P3D Future

[G-RFRY 1,705]

10 minutes ago, B777ER said:

MS2020 will only have one season, summer? Where was this stated by a team member?

Listen to the interview on the thread MSFS SDK discussion 18mins in stated by the Dev`s themselves , no season`s it my come later but not important at the moment.

Edited October 1, 2019 by rjfry

[simbol 5,774]

For those thinking P3D has no future, LM team is actually expanding operations: https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6305&t=135063

S.

[shivers9 1,174]

I can remember a few similar threads when all we saw was what a bunch of jerks that the "MS$" company was. Oh the poor developers are going to all be with out a job. It is awful. There should be a law to stop this. "Flight sim is dead!!" Now once again the MS marketing team has crawled out from under a rock to do serious damage to the flight sim world by effectively freezing the add on market for both X-Plain and P3D. Now it is "All hail the new MS King!!" "MS is so great!" "Let the Dev's starve! We have a new God now!!" "Bring us your virgins" "Build the fire!...we have stuff to burn!! No...I am not a developer. 

[UAL4life 237]

1 hour ago, rjfry said:

Listen to the interview on the thread MSFS SDK discussion 18mins in stated by the Dev`s themselves , no season`s it my come later but not important at the moment.

My worst fears confirmed yay! Just like Orbx, no seasons, no buy- My love for aviation comes from flying in the winter, and the challenges that it provides. 

Edited October 1, 2019 by UAL4life

[Bob Scott 7,714]

1 hour ago, simbol said:

For those thinking P3D has no future, LM team is actually expanding operations: https://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6305&t=135063

And the details of that job posting also should serve as a good reminder that we are not, and never really have been LM's primary customers. 

I don't for a second think P3D will wither and die if most of the casual simmer crowd migrates to MSFS.  What LM would lose, mostly, is the diverse validation platform that our community provides, making that part of their production process somewhat more difficult and time-consuming.  Given the seriously deep pockets of both LM and their customer base, that really wouldn't leave much of a mark.

 

[simbol 5,774]

1 minute ago, w6kd said:

And the details of that job posting also should serve as a good reminder that we are not, and never really have been LM's primary customers. 

I don't for a second think P3D will wither and die if most of the casual simmer crowd migrates to MSFS.  What LM would lose, mostly, is the diverse validation platform that our community provides, making that part of their production process somewhat more difficult and time-consuming.  Given the seriously deep pockets of both LM and their customer base, that really wouldn't leave much of a mark.

 

No entire necessarily, we have been asking for better documentation.. so this person maybe has been assigned that job too. 

I don't know how much more I can say it.. I spoke with LM devs directly at the flight sim show, which is a show directed to the user entertainment market, and they were there, twice 2018 and 2019.. not MS.. and they always expressed their interest in all flying sim users.

But of course they work for a defence contractor, and as a such they need to also work for a sector that it is entirely driven by secrecy and high security standards.

S.

[Ezra 29]

Respectfully, the future for me in P3D will always be IFR procedures. On the other hand, it`s obvious for me where I will go for VFR.

[Kilo60 660]

Exactly!

 

I really don’t get why developers like PMDG are taking so long to put out updates for their legacy AC like the 737 and JS-41....!!!!

 

They are looking like a 2021 release which could be a whole year after MSFS releases...

 

The closer we get to MSFS2020 release the less likely I am going to buy an expensive study level AC for a sim which still has much of its code derived from MS2004!

 

If I were these guys I’d be sure to get as much stuff out before MSFS releases cause if MSFS2020 is as good as it looks it could be several years before a developer like PMDG can switch over and get AC out for that sim and nobody is going to be interested in spending a lot of money on an AC for a lesser sim!

 

Unless of course Devs like PMDG can afford to go several years with little to no new income coming in!!!$

[Kilo60 660]

1 hour ago, UAL4life said:

My worst fears confirmed yay! Just like Orbx, no seasons, no buy- My love for aviation comes from flying in the winter, and the challenges that it provides. 

No kidding!!!!

 

All these beautiful addon ac that now simulate icing effects to be wasted in constant summer weather!!!!

[Ray Proudfoot 8,924]

3 hours ago, rjfry said:

P3Dv4 has a great future after I found out today that MSFS will not have seasonal scenery summer texture only. P3Dv4 will be the only sim with full support for season`s. 

And therein lies the downside of satellite scenery. I was wondering that myself. There'a always a catch.  😞

[Clutch Cargo 384]

I am excited (well, cautiously excited about this) and think any contributions to our hobby is a plus.  But in my decades of flight simulation I have yet to see a completely smooth roll out of a new sim.  Saw big issues with FSX, FLIGHT, P3D, so to stop buying anything to enjoy your hobby and just wait-wait-wait sounds counter productive, or maybe I should say "counter fun".  One can wait for the next laptop, the next graphics card.... it never ends.

I think it will take several years for the release and stability to settle in from my experience so I am going to have fun in the meantime... oh and not forget the little developer in the process.

Forgot to ask... is there any night scenery (still watching the video)?

Edited October 1, 2019 by Clutch Cargo

[Ray Proudfoot 8,924]

3 hours ago, 331BK said:

#metoo can't wait to have the new Concorde in P3D v4

It won’t be v4 when a 64-bit version comes. Either MFS20 or P3D v5.

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

27 minutes ago, Kilo60 said:

The closer we get to MSFS2020 release the less likely I am going to buy an expensive study level AC for a sim which still has much of its code derived from MS2004!

 

 

If you listen to the Asobo developers, you will have learned that they are building the new MS Flightsimulator on an FSX code base.. much of which they like and are keeping..

[GSalden 4,655]

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

And therein lies the downside of satellite scenery. I was wondering that myself. There'a always a catch.  😞

Who says there are no seasons ?

Google Earth has them : https://www.rustybrick.com/four-seasons-on-google-maps.html

[Ray Proudfoot 8,924]

34 minutes ago, GSalden said:

Who says there are no seasons ?

Google Earth has them : https://www.rustybrick.com/four-seasons-on-google-maps.html

That example uses different tiles for different times of the year manually inserted. How will you get snow inserted into a satellite image including an airport but only when the ATIS is reporting snow? I suppose you could switch to an alternative set for places like northern Canada and Russia. But how about mountains like the Pyranees that only have snow in the winter half of the year but the Himalayas have it all year round.

I just don't see how it's feasible.