November 11, 201510 yr Trees trees trees.. I love X-Plane for everything it is... except for those ugly trees. When X-Plane gets FSX style trees, then it will truly be king. But for something so important to terrain realism, I cannot understand the lack of resources being put into realistic trees. Ironically however, I think P3D V3 has actually brought more people to X-Plane. The thought is, verison 3, basically a few bug fixes and some extra FPS.. and a dude you can walk around??? That's it, and it took a whole version update and that's it? So it appears P3D is showing FSX's age. This is the time for X-Plane to take the helm and begin to address these little issues that have turned people off.. specifically... trees. P3D v3 did it for me. I refused to pay more for bug fixes. At the time, I was about 60% XP (for night) and 40% P3D for (daytime) flying. But now I am 100% XP...the extended DSF and NI settings to really bring great Anti Aliasing effects in the daytime opened XP up for me.
November 11, 201510 yr P3D v3 did it for me. I refused to pay more for bug fixes. At the time, I was about 60% XP (for night) and 40% P3D for (daytime) flying. But now I am 100% XP...the extended DSF and NI settings to really bring great Anti Aliasing effects in the daytime opened XP up for me. ....the extended DSF That was a major usage investment of time, for me as well. It made all the difference, from there, I was mesmerized, for it looked that good straight out to where sky meets land....that defining horizon. Throw in Ultra Mesh v3.0...and done, like dinner....
November 11, 201510 yr I fly P3D V3 for my PMDG and ORBX fix. But there's something about the GNS430 in a Carenado aircraft on the PilotEdge network that keeps me coming back to XP10. It's so immersive. Props to the XP10 devs who did a massive upgrade on the GPS. It's so functional now for IFR flight! Justin Fletcher
November 11, 201510 yr I use a plug in called X-Camera, I use the hat switch and can program many views with it, and it is donation-ware Thanks (I'd been trying to use a plugin on xplane.org with bad results). I installed X-Camera and got the hatswitch to do what I want it to, and now I'm ready to pull the trigger and buy XP once and for all. Just one thing: does it usually go on sale on steam around this time or would I need to wait until the christmas sale?
November 11, 201510 yr Thanks (I'd been trying to use a plugin on xplane.org with bad results). I installed X-Camera and got the hatswitch to do what I want it to, and now I'm ready to pull the trigger and buy XP once and for all. Just one thing: does it usually go on sale on steam around this time or would I need to wait until the christmas sale? since were right around Black friday i would wait to see if it goes on sale. hopefully it will. One thing you need to remember about the steam edition of xplane is that you can not opt in for the betas. If you want to test betas make sure to either buy the dvds(which i don't recommend) or buy digital xplane from the website. most people are ok with waiting for the betas to go final but some people like to opt for betas. this was just an FYI
November 11, 201510 yr Not to get into "us versus them" but X-plane needs Active Sky to finish development and a high quality add-on GPS like Flight 1. That being said; those two things and finding groups to do multi with just might get me out of FSX altogether... Donald
November 11, 201510 yr Not to get into "us versus them" but X-plane needs Active Sky to finish development and a high quality add-on GPS like Flight 1. That being said; those two things and finding groups to do multi with just might get me out of FSX altogether... Donald IMO, ASN or something like ASN and PMDG is all X-Plane needs to be the best sim out there bar none! It really won't be a contest any longer once that happens. Regards, Kevin LaMal "Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings" - Shapiro2024
November 11, 201510 yr Well, FS Global Real Weather runs with X-Plane 10.41 . And it does a pretty good job, especially when combined with SkyMaXX Pro V3. But the point is that it is comparatively a "bare bones" weather generator when measured against ASN.
November 11, 201510 yr Hi guys Is there much Australian scenery Wayne Wayne such Asus Hero Z690, Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080, I914900K, Kraken 360 AIO CPU Cooled, 96 GIGS Corsair DDR5, 32 Inch 4K by 3
November 11, 201510 yr Not really. While Australia has now a HD3-Mesh ( http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-hd-mesh-scenery-v3/ ) I think there are at least as many New Zealand airports like there are Australian ones. New Zealand had the Luck that they were in fact one of the first enhanced HD Sceneries ( http://www.alpilotx.net/downloads/x-plane-10-new-zealand-pro/ ) which meant a lot of interest and therefore also a lot of interested scenery developers. Karsten Schubert
November 11, 201510 yr Hi guys Is there much Australian scenery Wayne Look here: http://www.bnasroberts.net/XPScenery/Australia/Entries/2013/9/15_Aussie_Scenery_Packages.html. The AusPacks along with VOZ create a nice environment to fly in. Couple that with HD Mesh v3 and the Simheaven w2XP Australia files and Australia is pretty complete. For individual airports I use this to begin my search. http://apxp.info
November 12, 201510 yr Hi guys Is there much Australian scenery Wayne There is a nice YSSY and YMML by ISDG that is free at the Org (never flown to the Adelaide one) http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?s=45dfd67bc2a8739aaa1355c1a2475489&app=core&module=search&do=user_activity&search_app=downloads&mid=45106 From EGFF to YSSY
November 12, 201510 yr Commercial Member IMO, ASN or something like ASN and PMDG is all X-Plane needs to be the best sim out there bar none! It really won't be a contest any longer once that happens. And it does a pretty good job, especially when combined with SkyMaXX Pro V3. But the point is that it is comparatively a "bare bones" weather generator when measured against ASN. Sadly, I don't think any weather injector is going to change things significantly enough. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore ASN, and I'd love the great team at HiFi to take a stab at bringing it into the XP world. But in my opinion, it's still going to hit the same limitations regarding layers, cloud draw distance and the heavy load that a lot of clouds put on XP. I think a lot needs to happen in the core sim before we see any sort of drastic improvement. If any thing, I fear a port of ASN would lead to a lot of disillusionment, since so many would see how great it is in FSX/P3D, and expect the exact same depiction in XP. Jim Stewart Milviz Person.
November 12, 201510 yr X-Plane 10 has come a long way, but it can certainly improve and I believe that it will. I'd like to see: 1) Payware GA airplanes with the "Realair" or "Milviz" touch. The payware planes I've bought so far, do not cut it for me. 2) An ATC system that allows communication while in VFR ops. 3) Some working AI traffic at all airports. 4) A good weather engine. FS Global could be the one. 5) Seasons. 6) More cities like SFO by MisterX. :wub: 7) A user friendly GNS 430/530 unit or F1 GTN 750. The gns units are good, but not as user friendly as my rxp units. IMO, X-Plane 10 is an excellent simulator with a great community that is passionate about simming. I'm glad that I'm a part of it. MSFS
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