Microsoft Flight Simulator somehow hasn't put a B-17 in the game yet. Not even a public mod. I think a ton of us are VERY happy to finally see one in development. Great job MicroProse, keep up the good work and thank you in advance!
There is the Boeing 307 Stratoliner - a limited production pressurized airliner version of the B-17. Definitely not the same plane but its a great fit for MSFS since its civil aviation focused
I swear I look pretty often to see if anyone has released a B17 and here we are. Cannot wait , one of my favourite aircraft ever. Willing to pay up for it too! Bout time!
How about MS make a new Combat Flight Simulator? It's been 22 years since the last one! This looks really nicely made and I know a lot of people would love to fly it in some combat missions.
@@CondorTheBird You only say that because that is pretty much all there is currently. CFS was a great game back in the day, and so was the OG Crimson Skies on PC. A remake of CFS would do well in the market and would put IL-2 on defense, and give DCS a run for its money.
@@CondorTheBird I do love DCS. Since last winter it has been about the only game I have been playing! The F-4E has been so much fun to learn! I picked up Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert Shaw to hopefully get better in my flights.
@@ImpendingJoker DCS is pretty amazing. I have really been enjoying how deep and complex learning the craft can be. IL-2 seems really great as well but I have a harder time figuring out how to make it as fun for me because I am dogshit at dogfighting lol.
@@eddiegroover1917 Yea, I completely understand that, it is quite a demanding game and very expensive, at least once you buy the modules, they are yours forever. I've used an i7 7700 with a GTX1070 for over 6 years, but it is demanding.
very excited to retire my converted B17 for this beast 😊 looks very detailed for VR and detailed in general. I and many others are very excited for this!
I think we're entering a flight sim golden age in mid 2024. New sims announced. New products announced. FFB sticks making a comeback. VR making leaps and bounds. Legacy developers getting back into the game. Continually opening up to the wider console ecosystem. Only downer is the Razbam-ED situation. Otherwise, it's a good time to be in the hobby!
I've been waiting for years for this plane to be added into game. It is my favorite plane and there is no other plane I want more to fly. This is very exciting for me!
Surprised to see them doing this while they have their 8th Air Force sim under developement. If that's the Fort that will be in the game, it's going to be a good one.
I hope this opens the door for more communication between the Devs and the Community about the bloody 100th and TM8th VR. This looks absolutely stunning❤😍 I will love this aircraft for ever because it is my fav of all time!
I shook the hand of Robert Morgan. His autographed book is a treasured part of my library. He had flown into the Madison, WI airport one Summer day...riding in the Memphis Belle. I was also able to caress that plane...smiles. Anyway...I am now building a 1:48 scale model of the Belle. I also had a chance to ride in the EAA B-17, their B-25, and twice in their Ford Tri-Motor. Can you tell...I am a fan? And...Yes...I will be first in line to get that B-17 for my MSFS. Also waiting for a B-25 Mitchel...Hint...hint...Microprose.
Warbirds are nice.... But when you can't do what they're meant to do in the sim, they just feel like flying airshows all the time. Folks who get these must love their Warbirds.
Great News can't wait. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the WWI Flight sim from MicroProse called ! (Knights of the Sky)👍 for PC Released in 1990, I wish they would do a remastered version with great Graphics. You could also challenge the German fighter aces in that game.
I spent way too many hours in that game trying to understand what my grandfather went through. Not until I flew in a real B-17 did I get a taste of what it was like to fly in a plane made of tissue paper walls. I cannot imagine being under fire or being hit with flak. Insane.
I'm positive you could make a third party mod that simulates flying into flak, where you have a big group of people fly in a pattern, and a random dice roll determines who dies and when as they make the approach to the target. And then only 1/3 of you get to go home to land.
Wow! This was unexpected! It's a travesty that it's taken this long for someone...ANYONE, to bring the B17 Flying Fort to the MSFS franchise. And it looks like Microprose will be the first to do it...kudos to the team!
slowly coming back from the dead it will be interesting how the purchase of outerra in is going as i brought a copy years ago thinking it may be the next big thing. keep up the good work.
