June 25th, 2020 - Development Update

[adino 263]

Bthwy: I can see MS/Asobo is keen on our concerns, obviously even reading our silly debates in the "Leak" thread. That will be most likely the reason this update has more video uploads this week. Thank you MS/Asobo keep them coming we love clips and videos!

Edited June 26, 2020 by adino

[Chock 17,769]

7 hours ago, Deleted said:

Every single raindrop is calculated physically.

Claiming that a sim has special little snowflakes doesn't seem like a great idea. 🤣

[adino 263]

Now that Shak95 is gone I'm wondering which island this one is, any clue?

https://msgpwebsites.azureedge.net/fsi/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-Alpha-2020-06-21-19-43-06-1.mp4?_=2

[mp15 138]

you all stop it with the raindrops, simulating every single one would eat, fry and burn even a RTX4000.  They should birth more in variance at the windshield, thats it. Anyways, great upgrade, hope next time the videos are some what a bit longer.

 

[ryanbatc 12,839]

5 hours ago, JRBarrett said:

Exactly. While core nav data and basic charts might be included for free as part of the base sim, the “plus” might very well indicate that a fuller range of charts will be available as optional DLC, and if there is a subscription, it might be with NavBlue directly, not with Microsoft.

Yeah this is what I found with google search.... no pricing yet

https://www.navblue.aero/product/charts-plus/

[viz 139]

The question should be wrong tree size or wrong tree species? This is a tough one for Asobo, either way these complaints are likely to crop up again and again if the data sources don't cover such information.

Here's a real nitpick for you, is it just me or do the wheels look slightly buckled/loose as they roll down the runway?

As for quoted number of cities, that could be as simple as what they define as a city, some would say anything over 20,000 population, other would say more.

Physically modelled raindrops, again this probably comes down to interpretation. I'd be inclined to think they mean rain in the broad sense is modelled and that how it interacts with the plane informs the graphical effects on the panels - not that the graphical representation itself is physically accurate. Think of the tyre model in iracing, it calculates everything from pressure to deformation yet we don't see any of it graphically.

Oh and those cartoon guages were literally laser scanned and modelled from the real aircraft.

Colour saturation is totally subjective and can, in any case, be changed in seconds via your own drivers and/or display.

Having said all that, I'm happy with progress so far, it's light years ahead of the others, even with the occasional baked clouds/shadows/shorelines/vehicles etc. All of which will change with each source update.

[JRBarrett 3,070]

17 minutes ago, ryanbatcund said:

Yeah this is what I found with google search.... no pricing yet

https://www.navblue.aero/product/charts-plus/

It may be that the entire suite of NavBlue charts will be included as part of the base simulator, but I still think that there is a good possibility that if users want the complete range of products that they produce, that there may be an optional DLC charge involved, just as there will be optional DLC airport sceneries, aircraft and other 3rd party products that will extend MSFS beyond the base simulation offered at release. It remains to be seen. I’m quite sure that any NavBlue charts that are included will be at least slightly outdated, just is the case with the Jepp charts available from Navigraph as part of their Charts app.

It is very good that the core nav data is being supplied in r/w aviation standard ARINC 424 format, which should support RNP RNAV approaches among other things.

[ryanbatc 12,839]

2 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

 

It is very good that the core nav data is being supplied in r/w aviation standard ARINC 424 format, which should support RNP RNAV approaches among other things.

Yep that's awesome!

[VirtualPilotPC 1]

Anyone else notice the two screenshots, with FPS and benchmark info, from "GoFasterS4"?

Screenshots appear to be 1440P resolution. One is 20FPS the other is 18FPS. Both appear fairly consistent according to the tiny FPS graph.

The benchmark stats are a little hard to read but here's what my eyes see:

[20 FPS Shot]

GPU: utilization 99% | approx 7400GB ram usage | 2018Mhz (core or memory clock)
CPU: 43%
RAM: 14955

[18 FPS Shot]

GPU: utilization 100% | maybe 7000+ GB ram usage | 2328Mhz (core or memory clock)
CPU: 20 or 28%
RAM: 14389

The benchmark data seems to indicate the low 20 FPS and 18 FPS is a GPU limitation with this system config. Would be nice to know the system specs esp. graphics card for "GoFasterS4".
Personally, I'm way, way overdue for a new PC build but I just can't pull the trigger until I know what components will give me the most FPS bang for my buck with this sim. With new AMD and graphics hardware due out this fall I guess I'll just have to keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting....

 

[Doug47 574]

5 hours ago, DJJose said:

With every new update I ask myself, how are the other sims going to compete?

Exactly. This is getting better and better and we ain't even in beta. 

LOL at those thinking they'll keep X-Plane and P3d on the same HDD with MSFS. No you won't. 😉

[Kopteeni 819]

3 minutes ago, Doug47 said:

Exactly. This is getting better and better and we ain't even in beta. 

LOL at those thinking they'll keep X-Plane and P3d on the same HDD with MSFS. No you won't. 😉

So VR confimed?

[Tuskin38 6,490]

2 hours ago, adino said:

Now that Shak95 is gone I'm wondering which island this one is, any clue?

https://msgpwebsites.azureedge.net/fsi/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-Alpha-2020-06-21-19-43-06-1.mp4?_=2

Shack is still here

[Doug47 574]

3 minutes ago, Kopteeni said:

So VR confimed?

Who cares? 

[Tuskin38 6,490]

1 minute ago, Doug47 said:

Who cares? 

People who like VR?

[Kopteeni 819]

7 minutes ago, Doug47 said:

Who cares? 

That's a strange question.