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Hi,
I know that whenever topic about Flight happens, fighting almost always follow by personal opinion about this game. Please don't start the "fight".

But I'd like to know how FLIGHT is doing in term of popularity. I downloaded it once and I loved it so much. Unfortunately, the whole world is out of reach, choices of airplane are limited. To me only, I think it is faded off from my interest. But I don't know how the others feel.

Nevertheless the scenery is good. And I like how the trees and shadow look like in Flight.

Any good news for addons by third party? Or SDK yet?
Where should I go to get news from Flight? Since at https://news.microsoftflight.com, the news would be only from Microsoft point of view.
Regards,
Tic
 
Only Microsdoft knows if sales of DLC are on target or not, but it's not goiing to tell us.

AVSIM, FlightSim etc have threads commenting on Flight from every point of view.
 
mgh said:
Only Microsdoft knows if sales of DLC are on target or not, but it's not goiing to tell us.

AVSIM, FlightSim etc have threads commenting on Flight from every point of view.
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Agreed. To be fair if you want to find out about how Flight is then these other sites have traffic. Since Flight was released on Steam there is a new forum: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1375 The Flight Team moderate this and are active on the forums. So my suggestion is to take a look at these and decide for yourself.

There is no change or movement in the position on Third Party Access to Flight. It is still closed. FS Widgets have released a version of GMap for Flight that is using a hack into the running process. Another outfit whose name escapes me has released a so called addon that actually appears to be a collection of saved filights along with freely available charts etc.

Bottom line Flight is closed to developers of content - no change and therefore nothing to excite the folks here :)
 
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Another outfit whose name escapes me has released a so called addon that actually appears to be a collection of saved filights along with freely available charts etc.
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Let's call a spade a spade Jon.

If it's the same add-on I have seen advertised for EUR10, then "scam" was the word you were looking for .....

;)
 
hcornea said:
Let's call a spade a spade Jon.

If it's the same add-on I have seen advertised for EUR10, then "scam" was the word you were looking for .....

;)
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I would not go that far - quite :) However it is definitely buyer beware and that is pretty well documented in the relevant threads on the sites mentioned above.
 
Is this the same package that offers the waypoint symbol as a flyable delta wing aircraft ???

Hmmm. You are a kind man.
 
hcornea said:
Is this the same package that offers the waypoint symbol as a flyable delta wing aircraft ???

Hmmm. You are a kind man.
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Apparently that is the symbol that is seen in Multi Player for unknown aircraft. I cannot confirm this since I have never used MP. On the point of being kind - I do my best ;)
 
OK - I know I am stepping in before anything starts - and it won't will it :)

Please do not start anything along the lines of why something is a scam or not. What is a scam to one person is not a scam to another.

Thanks. My doctor just took me off the pills that keep my blood pressure in check - I don't need the excitement ;) :D
 
jtanabodee said:
Hi,
I know that whenever topic about Flight happens, fighting almost always follow by personal opinion about this game. Please don't start the "fight".

But I'd like to know how FLIGHT is doing in term of popularity. I downloaded it once and I loved it so much. Unfortunately, the whole world is out of reach, choices of airplane are limited. To me only, I think it is faded off from my interest. But I don't know how the others feel.

Nevertheless the scenery is good. And I like how the trees and shadow look like in Flight.

Any good news for addons by third party? Or SDK yet?
Where should I go to get news from Flight? Since at https://news.microsoftflight.com, the news would be only from Microsoft point of view.
Regards,
Tic
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Check their Face Book site and you will see for yourself the low number of hits in their posts....:rolleyes:
 
jtanabodee said:
Hi, I'd like to know how FLIGHT is doing in term of popularity.
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Interesting question - I think there's a great deal of interest in the answer too!!

I'll have a stab at measuring the popularity... Hardly an accurate metric, more of a snapshot really. Here's a current measure of three popular website forums 'number of people viewing' Flight & FSX.

SimOuthouse ------- Flight = 0 Viewing -------- FSX = 93 Viewing
Avsim -------------- Flight = 33 Viewing ------- FSX = 57 Viewing
Flightsim.com ------- Flight = 14 Viewing ------ FSX = 159 Viewing

No data from Simviation - sorry.

I'll say again - I realize this isn't an accurate 'popularity' measure. Perhaps it says more about the way Flight appeals to different audiences?

Different forums attract different interest etc. Actually, it'd be good to survey how many have permanently 'converted' over to Flight from another sim, how many are new to Flight, what percentage of 'new' users become regular Flight users and the list goes on. I'm sure Microsoft will be pulling information from the Windows Live activity data.

Just my thoughts :)

Dave.
 
An interesting table but please do not start over analyzing it folks. A proportion of Flight users are not likely to be members of these sites and there are other forums now directly intended for Flight. If you do want to analyze it then I am sure that one of these other sites as listed will be a more fertile ground for discussion.
 
I'd noticed a similar thing regarding forum activity, but if MS are trying to open Flight up to a different audience then that would be expected. I think it might be more revealing to see how many people are on-line at any time as I get the feeling that's the market they're trying to grab/create.
 
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scruffyduck said:
An interesting table but please do not start over analyzing it folks. A proportion of Flight users are not likely to be members of these sites and there are other forums now directly intended for Flight. If you do want to analyze it then I am sure that one of these other sites as listed will be a more fertile ground for discussion.
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You're right to emphasize the fact that a few numbers don't really help much at all! Thank you Jon ;)

The original question that Tic posted was 'I'd like to know how FLIGHT is doing in term of popularity'. Perhaps the question is slightly ambiguous as it's quite 'general'. Maybe Tic meant to ask 'How many FSX / FS9 users have tried Flight and reverted back'. If that's the question meant, then certainly one of the other forums is the best place to pose it.

I think we'll have to wait a while to see the true level of 'popularity' once Microsoft reveal the $$ numbers they'd like us to see...

Dave.
 
Sorry to bud in but...

Is it just me, or is it a HUGE kick in the American Jewels, that Microsoft releases Flight, and the only place you can fly is Hawaii. Then releases as its second payware aircraft the Japanese Zero! :eek: Of ALL the know aircraft... C'Mon!

I am offended by their lack of forethought!
 
mgh said:
WW2 ended more than 60 years ago. Sureley it's time to stop looking back.
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Seriously? Do you say that to people about Hitler too?

You mean to tell me that of ALL aircraft, you agree with them releasing the Zero; over say a F4U Corsair, or Hellcat? What about GA aircraft they could have done?

I am mostly offended by their lack of tact, when there are so many other aircraft they could have done...
 
OK that is it this thread is now closed.
 
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