Zitat von »Anonymous«

[Flight] isn't on Hold but it is a year late.
What caused the rumours was Microsoft recently shut out all third party developers by closing their developer scheme. Flight is now a closed platform. NO ADDONS.

Also, the guy in the other thread is correct. Flight is only the Island of Hawaii. So no mainland USA or Europe etc.
There are no airliners, helicopters or AI either. Its is very basic & certainly NOT a replacement for FS9/FSX. Flight still feels just like FSX/FS9 . Nothing special. It will have missions & a career path. Simple stuff for the console skillset. Not pleasing news for hardcore simmers.
Best thing about it is it will be FREE for the base pack. 1 plane, 1 island.

My information is from a developer who worked for Microsoft & will remain anonymous.

[Quelle: AirDailyX.blogspot.com]

Zitat von »anondev«

I have created a temporary account here at AVSIM so I can post. It probably contravenes forum rules, but having signed an NDA with Microsoft I am not about to risk getting sued.
I am a US based developer. I am under NDA with MS. They had a developer program in place, but they shut it down a few weeks ago. No explanation, no reasons, just shut down completely.
All the information shown above on the AirDailyX blog is correct. Flight will be Hawaii only and there will be no third party content or addons, payware or freeware.
As a developer I am furious about what MS have done, and I think this simulator is dead before it has even launched. It is definitely not going to compete with FSX, not by a long shot. They are aiming at a mass market audience who want a simple flight experience not much different to Nintendo's Pilot wings. The serious simmer here at AVSIM will laugh at what will be released. It will be a curious oddity at best.
The engine is based on FSX with some added code. It still runs like crap if you tweak the cfg file to "max the sliders" (there are no in-game sliders like FSX).
I hear on the developer network that they are not renewing contracts of some key staff on their team. I also heard one of their core engine developers is leaving.
I am sorry that I have to hide behind a cloak of anon, but the nature of litigious large corporations means that I will not risk getting sued by MS, but I do feel the sim community deserves to hear about this deception and really bad treatment of the developers who wanted to create content for this new sim.
I hope that the mods will allow this topic to remain because the community here deserves to hear the truth about this.

[Quelle: Avsim-Forums]