@@BradRaulston There is So Much Effort being put into Smashing All Information on the subject and then all the Major Pro DCS Streamers getting early Free early access to all DCS Models helping to Squash and Smash All Free Speech and Thought that stick up for RAZBAM for it to Not be True. You are Right. The DCS Forum is run with a Iron Fist Squashing all Criticism about DCS way of doing business from Model Control to Patch work. Very Sad but True.
I love MicroProse. I have their Atari 400/800 games on floppy, and many on DOS 5/6 also. I just wish this was for X-Plane. I started on MSFS but it's too flakey. I love the realism of X-Plane and switched completely about a decade ago.
This is an addon aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator. A pure civilan sim with absolutely no combat. They don't even allow modelled weapons on warbirds in their ingame Marketplace.
Im still hoping to see pacific air war 1942 redux one day with graphics remastered at vga or svga , nothing better than taking on 9 zeros over PNG , or coming in a final approach at ~100 foot to the looming superstructure of the Yamoto at dawn praying that your torpedo would work, the flak could be avoided, and you wont get jumped trying to get back to your carrier. The gunner position with ai pilot on the 2 seater models and ability to jump between planes was great, the dive bombing was great. some of the more realistic physics were pretty brutal and made the game substantially more difficult but you could still succeed if you were careful. The career mode just excelled for its time, I don't really feel anything till perhaps red baron ii / rb3d could best the overall experience that was delivered with the microprose release of pacific air war 1942.
Anything in the world I can say or do that would persuade you guys to also look into providing this to the (apparently controversial) DCS? B-17s need battle damage and combat, and MSFS lacks that.
Looks great, but I spend 90+ percent of my time in the cockpit. A shot or two oft that would have been nice. If it's not ready for prime time yet I get the omission, though.
I really do appreciate MicroProse doing this as an addon for MSFS, but i can't for the life of me wonder why do this right now? I'm sure HEAPS of fans are waiting for the Bloody 100th and updates to the Mighty Eighth Redux. Some of us are waiting for the VR version of Mighty Eighth. Hopefully MicroProse isn't stretching the team too thin... I personally am waiting for the arrival of the bloody 100th.... For now, the Redux satisfies my urge....only barely. Please concentrate more on the Bloody 100th.... please... Still... keep up the good work guys
I wonder if this is being done to drum up interest for their own B-17 game. People will fly it in MSFS, then want to drop bombs, so they'll buy the bloody 100th game.
If you guys can achieve A2A quality then you may be able to stamp yourself into the MSFS market. I am looking forward to this, but I have high standards coming from the A2A B-17.
Why would you make a bomber for a sim that bans 3d modeled non working bombs in his store lol Imagine paying for a digital bomber just to take off from dover and fly over france and turn back and land
Silly take. The absolute simplest answer is...and I know this is a wild concept. To Fly it. And no, you can Fly it anywhere. Wanna drop Bombs? You know where to do that.
Yeah... imagine how silly it is of real world pilots to fly the remaining operational B-17s all over the world in peace times to show off these marvelous machines without dropping a single bomb or firing a single shot. How can they!?
@@Syntax152 ROFL LMAO LOL. Yes, I am. In case you don't realize: the whole point of Flight Simulator is to virtually fly aircraft and appreciating them, not to blow **** up. So yeah, a B-17 fits right in there.
Microsoft Flight Simulator somehow hasn't put a B-17 in the game yet. Not even a public mod. I think a ton of us are VERY happy to finally see one in development. Great job MicroProse, keep up the good work and thank you in advance!
It’s crazy how it wasn’t added as a legend plane
There is the Boeing 307 Stratoliner - a limited production pressurized airliner version of the B-17. Definitely not the same plane but its a great fit for MSFS since its civil aviation focused
Hop thé A2a B-17 will Land on MSFS
A2A have abandoned the Warbirds that made them for small private plane models that everyone else makes.
its just a shame they've moved to this seemingly dumping 'the bloody 100th'
Man if only they put this much effort into the remake they did too
That is a combo I did not expect, but it is great to see!
