Hi All

Can anyone recommend a third party program for use with "FSX" which sets a framework for flying with a purpose. Something like, but not including.. "Air Hauler" or "Cargo Pilot". (Though I'm not tied to the idea of freight haulage exclusively.)

Many thanks for any ideas

Badger

Offline: http://www.fspassengers.com/

Standalone add-on.


Online: http://www.fsairlines.net/

It used to be free, with your own airline et al, but has (sadly) gone subscription based not too long ago.

When it's released

http://forums.vrsimulations.com/tacpack.htm

That's gonna be quite a purpose! By the way, are we close to getting it? (Not trying to hyjack the thread).

Thanks for the replies gents..

Wow..nearly 130 hits on the thread and only three suggestions? Is it just me or is there a huge gap in the market here for some enterprising developer to take advantage of!



This seems to be the leading contender then Heretic. Is it complicated to install? Because I'm not much on the tech front sadly.

Is it like "Airliner Pilot"? That's one I only wasn't considering because I discovered it wasn't FSX compatible. But I thought it looked like just the job otherwise.

When I first played "Air Hauler" I realized that it ran to a real time delivery schedule, which didn't suit me all that well as I'd have preferred it to run in "game time" and only when I ran the game. (As opposed to taking note of your PC clock and moving time on while you weren't playing.) What does FS Passengers do?


That's an interesting one Dave. I be interested to watch some of the game play videos once they start coming out on U-Tube. I must admit though that for myself, I don't quite know why I'd want to bring a combat aspect to my FSX table, when I already have so many top notch combat sims to choose from.

At the moment if I want to scratch that itch I turn to "EECH", but normally resident on the hard drive would be "Falcon 4", "1946" and "Black Shark". Oh.. and recently "BoB 2 Wings of Victory."

What attracts you to an FSX combat addon, rather than a native sim? Because I might well be missing something that would wet my appetite.

Badger

don't know if this will fit your purpose, but there are some interesting missions at http://www.dc3airways.com/ that you can download for free. And if you become a member the purpose will even be higher (I think... but I'm not a member myself).

Then there's the (almost) yearly X-Mas Challenge here at SimHQ.

Its payware and comes with an autoinstaller and a manual.



Don't know.



Whatever the website says it does.

Well one from another thread here that I was looking at is:

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/5508880/Around-The-World-In-80-Flights/Product.html

Also there is:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flight-Tales-Add...4579&sr=1-1

And:

http://www.simw.com/rescue-pilot-mission-pack.html

I'm surprised Rise of Flight isn't there! its about to get a dynamic career any day now but its a great sim anyway - the planes are a joy to fly and fight with. I really think RoF is the only combat flight sim worth considering at the moment (other than possibly DCS's A10) But RoF stands well above the rest due to its multiplayer community, immersive missions and several careers plus the new one which will put it into line with Red Baron 3D, one of my favourite sims of all time. Its unfortunate that no other combat sims are available with decent campaigns - IL2, CoD and A10 all have canned missions which I dont like much and I have played Falcon 4 to death. We now really need a decent jet combat sim with a decent campaign - A10 would be the one I definitely wish would get one !! I would love to buy it but not if it has just canned missions.

http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=138

Cargo pilot is fun.I use it with small planes and i choose missions no longer then 2 hrs.