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Jun 7^th, 2011 at 10:49am

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Goodly morning all... Wink

Quick question: Is Prepar 3D 1.1 any way related to the new Microsoft "Flight" that is supposed to be being developed?

http://www.prepar3d.com/

As Prepar 3D 1.1 is already on the market for anyone I believe, then am I correct in assuming that Microsoft "Flight" is a more refined product still under development?

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #1 - Jun 7^th, 2011 at 11:10am

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Doug, Prepar3D is FSX, revised. MS sold it to Lockheed Martin and they are using it as a professional training sim. It has nothing to do with Flight.

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Reply #2 - Jun 7^th, 2011 at 11:16am

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Looks to me like the FSX they are reported to have purchased from M$. (note that it says

The Lockheed Martin Prepar3D® team has continued to improve the core ESP™ product while maintaining compatibility with Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) allowing the many thousands of addons to be used within Prepar3D®.

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Cannot believe anyone will pay $499 as it is now but it's going to be interesting to watch that space ....

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Reply #3 - Jun 7^th, 2011 at 11:18am

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It's built on Microsoft ESP, which was released in 2007, and is basicaly the FSX SDK.

It provided a licensed platform to develope pc simulation software independant from FSX...

Microsoft ESP Debut announcement:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-14ESPDebutPR.mspx

ESP SDK which is essentially the FSX SDK:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa496122.aspx

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Reply #4 - Jun 7^th, 2011 at 3:37pm

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Thank you all for the quick replies and clearing that up for me... Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - Jun 10^th, 2011 at 4:02pm

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I think they did add a few features, like "hot" weapons and submersible "flight" using subs and RPV's. I'm guessing that's only the tip of the iceberg, too.

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Reply #6 - Jun 21^st, 2011 at 8:39pm