September 8, 20214 yr When I was a kid I would just go out in my backyard and look up and just stare. The stars, the planets... never knowing how long the light had travelled or whether any particular star was even still there. I used to love to lay on our driveway which was asphalt and inclined so, in the summer, at night, the driveway would be warm and the air would cool, and you could lay there and watch for shooting stars and maybe dream that the people from BattleStar Gallactica or Star Wars were out there somewhere fighting, escaping, maybe heading my way. I moved to the city and stayed living in city limits for several decades and only just recently (relatively speaking) moved back to where I can actually see the stars again. So what does this have to do with MSFS you ask? I just got my XBox S and lately Ive been doing nothing but flying around photogrammetry cities at night in the Pipistrel Virus. On the PC I was pretty much entirely a daytime flyer in the old style C172 but now I just can't get enough of the beautiful cities at night with all their lights and when you get out near the edge of one, you can just look up and stare at the night sky. I keep wondering if they've modelled the planets actions. You can land and shut off your engine and get out and move away from the aircraft and you hear wind and crickets and you look up and just stare. Its like I'm remembering where I meant to go or something. | Dave | I've been around for most of my life. There's always a sunset happening somewhere in the world that somebody is enjoying.
September 8, 20214 yr I flew from Key West to St. Barts at night. Spent half the time looking up, picking out constellations. The skies in MSFS are supposedly correct for any time/date. Set the date to July 11th, 1991, from 19:02 to 19:08 UTC. Set clear weather. Enjoy your solar eclipse. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-to-see-a-solar-eclipse-in-microsoft-flight-simulator Edited September 8, 20214 yr by Waldo Pepper
September 8, 20214 yr Unfortunately Totality is not correct in the Sim when looking at eclipses, neither is the Light reduction. Still cool though, as for the stars they need some work as they're far too big but good enough for now to be fair. One thing i haven't checked is whether the planets are correct/included. Edited September 8, 20214 yr by MarcG Pico Neo3 Link VR - Windows 11 64bit, Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite Mobo, i7-10700KF CPU, Gigabyte RX 9070 XT OC 16gb (AMD GPU), 32gig Corsair 3600mhz RAM, SSD x2 + M.2 SSD 1tb x1 Saitek X45 HOTAS - Saitek Pro Rudder Pedals - Logitech Flight Yoke - Homemade 3 Button & 8-directional Joystick Box, SNES Controller (used as a Button Box - Additional USB Numpad (used as a Button Box)
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