May 28th, 2020 - Development/Insider Update

[tweekz 2,165]

8 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Screenshot by Raynen

 

If they can put such a magnificent screenshot in a regular update, they certainly don't have problems in finding screenies for #WingWednesday! 😎

[Baber20 1,438]

In the external view of the A320 landing, the landing gear's suspension mechanism seems to be missing completely. As soon as the wheels touch the ground, the suspension remains rigid. Hope they fix it for the release.

[Kopteeni 819]

11 minutes ago, Baber20 said:

In the external view of the A320 landing, the landing gear's suspension mechanism seems to be missing completely. As soon as the wheels touch the ground, the suspension remains rigid. Hope they fix it for the release.

It looked a bit like a light RC plane landing. The wing dynamics were nice though.

Edited May 29, 2020 by Kopteeni

[MaVe64 414]

37 minutes ago, alkan said:

Some ATC issues that stood out to me in the IFR episode:

• so many pointless frequency changes, just as in FSX. Hopefully (if the ATC is based on FSX code) they fixed that annoying bug when ATC would have you switch back and forth between control A and B.
• phraseology is wrong, either by FAA or ICAO standards. For instance, "keep speed below" should be "do not exceed X knots". Or "continue as planned" - what even is that? 
• procedures seem odd. Why would ATC say "Make straight in Runway 16L" to an aircraft on the ILS, in IMC? Completely unrealistic.
• voice (Text-To-Speech) is a huge step back from FSX.

Do they even use "... with you" still in real life?

[thepilot 565]

35 minutes ago, alkan said:

Some ATC issues that stood out to me in the IFR episode:

• so many pointless frequency changes, just as in FSX. Hopefully (if the ATC is based on FSX code) they fixed that annoying bug when ATC would have you switch back and forth between control A and B.
• phraseology is wrong, either by FAA or ICAO standards. For instance, "keep speed below" should be "do not exceed X knots". Or "continue as planned" - what even is that? 
• procedures seem odd. Why would ATC say "Make straight in Runway 16L" to an aircraft on the ILS, in IMC? Completely unrealistic.
• voice (Text-To-Speech) is a huge step back from FSX.

Exactly this. Major disappointment, despite the added functionality.

 

[virtuali 4,419]

43 minutes ago, alkan said:

voice (Text-To-Speech) is a huge step back from FSX.

But it would probably make it easier to improve ( either by Asobo or 3rd parties ) the ATC phraseology, something that would be very hard to do with pre-recorded voices like in FSX and in fact it's the main reason why we are still stuck with the same voices from 2006.

And, don't forget that even the voice quality itself of the TTS can improve, since it's likely Azure-based:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/text-to-speech/

Edited May 29, 2020 by virtuali

[anden145 2,284]

I can understand, that MSFS will be published, with a given navigational dataset (most likely the current one). But I wonder if all this; continously updated navigation data and live AI traffic, will be in included, or if it will require some sort of subscription model? It's suddenly quite a lot of stuff, we usually pay a fee for. 

[Thomasso 224]

1 minute ago, anden145 said:

I can understand, that MSFS will be published, with a given navigational dataset (most likely the current one). But I wonder if all this; continously updated navigation data and live AI traffic, will be in included, or if it will require some sort of subscription model? It's suddenly quite a lot of stuff, we usually pay a fee for. 

Subscription 95 %. The AIRAC updates convinced me. We can't expect to get all of this for free.

[alkan 40]

9 minutes ago, MaVe64 said:

Do they even use "... with you" still in real life?

No. It's a pet peeve of pilots. Same with "traffic in area please advise".

[anden145 2,284]

2 minutes ago, Thomasso said:

Subscription 95 %. The AIRAC updates convinced me. We can't expect to get all of this for free.

Agreed! Was wondering, though as they didn't mention it. But come to think about it, it is really quite obvious, that these parts has to be subscription based...

[michael8 22]

Looks good! but after all amazing  discovery series, this was more let down especially the atc cause doesn't show much improvement over fsx  and I also worry how the ai traffic management is gonna be apply on simulator cause on old sims heavy ai traffic cause lot of problems like massive go-arounds, long lines waiting for departure  or even landing on the runway and the ai traffic taking off

Edited May 29, 2020 by miguel88

[Thomasso 224]

1 minute ago, anden145 said:

Agreed! Was wondering, though as they didn't mention it. But come to think about it, it is really quite obvious, that these parts has to be subscription based...

I really don't mind. I actually became quite fond of subscription based services (like Netflix, Spotify or PS Plus). You pay reasonable amount every month and you're taken care of. Updates, new functions, possibilities...

It's much better than a fixed price product that isn't regularly updated.

[tweekz 2,165]

26 minutes ago, Baber20 said:

In the external view of the A320 landing, the landing gear's suspension mechanism seems to be missing completely. As soon as the wheels touch the ground, the suspension remains rigid. Hope they fix it for the release.

Not just that. It might be due to the speed up or just poor landing technique, but the flare seems to be missing completely.

[Thomasso 224]

Just now, tweekz said:

Not just that. It might be due to the speed up or just poor landing technique, but the flare seems to be missing completely.

Yeah that's because of poor piloting skills. Look at the take-off. He/she can't hold the centerline what so ever. It almost seems like a keyboard/mouse/gamepad setup to me.

[anden145 2,284]

Just now, Thomasso said:

I really don't mind. I actually became quite fond of subscription based services (like Netflix, Spotify or PS Plus). You pay reasonable amount every month and you're taken care of. Updates, new functions, possibilities...

It's much better than a fixed price product that isn't regularly updated.

Indeed. It's the way things are going for quite a lot of services... I don't mind either.