13 minutes ago, Scottoest said:

Jorg said the weather functioning accurately and properly is something they consider "core functionality" in the sim and are going to put in the work to make sure it works as well as possible, rather than just leave it to be "fixed" or replaced by the add-on market.

However, he also said that they have no issue with any weather add-ons that manage to work within the limitations that exist.  And add-on makers will probably figure out more ways to inject themselves into the weather systems as time goes on and they tinker with the code more.

Jörg being one of the Asobo / Microsoft team I assume.

Thats encouraging. I suppose it depends on those limitations and how difficult it is for third parties to write their data into the sim.

It isn’t that I have no faith in Asobo not being able to make the weather look good. It’s the lack of historical weather I find disappointing. Have they mentioned that aspect at all?

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

As far as I can see, Ray is just stating the reasons why he has decided to stick with P3D for the moment. However, that does not mean that he is not interested in what others have to say about Microsoft Flight Simulator

Thanks Christopher. 👍 My hands are tied to a certain extent. FS Labs are only going to produce one 64-bit version of Concorde which means I will always own P3D. But I’m not adverse to buying MSFS when the time is right.

I haven’t used a mouse to change COM or NAV frequencies in over 20 years because that why I spent hundreds of pounds on GoFlight units. But with no mention on their website that they’ll support MSFS those would become useless. That’s a high price to pay for switching sims and one I can’t accept. Hopefully GoFlight will come to the rescue.

I’m happily using my go flight MCP PRO and EFIS in MSFS using go flight Interface tool.  I always used GFIT in P3D as well so no real change there.

The only hardware I own that I can’t yet use is my Skalarki Airbus FCU and MCDU , but Skalarki/FBW are working on that.

4 minutes ago, regis9 said:

I’m happily using my go flight MCP PRO and EFIS in MSFS using go flight Interface tool.  I always used GFIT in P3D as well so no real change there.

I have GIT as well and have programmed switches for several P3D addon aircraft. What about your P8, T8, GF166 units in MSFS?

Hi Ray, I don’t own those units so can’t comment personally, but I saw this over in the GFIT forum:

”The following GoFlight hardware works with GIT for FS2020 in exactly the same way as with FSX, FSX SE, P3D and X-Plane:

MCPPRO, MCP, EFIS, P8, T8, RP48, LGT, LGT II, GF45, GF46, GF166, WP6, MESM, SECM, DIO, TQ6”

So it sounds like whenever you decide to make the leap, your goflight hardware will be good to go.

Edited February 9, 20215 yr by regis9

3 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I haven’t used a mouse to change COM or NAV frequencies in over 20 years 

Neither have I, that's why I use RC4 and Otto.(Although my Otto is actually more of a Christine).

8 minutes ago, IanHarrison said:

Neither have I, that's why I use RC4 and Otto.(Although my Otto is actually more of a Christine).

I manually controls Comms until clearance for take-off at which point Otto controls the comms as in the real world. I too have Christine as my co-pilot. Nice to have a female voice.

39 minutes ago, regis9 said:

Hi Ray, I don’t own those units so can’t comment personally, but I saw this over in the GFIT forum:

”The following GoFlight hardware works with GIT for FS2020 in exactly the same way as with FSX, FSX SE, P3D and X-Plane:

MCPPRO, MCP, EFIS, P8, T8, RP48, LGT, LGT II, GF45, GF46, GF166, WP6, MESM, SECM, DIO, TQ6”

So it sounds like whenever you decide to make the leap, your goflight hardware will be good to go.

That sounds great.  I am running MSFS on a new PC linked to my HD 4K TV. My home cocpit is running P3D v4 in another room. I am yet to bring those hardware to my new PC.

On 2/8/2021 at 6:38 PM, EGLD said:

i wasn't aware we aren't going to get activesky - is that a permanent limitation on external weather programs?

shame, but still not a deal break for me

HiFi are working on Active Sky for MSFS as per their announcement. They said they would have preferred to be able to work with the weather system directly but are still going to work around the limitations to see what they can do.

On 2/9/2021 at 2:49 PM, threegreen said:

HiFi are working on Active Sky for MSFS as per their announcement. They said they would have preferred to be able to work with the weather system directly but are still going to work around the limitations to see what they can do.

That's encouraging...

 

I wish them God Speed!

@dave belsey, I have made AvSim management aware of your post. Someone will contact you in due course.

Your post has been hidden for now as it’s unrelated to the topic.

On 2/9/2021 at 1:06 PM, Ray Proudfoot said:

That’s a high price to pay for switching sims and one I can’t accept.

Ray, you do not have to switch. You could use both parallel. I'm doing it with XP and MSFS. It will take MSFS the same amount of time to develope into the mature sim we all hope for no matter if you already use it now or later. That's how I see it. 😉

7 minutes ago, tweekz said:

Ray, you do not have to switch. You could use both parallel. I'm doing it with XP and MSFS. It will take MSFS the same amount of time to develope into the mature sim we all hope for no matter if you already use it now or later. That's how I see it. 😉

I’ve never been an early adopter of new sims preferring to wait until they’re sufficiently mature. Those who bought MSFS when it came out were effectively buying a beta version and I still consider the sim to be evolving.

I’ve already given my reasons why I’m not prepared to buy MSFS yet. In 12 months things will be a lot clearer. By then FS Labs should have released Concorde and I can free up space by removing P3D v3.

5 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I’ve never been an early adopter of new sims preferring to wait until they’re sufficiently mature. Those who bought MSFS when it came out were effectively buying a beta version and I still consider the sim to be evolving.

I’ve already given my reasons why I’m not prepared to buy MSFS yet. In 12 months things will be a lot clearer. By then FS Labs should have released Concorde and I can free up space by removing P3D v3.

Totally agree...!

There's bound to be a ton of changes to the core sim still and every add-on and mod is going to have reoccurring issues that need to be ironed out especially since the SDK is still not complete.  

This is still in Alpha for all intents and purposes...  And I really am one not to get my self into constant frustration at this point! 

1 hour ago, Kilo60 said:

Totally agree...!

There's bound to be a ton of changes to the core sim still and every add-on and mod is going to have reoccurring issues that need to be ironed out especially since the SDK is still not complete.  

This is still in Alpha for all intents and purposes...  And I really am one not to get my self into constant frustration at this point! 

If it's still in a sort of Alpha, IMO it's a brilliant Alpha.