About space...

[Saitek]

I'm with Paul. I'm staying within mother earth's grasp. This isn't a space simulator.

[Ashton Lawson]

Alot of addon developers may kindly ask you to add:

...yet.

[Katahu]

This isn't a space simulator.

YET!

[Fozzer]

YET!

FSX....

A Space Simulator with far away Planets, space ships, phasers, mega-blasters, hyper-drives, cloaking devices, Captain Kirk, etc, etc..... ..!!

...Lord help us... ...!

...bring back FS '95....with aeroplanes.... ...!

Paul....What's wrong with Elite, Frontier, etc,.... and CFS 2....I ask myself...?

[Ashton Lawson]

*Future*

Microsoft's ACES Studio team have created what may be the most accesible simulation, in the history of simulation.
Up coming titles include:

Flight Simulator XV: Standard Edition
         The basic version of FSXV

Flight Simulator XV: Deluxe Edition
         The deluxe version of FSXV

Flight Simulator XV: Aerospace Expansion Pack
         Adds space-based aircraft, missions, and ATC (Deluxe Edition Only)

Flight Simulator XV: Mariner's Expansion Pack
         Adds ocean-based vehicles, missions, and coastguard (Deluxe Edition Only)

Flight Simulator XV: Tuner's Expansion Pack
         Adds land-based vehicles, missions, and radio stations (Deluxe Edition Only)

Flight Simulator XV: Combat Expansion Pack
         Adds multiple combat aircraft, and missions (Deluxe Edition Only)

*Pre-order these items today, and get 3% off normal price! + Automatic subscription to an official Flight Simulator XV Prize Draw hosted by Microsoft!

[gijake]

the space acpect of FSX cannot compare to orbiter.  'nuf said.

[Katahu]

the space acpect of FSX cannot compare to orbiter.  'nuf said.

It never will.

[gijake]

It never will.

is this the only forum you post in?

[Katahu]

is this the only forum you post in?

Nope. FS2004.com forums as well.

BTW, you should ask Ozzy, not me. Just look at his post count and you'll see why.

[gijake]

no, I ment only  forum on this site.

[Katahu]

no, I ment only  forum on this site.

I'm bored.

[Ashton Lawson]

I'm bored

And yet you smile?

The only way FS will ever get close to space simulation is if they add new control systems controlling mini-rockets.

I once made an asteroids-like game, but with more realism than most.  You notice how in asteroids when you turn, its turn-stop, turn-stop?  In mine, rockets which were fired (it had effects!) slowly began to turn the craft, and if you released the turn button, the ship would continue turning until you fired rockets the other way.  This was more realistic, and much more challenging.  (Hey, great name: Challenger)  Maybe I'll continue developing it.

[Daube]

I was implementing this feature as well when I stopped developping my little flight simulator.
The main thing is around vector and moments of forces.
With that stuff, you can of course model those little rocket engines to orient your craft in space, but more importent, you can also model correctly the flight of a Harrier jet (or any vector-thrust aircraft) and the reactions of the control surfaces of any plane, which is pretty much what FS lacks at the moment, while X-Plane has it fully implemented

[blckhwk1]

[quote]*Future*

Microsoft's ACES Studio team have created what may be the most accesible simulation, in the history of simulation.
Up coming titles include:

Flight Simulator XV: Standard Edition

[Felix/FFDS]

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The fact is that up to now, nobody really confirmed that the flight was possible into space. The camera can go for sure, but will we be able to go into the map display, and set our aircradt altitude to 120 kms and speed to 8000 m/s ? I couldn't read anything that would tell it explicitely...

Impulse engines, of course, also known as " slewing"