FSAddon releases Mission Editor for FSX

by mark.avey on February 25, 2008

FSAddon has announced the release of their new Mission Editor for FSX. I’m looking forward to a flurry of new missions from enthusiastic simmers:

The new ‘Missions’ that Microsoft introduced with their latest itteration of the Flight Simulator franchise, Flight Simulator X, drew a lot of excitement. Not only would the missions give something ‘to do’ and possibly attract a whole new breed of flightsimmers. It would also be something ‘to do’ in the more creative sene; MAKING MISSIONS YOURSELF and adding to the sim experience that way.

Alas…. the implementation was less than stellar in the area of design and building.

With Jim Keir’s mission editor for FSX this is now changing.

Jim writes “…..With the release of Microsoft Flight Simulator X, the new Missions feature looked like a great way of adding customisable scenarios. However, as Microsoft pointed out in their SDK docs, the supplied ‘Object Placement Tool’ - the mission editor - is far from easy to use.

This program is an attempt to cover what I felt to be the shortcomings in the default tool. It is designed to help you create and test your mission logic without worrying about the technical details, while still using the original tool for what it does best - placing scenery…..�?.

So now finally BUILDING missions for FSX has come within reach of many more people, using Jim’s user-friendly program.

Three versions available

FREEWARE Base Version
The Base Version is FREE to use. Download it, install it, learn it and have fun.

Payware Full Version
If you want MORE functions and build more serious missiones, you can purchase a key to unlock the additional functions. The product certainly is not expensive for what it does. And you may even charge a small fee yourself for any missions to may want to publish (up to $10 or Euro 10!). Or you can publish your missions for free of course.