10th March 2021 Developer Q&A: Begins at 10:30 AM PST

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

Just now, peroni said:

Sim update 4 will be released alongside World Update 5
This to help cut down on the number of concurrent builds they are running

Is the next one world update 4? The Benelux one.

[peroni 541]

7 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Is the next one world update 4? The Benelux one.

Yes.WU4 is France and Benelux and coming in early April 

Jorg mentioned Mont Blanc as an example where the new 1 meter mesh might shine. We'll see, that might mean they include part of the Italian Alps too

Edited March 10, 2021 by peroni

[bendead 1,085]

So the major garmin change for sim update 3 is welcoming WT to the asobo team, but no ETA, nothing about when improvements will actually be there.

Sim update 4 planned in june.

Asobo team are saying they will soon incorporate FBW team, but it's the first time FBW team is hearing of this

Charts+, don't know,

A lot of the same answer from many month ago,

Nothing on replay

What a bad Q&A... At least for me

 

[Drumcode 1,892]

Did they address the work of art on the contrails that was 5 months in dev?

[Jeff Nielsen 1,385]

2 minutes ago, Drumcode said:

Did they address the work of art on the contrails that was 5 months in dev?

Yes, they said it's still work in progress.

[hanhamreds 592]

2 minutes ago, Drumcode said:

Did they address the work of art on the contrails that was 5 months in dev?

They just said it was the first step, contrails being affected by wind will come - no mention of other aircraft having contrails, but they weren’t asked. 

[Baber20 1,438]

Is it me or this Martial guy always seems vaguely uninterested in the discussion and almost always gives empty and vague answers. My least favorite of the 3.

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

Just now, Baber20 said:

Is it me or this Martial guy always seems vaguely uninterested in the discussion and almost always gives empty and vague answers. My least favorite of the 3.

Rather him that the fake enthusiasm from the adjudicator. 

[Tuskin38 6,460]

23 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Rather him that the fake enthusiasm from the adjudicator. 

The adjudicator?

[Donstim 109]

2 hours ago, Tuskin38 said:

Altimeter should be more accurate based on the temperature in Sim Update 4.

Altimeter will be less accurate based on temperature. Altimeters are not temperature-compensated, so what you are seeing in game now is not correct. For example, in cold temperatures, you should be closer to the terrain than would be shown by your altimeter. This real inaccuracy is not currently present, but is supposed to be added in Sim Update 4.

The other, larger, change is that pressure altitude will be corrected in Sim Update 4 to be correct when the sea level pressure is not 1013.25/29.92.  It is incorrect in the current sim version.

[marsman2020 1,310]

36 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Rather him that the fake enthusiasm from the adjudicator. 

Being a community manager is a front-facing PR job and they have to have an enthusiastic attitude.  The CMs have been commenting in more threads on the official forums lately and when things go totally sideways like the delayed update they are the ones bearing the brunt of that.  So I personally wouldn't pick on them for trying to do their job well.  It can't be easy being inbetween the mass of customers here and the devs, especially given some of the challenges the sim is facing. (Given my own personality, I don't think I could be a CM)

Edited March 10, 2021 by marsman2020

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

1 minute ago, marsman2020 said:

Being a community manager is a front-facing PR job and they have to have an enthusiastic attitude.  The CMs have been commenting in more threads on the official forums lately and when things go totally sideways like the delayed update they are the ones bearing the brunt of that.  So I personally wouldn't pick on them for trying to do their job well.  It can't be easy being inbetween the mass of customers here and the devs, especially given some of the challenges the sim is facing. (Given my own personality, I don't think I could be a CM)

I’m not picking, I just wish they would introduce some eastern European personality in to it, instead of this fake Americanism.

[Phantoms 800]

Did they address the lost Tree LOD at all?

 

[Jeff Nielsen 1,385]

2 minutes ago, Phantoms said:

Did they address the lost Tree LOD at all?

 

I didn't hear anything about it.

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

6 minutes ago, Phantoms said:

Did they address the lost Tree LOD at all?

 

No, and it’s a mess, trees and objects popping in right as you fly over them. A blurry mess outside of the LOD ring, which is clearly visible.