Just after take off, you can see birds flying too.
During the Direct X10 interview, it is said that DirectX10 will not be backwards compatible. Is this going against what has been said about FSX, or have I misunderstood two different things?
Matt
You might have misunderstood it completely. M$ is focusing on making FSX backwards compatible with our current addons [scenery, aircraft, etc.]. Direct X is a different story altogether.
For example, everyone knows that older video cards that don't support DX9 can't support visual effects that require DX9. However, they can still run FS9 without it, but with limited visual effects [such as lack of reflections on water].
This means that there is an 90% chance that FSX can work on our older non-DX10 hardware and OS, just like FS9 did with non-DX9 hardware. You'll just simply have limited visual effects as always until you upgrade.