I was hoping they would include the CJ4 in this Alpha version... still nothing. Next (and last) chance on the next Alpha update (V5)...

22 minutes ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

  Back in the Global Preview event, it was said that ATC, AI and seasons were not in consideration for inclusion at release, but thanks to the community's feedback, they are here already. 

CB, we saw pics of snow a couple of times, not of seasonal landscapes yet, if I am not mistaken.

 

7 hours ago, JohnH90 said:

I’m a little confused by this update. Are they saying FS2020 will have forecasted weather as well as real time? 

Indeed, the Meteoblue guy only talked about weather forecasting.

It is possible that MSFS will not have, strictly speaking, a "real time" weather, but only weather forecast from their own Meteoblue model.

In other words, the in-sim weather will be forecasted starting from the initial conditions (which may be a few hours old) by using their weather model. And the forecast is then periodically reset and updated (probably every few hours?).

I think this is MUCH better than the so called "real time" weather we had until now: in that case, the weather was basically static until a new update was available, and then either a sudden jump of in-sim weather (killing realism) or, as I think plugins like Active Sky do, some fudge to smooth the weather transitions. But basically it still was static weather, just updated periodically.

With MSFS instead, for the first time we should see truly dynamic weather, evolving according to real world physics thanks to the atmospheric model used by Meteoblue. So very plausible weather dynamics and presumably no weather shifts.

 

 

8 hours ago, Murmur said:

So very plausible weather dynamics and presumably no weather shifts.

I think you might be correct.

The only issue i'd have with that is that even at initial condition, the models can be wrong when you're talking on a local scale. I suppose its still better than creating the weather from METAR's. Active sky is supposed to be accurate, maybe on a regional scale yea but its still not that great.

 

Edited June 12, 20205 yr by n4gix
Removed unnecessary long quote!

32 minutes ago, Kenjiro75 said:

I was hoping they would include the CJ4 in this Alpha version... still nothing. Next (and last) chance on the next Alpha update (V5)...

And at least one Beta version. Since aircraft models are considered content rather than a feature, there are plenty of chances left.

30 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

CB, we saw pics of snow a couple of times, not of seasonal landscapes yet, if I am not mistaken.

I can't remember anything before that "Let it snow!" video (which I think was the big reveal of a shader solution), except maybe a few snowy landscapes, which could have been part of the imagery. I'm not completely sure about Asobo's statements regarding seasons in the Global Preview event, but they definitely said at the X019 event that they wanted to make seasons more than just recolours before presenting them as a feature.

Impressive even with just one pic of Ontario Place

MSFS impresses me again and again.

• Amazing effort with weather simulation.
• Continously improving a flight model with great potential.
• Great scenery and visuals allowing for VFR practise.
• Dedicated to the SDK.

This could very well be the sim of sims.

Edited June 12, 20205 yr by tweekz

28 minutes ago, JohnH90 said:

The only issue i'd have with that is that even at initial condition, the models can be wrong when you're talking on a local scale

You won't get every cloud that's raining in your back garden, but it looks like it'll be pretty good, at least over uncomplicated areas.  The 250 million cells over 60 altitude levels they mentioned correspond to a 10km grid on the earth's surface, if I did the sums right - that was par for the course in professional weather forecasting a few years ago.  Have a look at this:

https://windy.app/blog/what-is-a-weather-forecast-model-guide-on-forecast-models-all-around-the-world.html#:~:text=Both%20global%20and%20local%20models,5%2C%202%20or%201%20km.

37 minutes ago, JohnH90 said:

 

The only issue i'd have with that is that even at initial condition, the models can be wrong when you're talking on a local scale. I suppose its still better than creating the weather from METAR's. Active sky is supposed to be accurate, maybe on a regional scale yea but its still not that great.

 

What I understand is this is what he showed with the two batteries rolling in opposite direction, a small error might lead to very different forecasts. They alleviate that by simulating several scenarios and using deep learning to select the best forecast. Fascinating. 

I wasn't expecting new footage but WOW, did they show us beautiful landscapes and clouds! I've paused the video a few times just to enjoy the visuals and then rewinded to follow what was being explained.

11 hours ago, meerkat said:

Should I tell the wife the hotel has canceled because of corona? 😁

Absolutely!

10 hours ago, jlund said:

And please DON*T bite my head of, but why is it that everytime there's an update thread, it quickly turns into oh,

Like I have said before, the bottom line is LUCK!

5 hours ago, LosGenero said:

Does MSFS 2020 support TrackIR, ? I can´t fly without it and I´m not seem to able find anykind information anywhere ?

Apparently you do not read the updates.

Finally, some more obviously Canadian screenshots 😀

Edited June 12, 20205 yr by Tuskin38

Beautiful stuff!  FS 2020 will be my only flight simulation app for sure.

Cheers

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