50 minutes ago, fogboundturtle said:

I remind everyone there is an NDA and beta tester don't even know if they were testing against the final version to be release on July 27th.  

Yes they do. 

9 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

Yes they do. 

First beta hen ? No we don't. This thread needs to be locked. I've reported it to Microsoft as many of people in this thread have breach their NDA. 

5 minutes ago, fogboundturtle said:

First beta hen ? No we don't. This thread needs to be locked. I've reported it to Microsoft as many of people in this thread have breach their NDA. 

3 days until sunday, Dont forget to pray for their soules.

Edited July 22, 20214 yr by hansb57

25 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

If only you could see the beta forums, man, you’d be deleting that paragraph quicker than the sim itself

Oh boy, that statement alone drew me into an anxiety episode. Not good, not good!

Edited July 22, 20214 yr by CarlosF

13 minutes ago, fogboundturtle said:

First beta hen ? No we don't. This thread needs to be locked. I've reported it to Microsoft as many of people in this thread have breach their NDA. 

Hen? Haven’t heard that since my grandmother. 
 

No, not my first. However, the answer is still the same. Yes they do. Simple as that. They’ve known for 6 hours. 

Edited July 22, 20214 yr by Ianrivaldosmith

5 hours ago, abennett said:

I'm really not looking forward to this update. The sim has been constantly downgraded visually and graphically since release. It's absolutely infuriating. I have never had a single problem with performance and instead I have seen the visuals get worse and worse with every update. All to try and appease people complaining about performance, which I suspect is due to them using inappropriate settings on an inappropriate PC. I saved for a long time so I could get the best PC I could to run the sim on the highest settings and the decrease in quality in the way the same looks is so galling. The visuals really are the only reason to use this sim above others, and with them getting worse and worse this reason is shrinking. Please asobo please increase the graphics to how they wee on release when every flight I thought WOW this looks stunning, now it just doesn't look anywhere near as good, blurry textures, trees in a tight circle around the aircraft, water quality lower, clouds quality lower. Never have the WOW moments. Sad.

This is 100% my experience as well. The sim looks nowhere near as beautiful as it did at release. Textures are more grainy and blurry now than before. And with every update they break things that takes one or two more updates to fix. Like the trees. It's been months. I know the update to fix it is coming, but it sounds like it's bringing a lot of new bugs with it. 

All praise the Xbox arcade simulator future.

Edited July 22, 20214 yr by Republic3D

14 minutes ago, fogboundturtle said:

I've reported it to Microsoft as many of people in this thread have breach their NDA. 

To be honest with you, I don’t think either care. That is, Microsoft couldn’t give two hoots. And the beta testers couldn’t give two hoots. What can you do? 

2 minutes ago, hansb57 said:

3 days untill sunday, Dont forget to pray for their soles.

We'll add that to the list:

• Could have, not Could of
• Couldn't care less, not Could care less
• Pray for their souls, not soles

...and while we're at it...

• Next Door, not Next Store (not sure why I see so much of this)

*(Disclaimer: I am not a Brit nor particularly well educated, I just enjoy reading without getting an embolism)

4 minutes ago, fogboundturtle said:

First beta hen ? No we don't. This thread needs to be locked. I've reported it to Microsoft as many of people in this thread have breach their NDA. 

Thanks - That's really useful!  You are a proper hero.

Here is a gold star just for you...

If you can't see it, you need to get closer to the screen.  It 's just a LOD problem and should pop up as you get closer. 

6 hours ago, superspud said:

I like the sound of that.

Not sure I understood any of it. 

I thought all of the LOD work was done in the model's xml file and there had to be a separate and specifically named model for each one. This is another rather large turn off if it's the case as upload and download sizes will balloon. 

It’s up to the developer to create separate xml files for sure … BUT … it’s also up to the developer to designate what gets used for each level of detail.  
 

As per the SDK example, a developer SHOULD follow the guidelines as stated.  But if you’re just looking for a quick patch to get your scenery working with SU5 if would think you could simply force the issue by following the example but only specifying one LOD.  Per the spec this would be used no matter what the screen size and would hopefully prevent the software from popping your geo in too late.  A savvy developer could script this to get their add on back in working order quickly.

This would be a stop gap to patch addons that are suddenly not working with the new release.  Developers really should use the LOD functionality to allow everyone to get the best performance no matter how many addons they use, but I would hope my suggestion would buy them time to do it properly.

9 minutes ago, Stoopy said:

We'll add that to the list:

• Could have, not Could of
• Couldn't care less, not Could care less
• Pray for their souls, not soles

...and while we're at it...

• Next Door, not Next Store (not sure why I see so much of this)

*(Disclaimer: I am not a Brit nor particularly well educated, I just enjoy reading without getting an embolism)

I'm here to learn, So thanks. If you ever want to engage in a dutch language battle just let me know.

Now we're once again chasing a new update which is breaking things again on a much larger scale (Sim Update V). Instead of patching things from previous MSFS updates, I'm now patching things for a future update.. which is the reason why this fix has taken so long.

 

https://forum.flightbeam.net/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=3875

7 minutes ago, VFXSimmer said:

It’s up to the developer to create separate xml files for sure … BUT … it’s also up to the developer to designate what gets used for each level of detail.  

Right. I think I get it now. Just purely add something to the XML of the existing model to fool the sim. 

3 minutes ago, hansb57 said:

I'm here to learn, So thanks. If you ever want to engage in a dutch language battle just let me know.

You're doing fine. I tried learning a 2nd language (Japanese) and after half a decade and >1,000 hours I gave up. I have mad respect for anyone who learns a second language. Those of you who know three or more? Geniuses the lot of you.

3 minutes ago, WestAir said:

You're doing fine. I tried learning a 2nd language (Japanese) and after half a decade and >1,000 hours I gave up. I have mad respect for anyone who learns a second language. Those of you who know three or more? Geniuses the lot of you.

Best to start young, as in when in nappies (diapers). 
My wife is Hungarian, and for the life of me it’s a mission to construct a sentence. However my 2 year old understands it no problems as does the 8 year old, who speaks it too. As well as English. I’m so envious.