MSFS Preorder!

pilto von pilto said:
Have to ask Why pre-order ?

I'm a gamer at heart. I understand pre-order bonus's like a different armour package for your doomslayer in doom/ weapon packs etc but I cant see the reason to pre-order, there doesnt seem to be a bonus reason. I mean there isnt a "pre-order now and get the game 2 days before general release and a special edition westland lysander" offer. Or special pricing.

Are they going to run out of product... on a server ?
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Are you saying there is no Westland Lysander in the pre-order list of aircraft? No way am I going to buy this. Guess I'll be flying FS9 for a while longer. :dizzy:
 
While I agree that Alpha should have testers who have aviation experience, they need testers from the full spectrum. This is meant to be a product for everyone, and even people who have zero confidence in using computers need to be a part of the testing experience to make sure it's not impossible to use.
 
My original point being, what a waste of an alpha tester if all they were going to do was poke their head into the sim once a month to see how things were shaping up based on other's inputs/work. Some of us have invested a considerable amount of time testing and have noticed continued improvements to what has been reported daily over the past several months, as the regular dev reports attest to.

Ted's link to the Aerosoft Forum with Mathijs Kok's statement is a good read, and Mathijs' comments go hand-in-hand with what I've seen and heard from the development team.
 
[h=3]>> Aerosoft official retail partner for Microsoft Flight Simulator... 5[/h] Rebirth of a legend It is with great pride that we can announce that Microsoft has chosen Aerosoft as its retail publishing partner for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator . Aerosoft will bring the two boxed versions of this venerable simulator to...






Boxed version...

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Yes, if you don't stream the content, then do you get standard autogen? It won't look or perform like what you see in the videos from what I understand? But we definitely need clarity on that!
 
000rick000 said:
Yes, if you don't stream the content, then do you get standard autogen? It won't look or perform like what you see in the videos from what I understand? But we definitely need clarity on that!
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You can switch off the streaming if you wish, and that leaves you with a standard autogen as per FSX / P3D. The difference is that it looks a LOT better than what we're used to with the older platforms. Can't say much more than that really, as I think that the NDA is still in effect.
 
DC1973 said:
You can switch off the streaming if you wish, and that leaves you with a standard autogen as per FSX / P3D. The difference is that it looks a LOT better than what we're used to with the older platforms. Can't say much more than that really, as I think that the NDA is still in effect.
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That doesn't convince me at all. There are a lot of pictures around of the stock. I'm sorry, but this is IMHO more of a step backwards than Out of the Box they promised. And why is a NDA around in pre-order times. DC did you get a sdk? I am not.

Please do not misunderstand, I am no opponent of Microsoft Flight Simulator. I'm rather one who questions some things, and with long experience I've become a bit cautious. Many questions are simply not answered. Marketing is usually something different from reality.

Thomas
 
TiAr said:
In Aerosoft Forum you can read, what the boxed version is:

https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.ph...flight-simulator/&tab=comments#comment-989168

And you can read about "Optional online streamed content (this is an optional part of the sim)". Microsoft must explain this as soon as possible, otherwise they will not get a cent from me.

Thomas
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So you only get the boxed version from Aerosoft. Well that's a shame they didn't say that before I ordered it from MS directly. Not that it matters, DCS has been Gb of data downloads for many years now, but it would've been nice to have the option - I see with books etc. You'd think for the price of the premium deluxe (or whatever they call it) version they'd send you some DVDs.

Does anyone know if there is any backwards compatibility at all? I've been politely asking to join the test program having been part of Beta for FSX previously and having been developing since 2001, but after 3 emails unanswered I gave up. I had a nice reply from Asobo within a day or two, but they just directed me to email Microsoft. Shame there was absolutely no response. I guess they only want the big players in the Dev world - that's who will make them some money by royalty or whatever the pricing model will be for additional content.
 
appreciate the link to simmarket TuFun. There one of my favorite FS Vendors with Justflight. That makes very happy more confident about FS2020.
 
centuryseries said:
So you only get the boxed version from Aerosoft. Well that's a shame they didn't say that before I ordered it from MS directly. Not that it matters, DCS has been Gb of data downloads for many years now, but it would've been nice to have the option - I see with books etc. You'd think for the price of the premium deluxe (or whatever they call it) version they'd send you some DVDs.

Does anyone know if there is any backwards compatibility at all? I've been politely asking to join the test program having been part of Beta for FSX previously and having been developing since 2001, but after 3 emails unanswered I gave up. I had a nice reply from Asobo within a day or two, but they just directed me to email Microsoft. Shame there was absolutely no response. I guess they only want the big players in the Dev world - that's who will make them some money by royalty or whatever the pricing model will be for additional content.
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Although I signed up for the Alpha, I'm not in it. Having said that, I think in one of the preview videos with the developers that was released, I'm quite sure they said legacy aircraft will work in the sim with their original flight models. I would like to see if it's possible to update some of them to the new flight model, myself. Also, I'm not sure what they're calling "Legacy," but I would think that would be at least anything released for FSX and early P3D (Not sure how PBR work will translate between the two platforms).

Regards,
Ken
 
Bomber_12th said:
My original point being, what a waste of an alpha tester if all they were going to do was poke their head into the sim once a month to see how things were shaping up based on other's inputs/work. Some of us have invested a considerable amount of time testing and have noticed continued improvements to what has been reported daily over the past several months, as the regular dev reports attest to.
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I think many people don't get what an "Alpha" is. Hell, I've been in some pretty rough betas, but they turned out fine maybe a month or two after release. I think some people just think an Alpha means "Free game play before anyone else!" I don't think people like that know that it's up to them to find and report everything that's broken. Maybe they should have put Dino from IndiaFoxtAlpha in charge. He's really good at running a beta. I'm sure he could run an Alpha. ;)
 
I'm quite sure they said legacy aircraft will work in the sim with their original flight models.
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I remember that too ... but heard nothing since.
Would be REALLY helpful in the short term...
 
It was said that legacy aircraft could be ported over, however, they would be very inferior to the new aircraft.
The new planes have 1000 contact points per surface area, vs 1 on old planes.
maybe better to get planes that are made for the sim?
 
Keyboard control

1. Hi , do anybody new if there is some need of keyboard inputs in FS2020 and can you use to fly like in FSX/P3d ? :ghost:

2. Will it be possible to install FS2020 on an extern USB 3.1. disc ? :jaded:




HB
 
I don't think your 2nd question can be answered until it's released. But, seems like if you can choose a location to install, you could choose anywhere right?
 
Strange... Alpha testers say it is far from finished, incomplete and buggy, yet Aerosoft claim the box set has gone gold and is ready for shipping..?
Does this mean box owners will have to download the mother of all day 1 patches in August, basically rendering the disks useless because they will have to download large parts of the game, or is the entire alpha test pointless..?
 
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