Awesome news for the next patch! I'm also delighted that there'll finally be the contrails!!

4 hours ago, Scottoest said:

Also - man alive Seb looks more and more tired every time I see him, lol.

We should start a change.org petition to get him the weekend off 🙃

@Ray Proudfoot

Was it you asking about supersonic? I just read this over at FSelite by one of the developers posting on discord:-

 After Aerosoft has gone in total introversion, I cannot help but notice the fading out of the excitement for the CRJ in the update. Maybe PMDG will deliver the NG first after all ? 😁

25 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

@Ray Proudfoot

Was it you asking about supersonic? I just read this over at FSelite by one of the developers posting on discord:-

Thanks Ian, yes it was. I’ve been following the announcements so was aware it’s not currently implemented but planned.

2 hours ago, peroni said:

Anybody else noticed this? To be added in the near future, maybe even with the upcoming WU3

I'm afraid those values will only limit the deflection of named surfaces, not their actual authority (which would be nice). Those values do already exist in the flight model files btw. Seems like it's just made available in menu.

15 hours ago, Chock said:

That was because there was some sunlight occurring. Clearly the developers have never been to Scotland if they think there is sunlight in Scotland. 🤣

Cheeky mare!😜

I'll have you know, I get a good cyclist's tan riding in Scotland, but that's only because I'm concentrating the sunlight on a limited area of my body.😊

13 hours ago, F737NG said:

5 of the following cities

So Scotland, Northern Ireland and most of Wales out of luck unfortunately. Hopefully that list expands and more can be added to the sim over time.

4 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

I think what they meant is that since it can scale over so many threads, it is relatively light on the CPU because it wouldn't take much of the main thread's work. I recall in an earlier Q&A that Sebastian said the optimal CPU thread count, before you start to see greatly diminishing returns, is 8 threads.

As most people would have expected. I should have presented my 32 thread comment as being somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

The real question is what CPU will be best placed to deal with MSFS' workflow once its multi-threading capability is improved.
I was thinking to get the Ryzen 5900X. However, it has *only* 6 cores per CCX (albeit 2 CCXs), whereas the 5800X has an 8-core CCX. Despite the 5900X's more cores, plus much higher L2 and L3 cache, some games have given better test results on QHD using the 5800X.
 

17 hours ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Great to see they're modelling adverse yaw and supersonic flight, as well as fixing lots of issues and adding more customisation. I'm having a good feeling about the accuracy of the simulation moving forward.

Same here! It's the first time in a few months that I've felt positive about the direction of travel for the sim.
 

Edited January 22, 20215 yr by F737NG

54 minutes ago, 109Sqn said:

Cheeky mare!😜

I'll have you know, I get a good cyclist's tan riding in Scotland, but that's only because I'm concentrating the sunlight on a limited area of my body.😊

Must be awkward holding a magnifying glass while riding.😄

Edited January 22, 20215 yr by IanHarrison
missing word

Does anyone know the link to view the Q&A?

7 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said:

Does anyone know the link to view the Q&A?

It isn't out yet, that's next Wednesday.

Edited January 22, 20215 yr by Tuskin38

1 minute ago, Tuskin38 said:

It isn't out yet, that's next Wednesday.

Sorry, link to tour of Hong Kong.

2 minutes ago, andyjohnston.net said:

Sorry, link to tour of Hong Kong.

1 hour (20:00 Zulu) from now at

https://www.twitch.tv/msfsofficial

 

Edited January 22, 20215 yr by Tuskin38

As far as I can tell most of what they are describing in the Aerodynamics is already in the sim, with the exception of the section about 'upcoming updates' at the end of the video where they talk about better modeling of flaps, and fixing the static thrust bug with twins (this will be great to have fixed!), and then moving on to turbine engines and supersonic flight.

I wouldn't worry about needing tons of cores to run a 1,300 pt flight model.  The math involved is not actually that complex when compared to today's CPU speeds, and I'm sure they chose the number of recovery points such that it would work on a range of systems (including the consoles which are 8 cores).  It is neat that it is fully multithreaded though.

Edited January 22, 20215 yr by marsman2020