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Postby NitroPower » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:54 pm

I bought X-plane 9 at best buy recently, and am completely pissed off. The graphics blow, and the planes dont even have see through windows!
Well, back to FSX.... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby Crussell » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:22 pm

Surely you can take it back?  :-/
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby NitroPower » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:29 pm

Surely you can take it back?  :-/

No, i mutilated the case... ;D
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby reider » Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:53 pm

Surely you can take it back?


Stop calling him Shirley......
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby th3flyboy » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:26 pm

well, if all you're looking for is pretty graphics, then don't look at x-plane, as x-plane is more designed around making your own aircraft and simulation of the flight model, not the graphics. You are looking at X-Plane from the completely wrong angle, as all you want is pretty graphics, and that is FSX's strong area, X-Plane is more designed around custom content and flight modeling. Besides, you could have avoided all that heartache by downloading the demo....
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby Daube » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:28 pm

I bought X-plane 9 at best buy recently, and am completely pissed off. The graphics blow, and the planes dont even have see through windows!
Well, back to FSX.... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(


XPlane is everything but about graphics.
If you're looking for graphics, go buy a playstation and play Ace Combat.
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby N. Chapman » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:43 pm

I can see through the windows just fine and i'm on a laptop ;D

Here is a better one ;)

and who can say no to the night vision?
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby tcco94 » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:56 pm

I bought X-plane 9 at best buy recently, and am completely pissed off. The graphics blow, and the planes dont even have see through windows!
Well, back to FSX.... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(


XPlane is everything but about graphics.
If you're looking for graphics, go buy a playstation and play Ace Combat.

No an XBOX 360  ;)
I have Ace Combat 6 but its just way to boring..
Somehow im addicted to a simulator game and NHL  ;D
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby raptorx » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:25 pm

I agree the graphics are nowhere near as good as FSX but at altitude they're ok.  And I don't have any problems seeing out windows.  I think youi just need to get it figured out.  The flight dynamics are better than FSX-especially helicopters.

FSX wins overall hands down.  But don't give up on X-plane.  Especially if you have a multicore machine as it uses all those cores.

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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby AMDDDA » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:28 pm

Also, the views on X-plane made me give up on it.


Best buy won't let you return opened software even if you say it's defective :S.

The best you'll get is an exchange for another proggie or two (I got Accel & Bioshock instead :D).
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby NitroPower » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:00 pm

I bought X-plane 9 at best buy recently, and am completely pissed off. The graphics blow, and the planes dont even have see through windows!
Well, back to FSX.... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(


XPlane is everything but about graphics.
If you're looking for graphics, go buy a playstation and play Ace Combat.

No an XBOX 360  ;)
I have Ace Combat 6 but its just way to boring..
Somehow im addicted to a simulator game and NHL  ;D

I have a ps3, played an xbox. it blows hard.
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby Wii » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:24 pm

Also, the views on X-plane made me give up on it.


Best buy won't let you return opened software even if you say it's defective :S.

The best you'll get is an exchange for another proggie or two (I got Accel & Bioshock instead :D).

Best buy = unhappiness in many ways. >:(
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby raptorx » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:36 pm

But it's only best buy or frys when you "gotta have it now!".  At least in SoCal.

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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby tcco94 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:40 am

I bought X-plane 9 at best buy recently, and am completely pissed off. The graphics blow, and the planes dont even have see through windows!
Well, back to FSX.... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(


XPlane is everything but about graphics.
If you're looking for graphics, go buy a playstation and play Ace Combat.

No an XBOX 360
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Re: Well, $40 down the drain...

Postby NitroPower » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:30 am


Well XBOX is alot cheaper and im a achievement addict so I love that the most and how we are getting like what Wii has where you can create your own mii or wii or whatever, netflix, and hellof a better live.  ;)

But playstations home that is coming out soon looks awesome.
I just think the PS3 is for bigger gamers not an average..
Although you dont have Halo and alot of good games  ;D

Yeah, i like halo.
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