This was my exact thoughts sitting in the Flight Sim Expo seeing it release...
There Are Two Kinds Of Pilots... I have always loved the big aircraft. Looking forward to seeing this in game!
"There Are Two Kinds Of Pilots"
I thought that was going to go somewhere completely different - A fan of the movie: The Right Stuff
Round engines rule! Thank you, Microprose!
I swear I look pretty often to see if anyone has released a B17 and here we are. Cannot wait , one of my favourite aircraft ever. Willing to pay up for it too! Bout time!
Exactly the same here! Really looking forward to it releasing.
same here.
Hell yeah! seeing you guys get into MSFS is exciting news. Best of luck with development on this one.
Cheers,
-Gotfriends Dev Mykrode
How about MS make a new Combat Flight Simulator? It's been 22 years since the last one! This looks really nicely made and I know a lot of people would love to fly it in some combat missions.
Best place for that is DCS still, would love to see a fleshed out sim from MS
@@CondorTheBird You only say that because that is pretty much all there is currently. CFS was a great game back in the day, and so was the OG Crimson Skies on PC. A remake of CFS would do well in the market and would put IL-2 on defense, and give DCS a run for its money.
@@CondorTheBird I do love DCS. Since last winter it has been about the only game I have been playing! The F-4E has been so much fun to learn! I picked up Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering by Robert Shaw to hopefully get better in my flights.
@@ImpendingJoker DCS is pretty amazing. I have really been enjoying how deep and complex learning the craft can be. IL-2 seems really great as well but I have a harder time figuring out how to make it as fun for me because I am dogshit at dogfighting lol.
DCS is way better for that sort of thing than microsoft. Or the venerable IL-2 series.
You folks are clearly doing an incredible job with this! Can't wait to acquire your work!
Stunning! And not a moment too soon! Been waiting for one of these for a LONG time!!!
If only there was a Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2024...
It's called DCS (Digital Combat Simulator) and it's brilliant ... you'll never touch the crappy microsoft product again!
Unfortunately some of us can't afford a computer that can run DCS effectively
@@keithbuddrige5064 and even they don't have a flyable B17.
@@eddiegroover1917 Yea, I completely understand that, it is quite a demanding game and very expensive, at least once you buy the modules, they are yours forever. I've used an i7 7700 with a GTX1070 for over 6 years, but it is demanding.
@@keithbuddrige5064 Those who "bought" the F-15E modules now own "forever" useless modules. So, enough of the Russian fanboy shilling on a MSFS video.
I have a mighty need. I hope there could be some WWII scenery for MSFS from MicroProse also.
very excited to retire my converted B17 for this beast 😊 looks very detailed for VR and detailed in general. I and many others are very excited for this!
I think we're entering a flight sim golden age in mid 2024. New sims announced. New products announced. FFB sticks making a comeback. VR making leaps and bounds. Legacy developers getting back into the game. Continually opening up to the wider console ecosystem.
Only downer is the Razbam-ED situation. Otherwise, it's a good time to be in the hobby!
Crazy that the turrets move too!
I've been waiting for years for this plane to be added into game. It is my favorite plane and there is no other plane I want more to fly. This is very exciting for me!
just wow! jaw dropping wow! i cant wait! so excited!
This is fantastic! If this works out as great is it looks like it will. I really hope you plan to also do a B-29.
oh my god this is incredible !!
Love B-17 buy, buy, buy!!!
Surprised to see them doing this while they have their 8th Air Force sim under developement. If that's the Fort that will be in the game, it's going to be a good one.
You are welcome with that beauty on DCS too you know 👀
Nice! I will be purchasing this! Now to find a group of FS people who want to meet up and fly to Dresden
I hope this opens the door for more communication between the Devs and the Community about the bloody 100th and TM8th VR. This looks absolutely stunning❤😍 I will love this aircraft for ever because it is my fav of all time!
