here. When it rains, the wind usually turns it into horizontal molten sleet, then it shreds the umb, so no point using one

So Chris, did you get out of your heated garage or car? Driving a '74 Ford Escort in Melbourne's winter, with a broken heater, now that's tough!

All good practice V! Not many low flying tours of that fascinating place I guess! There's not that many great Russian airport/field sceneries, so I guess you can take a pick!

Haha, unless I broke the law when I was on my P's, they can do the same speed as everyone else. But they can't have any alcohol in their system. From what I can see, they must also carry a min of 10 other drunken friends with them :-)

And Md, you're onto something here. Maybe when u crash, you really do crash...to desktop. Oh this could go on for days

That, as usual, was hilarious Ben!

Good find Steve. Great blog too! I just heard one of their paid addons, the P51, doesn't have a cockpit! $9. Now devs, don't you go getting any new ideas! I can just imagine the blurb 'frame rate friendly and intuitive controls!' That blog talks about loyalty to Microsoft (well, loss of it). I'll adopt his method. I might have bought a cheap Xbox and a copy of Forza 4. Not any more!!

Actually I understood your cat was near the 'heater', many ppl still call them that. But cats do love a nice warm engine. One snuck into our garage to enjoy the warmth, but at 2am I heard the strangest cries outside, only to realise they were coming from INSIDE the garage! I'm not sure an Aussie Commodore would last long in -12!

I say, it's a little harder than I expected! Should save me many hrs of frustration, once I get the hang of it!

Ah, found it? http://rcflightsim.c...CFUJMpgod0E2oIQ Downloading now. I wonder if it simulates disintegrating rotors and broken landing gear, just like the real ones?

What rc sim is that? Or is it real?! You're ahead of me already eh. My Great Wall 9958 (and the obvious spare parts!) is on its way.

Good thread, wow it looks real frosty up north. It's pretty cool down here for the peak of summer-22c, lovely! 31c by midweek. What kind of things start to falter at -12?! Other than poorly maintained planes..

Oh bother, so the mouse view is still too jerky Ola? The more ppl who log it as a bug, the better. I will.

