September 28, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, cavaricooper said: C A very well written post! After reading your words I think I should be a little more positive when I write words of my own. | 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 |
September 28, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, cavaricooper said: I agree with this thread 100% I flew Xplane for a few months while waiting for MSFS and I will never fly XP again and I loved my Zibo737 and my FFA320. Too bad, I'll do my best with what is presently available for MSFS default and hopefully developers will catch up to MSFS over time. Yes the SDK appears will take months and months more, as year I read. So be it. I just got LittleNavMap and that thing is a huge improvement in planning. Anyway, great thread, I'm on board with all of it! United001 Edited September 28, 20205 yr by united001 Windows 10 Pro, version: 10.0.18363 Build 18363 - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 8 Logical Processors; Mobo: Z390 Phatom Gaming 4S-IB: Physical Memory: 16Gigs; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FTX 2080 Super, 8 Gigs; 500Gigs Hard-Drive; 1TB SSD; 1TB SSD; 50" Samsung 4K Flat-screen monitor; 26" LG side-car monitor. Saitek Yoke and Throttle. Saitek Rudder Pedals. Screen Resolution: Full Screen: 1920X1080 Full and Windowed modes.
September 28, 20205 yr I been loving MSFS its got me really back into Flight Sim in general. I enjoyed X-Plane 10 alone and X-Plane 11 was quite good but I never made the time or money investment into it like I did XP10. MSFS its just exciting to try and fly new places and airports and enjoy doing bush flying and GA flights which I think suites me better. I do occasionally like to do the airliner flight and there are definitely bugs in MSFS but they been fixing them and more is getting fixed this week and I am excited to explore Japan. I keep hearing about how good the mooney is I just may need to pick it up.
September 28, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, united001 said: I agree with this thread 100% I flew Xplane for a few months while waiting for MSFS and I will never fly XP again and I loved my Zibo737 and my FFA320. Too bad, I'll do my best with what is presently available for MSFS default and hopefully developers will catch up to MSFS over time. Yes the SDK appears will take months and months more, as year I read. So be it. I just got LittleNavMap and that thing is a huge improvement in planning. Anyway, great thread, I'm on board with all of it! United001 You could always fly your Zibo at night on cloudy nights where the scenery is not worth looking at. Harry Woodrow
September 28, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, harrry said: You could always fly your Zibo at night on cloudy nights where the scenery is not worth looking at. That's exactly true. For those diehard IFR/instrument/procedure/airliner guys, I guess the scenery is optional. 99% of the job is to play with the FMC and all those clickables, there is no need and time to look outside the window. I remember there was a highly regarded 747 simulator actually does exact that, with no scenery at all? 9950X3D / 64GB / RTX5090 / Pimax Crystal Light / Win11
September 28, 20205 yr Refreshing to see a "Fair & Balanced" assessment. Pointing out the Pros and Cons. Recognizing the predecessing platforms and their contributions. Understanding the future possibilities of this new platform and the technological advancement of it's default scenery state. Recognizing that all the major players (ie current flightsim devs) are aligning themselves with this new platform. 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
September 28, 20205 yr Author Thanks for sharing your thoughts, most appreciated. Now, let us hope Asobo is reading and considering as well... C Best- Carl Avari-Cooper
September 28, 20205 yr Author I keep being asked about the utilities I mentioned so- FSUIPC- https://forum.simflight.com/topic/90193-fsuipc7-beta-for-msfs/ LINDA- https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/583434-new-linda-403-beta-msfs-2020-compatible-6-sep-2020/?tab=comments#comment-4337266 LITTLE NAVMAP- https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/584967-little-navmap-beta-release-260beta-msfs-now-supported/ These, and all freeware offerings represent a huge amount of labor for the developer(s) so if you decide to use them and come to appreciate their value, please support the developers with your donations, in addition to the effusive gratitude they so richly deserve. Ta- C Best- Carl Avari-Cooper
September 28, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, FlyIce said: That's exactly true. For those diehard IFR/instrument/procedure/airliner guys, I guess the scenery is optional. 99% of the job is to play with the FMC and all those clickables, there is no need and time to look outside the window. I remember there was a highly regarded 747 simulator actually does exact that, with no scenery at all? As one of those "diehard IFR/instrument/procedure/airliner guys," I had to laugh at this. It's so nearly true! By the time i have a chance to look around after takeoff, re-configuring, talking to ATC, etc., I've usually missed a lot of the good views. I've also been finding myself doing a lot more VFR GA flying, though I still do the IFR stuff as well.
