orwell84
01-23-2011, 10:07 AM
In the course of building my 737 shell, I have had a change of heart. I have become really interested in Soviet era airliners and wanted to build a cockpit interior "inspired by" this type of aircraft but not an exact replica of any aircraft in particular. One of the reasons for this more freedom in designing a cockpit.
I really like the Tupolev 154 from project Tupolev. It is an unbelievably detailed model. Unfortunately it is only available for FS2004. I have found a version changed over to FSX, but it seems to be missing things. In particular, the engineers panel where you spend a lot of time getting everything to go.
I would happily build my sim around fs2004, but I find the scenery so much better in FSX. A lot of people build detailed sim around FS2004 and seem quite happy with it. So I have a bit of a dilemma.
So a few questions. Are there scenery upgrades that make scenery quality comparable to FSX? If I could improve this alone, I would be happy with FS2004. It runs very well on my aging computers.
Is anyone aware of a good Soviet era airliner model compatible with FSX?
I'm sure I'm not the first person to choose an aircraft not built for FSX. Any thoughts?
BTW, I am going for a basic build with functionality added as I go. I have no problem with a keyboard and mouse in the cockpit.
Thanks for you input.
I really like the Tupolev 154 from project Tupolev. It is an unbelievably detailed model. Unfortunately it is only available for FS2004. I have found a version changed over to FSX, but it seems to be missing things. In particular, the engineers panel where you spend a lot of time getting everything to go.
I would happily build my sim around fs2004, but I find the scenery so much better in FSX. A lot of people build detailed sim around FS2004 and seem quite happy with it. So I have a bit of a dilemma.
So a few questions. Are there scenery upgrades that make scenery quality comparable to FSX? If I could improve this alone, I would be happy with FS2004. It runs very well on my aging computers.
Is anyone aware of a good Soviet era airliner model compatible with FSX?
I'm sure I'm not the first person to choose an aircraft not built for FSX. Any thoughts?
BTW, I am going for a basic build with functionality added as I go. I have no problem with a keyboard and mouse in the cockpit.
Thanks for you input.