11 hours ago, chass32 said:

We´ll have user-defined weather, random-defined weather (as probably the journalist was told) and real weather.

I don't think they've confirmed "real time real world weather downloaded from the Internet" yet.  The only thing I've seen is "real weather" which might not be the same.

What the journalist was describing was what I'd call Arcade Weather, which might be fine for some but the idea really puts me off for a long flight.  You need custom weather scenarios for missions, and many people will want to be able to set the weather conditions.  I need to be able to check real weather maps and do my own forecasts as this is an essential part of flight planning for anything but a local flight.

It didn't help matters that I read that article while I was hand flying a DC-3 in real time from Reykjavik to Goose Bay (9 hours) with no reference to GPS and no wind information during the flight.  The first three hours of the flight I had to offset my course by 5 degrees to the right due to winds, planned before I began the flight using info from windy.com.  

Edit:  And pure dead reckoning all the way.  The only time I tuned an NDB was to make sure I was somewhere near my correct course nearing Greenland which was under broken cloud cover and I couldn't see enough of the coastline to get an exact position.  I still hit Newfoundland only 35 miles off from where I intended.

Hook

Edited July 25, 20196 yr by LHookins

21 minutes ago, LHookins said:

I don't think they've confirmed "real time real world weather downloaded from the Internet" yet

It would be an interesting proposition to launch the most amazing looking sim after a 30-40 year history with all the visual bells and whistles - but with no real world weather download capacity.  I suspect real world weather simulation/interpolation will need third party intervention 

 

Edited July 25, 20196 yr by ErichB

2 minutes ago, ErichB said:

It would be an interesting proposition to launch the most amazing looking sim after a 30-40 year history with all the visual bells and whistles - but with no real world weather download capacity.  

 

I agree, and I think that's one reason people interpret "real weather" to mean real time real world weather.  I was assuming we'd get that myself, even knowing it was not exactly confirmed, until I read what that article said.

I'm not saying there won't be real time real world weather (and hopefully historical weather if you choose), just that we haven't had unambiguous confirmation yet.  I am definitely hoping for real time real world weather myself.

Hook

All the old FS had real weather option so you can bet this one will too.

why is everyone always expecting the worst. So far I have not read a single negative announcement from them. 

8 hours ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

So that begs the question how is Intel, AMD, nVidia making so much money from their mid to higher end hardware that is constantly in a state of "shortage" ... I guess all the folks buying aren't on Steam?  I would NOT place too much weight on Steam's data as a representation of average PC hardware and certainly not for average Flight Sim hardware.

Cheers, Rob.

GPUs shortage has in part been caused by the cryto currency craze. GPUs are also being used for AI applications. In my neck of the woods there has been months of waiting to get NVidia GPUs. I waited six months for my 1080 and just gave up and cancelled. I hope things will be better when I need a new computer for FS2020. 

Your comment on streaming really concerns me. I just don't get how it can be a smooth experience if you have to rely on broadband, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see. But I fear current stutters might be minor in comparison. 

Edited July 25, 20196 yr by simmerhead

This is almost like reading an article on a conspiracy or UFO site...😜 Well here's what I think, the tech comes from a secret project developed over the last 15 years at Groom Lake, with lot's of input from those extremely clever Beta Reticulans, so not only will we get chem trails included but also the odd UFO!.............😎 (man in black)

Edited July 25, 20196 yr by SierraHotel

BBC news today VirginMedia  commit to 15millon homes on 1GB speeds by 2021 some are already on this. 

25 minutes ago, rjfry said:

BBC news today VirginMedia  commit to 15millon homes on 1GB speeds by 2021 some are already on this. 

I have been waiting for VirginMedia to come to my Home for 5 years+.. and mine was a new build.. so they didn't had the thought of putting the brand new fibre when they build the development from scratch.. just saying.. it seems they are more focused around London area and main cities, so the further away you live from them, the less chances you get for a decent connection.

Now the Huawei scandal might not even bring 5G on time in the UK.. grrrr

S.

15 hours ago, Paraffin said:

Ideally, MFS would design for even higher future CPU/GPU capability than either the new Xbox or current PCs, to allow for advancement in PC hardware over the life cycle of the first version while the Xbox remains fixed. But that can have marketing issues with users who complain about not being able to run at full settings. 

