Comments on: Flight Simulator 'X-Plane' Lands on the iPhone

By: nbvpb

nbvpb — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:39:03 +0000

Hi...I'm totally new to any version of X-plane, so I'm finding it amazing. If anyone has links to any sort of documentation that would be of help to someone new, it would be appreciated. Thanks.

By: Hooka

Hooka — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:37:28 +0000

I am amazed that this game is playing so smoothly on my fricking iPhone! As soon as I saw t listed I bought it.

You can choose from a verity of different situations to play from. The best part is the live view switching!! You can play as a chase plane and have full 360 degree view of plane in front of you. Very nice. some suggestions: In "plane view" it would be nice if the altitude and the speed were shown. But I'm sure they are already working on that.

By: @majormauser

@majormauser — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:51:20 +0000

dude i've got the game on my J'Broken ipod touch new f/w 2.1
and it works fine.
maybe you've got the "mute" function on your iphone? of if you have ipod touch go to options and try increasing the vol?
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i smell a noob, or maybe just an idiot who's impatient

By: majormauser

majormauser — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:40:57 +0000

No Sound!
Running 2.1
Great Game
Awesome Graphics
No Sound
Need Manual
Great Graphics
All Settings Menu Does is drop you to your death in a sick powerless dive to face plant into mother earth.

By: Psyberpunk

Psyberpunk — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:34:40 +0000

I'm not seeing that this link works for the iTunes store... might someone else have another? Has it only been released in the UK?

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:33:45 +0000

We end up trying to compare the iPhone graphics to PSP graphics. Let's put it this way. The iPhone plays games a lot better than the PSP works as a telephone. I suppose that's the problem when you buy a versatile device. It's going to be compared to device that was mainly built to play games. I own a PSP and like it so I'm torn between both it and the iPhone. I'll be buying an iPod Touch very shortly. I didn't find any non-combat flight simulators for the PSP, but most of their flight games cost about $30, so $10 isn't too bad for the iPhone.

By: sergio

sergio — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:37:05 +0000

i think its awesome... am not into x-plane but into MS FS2004 and IMHO i would like to see more stuff like maybe a few locations and airport details.... more airplane but insted of like having all airplane istalled whould it be better to have a way to download aircraft frome the iphone itself using the x-plane app itself... like how TTR dowloads its tracks... what do u guys think??

By: Ryan Thomas Goodenough » Blog Archive » X-Plane for the iPhone

Ryan Thomas Goodenough » Blog Archive » X-Plane for the iPhone — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:15:29 +0000

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By: Nursedad

Nursedad — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:53:32 +0000

I believe the green lines represent the amount of lift...shorter = less, longer = more.

By: ibanana

ibanana — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:17:21 +0000

I have some issue with the audio as well

By: blakespot

blakespot — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:51:53 +0000

Does anyone get audio in this app? I am running firmware 2.1 and get zero audio.

By: ibanana

ibanana — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:06:44 +0000

V good "game" indeed BUT:

- no tutorial, frustrating for beginners like me even if the controls are quite straightforward
- no map so no choice but to fly randomly
- "only" 4 small planes available (no Airbus/Boeing)
- only 1 location (major problem in my opinion, can be boring after a while)
- noise bugs ? (no noise when new flight after a crash)

I would give a 8/10 and advice you guys to buy it if you like flight sims

btw anyone could explain what the view with the green lines means?

By: Nursedad

Nursedad — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:29:07 +0000

Definitely not a full port of the desktop version, but a good start regardless.

In addition to more planes in the future, I'd also like to see some navigational pieces built into this, and I'd also like an autopilot so I can enjoy the scenery a bit more while flying around without fear of crashing.

I imagine that this is possible seeing what has already been done. The file size for this one is only 6.4 mb.

By: Admanta

Admanta — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:52:08 +0000

Yay! X-plane for the iphone!

I have been a fan of X-plane since I was a kid in the 5.0 era. This coming our for iphone was a total surprise. Everything works just the way it should in this version. The accelerometer controls have a good feel to them, not too sensitive. The graphics are superb for the planes and are fairly average for the terrain, that being said terrain has not been a strong suit for x-plane until recently. I feel it is unrealistic to ask for much better that what we ended up getting here. The real star of X-plane has always been the flight model anyway, and in this version it is no different. The different planes demonstrate this clearly, they each feel different and unique in their own ways. I'd like to see more aircraft added. Currently there are only 1 small jet, 2 light prop planes and a single twin engine, turbo prop plane. A faster jet and an airliner would be good additions to round out the selection. Hopefully Austin will continue to update, improve and add onto this superb simulation.

(5 stars)
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By: Nagromme

Nagromme — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:31:50 +0000

I wouldn't see any disappointment in this doing less than the full desktop version... since this costs a fraction as much.