😂 😂 😂 It only took the second post to bring up msfs. I swear msfs is living in some of you guy's head rent free Lmao 

From an user perspective, I would hardly go back to the days of purchasing add-ons in different vendor websites.

SimMarket, Aerosoft, JustFlight, XP.org,...it is so much more convenient to have things purchased from an integrated marketplace. Did I even mention Gizmo (yikes)?

Couple that with a freeware installer suite like the one that´s available for MSFS and you are set.

Hopefully that is on LR's roadmap for XP12.

58 minutes ago, rka said:

Wanna know what I miss most? Fiddling with scenery_packs.ini.

At least it is straightforward to do it in XP.  I'm sure it must be necessary to get the load order correct in MSFS but I wouldn't know where to look and how to do it. I'm locked out of most of the files.

55 minutes ago, GCBraun said:

SimMarket, Aerosoft, JustFlight, XP.org,...it is so much more convenient to have things purchased from an integrated marketplace. Did I even mention Gizmo (yikes)?

Couple that with a freeware installer suite like the one that´s available for MSFS and you are set.

Hopefully that is on LR's roadmap for XP12.

Not to mention the extra / continuous revenue that LR will have by operating their own store, and a second source income to fund further "frequent" development. He certainly has continuous revenue from the mobile platform via in-app purchases.

Beyond any features included in X12, I think that Austin needs to build upon his engagement with the community (have a public roadmap after release), and create an income stream (such as an integrated store) beyond the initial sale.

1 minute ago, FlyBaby said:

needs to build upon his engagement with the community

They have a marketing guy, Ive seen him in the q&a videos. 

They just dont let him talk.

56 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

At least it is straightforward to do it in XP.  I'm sure it must be necessary to get the load order correct in MSFS but I wouldn't know where to look and how to do it. I'm locked out of most of the files.

It's not exactly what I'd call straightforward or easy to use, but to each his own 😄

12 minutes ago, rka said:

It's not exactly what I'd call straightforward or easy to use, but to each his own 😄

Well hopefully we won't need such a big Custom Scenery folder because the scenery will already be included in the sim as default.

19 minutes ago, mSparks said:

They have a marketing guy, Ive seen him in the q&a videos. 

They just dont let him talk.

I recognize that LR is engaging much more now than they did in the past. However, I think that more will need to be done (via a roadmap) when XP12 releases. I am not saying that they need to go as far as livestreams every month etc.

However, simmers want to see where things are headed (even if they don't have much input into the decision making process), and "generally" when it will get there.

If XP12 released with "some" great visuals, but still had things it needed to work on; I would be more inclined to purchase XP12 if there was a roadmap for those outstanding issues as opposed to silence on the issues.

Given that these type of sims are always a work in progress....communication / engagement is key to keep folk invested (with things to look forward to) for the long term.

 

16 minutes ago, FlyBaby said:

I recognize that LR is engaging much more now than they did in the past. However, I think that more will need to be done (via a roadmap) when XP12 releases. I am not saying that they need to go as far as livestreams every month etc.

However, simmers want to see where things are headed (even if they don't have much input into the decision making process), and "generally" when it will get there.

If XP12 released with "some" great visuals, but still had things it needed to work on; I would be more inclined to purchase XP12 if there was a roadmap for those outstanding issues as opposed to silence on the issues.

Given that these type of sims are always a work in progress....communication / engagement is key to keep folk invested (with things to look forward to) for the long term.

 

Just about sums it up perfectly for me. What, when and how. It's difficult to understand why LR won't answer these questions though I am sure they have valid reasons.  What is their vision for the future of X-Plane?

Edited June 29, 20214 yr by jarmstro

30 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

Just about sums it up perfectly for me. What, when and how. It's difficult to understand why LR won't answer these questions though I am sure they have valid reasons.  What is their vision for the future of X-Plane?

This video gets deleted on the org (pretty much disinformation central these days), but pretty much answers any question you might have

~40 mins for hiring artists from eastern europe

Just after that for "make plans for what to do after 11.5X"

Edited June 29, 20214 yr by mSparks

5 minutes ago, mSparks said:

This video gets deleted on the org (pretty much disinformation central these days), but pretty much answers any question you might have

~40 mins for hiring artists from eastern europe

Just after that for "make plans for what to do after 11.5X"

Re the video. No comment.

17 minutes ago, jarmstro said:

Re the video. No comment.

I know that listening to it requires a high level of psychological strength.

But he generally says the precise opposite of Janov and chums (which is why I guess its not allowed to be used to answer questions on the org)

 

 

Edited June 29, 20214 yr by mSparks

28 minutes ago, mSparks said:

pretty much disinformation central these days

Janov is a community leader over there maybe you can ask him why

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Eastern european contingent of artists working completely behind the scenes, you've never seen their work but you will...

One year since that video was posted. Can't wait for the stale scenery (Austin's words) to go away.
For example as of today a snowy runway and environment in default XP 11.53 looks like this. 

Edited June 29, 20214 yr by peroni

25 minutes ago, peroni said:

Janov is a community leader over there maybe you can ask him why

From what I've seen him say, they have their own agenda, and a total disregard for whether anyone else - including Austin - thinks the same way.

25 minutes ago, peroni said:

One year since that video was posted.

yup. And nothing new since besides the lighting video and a Vulkan release that rocks on Nvidia cards.

25 minutes ago, peroni said:

Can't wait for the stale scenery (Austin's words) to go away.

Like I said, I wouldn't expect to see that until at least "XPD-10709, XPD-10868 Plugin OpenGL drawing artifacts under Windows with Vulkan on AMD GPUs."

Plus device loss are crossed off the known issues.

Because until it works on AMD cards I very much doubt they are going to be releasing a new version that requires vulkan performance.

Thats probably going to take a while.

25 minutes ago, peroni said:

or example as of today a snowy runway and environment in default XP 11.53 looks like this. 

You can work around it

 

Edited June 29, 20214 yr by mSparks

51 minutes ago, peroni said:

Janov is a community leader over there maybe you can ask him why

No good asking Jan for at least twenty minutes. It's nil nil.

EDIT. It's not now!😂

Edited June 29, 20214 yr by jarmstro