September 28, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Donstim said: As one of those "diehard IFR/instrument/procedure/airliner guys," I had to laugh at this. It's so nearly true! By the time i have a chance to look around after takeoff, re-configuring, talking to ATC, etc., I've usually missed a lot of the good views. I've also been finding myself doing a lot more VFR GA flying, though I still do the IFR stuff as well. Hehe...not that I'm a diehard IFR'r....(unless you count "I Follow Roads" as a form of IFR, hehe)...but when Carl was telling me "20-something manifold pressure, prop RPM such and such"....I was heads-down trying to 1st find the gauges (call me a low-time Mooney pilot LOL), then fiddle with the 3 colorful push-pull knobs that would eventually get close to those numbers so we could fly in some semblance of a "formation". 🤣 I had the exact same revelation when I finally got it sync'd up, looked outside...and we were already out of Denver-proper and over the mountains....LOL. I was thinking "Dang! I wanted to take a close look at __________ in the Denver area"....should I ask Carl if we can do a 180 before we head to Aspen? 🙂 Anyway, having a blast with the sim...head down or up. Regards, Steve DraGet my paints for MSFS planes at flightsim.to here, and iFly 737s hereDownload my FSX, P3D paints at Avsim by clicking here
September 28, 20205 yr Interesting news I stumbled over in the net: Microsoft may still have two acquisitions in its sights, and according to what is reported by the podcast below, the two possible candidates would be Dontnod Entertainment and Asobo Studio. https://www.sportsgaming.win/2020/09/microsoft-two-more-acquisitions-on-way.html For anyone who doesn't know, Dontnod is a french studio as well. Happy with MSFS 🙂 home simming evolved
September 28, 20205 yr Author The wonder of it all, is that I AM a diehard procedural guy. Someone who delights in the finer nuances of long haul flight planning and someone with a persnickety penchant for accurate systems simulation and flight modeling. I used to fly at the two opposite ends of the flight spectrum. Either at FL360 in heavy iron, or at 60KIAS in an An-2. There was seldom anything in between. This sim has changed that for me. I will still fly my heavy jets in P3D, but I will wait anxiously for their arrival in this ecosystem. For GA, it will be very hard to go back. Manfred's C-47 and Martin's Tutor, along with the RealAir stuff will occasionally force my hand, but I am optimistic that the new sim will engage our tested developer's hearts as forcibly as it has mine. If Asobo manages to comprehensively tune the Bing Maps (I'm hoping to see movement in that direction with the Japan Update tomorrow) and they arrive at the detail standard that Google has established, there's no going back unless something were to drastically (and I mean DRASTICALLY) change in the P3D/XPL world. That however, is the nicest thing about severe competition- it forces us ALL to up our game. Fingers x'ed! C Edited September 28, 20205 yr by cavaricooper Best- Carl Avari-Cooper
September 28, 20205 yr On 9/27/2020 at 12:45 PM, dave2013 said: "... There's ... lack of features ..." To me, and more than the technical issues and bugs even, this is my biggest qualm with this new MFS release. That being said, I am enjoying it immensely and look forward to its ongoing development with regard to new/replaced features, bug corrections, etc. i7-12700K; GF RTX 3080Ti 12 GB; MSI Z690 MB; 32 GB DDR5 4800Mhz (16x2); 850W 80+ Gold PS; 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD + 2 TB HDD @ 7200 + Kingston 4TB XS2000 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Ext. SSD (for MSFS & all games); 240 mm liquid cooler; LG 32UD59-B 32" UHD 4K; Thrustmaster T.16000M FCS stick; wired conn. to rtr. (500 Mbps); W11 Pro
September 28, 20205 yr On 9/27/2020 at 12:14 PM, cavaricooper said: Bravo Asobo- you have truly rocked my world! C You and others need to post this in the official Flight Simulator Forums. They are assured to read it there. FS2020 Alienware Aurora R11 10th Gen Intel Core i7 10700F - Windows 11 Home 32GB Ram NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super OC 16GB - Pimax Crystal Light VR
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