Great job! This a/c looks stunning 👍
I shook the hand of Robert Morgan. His autographed book is a treasured part of my library. He had flown into the Madison, WI airport one Summer day...riding in the Memphis Belle. I was also able to caress that plane...smiles. Anyway...I am now building a 1:48 scale model of the Belle. I also had a chance to ride in the EAA B-17, their B-25, and twice in their Ford Tri-Motor. Can you tell...I am a fan? And...Yes...I will be first in line to get that B-17 for my MSFS. Also waiting for a B-25 Mitchel...Hint...hint...Microprose.
Warbirds are nice.... But when you can't do what they're meant to do in the sim, they just feel like flying airshows all the time. Folks who get these must love their Warbirds.
I can't wait for this I want it now it looks so good 😭
Beautiful!
DCS Next? hahah!
Great News can't wait. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the WWI Flight sim from MicroProse called ! (Knights of the Sky)👍 for PC Released in 1990, I wish they would do a remastered version with great Graphics. You could also challenge the German fighter aces in that game.
Knights of the Sky remake and a new Silent Service would be insta buys for me.
I spent way too many hours in that game trying to understand what my grandfather went through. Not until I flew in a real B-17 did I get a taste of what it was like to fly in a plane made of tissue paper walls. I cannot imagine being under fire or being hit with flak. Insane.
No sim or game could ever help us understand what it was really like.
I'm positive you could make a third party mod that simulates flying into flak, where you have a big group of people fly in a pattern, and a random dice roll determines who dies and when as they make the approach to the target. And then only 1/3 of you get to go home to land.
I think I'll wait for Flying Iron's B-17. They have an established track record for quality and customer service in MSFS.
When is multicrew coming to MSFS?
Wow! This was unexpected! It's a travesty that it's taken this long for someone...ANYONE, to bring the B17 Flying Fort to the MSFS franchise. And it looks like Microprose will be the first to do it...kudos to the team!
slowly coming back from the dead it will be interesting how the purchase of outerra in is going as i brought a copy years ago thinking it may be the next big thing. keep up the good work.
It's going to be fun❤
Can't Wait!!!
Great work! I can't wait to try her out =)
Any plans for a future DCS version?
can't wait!!
DCS World Next?
I think new third parties would shy away from DCS given the current issues with RAZBAM
@@BradRaulston There is So Much Effort being put into Smashing All Information on the subject and then all the Major Pro DCS Streamers getting early Free early access to all DCS Models helping to Squash and Smash All Free Speech and Thought that stick up for RAZBAM for it to Not be True. You are Right. The DCS Forum is run with a Iron Fist Squashing all Criticism about DCS way of doing business from Model Control to Patch work. Very Sad but True.
Will this come to xbox
I love MicroProse. I have their Atari 400/800 games on floppy, and many on DOS 5/6 also. I just wish this was for X-Plane. I started on MSFS but it's too flakey. I love the realism of X-Plane and switched completely about a decade ago.
I miss flying the A2A B-17, I've flown all over the world in it.
Finally an actual flight combat Sims from microprose after so long. Hope they make this good like Memphis Belle
This is an addon aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator. A pure civilan sim with absolutely no combat. They don't even allow modelled weapons on warbirds in their ingame Marketplace.
stunning 😍
I wish they’d give us an update on the bloody 100th game
Ive been waiting
for this for so ...long..
was hoping for the a2a b17 in msfs. i really hope you guys do this magnificent aircraft justice. it will be a day one purchase for me if you do!
Brilliant 😅
I do hope the nail the sound ❤
Not even one view of the cockpit? Wtf!
Im still hoping to see pacific air war 1942 redux one day with graphics remastered at vga or svga , nothing better than taking on 9 zeros over PNG , or coming in a final approach at ~100 foot to the looming superstructure of the Yamoto at dawn praying that your torpedo would work, the flak could be avoided, and you wont get jumped trying to get back to your carrier.
