July 14, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, desbean said: Interesting. When browsing bing maps 3d I noticed that canopies, like ones at gas stations, were solid underneath also. Like they were assumed to be buildings and filled in. That’s one of the drawbacks to photogrammetry. Cars, ships, radio towers, amusement park rides, trees...any odd shaped structure is going to likely have less than stellar results with the computer-generated modeling. From altitudes typical of general aviation flights and higher the results are satisfactory. Anything below that however is a mixed bag from tolerable to downright ugly Chris
July 14, 20205 yr Kinda shocked at how brief the beta period is going to be. I guess they must be confident about the stability of the sim already from their work during the alpha. I think the thing that will be important for people to remember, is that this initial release represents a foundation that will be built upon and refined over the next several years. Realistically they could spend five years in beta, tweaking flight models and whatnot, if they wanted. My suspicion is we are going to be in for an annoying few months, as every bug or inaccuracy that's unearthed leads to chants of "it's MS Flight all over again!" or whatever.
July 14, 20205 yr I can't speak for anybody else, but for myself, I've rarely been in any sort of beta, where somebody higher up didn't abruptly pull the trigger, and order the release of the product early, even with testers issues still outstanding. We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
July 14, 20205 yr 22 minutes ago, HiFlyer said: I can't speak for anybody else, but for myself, I've rarely been in any sort of beta, where somebody higher up didn't abruptly pull the trigger, and order the release of the product early, even with testers issues still outstanding. This happens all the time in flightsim and other software areas. I've been on beta teams for almost 20 years. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
July 14, 20205 yr Isn't Laminar responsible for permanent-beta culture in this hobby? Microsoft can count on hordes of "early-adopters" to pay Microsoft for the privilege of being beta-testers... so it goes. No matter the release date, I was going to wait 2 months before buying the sim, not least so that the biggest bugs get fixed and the true best system specs get clarified. Also, by then the developers who are producing DLC will be coming out of the woodwork; I'm going to be interested in seeing how quickly ORBX will release some of its tastier airfields for MSFS2020. Between this sim and the new computer to run it, I'll be a broke shut-in by Jan 1 2021.
July 14, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, cmpbellsjc said: I live in Dallas and was kind of shocked and disappointed that DFW was not listed. I believe it’s been one of the enhanced airports going back to FS9. I didn’t expect KDAL or any of the Houston airports to be included, but DFW, that’s a pretty major hub in the US. Hopefully a 3rd party will be able to take care of it soon. Funny to see an actual airport chime in on MSFS. I was expecting IAH and DFW. I was shocked as well. FAA: ATP-ME, 737 CA, enough time in the 757/767 to be dangerous 🤠 Matt Kubanda, 7950X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 5090@4k, MSFS 2024
July 14, 20205 yr Yay. The TBM is available in the standard version. Colonel,Indian Army. My rig : z370 i9 9900k RTX 3090 MSI, 32 gb Ram, m2 nvme 1tb, sata ssd 1tb, 4tb hdd, 850watt smps antek bronze my sims : DCS world, IL2 Battle of kuban, Stalingrad , MSFS, P3D 5.1, X-plane, Elite dangerous, Star citizen
July 14, 20205 yr How much is the non-CTD version? Jacek G. Ryzen 5800X3D | Asus RTX4090 OC | 64gb DDR4 3600 | Asus ROG Strix X570E | HX1000w | Fractal Design Torrent RGB | AOC AGON 49' Curved QHD |
July 14, 20205 yr 9 minutes ago, Drumcode said: How much is the non-CTD version? Still in BETA. Hang tight.
July 14, 20205 yr 57 minutes ago, ahsmatt7 said: I was expecting IAH and DFW. I was shocked as well. I'm wondering if MS will keep adding more hand-made airports on future updates ? Edited July 14, 20205 yr by joemiller
July 14, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, joemiller said: I'm wondering if MS will keep adding more hand-made airports on future updates ? I hope so! That would be a good idea for DLC. Would it sell? Who knows. I'm excited. FAA: ATP-ME, 737 CA, enough time in the 757/767 to be dangerous 🤠 Matt Kubanda, 7950X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 5090@4k, MSFS 2024
July 14, 20205 yr Just pre-ordered mine - Premium deluxe. Can't wait. Ryzen 9 9950X3D @ 5.6Ghz + Corsair Nautilus Water Cooler - 64Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz - ASUS RTX 5070Ti 16Gb - Samsung G9 Odyssey 49 inch 5120x1440 Monitor - ASUS Crosshair X870E - Win 11 Pro - MSFS 2020 - 3 x NVMe M.2 1Tb - Fractal North XL Case "Tertia Optio, Latebra Factum" Steve Summers
July 14, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, XCLTM3 said: Just pre-ordered mine - Premium deluxe. Can't wait. Whats the point of pre-ordering? ❓
July 14, 20205 yr First at all..I didn't expect to see this coming so early. But...it's nice to have more competitors on our niche. My Youtube Channel (P3D/FSX/X-Plane Videos and much more!)
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