Free Sky Productions is a new company aimed at making high fidelity missions for
the game Microsoft Flight Simulator X. New Missions that redefine the definition
of a standard FSX Mission! The abiltiy to program in SimConnect plus new innovative
methods of using the FSX mission system will be the backbones needed to create this
new experience never thought possible in Flight Simulator!
We are in the process of developing the website plus the development of our first
Mission pack. Please visit the forums or developer blogs to keep posted on updates
and news.
We are not ready to announce any detailed information on game play yet. One thing
is for sure are the missions will operate quite differently then the default FSX
Missions! We do not have any specific dates for release but will be working hard
to release as soon as possible! The first Mission in development will incoperate
you flying the default F/A-18 in the FSX Acceleration pack for the United States
Blue Angels Demonstration Team! A lot of work has been going into figuring out how
to create AI flying in formation plus a point system for the game! If you wish to
be notified when we near release please subscribe to the site! We will email you
when we near completion!
The general idea behind the Blue Angels Training Mission consists of flying a training
exercise alongside all 6 of the Blue Angels - from engine startup to engine shutdown!
The mission takes place in beautiful Hawaii! Using an external application entitled
FSP.exe the mission will grade every aspect of your flight. For example it will
grade how well you stay in formation, how well you perform maneuvers, how well you
taxi and more. The pack will also include mini missions so you can jump in and practice
skills needed to help pass the mission such as formation flying, loop maneuver,
knife edge manuever, fortus maneuver and so forth. We hope to upload scores online
so you can compare against other players!
Thanks for your interest and stay posted!
-Free Sky Productions
The FSX Blue Angels Challenge Mission external scoring application will look something
like this! Under development!
Joey Sipos is the main developer behind Free Sky Productions. For a short time he
got to work over at ACES studio in Redmond working on missions being built for FS11.
He is 21 years of age and working on building his portfolio in programming, web
design, game design, 3D animation and video production! He got to know the mission
system well, and saw the possibilities it offered. Not only could one create a cool
story with a plot but perhaps much more as well. For example, some of the ideas
included creating in-game tutorials, teaching the user how to actually fly the aircraft,
test to see if the aircraft is being flown correctly, create a in-game scoring system
that grades performance , and at the same time bring the user into a dynamic compelling
story that makes the mission enticing and exciting to play!