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ORBX stuff for MSFS

To support the new platform, we will be releasing several products available at, or shortly after, launch. During the launch window, new products will be available for purchase at competitive pricing levels, ranging from US$7.99 to US$19.99 through both OrbxDirect and the Microsoft FlightSim Marketplace.


We are also happy to confirm that current owners of Orbx products running on FSX, Prepar3D, X-Plane and Aerofly FS 2 that are launched for Microsoft Flight Simulator will receive a 40% discount. As ownership needs to be validated, this discount can only be applied via purchases from OrbxDirect.

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https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic...light-simulator/?tab=comments#comment-1697215
 
I'm glad ORBX has come down on their prices and it would be nice to see it remain that way. It has seemed that Microsoft left ORBX to fill-out default London (as one of the Youtube videos has shown), and the "Landmarks London City Pack" will be a nice addon to complete that city. I do hope that a company like ORBX will invest time in reproducing many more "points of interest" landmarks across the globe, like historic & cultural sites, lighthouses, unique architectural buildings, amusement parks, etc.
 
That’s something why I am falling in doubts about completeness of MSFS2020 - if ORBX announces London landmarks does it mean that cities and places over the world will be so simplified or not real looking that we will have to buy additional scenery for them again for better accuracy / resembling real ones ? I really hoped that the only addons to be purchased would be only extra aircraft and airports if I want them to be super-detailed... :confusion:
 
Javis said:
Wouldn't that contradict with Tufun's post here above ?...

Remember, once, Gmax came for free with FS ? (may have been FS2K possibly) I wouldn't be surprised if MS has the same plan for Blender/MSFS ?...
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It would be really amazing and unexpected! Wait and see!
JMC
 
Come on me old boys - what do you reckon? - A Glass Menagerie or a Tower Of Babel?

Some say there's no .dll just .xml - others say other. Folks say you can take the FSX C172 for a ride with no modification other than to tell MSFS not to read 3000 surface feedbacks off the wings and just fly it on rails. . .

SOH is HQ for what's new and what's worth flying. . .

What say The Elders. . .? - who have made such beautiful aircraft that we pilots have flown in joy. . .

What do you reckon?
 
Yes Priller, something like that - mostly just generic buildings in the cities, maybe few main landmarks, but all the rest will have to be upgraded by extra addons...
 
Once again, reply with quote didn't work. I hate that.

anyway, Kaigun, Yes,

There isn't much of the world that is photogramettrized. Which means that most of the world is going to rely on Azure to "paint" the landscape. In those areas where satellite imagery is good it will be... ok... Bridges are going to be an issue. Your house will not likely look like your house.

So, after a few months of flying, people are very likely going to want hand crafted scenery of areas they know.

Don't get me wrong, it's going to be lifetimes better than FSX. The weather I believe looks great. But I'm pretty sure there's going to be lots of room for improvement, that people are going to want to expand the scenery, more planes and more accurate planes. To me, that's a good thing. A thriving marketplace will keep this product growing for a long time.

Just remember, this is the whole freakin world we are talking about. As good as the tools Asabo and others have created are, it's not going to be perfect... at least for a few years :wink:
 
kaigun said:
Yes Priller, something like that - mostly just generic buildings in the cities, maybe few main landmarks, but all the rest will have to be upgraded by extra addons...
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I'm pretty sure that this is going to be quite a leap beyond what we have to day. While not much of the world is photogrammetrized, Azure is going to take generic buildings to the next level. Where it can, the buildings will be similar and placed "properly" using satellite imagery. It won't be exact, windows will be "wrong", but it'll look damn good.

But, yes, given the fact that even Asabo is releasing handcrafted scenery, there will be room for more of that.
 
FlyingsCool said:
As good as the tools Asabo and others have created are, it's not going to be perfect...
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FlyingsCool said:
But, yes, given the fact that even Asabo is releasing handcrafted scenery, there will be room for more of that.
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It's Asobo, FC..

