July 31, 20223 yr Reading this Aerosoft Otter sound thread. I'm not sure if I'm reading and comprehending it correctly. It sounds(no pun intended) like since you are always forced online in FS2020, FS2020 can do file checks and if so flagged by a content creator, they can at any time 'disable' their addon [plane, scenery, sound pack, etc]. Is there any truth to this? Will tweaking and file editing start to become prohibited or limited? I'm not fond of big brother tactics with any software I buy to personally use. Again I'm trying to learn and understand FS2020 and addon limits.
July 31, 20223 yr I've been around too long to just up and say "Oh, no, something like that would never, ever, happen". Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHz (8 cores) Hyper on, Evga RTX 3060 12 Gig, 32 GB ram, Windows 11, P3D v6, and MSFS 2020 and a couple of SSD's
July 31, 20223 yr 41 minutes ago, VeryBumpy said: Is there any truth to this? No. The base game is updated on a regular basis. ‘Sim updates’ as Asobo call them are unavoidable as the devs are unable to support older versions. In software development today there is nothing unusual about this. We are waiting on the much anticipated Sim update X at the moment. Add ons such as planes and scenery are accessed from the ‘community’ folder which is not subject to these updates. If the producer of an add on issues an update to their product this is separate to the base game and there is no way you can be ‘forced’ to download these. Mods to add ons are really a separate issue.
July 31, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, VeryBumpy said: Reading this Aerosoft Otter sound thread. I'm not sure if I'm reading and comprehending it correctly. It sounds(no pun intended) like since you are always forced online in FS2020, FS2020 can do file checks and if so flagged by a content creator, they can at any time 'disable' their addon [plane, scenery, sound pack, etc]. Is there any truth to this? Will tweaking and file editing start to become prohibited or limited? I'm not fond of big brother tactics with any software I buy to personally use. Again I'm trying to learn and understand FS2020 and addon limits. I believe what happened with the excellent sound mod, was that they asked flightsim.to to take it down while mentioning some king of copyright or licencing issue. Not sure why, as it was basically a mod to the sound config file (just text). So 1 - you can't download it any more, then 2 - I believe the next update of the aircraft (which was needed) changed a few things so that the old sound mod wouldn't work properly. Such a shame. It was really causing no harm, but I suspect they were a bit embarrassed about a free mod and cheap add-on sound kit being a zillion times better that their own effort. Anyway, it's done now, and no going back. I won't abandon the Twin Otter, but I really hope they can do something. It needs some work for sure. Rob (but call me Bob or Rob, I don't mind). I like to trick airline passengers into thinking I have my own swimming pool in my back yard by painting a large blue rectangle on my patio. Intel 14900K in a Z790 motherboard with water cooling, RTX 4080, 32 GB 6000 CL30 DDR5 RAM, W11 and MSFS on Samsung 980 Pro NVME SSD's. Core Isolation Off, Game Mode Off.
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