Things that make you go "Hmmm"

[Dominique_K 10,156]

Make a sensational weather rendition but no way of reliably knowing anywhere where the wind blows from and the cloud cover en route and at destination, hmmm...

[Mace 1,970]

6 hours ago, Silicus said:

7. Let's fork cliffs

 

Heh..  What?   Can someone translate.  @DylanM that isn't autocorrect, it's another language, isn't it?  If it's some sort of autocorrect, what was/is it?

[bobcat999 8,542]

Fill the flight sim full of stunning aircraft, but no way to change to a different one, or even a different livery without completely quitting your scenario, going right back to the main screen and starting again.  Hmmm...
(PS.  I know the Developer mode has a menu, but it doesn't always work properly when you use it - it messes up camera positions and a few other things when you try to swap - we need a proper in sim menu, and maybe one for airports as well).

[sal9000 210]

23 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

but no way to change to a different one, or even a different livery without completely quitting your scenario,

Take a view without a Cockpit to the list, and all homecockpitusers will pray to you 😉

[cianpars 1,225]

Lets instruct you to land and take off downwind and drive a vehicle across the runway just as you are about to land. 

[Sethos 4,641]

Let's look at previous simulators and some of our competition, look at their approach to setting up controls, simple navigation of menus and using the camera and then say "not for us" and create the slowest, most obnoxious experience possible that feels like boxing under water.

Edited November 6, 2021 by Sethos

[vin747 317]

1. Let's make the start up process ask every time "do you want to start in safe mode?" and then follow that with a 5 minute load time to get to the main screen, even on an NVME SSD.. hmm..

2. Let's make the ground crew and pushback trucks interfere with your aircraft even when you never called for them in the first place.. hmmm..

3. Let's make the simmers reboot back to the main menu and lose current flight for every small thing like checking the flight plan, changing aircraft/airport etc.. hmm..

4. Let's force jaw breaking updates on unsuspecting simmers, just to teach them the zen art of patience and self control.. hmm..

5. Let's pop up a screen during the simmer's engine shut down process to remind him that he's just playing a video game and make sure he doesn't take his simming life too seriously and think he's a pilot or something.. hmm.. 

Full Disclosure - I do love this sim, warts and all,  and almost every flight I've had so far has been mind blowing, only to be surpassed by the next ! 

[Bobsk8 12,957]

I think for a little over a year, it's fantastic. 

[jmfabio 41]

A very measured, sane and accurate response Bob.  The only one here worth responding too. Thanks Bob.

Joe

[Ron Attwood 3,562]

26 minutes ago, vin747 said:

3. Let's make the simmers reboot back to the main menu and lose current flight for every small thing like checking the flight plan, changing aircraft/airport etc.. hmm..
Full Disclosure - I do love this sim, warts and all,  and almost every flight I've had so far has been mind blowing, only to be surpassed by the next ! 

+1 for #3

Won't go as far as 'mind blowing' but it's not anywhere near as dire as some folks make it out to be.

[Twenty6 694]

Hmmmm. I'm surprised no one has mentioned "press any key to continue." Like putting a stoplight in the middle of the block.

[flyinpilot212121 724]

Out of all those, the one that irks me the most I’d have to say is airport vehicles wandering around runways and taxiways, almost purposely driving to block your path like it’s nobodies business!!

[Sethos 4,641]

59 minutes ago, jmfabio said:

A very measured, sane and accurate response Bob.  The only one here worth responding too. Thanks Bob.

Joe

No criticism allowed.

[March Hare 720]

12 hours ago, MadDog said:

1.  Let's provide some of the most beautiful default aircraft ever included with a sim; but the doors must remain welded shut.

2.  Let's make the noses on some of the AI aircraft extra pointy and chop off some of their tails... nobody will notice and it will increase performance by .0001%.

3.  Let's pop up a dialogue box to quit when the aircraft shuts down... who wants to bother with all those other switches anyway.

4.  Let's show a neat swirly icon in the corner every once in a while to remind the user that the sim is doing something.

5.  Let's create a 30 sec. pause when starting the program where absolutely nothing happens... it will match up well with the 30 sec. "checking for updates" screen.

1. Not sure on this one. It probably didn't seem important, as you're usually straight into the aircraft; it isn't a walk around, first-person exploration game. But they might make it happen when there is nothing more important to do.

2. Something to consider: they might be trying to avoid the generic models looking anything like real-world aircraft for legal reasons.

3. I can see their thinking behind this, and you can continue the flight, closing it, but either way they are going to change this 🙂

4. This is standard practice in any game. It's a warning that data is being written to a drive, so quitting out at that point might corrupt it. Just like labels on packaging and safety signs often point out the seemingly obvious to protect a company from legal action, "saving data" icons on screen protect the company from backlash if someone does rage quit and causes corruption. So this may never change.

5. Something will be happening, just because you don't see it.

Edited November 6, 2021 by March Hare

[somiller 694]

I think some sarcasm detectors are broken here.