The new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has been released today. I'm at work, but I plan to install it when I get home. I'm looking forward to it.

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The new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has been released today. I'm at work, but I plan to install it when I get home. I'm looking forward to it.

I'd love to play around with current day flight sims. I don't have the hardware (nor controls) to doso, but man they look so flipping real these days.

I remember running MSFS on MS-DOS 3.3 - amazed back then, flying around O'Hare. :P



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Re: Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
By: paulie420 to Nightfox on Tue Nov 19 2024 06:06 pm

I'd love to play around with current day flight sims. I don't have the hardware (nor controls) to do so, but man they look so flipping real these days.

I remember running MSFS on MS-DOS 3.3 - amazed back then, flying around O'Hare. :P

Yeah, the first version of MSFS I played was 4.0 on my dad's computer (in 1988 or 1989, I think). Probably also MS-DOS 3.3. O'Hare airport was the default starting airport in MSFS for a long time. And one time, I found out that MSFS had some multi-player capabilities; you could apparently connect over a modem, and you and your friend could both be flying around at the same time. I thought that was so cool at the time, even though I never tried that.

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I remember running MSFS on MS-DOS 3.3 - amazed back then, flying around O'Hare.
:P

Yes! I remember loading up the original MSFS on my IBM XT. It's amazing that it ran as well as it did. I still have my XT... maybe I should reinstall it for old times sake...

Not exactly a flight sim, but a flying game that I spent way too many hours on back in the day was Jet Fighter 2 for DOS. (256 color VGA graphics). That game was a ton of fun once you got the hang of it. I remember one time seeing how far inland I could fly from CA until my gas tank ran out. I want to say I made it to Utah-ish but I might be misremembering...

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I'd love to play around with current day flight sims. I don't have th hardware (nor controls) to do so, but man they look so flipping real days.

I remember running MSFS on MS-DOS 3.3 - amazed back then, flying arou O'Hare. :P

Yeah, the first version of MSFS I played was 4.0 on my dad's computer
(in 1988 or 1989, I think). Probably also MS-DOS 3.3. O'Hare airport
was the default starting airport in MSFS for a long time. And one time,
I found out that MSFS had some multi-player capabilities; you could apparently connect over a modem, and you and your friend could both be flying around at the same time. I thought that was so cool at the time, even though I never tried that.

I think I started on MSFS 5.0 - but can't remember for sure...

Either way, the same squares and triangles that made flight so fun back then. Imagine that now-a-days you get the literal full experience. WTF!?!?!

I wish I had the system to be able to play - can I come over??!



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Re: Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
By: slacker to paulie420 on Wed Nov 20 2024 04:36 am

Yes! I remember loading up the original MSFS on my IBM XT. It's amazing that it ran as well as it did. I still have my XT... maybe I should reinstall it for old times sake...

Yeah, I remember playing MSFS 4.0 on my 12mhz 286 PC with a Herculese monochrome monitor.. I remember it ran well enough to be playable. I was excited when MSFS 5.0 came out, since it was a big leap in graphics. By that time, I had a 386SX-16 and VGA graphics, but a 386SX-16 was not fast enough to make it enjoyable.. Its frame rate was like a slide show on that setup. Same with Doom, unless I shrunk the window size in Doom down to as small as it would go. Things got a lot better for gaming when I got my 386DX-40.

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Re: Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
By: paulie420 to Nightfox on Tue Nov 19 2024 09:33 pm

I think I started on MSFS 5.0 - but can't remember for sure...

Either way, the same squares and triangles that made flight so fun back then. Imagine that now-a-days you get the literal full experience. WTF!?!?!

MSFS 5.0 was a significant upgrade for graphics. It was 4.0 that had the more basic squares and triangles, but with 5.0, it started to use textures and shading to make things look a bit more realistic - still cartoony by today's standards, but things were at least solid objects with more detail and shading.

I wish I had the system to be able to play - can I come over??!

That's an idea, if you actually want to come over and see it some time, as we're both in the Portland area. :)

I was able to download MSFS 2024 last night (it sounds like a lot of people have had problems with that), and I was able to run it for a few minutes (I didn't have a whole lot of time). I think it looks great so far, and the video was very smooth - it seems to run better than MSFS 2020 (I may have to check the graphics settings though).

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I think I started on MSFS 5.0 - but can't remember for sure...

Either way, the same squares and triangles that made flight so fun ba then. Imagine that now-a-days you get the literal full experience. WTF!?!?!

Its still something I load up on all my retro MS-DOS machines. :P

I wish I had the system to be able to play - can I come over??!

That's an idea, if you actually want to come over and see it some time,
as we're both in the Portland area. :)

I was able to download MSFS 2024 last night (it sounds like a lot of people have had problems with that), and I was able to run it for a few minutes (I didn't have a whole lot of time). I think it looks great so far, and the video was very smooth - it seems to run better than MSFS
2020 (I may have to check the graphics settings though).

:P LOL - I wouldn't want to intrude, but yea - it seems like such leeps and bounds since back then. Beautiful.



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