Inibuilds A310 to be released on November 2022 for free!

[lwt1971 7,465]

Absolutely amazing news!! It just keeps getting better and better for MSFS. Extremely smart move of a company like MS and its deep pockets to bring in a high fidelity aircraft like the iniBuilds A310, and most probably the first wide-body/long-hauler to the sim in November (unless the PMDG 777 lands first). Sounds like iniBuilds has done a lot of code re-writing so they've probably used MSFS dev/sdk best practices and the "native" way of developing rather than doing a straight port.. I suppose if C++ is involved it will be based on WASM. Either way, a high fidelity short/long hauler airliner included as default aircraft in the sim is amazing.

Perhaps along with Working Title and iniBuilds MS/Asobo will also improve the other default aircrafts, and who knows what other benefits this partnership will produce. 

Wowsa, this is a game changer in so many ways.

@abrams_tank's prediction in https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/620182-is-inibuilds-going-all-in-on-msfs/ might be coming true after all :)

 

Edited June 12, 2022 by lwt1971

[737_800 438]

The only bad thing about this is that there are almost none A310-300 left in the real world that could be simulated in the sim 😞

[lwt1971 7,465]

2 minutes ago, 737_800 said:

The only bad thing about this is that there are almost none A310-300 left in the real world that could be simulated in the sim 😞

Still a good problem to have, and can always simulate historic carrier operations :)

You're right the current list of passenger operators are mostly all in the mideast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310#Operators

[737_800 438]

1 minute ago, lwt1971 said:

Still a good problem to have, and can always simulate historic carrier operations 🙂

You're right the current list of passenger operators are mostly all in the mideast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A310#Operators

If you fly online on VATSIM, you probably will see all the standard asobo liveries, but anyway, I am happy this came supricing!!

[Krakin 5,866]

24 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

@abrams_tank's prediction in https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/620182-is-inibuilds-going-all-in-on-msfs/ might be coming true after all 🙂

Yup! this annoucement really vindicated the creation of that thread.

[CFIJose 5,485]

I remember a really cool website that offered free airport updates and fixes for P3D v4.

When a customer like me paid for an update to fix an airport that was not available as a free download, they shared the fix with the community. They fixed a lot of broken airports for P3D. Nice people. I'm happy for Inibuilds and wish them lots of success in the future.

[ryanbatc 13,057]

1 hour ago, virtuali said:

Or moving away a developer from XP, which is usually way more effective.

That was my point but I didn't state it as directly as you did haha!

[CFIJose 5,485]

Is i possible that most X-Plane users have no idea of what they are missing?

[espent 1,444]

3 minutes ago, DJJose said:

Is i possible that most X-Plane users have no idea of what they are missing?

Their overlord has told them to have no other God than Austin, so none of them have dared take a peak.

[tweekz 2,165]

1 hour ago, lwt1971 said:

Perhaps along with Working Title and iniBuilds MS/Asobo will also improve the other default aircrafts, and who knows what other benefits this partnership will produce.

It's insane what MS is doing. But I'm not sure if inibuilds role would really be to enhance default aircraft.

[abrams_tank 7,489]

1 hour ago, lwt1971 said:

Absolutely amazing news!! It just keeps getting better and better for MSFS. Extremely smart move of a company like MS and its deep pockets to bring in a high fidelity aircraft like the iniBuilds A310, and most probably the first wide-body/long-hauler to the sim in November (unless the PMDG 777 lands first). Sounds like iniBuilds has done a lot of code re-writing so they've probably used MSFS dev/sdk best practices and the "native" way of developing rather than doing a straight port.. I suppose if C++ is involved it will be based on WASM. Either way, a high fidelity short/long hauler airliner included as default aircraft in the sim is amazing.

Perhaps along with Working Title and iniBuilds MS/Asobo will also improve the other default aircrafts, and who knows what other benefits this partnership will produce. 

Wowsa, this is a game changer in so many ways.

@abrams_tank's prediction in https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/620182-is-inibuilds-going-all-in-on-msfs/ might be coming true after all 🙂

 

So iniBuilds really is going all-in for MSFS.  This is a huge win for MSFS!

