July 23, 201411 yr You can call that a missed opportunity, but in the end you have to accept it. Many have done both, and are just sitting on the fence (sort of where I am at) or have moved on. For some, X-plane hits the spot, but historically that's a niche of a tiny niche, and there's little sign that will change anytime soon. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
July 23, 201411 yr I'd say the biggest problem with XPlane is the development speed. I remember buying it in the 90s when it was Mac only. Today they are on version 10, but honestly not a whole lot has changed over a 20 years. Nathan Allen Pinard Virtual Pilot in Training Composer/Sound Designer www.nathanallenpinard.com
July 23, 201411 yr I'd say the biggest problem with XPlane is the development speed. I remember buying it in the 90s when it was Mac only. Today they are on version 10, but honestly not a whole lot has changed over a 20 years. I guess you are comparing only flight model or some particular point of view.... Only from v9 and v10 its a whole different sim. The only thing still bothers me is promoting a feature (ATC)... and after years not being even functional. (No excuse for the "you are off course " thing... they could even "disable" that part of the code)
July 23, 201411 yr I'd say the biggest problem with XPlane is the development speed. I remember buying it in the 90s when it was Mac only. Today they are on version 10, but honestly not a whole lot has changed over a 20 years. That's, IMHO an absurd statement. Take a look at this images I posted recently and tell me if this looks like a 20 year old sim. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/447452-the-land-of-the-rising-sun/#entry3039737 Jason Row Jason E Row Follow me on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/JasonRowPhotography
July 23, 201411 yr Sorry, i know this isn't the screenshot forum but a picture is worth a thousand words as they say! X-plane, like FSX is not the best it could be out of the box. It needs a few addons (free OSM and photo scenery) and some tweaks to get the best out of it. It comes with cloud and object shadowing, sloped runways and atmospheric effects - so all the tools are there for the sim to have the most potential.
July 23, 201411 yr Author Please tell me which mode did you download to get this. https://fsprocedures.com Your home for all flight simulator related checklist.
July 23, 201411 yr Simheaven has all the OSM and photo scenery you need - http://simheaven.com (the home page has the information on what to download). Just make sure the addons are in the following order in your scenery_packs.ini file (located in the custom scenery folder). own, custom airports original airports (Aerosoft …) regional sceneries (New Zealand Pro) OSM sceneries add-ons, libraries (Europe Library, SeaTraffic,OpenSceneryX…) photo sceneries (ZL16, ZL17, Areas) mesh files (HD Scenery Mesh v2) The following youtube guide is for the atmospheric scattering effects (haze etc.) for added realism.
July 23, 201411 yr Simheaven has all the OSM and photo scenery you need - http://simheaven.com (the home page has the information on what to download). Great site, but too bad no North American scenery other than a few cities unless I'm blind.
July 23, 201411 yr Hi Robert, yes that's true. It's mostly geared towards european cities for now, but i see them releasing more and more city specific OSM in the future (it's early days!). Here's the list for USA city area photo scenery: http://simheaven.com/?wpfb_s=USA&page_id=322 The OSM i use is the continent series (containing less objects but still ok): http://simheaven.com/?page_id=23
July 23, 201411 yr XPX, good as it is, is not ideal for Heavy Drivers like myself, mainly good for small and GA aviation.
July 23, 201411 yr XPX, good as it is, is not ideal for Heavy Drivers like myself, mainly good for small and GA aviation. Hopefully PMDG's commitment to develop aircraft for x-plane will be the first of many!
July 23, 201411 yr Hi Robert, yes that's true. It's mostly geared towards european cities for now, but i see them releasing more and more city specific OSM in the future (it's early days!). Here's the list for USA city area photo scenery: http://simheaven.com/?wpfb_s=USA&page_id=322 The OSM i use is the continent series (containing less objects but still ok): http://simheaven.com/?page_id=23 Thanks UK... that's helpful.
July 23, 201411 yr Author The Boeing 777 Worldliner professional doesn't do the job ? https://fsprocedures.com Your home for all flight simulator related checklist.
July 23, 201411 yr The Boeing 777 Worldliner professional doesn't do the job ? Not without competent ATC and ESPECIALLY no commercial AI traffic.
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