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Some may remember the recent flour bombs post here.

I was looking at X-plane as an alternative to that piece of malware they called CFS3. In doing so I soon found several conceptual similarities between (stress: speculative) FSX and X-plane.

It was said that the weapon profiling in FSX would be 'flour bombs' and that this could lead onto full damage profiles.

I am informed that whilst X-plane can load weapons, they DO NOT have damage effects and there are no kills on anything. X-plane state emphatically that theirs is NOT a combat sim, in-fact stop just short of labelling anyone wanting a combat sim as some kind of anti-christ.

There is also a lot of suggestion on the net that FSX copies some of the ideas from X-plane, if this is true it would be wise to hold back for a while if you are a serious combat modeller / developer. Flour bombs might be all you will get.

Jasper

I doubt FSX will have a DP. The flour will probably just be an .fx file.

I doubt FSX will have a DP. The flour will probably just be an .fx file.

Yep, just like it is now with Bill Lyon's Challenger

Yea an .fx file sounds about right for M$  ;D

Something tells me its more than a .fx file. There was a recent picture of the FSX loading screen and it had the controls for a joystick on it... The trigger button for a joystick now drops the flour bomb instead of applying brakes.

haha, thats going to mess me up on the landings...

Currently, it looks like the flour bombs r for the ultralight.  And the screen where the trigger is to drop them, was at a convention, to let players try it.

Besides, do you think they've taken out the ability to change joystick functions?

Further to what I said when starting this thread about X-Plane as a comparison in any aspect, I would not recommend X-Plane to anyone. The tightly-knit 'community' there are hostile to newcommers and very insulting.

Further to what I said when starting this thread about X-Plane as a comparison in any aspect, I would not recommend X-Plane to anyone. The tightly-knit 'community' there are hostile to newcommers and very insulting.

Let me guess, you had a bad experience over there?

Lmao,

yes, you could say that.

Oh well you know what they say: "better the devil you know"

Jasper

Mmmm....

Just got e-mails from a couple of guys over there, asking me not to judge all against the actions of one who has no manners. I guess they can't all be that bad then.