Simviation Forum - Microsoft talks about new FlightSimulator.... FSXI

Jun 15^th, 2007 at 3:45am

ZeroTime Ex Member

Sorry... couldn't resist. Cheesy

http://ign.medianewsonline.com/articles/696/135246.html

Hahahahahahahhaha..... Southwest planes with Microsoft on them. Yeah..... and a 'virtual' Roll Eyes

picture of a Cessna. Roll Eyes

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Reply #1 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 6:46am

Sir Crashalot Ex Member

Must be a joke right?

Crash Wink

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Reply #2 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 8:45am

Björn Ex Member

LoL!

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Reply #3 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 10:57am

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What the heck is this? It's just blurry pictures of real airplanes. It's got to be a joke, so, why is it on IGN? Huh

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Reply #4 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 2:39pm

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They can't be serious.

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Reply #5 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 5:00pm

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Apparently it's all a fake, and the guy who wrote the article isn't even associated with IGN, so I really don't know why it would be there.

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Reply #6 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 1:04pm

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Since I have some experience with image editing, I can also tell that the shots were faked.

Also notice that FSInsider.com doesn't mention anything about this "supposedly" new sim.

PS: I think the website shown on that link is spoofed.

EDIT: I have just sent an e-mail to IGN in regards to this. I have asked them to look into this link and investigate it.

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Reply #7 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:43pm

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Yeah, definitely a spoof, and a criminal one at that.

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Reply #8 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 11:04pm

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that 2nd screenie with the cockpit and hand is definately faked. the sun is directly in front of u, yet, u can see a slight shadow on the cockpit, coming from behind the pilot.

regardless, if FS ever becomes ultra realistic, then i will kill someone... Shocked

btw, anyone know, if the DX10 patch will use soft shadows, which blur out the further away from the ground you are?

&&FS Water Configurator+ has new modifications in the works, plus DirectX 10, Service Pack&&1, and Radeon HD 3+ Series support.

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Reply #9 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 8:47am

john_uk Ex Member

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rebuilding the entire engine from scratch

hahahaha you know its fake when they mentioned makeing a new engine.

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Reply #10 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 11:09am

Nick N Ex Member
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Not ours, doesnt appear to be real IGN. I can assure you that at this time, DX10 and XPack are soaking up all the dev cycles.

Sure, FS11 design discussions are happening. But no coding specifically for FS11 has commenced as of yet.

The article is a fake, its not really on IGN, and the person quoted doesnt exist in the MS Global Address List in Outlook.

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Reply #11 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 11:20am

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google "Microsoft Flight Simulator XI" LOL!!!!!

anyway, why would Microsoft admit they didn't do a good job coding for DX10? Microsoft NEVER admits any shortcomings!!!!!!

FAKE!!!!

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Reply #12 - Jun 20^th, 2007 at 7:29pm

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Not ours, doesnt appear to be real IGN. I can assure you that at this time, DX10 and XPack are soaking up all the dev cycles.

Sure, FS11 design discussions are happening. But no coding specifically for FS11 has commenced as of yet.

The article is a fake, its not really on IGN, and the person quoted doesnt exist in the MS Global Address List in Outlook.

Phil Taylor
Senior PM, Graphics and Terrain
Aces Studio, MGS

Thanks for the heads up Nick.

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