XP11 out of the box!

[Cjr60611 31]

Just flew first XP11 full flight from KLAX to KDFW this morning with FlightFactor A350 (the only add-on I have that works decent with XP11) and I have to say the sim, even with bugs, is much better than anything I have experienced in XP10, FSX, FSX:SE and P3D!  

 

Again, a number of bugs including awful "BLOCKY" dawn sky textures at transition.  However, sitting in the cockpit completing preflight the sun slowly came over the horizon and cast the most realistic shine over the entire airport and cockpit - it was just amazing!  Also, something that is very satisfying to me, they seemed to have nailed the sense of altitude during climb and cruise.  For the first time I felt like the view out the window (cockpit and cabin) was most realistic when it came to depth perception. 

 

Again, the bugs are numerous but, you have to keep in mind that once the bugs are addressed, XP11 will be tough to beat!

 

Diggin' it!

[MarkSC 122]

Add me to the list of converted from P3D.  I had my first OOMs last week with P3D and decided to give XP11 a try.  Wow, am I impressed.  I'm having a ton of fun adding freeware and now trying out Pilot2ATC (seems to work fine in XP11 and is a very impressive program).  The default scenery for XP in my area of the SE USA is actually better than Orbx Global + Open LC with P3D.  Impressive.  Controller set up took me about 10 minutes.  Only one crash so far due to a known beta bug.  .

 

The main thing I miss from P3D is, like so many others have said, the weather and clouds.  However, I expect that this will be improved.  Also, I wish Ideal Flight worked with XP.  I've come to love that program for the ease of creating random flight plans.  Oh, and I miss the GTN 750, but I understand that Reality XP has released it for XP, so that will just require some cash.

[Chocorua 112]

An interesting observation about seasons: last night I downloaded/installed Yellowknife, NW scenery and threw myself there. Coupled with that freeware scenery, the blowing snow along the runway, and the night enviro...well the lack of seasonal textures was a forgotten issue. It had the appearance and thus, 'sense' of full blown winter conditions. Guess I've been flying the whole time in IFR so have detached from my dislike of summer-only textures. lol     

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Richard,

 

Welcome to the BAD wagon. :smile:

 

Check out the JRollon CRJ-200 with sound pack. It's really nice!

I mean new airplanes that incorporate the ability (config panel) to add the RXP GTN 750 or just new and improved airplanes with the new capabilities of xp 11.

 

Gone are all my P3D friends and I am left in loneliness. :mad:

 

Michael

 

Thanks Jose keep the hints coming  :wink:

 

LOL good one Michael  :wink:

[Jimm 437]

Gone are all my P3D friends and I am left in loneliness. :mad:

 

Michael

Welcome to the other side of the fence Michael, you are among good people.

 

I actually find it exciting to discover what I've been missing with XP.  I guess I have to learn to fly now since I can't complain about the sim crashing or VAS or low fps anymore. 

[jimimac 19]

What's the scenery like for the uk, is there uk scenery available for xp10 that you will be able to use in xp11

 

 

Jim

[finkelstein 25]

What's the scenery like for the uk, is there uk scenery available for xp10 that you will be able to use in xp11

 

 

Jim

 

There is Tony's fantastic GB Pro: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/34232-gb-pro-v2-detailed-vfr-scenery-for-great-britain/

 

As for airports, http://apxp.info/list/GB can help you get an overview of what's available (of varying quality and age, obviously).

[Guest]

There is Tony's fantastic GB Pro: http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/34232-gb-pro-v2-detailed-vfr-scenery-for-great-britain/

 

As for airports, http://apxp.info/list/GB can help you get an overview of what's available (of varying quality and age, obviously).

Ah, GB! I tried Norway Pro but don't have photoreal tiles. I've seen tiles for Engeland though which you can download on http://zonephoto.x-plane.fr/ Anyone knows if those play nice together? And do they have a nice quality?

[tutmeister 695]

Yes they play well and look pretty good although a bit patchy. I found they weren't as good as making my own tiles at 17 with google2xp though but I might be overly fussy.

 

Chris

[airlinejets 709]

Gone are all my P3D friends and I am left in loneliness. :mad:

 

Michael

Don't stay all by yourself Michael, come on in, the water's fine...

[captain420 3,099]

Looks like I'll be finally hopping over to XP11 as well. To be honest, I'm getting frustrated with P3D. The only thing I'll miss is AS16, 3rd party payware airports, PMDG, Aerosoft Airbus, A2a 172/182, Realair Lancair Legacy and a few other planes, and Flight1's GTN 650/750. Other than that, XP11 looks gorgeous. 

 

But the vanilla XP11 out of the box is pretty stunning, with a strong foundation, I believe XP11 will look outstanding once more 3rd party developers start creating amazing add-ons for it.

 

Please PMDG, hope you're listening. Would love to have the 737/777 and the upcoming 747 v3 on XP11. Along with others such as Aerosoft's Airbus, FSLabs A320, QualityWings 787, etc.

 

XP11 desperately needs, a good weather/cloud addon, ATC addon, FS2Crew addon, FSFX Chaseplane, Precipitfx, FSFX Immersion Packages, A more realistic AI program with more realistic schedules where we can install and not have to mess with creating routes, plans, taxi routes, etc.

[Paraffin 2,197]

Please PMDG, hope you're listening. Would love to have the 737/777 and the upcoming 747 v3 on XP11. Along with others such as Aerosoft's Airbus, FSLabs A320, QualityWings 787, etc.

 

PMDG did the DC-6 first for X-Plane and later for FSX/P3D, and my understanding is that it was a test bed for learning to work with X-Plane. I think good things are on the horizon for some PMDG heavies in X-Plane.

 

And I say that as someone who has no interest in airliners. I only fly bush planes, vintage planes and helicopters in civilian flight sims. But I know Laminar will benefit from a larger consumer base. And much of what the airline pilots want is something I'd want too, like better weather modeling. Our interests overlap in many areas. 

 

Welcome to the dark side. Or maybe it's the bright side, depending on how you look at it.

[pilot83 387]

I always wanted to fly low level in P3D/FSX but the details at low level simply lacked something, finally XP11 realistic default details at low level and this will only get better i imagine! The below images were taken near Lugano airport Switzerland default scenery "out of the box" including the default cessna 172 with maximum autogen settings.

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[finkelstein 25]

Andrasbach, huh?  :wink:

[ryanbatc 12,770]

 and Flight1's GTN 650/750. 

I'll miss Realair too, but for the GTN - RXP has released theirs for XP10 with a free update to XP11 soon-ish.  There's not any integrations as of yet but there a few on the drawing boards.