Title: Re: Was this necessary?
Post by Markoz on Feb 6th, 2011 at 6:47pm
Benzinger wrote on Feb 6th, 2011 at 8:48am:| I was well aware of that fact. This was the reason to point out "... at least since FS98...". I use flight simulators since my first computer (Schneider/Amstrad CPC 664, 1987). In fact, the first peace of software I bought was a combat flight sim, a Spitfire. Then, there were no civil simulators on the market (or to be precise, I did not know nor could I get one). And yes, I DID shoot down some Luftwaffe bandits. |
Sorry Stefan. The way it was written I took it that MSFS 98 was the time you started flight simming. I stand corrected. Benzinger wrote on Feb 6th, 2011 at 8:48am:| Well, "...returning to its roots..." goes a little bit too far for me. MSFS and its precessors in my eyes were clearly civil simulators. The "SHIFT-W"-option to start WW I again was just a little gimmick. The later development of MS CFS 1-3 ended for unknown reasons, and I did not miss them. |
Gimmick or not. It was the ability to shoot down AI aircraft and bomb targets, if one wanted to. That is the same thing that Weapon for FSX is. I still say it is like a return to how FS was in its early days. Mark
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