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YSFLIGHT 20090611 version is now ready for download!  I sincerely thank all of you helped me during the test phase!

You can download it from here..

• YSFLIGHT for Windows
• YSFLIGHT for Linux
• Japanese Language Pack

In this update, I totally renewed user interface.  Now YSFLIGHT is almost free from Windows' user-interface functions.  Also, Japanese-language pack is available.  You can easily see how to make your own language (or font) pack.  If you make your own language pack, I encourage you to make it public so that other people can benefit from your work.  And, the Linux version has almost identical look & feel as the Windows version.  Still there is a room for improvement, it is much better than the previous state (like sub-set of the Windows version.)

YSFLIGHT celebrates 10th anniversary in May 2009.  So, when the current test version becomes an official version, it will be the 10th anniversary version.  I also changed the look & feel of this page, too.  I was using blue background, just to make it look like the color of the sky.  But, after careful consideration, black letters on white background seems to be the most readable after all.  Maybe the simple color scheme is the best.

YSFLIGHT originally started as a escaping-from-reality project during my preparation for Ph.D Qualifying Exam.  I was a kind of student who didn't study too hard but was able to get not-too-bad grade.  I was luckily able to join a good university, (and failed the test to join All Nippon Airways' pilot training program), then joined the graduate school.  While I was an undergrad and was studying for master's degree, I took advantage of my programming skill, and easily got good grades in a programming-related courses, which other students were feeling like a torture.  Then, I followed an advice from professors and came to the U.S. for my Ph.D.  Until then, I never tried my absolute limit.  However, Ph.D Qualifying Exam was way harder than I expected.  That was my toughest challenge of my life to date.  From August 1998 to May 1999, I studied absolutely as hard as I could.  I was pushing myself to the limit.  When I knew I passed the exam, for the first time in my life, I learned that a person bursts into tears from an extreme happiness.  I've seen such a scene in dramas and movies, but I never experienced such feeling.  Now I can say that was a very good experience, but if I had failed the exam, I would simply have burnt out and might not exist today.  During that period, while I was preparing for my Ph.D Qualifying Exam, I was studying 10 hours a day excluding breaks.  But, unless I had something to enjoy or relax, I wouldn't have been able to sustain that hard work.  So, I started a hobby programming project because programming has been one of my biggest hobbies.  That was the beginning of YSFLIGHT.  Therefore, YSFLIGHT helped me maintain my mental health.

On May 14, 1999, I finally overcame my biggest challenge and passed the Ph.D Qualifying Exam.  And, I released the first version of YSFLIGHT.  I don't remember exact date when I released the first version, but the time stamps of the files included in the first-version archive implies that it was May 15, 1999.

When I released it, I never expected so many people from so many countries was going to download and use my program.  So far, I have received E-Mails regarding YSFLIGHT from at least 31 different countries.  By the way, I'm trying to reply to all the E-Mails.  Sometimes it can be back logged several months though.  Please wait for my reply with patience.  If you haven't received a reply within six months, it could be like your E-Mail encoding was not readable in my environment, your E-Mail was blocked by your E-Mail server, or you are using a free E-Mail that is a common source of a spam E-Mail.  So, in that case, please check your E-Mail configuration and/or use a different E-Mail service.

Now, I write programs for work.  But, thanks to YSFLIGHT project, I still have fun with programming.  I hear many times that someone who was very enthusiastic about programming begins to hate programming as soon as he/she writes programs for work.  But, I believe programming, by its nature, is a fun thing to do.

I have a lot more features to add to YSFLIGHT.  I plan to continue working on YSFLIGHT.  So, please keep in touch, and stay tuned to YSFLIGHT.COM!

By the way, to commemorate 10th Anniversary, I uploaded the very first version of YSFLIGHT for download.  10 years ago, a display adapter with 3D-graphics acceleration was uncommon, and there was no Direct 3D.  Only available executable was "CPU Rendered" version.

    [Download the Very First Version of YSFLIGHT that was released 10 years ago]

By the way, if you are looking for the latest version, please click here.  (Not to confuse)

[Past Update Log 2007-2009 first half] [2003-2006] [1998-2003]

The following environment is required.

• Windows95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP or Linux.
• Pentium 300MHz or faster (500MHz or faster is recommended).
• 64MB RAM or larger (128MB or larger is recommended).
• DirectX 3.0 or later.
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (to read documentations)

If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 and would like to use the network feature, please read this.

Following devices are recommended but not required.

• Joystick. It's better if the joystick has a POV control.
• Even better if you have a throttle lever, and don't forget a rudder pedal :-)

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(Under construction)

These sites will make YSFLIGHT more fun.  

(Disclaimer : I haven't officially released the all data formats used in YSFLIGHT.  And, additional airplane, map and/or missions downloaded from these sites may make YSFLIGHT unstable.  Please use those additional data by your own risk.  But, I have to admit they are very skilled modellers!  :-)

• YSFS Fansite Syndrome
• Gontamix's Aircraft Factory
• TNT GAMES - FREEWARE PC GAME DOWNLOADS
• http://www.ysfsfrance.fr.st/ (French)
• EF Combat Net  
  (-> Link to the YSFLIGHT Network User Status of EFCN's YSFLIGHT Lobby)
• YS FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM FAN SITE
• FlightsimHQ
• Fly Away Simulation
• YSFLIGHT Gallery
• Taskforce 58's YSFLIGHT Hangar
• Airplane Collectible Net Resource For Airplane Enthusiasts
• Cleared4takeoff

(If you want me to add your site here, please send me an E-Mail.  Your site must have something related to YSFLIGHT to be listed here.)

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Here you can see some screenshots of YSFLIGHT. (Click to enlarge)

Rotational Turrets

Water Plumes (Will be in the next version)

Supply Dialog (Will be in the next version)

Udaloy-Class Destroyer

Instruments etc.

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