FSElite Exclusive: P3D v4.4 Releasing November 28th

[CFIJose 5,485]

13 minutes ago, ErichB said:

It's only 7.37am on the US east coast guys. Give them some time to get the coffee on

LOL

[Johnny19 344]

Come on, make that morning coffee short, it's past 8 am in the eastern US, geez past 2 pm in Europe LOL

[Christopher Low 5,353]

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In the interview, Adam Breed also mentioned that P3D v4 will be used for a while before version 5 will see a release.

That suggests to me that v5 is going to introduce more significant changes to the core product. Perhaps even more significant than the upgrade to 64bit.

Edited November 28, 2018 by Christopher Low

[penta_a 429]

16 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

That suggests to me that v5 is going to introduce more significant changes to the core product. Perhaps even more significant than the upgrade to 64bit.

I would think it would be new rendering engine /DX12 support.

Edited November 28, 2018 by penta_a

[ErichB 3,643]

28 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

That suggests to me that v5 is going to introduce more significant changes to the core product. Perhaps even more significant than the upgrade to 64bit.

I wouldn't mind waiting it out for another year.  Sounds like they've provided some good things to cover the gap for a while.

[Amon1973 1,421]

3 hours ago, Afterburner said:

In the interview, Adam Breed also mentioned that P3D v4 will be used for a while before version 5 will see a release.

I think that v5 will not be released before mid-2020, and if you ask me, I actually prefer a 3-year release cycle over the previous 1.8 year, even though I still use v3. Imagine if LM released v5 in mid-2019 - most add-on developers have not yet fully gotten warm with version 4, and they would need to invest a disproportional amount of time to make their add-ons compatible with the new version if it were released so soon.

In my opnion we could easily get up to 4.6/7 before v4 has matured and LM are ready for v5.

[Drumcode 1,893]

39 minutes ago, ErichB said:

I wouldn't mind waiting it out for another year.  Sounds like they've provided some good things to cover the gap for a while.

A level of service that we couldn't even dream of during the MS era. I mean there were hints from some of the people in the community for a while now that at some point LM will start introducing significant changes to the platform and that the future was bright, all coming through so far. I love it.

[FrankSalo 272]

57 minutes ago, penta_a said:

I would think it would be new rendering engine /DX12 support.

In that case a 2020 release for V5 would make sense as that's Microsoft's cutoff for extended support on Windows 7 making LM require Win 10 for V5 more justifiable.

[Wise87 1,281]

9 minutes ago, eaim said:

In my opnion we could easily get up to 4.6/7 before v4 has matured and LM are ready for v5.

From past history, except for version 2.5 has LM gone past x.4 update or 2 year window before moving to the next version. 4.6/7 would add almost 2 more years on v4.

[Amon1973 1,421]

15 minutes ago, Wise87 said:

From past history, except for version 2.5 has LM gone past x.4 update or 2 year window before moving to the next version. 4.6/7 would add almost 2 more years on v4.

We could easily get to v4.6 though, because v4.5 is definitely planned.

[GSalden 4,657]

Omg... like a new IPhone model is going to be released...

🤔

[ErichB 3,643]

1 minute ago, GSalden said:

Omg... like a new IPhone model is going to be released...

🤔

Gotta love it.  

[Skywolf 992]

is it out yet  😛

I already uninstalled my 4.3 and moved the addons to backup folder....will just insert them back once 4.4 is installed and then install Orbx stuff real quick with their installer.  Yay!!!

[Adrian123 1,015]

"planned release for Prepar3D V4.4 " What does the word planned mean? All know about the term . The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry

[Bill721 6]

A project managers nightmare.  You get a go from everyone then stick your neck out on the time of the release.  Your phone rings and you know the rest.  I was a project manager for 15 years and it's what grey hairs are made of....