June 20, 20178 yr 35 minutes ago, swiesma said: I have seen no regulation on VATSIM regarding this. You should not do it in controlled airspace. But otherwise: I accelerate time on VATSIM whenever I need to. I also do transatlantic flights with 4x time compression. No problems until now. Agree with Stefan - you can do what you like outside of controlled airspace, as long as it's reasonable and doesn;t interfere with the another person's flight.
June 20, 20178 yr ..some people switch to external views..... erm, that would be me. Guilty as charged, Your Honour! I like to look at aeroplanes as well as fly them in the virtual world. I like to see the machine in its environment; watching the light and reflections from the external skin change over time (I do like shadows in the VC too!). I know one could argue that you can see the outside of the plane by doing a virtual walk around pre-flight, and that when flying in the real world one doesn't get out of the aeroplane, especially when 7 miles up, but it's not the same. I'm thankful the developers (payware and freeware) put a lot of time in making sure the external model is true to life (or as true as they can get it - results do vary! :) ) Incidentally I'll never land one via an external view, but I do use the instant replay function in FSX:SE to see if the tower was laughing or cringing at my approach and landing :D Interesting discussion! Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
June 20, 20178 yr Author 1 hour ago, HighBypass said: ..some people switch to external views..... erm, that would be me. Guilty as charged, Your Honour! I like to look at aeroplanes as well as fly them in the virtual world. I like to see the machine in its environment; watching the light and reflections from the external skin change over time (I do like shadows in the VC too!). I know one could argue that you can see the outside of the plane by doing a virtual walk around pre-flight, and that when flying in the real world one doesn't get out of the aeroplane, especially when 7 miles up, but it's not the same. I'm thankful the developers (payware and freeware) put a lot of time in making sure the external model is true to life (or as true as they can get it - results do vary! :) ) Incidentally I'll never land one via an external view, but I do use the instant replay function in FSX:SE to see if the tower was laughing or cringing at my approach and landing :D Interesting discussion! I sometimes do this at airports while taxing, I can see better where I'm going and during daylight I can get nice views of the airport scenery and what's going on around me. Bryan Wallis aka "fltsimguy" Maple Bay, British Columbia Near CAM3
June 22, 20178 yr 12 hours ago, bills511 said: I often catch myself falling asleep while flying. The Crew Alertness System should take care of that :)
June 22, 20178 yr On 19/06/2017 at 1:41 AM, 1st fltsimguy said: Have you ever noticed that flying for an hour or two and about to land....you hear your name called from the other room...{name}, and some sort of needs and answer question...totally screws up the immersion....yelling back...just a minute I'm in the middle of landing....to which one hears the reply..."pause it, it's just a game". Yes I've been there. And when friends or relatives visit with kids, and the kids want to wrestle control of the aircraft from you!
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