FSBreak 39: Avsim Social Wrap up, New Sim Company, $100 IFR Burger, and More!

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Hosted by Eric McClintock, Danton Berube, and Brendan Farmer. Listen Here: Download Here Former ACES Team Members Form New Company Cascade Game Foundry Forges Ahead, Opens New Simulation Game Development Studio Founded By Former Microsoft Aces Studio Veterans   Seattle, Washington, October 12, 2009 – Cascade Game Foundry, a new game development studio in Washington, today announced their entry into the simulation marketplace with an experienced team of industry pros poised to create a portfolio of innovative and engaging products which will appeal to both aficionados and people new to the genre.   The two founders, Creative Director Rick Selby and Managing Director Kathie Flood, are no strangers to simulations – both are former Microsoft Aces Studio leaders and industry veterans. Not only will Cascade Game Foundry address the significant hole in the simulation market left by Microsoft’s recent departure, it will push new boundaries with the latest in cutting-edge graphics, simulation and web technology.   “The beauty of starting a new studio is that we get to reconsider all our preconceived notions,” comments Selby, a former Lead Product Designer at Microsoft. “Our previous efforts focused on building traditional simulation titles. However, now we get to redefine what a simulation game can be. As a designer, that is incredibly liberating.” From a gameplay standpoint, Cascade Game Foundry is looking to broaden the market. “The hardcore simulation fan is the critical foundation, but why stop there?” says Selby. “We want to deliver unique experiences that appeal to diverse audiences around the world.”   Flood, a former Microsoft Senior Program Manager with 15 years of industry experience, is excited about the possibilities. “We want to combine the naturally inquisitive nature of the human spirit with the stunning resources of the planet. The simulation market is known to be a strong, consistent performer, but our vision extends beyond flying and railroading,” she says. “Think of SCUBA diving off Hawaii, traversing the Andes, hiking the Great Wall of China … the possibilities are endless.”   Selby and Flood are joined by a number of other former Aces members and game industry veterans. “We have an incredible team lined up across all disciplines,” adds Flood. “Every person has numerous years of professional experience and a proven track record of delivering multi-million-selling titles. “We see this as a wonderful opportunity to reinvigorate the simulation market with a quantum step forward and our products will convey that sense of passion, fun and excitement that we have always had for the genre.”   “If you love simulations, the news is going to get better and better,” hints Selby. Cascade Game Foundry, LLC is hard at work on the design and demo for their first project. http://CascadeGameFoundry.com   We also mention Orbx's new YBTH Scenery with car racing? You can find a link to the description and screenshots here. What do you think? Share your thoughts in the forum, or contact us! OZx 3.0 Released OZx is proud to announce OZx 3.0, the latest standalone version of our Australian scenery project. It introduces over 20 new fields and heliports, 13 water starts and ½ a dozen new VFR sceneries to the Aussie landscape to make a total of more than 300 OZx sceneries and airfields, not counting drillrigs and wheat silos. Add this to Ant's 30+ Freeware fields and ORBX's 8 Freeware and 9 Payware fields and you'll always have somewhere to explore. Let OZx take you further into your journey of discovery of our ancient land represented by the stunning ORBX FTX payware textures.   From the lush greens of Eastern Australia with tiny aerodromes like Old Bar and Coorooman Creek; through the fiery red outback with airfields that service the many mines such as Barrow Island and Shay Gap. Adventure into deserted strips like Taroom and Wandoan - seldom used except by the likes of the Royal Flying Doctor Service's iconic King Airs and PC12s.   Then continue your sojourn over the gold of the great western wheat belts with silos dotting the landscape from Esperance to Perth - rest at Collie, Katanning, Narrogin and others. Then let your wings soar over the azure of the Indian Ocean and the great North West Shelf searching for Legendre, Griffin Venture or some of the other huge oil rigs that harvest this black gold from deep beneath the ocean floor.   