Honestly, this makes me want a VR headset... 

This sim is so, so amazing.

Are the fireworks visible to other players in multiplayer?

Picked this up and wound up having a good time with it (more than I thought I would).  I took off from New Bedford and floated at 300 feet to just south of Plymouth then over Cape Cod bay and set down on a beach in Provincetown all with real online weather and wind.  Used the Hype radio and tuned in WJIB for some nice relaxing music along the way.  Wouldn't be for you if you like to get up and fly loops for an hour but otherwise very enjoyable.

LouP 🙂

I spent almost an hour last night sitting above JFK in the Hype balloon,  watching the FSLTL traffic arrive and depart.  Then I changed the winds and floated over the Hudson River past SamScene NYC.  So cool.

Happened to look in my YouTube suggestions and found this festival which took place two weeks ago.   I would love to see something like this in person,   more than 600 balloons aloft.     And they have a night display where they tether the balloons down and activate their burners in unison to light up the sky.   Simply beautiful and serene.

https://balloonfiesta.com/

 

Edited October 19, 20223 yr by Waldo Pepper

This is just too awesome. MSFS is more than just a flight sim! You have the entire world at your disposal. All these unique addons are just making the sim much more dynamic. I love it! We can plane spot in a boat, hot air balloon, roam inside a busy international airport, soon walk around in 1st person mode to explore. Soon we will be driving cars in the sim!

1 hour ago, captain420 said:

Soon we will be driving cars in the sim!

Soon??  I already recreated a drive in St. Martin from the airport to Orient Beach!

LouP

Does anyone have this working in SU 11 Beta? I tried several times to load a hot air baloon flight last night and it just hangs on the loading screen forcing me to quit the sim via the task manager. I don't have this issue with any other aircraft in SU 11 BETA. 

11 hours ago, steve310002 said:

Does anyone have this working in SU 11 Beta? I tried several times to load a hot air baloon flight last night and it just hangs on the loading screen forcing me to quit the sim via the task manager. I don't have this issue with any other aircraft in SU 11 BETA. 

How are you trying start the flight?  On the runway ready to go or from a parking spot?  I always start from a parking spot and need to inflate the balloon first.

LouP

13 minutes ago, LouP said:

How are you trying start the flight?  On the runway ready to go or from a parking spot?  I always start from a parking spot and need to inflate the balloon first.

LouP

On the runway. Tried again today and it still isn't working. HPG don't appear to have any forums either.

Anyone know why this addon is bouncing erratically on the runways?

3 hours ago, captain420 said:

Anyone know why this addon is bouncing erratically on the runways?

Do you have FSRealistic on?  If so, try turning it off when using the balloon.

LouP

4 hours ago, steve310002 said:

On the runway. Tried again today and it still isn't working. HPG don't appear to have any forums either.

Try starting out at a parking spot.

LouP

On 10/4/2022 at 7:54 PM, styckx said:

I just simply don't like you or HPG. I don't owe you any explanation.

Admins? Can we ban this person, this is bullying for no reason. HPG is a credible top Dev for MSFS, 

2 hours ago, Ryanmlt1 said:

Admins? Can we ban this person, this is bullying for no reason. HPG is a credible top Dev for MSFS, 

I stayed long out of this thread to avoid your exact accusations. The man asked a question. I answered it plain and simply without taking any cheap shots or false accusations. I didn't look twice or post in this thread until I got a notification you replied to me. Stop calling for bans because people are simply expressing their feelings towards a developer. I stayed well within AVSIMs rules and didn't beat a dead horse like some do. Get over it.