Microsoft Flight Simulator X - Page 11

The virtual game industry is growing by leaps and bounds. With new technologies available, there is much more to be explored with Microsoft Flight Simulator X. With new flight patterns, terrain, and skills, this game is surely top of the market in difficulty and prestige.

Released from developer Flight Sim Tools is their Contrails Pro package for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and 2004. The add-on adds realistic contrails to your own and AI aircraft, for that next level of realism in your sim experience. The package is frame rate friendly because of an advanced display engine.

Freedom Sim, a flight simulator scenery developer have released a scenery add-on package for Microsoft Flight Simulator X that features RAF Mount Pleasant in stunning detail. It includes all of the airport buildings, taxiways and aircraft hangars which can all be seen on satellite images. It also features battles from the Falkland's War in 1982. The package is very frame rate friendly.

Turbine Sound Studios have just released their Boeing 737NG CFM56-7B Soundpack for Microsoft Flight Simulator X. This add-on features the FSX enhanced sound cones for changing in sounds as you move around the aircraft or change angle.

Released by flight sim developer Fly Wonderful Islands is a scenery enhancement add-on for the Canary Islands. This add-on enhances the default scenery on Microsoft Flight Simulator X. The package has features including high resolution ground and runway textures for airports, animated vehicles and 3d taxiway lighting.

Released by flight sim developer Carenado, a long running industry leader is Piper PA-34 200T Seneca II add-on package for Microsoft Flight Simulator X. The add-on boasts some great features including dynamic shadows on the aircraft, virtual cockpit and much more.

FranceVFR, a well know flight simulator developer focusing on scenery add-ons covering France has just released their Clermont Ferrand Scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and 2004. The scenery add-on covers 32 square kilometers with the main focus on the airport of Clermont Ferrand.

The Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter has struck fear in the hearts of the enemy for more than 30 years. Armed helicopters first came into widespread use in Vietnam in the early Sixties. Limitations of the modified armed utility helicopters initially used led to the specially configured attack helicopter.

Tongass Fjords X returns Alaska back to the flightsimmers, after Microsoft missed a beat in that particular area of the world. Like in their FS2004 version, Sandman and Womack have managed to bring an unprecendented level of realism and immersion into the area. With Tongass Fjords X there are also quite a few new technologies introduced, like partial phototextures to render realistic glaciers (over 250 hand-made ones to be precise!), automatic freezing of water in the winter, and much more.

FTX is the Full Terrain Experience, and is the culmination of over five years of research and development by local Melbourne company, Orbx Simulation Systems. FTX will completely transform how the entire country of Australia looks like in Flight Simulator X, and only occupies 12GB of hard drive space and performs equal and in some cases better than default FSX! This all-in-one package includes all four FTX regions; AU BLUE, AU RED, AU GREEN, and AU GOLD, plus the FTX Coffs Harbour scenery add-on and the latest SP3 service pack!

Aerosoft released Mallorca X today. This scenery for FSX and FS2004 created by the developers of SimWings, does not only cover the two airports on the island, but covers the whole island with high definition mesh and textures (for FSX 50 cm textures are used for the whole airport). The airports use AESlite to make the vehicle traffic more realistic and the latest version of AES (version 2.02) covers the airports as well. A perfect destination for your European flights this summer!

Visit the Mega Airport Lisbon the main airport of Portugal's capital. Michael Kopatz and Peter Werlitz recreated the airport up to the smallest detail incl. all buildings and installations, docking systems and all the features you expected from a modern scenery development in FSX and FS2004.

The Very Singapore X scenery package produces the Singapore Changi Airport and the Singapore city skyline, as well as some Singapore islands. Including its famous one : Sentosa Islands. There are many great landmarks and buildings also included in the scenery.

Available now for FSX is Imaginesim's KSJC San Jose. SJC is the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area, famous for Silicon Valley, a wonderful laidback Californian lifestyle, and offers scheduled services to around 11 million passengers annually.

The Aeronca Champion, more commonly known as the Champ, is a single-engine, two-seat, fixed conventional gear airplane. Originally designed for flight training and personal use, it entered production in the United States in 1945.

Flying W Simulation is delighted to announce the availability of SuperTrafficBoard V2.2 (STB). Marking another significant advance in the technology for displaying and interacting with your favourite AI aircraft, STB introduces a host of exciting new features and fixes to minor bugs found in previous releases.

SimFlight3D launches 1958 Cessna 172 for Flight Simulator X, complete with detailed virtual cockpit and 2D panel.

This is the official support article from the Microsoft support website, explaining and answering questions related to the activation of your Microsoft product. This covers FSX and many other Microsoft Games and Software titles. This article lists the frequently asked questions about how to activate Microsoft Games for Windows and Home Products titles, and about how to troubleshoot activation issues for these titles.

This article documents some great tips and tweaks for speeding up your copy of Flight Simulator X. The original document was published by Greg Germanowski and sources from many of the FS community websites. Thank you, Greg, for compiling the list, we have published it here in HTML format for ease of use.

A collection of high-resolution relief images from the ordnance survey database, including over 26,000 km2 of aerial photographs (2.50m resolution), will provide you with a realistic bird's eye view of the terrain in the French departments of Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Indre et Loire and Loir et Cher. From the Loire estuary to the Chateau de Chambord, you can also fly over Europe's last wild river, and admire the major historic sites and architectural gems of this region through the many finely modelled 3D objects featuring in this first volume.