You will find the Australian landscape coming to life beneath you with mines like Broken Hill and Moura, Wolfe Creek Crater, huge salt pans and mighty wheat storage depots and terminals. Locate Kingfisher, Snapper, Cobia and many more lonley oil rigs toughing it out in Bass Strait where the frigid winds of the Antarctic scream their tortuous way northward. Watch these same winds blast Woolnorth windfarm on the north western coast of Tasmania with a freezing fury. Turn north again to fly at a more leisurely pace as you search for the numerous farm strips around the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.   So join us in the greatest FSX freeware project ever. Travel again through this vast land and experience the beauty and remote majesty of our harsh continent of extremes. Celebrate the Great Southern Land! Download Link Here, or you can visit their new freeware portal here. Related: FTX NA Blue Shows up on the main website What was once a dweller of the Orbx forums only for the most determined users, FTX NA (North America) now has an official section on the website, complete with screenshots! According to the web page, the project is currently in late beta. Screenshots of FTX NA Blue: Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowserp.swf", "PictoBrowser", "610", "500", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("source", "album"); so.addVariable("userName", "fszone"); so.addVariable("names", "Orbxnablue"); so.addVariable("albumId", "5394910590022588769"); so.addVariable("titles", "off"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "off"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser091021005401"); Preorder FSGenesis North Atlantic Mesh and save 25% Source data: 30m/90m DeFeranti Vers: in production Updated: coming approx Oct 23 Preorder Price: $14.95 (Reg 19.95) See full information and Pre-Order here! Captain Sim 767-200 Expansion Model Released Key Features: • Transpacific ready! • Highly Detailed Exterior Model • Outstanding visual quality and realism • Designed according to FSX standards • DirectX 9/10 compatible • Stewardess model (various airline uniforms) • Wing Flex • Wing Vortices • Winglets • Custom Self-shadow ..And there are many many more listed on their website here, keep in mind though you need the Captain Sim 767-300 BASE pack to use the -200 extension pack. Price (Just for Extension): 10 Euro Screenshots of the CS 767-200 Expansion Pack: Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject("http://www.db798.com/pictobrowserp.swf", "PictoBrowser", "600", "500", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("source", "album"); so.addVariable("userName", "fszone"); so.addVariable("names", "Captainsim767200"); so.addVariable("albumId", "5394911429702930897"); so.addVariable("titles", "off"); so.addVariable("displayNotes", "off"); so.addVariable("thumbAutoHide", "off"); so.addVariable("imageSize", "medium"); so.addVariable("vAlign", "mid"); so.addVariable("vertOffset", "0"); so.addVariable("colorHexVar", "FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("initialScale", "off"); so.addVariable("bgAlpha", "90"); so.write("PictoBrowser091021005427"); Aerosoft items showing up at Besy Buy in the US? From the forum: In case no one else has seen this! You have gotta be kidding me! It's 80 bones online... $30 at BB. It hasn't been released at BB yet...but I couldn't resist the order. I already have the companion must have Angle of Attack DVDs standing by. $30 PMDG QUEEN OF THE SKIES! Well see if it really comes through at this price...and if it's the real deal. Bman. Here is a link to the original thread, and Danton confirms it with his copy of PMDG 747-400X in hand. Quick Update: Aerosoft Discus Glider X updated to version 1.5 We just wanted to update everyone on our review of the Discus Glider X, they have released a version 1.5 update that addresses the following issues: 3 new models included (English/US version) all CTD errors should now be solved some changes to to the C4 to make use easier added more ground sounds other small tweaks Free FSX Missions from FSScene Are you an FSX pilot? Do you like to fly missions? We’ve got some news for you. During 2009 and 2010 FScene is publishing a new series of free Flight Simulator X Missions, in cooperation with a team of old FS boys. Ruud Faber, Jaap van Hees, Chip Barber and Francois Dumas are all ‘veterans’ of the international flight simulation ’scene’ and have put their spare time, enthusiasm and talents together to come up with this new “Beagle” series. The missions are all Inspired by a recently started 35-part Radio/TV series of VPRO, a Dutch Radio/TV station, to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birth