The huge risk for MS designing for PCs and Xboxes 'of the future' is that they can only guess the future direction of computing.
Who's to say where the next big hardware push will come? Part of FSX's problem was the expectation at creation that CPUs would continue to be limited cores, but we would have huge Ghz clock speed increases. That didn't pan out, we got more cores and large improvement on GPUs.


These two ideas on computing could be the 'next big thing' and could completely change the best way to code new progams:

https://www.itpro.co.uk/hardware/33962/new-memory-chip-could-make-data-transfer-1000-times-faster

https://edgy.app/new-universal-memory-device-to-replace-dram-and-flash?pfrom=tech&fp=a9

 

9 hours ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

Here is an article on game streaming (as pointed out, it's not "new" technology) but many companies are hoping it will be the future ... but it has some issues, latency and resolution being the reason why it failed in other markets.  In all cases one's internet connection is the governing factor ... and bandwidth congestion.

Very true, BUT I don't believe "game streaming" is what MS has in mind for FS2020.  Almost all of the new sim will be installed to the PC/Xbox and it will run client side, I'm fairly certain the only items which will be streaming are the sat images, multiplayer position data, and weather data, maybe possibly AI position data too.  All of this can be buffered far in advance of the player position very efficiently, this would greatly reduce any latency issues for most users.

9 hours ago, simaddict said:

Most every current internet plan starts at 100 Mbps. So we should be ok.

Not sure where you live but that's certainly not the case in the UK. My broadband provider is fairly typical and offers three packages (mainly depending on location): 

Fast broadband: Average download 10Mbps, average upload 1Mbps

Superfast fibre broadband: Average download 66Mbps, average upload 17Mbps

Ultrafast fibre broadband: Average download 300Mbps, average upload 27Mbps

The superfast is by far the most common. I have it but only get about 34Mbs (which tied in with their best estimate for my location).

6 hours ago, LHookins said:

And pure dead reckoning all the way.  The only time I tuned an NDB was to make sure I was somewhere near my correct course nearing Greenland which was under broken cloud cover and I couldn't see enough of the coastline to get an exact position.  I still hit Newfoundland only 35 miles off from where I intended.

GPS? Or did you just want the challenge?

3 hours ago, rjfry said:

BBC news today VirginMedia  commit to 15millon homes on 1GB speeds by 2021 some are already on this. 

I wouldn't believe all the Virgin hype. A new housing estate built close to where I live had Virgin cable installed but, because of contention problems, they're lucky to get 20Mbps.

Just now, vortex681 said:

GPS? Or did you just want the challenge?

I just wanted the challenge.  I'm recreating a trip made in 1947.  I'm trying to get a feel for what it was like flying in those days.  But then, I haven't used the GPS in quite some time, and then only for situational awareness rather than navigation.

"North Star Over My Shoulder" by Bob Buck.  He was flying with Tyrone Power in the actor's DC-3.

Hook

2 minutes ago, LHookins said:

I just wanted the challenge.  I'm recreating a trip made in 1947.  I'm trying to get a feel for what it was like flying in those days.

Respect!

27 minutes ago, LHookins said:

I just wanted the challenge.  I'm recreating a trip made in 1947.  I'm trying to get a feel for what it was like flying in those days.  But then, I haven't used the GPS in quite some time, and then only for situational awareness rather than navigation.

"North Star Over My Shoulder" by Bob Buck.  He was flying with Tyrone Power in the actor's DC-3.

Hook

Really cool! I dig these kinds of adventures. Have done a few in FSX/P3D. Crossed the North Sea in a Bleriot, crossed the Rockies in a Jenny and used the Goose to fly the Twenty-Thousand Miles in a Flying-Boat route. 

4 hours ago, rjfry said:

BBC news today VirginMedia  commit to 15millon homes on 1GB speeds by 2021 some are already on this. 

Sounds good to me! As I stated earlier, last year Virgin installed a cabinet on a main road approx 300yds (revised estimate) from our front door. Problem is we live along the end of a lane and our existing copper connection is to a pole on another main road! Not sure if VirginMedia can find an affordable solution for us without digging up the lane. Anyway, I have expressed an interest so will wait and see what transpires. Since the assets are already installed hopefully it shouldn’t be too long before we find out.

Assuming it’s possible, I very much doubt whether we will see anything like 1GB/sec.

Mike