As the title suggests, I'm very pleased with this update, er - hotfix? Call it what you'd like, but after downloading, I'm pleased to see a lot of issues have been fixed. I didn't partake in the beta because I was worried about having to reinstall the whole thing, so I know a lot of you have already seen the improvements. TrackIR being fixed is huge. Along with the weather. Overall, very happy. How do others feel about it?

I wasn’t a part of the beta either for the same reasons as you, however I did fire up the sim after the update, keeping in mind I didn’t read the patch notes, I didn’t really notice anything different in the sim, but I also didn’t spend time looking for differences either. I’m hoping the fixed the pilot assistance option resetting every time we accessed the marketplace… I’m going to wander off and read the release notes! 

I like the slightly better fps and color shades in the beta, which is the same as this update version.

EDIT: But above all the menu settings no longer auto reset to EASY. Update was just a few kilobytes from the Beta to this patch, and no reinstalling of large files. I presume because I had also moved away from the dangerous default installation path.

Edited January 7, 20224 yr by Fielder

I think I spoke too soon. Flying the WT CJ4 up from Santa Monica to Seattle and just had a crazy weather pop-in. Cruising along at FL40, small patch of haze down below but no clouds and then BAM -- clouds everywhere below me and a big wind change spike. I get it, weather is hard and I have faith they'll figure these things out, but word not allowed, it sure breaks that immersion. Oh well. Onward and upward.  

3 minutes ago, Bdub22 said:

BAM -- clouds everywhere below me and a big wind change spike. I get it, weather is hard and I have faith they'll figure these things out, but word not allowed, it sure breaks that immersion.

Gonna catch flak for this comment, but man I wish the METAR/VATSIM crowd had their own weather toggle. I like my non-popping weather from the release build. 😞

5 minutes ago, WestAir said:

Gonna catch flak for this comment, but man I wish the METAR/VATSIM crowd had their own weather toggle. I like my non-popping weather from the release build. 😞

Well you might catch some flack, but I kind of agree.  We don't all want or need that capability. Ultimately though, it is down to Asobo to fix it, then everyone can be happy.

I have been on the beta since just after it came out, so there is nothing different for me after the update, but I do think is is fairly stable and fixed up nicely other than the persistent live weather issues, which have occurred since day 1 really. VR still has some issues of course, but I have never tried it myself.

Edited January 7, 20224 yr by bobcat999

21 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

Well you might catch some flack, but I kind of agree.  We don't all want or need that capability.

Toggling it on / off at least until transitions are better smoothed would be a good compromise.

4 minutes ago, scotchegg said:

Toggling it on / off at least until transitions are better smoothed would be a good compromise.

I agree as well, we need a toggle switch! Best of both worlds.

Edited January 7, 20224 yr by KERNEL32

30 minutes ago, WestAir said:

but man I wish the METAR/VATSIM crowd had their own weather toggle.

Well said. I completely agree. I thought the weather worked fine before the METAR change. It wasn't spot on, but I'd rather have that then have my weather completely change and roll my plane over. I mean, come on...

Agreed, a toggle would be nice, but to be fair I saw that transition only once in the beta, not sure if it's due to a lack of metar in an area or something to that effect.  Only saw it in Alaska where there were not many airports with metars.

Overall though I think the updated servers it's purpose.  VR is working well regarding the color banding issue and the windows not working.  And the new VR issue with the mouse hover blocking the controls is an annoyance but easily rectified, just have to remember to move the mouse off the window.

TIR working properly again, picked up a few FPS while on the tarmac, no high altitude temperature spikes.... life is good! 👍 

2 hours ago, WestAir said:

Gonna catch flak for this comment, but man I wish the METAR/VATSIM crowd had their own weather toggle. I like my non-popping weather from the release build. 😞

To be honest I think the Vatsim crowd don't care much about MSFS live weather, they want 3rd party addons like Active sky which  MSFS will not allow at the moment. Its like on the top 5 wish list.

Edited January 7, 20224 yr by jbdbow1970

I am really happy with the way it is working now.  

33 minutes ago, jbdbow1970 said:

To be honest I think the Vatsim crowd don't care much about MSFS live weather, they want 3rd party addons like Active sky which  MSFS will not allow at the moment. Its like on the top 5 wish list.

No, we would rather not have another app to go through.  It's also something Jorg wants done correctly as a 'core feature', which I agree with.

On that note however, keep in mind, ASOBO is still working on the weather system overall.  They were just trying fix the glaring issues at present time.  There's still much more they're going to be doing, so eventually, it should be the same for everyone regardless if you're on VATSIM or not.

Edited January 7, 20224 yr by Jeff Nielsen

37 minutes ago, jbdbow1970 said:

To be honest I think the Vatsim crowd don't care much about MSFS live weather, they want 3rd party addons like Active sky which  MSFS will not allow at the moment. Its like on the top 5 wish list.

I'm part of the VATSIM crowd and I have NO desire for a third=party live weather engine; unlike the P3D days, I no longer need to write a program to start 8 different applications before my simulator.