Seriously, you harp about great visuals which they are giving to you and you say that's all they can come up with at this point?  Amazing. I for one am very happy with what I'm seeing at this time.

This is A-1. This is not Beta or Release. Give them a break. They don't have to give us this info to start with. Throw it in a box and sell it. But no. They are very accommodating to the community at this time and I appreciate it.

 

Anyone who’s not *exceptionally* happy with how this has been going and looking... 

I simply can’t understand you and I wonder what in life actually *does* make you happy.

Why are watermarks needed on these screenshots do we think?

1 hour ago, irrics said:

Why are watermarks needed on these screenshots do we think?

There are alpha testers screenshots, so probably It’s the way the photos are taken by the sim, so Asobo can identify possible leaks.

looking great! the icing is perfect what such details. i'm happy i'm building a new sim rig

That's one pic that I liked the most. We asked for icing and looks like were getting it in a fantastic way.

 

The icing pic is great.  I wonder how realistic icing will be from a standpoint of the type that forms based on the atmospheric conditions, where it forms, and what effects it has on airplane performance and systems/equipment.

19 hours ago, irrics said:

Why are watermarks needed on these screenshots do we think?

It’s to catch people breaking the NDA.

The watermark is the account name the alpha is tied to

On 12/19/2019 at 11:33 PM, Anthracite said:

That last screenshot kinda looks like Laguna Seca.

It's Silverstone.

These user-Alpha based screenshots are ***phenomenal**...I just stare, slacked-jawed.  One thing is for sure...I am very grateful that I have not to this date made any move to upgrade my 10 year old system, except to update G.C.'s every third xxxx generation. Looking at these representations, I am not sure (where I was before), that I would be 'fine' with my present CPU/Memory config.  Honestly, I am not so sure anymore, with this latest batch of submitted screen shots. I think that I am going to just purchase the simulator, and see what gives...but...am now prepared to spend the money to upgrade my system, CPU/Full RAM load-out on the MB, with the latest enthusiast G.C, so as to run this new simulator to its full potential, and release my 'full' user experience potential!

The screenshots represent what I have always dreamed of, coming from a sit-in-front-of-a-computer, 'sense of flight' experience. This is the one....

So, until it is released...will sip my coffee, totally enjoy the teasers....and dream of seeing this on my own system.  My usual word, 'Wow'....seems lame....but I can't help it...."wow....wow...."!

Mitch

On 12/19/2019 at 5:32 PM, hatchna said:

Brings a tear to my eye. Gads, that icing screenshot looks absolutely stunning! 2020 here we come!

With you...and I can't imagine the excitement, and the 'so wanting' to tell it upon the mountain top...from all the signed -up tech users.   My gawd, but you'd want to be able to tell everyone how fantastic it is...if not for the NDA.  I can just imagine their heads wanting to 'explode' behind the eyes...(smile)!  Keep uploading the user pics...for we who are searching for crumbs from underneath the feast table....

I believe Internet bandwidth will be the major player with MFS... and in that respect I have bad news for me.... 

 

1 hour ago, jcomm said:

I believe Internet bandwidth will be the major player with MFS... and in that respect I have bad news for me.... 

 

I believe they've already confirmed what kind of throughput you will need to get the highest level of streamed detail, and while it wasn't super-low, it wasn't crazy high either.  Unfortunately I can't recall the mbps figure off the top of my head.

9 hours ago, Scottoest said:

I believe they've already confirmed what kind of throughput you will need to get the highest level of streamed detail, and while it wasn't super-low, it wasn't crazy high either.  Unfortunately I can't recall the mbps figure off the top of my head.

20 mbit/s comes to mind, 30 at most, but I don't remember where I read it.

15 hours ago, nikita said:

20 mbit/s comes to mind, 30 at most, but I don't remember where I read it.

10Mb internet will be enought to have the best experience, according to Neumann in a interview he gave to an argentinian site yesterday:

 

Quote

-¿Cuál sería el ancho de banda mínimo y cual sería el ideal para una buena experiencia?

- Con 3 o 4 megabits por segundo (Mbps) ya vas a poder tener una buena representación del mundo. Entre otras técnicas, hacemos un caché de los datos, de modo que si volás sobre un aeropuerto y luego pasás de nuevo sobre ese lugar, esos datos no necesitan volver a descargarse. Por la misma razón el realismo del terreno va a ir mejorando a medida que volás varias veces sobre el mismo lugar. Pero de todos modos no hacen falta conexiones super rápidas. Con más o menos 10 Mbps ya podés tener todo el nivel de realismo que ofrece el simulador.

Neumann: -Y como usted dijo, también está la posibilidad de descargar de antemano un área en particular, si vuela por allí a menudo, con lo que no necesitará un gran ancho de banda para tener todo el nivel de detalle en esa zona.

https://www.lanacion.com.ar/tecnologia/hablan-creadores-del-flight-simulator-2020-nid2318927