4 minutes ago, decker89 said:

50 closest to your current location. So as you move along it will keep generating the 50 closest to you. Seems fair

I am curious as to how long a real world plane stay seen after arriving at the gate and how long it is shown at the gate prior to departure. Thinking of KATL with how many gates they have not to mention those planes in the sky around the airport.

On that thought what prevents an AI from popping in on top of you at the gate? 

50 player aircraft within 200 km is good enough considering AI planes will be buzzing about as well

11 minutes ago, Ident said:

20 minutes ago, decker89 said:

50 closest to your current location. So as you move along it will keep generating the 50 closest to you. Seems fair

I am curious as to how long a real world plane stay seen after arriving at the gate and how long it is shown at the gate prior to departure.

From a previous episode, I think the one about airports, I remember they mentioned that every aircraft parked was an AI aircraft. An AI aircraft that would eventually fly again, no static aircraft. Hopefully they don't count against the 50, that would be a problem. 

I say that knowing this is light years ahead of what we currently have.

Considering that a late war B-17 Flying Fortress combat box was spread out in a formation covering 750 feet vertically, 650 feet from front to rear and 1,170 feet in width, and that was for 27 aircraft in pretty close formation, I suspect the capability to allow 50 player controlled aeroplanes is more than enough to cover most actual scenarios likely to occur in multiplayer events.

Edited March 27, 20206 yr by Chock

They have their smart development strategies that should be published in a book for development teams

We can see clearly that at least another volumetric tree type is added to to the landscape. Maybe more. 

I love the User Interfaces of MSFS. I work for a living on UIs, not for simulators (unfortunately) but glad to see a great job being done on this aspect of this iconic version of MSFS...

And the goose screenshot is epic. Now I wonder if in another episode we will see virtual hunters down below trying to harvest these geese 😋 

Edited March 27, 20206 yr by Claviateur

OK, I'm curious.  Is that goose flyable or is it AI only? 😄

Hook

Love the new volumetric tree type indeed...what a great sim they are forging!

Edited March 27, 20206 yr by adino

2 minutes ago, LHookins said:

OK, I'm curious.  Is that goose flyable or is it AI only? 😄

The goose intercepted the ILS at Gander.

 

Wonderful, as usual. Thank you! Merci!

But where is the infamous 500+ knots hot air balloon? 🤔

I'm going to enjoy VFR a lot

55 minutes ago, simtom said:

Yeah I know, but for fly-ins or other group activities it doesn't seem like that many. Of course, it isn't the same as 50 players in a shooter but still. Maybe I'm expecting too much here, though with their whole Azure cloud technology you would expect to see more capabilities from it.

Weren't you in the screenshot with about twenty planes in it?  (Remember, he is in the Alpha) 

Imagine that there are hundreds of players in the LA area.  Yes, 50 does seem like it could get overloaded quickly.  One or two large groups could add up to 50, and then does it show just two groups, or the ones that aren't in a group?  What about a fly in event, or the group live events.  And we know 50 is the max because of bandwidth.  So I assume many users will see less than 50.  How much bandwidth do 50 planes use, I assume a lot since it is set as the max.  Although 50 is decent, I do have some questions and concerns about why the max is 50 and not higher.  

I can see a sloped taxiway 

 

1 minute ago, GlideBy said:

Weren't you in the screenshot with about twenty planes in it?  (Remember, he is in the Alpha) 

Great points! I do believe that while you’re in a group you can’t see any other players, expect for the ones in your own group.

You remembered well because I was indeed in one of those screenshots (and a similar group flight screenshot of mine was used for Wing Wednesday) 😁

2 hours ago, Lorenzog said:

Finally no more lag!!! bye bye ivao and vatsim

 

2 hours ago, decker89 said:

Vatsim just called an emergency board meeting.

Not sure how IVAO and VATSIM fit into this picture. Maybe you guys can clue me in to what you mean?

I fly solely on VATSIM and would hope to have something similar with the new sim - meaning live ATC and some "control" over those flying in that "world." AI stuff is okay, but I prefer real live stuff.