year and the 150th anniversary of his publication of “On the Origin of Species”. They follow the greater part of Charles Darwin’s journey on the HMS “Beagle” (1831-1836). To visit the special FScene mission page, click here: http://www.fscene.com/beagle/ New $100 Hamburger: The IFR Burger Download the complete print out here, it includes all instructions, tutorial screenshots, and other helpful information. You might find it helpful to print it out to make notes on it while you're flying! (PDF Document) If you run into trouble, or want to share your results, please do so in the forums! Recommendations Danton: The "Freeware" section on the Full Terrain website. Brendan: McPhat Studios - Very high quality free and paid HD repaints for payware aircraft. Eric: Smart Defrag - Freeware hassle-free disk degragging. Has the ability to schedule and 'auto defrag'. Also the free addons over at the Ship Simulator 2008 addon page. E-Mails  Two Responses to Jerry's Question about a Yoke for Mac Quick comment regarding Jerry's question about flight yokes on a mac pro. I can only assume we're talking about x-plane or Flightgear - I'll assume X-Plane. There's a good discussion thread here (http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=38917&hl=saitek&st=0) regarding what joysticks work on macs. In a nutshell, Eric was right in that it's really only the programming software that is affected by the OS. Most usb peripherals should work without software on a mac. You don't need programming software as the X-Plane joystick configuration is extensive. There's this X-Plane plugin (http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=6225) that fixes the display issue on the X-52 joystick and the Saitek yoke with the LCD display. Having said that, CH Products seems to have direct support in X-Plane - there's a checkbox for the throttle qaudrant. I've read some discussion about the CH Products yoke sticking or not as smooth as the saitek. The remedy is apparently a very light smear of vaseline. Bear that in mind if you go for CH Products. Cheers, Steve We also got a second response: I use a mac mini with the Saitek Pro Flight Yoke system, Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, Saitek Pro Flight Switch Panel, Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel, and Saitek Proflight Headset. I am using the latest version of xplane. The Yoke system, rudder pedals, and headset worked out of the box and just needed to be configured in xplane. The switch panel and radio panel both needed plugins which I found at the following links: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=40920&view=&hl=saitek%20radio&fromsearch=1 http://www.xpluginsdk.org/saitek.htm   It looks like Tom Sedge now has the Saitek Multi Panel working and is looking to add the switch panel plugin Sandy Barbour originally created. Which will be nice because I will only need one pluggin verses the two that I currently have. I would like to thank developers like Tom and Sandy for all their efforts to supprt the X-Plane community. Everyone's work is greatly appreciated.   I love the podcast. I've listened to all 38 podcasts and have flown 2 of the hamburger flights and I am planning on flying the rest. I like a lot of the real world pilot discussions as well. I am on my journey to becoming a private pilot and I am close to soloing the aircraft. It is a fun and exciting journey and simming adds to the experience. i am looking forward to flying on vatsim and getting some ATC experience. I would like to thank everyone for their efforts on the show. Keep up the good work. Thanks, Jeremy ExtraLife Fight against Pediatric Cancer From Benjamin in the forums: On Saturday Oct 17 at 0800 Pacific I will be participating in a 24 hour marathon run of Flight Sim. This will benefit a charity called Extra Life and all proceeds will go to the Texas Children's Hospital, one of the best pediatric cancer hospitals in the country. The way this works is very simple: go to my page and donate $1.00 per hour ($24) or more if you wish. All money goes directly to the hospital and is tax deductible. You can watch an interview with NBC news and learn more by visiting this site: http://extralife.sarcasticgamer.com/ and to donate please visit my page: https://waystogive.texaschildrens.org/netcommunity/TeamMileHigh My flights will all be on Vatsim and I would love some company! Link to the discussion here! Contest Reminders Mission Design Contest - Accepting entries until October 28th! Around the "3rd Planet From the Sun" Repaint Contest too!

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