6 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

 

My thoughts are that they should delay any update release until fully tested. as I don't want them to disrupt what we have now, which is pretty good!

I think they will be under pressure to release though, due to the expected revenue from the Reno pack.

and the lack of revenue of the Top Gun thing,...

I have to wonder why they don't hire this wonderful group of avsim experts, and instead have to put up with the likes of WorkingTitle. 

Edited November 4, 20214 yr by turbomax

The release managers need to be prepared to push back the dates if need be. Last time with the known TBM bug, it should have been fixed. Just push back the release. 

14 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

The worst part about this is that it is setting people off with worry again (including me), in case there are not enough testers to spot any game breaking bugs.

Backend schedule to me means they are tight on time to integrate all of the inclusions into the sim from the different teams; possible the GOTY items -the different aircraft etc.

My thoughts are that they should delay any update release until fully tested. as I don't want them to disrupt what we have now, which is pretty good!

I think they will be under pressure to release though, due to the expected revenue from the Reno pack.

There has never been a problem so far with testers finding the bugs - I don't think there would be a problem this time - the problem since the original alpha and beta was getting anything done with the information provide to MS/Asobo.

Edited November 4, 20214 yr by Matchstick

1 hour ago, turbomax said:

I have to wonder why they don't hire this wonderful group of avsim experts, and instead have to put up with the likes of WorkingTitle. 

You think Asobo's track record of updates makes releasing this one without external testing (and potentially without 3rd party devs having any time to update) a smart move ?

I will have to wait for the SU7 release before I can decide.

10 hours ago, turbomax said:

Jummivana
Senior Community Manager [Z-7]
1h

Hello everyone,

Due to some back-end scheduling conflicts, we will no longer have pre-release testing for Sim Update 7. We want these flights to be long enough in duration for you to test and provide feedback, and for the team in return to make meaningful updates based on your feedback. Unfortunately we won’t be able to make that happen this time around. We value the time and energy you put in for testing and want to offer the same in return during these flights.

This group will be preserved for future flights, such as the Sim Update 8 flight we have planned soon.

Thank you again for being willing to help us test, and we look forward to inviting you to the next flight!

MSFS Team

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/sim-update-7-pre-release-testing-aircraft-experts/466750/2

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This link doesn't work anymore and is broken.  Does anybody have the fixed link to see Jummivana's comment?

Also, I checked Jummivana's posting activity:  https://forums.flightsimulator.com/u/jummivana/activity

Even for Jummivana's posting activity, this post is not there.  Was it deleted and did she retract this post?

5 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

Also, I checked Jummivana's posting activity:  https://forums.flightsimulator.com/u/jummivana/activity

Even for Jummivana's posting activity, this post is not there.  Was it deleted and did she retract this post?

The copy I got was a private message to a testing group, so it's possible it's not visible to anyone outside that group.

8 minutes ago, Matchstick said:

The copy I got was a private message to a testing group, so it's possible it's not visible to anyone outside that group.

Oh shoot. They are shot gunning SU7 then.  ROFL.

Brace for impact people 🤣

6 hours ago, Greggy_D said:

No.  What they are saying is that they are going to push it out on a specific date, no matter what.

Bugs and all. 

1 minute ago, Bobsk8 said:

Bugs and all. 

And whether it screws up every third party update ot not.

SU7 is the GOTY  but , after all, they didn't say which year it was the Game Of. 

6 hours ago, Fielder said:

They used to say that about FS

FS1 nothing, FS2 good.

FS3 mediocre, FS4 a classic.

FS5 bad. FS5.1 great

FS95 mediocre, FS98 a classic

FS2000 mediocre, FS2002 good.

But since then they've all been great: FS9, FSX, MSFS 2020

FSX was not great and that's an understatement, it was built for single core machines and never fully utilized duel core or modern hardware... 🤨

P3D suffers from the same problem as it's core code is FSX.  The problem is FSX has been out there so long it's poor performance has become expected and praised by some as necessary evil if you want good graphics.  You would think after FS2020 (even FLIGHT) that old myth would be put to bed and sloppy code get's called out for what it is.

FS9 good, FSX terrible (but time on the market heals all wounds, perspective, and money invested)

P3d mediocre, FS2020 classic

 

Concerning SU7 this might not be a good month going all the way to almost Christmas for the sim community that uses FS2020.

Edited November 4, 20214 yr by Dillon

4 hours ago, Matchstick said:

There has never been a problem so far with testers finding the bugs - I don't think there would be a problem this time - the problem since the original alpha and beta was getting anything done with the information provide to MS/Asobo.

^^ This.