Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted August 23, 2006 Aerosoft Share Posted August 23, 2006 Build fully to FSx specs (so it will not run in FS2004!), we present our first FSx product, "The Fighting Falcon". I will not answer a lot of questions right now, but how does a dog fighting mode sounds to you? Guns and Sidewinders only, but at least you can now show you are able to shoot down all your buddies who fly the same aircraft..... (note, canopy redone since the shot was taken) (note, center console is flat bitmap here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrin 0 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Brings back fond memories to the other F16 product. I will buy this one for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dag Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 That's fast Simfreak best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted August 23, 2006 Author Aerosoft Share Posted August 23, 2006 Brings back fond memories to the other F16 product. I will buy this one for sure. Same team.... better company... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dag Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 better company... To put it mildly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrin 0 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 That's fast Simfreak best LOL yes I just logged in and that was the first thing I saw! Great news! Same team.... better company... Yeah, fully comfortable with the outcome of this product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydvdan 2 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 better company... Did the other company's name start with an "L"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C 110 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I look forward to the high angle, wheels down slow and low flyby! A welcome return to the Falcon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawman 14 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Why :cry: ? Why :x !? WHY :evil: !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulletman 0 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 this will have to be soimething special to beat the 2 current best choices (a certain L and a certai free one) but knowing you guys..it will be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted August 23, 2006 Author Aerosoft Share Posted August 23, 2006 this will have to be soimething special to beat the 2 current best choices (a certain L and a certai free one) but knowing you guys..it will be! Start with 3 times the polygons of the commercial one and 5 times the polygons of the freeware one. Then add the systems that have always been a LOT stronger on the commercial one (same dev). THEN add the fact this one started as a full FSx product, not as a FS2002 product as the other two did. There is about 5 years of advance between those and this one. That's a long time in FS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dag Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Why :cry: ? Why :x !? WHY :evil: !! Why? Still hoping for a Mirage III ? Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawman 14 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Why? Still hoping for a Mirage III ? Best Well, from a marketing viewpoint doing the F-16 makes perfect sense and I'm sure it will sell like mad to the uneducated masses. But I'm an aviation lover and it makes my f***ing heart bleed to see we will probably get the same aircraft cycle again and again when there are so much other (deserving) aircraft that could be done and never have been. Although the Mirage is one of them, I can think of at least a dozen other aircraft more "worthy" than the Electric Jet (haven't flown it in almost 2 years). If people want a "full fledged" F-16, get a copy of Falcon 4. Resources can only be spent once, so time spent on the F-16 means time not available for other projects. Guess I'm dissapointed that we're going down the same old trodden path again, seemingly only governed by sales (not intended as a putdown for all the people at Aerosoft, just frustrated here). Even MS is making FSX more into a game with hopes for higher sales. Sometimes I wish for communism, LOL. Hope the Cat and Bronco won't be dropped. At least those are two refreshing aircraft. And my number 1 priority right now is the Do-27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor16 1 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 So wich models are you planning on making? I really hope that you make a F-16AM and F-16BM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydvdan 2 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Start with 3 times the polygons of the commercial one and 5 times the polygons of the freeware one. Isn't that just going to make it harder on our computers hardware. My example is the Captainsim C-130. I love that plane; it looks good, it flies well, and the systems are modelled great but the poly count is so high and the textures so big that I can't seem to fly it into addon areas with out getting a significant performance hit. Maybe I'm wrong so can you comment on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaders 97 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Hi All, Thats looking good to me. I've got a new system arriving tomorrow (Hopefully) and am looking forward to re-installing FS9 and my addons. These screenies help me realise what a great future our hobby has going into FSX. I for one thoroughly enjoyed the F-16 in 2K2 and FS9 and am glad it's getting a full overhaul for FSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydvdan 2 Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Hi All, Thats looking good to me. I've got a new system arriving tomorrow (Hopefully) and am looking forward to re-installing FS9 and my addons. These screenies help me realise what a great future our hobby has