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Thanks Seth. That cracked me up. Even funnier (apols for the long text, but it's worth it..), is ANY PR post by Microsoft made on their facebook. I just copied all this randomly from their latest post below. I love the guy who says " I have a friend who has played it on a TOSHIBA 11 INCH NETBOOK with about 30~ FPS". Either it's using revolutionary tech, or (wild guess) its flight model and systems are just ever so slightly dumbed down. Oh and "how many points do i get for an ILS approach in a 747 with 200 meters visibility and crosswinds on a fairly short runway"!!!!. ----------------------- Matthew, because we have been deceived. MS killed Aces studios and with it Microsft Flight simulator only to bring it back a couple of years later by telling us all they are working on a new Flight Simulator " bigger & better". Now we find out is is a game for little kids to mouse around an ICON5 over Hawaii. Just very sad.... Tuesday at 5:41am · Like · 8 Houston Genaux anyone notice the "New York" Giants are actually in New Jersey...now there's more hang ups about the word "simulator" and "Simulation" about a Game that no one has even seen in it entirety yet because the "word" simulator has been drop from the title and everyone is upset, as for the NY Giants... really, time for a name change or a move to the state (not just the city) they represent. Tuesday at 6:04am · Like Gabriel Guzman No Cessna at least? Wow. You guys fail. Im disliking. Tuesday at 6:05am · Like · 1 Clinton H Davis Yeah, but how close are they to Rochester........ Tuesday at 6:06am · Like · 1 Osa Aig how many points do i get for an ILS approach in a 747 with 200 meters visibility and crosswinds on a fairly short runway...priceless. Tuesday at 6:28am · Like · 3 Ilmārs Arsenovičs Hardcore simmers gonna hate Tuesday at 6:33am · Like · 2 William Mathiesen Look at the "Like" and "Do not like" buttons in youtube; 26 likes and 37 dislikes"! I feel sorry for you guys to waste your time on this project... Tuesday at 7:23am · Like · 3 Michael Hamilton People seem to think Microsoft owes them somehow, why? Don't like the product then don't buy it. I also find it funny how x-planers bow to great Austin and call MS 'M$' but I don't see Austin giving X-Plane away. Personally I can't wait for Flight, at least I shouldn't need to OC my chip through the roof to play it. Tuesday at 7:38am · Like · 2 Marcin Kopijek ‎"make a dream of fly become a real!" ) Tuesday at 8:07am · Like Alex Dworetzky Looking forward to this product honestly if we only have hawaii, I guess that's ok for now. Tuesday at 8:10am · Like Yanis Zanders Just grab a mouse and off you go! Wow, that last statement just showing that this is a kids arcade game with very little to do with simulating the flight as its done in real life! I will stick with more real fs9, FSX, x-plane but not this junk! Tuesday at 8:14am · Like · 3 Yanis Zanders You fly around the Hawaii, all of a sudden, you hit the invisible wall, upssss, forgot its MS Flight, the world ends here! LOL!!!what a joke! Tuesday at 8:21am · Like · 3 Houston Genaux is flight going to be "stand alone" or...internet, will I have to be hooked up to the internet to play it? gonna give it a try which I still will have my FSX in stand by. seeing MS lost millions with the "points" system, the back ground chater is reading the points system will be dumped in 2012. I don't like the point system. Tuesday at 8:23am · Like Gary Steel I'm appalled that the free game I'm in no way obliged to download is different to how I'd like it !!! You guys bleating on about this being a kids game are doing a pretty good job of convincing the rest of us who the kids on here actually are !! Have a word with yourselves !! Tuesday at 8:39am · Like Helmut Eder But really - looks like we'll have to purchase the world piece by piece! Really makes you realise what a great deal FSX was where the whole world actually came in one package! Tuesday at 9:03am · Like Omar Montiel Rod I wonder if is too much difficult to do something like this in your "Microsoft Game"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XPSVoO1UMk Tuesday at 9:27am · Like · 1 Philipp Kühne Hurensöhne! Tuesday at 9:38am · Like Yazeed-David Bayyari what about us? Flight Simmers? couple lines they said I didn't like at all and scared me!! Tuesday at 9:40am · Like Pat Hern vivement sa sortie :-) Tuesday at 9:46am · Like Nathalie Letourneau oh là là tu vas mal finir Pat avec tous ces "compteurs" (dsl de parler en français ça m'aurait pris trop de temps autrement ))))) See Translation Tuesday at 9:51am · Like · 1 Tom Jim ‎"Don't need a joystick; don't need a keyboard - grab a mouse and go." Welcome to MSFS for Dummies. Tuesday at 9:53am · Like · 5 Kevin Griffin This is a great video. From the looks you're on target to grab the market looking to enjoy the experience of flight. Hopefully this funds many more versions on different platforms. Tuesday at 10:04am · Like Houston Genaux ‎@ Clinton 244 miles as the bird would fly, which both NY Giants and the NY Jets play in the same "complex" where the met life stadium is and the IZOD dome Center is, which is S/E of Rutherford, NJ on route 3, which Cuomo introduced a new Licenses Plate..for the Giants for just under 100.00 Tuesday at 10:27am · Like Bill Leaming ‎@Michael Hamilton: Didn't you mean to type Au$tin? Tuesday at 10:58am · Like Abe Abrahamian What happened to the BETA? Tuesday at 12:29pm · Like Christopher Gregg Jesus Stop hating on Flight!!!!!!!! How the heck do you know If you have not played it yet? I have a friend who has played it on a TOSHIBA 11 INCH NETBOOK with about 30~ FPS... Can FSX do that? NO! FSX has the right image but its gaming engine is horrific. I got to try flight and to be honest I LOVE IT!!!!!! And I have played MSFS Since Childhood... MSFlight needs time to grow and blossom so dont blow crap if you have not tried it... Who knows? Tuesday at 1:02pm · Like · 1 Felipi Piva de Freitas Yes! @Christopher you're right! We never saw the flight... Say to me something that transforms the flight in a game? Just GA aircrafts? Maybe some days after the release a jet could be posted.. The FSX has just 5 jets in 20 aircrafts, the flight is going to have just some aircrafts