Microsoft Flight Simulator Discussion

[themuel1]

I'm staying far away from the mountains. Tried flying a few times and even though the altimeter said I was 5000 feet up, I still crashed into the ground

Do you have to reset the altimeter? If so how do you do it and how often do you have to do it?

Press "B".

 

[pcfan123]

When should I press it? before I take off or can I reset it during flight?

Taken your advice and going to fly around the West Indies. Getting there through a series of short flights though.

Houston - Dallas - New Orleans.

Going New Orleans to Tallahassee, Florida now and then to the Windies!

 

[hedger_14]

Couldn't find it unfortunately. What version do you have Mark, 2002?

 

[pcfan123]

2004 more commonly known as FS9 (flight sim 9)

Landed in Tallahassee, Florida. Next trip will be to Miami and from then on will look for a close island to get to and start my Caribbean trip.

 

[Covvy]

I remember when I first got this game, I always used to do crazy stuff and crash. Trying to weave through buildings in cities in a 747 is a bad idea!

 

[pcfan123]

TO SAY THE LEAST!

I used to do that stuff when I 1st played flight sim as a child, now that I am giving it a proper go it's much more exciting.

I've always wanted to get a private pilots license anyways so that probably has a lot to do with it. Just need about 10k saved up and then I can start doing the real thing, probably won't be for a few years though. My dad has a pilots license but he stopped flying a few years ago due to a heart condition.

 

[hedger_14]

Ok. I might see if I can find it at EB Games.

 

[pcfan123]

Before you spend any money you might want to ask yourself what kind of gamer are you. If you are into realism and patient you will love this game. It's a very accurate simulation of flight and there is a lot of material to learn. If you are more of an arcade, "video games are meant to be action packed" gamer then this might not be your cup of tea.

 

[Chewie]

It's likely to be rather cheap though considering how old it is, so there's not too much harm spending $20 or so on it I would think. I'm not sure whether it'd be my type of game though. I don't think it would be as fun if you don't have a joystick.

 

[pcfan123]

Deffo need a joystick if not a super sweet set up like this guys

 

[Chewie]

Someone with that sort of setup has a friend to be his co pilot

 

[Insomniac]

Deffo need a joystick if not a super sweet set up like this guys

-_-

Somebody cares a lil too much

 

[hedger_14]

Is there a trial somewhere? Not the newer games though as they're like 700 mb.

 

[pcfan123]

All sim's will be that big. Flight Sim X installed is 16 GB

Mark added 1 Minutes and 21 Seconds later...

-_-

Somebody cares a lil too much

If you have the money why not, private aviation (private ownership, small pilot licenses, communal charters, flight sims) is a pretty big hobby industry in the States.

 

[Covvy]

Found a good site for downloads, similar to what PC does, but Fligh simulator version.

http://www.simviation.com