You wouldn't want us to call you ClyingsFool or CoolingsFly now would you ? Asabo is something to do with beards and sixpacks and that sort of thing. https://www.facebook.com/ASABO-941666945891365/photos/

Get your facts straight. :playful:
 
Thanks for making me more aware what to expect :untroubled: Uff, at least for now I can imagine next thousands of USD invested info new platform again, often for the same addons, in the coming few years :dizzy:
 
kaigun said:
Thanks for making me more aware what to expect :untroubled: Uff, at least for now I can imagine next thousands of USD invested info new platform again, often for the same addons, in the coming few years :dizzy:
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:)

My pleasure :)

Yep... I'm with you... heck, I'm still spending money on FSX, haha

sigh
 
I didn't see one browsing this thread, but anyone know of any warbirds in development?

Not much of a CivAv guy, love my Spits, Stangs, Cats, and Bombers. :)
 
It might be something of a disappointment Cyber, quite a number of devs are looking into MSFS including the Militants but apparently 'Cost' will be the big hit.
PMDG will probably be leading the charge..................but quite a few projects in hand are taking a different approach (read: less bells and whistles) so we wait and see.
:encouragement:
 
wombat666 said:
It might be something of a disappointment Cyber, quite a number of devs are looking into MSFS including the Militants but apparently 'Cost' will be the big hit.
PMDG will probably be leading the charge..................but quite a few projects in hand are taking a different approach (read: less bells and whistles) so we wait and see.
:encouragement:
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I think I saw rumor that the PMDG 7-series is going to be like $120 USD. Woof!

But, devs have costs, and as the sim improves, the development gets more and more expensive. Hard to run a business when you can't recoup and make a profit to pay your people.

Just means they'll have to be truly amazing to be worth the price.
 
Vrs - f-18e/f-18f

This what VRS have said on their Forum :

"Honestly we are so far away from FS2020 at this point, I can’t even speculate on it. For example all the avionics need to be rewritten in probably HTML5. If MS gets near a release of 2020 this year, and we were to switch gears and move that way rather than focusing on P3D, we’d add a year to the Rhino release easily. We just can’t afford to do that. Long term, yes, it would be nice to be able to focus on the superior platform that 2020 will no doubt be, but practically speaking the P3D market can’t just be replaced due to things like commercial sales, which are a big piece of the pie. AFAIK, MS licensing still precludes the use of 2020 for commercial ops, meaning all of our existing and future commercial sales will still require support for P3D. This is primarily why P3D exists and why we’ll continue to support it for the foreseeable future.

As to why we need to sell products on a per platform basis, the answer is simply that it’s a ridiculous amount of work to do to keep up with all the differences, and you can’t stay in business unless you can cover those expenses. If you’re willing to wait a couple of years for FS2020 support then we’ll be happy to refund you (or anyone else) on your P3D preorder, but please understand that these releases won’t be anywhere near close to each other. P3D Rhino will be out way before an FS2020 version no matter what."
 
It's purely economies of scale.

Legal stuff
1. This is my opinion.
2. I am not singling out one person or product or company. ( Crikey it's getting bad when you need to start every post like that ).

Mil topics dont sell as well ( numbers wise ) as GA/Tubeliners, This is a fact. In the current simulator space it's almost 3 : 1 .
However.

Xbox is coming. Some rumours are it's about 3 -4 months on from the pc release. the reason why this is a good thing from a Military aficionado is most console users I know ( I am one ) are "I have a spare hour and I want to take up a spitfire and fly around like a lunatic for a while ". Now for the hardcore this is sacrilege. This is the sweet cherry on top though.

As more of these type of users come on board the scale of the market increases. This then means that it becomes financially viable to make a military subject. Further to this as the scale of the market increases the price actually goes down. Look at the price of a harley davidson/indian in America as compared to Oz. purely a function of population.

I know of a number of devs that would have no issue in selling a product for under 10 dollars to 1500+ people worldwide.

So sounds odd but if you're into "interesting" or military addons then you actually need to pin your hopes on the xbox release doing well.
 
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