Thank you Tom and Mr Bard for arranging the Question and Answer. 

 

Its just a phenomenal night and day difference of how the core developer being LM support the 3PDs so much willing to work with them at whatever they need. You remember RSRs comment about working with MS and how it was so difficult to get requests through to them to fix certain bugs or limitations.  This is huge. It says alot about thier commitment to the future of desktop flight simulation. 

 

As for the worry of OOMs, I will give them the benefit of the doubt. They are clearly aware of it, and seemed to have put in a lot of effort into memory management. Specifically OOMs were happening not just because its bumped up to 4gb but because the management would never free up memory for something that wasnt in use anymore. so fixing that, will greatly decrease the chances of OOMs. As long as we have 32 bit it will linger around as a threat but at least its more in control now. Keeping 32bit for now also establishes strong relationships in development for p3d and when the move to 64bit happens, there will be more commitment to upgrade it all. 

 

Very exciting times ahead. 

Yeah. Thank you Tom and Bard (LM).

 

Now, I feel like FSX DNA/Genes is in good hands! And FSX is not an orphan anymore.   :smile:

 

The way they are going about is exactly what I would have liked...Sticking to core competencies so to speak... LM works on the core engine and the Addon vendors providing the peripheral items.  Perfect!  

 

When PMDG comes on board....Eventually with the blessings of Boeing and the Lawyers.......it would be cherry on top!  :lol:

I wonder has the default ATC engine been touched.  Also looks like Radar Contact can have some serious advancements now that they can directly interact with the developers of Prepare 3D and make their product work within the sim more than they ever could before.

Those answers deliver great hope for the future of this as a new platform.

 

Thanks Tom

Sounds like radar (perhaps weather radar) might be on the horizon as well. I remember the idea of having working radar in FSX was considered virtually impossible.

 

Also, with P3D becoming increasingly optimized and taking advantage of modern hardware, and with increasing 3rd party devs, I wonder how far away P3D is from becoming a full fledged combat flight sim platform?

Developers may still be able to create super complex addons that result in OOMs, but I am very pleased that the memory management in P3Dv2 has been overhauled when compared to FSX. It should (hopefully) mean that I can run all of my addons without worrying that I will experience an OOM before I have even departed local airspace!

The Oculus Rift is another device that has me drooling; perhaps I've never wanted another piece of hardware more. And then those new gsync monitors are exciting too. Oculus Rift and gsync in 4k? I'd be the guy wanting back in the matrix.

Oculus Rift is the type of game changer that could bring a lot of new people into flight sim. Developers should jump on board P3D to support that.

Putting all the infos together, I would summarize it as a great win-win-situation for everyone.

This situation actually opens the doors for new or long awaited developments. Even things never thought of to be possible might become a reality quite soon, also because 3rd party developers are officially invited to more than just on-top-of-programming.

So today there are active communication lines between the engineers. In the past communication was more a one-way street and always ended in a stone carved period...

 

Thanks to all involved parties making this possible!

 

Always happy landings,

Claus

When engineers start building addon aircraft for a sim. A $90.00 relative low price tag, which many currently complain about, WILL be a thing of the past. Not insinuating this is good or bad. Just an observation/oped. How many current developers have a pool of software engineers to design theses"Top-of-programming" addons?

A $90.00 relative low price tag, which many currently complain about, WILL be a thing of the past.

Putting all the infos together, I would summarize it as a great win-win-situation for everyone

There are key areas where Prepar3d V2.0 offers no significant improvements over V1.4 or even FSX. Developers now have the capability to make their own improvements.

 

The cost of flight simulation must increase. To get these improvements will mean buying Prepar3D itself and an assortment of add-ons. And, as Rendi says, their additional complexity is likely to push up their prices.

 

"There's no such thing as a free lunch"

"There's no such thing as a free lunch"

 

We need to pass the Affordable Air Act (aka ObamaAir).

 

All computer owners will be forced to buy flight simulation software and a complete suite of add-ons.  And all FSX users will be notified that their license to use FSX has been revoked.

 

Then we can have our free lunch.    Of course this would force the price of P3D to skyrocket to $1000 the first year...

 

(non-US readers may not understand this dark American humor...)

 

Cheers

 

We need to pass the Affordable Air Act (aka ObamaAir).

 

All computer owners will be forced to buy flight simulation software and a complete suite of add-ons.  And all FSX users will be notified that their license to use FSX has been revoked.

 

Then we can have our free lunch.    Of course this would force the price of P3D to skyrocket to $1000 the first year...

 

(non-US readers may not understand this dark American humor...)

 

 

That is just perfect. I know a guy who has no experience with flying, Sims, or website design. I think we can get him to run the program for us!!! He can get in up and running in oh, I don't know .....5 or 6 years and a budget of say 3-5 Billion should get us started.

Cheers

 

Oculus Rift is the type of game changer that could bring a lot of new people into flight sim. Developers should jump on board P3D to support that.

Doubt it. I had a oculus rift. Tried fsx with it. Sold it.

 

You can't read charts with the or. It was also nauseating. The CastAR however will be game changing.

I'm glad they're considering a 64-bit version of Prepar3D. Hopefully it will see the light of the day.

We need to pass the Affordable Air Act (aka ObamaAir).

 

All computer owners will be forced to buy flight simulation software and a complete suite of add-ons.  And all FSX users will be notified that their license to use FSX has been revoked.

 

Then we can have our free lunch.    Of course this would force the price of P3D to skyrocket to $1000 the first year...

 

(non-US readers may not understand this dark American humor...)

 

Cheers

 

 

Awesome correlation....  I love it and the post right below yours.

 

There's always the lie all your current add-ons will work as we move forward with no change needed.