Comments on: X Plane 9-AVENGED

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:15:10 +0000

Just thought I would throw my three cents worth of X-Plane history in. X-Plane uses “blade element theory” or a numerical integration technique to generate their aerodynamic forces. FS uses a basic formula model mostly based on averages. The “blade element theory” method generates very accurate data but requires more computational cycles — or put another way generally requires more computing power. PC’s are so fast now, that computational cycles are not as critical as they once were. In the beginning Microsoft had the superior graphics and X-Plane’s graphics were poor. With versions 7.x and later, X-Plane has closed the graphics gap. Also FS had the superior design tools, but again X-Plane has just about caught up to FS. Microsoft canceled their FS product last year when new leadership came in (Bill Gates left the company for others to manage/lead) and they eliminated the FS product even though the product was making money. X-Plane has just about caught up in every category and was nose to nose with uSoft when the FS product was canceled. I am hearing rumors that uSoft is hiring back some of the FS software engineers which could signify the FS product is coming back. Most FS uses are loyal and will not take the time to learn X-Plane due to having too many hours invested in FS. So in summary, do not believe all the bad hype that the FS users are promulgating; X-Plane is an excellent product and is getting better all the time. When X-Plane first came out the product cost just under $300 which explains why the Navy and NASA were some of the companies that could afford to buy X-Plane — most gamers and casual users could not afford X-Plane. However, with the price now being $29 you are getting a certified bargain! And no, I do not work for X-Plane but was the technical lead for one of the Navy’s simulation programs which used FS. We evaluated an early version of X-Plane which did not meet our needs, but as the X-Plane product got better and better we were looking forward to possibly converting our project to X-Plane, but our program was canceled due to budget cuts caused by the various Gulf Wars and myopic program managers that mostly did not have any computer skills at all. X-Plane has evolved remarkably over the last 10 yrs and I expect will be the simulation product of choice.

As far as I know, X-Plane will only work with Disk 1 in the DVD and w/o Disc 1 in the drive will only work for 10 minutes before restrictions come into play. This is for Version 9.x.

Try the following link to learn more about x-plane:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Plane_%28simulator%29

Austin Meyer originally come up with the concept of X-Plane and was a one man show during the formative years. The company behind the scene is Laminar Research. Now portions of the program; e.g. graphics, are sub-contracted out. I have talked to Austin a couple of times as I have called X-Plane with some technical questions and he actually answered the phone! I doubt that would occur now, but the product is growing in quality and the price is right — Enjoy.

By: Cenk

Cenk — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:40:36 +0000

cant unzip for iso file. missing part 21

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:48:13 +0000

It is supposed to be a good game but i will never find out i bought the game yesterday and spent all day trying to install it from 11 o clock in the morning to 10 pm and it olny showed me one part of the united states every thing else looked like water it said i have installed the united states with disk 1 insert disk 2 and press continue and nothing happened with disk 2.

deffinatly not user frendly but it has nice pics on the box.

By: Armstrong14

Armstrong14 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:36:22 +0000

Woowee! Got some nice in-game graphics, Cole is awesome!

By: Fandjo

Fandjo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:44:54 +0000

huh… who is “cole<3″

By: charles

charles — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:00:07 +0000

no one inhere

By: charles

charles — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:27:02 +0000

someone help when i play there is no buildings nothin zero landscape please help

By: esset

esset — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:50:43 +0000

hahahah whats up with the picture ?

By: Blackhawk

Blackhawk — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:08:07 +0000

Links are down.

By: Red Stafford

Red Stafford — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:01:56 +0000

I can only download 1 file from rapidshare ?

By: Red Stafford

Red Stafford — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:01:00 +0000

Does this work on mac if so can someone post links on where to download the mac version from.

By: ferencik

ferencik — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:40:32 +0000

Found this but haven’t tested yet. Good luck

By: shoes

shoes — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:11:59 +0000

You’ll need a virtual mount, or just burn it do a Dual Layer DVD.

no scenery addons uploaded to RS yet? or separate torrents? the only ones i’ve found aren’t seeded, and they’re 32gb (all 5 disks)

By: subis

subis — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:13:40 +0000

what does mirrors mean???????????

By: bob44

bob44 — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:24:47 +0000

I have the same problem with installin on Vista “Please insert and x-planes 9 DVD to begin”. Should I write this to dvd? It does not fit. Should I make a virtual DVD or something?