in the initial release, maybe after several "microsoft add-ons" they could release a 737 or a 747!!!! I always loved the default aircrafts of the FSX, if they're creating addons for the Flight, it should be perfect! And they are paying attention to the flight, so obviously they're already creating different scenarios and aircrafts, as the Beta test phase is finished! So we don't need to get soooo mad! Tuesday at 1:32pm · Like Diego Daudt ‎@Christopher Gregg What are you talking about?!?! Who gives about your friend and his Toshiba laptop?!? A lot of people here are talking about the REAL flight simulators... Not the people like your friend who just bought MSFS just to "get with the program". We're talking about people who really care about the matter. Flight=failure. Everyone dislike the YouTube video. Tuesday at 1:57pm · Like · 3 Troy Flater another question i have.. with this be available for xbox 360? please answer this question. If it is you have lost the market for flight simulator software. complete FAIL!!! Dont Fret Simmers. Some day someone will break apart FSX and make a new engine for it. I know for a fact its being done. Tuesday at 2:53pm · Like · 1 Microsoft Flight Hi Troy. Your first comment was deleted for profanity. A second offense will get you banned. Tuesday at 3:11pm · Like · 2 Denisas Kizinas PC + mouse hmm... arcade "need for flight" Tuesday at 6:21pm · Like Phil Mosley The fact you won't see add ons from PMDG, orbx & REX for this is where this game will unfortunately fall out the sky and get kicked in its undercarriage. Tuesday at 7:10pm · Like Henryk Schneider Disappointing. Tuesday at 8:31pm · Like Houston Genaux heck here's an idea, maybe PMDG could write the operation manual, that's right up there alley, really just what would you do with a 747, 737 in the island of Hawaii? maybe a MS-760 possibly, which would be fun. Tuesday at 8:55pm · Like Sam Mustafa Another dumb video game... Tuesday at 9:38pm · Like Angel Francisco Vizcaino Hernandez I not sure if MS think in the future.... a DLC system and a Map block extensions? if MS put 1 "funny" plane and 1 block map extension for 1 quarter year, to building all world and put realistic modelated take them hundred of years..... sorry by Flight dislake me. For that system a detailed european or Usa coast can take a extender time to see.... IF MS put a detailed airline craft, navigation planning tools, acurated maps, trafic and ATC them i take a chance. otherwise forgiven me. Tuesday at 9:51pm · Like Barry Orlando Basically...don't learn a thing about aviation. Just be fat, dumb and happy behind your keyboard. Pretend that flying is not really a skill to learn and improve on. Hey, you want to do that? Fine! Now go get a Combat Game and at least blow things up so long a reality is NOT your thing. And finally...stay away from a real airport and please don't ask for flying lessons (yeah...real ones) because you're going to kill yourself, or worse, you'll kill somebody else in the process! Tuesday at 9:55pm · Like · 1 Barry Orlando ‎...unlike NASCAR games....who is going to let you behind the wheel of a real NASCAR on a real track? People can actually go flying, so it makes a lot more sense to know what REAL planes do! Not hating...just watched the video and heard what they said...they are telling you that this is game...nothing more. Tuesday at 10:00pm · Like Derek Kwok One questions for Microsoft Flight. Do you have any Jets in your fascinating Microsoft flight? Tuesday at 10:13pm · Like · 3 Felipi Piva de Freitas Yes, or at least are you planning to create jets? Tuesday at 11:59pm · Like · 1 Manu de Charenton Default jets have always been a joke. Or you never have tested PMDGs. Yesterday at 4:24am · Like Microsoft Flight ‎@Colin: Your comment has been deleted for profanity. A second offense will get you banned. Yesterday at 4:45am · Like · 1 Cody Barnes The P-51 doesn't even have a cockpit?!? I guess April fools came early this year... I've seen FS FREEware that looks better. Still in disbelief, RIP MSFS. Yesterday at 4:50am · Like · 1 Bryan Haren Disappointed! Yesterday at 5:38am · Like · 1 Clinton H Davis ‎Gary Steele, nice twisting of people's words. What we are appalled about is that it IS a freeware "game". We would gladly pay $60.00 (or whatever it costed) for a full fledged next version of flight simulator, WHICH......microsoft hinted at with their very vailed and kryptic announcements up until December/January. IE, we are offering to pay microsoft, and they don't seem to want our money. Seems like a bad business model, not giving the customer something they want and not taking the customers money............Most places would go broke doing that. Yesterday at 5:55am · Like · 1 Clinton H Davis ‎@houston, no kidding, I never knew they played in the same stadium. Makes it easy of they end up playing each other, I guess. I am not from the east coast, but had a buddy in the Army (way back in 1990) that was from Rochester. That's the only other "New York" town name that I know besides New York City. Yesterday at 5:59am · Like Jonathan Cheong disappointed , there're no big bird can be fly. Yesterday at 3:47pm · Like Derek Kwok I wait for such a long time and mf doesn't exist big jets.. That means we have to wait PMDG, etc. Third-party company to do so... So disappointed 18 hours ago · Like Jason Row I am so glad I have X-plane 10 and really beginning to love it 14 hours ago · Like Rodrigo Amorim When Microsoft begins develop aircrafts as real as PMDG does, surely we'll pay for it. BUT, pay to make a funny arcade flight over Hawaii? Give me a brake. Microsoft open up FSX source code and make it better for us. It will gives you more money than the new MSF. 5 hours ago · Like

Lots of fun talk about this at Avsim! One post asked if detailed high quality planes were available, a reply went something like this: $1.25 working landing gear 25c Left window $2.65 3D passenger hahahahaha. Welcome to MSN

Well, now since you guys reckon it's useful, I'd be happy to forward mine, and there's nothing stopping anyone from sending Aussi their own versions. Many devs will still need to adjust the hues and brightness to match the grass to the ground colour, but that's pretty easy in photoshop. I'm really pleased its being used!