A-OK, Wings of Mercury out

Well, it's finally available for Windows
http://pyramiddesign.us/
I haven't had a chance to play it yet (other than a "chimp-mode" MR-flight),
but it looks pretty good. It compares favorably to the Mercury add-on to
Orbiter, with the advantage of an interactive AI CAPCOM, and an ability to
explore failure modes.

I'll post an AAR after I've had a chance to fly a full mission.

Hooray for the Windows version! It's been out for a few months; most of the
major bugs are ironed out though several minor issues remain. New version
3.7 was just posted in the last day or two. The full version costs about
$50, and well worth it to this "space geek". From what I understand, they
are aiming for a finished retail product within the next few months.

The trial version that you can download from
http://www.aokwom.com/download.html allows suborbital missions only. The
full version allows orbital missions (which are naturally a lot more fun),
but the trial version at least gives you a peek. Beware, the download is
about 61 MB; if you have a dial up connection, this will take quite a while.

While I can't compare it to Orbiter, I enjoy it greatly and find it worth
the price now that most of the bugs are gone. Great visuals too. Heartily
recommended!


Stan Marsh




"Ami Silberman" wrote in message
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Well, it's finally available for Windows
http://pyramiddesign.us/
I haven't had a chance to play it yet (other than a "chimp-mode"
MR-flight), but it looks pretty good. It compares favorably to the Mercury
add-on to Orbiter, with the advantage of an interactive AI CAPCOM, and an
ability to explore failure modes.

I'll post an AAR after I've had a chance to fly a full mission.

Glad to hear people are going for this. Course, you're only doing what
monkeies have done...