[Bobsk8 12,889]

16 minutes ago, abrams_tank said:

So iniBuilds really is going all-in for MSFS.  This is a huge win for MSFS!

They just see the hand writing on the wall, MSFS is changing the entire flight sim world.  

[lwt1971 7,465]

Man oh man can't also wait for their A380 in MSFS, need to re-read their last update on that: https://forum.inibuilds.com/topic/1152-development-update-9-roadmap-for-2021-and-a-thank-you/ ... Anyone have access to those two screenshots they posted there?

Some noteable quotes from iniBuilds ("MJ" - Ubaid Mussa - CEO, "Gumby", etc) on their discord so far...

https://discord.com/channels/535246634448191499/784467650612822016/985598071150870569:
"This plane is going to be free. If you own a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator or have an Xbox Game Pass subscription, this airliner will be a part of the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Standard Edition coming in November of 2022 (you can read more about it in Microsoft Flight Simulator’s Wire post from earlier today)! One of the biggest reasons for our partnership with Microsoft Flight Simulator: the ability to provide high quality aircraft simulations to as many people as possible! This is a fantastic step in our industry, and we can’t wait for you all to get your hands on this aircraft!"

https://discord.com/channels/535246634448191499/784467650612822016/985608074549137498:
JOSETI — Today at 14:14:
"So that's confirm the era in X-Plane is finish right? @MJ
And the a380 it's still to X-Plane or mfs?"
MJ — Today at 14:15
"Our priority at the moment is development for Microsoft Flight Simulator"

https://discord.com/channels/535246634448191499/784467650612822016/985608335720071228:
AllOfUs — Today at 14:15
"Will there be simbrief and Navigraph integration on the EFB?"
MJ — Today at 14:16
"We cannot comment too much on the features in the immediate."

https://discord.com/channels/535246634448191499/784467650612822016/985610448957222992:
danii — Today at 14:21
"They’re probably the best developers XP11 has ever seen and will likely continue that onto to MSFS with being one of, if not the best"
MJ — Today at 14:24
"It will be as good / better than the XP version."
"Price does not dictate quality"

https://discord.com/channels/535246634448191499/784467650612822016/985641851539292261:
KostaProkopiu — Today at 16:28
"well, nice to hear that the MSFS A310 will be for free. But I wonder what will happen with my full price investment for the A300 and A310 on XP11. Rumours have it XP might be abandoned? Is that true? No XP12 versions of the busses?"
Gumby — Today at 16:33
"Lets put it a bit more into official speak. We appreciate every single customer for their business and support during our product releases for X-Plane 11. These products were for X-Plane 11 and marketed as such. We have no comments on X-Plane 12, aircraft wise, to make currently, and our focus is very much on Microsoft Flight Simulator. We entered this business to provide the best quality add-ons. Entering a long-term relationship with the fantastic team at Microsoft Flight Simulator, allows us to do just that but to a much wider audience in Microsoft Flight Simulator."

Edited June 12, 2022 by lwt1971

[abrams_tank 7,489]

So my take on this is that Microsoft is taking a direct shot at XP.  Microsoft knows that the A310 is very popular for XP. By making the A310 free in MSFS, it further entices more XP users to switch over to MSFS.

A lot of XP users probably switched over to MSFS in the last 2 months already, with the release of so many study level airliners.  But I think this is a strategic decision by Jorg to further attract XP users to MSFS. Anyways, this is my two cents (please don’t start an XP vs MSFS flame war in this thread, this is just my opinion when I consider why Jorg specifically chose iniBuild’s A310).

I also think Microsoft has more ambitions with MSFS. If Microsoft can consolidate the consumer market with MSFS, they will go after the commercial market next.  This huge spending and investment by Microsoft into MSFS, such as the money that Microsoft likely paid iniBuilds for their A310, tells me that Microsoft is very, very, likely going to go for the commercial market at some point.

Edited June 12, 2022 by abrams_tank

[Mike S KPDX 598]

1 hour ago, 737_800 said:

The only bad thing about this is that there are almost none A310-300 left in the real world that could be simulated in the sim 😞

Yeah, feel the same, hard pass for me.  If it was a 350 vs an historical aircraft then I am totally on board.  No talk of their twin commercial turbo prop airliners?, thought MSFS was doing one.