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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: achtung on April 17, 2007, 08:44:23 pm

Title: X-Plane
Post by: achtung on April 17, 2007, 08:44:23 pm

Is X-Plane worth the money, considering I just have a Logitech Wingman 3D?

Title: Re: X-Plane
Post by: Dysko on April 18, 2007, 11:21:38 am

I have X-Plane 8 (updated to 8.60, but without global scenery), and I tell you it's really worth the money! Flying model is really good, and, unlike Flight Simulator, the flying model is NOT specified in a separate file, but it's based on the shape of the plane. There are a lot of nice situations (carrier take-off and landing, in-flight refueling, take-off towed by another plane or carried under its wing, firefighting missions, and flying ON MARS!!! (tough only on a small area :(, no full Mars scenery available)). And if you want to mod, you don't have to download anything: X-Plane comes with a built-in aircraft, scenery and airfoil editor! (Though for making detailed planes and scenery objects many people use 3D modeling programs) The online community is huge, and the main website is http://x-plane.org/ (http://x-plane.org/), with a lot of add-ons.

I hope this info is useful for you :)

Title: Re: X-Plane
Post by: achtung on April 18, 2007, 08:25:12 pm

Thanks!

Title: Re: X-Plane
Post by: Dysko on April 19, 2007, 09:32:03 am

I forgot to say that you can download the demo at http://www.x-plane.com/ (http://www.x-plane.com/). It has only the South California scenery, and if you don't put the X-Plane DVD in your drive the joystick will be ignorated after 6 minutes of flight.