1 hour ago, ganter said:

It's weird. I'm a sailor as well as a pilot. I've seen CBs form up with the sea below as if lit by underwater LEDs.

I'm a sailor as well as being in naval aviation (for a bit, before the submarine force hauled me back kicking and screaming!).  Thunderstorms at sea?  I spent far too much time in the Atlantic/North Atlantic, and one thing is for sure no two thunderstorms are ever the same, especially at sea. 

Tried to message this to you, but I was unable to.

Best wishes!

8 minutes ago, DaveCT2003 said:

I'm a sailor as well as being in naval aviation (for a bit, before the submarine force hauled me back kicking and screaming!).  Thunderstorms at sea?  I spent far too much time in the Atlantic/North Atlantic, and one thing is for sure no two thunderstorms are ever the same, especially at sea. 

Tried to message this to you, but I was unable to.

Best wishes!

North Atlantic Storms Dave, green falling over grey falling over black and then with the clouds bombing from above.

Good days! and bad.

Avsim doesn't allow me a PM anymore - bad behaviour in the past - I think I was rude about Jim Young's trousers or something like that.

Best to you too!

Edited June 14, 20196 yr by Guest

3 minutes ago, ganter said:

North Atlantic Storms Dave, green falling over grey falling over black and then with the clouds bombing from above.

Good days! and bad.

Yeah, those storms were just plain nasty!  We had to fly in them between 200ft to about 28000ft and in aircraft with zero wing flex.  Made a man out of you (the women too!)  LOL!

 

Microsoft:  "You can fool some of the people some of the time"  Yada, yada ,yada...

 Yeah but I got a MS Jones so I'll probably still buy your brand new Flight Sim 2019 anyway...

10 hours ago, SpiritFlyer said:

Now that is a genuine (virtual) amusing thought!

You want study level realism, here ya go:

You and the flight are terminated. That'll be another $150.00 USD for a replacement player identity and a new 777 LR please!

 

Don't give them ideas..... 😆

On 6/14/2019 at 11:11 PM, irrics said:

 

How funny would it be if the "study level sim required!" people totaled their airplane and, like real life, had to go buy a new one.

 

lol

New business model right there!  

 

Actually, this is exactly how Austin Meyer (head of XPlane) sees XPlane 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoYOONUjST4

 

But to remain on this topic's subject:

After reading the statement made by PMDG, where they reveal how the FSX - FSW business model was made, all of this now make sence.

DTG wanted FSW to be based on completely new technology (they wanted you to fear the elements), they introduced TrueSky. I don't know if many of you have flown in the FSW TrueSky but it's a fabulous, flawless experience, and no FPS hit!

Even XEnviro 1.10, years later, struggles to make volumetric clouds, they face huge problems with grain and performance, (I know it's not the same platform!)

But when I look at MSFS2020 trailer, I fail not to see TrueSky here, or it's Simul successor.

 

So I follow this logic:

- FSX sold to DTG (remains hooked to Microsoft)

- DTG made 64 bits, adds TrueSky, PBR and Accufeel (I think we can see Accufeel rendering in the VC view right before the loop in Seattle, where the POV in the cockpit varies and the scenery becomes blurry)

- Microsoft sees potential and get it back (sudden end of FSW without explanations)

- Microsoft invests and inserts all its power (IA, Cloud computing, Sattelite data, money, partnership with Aerosoft and more)

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 as we see it today

Edited June 18, 20196 yr by Noooch

5 hours ago, Noooch said:

Actually, this is exactly how Austin Meyer (head of XPlane) sees XPlane 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoYOONUjST4

Would you be so kind as to share the specifics of what he said?

I have trouble listening to him with his brain jumping from pillar to post, topic to topic. Just a short summary would be much much appreciated. Thanks. 

On 6/14/2019 at 1:25 PM, Paraffin said:

Do we know for sure that what we're seeing there is pure autogen?

Tim Stone over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun commented on that particular image:

"This thunderhead looks almost too good to be true. If it turns out to be photoshopped there’ll be trouble."

And he's right.

If that's a dynamically modeled CB where the clouds constantly change shape, and there is vertical convection in the interior (both up and downdrafts), and severe outflow near ground level at the base, then I'll be thrilled. Seriously thrilled. But let's find out if it's actual weather or a painting, before we get too excited. 

i remember lots of US getting EXCITED with the release of some REX products those flat clouds photoshop look a like images floating around . Im positive this time we get something better . hoping . 

DTG's FSW was such a hopeless mess of incomplete features and disconnected parts that the only thing that MS might have learned from that disaster was how not to create a new version of FS.