The gunner position with ai pilot on the 2 seater models and ability to jump between planes was great, the dive bombing was great. some of the more realistic physics were pretty brutal and made the game substantially more difficult but you could still succeed if you were careful. The career mode just excelled for its time, I don't really feel anything till perhaps red baron ii / rb3d could best the overall experience that was delivered with the microprose release of pacific air war 1942.
i hope you guys are working on the B-17 VR game as much as you are this
Yeeees 😃
Anything in the world I can say or do that would persuade you guys to also look into providing this to the (apparently controversial) DCS? B-17s need battle damage and combat, and MSFS lacks that.
Hope to see an RAF Coastal Command version 🙏
No combat ever? I mean looks great but how much fun is a b17 going to be if its bombs don’t drop and you can’t shoot the guns?
Release date?
I need it..
Cost?
The windows look so clean. Compare that to MicroProse B-17 Flying Fortress.
If only you made this for DCS where we could take her to actual battle... great news nonetheless!
Wish A2A would update their B17
Amazing.
SUPERB! 💪👍💪
Does this some assets from the upcoming bloody 100th per chance? Asking for a friend 👀
Amazing !!
Not sure about MSFS 2024, but you will be by yourself in 2020, since there is no multicrew.
Wow..
Looks great, but I spend 90+ percent of my time in the cockpit. A shot or two oft that would have been nice. If it's not ready for prime time yet I get the omission, though.
I really do appreciate MicroProse doing this as an addon for MSFS, but i can't for the life of me wonder why do this right now? I'm sure HEAPS of fans are waiting for the Bloody 100th and updates to the Mighty Eighth Redux. Some of us are waiting for the VR version of Mighty Eighth. Hopefully MicroProse isn't stretching the team too thin... I personally am waiting for the arrival of the bloody 100th.... For now, the Redux satisfies my urge....only barely.
Please concentrate more on the Bloody 100th.... please...
Still... keep up the good work guys
ok so... when a new microsoft combat flight simulator ?
Ok now do it for DCS.
Take my money!!!! Stop fighting me and just take it 🤣 and please make sure its available on xbox
omg amazing
But still no combat missions...
Cool, but bring it to DCS PLEASE.
I wonder if this is being done to drum up interest for their own B-17 game. People will fly it in MSFS, then want to drop bombs, so they'll buy the bloody 100th game.
If you guys can achieve A2A quality then you may be able to stamp yourself into the MSFS market. I am looking forward to this, but I have high standards coming from the A2A B-17.
The A2A I think was done with help from Microprose.
it woud be better in FLIGHT COMBAT SIMULATOR ^^
Too bad the guns will be covered on any possible marketplace release 😢
Skip 2020 and go for the 2025
Microprose squeezing the shit out of the B17
Will y’all please hurry the hell up?
cute but no pew pew in msfs2020
No internal shots and a gazillions of anouncements already from Microprose. Whoever is excited for this is on copium
Why would you make a bomber for a sim that bans 3d modeled non working bombs in his store lol
Imagine paying for a digital bomber just to take off from dover and fly over france and turn back and land
Silly take. The absolute simplest answer is...and I know this is a wild concept. To Fly it.
And no, you can Fly it anywhere.
Wanna drop Bombs? You know where to do that.
Yeah... imagine how silly it is of real world pilots to fly the remaining operational B-17s all over the world in peace times to show off these marvelous machines without dropping a single bomb or firing a single shot. How can they!?
@@Jigsaw407 are you really comparing flying a real historical piece of a history machine to a virtual asset LMFAO
@@Syntax152 ROFL LMAO LOL. Yes, I am. In case you don't realize: the whole point of Flight Simulator is to virtually fly aircraft and appreciating them, not to blow **** up. So yeah, a B-17 fits right in there.
Added to a wrong game, MSFS is totally wrong place for this. DCS is the way
Well, it has guns so Xbox players will never see it…
But it’s MSFS. What hell you gonna do with it. Fly for hours into nothingness.
Like driving a Lambo in a residential, waste of time.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DREAM COMING TRUE. PLEASE. DO. A. B24 or a b25 please 🙏