going into FSX. I for one thoroughly enjoyed the F-16 in 2K2 and FS9 and am glad it's getting a full overhaul for FSX. What are you getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted August 24, 2006 Author Aerosoft Share Posted August 24, 2006 Well, from a marketing viewpoint doing the F-16 makes perfect sense and I'm sure it will sell like mad to the uneducated masses. But I'm an aviation lover and it makes my f***ing heart bleed to see we will probably get the same aircraft cycle again and again when there are so much other (deserving) aircraft that could be done and never have been. Although the Mirage is one of them, I can think of at least a dozen other aircraft more "worthy" than the Electric Jet (haven't flown it in almost 2 years). If people want a "full fledged" F-16, get a copy of Falcon 4. Resources can only be spent once, so time spent on the F-16 means time not available for other projects. Guess I'm dissapointed that we're going down the same old trodden path again, seemingly only governed by sales (not intended as a putdown for all the people at Aerosoft, just frustrated here). Even MS is making FSX more into a game with hopes for higher sales. Sometimes I wish for communism, LOL. Hope the Cat and Bronco won't be dropped. At least those are two refreshing aircraft. And my number 1 priority right now is the Do-27. For the less known aircraft you really have to look at either smaller companies or freeware. A project of this magnitute simply takes many months to do. Now we have shown in the past we are willing to go some way to do stuff that is not commercial (remember the German footbal stadiums, a sizable investment that was done without profit in mind), but we got bills to pay.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted August 24, 2006 Author Aerosoft Share Posted August 24, 2006 So wich models are you planning on making? I really hope that you make a F-16AM and F-16BM. We are listening... internally it will be block c models for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dag Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hey! I've been promised a block 50 C/D and a block 20 (MLU) A/B (AM/BM). That ain't true anymore? Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted August 24, 2006 Author Aerosoft Share Posted August 24, 2006 Isn't that just going to make it harder on our computers hardware. My example is the Captainsim C-130. I love that plane; it looks good, it flies well, and the systems are modelled great but the poly count is so high and the textures so big that I can't seem to fly it into addon areas with out getting a significant performance hit. Maybe I'm wrong so can you comment on this? Sure, love to comment on that. Yes, this one will be hard on hardware, just like Manhattan used to be (I think it was the hardest framerate hitter when it was released), but nobody seems to have low frames there now. Just like the Seaqhawk & Boxer of 8 months ago, clearly 8 months of new hardware solved that problem. FSx will be hard on frames for mnany people, just like us, MS builds it with hardware of 2007 in mind, dual core CPU's and DX10 GPU's. So yes, this one will be hard on frames and it certainly will need a good graphics system. If you like simple models there are loads of others around. Not as great looking, but a lot faster. We are not apologizing for killing your frames, as long as we deliver well optimized code... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaders 97 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 What are you getting? Hi Mate, Hopefully this lot will be with me shortly:- Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache Should allow me to run Aerosofts finest pretty well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawman 14 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 For the less known aircraft you really have to look at either smaller companies or freeware. A project of this magnitute simply takes many months to do. Now we have shown in the past we are willing to go some way to do stuff that is not commercial (remember the German footbal stadiums, a sizable investment that was done without profit in mind), but we got bills to pay.... Yeah Mathijs, I know. And my rant wasn't directed against Aerosoft in particular, but against the addon market in general. But I'm willing to bet that deep down in your heart (if you wouldn't have to take commercial considerations into account) you wouldn't have chosen the F-16. Ah well, the good thing about Aerosoft doing an F-16 is that my favourite Italian developer can concentrate on other projects :wink:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingraymd 0 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hi guys, the screenshots look great. As I have always been a big fan of the previous two vesions mentioned, both payware and freeware, you can expect another customer! But maybe... I still miss another great aircraft, a legend from the payware sky: the mighty Grumman F-14 Tomcat. Any hope that You decide making it...? PLEASE! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kofi 0 Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Isn't that just going to make it harder on our computers hardware. My example is the Captainsim C-130. I love that plane; it looks good, it flies well, and the systems are modelled great but the poly count is so high and the textures so big that I can't seem to fly it into addon areas with out getting a significant performance hit. Maybe I'm wrong so can you comment on this? I have to agree with my friend Dan here. I just got a dual-core AMD 64 4400 system, 2GB ram and a 256mb ATI PCI-E Video card. If this aircraft is going to be a slide show on my system then I guess I'll wait another year or so (until I can get newer hardware) to even contemplate about purchasing it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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