37 minutes ago, ChaoticBeauty said:

Even if these development updates have been feeling stale for quite some time, it means that we get any new information as soon as possible so I don't really mind them (now we have dates for World Update 4 and Sim Update 4 for example). Checking them once per month or just watching the monthly Q&A is certainly a viable solution.

By the way, you are always welcome to visit the official forums and leave your opinion regarding these development updates in the relevant discussion thread. Jayne is usually there taking feedback and sometimes asking what people want to see improved.

This actually happens to all threads I create, be it a development update, patch release, developer interview, general information, and even the water masks. Most of the time, within minutes after the thread's creation. It's quite amusing.

Just FYI it's not me putting 1 star to any threads if you and @tweekzthink it's me! I've never done that at AVSim

12 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

You can just ask them in the monthly Q&A. Asobo gives a lot of information in those monthly Q&A Twitch streams.

To be honest, the transparency and community engagement by Asobo is one of their strengths.  I have no complaints that Asobo is continually engaging with the community (ie. the monthly Q&A, allowing us to upvote bugs and wishes and then they answer it).  If anything, Asobo's engagement with the community is something that I think they do quite well.

I have been critical of Asobo in other areas, but as for their transparency and community engagement, I give them very high marks for that.

The Q&A is directed at the devs, the weekly "blog" is more the marketing/Social media department but I may post over on the official forums anyway, i know I'm not alone in thinking these blogs could be improved.

 

I do agree the Devs are very open which is great, doesn't been things can't be better though 🙂

14 minutes ago, MarcG said:

Just FYI it's not me putting 1 star to any threads if you and @tweekzthink it's me! I've never done that at AVSim

lol... no why should I think it's you? Anything I should know? 😄 There are other candidates. Mostly such who take a hobby too serious. Or maybe personal beef...

25 minutes ago, MarcG said:

Just FYI it's not me putting 1 star to any threads if you and @tweekzthink it's me! I've never done that at AVSim

Don't worry, lately I've been checking out the active users list after creating a thread and I'm fairly sure I know who it is. It's not really a problem because it doesn't affect the thread in any way, but it goes to show that the thread rating system is pretty much useless if it can be manipulated that easily.

1 hour ago, Christopher Low said:

I was just about to question why the MSFS version of Land's End airport has hard runways, so I checked the NATS AIS website airport chart to be sure. I had absolutely no idea that runway 16/34 and runway 07/25 had been upgraded from grass to asphalt!

It's been like that for six years, one of the things we actually did get from the European Union, since they coughed up half the money.

My knowledge of it is based on the UK2000 VFR Airfields version (which I still use in P3Dv4, although I have not visited the airfield in a long time). The good part is that upgrading these runways using ADE will be a piece of cake

Edited February 5, 20215 yr by Christopher Low

6 hours ago, MarcG said:

These weekly "blogs" are utterly pointless, I'll say it...again...Monthly Roadmaps can be so so much better with greater insights, more detailed information on what's happening, better more detailed information on what's coming up etc etc.

As those given by Laminar? Or Lockheed Martin? Or... well... IPACS?

We can always long for more, but having been in the flightsim world for many years now, I find communication by MS/Asobo a big step forward over previous approaches. Which doesn't mean there's room for improvement, of course.

Kind regards, Michael

22 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

The good part is that upgrading these runways using ADE will be a piece of cake

Would that be Kendal Mint Cake per chance?:)

8 hours ago, MarcG said:

These weekly "blogs" are utterly pointless, I'll say it...again...Monthly Roadmaps can be so so much better with greater insights, more detailed information on what's happening, better more detailed information on what's coming up etc etc.

Perhaps but it does keep things less presurized on the Asobo side as it's done when it's done, apart from the commitment for regular World Updates but even that is announced fairly late once Asobo know they can meet the objectives - UK update aside.

Any roadmap is problematic I.e. CIG with Star Citizen, the deeper you go the more opportunity for dissapointment. I like the way it is, we can see what's being worked on and what's coming up - I would appreciate more insight into what's being developed, previews etc once and a while,  the discovery series is after the lord mayors show so to speak.

Edited February 5, 20215 yr by dtrjones

15 hours ago, dtrjones said:

Couldn't believe the quality of the Kelpies. 

They look incredibly accurate if that screenshot is anything to go by! Big question though - do we get a tin of shortbread with Eilean Donan Castle?😋

Looking at the screenshot of Eilean Donan castle and coastlines look perfect - really crossing my fingers that's an across-the-board fix!

Edited February 5, 20215 yr by DylanM

I'd like to have seen a stronger hint about the better autogen as that's probably going to make the biggest overall difference. Still, not long to wait. 

Unfortunately no fix announced in the World Update 3 (UK) for the "coastline glitch" introduced by the World Update 2 (USA). Here a great (ugly?) example of before and after:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/coastline-glitch-water-creeping-up-coasts-cliffs/328532/154?u=stekusteku

According to Feedback Snapshot the status of this bug is "started/backlog" whatever it means.

I wonder how the cliffs of Dover and the Scottish shores will look like...

On 2/5/2021 at 12:04 AM, MarcG said:

I guess I've been spoilt to see other Devs put more effort into them

Which other major devs put more effort into weekly updates?

On 2/4/2021 at 11:15 PM, MarcG said:

Edit: look at the difference, if you split this Roadmap up into four weekly parts you'd still be getting a lot more information than the MSF2020 "weekly blog". If you're not gonna do it monthly then make more effort weekly, one Paragraph does not equal a "blog".

https://forum.reizastudios.com/threads/automobilista-2-january-2021-development-update.15488/

You couldn't have picked a worse example. 90% of that "update" is fluff written like a personal blog. That might work for an indie developer and I understand can be more endearing but not appropriate for a major dev like Asobo or MS. No thanks.