Nitpicking a brilliant looking game

[arsenal82 120]

if it would be perfect it would be also boring !!

bring on the sdk !!

[d25bev 47]

1 hour ago, WarpD said:

I'd suggest that if it's got to be perfect... then there is no software for you.  None.  Simply turn off your computer and toss it in the trash.  You simply will never be satisfied and will constantly "nitpick".  Not the best way to spend your life.  Really.

So you didn't even bother reading the first paragraph? 

Where did i say it needs to be perfect? I'll repeat what i said just for you though.

'Now, before anyone misinterprets what i'm saying. I'm not angry or disappointed in the game in any way. The game is gorgeous, the flight model looks great, the UI looks simple to use but offers a great range of things to do & the hard work & technical achievements that's been put into it has been great. However, that doesn't mean it's perfect or exempt from nitpicks/feedback.'

Just because it isn't perfect doesn't mean it needs to be perfect or will it lessen my enjoyment. Feedback is crucial for every aspect of life & contributes to the improvement of whatever it is. Just because it's a brilliant looking game doesn't mean it can't be better.

[Kilo60 660]

1 hour ago, Chock said:

Yup. Going from previous sims looking like a post-nuclear war desert in many places unless you spend thousands on add on sceneries, to one or two trees not being in the right place in a default sim which costs 60 quid is really being a bit picky.

Lol very true!

[WarpD 824]

52 minutes ago, d25bev said:

that doesn't mean it's perfect or exempt from nitpicks/feedback

By pointing out it's not perfect as a reason for your post implies a needed perfection.  Just sayin...

[rtodepart 761]

If anyone can grab the sdk and come out with a flame thrower im pretty sure that’s something that would sell alot . I bet there’s gona be lots of wildfires just to get some tall trees down . 

[d25bev 47]

9 minutes ago, rtodepart said:

If anyone can grab the sdk and come out with a flame thrower im pretty sure that’s something that would sell alot . I bet there’s gona be lots of wildfires just to get some tall trees down . 

As bad as it sounds, wildfires would be a 'cool/fun' scenario with some sort of aerial firefighting missions (plane/helicopter) down the line but i think it'd be incredibly unlikely with today's political environment & how realistic the sim is. Most would see it as just a mission in a game but others would find fault with it & i can sort of understand that.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,959]

Suggesting wildfires be included is in poor taste. The loss of wildlife in this year’s fires in Australia was horrendous and many people also lost their lives. Nothing to do with politics, just basic human decency.

[Janov 2,383]

5 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Suggesting wildfires be included is in poor taste. The loss of wildlife in this year’s fires in Australia was horrendous and many people also lost their lives. Nothing to do with politics, just basic human decency.

Yes, and thats why I hope that crashing the airplane or hitting buildings will also not be possible in the new simulator. How many innocent passengers and people on the ground (9-11) have lost their lives due to these mishaps, simulating them in a game would be unacceptable!

[Chock 17,769]

Especially now, since (was it yesterday?) two fire tankers collided in the air over the US and killed the pilots in those aeroplanes.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,959]

3 minutes ago, Janov said:

Yes, and thats why I hope that crashing the airplane or hitting buildings will also not be possible in the new simulator.

I would be amazed if it did. There has never been any attempt to model a crashed aircraft in Microsoft Flight Sim.

[Chock 17,769]

Yup, those of us who were around for FS2000 onwards will recall MS even patched FS to remove the WTC towers because people were replicating the 9/11 attacks in the sim and sticking videos up on facetube.

Edited August 1, 2020 by Chock

[GSalden 4,657]

13 minutes ago, Chock said:

Yup, those of us who were around for FS2000 onwards will recall MS even patched FS to remove the WTC towers because people were replicating the 9/11 attacks in the sim and sticking videos up on facetube.

That I remember .....

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Regarding the issues :

perhaps the SDK allows developers to make PR scenery (+ custom AG ) that can be used instead of DL tiles for that same area.

FranceVFR stated that at places where there is little or incorrect AG they will develop packages for those ( French ) area with correct AG and POIs.

They mentioned Paris as an example that could be improved a lot...

 

Edited August 1, 2020 by GSalden

[OzWhitey 3,353]

3 hours ago, WarpD said:

I'd suggest that if it's got to be perfect... then there is no software for you.  None.  Simply turn off your computer and toss it in the trash.  You simply will never be satisfied and will constantly "nitpick".  Not the best way to spend your life.  Really.

OP didn’t say it had to be perfect. He gave valid, measured criticism. Your response is the classic “straw man” approach of attacking something that was never said.

[sightseer 895]

59 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Suggesting wildfires be included is in poor taste. The loss of wildlife in this year’s fires in Australia was horrendous and many people also lost their lives. Nothing to do with politics, just basic human decency.

Have you considered that severe weather also causes lots of devastation and loss of human life?  I  personally  dont see much difference between fire and flood (hurricane, tornado, lightning).  These things exist in the real world.

I don't need or want forest fires but I'd like to see the smoke rising from typical small burns.  Its just part of the scenery.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,959]

2 minutes ago, sightseer said:

Have you considered that severe weather also causes lots of devastation and loss of human life?  I  personally  dont see much difference between fire and flood (hurricane, tornado, lightning).  These things exist in the real world.

I don't need or want forest fires but I'd like to see the smoke rising from typical small burns.  Its just part of the scenery.

Of course. But the impact of weather on ground-based objects has never been modelled in any flight sim. A few exceptions. Wave movement consummate with strength of wind and movement of wind socks. Plus the effect of wind on aircraft of course.

Smoke rising from “small burns”? This is a flight simulator, not an environment simulator.