Simviation Forum - FS 2004 Site up

Mar 20^th, 2003 at 3:07am

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Microsoft has launched their website now!!!

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/default.asp

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Reply #1 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 3:29am

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Reply #2 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 5:58am

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thanks for the site:)
this sim getting better and better

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Reply #3 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 6:55am

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Did anyone notice the new simicon that looks like a gas/petrol can?

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Reply #4 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 10:05am

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wow, the ATC, weather and GPS look amazing!!!

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Reply #5 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 11:32am

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Yup I got the press release late last night & they are calling it 'FS2004 - A Century of Flight'

'FS2004' sound s better to me..... 'a Century of Flight' sounds a little like an add-on or an expansion pack for FS2002, IMHO.

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Reply #6 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 1:24pm

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'FS2004' sound s better to me..... 'a Century of Flight' sounds a little like an add-on or an expansion pack for FS2002, IMHO.

It also clears up a lot of confusion. A lot of people think that FSCOF was FS2003, and MS was gonna release a FS2004 next year Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 5:56pm

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it has enough new features to where ill buy it but i wished they would replace the ground textures and the lightning strikes that look like the drawings of a 4 year old the new clouds and atc look great though. I also hope they have fixed the floating trees.

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Reply #8 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 6:13pm

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I'd buy it just for the moving map in the GPS.

If that sounds extreme, take a look at the prices here for a Garmin add-on that does it now:

http://www.fsavionics.com/html/purchase.html

Whilst their add-on is far more sophisticated than I suspect the FS2004 version will be, for me, the main feature is the map. You can effectively halve the price of FS2004 as a consequence of getting it free.

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Reply #9 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 7:23pm

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My 2 cents:

1. Exciting! I'm upgrading.

2. Sorry to see that the Mr. and Mrs. King are back. Their goofy videos annoy me! (okay, maybe I'm being too harsh)

3. I agree: they should drop the Century of Flight bit.

I feel much better now.

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Reply #10 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 9:03pm

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Does anyone know about compatability issues with FS2002 STD and PRO. Will the aircraft and add ons intergrate into FS2004 or will they have to be loaded manually? Sad

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Reply #11 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 9:11pm

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Those classic planes look great. The DC-3 is my fav.

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Reply #12 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 10:05pm

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Does anyone know the release date yet?

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Reply #13 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 10:17pm

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I'm hoping that that petrol can is either a refuel or fuel management button. Have to wait and see I guess.

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Reply #14 - Mar 20^th, 2003 at 10:26pm

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Does anyone know about compatability issues with FS2002 STD and PRO. Will the aircraft and add ons intergrate into FS2004 or will they have to be loaded manually? Sad

According to Microsoft, FS2004 is backwards compatible to FS2000 as long as the designers complied with the SDK conventions. You can expect this to be the case with 99% of add-ons so you should be ok.

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Reply #15 - Mar 21^st, 2003 at 4:12am

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i will say another good thing about this.
from the sounds of it there wont be a standard and pro edition, so not as many problems with add on aircraft and other features. thats what i can get from reading it so far.
theres also a lightning button by the looks of it, could that be to open up the weather settings or something else??

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Reply #16 - Mar 21^st, 2003 at 7:29am

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That GPS looks awesome but I can't wait to get up there and play in the clouds!!!
Incidently I read somewhere it's coming out in July.

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Reply #17 - Mar 21^st, 2003 at 11:14am

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that would co-inside with microsofts mid-summer release date.
so not to long to go:)

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Reply #18 - Mar 21^st, 2003 at 3:46pm

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Man, that looks great! I'll buy the thing just to get the 'Jenny' and the 'Spirit'. I've been looking for decent examples for most of these planes since FS98!

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Reply #19 - Mar 21^st, 2003 at 5:14pm

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that would co-inside with microsofts mid-summer release date.
so not to long to go

Only about four months Wink

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I'll buy the thing just to get the 'Jenny' and the 'Spirit'. I've been looking for decent examples for most of these planes since FS98!

There are already a couple nice versions of those aircraft for FS2002. Flight1 released a free Spirit, and Bill Lyons designed a nice FS2002 Jenny Wink

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Reply #20 - Mar 22^nd, 2003 at 4:18am