Ok, but if you were flying in the alpha right now, where would you want to see?

My testing would be exploring my home airport of course with Cessna 172 with steam gauges.  Then proceed to open every airport & explore all I have flown to and am familiar with.  I would also of course see my home area and other areas I know at ground level and different altitudes.  Next I would try altitude and weather combinations with takeoff and landing to make sure handling and performance are close to accurate given different density altitudes and weather/wind conditions.  I would then proceed with a real flight with flight planning from before sunrise along with different weather enroute with 3 legs and the longest leg being at least 100nm and check the smoothness/immersion/realtime effects.  From here I would proceed to check the harder flying areas like Courchuvel LFLJ / SABA TNCS etc.  Now is the time to check all the other aircraft and their systems/programmability/functionality/startup shutdown procedures/checklists.  Much more after this as well.

16 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Except and Alpha and Beta are not the final product

Yes but I am confident that they will be sufficiently representative for the purpose of buying decision.

1 minute ago, Avidean said:

Yes but I am confident that they will be sufficiently representative for the purpose of buying decision.

The final Beta maybe, not an alpha.

33 minutes ago, carmined said:

My testing would be exploring my home airport of course with Cessna 172 with steam gauges.  Then proceed to open every airport & explore all I have flown to and am familiar with.  I would also of course see my home area and other areas I know at ground level and different altitudes.  Next I would try altitude and weather combinations with takeoff and landing to make sure handling and performance are close to accurate given different density altitudes and weather/wind conditions.  I would then proceed with a real flight with flight planning from before sunrise along with different weather enroute with 3 legs and the longest leg being at least 100nm and check the smoothness/immersion/realtime effects.  From here I would proceed to check the harder flying areas like Courchuvel LFLJ / SABA TNCS etc.  Now is the time to check all the other aircraft and their systems/programmability/functionality/startup shutdown procedures/checklists.  Much more after this as well.

Wow. That's a whole plan right there.

Interestingly they just removed the “Forums” tab.

3 minutes ago, simtom said:

Interestingly they just removed the “Forums” tab.

Still there for me and now there's no longer the "coming soon" message and it's possible to click it.

2 hours ago, cepact said:

It seems like all the alpha testers have left the forum, we are left alone

Not true.  I've been quiet because it's the pre-holiday rush - I'm trying to jam out a full month's worth of work in three weeks.

About alpha testing - I'll answer in general terms, since I'm going to respect the NDA beyond my earlier statements, already part of the public record, that I'm a tester.  My feelings about participating in the test are mixed.  On the one hand, I anticipate it'll be exciting to see the work-in-progress version.  On the other hand, time spent on testing means time I won't have available to enjoy flying my favorite aircraft in finished, polished P3D v4.  My time for simming is limited, so that's a tradeoff.  I also expect the testing process to involve more work than enjoyment - if it doesn't involve work, it won't be useful. That, by the way, summarizes my experience with every software test I've been a part of.

Not complaining, mind you, I'm happy to be involved.  But that's my state of mind.

Will continue to join in general conversations here.  Will not be saying anything about the test software or the testing process.

Hope that helps.

I think I'll end up using the alpha to search for proof of aliens on the planet, and maybe testing the new flight model.

21 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

Still there for me and now there's no longer the "coming soon" message and it's possible to click it.

Yeah, I must have checked in between updates.

Do we know when we find out if we have been accepted into the tech alpha 2 branch?

I can't find that info on the roadmap.

1 hour ago, Avidean said:

Yes but I am confident that they will be sufficiently representative for the purpose of buying decision.

I don't need any alpha or beta test to know that I'll buy it the second it's out 🙂

1 hour ago, ca_metal said:

Still there for me and now there's no longer the "coming soon" message and it's possible to click it.

Indeed, and it now possible to register. However, it says that a moderator has to manually approve my account. Let's see how this goes...

1 hour ago, Grale said:

Do we know when we find out if we have been accepted into the tech alpha 2 branch?

I can't find that info on the roadmap.

No, but we'll likely find out tomorrow when registration ends.

So what is the verdict? very good sim? yes? no? maybe? I don't know...

21 minutes ago, KillerKlient said:

So what is the verdict? very good sim? yes? no? maybe? I don't know...

Seemingly exactly as expected.

https://www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/comments/e9apu7/when_you_see_that_people_are_playing_techalpha1/

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x6ftundx

you aren't missing anything except headaches and lots of CTD

catpace

is the fps good ?

kaiprt

So the usual?

x6ftundx

yepo. it's sad because people think they get in and it's going to be a great game and then their are constraints and things that aren't even working yet. Alpha means Alpha and most people don't know what that means in a development progression.

TogaPower

Exactly this. Most people seem to think they’re getting brand new copies of the game they’ve all been waiting for and don’t understand that going through the initial hurdles and reporting bugs is crucial to the final build being good.

Edited December 11, 20196 yr by mSparks