Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003)

Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by jsmolka on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:19AM (#24099111)

Does anybody know other old 3D flight simulators for the PC? I really enjoy the low poly style but don't know where to start looking.

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by app4soft on Sunday August 09, 2020 @09:08AM (#24099357)

YSFlight[0] is mostly what you are looking for.

It distributed fully freeware for Linux, macOS & Windows as OpenGL1 (default graphics), OpenGL2 (enhanced graphics) and Direct3D (Win-only) versions.[1]

While its default ("stock") addons are not so eye candy, community created addons are really nice.[2]

List of known community addons available as a spreadsheet[3] (regular updated) hosted on Google Docs. Actually there are 14500 aircrafts, 1049 scenery (maps), 10404 ground objects (ships, cars, characters, buildings, etc.).

There are many videos on YouTube, just search using "YSFlight Movie" and "YSFlight Promo" queries for clips which are show-reels. Here is good "The Beginner's Guide to YSFlight" for latest versions.[4]

JFTR, I started to use YSFlight just after watching "Strangers - A YSFlight Promo Film".[5]

Actually I'm fan of YSFlight & addons contributor[6], so you may AMA about it! ;)

P.S: There are also servers for online gaming (and you also could create & add own just using YSFlight installed!), mostly active on each Friday.[7]

[0] https://ysflight.org

[1] https://ysflight.org/download/

[2] https://forum.ysfhq.com/viewforum.php?f=234

[3] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1caVHoWU6g1YSB-G-W5Q-...

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Iy3W7s4O8

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkaTtrQlHM

[6] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1274084993179009024

[7] https://ysflight.org/serverlist/

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by bluedino on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:40AM (#24099212)

Corncob 3D....real old :)

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by rixed on Monday August 10, 2020 @01:10AM (#24105768)

Something I did about 25 years ago, with low poly and software rendering:

https://github.com/rixed/fachoda-complex

Plain C with minor dependencies, should still compile.

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by franzb on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:39AM (#24106601)

Rixed, that’s a nickname I hadn’t seen in a while (25 years?). You were on Eden BBS maybe? You contributed to Le Reporter didn’t you?

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by rixed on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:52AM (#24128698)

Indeed, I'm not sure what part of oneself survives that long but that nickname did.

Have you been time traveling in a similar trajectory?

$nickname at free.fr

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by s-macke on Sunday August 09, 2020 @10:44AM (#24099937)

On this site you can fly Microsoft Flight Simulator 1-4 directly in the browser. Have fun.

https://github.com/s-macke/FSHistory

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by tscherno on Sunday August 09, 2020 @08:26AM (#24099144)

"Su-27 Flanker" by SSI which is the predecessor to DCS.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su-27_Flanker_(video_game)

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by ggambetta on Sunday August 09, 2020 @09:22AM (#24099458)

Really old? A10 Tank Killer, Gunship: 2000. Countless hours playing them :)

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Re:Vertigo – a public domain 3D flight simulator (2003) by hd4 on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:54PM (#24149910)

JSF

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