While I have no inside knowledge about the release date of the PMDG 737, I'm wondering whether the release was delayed until feedback could be gathered about MSFS' handling of DX12. Is it possible that the PMDG 737 might available itself of DX12 options? If this is the case, then I'm not optimistic about a 2021 release for the 737.

 

No point trying to second guess whether PMDG will deliver the 737 before the end of the year. Only they know, and the one thing about them i like, there's no hype, they make comment only when they have something important to announce.

Right now for people that fly the PMDG DC6, they just said today, don't use DX12 with the DC6.

Any delays would be to wait for SDK improvements to implement or further develop core features of the aircraft I reckon. DirectX 12 isn't relevant at this stage, I don't even think there's anything at this current juncture within DirectX 12 that developers would have to 'optimize for' nor specifically code for, because Asobo has basically just done a straight implementation using none of the functions, optimizations or unique code of DirectX 12. So that's a road developers will cross when it becomes relevant, probably sometime late next year at its earliest. 

5 minutes ago, Sethos said:

I don't even think there's anything at this current juncture within DirectX 12 that developers would have to 'optimize for' nor specifically code for,

but, but, but the Carenados crash the sim under DX12, even if it probably is only a minor thing which they can fix easily,

Just now, turbomax said:

but, but, but the Carenados crash the sim under DX12, even if it probably is only a minor thing which they can fix easily,

Oh for sure, might not be directly compatible, I was thinking coding for in terms of specific features they need to be aware of, as a full-fledged DirectX 12 implementation, a lot of the underlying code with definitely change. At this point, Asobo hasn't optimized anything, hasn't coded any of the systems or the engine to specifically be optimized for DirectX 12 or anything that takes advantage of it in a certain way. Just the most basic zero feature, no optimization first pass implementation you can get. So developers might do a basic compatibility pass but right now, there's not much to actually do outside of that in terms of DirectX 12. Hell, most developers probably won't even care about compatibility at this point because DirectX 12 is so pointless for the end-user outside of the novelty. 

24 minutes ago, David Mills said:

While I have no inside knowledge about the release date of the PMDG 737

nor do I, but they would be really giving up their biggest sale ever if they missed this 2021 christmas. I can't image how many more DC3-DC6s they could afford from such a sale, or even a 2nd-hand real B737. because who knows who else might otherwise offer a free so-so B737 on flightsim.to in the meantime? I am 100% sure there will be a PMDG 737 in my hangar this christmas! at DX12 release, they'll have their next freighter or some other paid update version. "Now fully DX12 ready". I promise -  you can quote me on this 😊

737 will be released when done, don’t understand the all the needless hand wringing and gossiping. Best to Enjoy MSFS in dx11 while waiting for the 737.    

"737 will be released when done"

I think we all know this by now. and now that we are done with the DX11 vs DX12 discussion, we need something new to speculate about, of what we have no idea either 😀

as per this latest interview with RR, it is dragging into 2022.

start at 17:30 for probable release date.

note: the interview in total is very nice.

7 minutes ago, penta_a said:

as per this latest interview with RR, it is dragging into 2022.

start at 17:30 for probable release date.

note: the interview in total is very nice.

Thanks!  In that interview, Randazzo says January or even after January of 2022. 

That makes sense, based on Randazzo's last post where he refused to give an update on the release date of the 737 and whether they would still make Q4.