Flight Simulator Question

jzieske · Jul 20, 2003, 09:37 PM

Hi all,

I was curious if anyone knows of a flight simulator stlye program for OSX. I really like microsoft's for PC, however it does not look like they make it for OSX. I found a couple older ones for OS9 on Amazon but not for OSX. Also, if anyone has a recomendation for a joystick/flight controller that would be great.

Thanks in advance for the help.

buseman · Jul 21, 2003, 08:01 AM

I still have Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 lying around, weighting in at a whopping 1.2 MB

Beware however that for optimum performance, your system should have at least 750k of RAM

datalok · Jul 21, 2003, 08:03 AM

www.x-plane.com

maradong · Jul 22, 2003, 05:30 AM

flightgear should run on the ppc archi.
perhaps you have to recompile it don t know.

[edit]
seems to work
http://www.macobserver.com/tip/2003/05/25.1.shtml
get it here
http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/Insta...tstartch3.html

[/edit]

dxp4acu · Jul 24, 2003, 03:25 PM

x-plane is sooooo much better than MS attempt at a FS. And the creator primarily uses macs, so he updates them along with PCs.

Check it out!

maradong · Jul 24, 2003, 03:39 PM

well perhaps, but isn t xplane shareware?
flightgear is just as good as xplane ( IMO ). and it s free, thought i may be wrong on the shareware stuff for xplane, am just to lazy to verify

datalok · Jul 24, 2003, 06:54 PM

no x-plane carries a fairly hefty pricetag. I think i am gonna wait til version 7 is released (in beta now). It appears there are many people in the x-plane community making plane skins and terrain maps etc. Plus I know one thing you can fly is the shuttle - Mach 21 from orbit to land at Edwards with no engines in a 150 ton glider!

Jul 20, 2003, 09:37 PM	#1
jzieske macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bloomington, MN	Flight Simulator Question Hi all, I was curious if anyone knows of a flight simulator stlye program for OSX. I really like microsoft's for PC, however it does not look like they make it for OSX. I found a couple older ones for OS9 on Amazon but not for OSX. Also, if anyone has a recomendation for a joystick/flight controller that would be great. Thanks in advance for the help.
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Jul 24, 2003, 03:25 PM	#5
dxp4acu macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Texas	x-plane is sooooo much better than MS attempt at a FS. And the creator primarily uses macs, so he updates them along with PCs. Check it out! __________________ check out my pictures at That's all I got for now...
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Jul 24, 2003, 06:54 PM	#7
datalok macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2002	wish it was a shareware price no x-plane carries a fairly hefty pricetag. I think i am gonna wait til version 7 is released (in beta now). It appears there are many people in the x-plane community making plane skins and terrain maps etc. Plus I know one thing you can fly is the shuttle - Mach 21 from orbit to land at Edwards with no engines in a 150 ton glider!
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Jul 21, 2003, 08:01 AM	#2
buseman macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2002	I still have Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 lying around, weighting in at a whopping 1.2 MB Beware however that for optimum performance, your system should have at least 750k of RAM
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Jul 21, 2003, 08:03 AM	#3
datalok macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2002	www.x-plane.com
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Jul 22, 2003, 05:30 AM	#4
maradong macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Luxembourg	flightgear should run on the ppc archi. perhaps you have to recompile it don t know. [edit] seems to work http://www.macobserver.com/tip/2003/05/25.1.shtml get it here http://www.flightgear.org/Docs/Insta...tstartch3.html [/edit]
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Jul 24, 2003, 03:39 PM	#6
maradong macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Luxembourg	well perhaps, but isn t xplane shareware? flightgear is just as good as xplane ( IMO ). and it s free, thought i may be wrong on the shareware stuff for xplane, am just to lazy to verify
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