March 12th, 2020 Development Update

[zemez 184]

They are opening the registration for alpha again. Why cant they use already registered people? 

[SamYeager 244]

48 minutes ago, zemez said:

They are opening the registration for alpha again. Why cant they use already registered people? 

They are! Did you miss the bit about being able to update DXDIAG information? Opening registration also enables those not already registered to do so.

[honanhal 1,420]

10 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

Hm which Palace is that in Japan? I'm going to assume Tokyo, but it could also easily be Kyoto.

Edit: Look at the google maps, I don't think it's either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hōryū-ji

(Temple, not a castle/palace.)

[tweekz 2,165]

10 hours ago, pmb said:

I am sure ORBX, Aerosoft, PMDG, A2A, and the like are full speed working on MSFS versions right now to be the first on the market.

Kind regards, Michael

I always had that feeling that it won't take 2, 3 years for addons to come around. This sim sets new standards on a lot of things, not just graphics wise. Also how they cater to the community. Which makes total sense. It's what makes the sim popular.

Edited March 13, 2020 by tweekz

[ConstVoid 110]

6 hours ago, JRBarrett said:

Yep! The image of the moon is reversed in the screen shot. It’s not upside down, just left/right swapped. Mare Crisium, the almost perfectly circular dark feature at the upper left should actually appear at the upper right.

That said, the tester who took the screen shot may have accidentally reversed it if they did any post-processing / editing of the image.

Not sure about that - the watermark on the shot reads correctly - iahoo2k - so I don't think it was reversed after capture.

[bernd1151 5,857]

11 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

One of those images is Ahmedabad India. Is that our first screenshot from India?

It is 😃

[zemez 184]

2 hours ago, SamYeager said:

They are! Did you miss the bit about being able to update DXDIAG information? Opening registration also enables those not already registered to do so.

Yes, but i mean more registered users, less changes to get in. 

[Baber20 1,438]

4 hours ago, zemez said:

They are opening the registration for alpha again. Why cant they use already registered people? 

Exactly my thoughts. There are still a few who registered day one and didnt get in yet and instead of inviting those few unfortunate souls, they decide to open the registration again, hence lowering the chances further of getting in. So unfair..

[Ray Proudfoot 8,964]

I've seen enough screenshots to last me a lifetime. Yes, it's great. I'm convinced. What I would like to see is a short video of an Ai aircraft landing and exiting the active runway. Same for a take-off.

Let's see how much better that aspect of the sim is compared to ESP / FSX / P3D which has remained the same 14 years!

[andyjohnston.net 617]

May of those shots could easily be actual photographs, they're that good.  Looking forward to seeing a bit more before corona brings about he end of humanity.

[Brandon01110 407]

13 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

if you plan on keeping that system for a good while longer, don't worry.

Thats the funny part, I planned on upgrading as soon as the release to either i9-9900k or R9 3950x depending on what it runs better on.  I have a HTPC I could add it to though.....

[Amon1973 1,421]

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I've seen enough screenshots to last me a lifetime. Yes, it's great. I'm convinced. What I would like to see is a short video of an Ai aircraft landing and exiting the active runway. Same for a take-off.

Let's see how much better that aspect of the sim is compared to ESP / FSX / P3D which has remained the same 14 years!

That's exactly why I ask for a small full flight video Ray, to actually see the sim running as best as it can.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,964]

22 minutes ago, eaim said:

That's exactly why I ask for a small full flight video Ray, to actually see the sim running as best as it can.

I agree that would be useful because fluidity is very important. And from inside the flight deck too, not external. But that doesn’t guarantee we’ll see Ai which is why I want to see something specific regarding those.

And videos shot at 5Mbps, 10 and 20 so we can best see how a slow connection affects how much you see.

[eslader 1,784]

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

What I would like to see is a short video of an Ai aircraft landing and exiting the active runway. Same for a take-off.

I want to see that, and the cockpit of the 747. I'm very curious what the comparison between default and PMDG is gonna be this go-round.

 

[ChaoticBeauty 6,692]

55 minutes ago, Brandon01110 said:

Thats the funny part, I planned on upgrading as soon as the release to either i9-9900k or R9 3950x depending on what it runs better on.  I have a HTPC I could add it to though.....

I see. Anyway, next month the Comet Lake line-up is released (albeit with few to none architectural or price-to-performance improvements it seems), and later this year Zen 3 will come with a nice IPC uplift, so unless your current CPU is too weak it might be worth waiting for the newer products.