X-Plane 12: is anybody else excited about birdstrikes?

[flying_carpet]

As I don't have an A320, I took the default B737. However, Capt. Sully would choose X-Plane for birdstrike training.

 

[airmanparker34]

I already enjoy random bird strikes on the Airfoillabs C172 NG Digital.

[mSparks]

there used to be smashed windows on bird strikes and also deer running around the fields. I dont see them anymore....

[flying_carpet]

I'm definitely excited about bird strikes.  This looks very fascinating to me and appears to make the X-Plane flight model even more sophisticated. I did some asking around and from the responses I got, I don't think something like bird strikes has been done before in a home market flight simulator.

 

On 11/10/2022 at 1:33 AM, mSparks said:

there used to be smashed windows on bird strikes and also deer running around the fields. I dont see them anymore....

As I'm not using X-Plane this long - could you also collide with the deers?

[rka]

1 minute ago, flying_carpet said:

As I'm not using X-Plane this long - could you also collide with the deers?

The only thing you can collide with in XP is the ground. Trees, buildings, power lines, cars, deer - no collision detection.

[tonywob]

33 minutes ago, flying_carpet said:

As I'm not using X-Plane this long - could you also collide with the deers?

No, it's one of those things I switched off and forgot about. Totally pointless, especially seeing deer running across a runway in the middle of the Australian outback etc...

[mSparks]

1 hour ago, flying_carpet said:

could you also collide with the deers?

yes, apparently this is why they were disabled, they were overwhelming some airports. but omg they were cute, starting up in a field and having a random deer bounding through the tree line was heart warming, I miss them.

1 hour ago, flying_carpet said:

As I'm not using X-Plane this long

As a testament to just how long I've been using XP, apparently the smashed glass is still in.... but 2D views only.... (just triggered a bird strike in 2D and it didn't break the glass tho, just set engine 3 on fire).

These little but lovely details made it exciting to fire up XP, rare but "special" experiences. I'm pretty sad XP has gone all utilitarian 😪

[flying_carpet]

1 hour ago, rka said:

... Trees, ...

🥱.

 

36 minutes ago, tonywob said:

No, it's one of those things I switched off and forgot about. Totally pointless, especially seeing deer running across a runway in the middle of the Australian outback etc...

They should have used kangaroos instead in Australia 😃. 🐨 are too slow for running across runways 😄.

[mSparks]

Venison tonight 😍

[mSparks]

On 11/11/2022 at 3:43 PM, tonywob said:

Totally pointless

 

[Pe11e]

Not me, I love birds.